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University of Lincoln
Education•Lincoln, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom•
About: University of Lincoln is a education organization based out in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Higher education. The organization has 2341 authors who have published 7025 publications receiving 124797 citations.
Topics: Population, Higher education, Mental health, Health care, Robot
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TL;DR: The attempt to summarise the evidence about wider ED operations proved to be too complex and further focused reviews are needed, and it would be prudent to develop a national picture of existing pilot projects or interventions in development to support decisions about research commissioning.
Abstract: Objective
The purpose of the evidence synthesis is to assess the nature and quality of the existing evidence base on delivery of emergency and urgent care services and identify gaps that require further primary research or evidence synthesis
Methods
We have conducted a rapid framework-based evidence synthesis approach Five separate reviews were conducted linked to themes in the NHS England review A general and five theme specific database searches were conducted for the years 1995-2014 Relevant systematic reviews and additional primary research papers were included with narrative assessment of evidence quality was conducted for each review
Results
The review was completed in six months In total 45 systematic reviews and 102 primary research studies have been included across all 5 reviews The key findings for each reviews were 1) Demand - there is little empirical evidence to explain increases in demand for urgent care, 2) Telephone triage - Overall, these services provide , appropriate and safe decision making with high patient satisfaction but required clinical skill mix and effectiveness in a system is unclear , 3) extended paramedic roles have been implemented in various health settings and appear to be successful at reducing transports to hospital, making safe decisions about the need for transport and delivering acceptable, cost-effective care out of hospital 4)ED – The evidence on co-location of GP services with ED indicates there is potential to improve care The attempt to summarise the evidence about wider ED operations proved to be too complex and further focused reviews are needed 5) There is no empirical evidence to support the design and development of urgent care networks
Limitations
Although there is a large body of evidence on relevant interventions much of it is weak with only very small numbers of randomised controlled trials identified Evidence is dominated by single site studies many of which were uncontrolled
Conclusions
The evidence gaps of most relevance to the delivery of services are 1) more detailed understanding and mapping of the characteristics of demand to inform service planning, 2) assessment of the current state of urgent care network development and evaluation of effectiveness of different models, and 3) Expanding the current evidence base on existing interventions that are viewed as central to delivery of the NHS England plan by assessing the implications of increasing interventions at scale and measuring costs and system impact It would be prudent to develop a national picture of existing pilot projects or interventions in development to support decisions about research commissioning
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TL;DR: The main objective of TIM is to outline the processes behind continued technology use in an individual's everyday life and can help generate research questions relating to technology use while simultaneously addressing many previous shortcomings of existing models.
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TL;DR: Greater awareness of the diversity of ways in which disabled people interact with digital environments is called for, because government expansion into digital‐only welfare risks isolating even further those who have the most to gain.
Abstract: Government visions of a digital future show little indication of how disabled people, reliant on access technology, will participate. Access technology has the potential to offer independent use of the Internet but many disabled people already face barriers that prevent them having equitable digital experiences. Multiple obstacles include high set‐up costs, inadequate technical support and exclusive design practices. Due to the high levels of personalisation required, many disabled people are restricted to using computers at home. As a result their problems with access often remain unacknowledged and hidden behind closed doors. As online governance of welfare gathers pace, so greater awareness of the diversity of ways in which disabled people interact with digital environments is called for. Without this, government expansion into digital‐only welfare risks isolating even further those who have the most to gain.
60 citations
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14 Sep 2014
TL;DR: The proposed spatio-temporal world model is able to predict environmental changes in time, allowing the robot to improve its localisation capabilities during long-term operations in populated environments.
Abstract: This paper presents a new approach for topological localisation of service robots in dynamic indoor environments. In contrast to typical localisation approaches that rely mainly on static parts of the environment, our approach makes explicit use of information about changes by learning and modelling the spatio-temporal dynamics of the environment where the robot is acting. The proposed spatio-temporal world model is able to predict environmental changes in time, allowing the robot to improve its localisation capabilities during long-term operations in populated environments. To investigate the proposed approach, we have enabled a mobile robot to autonomously patrol a populated environment over a period of one week while building the proposed model representation. We demonstrate that the experience learned during one week is applicable for topological localization even after a hiatus of three months by showing that the localization error rate is significantly lower compared to static environment representations.
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TL;DR: Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) revealed two superordinate themes; namely, staff relationship factors and positive and negative attributes of staff.
Abstract: Background This study explores the perceptions of a group of adults with intellectual disability regarding direct support staff. Method Semi-structured interviews relating to experiences of direct support staff were developed from two focus groups. These interviews were conducted with 11 adults with intellectual disability residing within a forensic inpatient service. Results Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) revealed two superordinate themes; namely, staff relationship factors and positive and negative attributes of staff. The participants valued relationships with staff based on qualities such as honesty, trust, and a caring, nurturing manner that enabled individuals to feel safe. Staff characteristics such as immaturity, inexperience, and a short temper appeared to lead to feelings of discontentment amongst the participants. Conclusions The implications of the findings are discussed in relation to clinical practice, staff recruitment, and training.
60 citations
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Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
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David R. Williams | 178 | 2034 | 138789 |
David Scott | 124 | 1561 | 82554 |
Hugh S. Markus | 118 | 606 | 55614 |
Timothy E. Hewett | 116 | 531 | 49310 |
Wei Zhang | 96 | 1404 | 43392 |
Matthew Hall | 75 | 827 | 24352 |
Matthew C. Walker | 73 | 443 | 16373 |
James F. Meschia | 71 | 401 | 28037 |
Mark G. Macklin | 69 | 268 | 13066 |
John N. Lester | 66 | 349 | 19014 |
Christine J Nicol | 61 | 268 | 10689 |
Lei Shu | 59 | 598 | 13601 |
Frank Tanser | 54 | 231 | 17555 |
Simon Parsons | 54 | 462 | 15069 |
Christopher D. Anderson | 54 | 393 | 10523 |