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Pre and Post-intervention survey and qualitative interviews and focus groups conducted in Southern Nepal
Get PDFThis dataset contains a SPSS file containing details of pre and post-intervention survey. The details of pre-intervention survey was obtained as secondary data from a NGO that collected the primary data. The post-intervention survey was conducted by me for this PhD in 2017 in a district in Nepal. Additionally, interviews and focus group discussion were also conducted in the same period. The transcripts of the interviews and focus group discussion is also provided
Representation of Foreseeable Choice Outcomes in Orbitofrontal Cortex Triplet-wise Interactions (Balaguer-Ballester et al 2020, Plos Comput Biol)
No full textThis curated dataset corresponds to the reference: Balaguer-Ballester, E., Nogueira, R., Abolafia, J.M., Moreno-Bote, R. Sanchez-Vives, M.V., 2020. Representation of Foreseeable Choice Outcomes in Orbitofrontal Cortex Triplet-wise Interactions.
PLos Computational Biology.
In short, the experiment consist of an interval discrimination task in rodent. The animal had to access the central socket in order to trigger a sequence of two 50 ms pure tones separated by either a short or a long inter-tone interval; by nose-poking either the left socket (for short ITI) or the right socket (for long ITI) to successfully retrieve the reward. After an incorrect trial, the previous ITI was repeated. Otherwise, the ITI was randomly drawn from a distribution of values which grade the difficulty of the task. The dataset consist of the stimulus characteristics, the behavioral responses and in vivo neuronal recordings in rodent Orbitofrontal Cortex. (see details below and in the paper).
Please find specific "Readme.txt" files inside the folders with an explanation of the data format
Virtual Avebury Project - Public Engagement at Avebury final data set
No full textVirtual Avebury is a virtual reality, 3D, immersive simulation of how Avebury Henge and Stone Circles (Wiltshire, UK) may have appeared circa 2,300 BCE. This data set is the full, cleaned and anonymised results of the public questionnaire completed at the Alexander Keiller Museum, Barn Gallery, at Avebury for 45 days from June - September 2018. These data are from a 55% sample of visitors to Avebury who experienced Virtual Avebury (388/702) over the evaluation period. They consist of demographic data and responses to a range of questions about familiarity with IT, experiences of playing computer games and questions relating to the feelings, reactions and understanding that resulted from experiencing Virtual Avebury
Digital Possessions in the Family – an inventory of valued digital possessions
Get PDFMany of the things that are important to us and our families - our music, letters, photographs, games, movies - are now digital, yet we have little understanding of what digital possessions we have or what they mean to children, their parents and grandparents. This pilot study is a collaborative project with industry (Microsoft Research) and two Universities (Bournemouth University and Oxford Internet Institute, Oxford University) that will provide insights into what the digitalisation of many objects means in the context of family and methodological testing that will enable future research. A legacy of the project will be a historical record of meaningful digital possessions kept at a unique point in time when children, parents and grandparents have varying degrees of digital media literacy and will provide a benchmark that otherwise will not be possible to create. The data generated will provide a necessary point of departure for future research to map out societal changes. The key objectives for this study were: 1) to generate an inventory of the quantity and types of digital possessions kept and accessed by children, their parents and grandparents, and 2) to explore the value and meanings, children, their parents and grandparents ascribe to their digital possessions.
In this bundle we include raw data, top line findings, a copy of the research protocol and categories used to create the inventory
Computational fluid dynamics modelling of dissolved oxygen in oxidation ditches (Engineering Doctorate at the Centre for Digital Entertainment, July 2020)
Get PDFThis research aims to reveal new knowledge about the factors that affect the hydrodynamics, dissolved oxygen (DO) and aeration performance of a wastewater oxidation ditch. The literature is reviewed on the Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) modelling of wastewater aeration tanks. This study develops a CFD model of an aerated oxidation ditch, by taking into account two-phase gas-liquid flow, inter-phase oxygen mass transfer and dissolved oxygen. The main contributions to knowledge are the effect of bubble size distribution (BSD) and biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) distribution on the DO distribution. Species transport modelling predicts the BOD and DO distribution in the ditch. De-oxygenation of local dissolved oxygen by BOD is modelled by an oxygen sink that depends on the local BOD concentration. This is a novel approach to flow modelling for the prediction of the DO distribution. The local BOD concentration in the ditch may depend on either the local DO concentration or the local residence time. The numerical residence time distribution (RTD), heterogeneous flow pattern and DO distribution indicate that the flow behaviour in the ditch is non-ideal. Dissolved oxygen is affected by BOD distribution, bubble size, BSD, mechanical surface aeration and temperature. There is good agreement between the numerical simulation and both the observation of flow pattern and the measurement of mean DO. The BSD predicts a mean bubble size of around 2 mm, which is also the bubble size that best agrees with the measurements of DO. This study identifies that the BOD distribution and the BSD are key parameters that affect the DO distribution and improve the accuracy of the agreement with experimental data. In decreasing order of aeration performance are the air membrane diffuser, Fuch air jet aerator, Kessener brush surface aerator and Maguire hydro-jet aerator
The psychometric properties of an Arabic translation of the Psychopathic Processing and Personality Assessment - version 2 (PAPA-II) in a Lebanese sample
Get PDFA 29-item measure of psychopathy, the Psychopathy Processing and Personality Assessment - version 2 (PAPA-II; Lewis et al., 2017), has shown considerable promise as an alternative to existing self-report measures of psychopathy (Lewis et al., 2017). However, there have only been two UK validation studies of PAPA-II to date. In this study, we investigate the psychometric properties of an Arabic translation of PAPA-II using a wide range of external correlates in a sample of 200 Lebanese male prisoners and 152 males and females from the community. Results showed evidence of good concurrent, predictive, and convergent validity. Internal consistency values were good except for the emotional detachment factor. Confirmatory Factor Analysis broadly supported the factor structure but identified four problematic reverse worded items. The authors found support for the construct validity of PAPA-II, however, questioned the effectiveness of including reverse worded items in Arabic self-report measures
Age-related changes in visual encoding strategy preferences during a spatial memory task
No full textAgeing is associated with declines in spatial memory, however, the source of these deficits remains unclear. Here we used eye-tracking to investigate age-related differences in spatial encoding strategies and the cognitive processes underlying the age-related deficits in spatial memory tasks. To do so we asked young and older participants to encode the locations of objects in a virtual room shown as a picture on a computer screen. The availability and utility of room-based landmarks were manipulated by removing landmarks, presenting identical landmarks rendering them uninformative, or by presenting unique landmarks that could be used to encode object locations. In the test phase, participants viewed a second picture of the same room taken from the same (0°) or a different perspective (30°) and judged whether the objects occupied the same or different locations in the room. We found that the introduction of a perspective shift and swapping of objects between encoding and testing impaired performance in both age groups. Furthermore, our results revealed that although older adults performed the task as well as younger participants, they relied on different visual encoding strategies to solve the task. Specifically, gaze analysis revealed that older adults showed a greater preference towards a more categorical encoding strategy in which they formed relationships between objects and landmarks
Cultural-Contemporary Design Synthesis
Get PDF- Statistical Data in SPSS, Excel, and Word doc.
