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House of Commons Science and Technology Committee Report : Impact of social media and screen-use on young people’s health
No full textExecutive Summary This submission primarily reflects upon the use of mental health support services that are available online for children and young people. It specifically reflects upon recent research that highlights some of the positive potential for such resources. In summary:Children and Young People will use the Internet and social media resources as a means to access health orientated support. Therefore professionals have to be ready to work in these environments.Numerous online resources have been developed to support children and young people. These have evolved with professional co-ordination and include online counselling services and moderated forums (e.g. Kooth.com).Online counselling services for children and young people (i) prove attractive to a wide variety of young people (including those who would not ordinarily access face-to-face support), (ii) potentially attract more vulnerable individuals to access support due to the anonymous nature of some services, and (iii) demonstrate that successful therapeutic relationships can be developed.Online forums provide helpful environments for children and young people to support one another. Young service user can use these resources to provide information an emotional support. Moderation of such services can prove helpful in developing safer environments
Sympathy and community in Walt Whitman’s Song of Myself
No full textWhitman’s professed sympathy for a diverse range of individuals in Song of Myself has been the subject of much criticism. Some readers see his ambition to speak to and ‘for’ all others as an imperialist prescription of homogeneity between humans, an arrogation of agency and erasure of difference. I ask if there a way of mobilizing sympathy in this poem which does not rely on the assumption of a common humanity. Briefly situating Whitman in relation to the nineteenth century discourse of sentimentalism, I go on to explore how sympathy can be heard as a shareable material affect which exceeds the moral and humanist register. With particular reference to Whitman’s use of ‘catalogues’ I look at how Song of Myself creates a ‘community of those who have nothing in common’
The Attorney General and Contempt of Court – Some political and constitutional questions
No full textIn recent years, a number of UK politicians have made statements, through traditional or new media, that may have amounted to a contempt of court. That is, they potentially created ‘a substantial risk that the course of justice … will be seriously impeded or prejudiced’, as per the Contempt of Court Act 1981. Such statements are problematic because of the central role given by the 1981 Act to the Attorney General to bring or consent to contempt of court proceedings. In brief, any decisions by the Attorney General about whether to bring or consent to contempt proceedings against political allies or opponents may appear to be biased.In this paper, we will give examples of statements by politicians, including David Cameron, when Prime Minister, and other Ministers, which had the potential to amount to a contempt of court. Some of these were so serious that they resulted in a judicial rebuke. We will argue that the tendency of politicians to make such statements is likely to increase given the recent success of populist politicians and the greater use of social media. We will next detail the Attorney General’s role in bringing or consenting to contempt of court proceedings with respect to such statements. We will consider the legitimacy of his role in contempt cases concerning politicians and consider possible alternatives.The issues raised in this paper include questions about the rule of law, and the requirement that those in power must act lawfully and be subject to the courts when they do not; questions about the separation of powers and the Law Officers’ role; and questions about the relationship between Government and media. These are central – and, indeed, fundamental – questions about law and about the law’s capacity to govern the behaviour of those in power
The growing adoption of Internet of Things on supply chains
No full textThere has been a vast development within the span of three centuries of industrial revolution with the introduction of modern technology. The gradual but steady adoption of different technologies including Internet of Things (IoT) in Industry 4.0 (I4.0) is now a growing research area including identifying ways for industries to operate their functions. The implementation of IoT in all aspects of human life, which results a fast paced daily life activities is a clear indication that the future is here now. The potentials for cost reduction and profit maximisation have been realised by the involved corporations and a significant number of them is already investing heavily on the new technologies. Scientists now believe that empowering the Internet of Things (IoT) to have artificial intelligence (AI) could help human beings to complete works more smartly and efficiently. The paper aims to focus on the impacts of IoT that affects the supply change management and will explain the reasons that have led to the ever-growing adoption of IoT
Exploration of the impact of social networks on entrepreneurial self-efficacy in the course of the entrepreneurial process
No full textThe Cavell project: exploring the relationship between staff engagement and key performance in the NHS
No full textWomen Entrepreneurs and Strategic Decision Making in the Global Economy.
