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User Reactions to Failures and Frustrations within Cyber Environments – Systematic Coding of Previous Work (URM Coding)

Using a dual kernel density estimate as a preliminary evaluation of the spatial distribution of diagnosed chronic kidney disease (CKD) in Edo State, Nigeria

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a growing problem in Nigeria, presenting challenges to the nation’s health and economy. This study presents an analysis of 442 patients with CKD referred to the renal department at the ...

Using artificially generated spectral data to improve protein secondary structure prediction from Fourier transform infrared spectra of proteins.

Severcan, M.; Haris, P. I. (Parvez I.); Severcan, F. (Article)

Using blackboard collaborate, a digital web conference tool, to support nursing students placement learning: A pilot study exploring its impact

Hart, Tania; Bird, David; Farmer, Robert (Article)

Ensuring student nurses, when in clinical placement areas, receive good quality Higher Education Institution (HEI) lecturer support is challenging. This is because conventional HEI placement support, is resource intensive ...

Using Bourdieu's Theoretical Framework to Examine How the Pharmacy Educator Views Pharmacy Knowledge

Waterfield, Jon (Article)

Objective. To explore how different pharmacy educators view pharmacy knowledge within the United Kingdom MPharm program and to relate these findings to Pierre Bourdieu’s theoretical framework. Methods. Twelve qualitative ...

Using chemical genetics and ATP analogues to dissect protein kinase function.

Elphick, Lucy M.; Lee, Sarah E.; Gouverneur, Veronique; Mann, David J. (Article)

Protein kinases catalyze the transfer of the γ-phosphate of ATP to a protein substrate and thereby profoundly alter the properties of the phosphorylated protein. The identification of the substrates of protein kinases has ...

Using Co-creation and Instant Feedback for Teaching University Students’ interactive Adobe Spark e-page and 30 minute recorded online talk presented at the International UDL-IRN Summit On Demand, New York, USA, June 1-5th, 2020.

Furmonaviciene, R. (Conference)

Using Co-creation and Instant Feedback for Teaching University Students May 22, 2020 Ruta Furmonaviciene This session will present co-creation work and WhatsApp use to enhance learning. Dr. Furmonaviciene co-created an ...

Using continuous sedation until death for cancer patients: A qualitative interview study of physicians’ and nurses’ practice in three European countries

Seymour, Jane; Rietjens, Judith; Bruinsma, Sophie; Deliens, Luc; Sterckx, Sigrid; Mortier, Freddy; Brown, Jayne; Mathers, Nigel; van der Heide, Agnes (Article)

BACKGROUND: Extensive debate surrounds the practice of continuous sedation until death to control refractory symptoms in terminal cancer care. We examined reported practice of United Kingdom, Belgian and Dutch physicians ...

Using conversation analysis to investigate the efficacy of the Hanen Parent Programme for parents of preschool children with learning disabilities/language disorder.

Hickin, J.; Cunningham, R.; Flanagan, J.; Brown, Adam (Conference)

The Hanen Training Programme, (Manolson, 1975)1 was devised to empower parents and caregivers to help children to communicate to the best of their abilities. In line with moves within the speech and language therapy ...

Using digital resources for the ECE curriculum in China: Current needs and future development.

Zhou, J.; Chen, S.; Jin, Lixian (Article)

Using Educational Robotics Research to Transform the Classroom Establishing a Robotics Community of Evidenced-based Practice using MESH Guides and the TACTICS Framework

Catlin, D.; Csizmadia, A.; O'Meara, J.; Younie, Sarah (Conference)

Trends in the USA and UK insist that classroom interventions are supported by evidence of their efficacy. The body of evidence supporting the value of educational robots is growing. However, a perennial problem remains, ...