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Joan Griffiths - The Big Picture
No full textText of a video conversation with producer Joan Griffiths well known for her discovery of Michael Rosen about a photograph of School Radio staff in the 1980s
A Systematic Review of Online Sex Addiction and Clinical Treatments Using CONSORT Evaluation
No full textResearchers have suggested that the advances of the Internet over the past two decades have gradually eliminated traditional offline methods of obtaining sexual material. Additionally, research on cybersex and/or online sex addictions has increased alongside the development of online technology. The present study extended the findings from Griffiths’ (2012) systematic empirical review of online sex addiction by additionally investigating empirical studies that implemented and/or documented clinical treatments for online sex addiction in adults. A total of nine studies were identified and then each underwent a CONSORT evaluation. The main findings of the present review provide some evidence to suggest that some treatments (both psychological and/or pharmacological) provide positive outcomes among those experiencing difficulties with online sex addiction. Similar to Griffiths’ original review, this study recommends that further research is warranted to establish the efficacy of empirically driven treatments for online sex addiction
J Griffiths, Ratisbon, Bavaria, to Sir James Edward Smith
No full textSending Professor [Josef August] Schultes' new botanical publication, [presumably "Osterreichs Flora"], by request of the author
Teaching and Studying the Lute: International Conference Bremen 2019
No full text"The curiosity to hear music of ages past played on original instruments or historical copies has become one of the most significant recreative movements in recent cultural history. Thanks to the initial experimental work of pioneers over a century ago, contemporary music culture now values listening to music of past ages with the ears of those who first heard it. We understand it as similar to the sensory vitality that is restored into old paintings when centuries of varnish and tarnish are removed. Early experimentation was transformed into expertise, and historical performance practice has grown to become a multi-million dollar industry.
The lute is a principal player on this revivalist stage and is now taught in many conservatories and music academies throughout the world. This book, based on a conference held in Bremen in September 2019, explores themes that pertain to teaching an ancient instrument in a modern institutional setting and the pedagogical challenges for both teaching and learning. It encompasses a discussion of aspects of modern teaching practice (Pascale Boquet, Jakob Lindberg, John Griffiths), the inner workings of historical technique (Paul O’Dette, Nigel North), improvisation and continuo playing (Joachim Held, Xavier Díaz-Latorre, Bor Zuljan), using the right instrument (Michael Lowe), and the continuing exploration of newly rediscovered repertoire (Franco Pavan).
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Gaming addiction in adolescence (revisited)
No full textGaming addiction has become a topic of increasing research interest. Over the last 25 years, I have written many articles on adolescent video gaming for Education and Health as it is one of the research fields that is constantly evolving. In fact, over the last decade, there has been a significant increase in the number of scientific studies examining various aspects of online addiction particularly among adolescents and young adults (Kuss & Griffiths, 2012; Kuss, Griffiths, Karila & Billieux, 2014). Although the amount and the quality of research in the field has progressed much over this period, it is still in its infancy compared to other more established behavioural addictions (such as pathological gambling). This article briefly examines (i) how adolescent gaming addiction research has changed over the last three decades, (ii) how online gaming addiction has gained genuine psychiatric status, (iii) excessive gaming as an addiction, and (iv) where the gaming addiction field is going
The safety of a plant-based nutraceutical for behaviour in cats and dogs
No full textTamarae Griffiths, Michael P. Reichel, Wolfgang Seewald, Jennifer K. Ketzi
Cytogenetics of Primary Skin Tumors
No full textSkin tumors can arise as a result of cumulative genetic abnormalities, including chromosomal �errations that can be described as either morphological (structural rearrangements) or molecular (copy number variations). Cytogenetic techniques have been used to examine both large and small chromosomal aberrations, and include karyotyping, comparative genomic hybridization, and fluorescence in situ hybridization. This chapter describes the recurrent aberrations associated with skin tumors, such as benign melanocytic nevi, melanoma, basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, actinic (solar) keratosis, Bowen's disease, keratoacanthoma, Merkel cell carcinoma, dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans, and cutaneous lymphomas, as detected by cytogenetic methodologies. A significant number of genomic aberrations are shared across different subtypes of skin tumors, including structural and numerical alterations of chromosome 1, -3p, +3q, +6, +7, +8q, -9p, +9q, -10, -17p, +17q and +20. Aberrations specific to certain skin cancers have also been detected, and include: loss of 18q in squamous cell carcinoma, but not its precursor, actinic keratosis; loss of 9q22 in sporadic basal cell carcinoma; and translocation involving 17q22 and 22q13 in dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans. These regions contain a number of potential candidate genes that are involved in aspects of cell signaling, proliferation, differentiation, and apoptosis. Cytogenetic methodologies continue to evolve with the advent of array-based comparative genomic hybridization, copy number variation microarrays, and next-generation sequencing. It is envisioned that cytogenetic analysis will continue to be employed for identification and further exploration of novel chromosomal regions and associated genes that drive skin tumorigenesis.Griffith Health, School of Medical ScienceFull Tex
