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152. Public Understanding of Coercive Control in Northern Ireland

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Lagdon, Susan, Jordan, Julie-Ann, Devine, Paula, Tully, Mark A., Armour, Cherie, and Shannon, Ciaran

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Northern Ireland -- Social aspects, Duress (Law) -- Social aspects -- Public opinion, Family and marriage
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Coercive control is characterised by negative behaviours which intimidate, threaten, and humiliate a person or restrict a person's liberty. In addition to being a known risk factor for experiencing other forms of violence, research has linked coercive control to symptoms of psychological distress and suicidality. In the UK, coercive and controlling behaviours within intimate and familial relationships have been legislated as offending behaviours. However, there still exists a lack of international evidence on wider public knowledge and understanding of coercive control. The Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey (NILT) is an annual cross-sectional representative survey of social policy topics. Participants are adults aged 18 years or over. Concerning coercive control, respondents were presented with two relationship scenarios: obvious and less obvious coercive control. Following each scenario, respondents indicated their level of agreement to ten statements covering attitudes towards coercive control, victims of coercive control, talking about coercive control, and whether coercive control is a crime. Respondents indicated whether they had heard of the term 'coercive control'. Predictors of coercive control awareness were assessed using multinomial logistic regression. Mixed analysis of variance assessed if agreement levels to the ten statements varied by type of coercive control and victim gender. Most respondents said that they had heard of the term coercive control and knew what it meant. Those who had not heard of coercive control at all were more likely to be on a lower income, less qualified and younger, when compared to those who said they knew what the term meant. Significant interactions between coercive control type and victim gender were evident for all ten statements. While most respondents are aware of the term coercive control, a significant number have not and are therefore unlikely to recognise the signs of this type of abuse., Author(s): Susan Lagdon [sup.1] , Julie-Ann Jordan [sup.2] , Paula Devine [sup.3] , Mark A. Tully [sup.4] , Cherie Armour [sup.5] , Ciaran Shannon [sup.2] Author Affiliations: (1) grid.12641.30, 0000000105519715, [...]

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2023
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153. For Big Pharma, Trump vs. Harris Is a Clash Between Two Industry Foes

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News, Stephanie Armour - Kff Health

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Drugs -- Political aspects, Ex-presidents -- Political aspects -- Political activity, Pharmaceutical industry -- International economic relations -- Officials and employees, Banking, finance and accounting industries
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Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris have a rare point of agreement in their otherwise bitter and divisive contest: It’s up to the government to cut high [...]

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2024

154. Rates and correlates of psychological distress and PTSD among persons with physical disabilities in Cambodia

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Alan Maddock, Paul Best, Nil Ean, Cherie Armour, and Nerrolyn Ramstrand

Subjects
Mental Health, Physical Disability, Psychological Distress, PTSD, Cambodia, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270
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Abstract Background Compared to the general population, persons with disabilities are at increased risk of poor mental health. The aim of this study was to determine the rates and correlates of psychological distress and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among persons with physical disabilities in Cambodia. Methods From July to December 2021 data were collected as part of a mental health screening programme for persons with physical disabilities who access prosthetic and orthotic services. Psychological distress was measured using the Kessler-10 (K-10) and PTSD using the PC-PTSD-5. Bivariate and multiple linear regression analyses were conducted to identify factors associated with levels of psychological distress and PTSD among this population. Results Our study found a high prevalence of psychological distress and PTSD in this patient cohort. Of the 213 participants, 31.5% were likely to be experiencing mild to moderate psychological distress indicative of a mental health disorder, with 13.6% likely to have a severe mental health disorder. Sixty-five percent of patients reported experiencing PTSD symptoms, with forty-six percent meeting the criteria for probable PTSD. Psychological distress was associated with pathological worry, rumination, and facets of mindfulness. Rumination and pathological worry were found to be significant predictors of psychological distress. PTSD symptoms were associated with pathological worry but not facets of mindfulness or rumination. Facets of mindfulness and pathological worry were found to be significant predictors of PTSD. Conclusion Integration of mental health services within the disability sector is required to address psychological distress and PTSD symptoms among people with physical disabilities in Cambodia. Health system interventions, such as screening, referral, and the training of health providers, need to be strengthened. Further studies focussing on the psychosocial determinants of mental health of persons with disabilities in Cambodia are required.

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2023
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158. Effects of sleep disturbance on dyspnoea and impaired lung function following hospital admission due to COVID-19 in the UK: a prospective multicentre cohort study

