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Dance confidence, age and gender
Lovatt, P. (2011)Dance confidence is a measure of domain-specific self-esteem as applied to how a person feels about their social and recreational dance ability. This study is concerned with how dance confidence varies as a function of ... -
Darwin Illusion : Evolution in a blink of the eye
Jenkins, Rob; Wiseman, Richard (2009) -
Detection of disease change from a biological marker : using CA125 in ovarian cancer as an example
Qian, Wendi; Hall, Marcia; Rustin, Gordon J.; Kornbrot, Diana (2012)Objectives: In Oncology drug development, the great majority of phase 3 trials are negative. New strategies are required to rapidly identify novel agents prior to large randomised trials. The CA125 doubling trial successfully ... -
Detection of disease change using a biological marker and clinical application: CA125 in ovarian cancer patients
Qian, Wendi; Hall, Marcia; Rustin, Gordon J.; Kornbrot, Diana (2012)In Oncology drug development, the great majority of phase 3 trials are negative.. New strategies are required to rapidly identify novel agents prior to large randomised trials. The CA125 doubling trial successfully showed ... -
Discrepancy between self-reported and observed hand hygiene behaviour in healthcare professionals
Jenner, E.A.; Fletcher, Ben; Watson, P.; Jones, F.; Miller, L.K.; Scott, G.M. (2006)Hand hygiene behaviour in 71 healthcare professionals was observed on hospital wards for a total of 132h, encompassing 1284 hand hygiene opportunities. Questionnaires completed by the participants were used to compare ... -
Disease concordances amongst marital partners : Not ‘way of life’ or mortality data artifact
Jones, F.; Fletcher, Ben (1993)Mortality statistics for Great Britain (1979–1980, 1982–1983) for more than 500 occupations and 20 different causes of death were examined. The paper demonstrates that there is clear concordance of cause of death between ... -
Distinct Depression Symptom Trajectories over the First Year of Dialysis : Associations with Illness Perceptions
Chilcot, Joseph; Norton, Sam; Wellsted, D.; Davenport, Andrew; Firth, John; Farrington, Ken (2013-02)BACKGROUND: Depression in the dialysis population is common, but trajectories of depression symptoms are unknown. PURPOSE: This study aims to (1) examine whether different patterns of depression symptoms exist over the ... -
Does 'wanting the best' create more stress? : The link between baby sign classes and maternal anxiety
Howlett, Neil; Kirk, Elizabeth; Pine, Karen J. (2011)This study investigated whether gesturing classes (baby sign) affected parental frustration and stress, as advertised by many commercial products. The participants were 178 mother-infant dyads, divided into a gesture group ... -
Does antifungal prophylaxis with daily oral fluconazole reduce the risk of fungal peritonitis in peritoneal dialysis patients? The Pan Thames Renal Audit
Davenport, Andrew; Wellsted, D.; Pan Thames Renal Audit Peritoneal (2011)Background and Objectives: Fungal peritonitis increases the risk of transfer to haemodialysis and mortality. Methods: We audited the effect of co-prescription of daily oral fluconazole with antibiotics in the Pan Thames ... -
Does Baby Signing in Germany promote individualistic educational goals and disconnection?
Kirk, Elizabeth; Kiegelmann, M.; Vallotton, C. (2013) -
The dog that didn't bark...interpreting non-significance
Kornbrot, D.; Msetfi, R.M. (International Society for Psychophysics, 2007)Hypothesis testing is a crucial component of science. This leads to guidelines (often ignored) in most disciplines including psychology. Unfortunately, most focus on significant effects. Non-significant effects are sidelined, ... -
Dynamic assessment of learning ability improves outcome prediction following acquired brain injury
Uprichard, S.; Kupshik, G.; Pine, K.; Fletcher, Ben (2009)Primary purpose: There is a need to improve the prediction of outcome following acquired brain injury. The previous focus has been on specifying the relative contribution of such variables as pre-morbid intellectual ability, ... -
Dysphoric mood states are related to sensitivity to temporal changes in contingency
Msetfi, R.M.; Murphy, R.A.; Kornbrot, D. (2012-09-27)A controversial finding in the field of causal learning is that mood contributes to perceptions of uncorrelated relationships. When people are asked to report the degree of control they have, people with dysphoria or ... -
Eating disorders and concurrent psychopathology : a reconceptualisation of clinical need through Rasch analysis
Fletcher, Ben; Kupshik, G.; Uprichard, S.; Shah, Syed; Nash, A. (2008)Therapies for anorexia nervosa (AN), bulimia nervosa (BN), binge eating disorder (BED) and eating disorder not otherwise specified (EDNOS) take as their focus, perhaps of necessity, the eating disorder symptomatology. ... -
The Effect of Mild Depression on Time Discrimination
Msetfi, Rachel; Murphy, R.; Kornbrot, D. (2012-02-07)Depressed mood states affect subjective perceptions of time but it is not clear whether this is due to changes in the underlying timing mechanisms, such as the speed of the internal clock. In order to study depression ... -
Effects of experience on microcomputer use in primary schools : results of a second survey
Jackson, A.C.; Fletcher, Ben; Messer, D.J. (1988)Following an initial survey of microcomputer use in Hertfordshire primary schools, a second, follow-up survey was conducted two years later to examine how experience had changed attitudes and use. This second survey provided ... -
An Empirical Study of Occupational Stress Transmission in Working Couples
Jones, F.; Fletcher, Ben (1993)The associations between work demands, supports, and levels of psychological and physical health have been clearly established by research. There is growing evidence that occupational stressors are transmitted to spouses, ... -
Event-based prospective memory in mildly and severely autistic children
Sheppard, D.; Kvavilashvili, Lia; Ryder, Nuala (2016-02-01)Background There is a growing body of research into the development of prospective memory (PM) in typically developing children but research is limited in autistic children (Aut) and rarely includes children with more ... -
Evidence That Self-Affirmation Improves Phosphate Control in Hemodialysis Patients : A Pilot Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial
Wileman, Vari; Farrington, Ken; Chilcot, Joseph; Norton, Sam; Wellsted, D.; Almond, Michael K.; Davenport, Andrew; Franklin, Gail; Gane, Maria Da Silva; Armitage, Christopher J. (2014-10)Hemodialysis patients are at risk of serious health complications, yet treatment non-adherence remains high. -
An examination of the relationship between staff behaviour and stress levels in residential care
Rose, J.; Mullan, E.; Fletcher, Ben (1994)