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AI for information technology operation (AIOps): a review of IT incident risk prediction
No full textThe advancement of Artificial Intelligence has led to a surge in its application in Information Technology (IT) Operations, often termed Artificial Intelligence for IT Operations (AIOPS). One of the most challenging problems in AIOPS is IT Service Management (ITSM), which deals with incidents and anomalies of users, often referred to as tickets. These tickets are resolved by the IT firm support system, which plays a significant role in the company's user experiences, productivity, and profit. Recent advances have been made to automate the prediction of IT incidents and resolve them in a minimal time, utilizing AI models. In this paper, we take stock of the work in this domain and review the challenges. We also highlight the open topics that require further investigation for the advancement of the field
Student fitness to practice procedures on accredited and regulatory programmes: a narrative review of the literature
Get PDFA critical task for university based professional training programmes is ensuring that students are fit to practice. Yet, in comparison with other aspects of professional training such as curriculum development or assessment, the literature on fitness to practice procedures remains sparse. This article reports the findings of a preliminary, narrative review of the literature which aimed firstly to identify what research has been undertaken in the area of fitness to practice within university settings, and secondly, to explore the experiences of university staff who are involved. Eight themes were identified from the literature: the impact on individuals, criteria for referral, fitness to practice processes, analysis of fitness to practice outcomes, factors affecting outcomes, the emotional toil in failing students, racially minoritised students and criticisms of fitness to practice procedures. It was noteworthy that the review did not locate studies which directly explored the experiences of university staff who initiate, investigate or participate in fitness to practice procedures. This omission is important to address in order to ensure universities have effective procedures and that staff receive appropriate support. Recommendations are made for future research in this area
Examining the role of childhood experiences in gender identity and expression: an interpretative phenomenological analysis using social learning theory
Get PDFThis qualitative study examines the role of childhood experiences and memories in shaping individuals’ gender identities, expressions, and life trajectories. Whilst some research has examined the role of gender stereotypes in people's life trajectories, no research has focused on people's retrospective accounts of their gender socialisation about their current understanding of (their own) gender. We conducted eight semi-structured interviews with 20–30-year-olds living in the UK to do this. We employed interpretative phenomenological analysis to analyse our data, which enabled us to investigate participants’ memories of their gender socialisations, observations, and internalisations in childhood and their interpretation of these experiences. Using insights from social learning theory, this study provides further insights into the processes of observations, internalisations, and subsequent challenges to gender based on their retrospective accounts. We show the impact of hegemonic gender stereotypes in the participants' life trajectories and hobbies (mainly sports), showing the limitations created by the gender binary system. Notably, the present findings support social learning theory, as it shows how the internalisation of gender can be challenged by new forms of gender resocialisation, including the promotion of gender equity in sports, the possibilities of gender expressions and identities beyond the binary, and the free articulation and expression of these concerns in society. By showing how gender internalisations can be malleable, this research provides practical recommendations for tackling unnecessary gender divisions in childhood settings
Free thinking: how and why we talk
No full textUltrasound tests in Burnley market hall will help the phonetics lab at Lancaster University explore tongue positions and accents as part of this year's Being Human Festival. Claire Nance joins John Gallagher to explain more. Alongside them are Rob Drummond from Manchester Met University, author of a new book You're All Talk, Andrea Smith from the University of Suffolk, who is researching early radio voices and Shane O'Mara, Professor of Experimental Brain Research in Trinity College Dublin, who has been exploring why we converse.
