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Postcards from the Future:Researching Audiences at Bad Ischl-Salzkammergut, European Capital of Culture 2024
No full textThis chapter interrogates the wider regenerative ambitions of Bad Ischl-Salzkammergut European Capital of Culture (ECC) 2024. On public transportation, as part of the ECC initiative, the author invites participants to respond in drawing to the question, “What does a postcard of the future Salzkammergut look like?” The artistic expression of drawing as a reflective and imaginative practice for research purposes contributes not only to the understanding of challenges and opportunities of this creative approach for critical event studies, but also can appraise the efficacy of the ECC agenda for urban regeneration and future placemaking
Discussing The Roles We Play
No full textA conversation with Sabba Khan recorded in her home office, in East London, 26 November 2023, conducted by Alex Fitch. Khan’s house was extensively remodelled by her and her partner Mark Bonshek, and this house is discussed as well as the content of her graphic novel, The Roles We Play (2021, Brighton: Myriad Editions). Various topics are discussed, including the process of creating the book, the influence of artists such as Marcel Duchamp on her work, and her use of visual metaphors
Critique as a means of Jiaohua (Cultivation):insights from Confucianism
No full textFrom a Confucian perspective, critique serves as a tool for jiaohua (cultivation), encompassing not only the transmission of knowledge but also the cultivation of morality. This article adopts theoretical and empirical approaches to explore the Confucian understanding of critique. Theoretically, critique in Confucianism is not merely a challenge directed at external individuals or society; rather, it is viewed as a personal moral and social responsibility. Empirically, this article draws on fieldwork conducted in Confucian schools to demonstrate how students, teachers, and parents employ critique as a corrective tool in educational practice. Confucian critique challenges the monolithic framework of Euro-American critical traditions, offering a pathway of ‘multiple modernities’ to global higher education while addressing the pressing need for a more equitable and diverse knowledge production system
Exposure to ghosting, gaslighting and coercion and mental health outcomes
No full textThere is limited research into the mental health consequences of exposure to the relatively common abusive relationship behaviors of ghosting, gaslighting and coercion. This cross-sectional survey study examines the contribution of maladaptive trait variables (rejection sensitivity and intolerance of uncertainty in relationships) and situational triggers (exposure to ghosting, gaslighting and coercion from a current or past dating partner) to predicting depression, anxiety and paranoid ideation. Correlational data from a sample of 544 participants in the United Kingdom were analyzed using hierarchical multiple regression. The maladaptive trait variables of rejection sensitivity and intolerance of uncertainty were positively associated with depression, anxiety and paranoid ideation. Gaslighting was positively associated with depression, and ghosting and coercion with paranoid ideation. It is recommended that victims of abusive relationship behaviors be offered psychological support to prevent the onset of depression and paranoia
RedTops:real-time energy-aware dynamic task offloading via federated mountain gazelle optimisation in SDN-enhanced edge computing
No full textOffloading computational tasks is vital for real-time applications on mobile devices with limited resources. Mobile edge computing (MEC) is deemed a solution that puts computational resources closer to users. Nevertheless, there are many associated concerns during the offloading procedure (i.e., privacy, delay, and high energy consumption). Federated learning (FL) has been considered a solution to address MEC’s data privacy issues; however, it comes with its own resource consumption issues. To address these issues, this paper proposes a distributed learning paradigm inspired by FL. We propose an optimisation technique for offloading computational tasks that aims to reduce both total delay and energy consumption by using the mountain gazelle optimisation algorithm, which shows it can reduce both delay and energy consumption in dynamic situations. Additionally, an improved variant known as the improved mountain gazelle optimiser is integrated into a distributed SDN controller architecture to create an offloading policy model for optimal edge node selection. We also present a new SDN-enabled edge computing architecture that achieves the best task distribution through task offloading using federated mountain gazelle optimisation (RedTops). Energy usage, delay, and bandwidth are considered by RedTops, which successfully addresses high training costs, dependability issues, and privacy concerns in MEC. Based on the outcomes of five extensive simulations, RedTops is more energy-efficient and faster at completing tasks than four state-of-the-art offloading methods (DDLO, DROO, DRL without TL and SDN, and DTRL)
A New Framework to Understand and Study Exercise-Induced Perceived Fatigue as a Metacognitive Inference of Dyshomeostasis
No full textNovel theories have emerged in the past decade pertaining to how the brain processes internal body sensations and how such processes underpin not only perception but also how we act in the world. These neuroscientific advances offer new perspectives for research and practice allied to medicine, sport and exercise science. The construct of perceived fatigue has been understudied until recent recognition of its prevalence and influence on perceptions and behaviours in health, diseases and performance. The aim of the present perspective piece is to propose a theoretical and conceptual framework for understanding perceived fatigue and its emergence during exercise. We encourage the use of the definition proposed by Micklewright et al. (2017), that is “a feeling of diminishing capacity to cope with physical or mental stressors, either imagined or real”, from a critique of contemporary taxonomies and a distinction made with other key percepts in the field of medicine, sport and exercise. We also offer some methodological considerations for its measure. We then succinctly describe a neurobiologically plausible mechanistic underpinning of exercise-induced perceived fatigue based on the theory of predictive processing applied to homeostatic regulation through allostatic control and metacognition. Finally, we position the model of perceived fatigue through Metacognitive Inference of Dyshomeostasis (MID) within the wider corpus of knowledge. We first contrast the MID model with the most dominant biology-grounded models of perceived fatigue proposed in the literature to then provide preliminary evidence in support of the MID model and suggest some testable predictions for future research
Regional Fintech Report for Türkiye, Romania, and Bulgaria
No full textThis chapter examines the landscape of fintechs across three countries, focusing on the fintech solutions among businesses and is created from two individual Fintech Survey studies of 1) Türkiye and 2) Romania and Bulgaria from 99 fintech companies. By gathering data from Türkiye, Romania and Bulgaria, the survey aims to uncover patterns, trends, and regional differences in fintech engagement. We investigate the prevalence of digital payment systems, the adoption of blockchain technology, and the influence of regulatory frameworks. Payments, digital payments and digital lending are important primary services for the companies surveyed. Most fintech companies expect a moderate, significant or large growth in the workforce next year. The findings offer insights into how fintech innovations are reshaping the financial ecosystems in these countries, their financing sources, highlighting opportunities and challenges faced by stakeholders in the three countries. The results provide a comprehensive understanding of the fintech sector's growth areas, informing policymakers, industry leaders, and investors about the future directions, transparency enhancement and potential of financial technology and potentials for partnership areas
British Naturism podcast, Women in Focus:Annebella Pollen
No full textA two-part podcast interview with Helen Berriman, Women's Officer for British Naturism (the UK's principal naturist membership organisation), for her Women in Focus podcast, hosted by British Naturism. The subject is Annebella Pollen's research on cultural histories of nudism / naturism. In the first of a two-part conversation, Helen speaks with Professor Annebella Pollen from the University of Brighton, author of Nudism in a Cold Climate. Pollen discusses her decade-long research into the visual history of naturism in Britain, revealing how photography shaped the movement's public identity from the 1920s onwards. The conversation explores a fascinating paradox; whilst magazines like Health and Efficiency once sold hundred's of thousands of copies per issue, featuring idealised bodies of professional models, actual naturist membership numbers were much lower. Pollen explains how early practitioners hid behind pseudonyms to protect their professional reputations, and how the movement's own promotional imagery created tensions between philosophical ideals and practical recruitment. Drawing on archival research conducted during lockdown, she offers an outsider academic perspective that complements lived experiences, examining how naturism has been publicly mediated rather than privately practised