Browsing by Author "Fergus, Suzanne"

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    • Are undergraduate students studying smart? Insights into study strategies and habits across a programme of study 

      Fergus, Suzanne (2022-04-08)
      The approach that students take in their studies at university is critical not only for their academic success but is equally important in life-long learning for their career and professional development. Heutagogy is the ...

    • Assessing prevalence, knowledge and use of cognitive enhancers among university students in the United Arab Emirates: A quantitative study 

      Sharif, Safia; Fergus, Suzanne; Guirguis, Amira; Smeeton, Nigel; Schifano, Fabrizio (2022-01-26)
      BACKGROUND: Cognitive enhancers (CE) are often used to improve memory, alertness and cognitive capacity. These products are commercially and pharmaceutically available. Due to high academic pressure, university students ...

    • Benefits and Harms of 'Smart Drugs' (Nootropics) in Healthy Individuals 

      Schifano, Fabrizio; Catalani, Valeria; Sharif, Safia (Sophia); Napoletano, Flavia; Corkery, John; Arillotta, Davide; Fergus, Suzanne; Vento, Alessandro; Guirguis, Amira (2022-04-02)
      ‘Smart drugs’ (also known as ‘nootropics’ and ‘cognitive enhancers’ [CEs]) are being used by healthy subjects (i.e. students and workers) typically to improve memory, attention, learning, executive functions and vigilance, ...

    • Emergence and identification of new products of designer drug products from the internet 

      Assi, Sulaf; Fergus, Suzanne; Stair, Jacqueline; Corazza, Ornella; Schifano, Fabrizio (2011)
      Designer drugs represent a rapidly expanding phenomenon particularly facilitated by their Internet availability. These drugs are continuously emerging as analogues of controlled substances (amfetamine, aminoindane, cathinone, ...

    • Evaluating academic answers generated using ChatGPT 

      Fergus, Suzanne; Botha, Michelle; Ostovar, Mehrnoosh (2023-04-11)
      The integration of technology in education has become ever more prioritized since the COVID-19 pandemic. Chat Generative Pre-Trained Transformer (ChatGPT) is an artificial intelligence technology that generates conversational ...

    • A framework model for a contextualized and integrated warfarin therapy case in a master of pharmacy program 

      Fergus, Suzanne; Birdi, Amandeep; Riaz, Farakh (2019-06-01)
      Objective. To develop and integrate a case study on warfarin into a clinical pharmacy workshop. Methods. A framework model was designed and used to create a case study on warfarin therapy. The case study was implemented ...

    • FUNCTIONAL AND HISTOLOGICAL CHANGES IN RAT URINARY BLADDER FOLLOWING SHORT AND LONG TERM KETAMINE EXPOSURE 

      Gant, Alex; Fergus, Suzanne; Benham, Christopher; Lione, Lisa (2020-11-18)
      Introduction: Due partly to their dissociative properties, ketamine and related new psychoactive substances (NPS) are widely used as recreational drugs. This has led to the discovery of a link between the chronic use of ...

    • Insights into Study Strategies and Habits: A Study with Undergraduate Students in Spain and the U.K. 

      Fergus, Suzanne; Heelan, Amy; Ibrahim, Sara; Oyman, Hasan; Diaz-de-Mera, Yolanda; Notario, Alberto (2021-10-12)
      The approach that students take in their studies at university is critical not only for their academic success but is equally important in life-long learning for their career and professional development. Cognitive science ...

    • The Khat and Meow Meow Tale : Teaching the Relevance of Chemistry through Novel Recreational Drugs 

      Fergus, Suzanne; Kellett, Kathryn; Gerhard, Ute (2015)
      Using current research and real-life scenarios to motivate students to understand chemistry principles is a key strategy in learning and teaching. An illustration of psychoactive drugs referred to as “legal highs” used in ...

    • Mephedrone (4-methylmethcathinone; 'meow meow') : chemical, pharmacological and clinical issues 

      Schifano, Fabrizio; Albanese, Antonio; Fergus, Suzanne; Stair, Jacqueline; Deluca, Paolo; Corazza, Ornella; Davey, Zoe; Corkery, John; Siemann, Holger; Scherbaum, Norbert; Farre', Magi'; Torrens, Marta; Demetrovics, Zsolt; Ghodse, A. Hamid; ReDNet Res Grp, Psychonaut Web Mapping (2011)
      Recently, those substances deriving from the active ingredient of the Khat plant, cathinone, have been rising in popularity. Indeed, 4-methylmethcathinone (mephedrone; 'meow meow' and others) has been seen by some as a ...

    • Novel psychoactive substances (NPS) – knowledge and experiences of drug users from Hungary, Poland, the UK and the USA 

      Pisarska, Agnieszka; Deluca, Paolo; Demetrovics, Zsolt; Corkery, John; Moskalewicz, Jacek; ReDNet Group; Corazza, Ornella; Corkery, John; Stair, Jacqueline; Fergus, Suzanne; Pezzolesi, Cinzia; Schifano, Fabrizio (2020-02-18)
      Dopamine D 3 receptor partial agonists represent a new generation of atypical antipsychotics. Cariprazine, which has received centralized market authorization from the European Medicines Agency in 2017 for the treatment ...