- Survey Questionnaires.
- Shape Grammar pattern design development process demonstration sample.
Abstract:
This research is an attempt to find a synthesis of cultural identity within contemporary design. The proposed framework explores key features of a cultural and a contemporary style design language, as well as their modifications, to where both styles can be integrated. The drive behind this study is the need to revive cultural identity within the fabric of the Middle Eastern society as contemporary style has influenced and taken over the region, particularly Kuwait. Since the discovery of oil, Kuwait has dramatically changed due to its economic development as the rush towards modernization caused a loss in cultural identity within the arts.
In the Middle East, the art of the Islamic geometries (IG) is a footprint to its cultural identity as well as a landmark. The loss of an art culture is the loss of a rich artistic heritage and design language. Therefore, enabling contemporary design to embrace the art of the IG is an attempt to revive and maintain cultural identity. The focus of this research encompasses a semiotic design methodology of both contemporary interior design (IKEA as a focus study) and the cultural arts of the IG; as they are explored, investigated and analysed. IKEA is targeted for this study as the contemporary commercial design style for its international success in the design field worldwide, particularly within Kuwait’s home interiors.
The aim of this research is to create a link between the two styles by investigating their design language and finding commonalities identifiable to both, then merging them as one contemporary yet cultural design language, hence style. By adapting a semiotic design research methodology, this study explores ways of allowing cultural art to synthesize with, and integrate within, contemporary design. The balance between maintaining the artistic soul of the IG, and IKEA’s style and vision, is key. For an art of a different time and place to be part of today, a semiotic design style analysis was conducted in order to identify commonalities for defining a single style DNA that encompasses both styles; in order to formulate an integrated contemporary-cultural design language.
Having a semiotic thread through-out the study entails qualitative properties, yet the data collection and analysis of the qualitative subject matter involved quantitative investigations; therefore, a mixed research methodology was carried out in order to investigate the developed outcome of the two styles synthesis. A main study survey questionnaire was conducted in Kuwait to test for style identity of the cultural art of IG and for the contemporary style of IKEA, in addition to measuring the likability to the integrated IKEA-IG design style. The study results identified the top IKEA-IG pattern designs (PD) that were of both the IG style, the IKEA style, as well as the most liked PDs. To further affirm the test results and findings, an evaluative study was then conducted, also in Kuwait, to compare the outcomes of both questionnaires to which turned out to have similar resulting top PDs. The evaluative study questionnaire was then also conducted for a second time, in the UK, in order to compare results of a different cultural background to that of the first.
In all three studies, the demographic data was also analysed, using stratified sampling method in relation to the top PDs. Further analysis of the PDs was also investigated to present the method in which the found design language of the IKEA-IG style is demonstrated. The key to reviving cultural art within contemporary style was to initially measure each of the IG and the IKEA design languages, and then identify common style features composed of geometry and symmetry. Specific geometric shapes and symmetry rules of both styles are identified using shape grammars to refine and finalize the design language of the IKEA-IG style.
This research provides the established framework of the PDs and shape grammars for the IKEA-IG style design language. This study concludes that it is possible to integrate and revive cultural arts within contemporary design and proved to be successful; both the IG and IKEA style were recognizable and likable by tested participants. Results and conclusions of this research contribute to knowledge by providing the design language of the IKEA-IG style; to the practice of interior design by leading to the possibility of exploring other cultural art preservations using shape grammars; and, to society by ultimately being able to revive and maintain cultural identity within present day design market and practice
Evaluating hotel resilience and disaster management of Hotels
Get PDFWhile the concept of hotel resilience has attracted some attention from researchers, few have considered the concept with the specific focus on the contribution of human factors to hotel resilience. The human agency plays a critically important role in effectively interpreting disasters and making preparedness to reduce negative disastrous impacts (Eiser et al 2012). Meanwhile, the organisational structure can underpin and influence human agency. The omission of human factors in relation to the study of hotel resilience is significant, especially in the context of the human-centred nature of hotel disaster management
Place recognition and eye-tracking
No full textThis repository contains data collected from an experiment about the place recognition capabilities of older adults and associated eye-movement data