Hi all
*Appropriate data usage declaration deadline*
All users must complete and sign and return an Appropriate Data Usage
declaration by midday on Friday the 17th of February to retain access to
their YNiC account. Anyone who missed the seminar can access it using the
link below.
https://www.ynic.york.ac.uk/static/dpia_seminar.mp4
Further information, including the appropriate form, can be found here:
https://www.ynic.york.ac.uk/DataProtectionForms
*Taught course tutorials in YNiC open plan*
YNiC will be hosting taught course tutorials in open plan on Thursday this
week, so please be warned that there will be *reduced access to desktop
computers in YNiC*, and more noise/ disruption than usual. *This week's
session will run from 11:00-13:00 today (Thursday).*
*YNiC User Inductions*
If you are aware of any new students/staff that will require access to
YNiC and/or
an IT account, they must attend a YNiC user induction. Our next induction
will be on *Wednesday the 15th of February, at 11:00*. Please ask them to
contact support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk to sign up.
*Level 0 operator training*
*The next L0 training session will be held on Wednesday the 8th of March,
13:00-15:00. * Please note that users requesting Level 0 training should be
a PhD, RA/Postdoc, or staff, and should already have a project proposal
submitted to YNiC. Please email support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk if you have any
questions or wish to book on to this session. Please note that sessions are
limited to 4 trainees, which will be allocated on a first-come first-served
basis. Training must be booked at least a week before the session date, in
order to reserve the scanner booking.
*YNiC Seminars*
We still have some spaces available for speakers this term. If you would
like to speak at a YNIC seminar, or would like to suggest someone, please
let us know by replying to this email or support(a)ynic.ac.uk
Many thanks
Becky
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Rebecca Lowndes
Research Technician
York Neuroimaging Centre
Dear All,
This is for anyone who uses YNiC now, or who may in the future.
As you may know, we have approval to ask certain health-related questions
when running studies at YNIC. These are included in Data Protection Impact
Assessment, DPIA_183
<https://vcs.ynic.york.ac.uk/ynic-public/forms/-/raw/master/YNICDPIA183.pdf>,
and are copied at the bottom of this email. To ask any health-related
questions that are not covered by this DPIA, researchers will need to
complete their own DPIA and obtain approval from the University Data
Protection Officer. We're planning to apply for an amendment to DPIA_183 to
include more health-related questions, and submit it on Tuesday 7th Feb.
Therefore, please send me any health related questions you would like to
add by 3pm on Tuesday 7th February. If they are approved then you won't
need to submit your own DPIA for those questions.
Best wishes,
Fiona - on behalf of the YNiC Research Ethics Committee
- Do you have any metallic implants or items including cardiac
pacemakers, pacing wires, cochlear implants, metallic aneurysm clips,
metallic fragments in the eye, certain types of bio-mechanical implants and
fixed dental braces?
- Do you have a programmable hydrocephalus shunt?
- Have you ever had any operations on your heart, head or spine? - Do you
have or have ever had a spinal or other neuro stimulator?
- Have you had any surgery which involved the use of medical implants?
(e.g., hip or knee replacements, breast or penile implants, or any
procedure using metal stents e.g., coronary arteries)?
- Do you have a fixed dental brace?
- Have you had any surgery in the last 3 months?
- Have you, at any time, had an injury to your eye involving metal
fragments?
- Do you have any shrapnel in your body?
- Do you have any medicinal patches? including nicotine, hormone
- Do you have epilepsy? / Have you ever had a fit or seizure?
- Do you have any diseases/disorders related to the eye or brain?
- Do you have an Intra-Uterine Contraceptive Device? - Are you
claustrophobic?
- Do you have normal or corrected to normal vision?
- Do you wear glasses? / If yes, what prescription lenses do you wear?
- Do you have normal hearing?
- Are you neurologically healthy? / Do you have a history of neurological
disease?
- Do you have / have you had any neurological problems?
- Do you have/ have you had any psychiatric problems (including anxiety or
depressive disorders)?
- Do you have any history of mental illness?
- Do you have / have you had a developmental disorder?
- Do you have dyslexia?
- Do you have Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)? / Do you
have Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)?
- Are you taking certain prescription medications? (we may specify certain
medications, for example we might ask “Do you use medications/drugs with
potential vascular or central nervous system effects?”)
- Are you pregnant or do you believe you could be pregnant?
- Have you ever had a Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA) / stroke?
- Can you tell me when you had your stroke/ most recent stroke?
- Do you have any brain damage e.g., Parkinsons, Alzheimers?
- Other than your stroke, have you ever experienced any other form of brain
damage? Do you think it's possible you have dementia or Parkinson's
disease, for instance? Or have you ever suffered a traumatic brain injury?
