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The Kieker Observability Framework Version 2
Get PDFObservability of a software system aims at allowing its engineers and operators to keep the system robust and highly available. With this paper, we present the Kieker Observability Framework Version 2, the successor of the Kieker Monitoring Framework. In this tool artifact paper, we do not just present the Kieker framework, but also a demonstration of its application to the TeaStore benchmark, integrated with the visual analytics tool ExplorViz. This demo is provided both as an online service and as an artifact to deploy it yourself
Worldwide Soundscapes : A Synthesis of Passive Acoustic Monitoring Across Realms
No full textAim: The urgency for remote, reliable and scalable biodiversity monitoring amidst mounting human pressures on ecosystems has sparked worldwide interest in Passive Acoustic Monitoring (PAM), which can track life underwater and on land. However, we lack a unified methodology to report this sampling effort and a comprehensive overview of PAM coverage to gauge its potential as a global research and monitoring tool. To address this gap, we created the Worldwide Soundscapes project, a collaborative network and growing database comprising metadata from 416 datasets across all realms (terrestrial, marine, freshwater and subterranean). Location: Worldwide, 12,343 sites, all ecosystem types. Time Period: 1991 to present. Major Taxa Studied: All soniferous taxa. Methods: We synthesise sampling coverage across spatial, temporal and ecological scales using metadata describing sampling locations, deployment schedules, focal taxa and audio recording parameters. We explore global trends in biological, anthropogenic and geophysical sounds based on 168 selected recordings from 12 ecosystems across all realms. Results: Terrestrial sampling is spatially denser (46 sites per million square kilometre—Mkm2) than aquatic sampling (0.3 and 1.8 sites/Mkm2 in oceans and fresh water) with only two subterranean datasets. Although diel and lunar cycles are well sampled across realms, only marine datasets (55%) comprehensively sample all seasons. Across the 12 ecosystems selected for exploring global acoustic trends, biological sounds showed contrasting diel patterns across ecosystems, declined with distance from the Equator, and were negatively correlated with anthropogenic sounds. Main Conclusions: PAM can inform macroecological studies as well as global conservation and phenology syntheses, but representation can be improved by expanding terrestrial taxonomic scope, sampling coverage in the high seas and subterranean ecosystems, and spatio‐temporal replication in freshwater habitats. Overall, this worldwide PAM network holds promise to support cross‐realm biodiversity research and monitoring efforts
Propolis citizen science project report
No full textAn overview of the citizen science project round 1 that ran over spring/summer 2024, with an analysis of the processing method and experimental methods used. The article finishes with a call to action for round 2
Death and the Royal Succession in Scotland, c. 1214 – c. 1543: Ritual, Ceremony and Power
No full textReview of Lucinda H. S. Dean's new book, 'Death and the Royal Succession in Scotland, c.1214 - c.1543: Ritual, Ceremony and Power'
Married in the Military : Relationship Satisfaction and Distress Among Serving U.K. Couples
Get PDFThe competing demands of the military can adversely affect the relationships of military couples. However, there is little U.K. research, and most research focuses only on the role of personnel mental health on relationship outcomes. Data from 219 female partner/male military personnel couples collected during a study of military-connected children (2010–2012) were used to determine relationship distress among U.K. serving military couples (Dyadic Adjustment Scale–7 < 21). Dyadic analyses were used to examine associations between individual couple member Dyadic Adjustment Scale–7 scores and sociodemographic, military, and health factors. 29.2% of personnel and 26.9% of partners met criteria for relationship distress; 41.5% of couples contained at least one member who met criteria. Relationship satisfaction was associated with relationship satisfaction in the other couple member (β = 0.460), partner posttraumatic stress disorder scores (β = −0.276), and lower personnel rank (β = −0.344). Partners of personnel of lower rank and personnel with increased posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms may be more at risk of lower relationship satisfaction. Findings highlight the importance of examining the mental health of both serving and nonserving couple members when examining military family outcomes given the impact of partner health on personnel relationship satisfaction. Additional information should be provided to military partners and couples on the realities of Service life prior to joining, with greater advertisement of military initiatives to raise awareness of available services for personnel and their partners