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Jackson, C, Stewart, I D, Plekhanova, T, Cunningham, P S, Hazel, A L, Al-Sheklly, B, Aul, R, Bolton, C E, Chalder, T, Chalmers, J D, Chaudhuri, N, Docherty, A B, Donaldson, G, Edwardson, C L, Elneima, O, Greening, N J, Hanley, N A, Harris, V C, Harrison, E M, Ho, L-P, Houchen-Wolloff, L, Howard, L S, Jolley, C J, Jones, M G, Leavy, O C, Lewis, K E, Lone, N I, Marks, M, McAuley, H J C, McNarry, M A, Patel, B, Piper-Hanley, K, Poinasamy, K, Raman, B, Richardson, M, Rivera-Ortega, P, Rowland-Jones, S L, Rowlands, A V, Saunders, R M, Scott, J T, Sereno, M, Shah, A M, Shikotra, A, Singapuri, A, Stanel, S C, Thorpe, M, Wootton, D G, Yates, T, Jenkins, G, Singh, S J, Man, W D-C, Brightling, C E, Wain, L V, Porter, J C, Thompson, R, Horsley, A, Molyneaux, P L, Evans, R A, Jones, S E, Rutter, M K, Blaikley, J F, Abel, K, Adamali, H, Adeloye, D, Adeyemi, O, Adrego, R, Aguilar Jimenez, L A, Ahmad, S, Ahmad Haider, N, Ahmed, R, Ahwireng, N, Ainsworth, M, Alamoudi, A, Ali, M, Aljaroof, M, All, AM, Allan, L, Allen, R J, Allerton, L, Allsop, L, Almeida, P, Altmann, D, Alvarez Corral, M, Amoils, S, Anderson, D, Antoniades, C, Arbane, G, Arias, A, Armour, C, Armstrong, L, Armstrong, N, Arnold, D, Arnold, H, Ashish, A, Ashworth, A, Ashworth, M, Aslani, S, Assefa-Kebede, H, Atkin, C, Atkin, P, Aung, H, Austin, L, Avram, C, Ayoub, A, Babores, M, Baggott, R, Bagshaw, J, Baguley, D, Bailey, L, Baillie, J K, Bain, S, Bakali, M, Bakau, M, Baldry, E, Baldwin, D, Baldwin, M, Ballard, C, Banerjee, A, Bang, B, Barker, R E, Barman, L, Barratt, S, Barrett, F, Basire, D, Basu, N, Bates, M, Bates, A, Batterham, R, Baxendale, H, Bayes, H, Beadsworth, M, Beckett, P, Beggs, M, Begum, M, Beirne, P, Bell, D, Bell, R, Bennett, K, Beranova, E, Bermperi, A, Berridge, A, Berry, C, Betts, S, Bevan, E, Bhui, K, Bingham, M, Birchall, K, Bishop, L, Bisnauthsing, K, Blaikely, J, Bloss, A, Bolger, A, Bonnington, J, Botkai, A, Bourne, C, Bourne, M, Bramham, K, Brear, L, Breen, G, Breeze, J, Briggs, A, Bright, E, Brill, S, Brindle, K, Broad, L, Broadley, A, Brookes, C, Broome, M, Brown, A, Brown, J, Brown, J S, Brown, M, Brown, V, Brugha, T, Brunskill, N, Buch, M, Buckley, P, Bularga, A, Bullmore, E, Burden, L, Burdett, T, Burn, D, Burns, G, Burns, A, Busby, J, Butcher, R, Butt, A, Byrne, S, Cairns, P, Calder, P C, Calvelo, E, Carborn, H, Card, B, Carr, C, Carr, L, Carson, G, Carter, P, Casey, A, Cassar, M, Cavanagh, J, Chablani, M, Chambers, R C, Chan, F, Channon, K M, Chapman, K, Charalambou, A, Checkley, A, Chen, J, Cheng, Y, Chetham, L, Childs, C, Chilvers, E R, Chinoy, H, Chiribiri, A, Chong-James, K, Choudhury, G, Choudhury, N, Chowienczyk, P, Christie, C, Chrystal, M, Clark, D, Clark, C, Clarke, J, Clohisey, S, Coakley, G, Coburn, Z, Coetzee, S, Cole, J, Coleman, C, Conneh, F, Connell, D, Connolly, B, Connor, L, Cook, A, Cooper, B, Cooper, J, Cooper, S, Copeland, D, Cosier, T, Coulding, M, Coupland, C, Cox, E, Craig, T, Crisp, P, Cristiano, D, Crooks, M G, Cross, A, Cruz, I, Cullinan, P, Cuthbertson, D, Daines, L, Dalton, M, Daly, P, Daniels, A, Dark, P, Dasgin, J, David, A, David, C, Davies, E, Davies, F, Davies, G, Davies, G A, Davies, K, Davies, M J, Dawson, J, Daynes, E, De Soyza, A, Deakin, B, Deans, A, Deas, C, Deery, J, Defres, S, Dell, A, Dempsey, K, Denneny, E, Dennis, J, Dewar, A, Dharmagunawardena, R, Diar-Bakerly, N, Dickens, C, Dipper, A, Diver, S, Diwanji, S N, Dixon, M, Djukanovic, R, Dobson, H, Dobson, S L, Donaldson, A, Dong, T, Dormand, N, Dougherty, A, Dowling, R, Drain, S, Draxlbauer, K, Drury, K, Dulawan, P, Dunleavy, A, Dunn, S, Dupont, C, Earley, J, Easom, N, Echevarria, C, Edwards, S, Edwardson, C, El-Taweel, H, Elliott, A, Elliott, K, Ellis, Y, Elmer, A, Evans, D, Evans, H, Evans, J, Evans, R, Evans, R I, Evans, T, Evenden, C, Evison, L, Fabbri, L, Fairbairn, S, Fairman, A, Fallon, K, Faluyi, D, Favager, C, Fayzan, T, Featherstone, J, Felton, T, Finch, J, Finney, S, Finnigan, J, Finnigan, L, Fisher, H, Fletcher, S, Flockton, R, Flynn, M, Foot, H, Foote, D, Ford, A, Forton, D, Fraile, E, Francis, C, Francis, R, Francis, S, Frankel, A, Fraser, E, Free, R, French, N, Fu, X, Fuld, J, Furniss, J, Garner, L, Gautam, N, Geddes, J R, George, J, George, P M, Gibbons, M, Gill, M, Gilmour, L, Gleeson, F, Glossop, J, Glover, S, Goodman, N, Goodwin, C, Gooptu, B, Gordon, H, Gorsuch, T, Greatorex, M, Greenhaff, P L, Greenhalf, W, Greenhalgh, A, Greenwood, J, Gregory, H, Gregory, R, Grieve, D, Griffin, D, Griffiths, L, Guerdette, A-M, Guillen Guio, B, Gummadi, M, Gupta, A, Gurram, S, Guthrie, E, Guy, Z, Henson, H, Hadley, K, Haggar, A, Hainey, K, Hairsine, B, Haldar, P, Hall, I, Hall, L, Halling-Brown, M, Hamil, R, Hancock, A, Hancock, K, Haq, S, Hardwick, H E, Hardy, E, Hardy, T, Hargadon, B, Harrington, K, Harris, E, Harrison, P, Hart, N, Harvey, A, Harvey, M, Harvie, M, Haslam, L, Havinden-Williams, M, Hawkes, J, Hawkings, N, Haworth, J, Hayday, A, Haynes, M, Hazeldine, J, Hazelton, T, Heaney, L G, Heeley, C, Heeney, J L, Heightman, M, Heller, S, Henderson, M, Hesselden, L, Hewitt, M, Highett, V, Hillman, T, Hiwot, T, Hoare, A, Hoare, M, Hockridge, J, Hogarth, P, Holbourn, A, Holden, S, Holdsworth, L, Holgate, D, Holland, M, Holloway, L, Holmes, K, Holmes, M, Holroyd-Hind, B, Holt, L, Hormis, A, Hosseini, A, Hotopf, M, Howard, K, Howell, A, Hufton, E, Hughes, A D, Hughes, J, Hughes, R, Humphries, A, Huneke, N, Hurditch, E, Hurst, J, Husain, M, Hussell, T, Hutchinson, J, Ibrahim, W, Ilyas, F, Ingham, J, Ingram, L, Ionita, D, Isaacs, K, Ismail, K, Jackson, T, Jacob, J, James, W Y, Jang, W, Jarman, C, Jarrold, I, Jarvis, H, Jastrub, R, Jayaraman, B, Jenkins, R G, Jezzard, P, Jiwa, K, Johnson, C, Johnson, S, Johnston, D, Jones, D, Jones, G, Jones, H, Jones, I, Jones, L, Jones, S, Jose, S, Kabir, T, Kaltsakas, G, Kamwa, V, Kanellakis, N, Kaprowska, S, Kausar, Z, Keenan, N, Kelly, S, Kemp, G, Kerr, S, Kerslake, H, Key, A L, Khan, F, Khunti, K, Kilroy, S, King, B, King, C, Kingham, L, Kirk, J, Kitterick, P, Klenerman, P, Knibbs, L, Knight, S, Knighton, A, Kon, O, Kon, S, Kon, S S, Koprowska, S, Korszun, A, Koychev, I, Kurasz, C, Kurupati, P, Laing, C, Lamlum, H, Landers, G, Langenberg, C, Lasserson, D, Lavelle-Langham, L, Lawrie, A, Lawson, C, Layton, A, Lea, A, Lee, D, Lee, J-H, Lee, E, Leitch, K, Lenagh, R, Lewis, D, Lewis, J, Lewis, V, Lewis-Burke, N, Li, X, Light, T, Lightstone, L, Lilaonitkul, W, Lim, L, Linford, S, Lingford-Hughes, A, Lipman, M, Liyanage, K, Lloyd, A, Logan, S, Lomas, D, Loosley, R, Lord, J