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The construction of an evaluation model for use in conjunction with continuing education courses in the nursing profession.
(Queen Margaret University, 1989)Continuing education in Scotland underwent radical changes in the early 1980's, when the National Board for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting for Scotland responded to the proposals of a working party report (Working ... -
Electronic publishing: remote access for nursing studies education.
(Queen Margaret University, 1990)Electronic publishing is the distribution of textual information over computer communications channels for viewing on VDU screens. It has been used increasingly by professionals and academics to connect to single and ... -
The Chinese elderly in Edinburgh – problems of access to social and health services.
(Queen Margaret University, 1991)This research sets out investigate the determinants of social and health service utilization by the Chinese elderly in Edinburgh. Findings indicate that little use of these services was made by the first generation of ... -
Spiritual aspects of nursing: a descriptive study of nurses' perceptions.
(Queen Margaret University, 1992)This descriptive, exploratory study examines nurses' perceptions of spiritual care. Having reviewed the literature it became apparent that the spiritual dimension can influence health, well-being and quality of life. ... -
An investigation of motor control for speech in phonologically delayed children, normally developing children and adults.
(Queen Margaret University, 1992)Difficulty with phonological acquisition in children is currently widely regarded as a linguistic/cognitive disability but, since speech is a motor as well as a linguistic activity, speech motor control abilities must have ... -
Single-route and dual-route approaches to reading aloud difficulties associated with dysphasia.
(Queen Margaret University, 1999)The study of reading aloud is currently informed by two main types of theory: modular dual-route and connectionist single-route. One difference between then theories is the type of word classification system which they ... -
Cats on a Cold Tin Roof: Female Identity and Language in Plays by Five Contemporary Scottish Women Playwrights
(Queen Margaret University, 1999)Cats on a Cold Tin Roof: Female Identity and Language in Plays by Five Contemporary Scottish Women Playwrights concentrates on investigation into the main preoccupations of five Scottish women playwrights in the last twenty ... -
An instrumental study of alveolar to velar assimilation in slow and fast speech using EPG and EMA techniques.
(Queen Margaret University, 2000)This thesis evaluates the widely-held notion that place assimilation is (i) more frequent at faster rates of speech and (ii) a gradual phonetic process. The latter view is based on previous small-scale EPG studies which ... -
The nature and use of knowledge by district nurses in decision making relating to first assessment visits.
(Queen Margaret University, 2000)District nurses are the largest group of community nurses in the United Kingdom and an important aspect of their role is the responsibility to assess the health needs of patients at home. To date there has been limited ... -
Consumer use of the nutritional label on food packages: a cognitive task analysis
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Media Personality and Fan Community: A Study in Modern Communication and Culture
(Queen Margaret University, 2000)This study examines the relations between the media personalities and their audiences. Its broad interest is with the implications for contemporary social experience of the fact that modern communication and culture involve ... -
Motivation and method in Scots translations, versions and adaptations of plays from the historic repertoire of continental European drama.
(Queen Margaret University, 2000)This study adopts a twin approach to investigation of writers' motivation and method in translating, versionizing, and/or adapting into Scots plays from the historic repertoire of Continental European drama. First, it ... -
Alleviating psychosocial suffering: an analysis of approaches to coping with war-related distress in Angola.
(Queen Margaret University, 2001)This study investigates the role that the notions of trauma and culture play in relation to the alleviation of distress within an war-affected population. It analyses how local, cultural conceptions of distress and those ... -
Food Choice: the Shopping Experience of Older Consumers in Scotland
(Queen Margaret University, 2001)This thesis investigates the food shopping experience of older consumers (aged 65+) in Scotland. The aim was to develop the shopping dimension of food choice research and broaden the understanding of older consumers within ... -
Community development in cyberspace: a case study of a community network
(Queen Margaret University, 2001)This thesis investigates the background, emergence, use and significance of a community based information network, the Craigmillar Community Information Service (CCIS), in Edinburgh, Scotland, to assess its relationship ... -
An investigation of physical activity, influences on participation and psychological well-being in female undergraduates.
(Queen Margaret University, 2002)Recent health surveys have found that many young women do not participate in sufficient physical activity to produce health benefits. Consequently, they are at risk of developing cardiovascular disease, diabetes and ... -
Communication in young people with intellectual impairments: the influence of partnership.
(Queen Margaret University, 2002)Adults with intellectual impairments experience frequent communication breakdown in their everyday interactions. This can result from impairment of the linguistic skills required for effective communication and/or difficulties ... -
Female 'Self Culture' in Edinburgh: The Ladies' Edinburgh Debating Society.
(Queen Margaret University, 2002)The Ladies's Edinburgh Debating Society met on the first Saturday of each month between 1865-1936 to discuss the books they were reading and to debate prearranged issues. For the first fifteen years its members produced a ... -
Unfolding tragedies: the impact of a mother's death on her kin and community. An ethnography from Southern Malawi.
(Queen Margaret University, 2003)In examining the specific impact of a mother's death on her surviving family and community, the thesis highlights the social devastation resulting from such an event. Crucially, it argues that the increased frequency of ... -
The acute and long-term effects of 3,4- methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA; 'ecstasy') upon cerebral and cerebrovascular serotonergic processes.
(Queen Margaret University, 2004)The amphetamine derivative 3,4,-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA; Ecstasy) is a recreational drug of abuse, particularly popular among young people with whom it has formed a well-established sub-culture. MDMA is popular ...