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No full textAt the University of Birmingham considering ‘user experience’ and ‘delivering services’ are now vital components of strong library management. Students began to raise concerns about the lack of study space availability as a result of a 33% increase in library use since the completion of the new Main Library in 2016. We responded to this feedback through our ‘You Said/We Did’ campaign by implementing ‘Red Amber, Green (RAG) Study Space Monitoring’ and ‘Seat Hogging’ initiatives. Our presentation will also explore the topic of the library user as a customer within the context of Higher Education, debate the changing nature of student expectations and demonstrate how we extensively collaborated with multiple university departments to implement the changes for the student
Peltier repairs at Narrabri in 2018 February
Get PDFThe Peltier thermoelectric modules were replaced in the starboard scattering detector. The port detector modules were tested and confirmed operational. The water-coolant pump was found to have failed. A position encoder failed during the site visit, and temporary repairs were completed allowing normal operation. Replacements for both the pump and encoder will be sent from Birmingham
Klaus fibre conversion at Mount Wilson in 2018 June
Get PDFKlaus was converted to accept a fibre-optic input, and a Sky-Watcher Solarquest mount was installed to provide a dedicated light feed. The new feed bypasses all of the tower optics and electronics, and so has resolved all ongoing issues with these systems
First Steps in Air Quality for Built Environment Practitioners
Get PDFAir pollution is the biggest environmental risk to health. Globally, nine out of ten people live in a city that does not comply with WHO air quality standards. Within the UK, poor outdoor air quality is linked to 50,000 deaths each year. The most vulnerable are children, the elderly, or those with pre-existing medical conditions. The design of our urban infrastructure 13 including Green Infrastructure (GI) such as trees, parks, and green walls 13 determines where air pollution is produced, and how it disperses. Built environment professionals should consider air quality at all stages of urban design and development
Global Stemma for ECM John as of 31 October 2017
Get PDFThis CBGM Global Stemma represents an interim stage in the ECM of John, as of 31 October 2017
The Environmental Value of Sustainable Transport Infrastructure
Get PDFThe climate change threat to humanity challenges the creation of sustainable transport infrastructure based on the triptych of balancing and maximising environmental, economic and social value. A piece of infrastructure may be created in a sustainable manner, but may be then subsequently used unsustainably, that would not be sustainable. In other words, sustainable transport infrastructure is linked with the use of the most sustainable transport choices. Environmental value may be defined by the natural and anthropogenic factors and elements which interact with and influence the natural ecosystem, quality of life, and human health and well-being. Emissions are a widely accepted way by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations to “calculate” environmental damaging actions. Emissions address the production of pollutants and the placement of waste into the environment. The target is to reduce the use of transport modes with high environmental impact (e.g. cars) and replace them with transport modes with low or no environmental impact (e.g. public transport, walking, cycling). The hypothesis tested is that each individual should be able to understand which transport mode is the most sustainable and investigate whether each individual will accept the use of alternative options that consume less energy and generate fewer emissions. The methodology used was statistical inference. The hypothesis regarding the individuals’ understanding was verified with some deviations and a table with the environmental infrastructure interdependencies was developed based on EXIOBASE 3 database using the emissions generated from each transport sector for comparison purposes
Disabled athlete activism: motivators and barriers to participation in activism among athletes with disabilities in South Korea
Get PDFSport and exercise psychology has recently expanded into how it can be utilized to enable social missions, such as investigating athletes who engage social activism. Predominantly, researchers have investigated social activism among elite able-bodied athletes. Recently a small number of scholar have extended the research on athlete activism to a focus upon western disabled elite athletes. However, not only is research still rare on the latter topic, but there is a complete absence of empirical research on social activism among disabled athletes in non-western cultures. This research adopted a cultural sport psychology (CSP) approach to explore disabled athlete activism among South Korean athletes. A CSP lens was used because the Asian philosophy of Confucianism has a strong influence over how South Korean’s engage in social and political issues compare with previous studies based on Western culture. The purpose of this study was to provide insights from athletes who represent a broad continuum of orientations towards engaging in social activism. Thirty respondents of the Activism Orientation Scale were recruited using a maximum variation purposive sampling strategy. Participants were elite and recreational disabled athletes who represented a range of physical impairments and sports type. Data was collected using semi-structured interviews with an auto photography method. The data was analyzed using inductive thematic analysis. Results are discussed in relation to: the type of activism; adoption/rejection of various activist identities; contextually informed activist identities; and cultural sport psychology. Practical suggestions are also offered in relation to sport and social activism
A Checklist of Greek New Testament Catena Manuscripts
No full textThis checklist provides an inventory of manuscripts which include a 'catena' type of commentary on the Greek New Testament. It covers manuscripts of the Gospels, Acts and Epistles. Some, but not all, have been allocated Gregory-Aland numbers.
It was prepared for the CATENA project by Dr Georgi Parpulov, and represents an updating of the preliminary checklist published as: H.A.G. Houghton and D.C. Parker, “An Introduction to Greek New Testament Commentaries with a Preliminary Checklist of New Testament Catena Manuscripts” in H.A.G. Houghton (ed.), Commentaries, Catenae and Biblical Tradition. (Texts and Studies 3.13). Piscataway NJ: Gorgias, 2016 (pp. 1–35).
It is expected that this checklist will be updated as the CATENA project continues to run in 2018–23. See further www.birmingham.ac.uk/catena
The CATENA project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement no. 770816
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