M, Lota, H, Lovegrove, W, Lucey, A, Lukaschuk, E, Lye, A, Lynch, C, MacDonald, S, MacGowan, G, Macharia, I, Mackie, J, Macliver, L, Madathil, S, Madzamba, G, Magee, N, Magtoto, M M, Mairs, N, Majeed, N, Major, E, Malein, F, Malim, M, Mallison, G, Mandal, S, Mangion, K, Manisty, C, Manley, R, March, K, Marciniak, S, Marino, P, Mariveles, M, Marouzet, E, Marsh, S, Marshall, B, Marshall, M, Martin, J, Martineau, A, Martinez, L M, Maskell, N, Matila, D, Matimba-Mupaya, W, Matthews, L, Mbuyisa, A, McAdoo, S, McAllister-Williams, H, McArdle, A, McArdle, P, McAulay, D, McCann, G P, McCormick, J, McCormick, W, McCourt, P, McGarvey, L, McGhee, C, Mcgee, K, McGinness, J, McGlynn, K, McGovern, A, McGuinness, H, McInnes, I B, McIntosh, J, McIvor, E, McIvor, K, McLeavey, L, McMahon, A, McMahon, M J, McMorrow, L, Mcnally, T, McNarry, M, McNeill, J, McQueen, A, McShane, H, Mears, C, Megson, C, Megson, S, Mehta, P, Meiring, J, Melling, L, Mencias, M, Menzies, D, Merida Morillas, M, Michael, A, Miller, C, Milligan, L, Mills, C, Mills, G, Mills, N L, Milner, L, Misra, S, Mitchell, J, Mohamed, A, Mohamed, N, Mohammed, S, Monteiro, W, Moriera, S, Morley, A, Morrison, L, Morriss, R, Morrow, A, Moss, A J, Moss, P, Motohashi, K, Msimanga, N, Mukaetova-Ladinska, E, Munawar, U, Murira, J, Nanda, U, Nassa, H, Nasseri, M, Neal, A, Needham, R, Neill, P, Neubauer, S, Newby, D E, Newell, H, Newman, T, Newman, J, Newton-Cox, A, Nicholson, T, Nicoll, D, Nikolaidis, A, Nolan, C M, Noonan, M J, Norman, C, Novotny, P, Nunag, J, Nwafor, L, Nwanguma, U, Nyaboko, J, O'Brien, C, O'Donnell, K, O'Regan, D, O'Brien, L, Odell, N, Ogg, G, Olaosebikan, O, Oliver, C, Omar, Z, Openshaw, P J M, Orriss-Dib, L, Osborne, L, Osbourne, R, Ostermann, M, Overton, C, Owen, J, Oxton, J, Pack, J, Pacpaco, E, Paddick, S, Painter, S, Pakzad, A, Palmer, S, Papineni, P, Paques, K, Paradowski, K, Pareek, M, Parekh, D, Parfrey, H, Pariante, C, Parker, S, Parkes, M, Parmar, J, Patale, S, Patel, M, Patel, S, Pattenadk, D, Pavlides, M, Payne, S, Pearce, L, Pearl, J E, Peckham, D, Pendlebury, J, Peng, Y, Pennington, C, Peralta, I, Perkins, E, Peterkin, Z, Peto, T, Petousi, N, Petrie, J, Pfeffer, P, Phipps, J, Pimm, J, Pius, R, Plant, H, Plein, S, Plowright, M, Polgar, O, Poll, L, Porter, J, Portukhay, S, Powell, N, Prabhu, A, Pratt, J, Price, A, Price, C, Price, D, Price, L, Prickett, A, Propescu, J, Prosper, S, Pugmire, S, Quaid, S, Quigley, J, Quint, J, Qureshi, H, Qureshi, I N, Radhakrishnan, K, Rahman, N M, Ralser, M, Ramos, A, Ramos, H, Rangeley, J, Rangelov, B, Ratcliffe, L, Ravencroft, P, Reddington, A, Reddy, R, Reddy, A, Redfearn, H, Redwood, D, Reed, A, Rees, M, Rees, T, Regan, K, Reynolds, W, Ribeiro, C, Richards, A, Richardson, E, Roberts, K, Robertson, E, Robinson, E, Robinson, L, Roche, L, Roddis, C, Rodger, J, Ross, A, Ross, G, Rossdale, J, Rostron, A, Rowe, A, Rowland, A, Rowland, J, Rowland, M J, Roy, K, Roy, M, Rudan, I, Russell, R, Russell, E, Saalmink, G, Sabit, R, Sage, E K, Samakomva, T, Samani, N, Sampson, C, Samuel, K, Samuel, R, Sanderson, A, Sapey, E, Saralaya, D, Sargent, J, Sarginson, C, Sass, T, Sattar, N, Saunders, K, Saunders, P, Saunders, L C, Savill, H, Saxon, W, Sayer, A, Schronce, J, Schwaeble, W, Scott, K, Selby, N, Semple, M G, Sewell, T A, Shah, K, Shah, P, Shankar-Hari, M, Sharma, M, Sharpe, C, Sharpe, M, Shashaa, S, Shaw, A, Shaw, K, Shaw, V, Sheikh, A, Shelton, S, Shenton, L, Shevket, K, Short, J, Siddique, S, Siddiqui, S, Sidebottom, J, Sigfrid, L, Simons, G, Simpson, J, Simpson, N, Singh, C, Sissons, D, Skeemer, J, Slack, K, Smith, A, Smith, D, Smith, S, Smith, J, Smith, L, Soares, M, Solano, T S, Solly, R, Solstice, A R, Soulsby, T, Southern, D, Sowter, D, Spears, M, Spencer, L G, Speranza, F, Stadon, L, Stanel, S, Steele, N, Steiner, M, Stensel, D, Stephens, G, Stephenson, L, Stern, M, Stimpson, R, Stockdale, S, Stockley, J, Stoker, W, Stone, R, Storrar, W, Storrie, A, Storton, K, Stringer, E, Strong-Sheldrake, S, Stroud, N, Subbe, C, Sudlow, C L, Suleiman, Z, Summers, C, Summersgill, C, Sutherland, D, Sykes, D L, Sykes, R, Talbot, N, Tan, A L, Tarusan, L, Tavoukjian, V, Taylor, A, Taylor, C, Taylor, J, Te, A, Tedd, H, Tee, C J, Teixeira, J, Tench, H, Terry, S, Thackray-Nocera, S, Thaivalappil, F, Thamu, B, Thickett, D, Thomas, C, Thomas, D C, Thomas, S, Thomas, A K, Thomas-Woods, T, Thompson, T, Thompson, A A R, Thornton, T, Thwaites, R S, Tilley, J, Tinker, N, Tiongson, G F, Tobin, M, Tomlinson, J, Tong, C, Toshner, M, Touyz, R, Tripp, K A, Tunnicliffe, E, Turnbull, A, Turner, E, Turner, S, Turner, V, Turner, K, Turney, S, Turtle, L, Turton, H, Ugoji, J, Ugwuoke, R, Upthegrove, R, Valabhji, J, Ventura, M, Vere, J, Vickers, C, Vinson, B, Wade, E, Wade, P, Wainwright, T, Wajero, L O, Walder, S, Walker, S, Wall, E, Wallis, T, Walmsley, S, Walsh, J A, Walsh, S, Warburton, L, Ward, T J C, Warwick, K, Wassall, H, Waterson, S, Watson, E, Watson, L, Watson, J, Weir McCall, J, Welch, C, Welch, H, Welsh, B, Wessely, S, West, S, Weston, H, Wheeler, H, White, S, Whitehead, V, Whitney, J, Whittaker, S, Whittam, B, Whitworth, V, Wight, A, Wild, J M, Wilkins, M, Wilkinson, D, Williams, B, Williams, N, Williams, J, Williams-Howard, S A, Willicombe, M, Willis, G, Willoughby, J, Wilson, A, Wilson, D, Wilson, I, Window, N, Witham, M, Wolf-Roberts, R, Wood, C, Woodhead, F, Woods, J, Wormleighton, J, Worsley, J, Wraith, D, Wrey Brown, C, Wright, C, Wright, L, Wright, S, Wyles, J, Wynter, I, Xu, M, Yasmin, N, Yasmin, S, Yip, K P, Young, B, Young, S, Young, A, Yousuf, A J, Zawia, A, Zeidan, L, Zhao, B, Zheng, B, Zongo, O, Jackson, Callum, Stewart, Iain D, Plekhanova, Tatiana, Cunningham, Peter S, Hazel, Andrew L, Al-Sheklly, Bashar, Aul, Raminder, Bolton, Charlotte E, Chalder, Trudie, Chalmers, James D, Chaudhuri, Nazia, Docherty, Annemarie B, Donaldson, Gavin, Edwardson, Charlotte L, Elneima, Omer, Greening, Neil J, Hanley, Neil A, Harris, Victoria C, Harrison, Ewen M, Ho, Ling-Pei, Houchen-Wolloff, Linzy, Howard, Luke S, Jolley, Caroline J, Jones, Mark G, Leavy, Olivia C, Lewis, Keir E, Lone, Nazir I, Marks, Michael, McAuley, Hamish J C, McNarry, Melitta A, Patel, Brijesh V, Piper-Hanley, Karen, Poinasamy, Krisnah, Raman, Betty, Richardson, Matthew, Rivera-Ortega, Pilar, Rowland-Jones, Sarah L, Rowlands, Alex V, Saunders, Ruth M, Scott, Janet T, Sereno, Marco, Shah, Ajay M, Shikotra, Aarti, Singapuri, Amisha, Stanel, Stefan C, Thorpe, Mathew, Wootton, Daniel G, Yates, Thomas, Gisli Jenkins, R, Singh, Sally J, Man, William D-C, Brightling, Christopher E, Wain, Louise V, Porter, Joanna C, Thompson, A A Roger, Horsley, Alex, Molyneaux, Philip L, Evans, Rachael A, Jones, Samuel E, Rutter, Martin K, and Blaikley, John F

