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Survey on Generative AI use amongst UK doctoral candidates
No full textA survey on the use of Generative Artificial Intelligence amongst UK postgraduate researchers.
This survey was used to produce the results reported in the paper "A rather stupid but always available brainstorming partner': use and understanding of generative AI by UK postgraduate researchers" published in Innovations in Education and Teaching International.</span
‘A rather stupid but always available brainstorming partner’: use and understanding of Generative AI by UK postgraduate researchers
No full textResearch into the increased use of Generative AI in Higher Education has largely focused on undergraduate study. While many institutions are grappling with the implications for doctoral level, there has been little published work investigating how postgraduate researchers use the technology or their attitudes towards it. This paper is based on a survey of 75 doctoral candidates across 19 UK Higher Education Institutions. The results show that most respondents had used Generative AI for their doctoral research, with the most common uses being framed as time-saver, editor or colleague. There was an awareness of limitations and ethical issues connected to the use of AI but no agreement as to where those boundaries lie. The paper concludes that there is an urgent need for sector agreement and communication on acceptable use and best practice
Psychological and educational interventions for preventing falls in older people living in the community
Full text linkThis is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (Intervention). The objectives are as follows:To assess the effects (benefits and harms) of psychological interventions (such as cognitive behavioural therapy) (with or without an education component) for preventing falls in older people living in the community.To assess the effects (benefits and harms) of educational interventions for preventing falls in older people living in the community
Quality of life in children and teenagers with food hypersensitivity
No full textGiven that food is essential for life and that there is currently no cure for food hypersensitivity (FHS), quality of life is a key outcome measure for those affected. The quality of life of children and teenagers with FHS is particularly important given that they must learn to manage their FHS while also contending with normal developmental challenges. This article will review the current state of quality of life research in this important area, and discusses the impact of FHS on the quality-of-life of children and teenagers, the availability and suitability of disease-specific health-related quality-of-life measures for this population, and the identification of factors that may influence their health-related quality of life. Two previous reviews have been conducted in this area, and this article aims to extend this work by including recent publications and qualitative studies on this topic
AI3SD Video: Producing a good Poster
No full textThis talk forms part of the Skills4Scientists Series which has been organised as a joint venture between the Artificial Intelligence for Scientific Discovery Network+ (AI3SD) and the Physical Sciences Data-Science Service (PSDS). This series ran over summer 2021 and aims to educate and improve scientists skills in a range of areas including research data management, python, version control, ethics, and career development. This series is primarily aimed at final year undergraduates / early stage PhD students.
This video was the third talk in the Skills4Scientists #5 - Posters, Presentations & Reports Session, which focussed on several areas of communication for your research; presentations, posters and reports
Personal experiences of teenagers with food hypersensitivity
No full textBackground: Teenagers are a high-risk group for food-hypersensitivity (FHS)fatalities and engage in risk-taking in managing their condition. Existingresearch has identified anxiety and impaired quality of life in children withFHS and their parents. To date, however, research has not addressed what theexperience of living with FHS is like for teenagers. This study therefore aimedto describe the lived experiences of teenagers with FHS.Methods: Individual semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted with21 UK teenagers (aged 13-18 years) with a pre-existing diagnosis of FHS.Participants were hypersensitive to a range of foods and experienced a varietyof reactions. Participants were excluded if they had a concomitant non-allergicdisease. Interviews explored the lives of the teenagers generally with particularattention paid to the experience of living with FHS. Interviews were audio-taped, transcribed verbatim and were then analysed using a phenomenologicalapproach.Results: Four main themes were identified: FHS as a way of life, managingFHS as an assessment of acceptable risk versus acceptable burden, living withFHS as coping with necessary burden, and alleviation/exacerbation of theburden of living with FHS. For participants the process of managing FHS wasnot described as problematic but as a way of life. Managing FHS was describedas negotiable rather than prescriptive and was based on an assessment ofacceptable risk versus acceptable burden. Negotiating management did nothowever completely relieve the burden felt and participants felt that anecessary part of living with FHS was coping with necessary burden and avariety of coping strategies were employed to this effect. Participants alsodescribed ways in which the burden of living with FHS is alleviated orexacerbated both by them personally and by others whose behaviour affectstheir life with FHS.Conclusion: The themes provide some explanations for why teenagers withFHS engage in risky behaviours and describe how teenagers cope with managing FHS and what factors make living with FHS easier or more difficult.The themes indicate ways in which the lives of teenagers with FHS can beimproved and therefore provide new information about living with FHS fromthe perspective of teenagers that will be of use to healthcare practitionersworking with teenagers with FHS
Food allergies and intolerances in children
No full textThe needs of food-allergic and intolerant consumers are an increasingly important consideration for food manufacturers. This chapter first examines the definition of food allergy and food intolerance in children and adolescents, the prevalence of these conditions, and their impact on health and quality of life. The role of food in the development and management of food allergies and intolerances is also discussed. The chapter also considers the implications of food allergies and intolerances in children for the food industry, healthcare professionals and policy makers, including future trends in the prevalence and nature of food allergies and intolerances
Piloting the 'You and Your Food Allergy' questionnaire: a measure of the health-related quality of life of teenagers with food allergy
No full textRATIONALE: Health-related quality of life (HRQL) is an increasingly important outcome measure. At present a validated disease-specific HRQL measure for use with UK teenagers with food allergy does not exist. The present study aimed to pilot a disease-specific HRQL measure (You and Your Food Allergy) for self-report with teenagers (aged 13-18) with food allergy.METHODS: The questionnaire was developed based on literature and interviews with 21 teenagers with food allergy. The pilot questionnaire was completed by 102 teenagers with a range of food allergies. The questionnaire was refined using a psychometric approach. The frequency of endorsement, acceptability, percentage of inappropriate responses, item-total correlation and contribution to internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha) were calculated for each item.RESULTS: The pilot ‘You and Your Food Allergy’ questionnaire contained 53 items designed to measure aspects of the quality of life of the teenagers (answered on a 5-point Likert scale). Based on the results of the above analyses 8 items were removed as they were not sufficiently robust and 1 item was rewritten. Participants were asked to comment on any further items for inclusion. On this basis, 6 new items were added to the questionnaire.CONCLUSIONS: Pilot findings indicate that the ‘You and Your Food Allergy’ questionnaire is suitable for teenagers with food allergy and measures salient aspects of their quality of life. The refined questionnaire must now be tested in a larger population to determine its reliability and validity
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