The Foreign Language Effect (FLE) on moral judgment and the role of foreign language proficiency and emotionality
Get PDFThis study aims to broaden the understanding of the phenomenon of the foreign language effect (FLE; the systematic influence of a foreign language on decision making; Dylman, & Champoux-Larsson 2020) on our moral decision and judgements. This rising literature topic focuses on how the language we speak when making choices can affect our decisions and moral judgment, however, the precise reasons that the FLE occurs are unclear (Hayakawa et al., 2016). Is it due to disfluency that requires more cognitive effort in processing information in a foreign language or is it due to the reduced emotionality due to the nature in which a second language (L2) is learnt? To provide a clearer image on the role of cognitive effort and the role of reduced emotionality on the FLE the current study was designed in a way that will weight evidence on each scope. Since the cognitive load hypothesis is based on the assumption of disfluency and poorer L2 proficiency, the study addressed this by introducing rigorous proficiency measures, as well as standard fluency tests in the first experiment . The second experiment explores in more depth the role of emotionality, specifically on emotionally charged moral decisions and judgements. Hence, to test of the role of reduced emotionality on the FLE (Hayakawa et al., 2016) more rigorously, the current study employed a validated emotion measure PANAS-X; Positive and Negative Affect Schedule, (Horne et. al, 2016) prior to (Pre-test Emotion Measure) and following (Post-Test Emotion Measure) moral judgements. Conclusive, when measuring proficiency rigorously it does not seem to be a factor that moderates the FLE, however what seems to be driving the FLE phenomenon is language emotionality, specifically, negative affect and emotions of hostility are more prominent in the L1 rather than the L2 after participants have been exposed to the dilemmas
南京プロジェクト Vol.5
No full textIn the summer of 2022, Tokyo-based theatre company Kamome Machine embarked on research for a new project to address the often-ignored historical issue of the Nanjing Massacre. The Nanjing Massacre was a tragic moment in world history involving mass killings of Chinese citizens by Japanese soldiers in 1937, a few years before the Second World War witnessed by British and American journalists. Three years and four different phases later, the Company comes to Lancaster for a two-week residence to explore the embodiment of this issue from an outsider perspective with Lancaster artists, students and researchers. The residency ended with work-in-progress performance. CREDIT Directed by: Yuta HAGIWARA Performed by: Honami SHIMIZU, Shin ITO Friendly and Critical Eye: Beri Juraic Presented by Kamome Machine in cooperation with the Cultures Research Centre, Lancaster Institute for Contemporary Arts, (Lancaster University) Supported by Arts Council England, The Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation, Saison Foundatio
Mediating candidacy : Qualitative study of a link work intervention to support individuals with severe mental ill health to access dental care
No full textVulnerable and socially excluded groups in society persistently experience worse oral health and poorer access to dental services than the mainstream population. This article reports on the qualitative component of a feasibility trial evaluating a link work intervention to support individuals with severe mental illness to access dental healthcare in Northwest England. Using the Candidacy Model as a conceptual framework, interviews with eighteen participants and the three link workers were carried out to explore the challenges individuals face in navigating access to dental services and how this is negotiated with health professionals and systems. The findings show how the consequences and significance of poor mental health impede access to dental care that is already scarce and hard to reach. The link workers mediated candidacy by taking on some of the burdens of access and providing a buffer to power differentials built into the healthcare system. They provided person-centred support that participants valued as holistic and non-judgemental. As a result, participants felt more able and willing to return to dental services in the future. The discussion considers how the literature on candidacy can be helpful in understanding how link work interventions may reduce inequalities in access for vulnerable groups but are dependent on wider organisational conditions and provision