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2023
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163. Developing Hopeful Minds: Can Teaching Hope Improve Well-Being and Protective Factors in Children?

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Kirby, K., Sweeney, S., Armour, C., Goetzke, K., Dunne, M., Davidson, M., and Belfer, M.

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The present study examined the efficacy of Hopeful Minds, a 12 week hope based school intervention programme in a sample of 153 pre- and early- adolescent secondary school children (11-14 years) in the North West of Ireland. This study used a one-group, pretest-posttest design to determine whether participants experienced changes regarding their hope, well-being, and a range of known protective factors. Results from a Wilcoxin Signed Ranks test showed significant increases in children's hope scores post intervention. Resilience and adaptive coping skills of stoicism and social support seeking were also significantly improved. Although pre-post intervention improvements in well-being or emotional regulation/arousal scores were observed, results were non-significant. However, further analysis examined associations between hope and a range of well-being and protective factors using linear regression. Hope was found to be significantly associated with improvements in each of the well-being scores of anxiety, depression, resilience, positive emotion, reduced negative emotion, emotional control, stoicism, social support seeking and self-care. No associations were found between hope and rumination. This study builds upon the extant evidence for the implementation of the Hopeful Minds school based intervention. Further, the study demonstrates that teaching and thereby increasing hope has a significant positive impact on child and adolescent well-being and a range of protective factors; factors known to buffer against mental ill health and suicide.

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2022
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164. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) for Professional Development: Meeting the Needs and Expectations of Physical Education Teachers and Youth Sport Coaches

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Griffiths, M. A., Goodyear, V. A., and Armour, K. M.

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Background: Professional development (PD) in a range of occupations has become increasingly digitised. Numerous digital courses are available, with evidence that social media, blogs and apps are increasingly being used for PD. Yet despite clear benefits, there is little robust evidence on the characteristics of digital PD that impact positively on learning and practice, particularly for physical education (PE) teachers and youth sport coaches. This paper provides new insights into the characteristics of effective PD in the context of a complex digital landscape. Purpose: While advocated as an innovative genre from which to optimise learners' proclivity for sharing, curiosity and discovery, little is known about how professional learners respond to massive open online courses (MOOCs) courses to inform their practice. The purpose of this study was to understand how participants responded to the learning design of two MOOCs (n = 13,104 from 155 countries) in the fields of physical education and youth sport coaching. Methods: Drawing from a mixed methodology, data were generated from semi-structured interviews (n = 27) and online survey methods (n = 66) with participants across both MOOCs. Findings: New data offer insights into the features of course design that practitioners found positive in promoting engagement. It was apparent in the data, for example, that four features were influential: establishing relevance, facilitating bridging, designing for personalisation, and building community. Constructed themes reflect how participants organised and negotiated MOOC experiences, and illuminate the ways in which they navigated and used course content. Evidence from this study provides insights into the ways in which digital genre for PD might be structured to facilitate engagement and presents broader challenges to the ways in which pedagogy is conceptualised and practiced online. Conclusions: The refined focus on digital genre as a form of social action in this study seeks to ensure that learners needs can be met in a complex and ever-changing PD digital landscape. In this regard, a more nuanced approach is required that helps explicate the cognitive tools that participants engage as they organise their learning experiences on digital platforms, and how this aligns with their expectations and needs of online PD.

