Social rank and compassion: How insecure striving, social safeness and fears of compassion mediate the relationship between masculinity, depression and anxiety.

Objective: Traditional masculinity norms displayed by men attempt to signal a dominance or 'toughness' to others; however, traditional masculine norms are associated with a range of mental health difficulties, including depression and anxiety. Based on social rank theory, we tested the mediating role of insecure striving, social safeness and fears of compassion on the relationship between masculinity, anxiety and depression. We also examined whether compassionate goals were negatively correlated with masculine norm adherence.

Rehabilitation following extra-articular proximal phalangeal fractures of the fingers in adults: a scoping review.

Introduction: Proximal phalangeal fractures are common and can have a significant impact on hand function. Therefore, it is important to optimise post-operative rehabilitation. A scoping review was undertaken to map the existing evidence on rehabilitation of proximal phalangeal fractures of the fingers in adults.

The Impact of Economic Corridor and Tourism on Local Community's Quality of Life under One Belt One Road Context.

Economic corridors unlock new economic opportunities and tourism development in the region to achieve sustainable development goals. Green economic growth is conducive to environmental sustainability. Economic mega-projects of CPEC promote tourism that leads to communities' well-being and better quality of life.

Possible sexual dysfunction in traumatically injured clients: improving the approach at initial assessment.

Aim: To explore the perceived barriers experienced by rehabilitation case managers to discussing sexual function with clients after a traumatic injury, at the point of initial assessment. Study design: Small-scale semi-structured interviews were conducted to inform baseline measures for a service improvement proposal within the author's employing company. A qualitative phenomenological methodology was used for the interpretation of the data, with application of framework analysis.

Are emerging technologies unlocking the potential of sustainable practices in the context of a net-zero economy? An analysis of driving forces.

Increasing globalization and climate change have significantly affected business activities. Government and other stakeholders are creating pressure to have a sustainable business model for efficient resource utilization and minimizing negative environmental impact. Many organizations have started focusing on sustainable and cleaner production through the adoption of net-zero economy (NZE) practices.

User experiences of digital prostheses in daily functioning in people with an amputation of thumb or finger.

Unlabelled: STUDY DESIGN": Qualitative research design using interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) to interpret users' experiences with digital prostheses.

Background: Digital prostheses are rarely used, and little is known about the experiences of traumatic finger amputees with digital prostheses. When advising patients regarding digital prostheses, it is crucial for professionals to understand users experiences of wearing a digital prosthesis and the meaning attached to wearing a digital prosthesis.

Body weight perception outweighs body weight when predicting shame, criticism, depression and anxiety for lower BMI range and higher BMI range adults.

This study examined the relationship between body weight shame, self-criticism and mental health for individuals across body weight ranges. In total 1695 participants completed a series of online measures and we used Structural Equation Modelling, to assess for the relationship between weight, perceived weight, social rank (social comparison, body weight shame, submissiveness) self-criticism (inadequate and self-hatred) and anxious and depressive symptoms. Results indicated that perceived body weight is more important than actual body weight in predicting body weight shame.

'Trying to bring attention to your body when you're not sure where it is': An interpretative phenomenological analysis of drivers and barriers to mindfulness for people with spinal cord injury.

Objectives: Work is beginning to explore the impact of mindfulness in managing the physical and psychological health of people with spinal cord injury (SCI). However, no previous work has sought to understand what drives people with such conditions to try mindfulness, and what barriers are experienced in accessing mindfulness.

Design: An exploratory, qualitative, interview design, utilizing interpretative phenomenological analysis.

Governance options for effective interprofessional education: Exposing the gap between education and healthcare services.

Context: The increase in interprofessional models of collaborative practice and identification of health services as interprofessional organisations, sits somewhat awkwardly with traditional governance systems for both health services and educational institutions. Whereas health services have a primary focus on assuring competence and safety for health care practice, educational institutions have a primary focus on assuring academic standards within specific qualifications. Bridging the gap between these two systems with a workable option has proven challenging, especially in relation to interprofessional education (IPE).

The Use of a Smartphone App and an Activity Tracker to Promote Physical Activity in the Management of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Randomized Controlled Feasibility Study.

Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is highly prevalent and significantly affects the daily functioning of patients. Self-management strategies, including increasing physical activity, can help people with COPD have better health and a better quality of life. Digital mobile health (mHealth) techniques have the potential to aid the delivery of self-management interventions for COPD.

A Smartphone App for Improving Mental Health through Connecting with Urban Nature.

In an increasingly urbanised world where mental health is currently in crisis, interventions to increase human engagement and connection with the natural environment are one of the fastest growing, most widely accessible, and cost-effective ways of improving human wellbeing. This study aimed to provide an evaluation of a smartphone app-based wellbeing intervention. In a randomised controlled trial study design, the app prompted 582 adults, including a subgroup of adults classified by baseline scores on the Recovering Quality of Life scale as having a common mental health problem ( = 148), to notice the good things about urban nature (intervention condition) or built spaces (active control).

Human evolution and culture in relationship to shame in the parenting role: Implications for psychology and psychotherapy.

