Staff Perspectives of Service User Involvement on Two Clinical Psychology Training Courses

This study investigated both negative and positive staff perspectives of service user involvement on two clinical psychology training courses as part of an ongoing process of service evaluation. Ten clinical psychology staff from two training courses were interviewed over the telephone by a current trainee clinical psychologist using a semi-structured interview method. Data were coded into textual units of meaning and then analysed using content analysis. The categories most cited by participants regarding the positives of service user involvement were that it 'develops trainees' learning' and 'challenges power differences'. For opportunities of service user involvement to provide benefits to the training courses, most participants cited 'meaningful versus tokenistic involvement', followed by 'strategic involvement'. Regarding negatives and barriers, those most cited were 'differences of opinion or agendas' and 'lack of resources'. Whilst the findings suggested that the service user involvement initiatives on both courses have been well received, research is needed into how service users also experience the process. Interventions that facilitate staff reflection and processing of multiple perspectives was also recommended, particularly with regards to negative experiences of service user involvement

A decade of progress: Achievements and future challenges for regenerative medicine research in the United Kingdom

The final United Kingdom Regenerative Medicine Platform (UKRMP) conference held in Edinburgh's iconic McEwan Hall between 8th and November 10, 2023 saw a gathering of nearly 200 international delegates presenting exceptional science and celebrating a decade of this initiative. The UKRMP had the core mission to break down the major barriers to clinical translation of regenerative medicine products. UKRMP2 was established as three hubs that worked closely with industry and regulators: 1) Pluripotent Stem Cells and Engineered Cells, 2) Engineered Cell Environments, and 3) Smart Materials. In this meeting report, we outline the original aims of UKRMP, examine how it achieved critical mass, summarise the major developments that the UKRMP hubs delivered, and examine some unresolved challenges that still lie ahead in the field of regenerative medicine

Mapping the Archaeology of Somaliland: Religion, Art, Script, Time, Urbanism, Trade and Empire

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Some little-known Early Christian Monuments in the West of Scotland

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An engraved lead disc from the Brough at Birsay, Orkney

A 50mm lead disc, decorated on one side with trumpet-spirals, came from below a complex of Norse houses and is provisionally identified as a casting-pattern and discussed in relation to the two-piece brooch moulds from Birsay with their innovatory pouring-gates.</jats:p

The Chronology of the Early Christian Monuments of Scotland

The paper presents a classification and a tentative chronology, and a review of the comparative material along with a consideration of the relvance of Pictish and Irish art. Although the whole collection of early sculptured stones in Scotland forms a very varied series, there is a main group of Christian monuments of a distinctive type of which there are more £han a hundred still in existence. These are distributed over an area extending northwards from the River Forth as far as the Shetland Islands, and westwards to the Hebrides, the majority, however, being on the east coast. The uniformly Celtic character of their decoration makes it clear that in origin they go back to the period of the Celtic Church, and that they form part of the great group of early Christian monuments which extend over Ireland, the Isle of Man, Wales, and parts of England, as well as Scotland. But, although belonging to this series, the Scottish 1 sculptures show a definite originality. A distribution map and many plates are included. \r\n</jats:p

Wear of semi-solid rheocast SiCp/Al metal matrix composites

of the council for scientific and industrial research-rheocasting system(CSIR-RCS) in rheo-processing and high pressure die casting of SiC metal matrix composites. The metal matrix consisting of nearly spherical proeutectic α(Al) globules was produced. Spheroidization of fibrous eutectic silicon took place upon heat treatment of the as-cast metal matrix composites(MMCs). Hardness increases as the volume fractions of SiC increases. Wear rates of the MMCs in the F and T6 heat treatment conditions were assessed with a metallographic preparation machine. It is found that the 11 % SiC MMC wear rate is higher on SiC abrasives compared with the 50 % SiC MMC wear rate due to wear of the aluminum matrix. This trend is reversed on diamond abrasives due to pull-out of the irregular shaped composite particles. The 50 % SiC MMC suffers from composite particle fracture porosity after high pressure die casting (HPDC)