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2022
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165. Educators' Perceptions of the Reading Initiative for Student Excellence Professional Development

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Arkadia Johnson-Armour

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Grade 3-5 students in southeastern Arkansas are reading below grade level despite the efforts of educators. The study explored educator perceptions of the Reading Initiative for Student Excellence (R.I.S.E.) professional development, in which educators learn about Science of Reading (SOR) instructional strategies and how to implement them in the classroom. The conceptual framework used for the study was Bandura's social cognitive theory. Research questions addressed how the R.I.S.E. professional development improved teaching methods to support students' reading achievement in low socioeconomic schools, as well as educators' perceptions of the R.I.S.E. professional development to support student achievement in low socioeconomic schools. This qualitative bound case study used open-ended questions guided by social cognitive theory to interview educators. Ten educators were purposefully sampled. Interviews were transcribed, member checked, and coded. The following themes were identified: helpful for student accomplishment, there was a lot of material to take in and remember, the capacity to grasp instructional methods, and confidence in using instructional strategies. Results were used to create a professional development to help refresh educators in low socioeconomic elementary schools on the SOR instructional strategies through a 3-day training that gave them practice on how to use the strategies in their classrooms. The results of this study may help teachers of students in Grades 3-5 grasp SOR instructional practices and opportunities for R.I.S.E. professional development, which may influence social change by providing better resources for low socioeconomic schools. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]

Published
2022

168. Seasonal Changes in Atmospheric Heat Transport to the Arctic Under Increased CO2

Author

L. C. Hahn, K. C. Armour, D. S. Battisti, A. Donohoe, and R. Fajber

Subjects
Arctic, climate change, heat transport, CMIP6, PAMIP, sea‐ice loss, Geophysics. Cosmic physics, QC801-809
Abstract

Abstract Arctic warming under increased CO2 peaks in winter, but is influenced by summer forcing via seasonal ocean heat storage. Yet changes in atmospheric heat transport into the Arctic have mainly been investigated in the annual mean or winter, with limited focus on other seasons. We investigate the full seasonal cycle of poleward heat transport modeled with increased CO2 or with individually applied Arctic sea‐ice loss and global sea‐surface warming. We find that a winter reduction in dry heat transport is driven by Arctic sea‐ice loss and warming, while a summer increase in moist heat transport is driven by sub‐Arctic warming and moistening. Intermodel spread in Arctic warming controls spread in seasonal poleward heat transport. These seasonal changes and their intermodel spread are well‐captured by down‐gradient diffusive heat transport. While changes in moist and dry heat transport compensate in the annual‐mean, their opposite seasonality may support non‐compensating effects on Arctic warming.

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2023
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169. Machine learning classification by fitting amplicon sequences to existing OTUs

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Courtney R. Armour, Kelly L. Sovacool, William L. Close, Begüm D. Topçuoğlu, Jenna Wiens, and Patrick D. Schloss

Subjects
microbiome, microbial ecology, bioinformatics, machine learning, diagnostics, Microbiology, QR1-502
Abstract

ABSTRACT The ability to use 16S rRNA gene sequence data to train machine learning classification models offers the opportunity to diagnose patients based on the composition of their microbiome. In some applications, the taxonomic resolution that provides the best models may require the use of de novo operational taxonomic units (OTUs) whose composition changes when new data are added. We previously developed a new reference-based approach, OptiFit, that fits new sequence data to existing de novo OTUs without changing the composition of the original OTUs. While OptiFit produces OTUs that are as high quality as de novo OTUs, it is unclear whether this method for fitting new sequence data into existing OTUs will impact the performance of classification models relative to models trained and tested only using de novo OTUs. We used OptiFit to cluster sequences into existing OTUs and evaluated model performance in classifying a dataset containing samples from patients with and without colonic screen relevant neoplasia (SRN). We compared the performance of this model to standard methods including de novo and database-reference-based clustering. We found that using OptiFit performed as well or better in classifying SRNs. OptiFit can streamline the process of classifying new samples by avoiding the need to retrain models using reclustered sequences. IMPORTANCE There is great potential for using microbiome data to aid in diagnosis. A challenge with de novo operational taxonomic unit (OTU)-based classification models is that 16S rRNA gene sequences are often assigned to OTUs based on similarity to other sequences in the dataset. If data are generated from new patients, the old and new sequences must be reclustered to OTUs and the classification model retrained. Yet there is a desire to have a single, validated model that can be widely deployed. To overcome this obstacle, we applied the OptiFit clustering algorithm to fit new sequence data to existing OTUs allowing for reuse of the model. A random forest model implemented using OptiFit performed as well as the traditional reassign and retrain approach. This result shows that it is possible to train and apply machine learning models based on OTU relative abundance data that do not require retraining or the use of a reference database.

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2023
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170. Comment on 'Moist Static Energy Transport Trends in Four Global Reanalyses: Are They Downgradient?' by Clark et al. (2022)

Author

Tyler Cox, Aaron Donohoe, Kyle C. Armour, Dargan M. W. Frierson, and Gerard H. Roe

Subjects
Geophysics. Cosmic physics, QC801-809
Abstract

Abstract Given the key role that atmospheric heat transport plays in Earth's climate system, efforts to document its changes over the satellite era are valuable. Clark et al. (2022, https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL098822) calculated trends in atmospheric heat transport among four reanalysis data sets and found substantial disagreements between data sets. However, after accounting for the lack of mass‐conservation in reanalysis data sets, we find much smaller magnitude trends, with much better agreement among reanalyses. This highlights the importance of mass corrections when calculating atmospheric heat transport.

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2023
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171. Single Pulse Detection Algorithms for Real-time Fast Radio Burst Searches using GPUs

Author

Adamek, Karel and Armour, Wesley

Subjects
Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Abstract

The detection of non-repeating or irregular events in time-domain radio astronomy has gained importance over the last decade due to the discovery of fast radio bursts. Existing or upcoming radio telescopes are gathering more and more data and consequently the software, which is an important part of these telescopes, must process large data volumes at high data rates. Data has to be searched through to detect new and interesting events, often in real-time. These requirements necessitate new and fast algorithms which must process data quickly and accurately. In this work we present new algorithms for single pulse detection using boxcar filters. We have quantified the signal loss introduced by single pulse detection algorithms which use boxcar filters and based on these results, we have designed two distinct "lossy" algorithms. Our lossy algorithms use an incomplete set of boxcar filters to accelerate detection at the expense of a small reduction in detected signal power. We present formulae for signal loss, descriptions of our algorithms and their parallel implementation on NVIDIA GPUs using CUDA. We also present tests of correctness, tests on artificial data and the performance achieved. Our implementation can process SKA-MID-like data 266$\times$ faster than real-time on a NVIDIA P100 GPU and 500x faster than real-time on a NVIDIA Titan V GPU with a mean signal power loss of 7%. We conclude with prospects for single pulse detection for beyond SKA era, nanosecond time resolution radio astronomy., Comment: Published in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series

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2019
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172. GPU Fast Convolution via the Overlap-and-Save Method in Shared Memory

Author

Adámek, Karel, Dimoudi, Sofia, Giles, Mike, and Armour, Wesley

Subjects
Computer Science - Mathematical Software, Computer Science - Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing, Computer Science - Performance
Abstract

We present an implementation of the overlap-and-save method, a method for the convolution of very long signals with short response functions, which is tailored to GPUs. We have implemented several FFT algorithms (using the CUDA programming language) which exploit GPU shared memory, allowing for GPU accelerated convolution. We compare our implementation with an implementation of the overlap-and-save algorithm utilizing the NVIDIA FFT library (cuFFT). We demonstrate that by using a shared memory based FFT we can achieved significant speed-ups for certain problem sizes and lower the memory requirements of the overlap-and-save method on GPUs., Comment: accepted to ACM TACO

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2019
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173. Phase synchronization in coupled bistable oscillators

Author

Jessop, Matthew R., Li, Weibin, and Armour, Andrew D.