No full textThere has been an increase in women entrepreneurs participating in the growth of local, regional, national, and global economies. While these women showcase crucial skills for strategic leadership and strategy that can advance companies, they face cultural, educational, social, and political barriers that impede their development and participation within the global economy.Women Entrepreneurs and Strategic Decision Making in the Global Economy is a pivotal reference source that provides vital research on understanding the value of women entrepreneurs and the strategies they can use on the economy and examines gender impact on strategic management and entrepreneurship. While highlighting topics such as emotional intelligence, global economy, and strategic leadership, this book is ideally designed for managers, entrepreneurs, policymakers, academicians, and students
The Hermeneutical Academic: philosophical hermeneutics as a model for academic behaviour
No full textHow we interact with students is important. As lecturers, we influence the development of our students in numerous ways: intellectually, culturally and professionally. In this paper, I suggest that philosophical hermeneutics can serve as a model for how we should act with students and colleagues. Philosophical hermeneutics is most closely associated with Hans-Georg Gadamer and is a reflection on the process of understanding. Gadamer argues that understanding requires an open mindedness and a willingness to put one’s opinions and ideas in play, to have them challenged and to be willing to amend them. This is epitomised by Gadamer’s account of a true conversation which is characterised by a receptiveness and non-dogmatic willingness to learn: ‘there is no higher principle than this: holding oneself open to the conversation … recognizing in advance the possibility that your [conversation] partner may be right, even recognizing the possible superiority of your partner’ (Gadamer 1997). In such a conversation ‘one does not try to argue the other person down but … one really considers the weight of the other’s opinion’ (Gadamer 1960). I explain how my research in, and use of, philosophical hermeneutics informs my teaching practice and how I attempt to adopt the non-hierarchical, non-dogmatic approach inherent within philosophical hermeneutics to govern my interactions with students and colleagues, inside and outside of the classroom. I argue that this approach can also serve as a model for students as developing academics and professionals
An Investigation into the Acoustic Emissions of Internal Combustion Engines with Modelling and Wavelet Package Analysis for Monitoring Lubrication Conditions
No full textOnline monitoring of the lubrication and friction conditions in internal combustion engines can provide valuable information and thereby enables optimal maintenance actions to be undertaken to ensure safe and efficient operations. Acoustic emission (AE) has attracted significant attention in condition monitoring due to its high sensitivity to light defects on sliding surfaces. However, limited understanding of the AE mechanisms in fluid-lubricated conjunctions, such as piston rings and cylinder liners, confines the development of AE-based lubrication monitoring techniques. Therefore, this study focuses on developing new AE models and effective AE signal process methods in order to achieve accurate online lubrication monitoring. Based on the existing AE model for asperity-asperity collision (AAC), a new model for fluid-asperity shearing (FAS)-induced AE is proposed that will explain AE responses from the tribological conjunction of the piston ring and cylinder. These two AE models can then jointly demonstrate AE responses from the lubrication conjunction of engine ring-liner. In particular, FAS allows the observable AE responses in the middle of engine strokes to be characterised in association with engine speeds and lubricant viscosity. However, these AE components are relatively weak and noisy compared to others, with movements such as valve taring, fuel injection and combustions. To accurately extract these weaker AE's for lubricant monitoring, an optimised wavelet packet transform (WPT) analysis is applied to the raw AE data from a running engine. This results in four distinctive narrow band indicators to describe the AE amplitude in the middle of an engine power stroke. Experimental evaluation shows the linear increasing trend of AE indicator with engine speeds allows a full separation of two baseline engine lubricants (CD-10W30 and CD-15W40), previously unused over a wide range of speeds. Moreover, the used oil can also be diagnosed by using the nonlinear and unstable behaviours of the indicator at various speeds. This model has demonstrated the high performance of using AE signals processed with the optimised WPT spectrum in monitoring the lubrication conditions between the ring and liner in IC engines
ASSESSING THE AUTHENTICITY AND EFFICIENCY OF SCAFFOLD RIGHT ANGLE COUPLERS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE WITHIN THE UK CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY WITH BS-EN 74-1-2005 ACCREDITATION
No full textThis study consisted in the replication of BS EN 74-1:2005 Laboratory requirements and test procedures of Right Angle couplers currently available within the UK for use in falsework and scaffolds. In the UK all scaffolding couplers are tested to comply with the standards set out in BS EN 74-1:2005. All couplers tested in this research have been certified compliant to BS EN 74. These replicated laboratory tests investigated a perceived industry problem that whilst the tested specimen achieves the appropriate standard the subsequent manufacturing batches that are produced and sold with certificates of compliance do not in fact reach the required standard they are advertised as attaining. This research highlights a very concerning problem of consistency within scaffold coupler performance. Illuminating discrepancies between the performance of class B couplers available in the United Kingdom for use in falsework and scaffolds. Through laboratory testing, the assumption of a minimum capacity of an EN 74 class B coupler has been shown to be inaccurate. Possible reasons for these inconsistencies are discussed with recommendations for further investigation