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Food additives and children's behaviour: evidence based policy at the margins of certainty
No full textThe possible effects of food additives (specifically artificial colours) have been debated for over 30 years. The evidence accumulated suggests that for some children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) food colours exacerbate their condition. Two studies
undertaken by a research group at the University of Southampton have extended these findings to the effects on hyperactivity in children from the general population who do not show ADHD. This article reviews the response from policy-makers to these findings and concludes that the failure to impose a mandatory ban on the six food colours in the Southampton study is inadequate and that such a ban would be an appropriate application of the precautionary principle when the evidence is considered to be at the margins of certaint
It looks like a lamplit vicious fairy land behind me: Robert Louis Stevenson and Scotland
No full textThis thesis concerns a man and his home country, exploring the physical, the emotional and the imaginative bonding of the two. The man is Robert Louis Stevenson. A frail, consumptive novelist, poet and Scot, who transcended his infirmities to create romantic heroes of magnificent adventures, and transcended his self-imposed exile by setting them amidst the heather. The country is Scotland, a country which nurtured and debilitated, inspired and repelled Stevenson. It was also one in which he was ultimately unable to survive. Stevenson was not solely a Scottish writer, just as he is not solely a children's writer. His work does reflect his peripatetic life, but the purpose of this thesis is to focus upon his Scottish fiction. It will argue that it was in these works that his imagination and his artistic skills fused best. Scotland’s influence upon Stevenson will be seen as twofold. Firstly, the geographical and historical impressions which were made upon him, and secondly, the traditions of superstion which so characterised its people. A study of Stevenson's non-fictional portrait of Edinburgh will be made to elucidate his continued impulse to write about Scotland and what it meant to be Scottish. Stevenson’s Scottish fiction will be shown as far more than the laments of a homesick ex-pat. In recognising the viciousness of his fairyland, perceiving the skull beneath the skin, Stevenson gave to his fiction and his Scotland a richness and vitality which might not have been possible had he been a comfortable resident of a comfortable Edinburgh house
[Letter and Certificate: From Governor Coke Stevenson to T. N. Carswell - October 17, 1942]
No full textA letter addressed to Mr. T. N. Carswell, Abilene, Texas, from Coke Stevenson, Governor, Austin, Texas, dated October 17, 1942. The letter serves as a confirmation by Stevenson of the appointment of Carswell as a Member of the Taylor County Parole Board and advisement of enclosed commission and card. The certificate is issued by The State of Texas and signed by Coke R. Stevenson, Governor of Texas, W. J. Lawson, Secretary of State dated October 17, 1942
Letter from J. R. Eakin to Arthur G. Ringland
No full textLetter (copy) from J. R. Eakin to Arthur C. Ringland about the alignment of 40 acres near the Buggeln ranch
Letter from Arno B. Cammerer to J. R. Eakin
No full textLetter from Arno B. Cammerer to J. R. Eakin describing the procedure for purchasing Bright Angel Trail
Letter from J. R. Eakin to Carl Hayden
No full textLetter from J. R. Eakin to Carl T. Hayden concerning access to Rowe Well and the canyon
Letter from J. R. Eakin to Stephen Mather
No full textLetter from J. R. Eakin to Stephen T. Mather about expenses and reconstruction of the Kaibab Trail
Letter from Carl Hayden to J. R. Eakin
No full textLetter from Carl T. Hayden to J. R. Eakin regarding changes to the Grand Canyon National Park boundaries and the purchase of lands from William Randolph Hearst
The extended health belief model applied to the experience of diabetes in young people.
No full textObjectives: The experience of diabetes in young people was investigated within the theoretical framework of the extended health belief model (EHBM). It was anticipated that participant reports of high internal locus of control, high diabetes related empowerment, coping with hypoglycaemia, and diabetes related social support would be associated with good patient adherence to the self-care regime.Method: 118 participants aged 16–25 years with Type 1 diabetes mellitus were sent a set of questionnaires incorporating previously published scales measuring all variables of the EHBM.Results: High levels of family support and low locus of control beliefs in powerful others to control their diabetes reduce the young person's perception of severity and vulnerability to diabetes related complications. High internal locus of control beliefs and high levels of self-efficacy predicted the benefits of adhering to the self-care regime as outweighing the costs of doing so. Adherence to self-care regime was predicted by high levels of family support.Conclusion: The final model explained 12% of the variance in the young person's adherence to diabetes self-care regime. It is proposed that the EHBM is an adequate model for understanding the socio-psychological factors present in the young person's appraisal of their diabetes, which, in turn, influences adherence to the diabetes self-care regime
From blindsight to blindsmell: A mini review.
No full textThis mini-review briefly documents the phenomenon of blindsight – the condition where someone responds appropriately to a visual stimulus without any conscious visual experience or awareness of that event – and whether there is evidence for any comparable state in olfaction. For olfaction, we describe how many routine aspects of perception may occur without conscious awareness, arguably paralleling key aspects of blindsight. We then describe the limited neuropsychological evidence suggesting that people can apparently respond appropriately to odours that they cannot subjectively smell - blindsmell
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