Subjects
Quantum Physics, Nonlinear Sciences - Chaotic Dynamics
Abstract

We introduce a simple model system to study synchronization theoretically in quantum oscillators that are not just in limit-cycle states, but rather display a more complex bistable dynamics. Our oscillator model is purely dissipative, with a two-photon gain balanced by single- and three-photon loss processes. When the gain rate is low, loss processes dominate and the oscillator has a very low photon occupation number. In contrast, for large gain rates, the oscillator is driven into a limit-cycle state where photon numbers can become large. The bistability emerges between these limiting cases with a region of coexistence of limit-cycle and low-occupation states. Although an individual oscillator has no preferred phase, when two of them are coupled together a relative phase preference is generated which can indicate synchronization of the dynamics. We find that the form and strength of the relative phase preference varies widely depending on the dynamical states of the oscillators. In the limit-cycle regime, the phase distribution is $\pi$-periodic with peaks at $0$ and $\pi$, whilst in the low-occupation regime $\pi$-periodic phase distributions can be produced with peaks at $\pi/2$ and $3\pi/2$. Tuning the coupled system between these two regimes reveals a region where the relative phase distribution has $\pi/2$-periodicity., Comment: 12 pages, 6 figures

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2019
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174. Theory of double Cooper-pair tunneling and light emission mediated by a resonator

Author

Morley, W. T., Di Marco, A., Mantovani, M., Stadler, P., Belzig, W., Rastelli, G., and Armour, A. D.

Subjects
Condensed Matter - Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics, Quantum Physics
Abstract

Photon emission by tunneling electrons can be encouraged by locating a resonator close to the tunnel junction and applying an appropriate voltage-bias. However, studies of normal metals show that the resonator also affects how the charges flow, facilitating processes in which correlated tunneling of two charges produces one photon. We develop a theory to analyze this kind of behavior in Josephson junctions by deriving an effective Hamiltonian describing processes where two Cooper-pairs generate a single photon. We determine the conditions under which the transport is dominated by incoherent tunneling of two Cooper-pairs, whilst also uncovering a regime of coherent double Cooper-pair tunneling. We show that the system can also display an unusual form of photon-blockade and hence could serve as a single-photon source.

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2019
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176. GREENBURST: a commensal fast radio burst search back-end for the Green Bank Telescope

Author

Surnis, Mayuresh P., Agarwal, Devansh, Lorimer, Duncan R., Pei, Xin, Foster, Griffin, Karastergiou, Aris, Golpayegani, Golnoosh, Maddalena, Ronald J., White, Steve, Armour, Wes, Cobb, Jeff, McLaughlin, Maura A., MacMahon, David H. E., Siemion, Andrew P. V., Werthimer, Dan, and Williams, Chris J.

Subjects
Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Abstract

We describe the design and deployment of GREENBURST, a commensal Fast Radio Burst (FRB) search system at the Green Bank Telescope. GREENBURST uses the dedicated L-band receiver tap to search over the 960$-$1920 MHz frequency range for pulses with dispersion measures out to $10^4$ pc cm$^{-3}$. Due to its unique design, GREENBURST will obtain data even when the L-band receiver is not being used for scheduled observing. This makes it a sensitive single pixel detector capable of reaching deeper in the radio sky. While single pulses from Galactic pulsars and rotating radio transients will be detectable in our observations, and will form part of the database we archive, the primary goal is to detect and study FRBs. Based on recent determinations of the all-sky rate, we predict that the system will detect approximately one FRB for every 2$-$3 months of continuous operation. The high sensitivity of GREENBURST means that it will also be able to probe the slope of the FRB source function, which is currently uncertain in this observing band., Comment: 7 pages, 5 figures. Submitted to PASA

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2019
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177. Josephson junction cavity systems as cousins of the quantum optical micromaser

Author

Dambach, Simon, Armour, Andrew D., Kubala, Björn, and Ankerhold, Joachim

Subjects
Quantum Physics, Condensed Matter - Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Abstract

We explore the similarities and differences between simple theoretical models developed to describe the quantum optical micromaser and Josephson-photonics devices. Whilst the micromaser has long been recognised as an important model for the dynamics of open quantum systems far from equilibrium, so-called Josephson-photonics devices are a recently developed form of superconducting quantum circuit in which the quantum transport of charges through a voltage-biased Josephson junction drives the production of photons in a microwave resonator., Comment: 12 pages, 5 figures; invited contribution to the focus issue "Quantum Optics and Beyond - in honour of Wolfgang Schleich", to be appear in "Physica Scripta"

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2019
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178. Determinants of recovery from post-COVID-19 dyspnoea: analysis of UK prospective cohorts of hospitalised COVID-19 patients and community-based controls