- Do you experience fatigue?
- When you had your stroke, can you remember which hospital you were
admitted to? If so, do you remember which consultant you were seen by/had
contact with?
- Did you have any speech and language therapy following your stroke? If
so, how often did you have these sessions and for what period of time? Are
you taking part in any speech and language therapy at the moment?
- Since your stroke do you experience any weakness on one side of your
body? If so, which side?"
- If possible, it's useful for us to know which areas of your brain were
affected by your stroke. Can you remember having an MRI scan while in
hospital following your stroke? If so, do you remember which hospital this
scan took place at? Would you be happy for us to try and obtain some images
of this scan from the hospital? If so, we can submit a request together
with you, and can make sure you have access to these images as well if
that's something you'd like?
- Have you ever been diagnosed with any form of sleep disorder?
- Have you ever been diagnosed with any form of hormonal disorder?
- Are you a smoker?
*If the following questions are needed, the participant will be asked to
tick one box to confirm that all the statements they are given are true.
They will not be asked to answer these questions separately.*
During the past three months, I have not used any illicit drugs for
recreational purposes During the past three months, I have not regularly
consumed in excess of 14 units of alcohol (equivalent to six pints of beer
or seven glasses of wine) per week
We may also ask participants to complete: The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality
Index (PSQI), the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-II), and the Beck Anxiety
Inventory (BAI).
I can't promise that the session I will deliver this afternoon will be the
most fun talk you'll see all year, but attendance will save anyone
intending to continue to access YNiC services a significant amount of time.
I will present a brief (brief as possible) review of recent changes in YNiC
data access and data security policies that impact everyone who logs onto
YNiC's systems.
I will summarise your obligations and ours as defined by YNiC Data
Protection Impact Assessment to save you time, but you are encouraged to
read and understand this document yourself:
https://vcs.ynic.york.ac.uk/ynic-public/forms/-/raw/master/YNICDPIA183.pdf
** ANY USER WHO HAS NOT SIGNED AND RETURNED AN "APPROPRIATE DATA USAGE
DECLARATION" TO YNiC BY MIDDAY OF FRIDAY THE 17TH OF FEB 2023 WILL BE
LOCKED OUT OF ANY ACCESS TO YNIC **
Please come along in person to YNiC or log in on zoom if you can this
afternoon - I promise it will save you time in the long run. We will record
the zoom session and distribute the link after for those who cannot attend.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://york-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/96762553290?pwd=UEluT1lMd3V5azY5YzNmWkJCV1VTdz…
Meeting ID: 967 6255 3290
Passcode: YO10
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André
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*André Gouws PhD*
*Lead Technical Specialist*
*York Neuroimaging Centre and York Diagnostic Imaging*
*Departmental Safety Advisor - Dept. of Psychology*
*University of York*
*The Biocentre*
*York Science Park*
*Heslington*
*YO10 5NY*
Hello Everyone,
Please see below for information regarding open plan availability this
week, dates for user inductions/training, information about YNiC data
storage and our monthly YNiC seminar.
*Taught course tutorials in YNiC open plan*
YNiC will be hosting taught course tutorials in open plan every Thursday
for the next three weeks, so please be warned that there will be *reduced
access to desktop computers in YNiC*, and more noise/ disruption than
usual. *This week's session will run from 11:00-13:00 on Thursday the 26th.*
*YNiC User Inductions*
If you are aware of any new students/staff that will require access to
YNiC and/or
an IT account, they must attend a YNiC user induction. Our next induction
will be on *Tuesday the 7th of February, at 10:00*. Please ask them to
contact support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk to sign up.
*Level 0 operator training*
*The next L0 training session will be held on Wednesday the 8th of
February, 13:00-15:00. * Please note that users requesting Level 0 training
should be a PhD, RA/Postdoc, or staff, and should already have a project
proposal submitted to YNiC. Please email support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk if you
have any questions or wish to book on to this session. Please note that
sessions are limited to 4 trainees, which will be allocated on a first-come
first-served basis. Training must be booked at least a week before the
session date, in order to reserve the scanner booking.
*Storage Space at YNiC*
We are reaching data storage capacity, so kindly ask that *all users review
the data stored within their scratch spaces*. Please remove any files that
are not currently in use. To free up space, YNIC is able to safely archive
older projects, please email support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk for us to do this for
you.
*YNiC Seminar*
Our monthly YNiC seminar will return next *Thursday the 2nd of February*
with a talk from *Dr Andre Gouws, *who will provide further information
regarding *YNiC's Appropriate Data Usage Documentation and the implications
for users*. This talk will be held at YNiC at 4pm and over zoom.