Pegomya macrophthalma Griffiths 1984
No full text3. <i>Pegomya macrophthalma</i> Griffiths, 1984 <p>Figs. 13–18.</p> <p> ‘ <i>Pegomya maculata</i> Stein’; Chandler 1998: 168 (in part). Misidentification.</p> <p> <i>Pegomya macrophthalma</i> Griffiths 1984: 308, figs. 431, 432.</p> <p> ‘ <i>Pegomya atricauda</i> Ringdahl’; Petersen 2001: 185; Michelsen 2004 (Denmark). Misidentifications.</p> <p> <b>Description.</b> <i>Male.</i> Very similar to <i>P. maculata</i> but different as follows: Fore femur fuscous brown, only narrowly fuscous yellow on anterior surface and near apex; mid and hind femora and all tibiae fuscous yellow to yellow, only “knees” of middle and hind legs more or less darkened, fuscous brown. Short genal setae fewer, uni-serial. Sternite V (Figs. 13, 14) almost as in <i>P. maculata</i> except membranous flap distally on posterior lobes apparently better demarcated from sclerotized part. Hypopygium (Figs. 15, 16) scarcely different. Gonites (Fig. 17): Postgonite strongly angled backwards on distal half, at mid-length with a deep, rounded notch at posterior margin. Phallus (Fig. 18): Posterior hump of basiphallus very prominent, separated from epiphallus; distiphallus nearly straight at hind surface.</p> <p> <i>Female.</i> Not identified.</p> <p> <b>Material examined.</b> AUSTRIA: East Tyrol: Matrei, Hildenweg, Matrei to Seblas, 1060–1150m, 1 male 14.viii.1967, swept from pine forest and glades (Wright & Pont) [BMNH]. DENMARK: NE Zealand (NEZ): Copenhagen, Brønshøj, 1 male 20.vii.1982 (S. Andersen) [ZMUC]. GREAT BRITAIN: ENGLAND: [no locality]: 1 male (A. Piffard) [BMNH]; E Kent: Woolwich Wood, 1 male 21–31.vii.1957 (E.C.M d’Assis- Fonseca) [BMNH]; Herts: Felden, 1 male 7.vii.1898 (A. Piffard) [BMNH]; Worcs: Alfrick, 1 male 30.vi.1940 (C.J. Wainwright) [BMNH]; Berks: Wytham Wood, 1 male emerged 6.vi.1954 from soil under oak (G.C. Varley) [OUMNH]. Gloucs: Batsford Aboretum, 1 male v.1999, Malaise trap in oak wood (D.J. Mann) [OUMNH]; SCOTLAND: Perthshire: near Tummel Bridge, 1 male 8.vii.1937 (J.E. Collin) [OUMNH]. SWEDEN: Torne Lappmark (TO): Jebrenjokk, N shore of Lake Torneträsk, 340m, 1 male 7.viii.2001 (D.M. Ackland) [OUMNH].</p> <p> <b>Distribution.</b> Previously only known by the male holotype from USA: North Carolina (Griffiths 1984). Thus all European records given above from Austria, Denmark, Great Britain (England, Scotland) and Sweden are new. The species has in Great Britain been mixed up with <i>Pegomya maculata</i> (e.g., Chandler 1998) and in Denmark misidentified as <i>P. atricauda</i> (e.g., Petersen 2001).</p>Published as part of <i>Michelsen, Verner & Ackland, Michael, 2009, The Pegomya maculata species group (Diptera Anthomyiidae) in Europe, with description of a new species, pp. 51-65 in Zootaxa 2315</i> on page 59, DOI: <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/275413">10.5281/zenodo.275413</a>
Interactive television quizzes as gambling: a cause for concern?
No full textRecently, there has been a significant increase in the number of UK television shows in which viewers call into the show using a premium-rate telephone service. At one level it could be argued that in these instances viewers are participating in a lottery. Viewers are typically asked to call a premium-rate telephone line to answer a simple question. Winners are then chosen from all those viewers with the correct answer. It could also be argued that the viewer is staking money (i.e., the cost of the premium-rate telephone call) on the outcome of a future event (i.e., whether they will get the correct answer). This again could be defined as a form of gambling. Interactive television quiz shows share many of the dimensions of interactive television gambling and also raise the same concerns about vulnerable and susceptible populations. These concerns are discussed
Commentaries on 'Entrainment defects' by J Campbell
No full textIn the February 2006 issue of MST (pp. 127-143) we published an invited Materials perspective by John Campbell, in which he puts the case for entrainment defects, predominantly entrained oxide films, as a powerful and economical means of explaining and interpreting the mechanical and corrosion properties of cast metals. Perspectives offer the author the opportunity for informed speculation and to advance a personal view of the development of a field. The importance and broad sweep of Professor Campbell's thesis led the Editorial Board to seek commentaries on his 'perspective' from authorities in the casting and related communities. Contributions by P. R. Beeley, J. R. Griffiths, N. R. Green and C. J. Newton appear below, followed by a response from J. Campbell. We should welcome further contributions to this discussion, which all parties have found a useful and interesting exercise
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