Author

Abel, K., Adamali, H., Adeloye, D., Adeyemi, O., Adrego, R., Aguilar Jimenez, L.A., Ahmad, S., Ahmad Haider, N., Ahmed, R., Ahwireng, N., Ainsworth, M., Al-Sheklly, B., Alamoudi, A., Ali, M., Aljaroof, M., All, A.M., Allan, L., Allen, R.J., Allerton, L., Allsop, L., Almeida, P., Altmann, D., Alvarez Corral, M., Amoils, S., Anderson, D., Antoniades, C., Arbane, G., Arias, A., Armour, C., Armstrong, L., Armstrong, N., Arnold, D., Arnold, H., Ashish, A., Ashworth, A., Ashworth, M., Aslani, S., Assefa-Kebede, H., Atkin, C., Atkin, P., Aul, R., Aung, H., Austin, L., Avram, C., Ayoub, A., Babores, M., Baggott, R., Bagshaw, J., Baguley, D., Bailey, L., Baillie, J.K., Bain, S., Bakali, M., Bakau, M., Baldry, E., Baldwin, D., Baldwin, M., Ballard, C., Banerjee, A., Bang, B., Barker, R.E., Barman, L., Barratt, S., Barrett, F., Basire, D., Basu, N., Bates, M., Bates, A., Batterham, R., Baxendale, H., Bayes, H., Beadsworth, M., Beckett, P., Beggs, M., Begum, M., Beirne, P., Bell, D., Bell, R., Bennett, K., Beranova, E., Bermperi, A., Berridge, A., Berry, C., Betts, S., Bevan, E., Bhui, K., Bingham, M., Birchall, K., Bishop, L., Bisnauthsing, K., Blaikely, J., Bloss, A., Bolger, A., Bolton, C.E., Bonnington, J., Botkai, A., Bourne, C., Bourne, M., Bramham, K., Brear, L., Breen, G., Breeze, J., Briggs, A., Bright, E., Brightling, C.E., Brill, S., Brindle, K., Broad, L., Broadley, A., Brookes, C., Broome, M., Brown, A., Brown, J., Brown, J.S., Brown, M., Brown, V., Brugha, T., Brunskill, N., Buch, M., Buckley, P., Bularga, A., Bullmore, E., Burden, L., Burdett, T., Burn, D., Burns, G., Burns, A., Busby, J., Butcher, R., Butt, A., Byrne, S., Cairns, P., Calder, P.C., Calvelo, E., Carborn, H., Card, B., Carr, C., Carr, L., Carson, G., Carter, P., Casey, A., Cassar, M., Cavanagh, J., Chablani, M., Chalder, T., Chalmers, J.D., Chambers, R.C., Chan, F., Channon, K.M., Chapman, K., Charalambou, A., Chaudhuri, N., Checkley, A., Chen, J., Cheng, Y., Chetham, L., Childs, C., Chilvers, E.R., Chinoy, H., Chiribiri, A., Chong-James, K., Choudhury, G., Choudhury, N., Chowienczyk, P., Christie, C., Chrystal, M., Clark, D., Clark, C., Clarke, J., Clohisey, S., Coakley, G., Coburn, Z., Coetzee, S., Cole, J., Coleman, C., Conneh, F., Connell, D., Connolly, B., Connor, L., Cook, A., Cooper, B., Cooper, J., Cooper, S., Copeland, D., Cosier, T., Coulding, M., Coupland, C., Cox, E., Craig, T., Crisp, P., Cristiano, D., Crooks, M.G., Cross, A., Cruz, I., Cullinan, P., Cuthbertson, D., Daines, L., Dalton, M., Daly, P., Daniels, A., Dark, P., Dasgin, J., David, A., David, C., Davies, E., Davies, F., Davies, G., Davies, G.A., Davies, K., Davies, M.J., Dawson, J., Daynes, E., De Soyza, A., Deakin, B., Deans, A., Deas, C., Deery, J., Defres, S., Dell, A., Dempsey, K., Denneny, E., Dennis, J., Dewar, A., Dharmagunawardena, R., Diar-Bakerly, N., Dickens, C., Dipper, A., Diver, S., Diwanji, S.N., Dixon, M., Djukanovic, R., Dobson, H., Dobson, S.L., Docherty, A.B., Donaldson, A., Dong, T., Dormand, N., Dougherty, A., Dowling, R., Drain, S., Draxlbauer, K., Drury, K., drury, H.J.C., Dulawan, P., Dunleavy, A., Dunn, S., Dupont, C., Earley, J., Easom, N., Echevarria, C., Edwards, S., Edwardson, C., El-Taweel, H., Elliott, A., Elliott, K., Ellis, Y., Elmer, A., Elneima, O., Evans, D., Evans, H., Evans, J., Evans, R., Evans, R.A., Evans, R.I., Evans, T., Evenden, C., Evison, L., Fabbri, L., Fairbairn, S., Fairman, A., Fallon, K., Faluyi, D., Favager, C., Fayzan, T., Featherstone, J., Felton, T., Finch, J., Finney, S., Finnigan, J., Finnigan, L., Fisher, H., Fletcher, S., Flockton, R., Flynn, M., Foot, H., Foote, D., Ford, A., Forton, D., Fraile, E., Francis, C., Francis, R., Francis, S., Frankel, A., Fraser, E., Free, R., French, N., Fu, X., Fuld, J., Furniss, J., Garner, L., Gautam, N., Geddes, J.R., George, J., George, P., Gibbons, M., Gill, M., Gilmour, L., Gleeson, F., Glossop, J., Glover, S., Goodman, N., Goodwin, C., Gooptu, B., Gordon, H., Gorsuch, T., Greatorex, M., Greenhaff, P.L., Greenhalf, W., Greenhalgh, A., Greening, N.J., Greenwood, J., Gregory, H., Gregory, R., Grieve, D., Griffin, D., Griffiths, L., Guerdette, A.-M., Guio, B. Guillen, Gummadi, M., Gupta, A., Gurram, S., Guthrie, E., Guy, Z., Henson, H.H., Hadley, K., Haggar, A., Hainey, K., Hairsine, B., Haldar, P., Hall, I., Hall, L., Halling-Brown, M., Hamil, R., Hancock, A., Hancock, K., Hanley, N.A., Haq, S., Hardwick, H.E., Hardy, E., Hardy, T., Hargadon, B., Harrington, K., Harris, E., Harris, V.C., Harrison, E.M., Harrison, P., Hart, N., Harvey, A., Harvey, M., Harvie, M., Haslam, L., Havinden-Williams, M., Hawkes, J., Hawkings, N., Haworth, J., Hayday, A., Haynes, M., Hazeldine, J., Hazelton, T., Heaney, L.G., Heeley, C., Heeney, J.L., Heightman, M., Heller, S., Henderson, M., Hesselden, L., Hewitt, M., Highett, V., Hillman, T., Hiwot, T., Ho, L.P., Hoare, A., Hoare, M., Hockridge, J., Hogarth, P., Holbourn, A., Holden, S., Holdsworth, L., Holgate, D., Holland, M., Holloway, L., Holmes, K., Holmes, M., Holroyd-Hind, B., Holt, L., Hormis, A., Horsley, A., Hosseini, A., Hotopf, M., Houchen-Wolloff, L., Howard, K., Howard, L.S., Howell, A., Hufton, E., Hughes, A.D., Hughes, J., Hughes, R., Humphries, A., Huneke, N., Hurditch, E., Hurst, J., Husain, M., Hussell, T., Hutchinson, J., Ibrahim, W., Ilyas, F., Ingham, J., Ingram, L., Ionita, D., Isaacs, K., Ismail, K., Jackson, T., Jacob, J., James, W.Y., Jang, W., Jarman, C., Jarrold, I., Jarvis, H., Jastrub, R., Jayaraman, B., Jenkins, R.G., Jezzard, P., Jiwa, K., Johnson, C., Johnson, S., Johnston, D., Jolley, C.J., Jones, D., Jones, G., Jones, H., Jones, I., Jones, L., Jones, M.G., Jones, S., Jose, S., Kabir, T., Kaltsakas, G., Kamwa, V., Kanellakis, N., s. 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181. 'It was not easy making a decision'

Author

Armour, Nancy

Subjects
Olympics -- Social aspects -- 2024 AD, Soccer players -- Evaluation -- 2024 AD, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Nancy Armour, USA TODAY Alex Morgan got caught up in a numbers game. USWNT 2024 Paris Olympics roster by position (caps/goals) GOALKEEPERS (2): Casey Murphy (North Carolina Courage; 19), [...]