    • Nowe substancje psychoaktywne : potrzeby informacyjne młodzieży I profesjonalistów 

      Pisarska, Agnieszka; Moskalewicz, Jacek; Corazza, Ornella; Assi, Sulaf; Simonato, Pierluigi; Corkery, John; Demetrovics, Zsolt; Stair, Jacqueline; Fergus, Suzanne; Pezzolesi, Cinzia; Pasinetti, Manuela; Deluca, Paolo; Drummond, Colin; Blaszko, Ursula; Mervo, Barbara; Di Furia, Lucia; Farre, Magi; Flesland, Liv; Shapiro, Harry; Siemann, Holger; Skutle, Arvid; Torrens, Marta; Sambola, Farran; van der Kreeft, Peer; Scherbaum, Norbert; Schifano, Fabrizio (2013-06)
      (translated from Polish) The study conducted in the frame of the RedNet project among health professionals dealing with drug users (N=124) and youth population (N=716) was aimed at assessment of the level of knowledge about ...

    • Phenomenon of new drugs on the Internet : the case of ketamine derivative methoxetamine 

      Corazza, Ornella; Schifano, Fabrizio; Simonato, Pierluigi; Fergus, Suzanne; Assi, Sulaf; Stair, Jacqueline; Corkery, John; Trincas, Giuseppina; Deluca, Paolo; Davey, Zoe; Blaszko, Ursula; Demetrovics, Zsolt; Moskalewicz, Jacek; Enea, Aurora; di Melchiorre, Giuditta; Mervo, Barbara; Di Furia, Lucia; Farre, Magi; Flesland, Liv; Pasinetti, Manuela; Pezzolesi, Cinzia; Pisarska, Agnieszka; Shapiro, Harry; Siemann, Holger; Skutle, Arvid; Enea, Aurora; di Melchiorre, Giuditta; Sferrazza, Elias; Torrens, Marta; van der Kreeft, Peer; Zummo, Daniela; Scherbaum, Norbert (2012)
      On the basis of the material available both in the scientific literature and on the web, this paper aims to provide a pharmacological, chemical and behavioural overview of the novel compound methoxetamine. This is a ...

    • Promoting innovation and excellence to face the rapid diffusion of Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS) in the EU : the outcomes of the ReDNet project 

      Corazza, Ornella; Assi, Sulaf; Simonato, Pierluigi; Corkery, John; Bersani, Saverio; Demetrovics, Zsolt; Stair, Jacqueline; Fergus, Suzanne; Pezzolesi, Cinzia; Pasinetti, Manuela; Deluca, Paolo; Drummond, C.; Blaszko, Ursula; Moskalewicz, Jacek; Mervo, Barbara; Di Furia, Lucia; Farre, Magi; Flesland, Liv; Pisarska, Agnieszka; Shapiro, Harry; Siemann, Holger; Skutle, Arvid; Sferrazza, Elias; Torrens, Marta; Sambola, Farran; van der Kreeft, Peer; Scherbaum, Norbert; Schifano, Fabrizio (2013-07-25)
      Objectives: The recent emergence of new psychoactive compounds (NPS) has raised prominent challenges in the fields of drug policy, substance use research, public health and service provision. The Recreational Drugs European ...

    • Small molecule recognition of mephedrone using an anthracene molecular clip 

      Kellett, Kathryn; Broome, J. Hugh; Zloh, Mire; Kirton, Stewart B.; Fergus, Suzanne; Gerhard, Ute; Stair, Jacqueline L.; Wallace, Karl J. (2016-05-16)
      An anthracene molecular probe has been synthesised and shown to target mephedrone, a stimulant drug from the cathinone class of new psychoactive substances (NPS). A protocol has been developed to detect mephedrone via the ...

    • Strategic Engagement: Exploring student buy-in across a formative and summative online assessment 

      Fergus, Suzanne; Hirani, Ektaa; Parkar, Nawal; Kirton, Stewart (2021-02-28)
      Assessment greatly influences the approaches students take in their learning. The nature of the assessment task, its educational value, outcomes and perceived importance can influence student engagement. PeerWise, a freely ...

    • Ten Top tips to liven up your lectures! 

      Porter, Philip; Fergus, Suzanne (2013-07)
      Like it or not, many of us will deliver the bulk of our teaching to large groups through the traditional lecture format. The advantages and disadvantages of this teaching format continue to be discussed and debated at ...

    • The Use and Impact of Cognitive Enhancers among University Students: A Systematic Review 

      Sharif, Safia; Guirguis, Amira; Fergus, Suzanne; Schifano, Fabrizio (2021-03-10)
      Abstract: Introduction: Cognitive enhancers (CEs), also known as ‘smart drugs,’ ‘study aids’ or ‘nootropics’ are a cause of concern. Recent research studies investigated the use of CEs being taken as study aids by university ...

    • Using PeerWise to support the transition to higher education 

      Fergus, Suzanne (Creathach Press, 2019-07-05)

    • Using Structured Chemistry Examinations (SChemEs) as an assessment method to improve undergraduate students' generic, practical and laboratory-based skills 

      Kirton, Stewart Brian; Al-Ahmad, Abdullah; Fergus, Suzanne (2014)
      Increase in tuition fees means there will be renewed pressure on universities to provide “value for money” courses that provide extensive training in both subject-specific and generic skills. For graduates of chemistry ...