Producer in Salford: Faith Lawrence
Professor Claire Nance and her team from Lancaster University are at Burnley Market on Saturday 11th November. The Being Human Festival runs a series of public events across the UK showcasing humanities research at universities. It runs November 9th - 18th https://www.beinghumanfestival.org/
Dr Andrea Smith is a Lecturer in English and Creative Writing at the University of Suffolk
Professor Shane O'Mara teaches at Trinity College Dublin and is the author of books including In Praise of Walking and Talking Heads: The New Science of How Conversation Shapes Our World
The concise guide to pharmacology 2023/24: G protein-coupled receptors
Get PDFThe Concise Guide to PHARMACOLOGY 2023/24 is the sixth in this series of biennial publications. The Concise Guide provides concise overviews, mostly in tabular format, of the key properties of approximately 1800 drug targets, and about 6000 interactions with about 3900 ligands. There is an emphasis on selective pharmacology (where available), plus links to the open access knowledgebase source of drug targets and their ligands (https://www.guidetopharmacology.org), which provides more detailed views of target and ligand properties. Although the Concise Guide constitutes almost 500 pages, the material presented is substantially reduced compared to information and links presented on the website. It provides a permanent, citable, point‐in‐time record that will survive database updates. The full contents of this section can be found at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/bph.16177. G protein‐coupled receptors are one of the six major pharmacological targets into which the Guide is divided, with the others being: ion channels, nuclear hormone receptors, catalytic receptors, enzymes and transporters. These are presented with nomenclature guidance and summary information on the best available pharmacological tools, alongside key references and suggestions for further reading. The landscape format of the Concise Guide is designed to facilitate comparison of related targets from material contemporary to mid‐2023, and supersedes data presented in the 2021/22, 2019/20, 2017/18, 2015/16 and 2013/14 Concise Guides and previous Guides to Receptors and Channels. It is produced in close conjunction with the Nomenclature and Standards Committee of the International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology (NC‐IUPHAR), therefore, providing official IUPHAR classification and nomenclature for human drug targets, where appropriate
Respecting values and individuality: the rights of the child
No full textRespect for the individuality of each child is one that is acknowledged and promoted within the United Nations Convention of the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), the Equality Act 2010 and the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) curriculum. Consequently, the discussion in this chapter is examined from a broadly human Rights perspective. The latter approach has two significant benefits. First, it allows me to draw attention to the fact that respect for individuality is a legal requirement and thus one that every child; irrespective of their gender, social class, race, disability, religion etc, is legally entitled to. Second, it allows me to highlight the interconnectedness of individuality, diversity and inclusion, and how the provision of an enabling environment is crucial not only for supporting children’s individuality but also for promoting inclusivity
Horses in Viking Age ritual action
No full textThe horse was ubiquitous in the Viking Age. Horses were physically present as a means of transportation, draught animals, high-value commodities, and/or non-human companions. They also loomed large in the mindscapes of the Viking Age as symbols of fertility and prestige, key characters in the stories people told, and the subjects of artistic endeavours ranging from poetry to tapestry to inscription. This chapter explores the ways that horses played a role in magic practices and wider rituals at the intersection of these physical and conceptual spheres. Taking an interspecies approach to these rituals, it will pay particular attention to questions of personhood, participation, and agency, and comment on some gendered aspects of these acts. This chapter adopts an interdisciplinary approach, drawing on Viking Age poetry, iconography, and archaeological remains to explore the horse as both ritual object and subject, and asks whether the lines between horse as companion, and horse as ritual actor can be drawn so distinctly
Exploring animals as agents and objects in Early Medieval Iceland and Scandinavia
No full textThis chapter offers new explorations of animal–human relationships, specifically but not limited to the human–horse relationship in Viking Age and medieval Scandinavian evidence. Working between literary and legal texts, as well as mortuary archaeology, it asks a key question of these sources: How did medieval Scandinavians conceive of their relationships with certain animals, especially the horse? Taking a posthumanist perspective, the analysis here suggests that animals could occupy a complicated conceptual and legal space that, while not quite ‘human’, was attributed with its own intricate understanding and expression of personhood. This non-human personhood, when explored in transdisciplinary ways, reveals that, much like humans, animals can be both agent and object in medieval networks and mindscapes, making this fertile ground for further inquiry
Racialisation of Polish migrants in the UK and in Spain (Catalonia)
Get PDFThe European Union expansion in 2004 resulted in a large-scale migration from less ethnically diverse Poland to multicultural societies. Many Polish migrants have become conscious of being white due to contact with people of colour, and at times, not-quite-white through encounters with the local white population. The presumed whiteness has not protected them from racialisation in the UK, especially in the context of Brexit . In contrast, some literature focusing on in the Spanish context stresses the they have
often been privileged treatment of Poles due to their by whiteness and Europeanness, although they have also been categorised as Eastern European Others. This paper illustrates how Polish migrants are racialised in relation to their ambiguous position linked to the construction of ‘Eastern Europeans’. It does so by drawing on narrative interviews with Polish women in Manchester and Barcelona based on the fieldwork conducted in
2012–2013 and interviews in Manchester in 2017–2018. The central argument is that racialisation of Polish migrants is influenced by the history and present of East–West relations. The peripheral condition shared by Spain and Poland helps to explain the differences in racialisation of Polish migrants in Britain and Spain