Published
2024

182. Fever-Sky rivalry is huge for WNBA

Author

Armour, Nancy

Subjects
Basketball teams -- Evaluation, Women's basketball, News, opinion and commentary, Chicago Sky -- Evaluation, Women's National Basketball Association, Indiana Fever -- Evaluation
Abstract

Byline: Nancy Armour, Columnist, USA TODAY CHICAGO - WNBA Finals aside, this was the league's biggest game since, well, ever. No disrespect to other exceptional games there've been over the [...]

Published
2024

183. Clark, others deserve better than they're getting

Author

Armour, Nancy

Subjects
Misogyny, Basketball (Professional) -- Forecasts and trends -- Public opinion, Women basketball players -- Public opinion, Women's basketball -- Forecasts and trends -- Public opinion, Market trend/market analysis, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Nancy Armour, Columnist, USA TODAY It is possible to be fans of, or at least appreciate, more than one female athlete at a time. You can think Caitlin Clark [...]

Published
2024

184. Who's looking foolish now about Reese?

Author

Armour, Nancy

Subjects
Women basketball players -- Evaluation, News, opinion and commentary, Chicago Sky -- Officials and employees
Abstract

Byline: Nancy Armour, Columnist, USA TODAY CHICAGO - All those folks who doubted whether Angel Reese's game would translate to the WNBA must feel pretty silly these days. A month [...]

Published
2024

185. Clark didn't have time to make Paris case

Author

Armour, Nancy

Subjects
Women basketball players -- Evaluation, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Nancy Armour, Columnist, USA TODAY Leaving Caitlin Clark off the U.S. Olympic team was a basketball decision, plain and simple. As it should be. The selection committee was not [...]

Published
2024

186. Women's basketball roster veteran-heavy for Olympics

Author

Schnell, Lindsay and Armour, Nancy

Subjects
Basketball teams -- Evaluation, Women's basketball, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Lindsay Schnell and Nancy Armour, USA TODAY We already knew who wasn't on the U.S. women's basketball team roster for the Paris Olympics. Now we know who is. Diana [...]

Published
2024

187. Caitlin Clark 'rest' best for all long term

Author

Armour, Nancy

Subjects
Olympics -- 2024 AD, Basketball (Professional) -- Competitions -- 2024 AD, Olympic athletes -- Appointments, resignations and dismissals -- 2024 AD, Basketball players -- Planning -- 2024 AD, Company business planning, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Nancy Armour, Columnist, USA TODAY Leaving Caitlin Clark home from the Paris Olympics was the right decision for the U.S. team. Right decision for Clark, too. While Clark would [...]

Published
2024

188. Toxic WNBA talk becomes a physical threat

Author

Armour, Nancy

Subjects
Basketball fans -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes -- Behavior, Women basketball players -- Safety and security measures -- Media coverage, Women's basketball -- Public opinion -- Media coverage, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Nancy Armour, Columnist, USA TODAY Someone is going to get hurt. The increasingly widespread narratives that fellow WNBA players hate Caitlin Clark and are playing her dirty are not [...]

Published
2024

189. Who will follow Biles to Paris for USA?

Author

Armour, Nancy

Subjects
Gymnasts -- Evaluation, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Nancy Armour, Columnist, USA TODAY FORT WORTH, Texas - Simone Biles is a gimme for the Paris Olympics. Because, duh. Did you watch her at the U.S. Championships? Or [...]

Published
2024

190. US men's gymnastics team is taking shape

Author

Armour, Nancy

Subjects
Sports teams -- Evaluation, Gymnasts -- Evaluation, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Nancy Armour, USA TODAY FORT WORTH, Texas - Given the selection procedures for the U.S. men's gymnastics team practically require a Ph.D. in math to understand, and are heavily [...]

Published
2024

191. Reese doesn't deserve to be made villain in WNBA story

Author

Armour, Nancy

Subjects
Women basketball players -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes -- Public relations -- Public opinion, Women's basketball -- Public opinion, Company public relations, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Nancy Armour, Columnist, USA TODAY CHICAGO - Angel Reese isn't the villain here. Oh, she's willing to play the role. Has gotten comfortable in it, too, over the past [...]

Published
2024

192. Biles shows herself to be first-class human

Author

Armour, Nancy

Subjects
United States Gymnastics Championship -- 2024 AD, Women's gymnastics -- Competitions -- 2024 AD, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Nancy Armour, Columnist, USA TODAY FORT WORTH, Texas - The best thing Simone Biles did on her way to her ninth U.S. title won't show up in the score [...]

Published
2024

193. Biles is as great now as she's ever been

Author

Armour, Nancy

Subjects
Gymnasts -- Evaluation, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Nancy Armour, Columnist, USA TODAY FORT WORTH, Texas - Most athletes are at their peak for a couple of years. If they're lucky, they can stretch it to four [...]

Published
2024

194. Shilese Jones will petition to be in Olympic trials

Author

Armour, Nancy

Subjects
Olympics -- 2024 AD, Gymnasts -- Evaluation -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes -- 2024 AD, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Nancy Armour, USA TODAY FORT WORTH, Texas - Shilese Jones is out of the U.S. gymnastics championships with a shoulder injury, disrupting her Olympic preparations less than two months [...]

Published
2024

195. Early returns promising for Hayes era

Author

Armour, Nancy

Subjects
Women's soccer, Soccer coaches -- Evaluation, News, opinion and commentary, United States Soccer Federation. U.S. Women's National Team -- Officials and employees
Abstract

Byline: Nancy Armour, Columnist, USA TODAY The final scoreline didn't matter as much as how the U.S. women looked in Emma Hayes' debut. For the first time in a long [...]

Published
2024

199. 2012 gold medalist Gabby Douglas ends Paris bid

Author

Armour, Nancy

Subjects
Gymnasts -- Injuries -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Nancy Armour, USA TODAY FORT WORTH, Texas - Gabby Douglas' comeback is over. The 2012 Olympic champion withdrew from this weekend's national gymnastics championships Wednesday, ending her hopes of [...]

Published
2024

200. Hayes gives USWNT a badly needed reboot

Author

Armour, Nancy

Subjects
Soccer teams -- Evaluation, Women's soccer, Soccer coaches -- Evaluation, News, opinion and commentary, United States Soccer Federation. U.S. Women's National Team -- Evaluation
Abstract

Byline: Nancy Armour, Columnist, USA TODAY There's a reason Emma Hayes was worth the wait for the U.S. women's soccer team. That she's a proven winner is obvious. Six months [...]

Published
2024

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