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Does stigma affect how Scottish acute care nurses provide care for people with a diagnosis of depression?

Unknown author (Queen Margaret University, 2016)

Background Depression is a mental illness that can host many different damaging symptoms affecting 350 million people across the world and is a main contributor to disability (WHO 2015). Depression can lower a person's ...

Does the audio accompanying horror films have an emotional and physiological effect on females aged 18-25?

Unknown author (Queen Margaret University, 2017)

Purpose: This studies objective was to find out whether the music used in horror films is the main cause for emotional stress amongst the audience. Design and Methodological approach: Primary data collection as well as ...

Does the fur still fly? An exploratory study of female perceptions concerning the use of real fur in fashion products.

Reid, L.; Pretious, Mike; Hare, Caroline (2009)

Does the gender of the bully/victim dyad and the type of bullying influence children’s responses to a bullying incident?

Fox, Claire; Jones, Sian; Stiff, Chris E.; Sayers, Jayde (Wiley, 2014-02-07)

Children's responses to bullying are context related; they will vary depending on the specific bullying episode. The aim of the present study was to explore whether children's responses to bullying vary depending on the ...

Does the music even matter? An exploratory investigation into visitor motivations for attending large scale music festivals: case study of T in the Park, Scotland.

Unknown author (Queen Margaret University, 2016)

Motivations have been researched in relation to many different fields of study including psychology, business, etc. However, it emerges in the area of events quite frequently. Despite the fact there is a wealth of literature ...

Does the Position of the Arm during Intravenous Contrast Administration alter Image Quality in Computed Tomography Pulmonary Angiography (CTPA)?

Wood, K. (2009-11-27)

Pulmonary embolism (PE) is the sudden blocking of a pulmonary artery, commonly by a blood clot.PE can be very difficult to diagnose clinically and is potentially fatal carrying a 30% mortality rate if untreated 1. In the ...

Does the use of an 1850s Victorian setting achieve an effective understanding of William Shakespeare’s As You Like It when presented to a 21st century audience?

Allcott, Sasha (2018)

This dissertation aims to look into the way in which the central themes and dynamics present within Shakespeare’s As You Like It may be presented to a contemporary 21st century audience. This will be done by investigating ...

Does treadmill training affect activities of daily living or quality of life after stroke? Results of a phase II randomised controlled trial.

Salisbury, Lisa; Baer, Gill; Dennis, M.; Pitman, D.; Smith, M. (Wiley, 2009)

Introduction: A Cochrane review, evaluating treadmill training (TT) after stroke, found current evidence to be inconclusive and highlighted the need for further well-designed large-scale trials. It was noted that insufficient ...

Does treadmill training improve walking after stroke - the long-term follow-up from a phase II randomised controlled trial.

Baer, Gill; Dennis, M.; Pitman, D.; Salisbury, Lisa; Smith, M. (Wiley, 2009)

Introduction: A recent Cochrane review has indicated that current evidence for the effectiveness of Treadmill Training (TT) following stroke is inconclusive. This paper reports the 6 month follow up of mobility outcomes ...

'Doi moi' and health: the effect of economic reforms on the health system in Vietnam.

Witter, Sophie (Wiley InterScience, 1996-04)

The article examines changes which have taken place in the health system in Vietnam as a result of the economic reform process dating back to the late 1980s. With the liberalization of the economy have come not only growth ...

Doing action research in organizations: Using communicative spaces to facilitate (transformative) professional learning

Eady, Sandra; Drew, Valerie; Smith, Annetta (Sage, 2014-09-03)

This paper considers the nature of professional learning arising through the processes of carrying out action research in professional organizations. It suggests that communicative space opened up outside of the professional ...

Doing Mad Studies: A Participatory Action Research Project to explore the experiences and impacts of being part of a Mad People’s History and Identity course and the relationship between critical education, activism and emancipation

Ballantyne, Elaine (Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, 2019)

Mad People’s History and Identity (MPHI) is a Mad Studies course delivered at Queen Margaret University (QMU). The course is a partnership including academics at QMU, Consultancy and Advocacy Promotion Service (CAPS), NHS ...