Objectives: There is considerable evidence that early parenting has profound effects on a range of physiological and psychological maturation processes. Furthermore, psychotherapy often addresses some of the distortions and developmental difficulties that have arisen from early childhood. While research has focused on obvious candidates such as abuse and neglect, this paper reviews some of the core themes related to a less investigated area, specifically parental shame on child development.

The effect of the infection within the individual host on its propagation in the population.

We consider nested or multiscale models to study the effect of the temporal evolution of the disease within the host in the population dynamics of the disease, for one and two infectious agents. We assumed a coupling between the within-host infection rate and the between-host transmission rate. The age of infection within each individual in a population affects the probability of transmission of the disease to a susceptible host and this will affect the temporal evolution of the disease in the host population.

Estimating the size of populations from dengue incidence data: Implications for the risk of yellow fever outbreaks.

In this paper we present a model to estimate the density of aedes mosquitoes in a community affected by dengue. The method consists in fitting a continuous function to the incidence of dengue infections, from which the density of infected mosquitoes is derived straightforwardly. Further derivations allow the calculation of the latent and susceptible mosquitoes' densities, the sum of the three equals the total mosquitoes' density.

A Note on the Risk of Infections Invading Unaffected Regions.

We present two probabilistic models to estimate the risk of introducing infectious diseases into previously unaffected countries/regions by infective travellers. We analyse two distinct situations, one dealing with a directly transmitted infection (measles in Italy in 2017) and one dealing with a vector-borne infection (Zika virus in Rio de Janeiro, which may happen in the future). To calculate the risk in the first scenario, we used a simple, nonhomogeneous birth process.

Estimating the probability of dengue virus introduction and secondary autochthonous cases in Europe.

Given the speed of air travel, diseases even with a short viremia such as dengue can be easily exported to dengue naïve areas within 24 hours. We set out to estimate the risk of dengue virus introductions via travelers into Europe and number of secondary autochthonous cases as a result of the introduction. We applied mathematical modeling to estimate the number of dengue-viremic air passengers from 16 dengue-endemic countries to 27 European countries, taking into account the incidence of dengue in the exporting countries, travel volume and the probability of being viremic at the time of travel.

Collaborative development of an accelerated graduate entry nursing programme outside of traditional funding mechanisms.

Financial support for students entering nurse education programmes has typically been the responsibility of Governments who make a substantial contribution to tuition and/or living costs. However, where programmes are not funded by Government bodies, students must make alternative arrangements for financial support. This paper explores how a university worked with local employers to design, recruit and deliver an accelerated graduate entry nursing programme and how this philosophy of collaboration ultimately led to local health employers providing sponsorship for students.

Adherence behavior in an acute pediatric hand trauma population: A pilot study of parental report of adherence levels and influencing factors.

Introduction: Descriptive and cross-sectional study.

Purpose Of The Study: The hand is a common site of injury in children; however, little is known regarding adherence to hand trauma management in this population.

Purpose: This pilot study aimed to describe adherence to plaster slab immobilization, advice regarding return to sport, appointment attendance, and the factors influencing nonadherence.

Quintavalle: The Quandary in Bioethics.

The case of presents a handful of legal problems. The biggest legal query to arise from the case is the inevitable harvest of babies, toddlers and very young children for their bone marrow. This article unpacks the judicial story behind to reveal how the strict provisions of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990--namely 'suitable condition' under schedule 2 paragraph 1(1)(a) and 'treatment services' and 'assisting' under section 2(1)--were widely misinterpreted to introduce the social selection of embryos into law.

Gillick, bone marrow and teenagers.

The Human Tissue Authority can authorise a bone marrow harvest on a child of any age if a person with parental responsibility consents to the procedure. Older children have the legal capacity to consent to medical procedures under Gillick, but it is unclear if Gillick can be applied to non-therapeutic medical procedures. The relevant donation guidelines state that the High Court shall be consulted in the event of a disagreement, but what is in the best interests of the teenage donor under s.

Challenges and solutions during analysis in a longitudinal narrative case study.

Aim: To describe the challenges faced by those performing complex qualitative analysis during a narrative study and to offer solutions.

Background: Qualitative research requires rigorous analysis. However, novice researchers often struggle to identify appropriately robust analytical procedures that will move them from their transcripts to their final findings.

Student nurses' attitudes to illicit drugs: a grounded theory study.

The aim of this research was to identify the factors that influence the attitudes of student nurses towards illicit drugs. This insight is important in providing a foundation for the development of educational approaches aimed at challenging what appear to be negative attitudes to illicit drug users within nursing. The absence of a testable hypothesis prior to the investigation led to the generation of theory from the data (inductive enquiry) with a constructivist approach to grounded theory (Charmaz, 2006), being employed.

Starting out - I was amazed by the skill and professionalism of paramedics.

On my community placement I joined a 12-hour shift at the East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust. I was apprehensive at first, but as we raced to our first emergency, the adrenaline soon overcame any doubts.

The thermal effects of Kirschner wire fixation on small bones.

The aim of this study was to assess bone heating caused by the passage of fine (<2 mm) K-wires of different types. Stainless steel K-wires of trocar and diamond point configurations (0.8-2.