Refreshments will be provided for those attending in person, we hope to see
you there!
Have a great week!
Many thanks,
Jennifer
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Jennifer Ashton, PhD
Senior Research Technician
York Neuroimaging Centre
Working days: Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
Hello Everyone,
*Taught course tutorials in YNiC open plan*
YNiC will be hosting taught course tutorials in open plan every Thursday
for the next four weeks, so please be warned that *there will be reduced
access to desktop computers in YNiC, and more noise/ disruption than usual.
This week's session will run from 13:00-15:00 on Thursday the 19th.*
*YNiC User Inductions*
If you are aware of any new students/staff that will require access to
YNiC and/or
an IT account, they must attend a YNiC user induction. Our next induction
will be on *Tuesday the 7th of February, at 10:00*. Please ask them to
contact support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk to sign up.
*Level 0 operator training*
*The next L0 training session will be held on Wednesday the 8th of
February, 13:00-15:00. * Please note that users requesting Level 0 training
should be a PhD, RA/Postdoc, or staff, and should already have a project
proposal submitted to YNiC. Please email support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk if you
have any questions or wish to book on to this session. Please note that
sessions are limited to 4 trainees, which will be allocated on a first-come
first-served basis. Training must be booked at least a week before the
session date, in order to reserve the scanner booking.
Cheers,
Rich
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Dr Richard Aveyard
Senior Technical Specialist
York NeuroImaging Centre
University of York, UK
Hi Everyone,
This is a reminder to please use the latest YNIC ethics forms when
submitting ethics applications. They are available here
<https://www.ynic.york.ac.uk/forms>.
Also, for everyone with access to data stored on YNIC servers, please make
sure you've signed and returned this Appropriate Data Usage
Declaration, which you can find here
<https://vcs.ynic.york.ac.uk/ynic-public/forms/-/raw/master/AppropriateDataU…>
.
Thanks,
Best wishes,
Fiona - on behalf of the YNIC Research Ethics Committee
Hello Everyone,
Happy New Year! Please see below for dates/times of YNiC user inductions
and operator training. We are also looking for speakers for our monthly
YNiC seminar, please email support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk if you would like to
present your work.
*YNiC User Inductions*
If you are aware of any new students/staff that will require access to
YNiC and/or
an IT account, they must attend a YNiC user induction. Our next induction
will be on *Tuesday the 7th of February, at 10:00*. Please ask them to
contact support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk to sign up.
*Level 0 operator training*
*The next L0 training session will be held on Wednesday the 8th of
February, 13:00-15:00. * Please note that users requesting Level 0 training
should be a PhD, RA/Postdoc, or staff, and should already have a project
proposal submitted to YNiC. Please email support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk if you
have any questions or wish to book on to this session. Please note that
sessions are limited to 4 trainees, which will be allocated on a first-come
first-served basis. Training must be booked at least a week before the
session date, in order to reserve the scanner booking.
*YNiC Seminar*
YNiC Seminars will resume on Thursday the 2nd of February. If you would
like to present your work, please email support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk.
Many thanks,
Jennifer
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Jennifer Ashton, PhD
Senior Research Technician
York Neuroimaging Centre
Working days: Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
Hi
As mentioned in the "This Week at YNiC", we'll be taking the systems down
tomorrow (Wednesday 21st December) for patching. This will include the
Remote Desktops.
We'll be starting at 9am and will let you know when the systems are back up.
Thanks
Joe
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Joe Lyons, UNIX Systems Administrator
York Neuroimaging Centre (YNiC), University of York
Hullo Everyone,
*YNiC Winter Closure*
YNiC will be closed between the *19th of December and 9th of January*. This
will include access to the scanners, user support and open plan. *The
remote desktop may be unavailable on Wednesday the 21st of December* while
patching work is carried out, but should remain available otherwise.
*YNiC User Inductions*
If you are aware of any new students/staff that will require access to
YNiC and/or
an IT account, they must attend a YNiC user induction. Our next induction
will be held on *Tuesday the 10th of January, at 10:00*. Please ask them
to contact support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk to sign up.
Cheers,
Rich
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Dr Richard Aveyard
Senior Research Technician
York NeuroImaging Centre
University of York, UK
Hello
We're seeing a few issues with some of the remote desktops node in the
cluster. I'm going to reboot the nodes that have an issue so any
sessions on them will be terminated.
Thanks
Joe
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Thanks
Joe Lyons, Systems Administrator
York Neuroimaging Centre (YNiC), University of York
joe.lyons(a)ynic.york.ac.uk
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