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Professional decision making and women offenders : containing the chaos?
No full textThis article draws on the findings from research undertaken in south-east Scotland in 2008 which sought to identify the characteristics of female offenders and to document the views of policy makers and practitioners regarding the experiences of women involved in the Scottish criminal justice system. Despite Scotland having retained a stronger 'welfare' focus than elsewhere in the UK (e.g. McAra, 2008), this is not reflected in the treatment of women who offend, with the rate of female imprisonment having almost doubled in the last ten years and community based disposals falling short of a welfare-oriented system. This article explores why the treatment that women offenders receive in the criminal justice system may be harsh and disproportionate both in relation to their offending and in relation to the treatment of men. It is argued that interventions with women need to be initiated earlier in their cycle of offending and at an earlier stage in the criminal justice process but also that the wide-ranging health, welfare, financial and behavioural needs of women who offend cannot be met solely within an increasingly risk-averse and punitive criminal justice environment
CE Challenges: Work to Do
No full textCE has been used for more than two decades now. Despite many successes and advantages, there are still many challenges to be addressed. These challenges are both technical and organisational. In the paper we will address the current challenges of CE. Many challenges are related to the exchange of data and knowledge and to the systems that make data and knowledge exchange possible. Although much progress has been made in enabling extensive data and knowledge exchange and use, much remains to be wished. For example, there are still barriers to data exchange. Technically, these barriers may consist of different formats, differences in infrastructures and systems, and different semantics. There are also organisational and political barriers. For example, investment in information system may heavily impact upstream suppliers, while revenues of better information exchange may predominantly be gained by downstream actors. Without sharing costs and revenues, chain-wide information exchange will not be easily realised. Another barrier is the possible lack of willingness to share information, because of potential misuse of knowledge and loss of power. The paper is organised as follows. First we will describe the current manifestation of CE as described in a recent book. Second, we will list current trends in CE. Third, we will present some Critical Success Factors (CSFs) that are considered relevant for implementing and adapting CE practices. Last, we indicate some research and practical questions to be addressed, especially for areas that have a high potential and actual impact. </p
Defense de doctorat d'Amadou Diogo Barry
No full textCe jeudi matin, Amadou Diogo Barry défendra sa thèse de doctorat sur la régression expectile pour l'analyse de données longitudinales
Samuel Lover's Irish novels
No full textCet article se propose d'étudier les deux œuvres les plus connues de Samuel Lover : Rory O'More (1837) et Handy Andy (1842). Il compare la position de Lover vis-à-vis de ses compatriotes et de leurs problèmes sociaux avec celle d'autres romanciers irlandais, tels que Michael et John Banim, Gerald Griffin et William Carleton. L'auteur cherche à démontrer que l'œuvre de Lover marque l'arrivée, dans la fiction anglo-irlandaise, du roman divertissant.
En particulier, il tente de mettre en évidence les aspects par lesquels l'attitude de Lover envers ses lecteurs anglais différait de celle de la plupart de ses contemporains, et il montre combien Lover contribua à entretenir l'image stéréotypée de l'Irlandais bouffon, sot et gaffeur, mais néanmoins doté d'un grand cœur. Les aventures des héros de ces romans illustrent ce propos.
Les intrigues viennent appuyer l'affirmation selon laquelle Lover ne permettait que rarement à son sujet de devenir sérieux, bien que l'auteur signale quelques exceptions à cette règle. L'article étudie également dans le détail les solutions de facilité et les dérobades sentimentales des héros de ces romans, et compare ces à la tension et à l'introspection angoissée qui domine dans les œuvres plus anciennes.
L'auteur s'intéresse ensuite à l'influence du milieu de Lover sur son œuvre et souligne le fait que sa carrière d'écrivain fut presque accidentelle.
La conclusion fait état de l'impact des romans de Lover et de leur influence sur le comportement, notamment celui des Anglais envers les Irlandais, et propose un jugement sur la place que Lover occupe, par rapport à ses prédécesseurs, dans le roman de son pays.Sloan Barry. Samuel Lover's Irish Novels. In: Études irlandaises, n°7, 1982. pp. 31-42
Synthesis optimization and charge carrier transfer mechanism in LiLuSiO<sub>4</sub>:Ce, Tm storage phosphor
No full textLiLuSiO4:Ce and LiLuSiO4:Ce, Tm show very efficient charge carrier storage properties upon beta irradiation after samples have received treatment in vacuum. They outperform the commercial storage phosphor BaFBr(I):Eu2+ in many aspects. The influence of the synthesis conditions, Ce and Tm concentration, nonstoichiometry and codoping with Ca, Hf, Al and Ge are reported. Based on the results of the synthesis optimization, thermoluminescence (TL) emission and TL excitation spectra a mechanism of charge carrier transfer, storage, and recombination during irradiation and thermal or optical readout is proposed.Accepted Author ManuscriptRST/Fundamental Aspects of Materials and EnergyRST/Luminescence Material
La trame cachée de Barry Lyndon
No full textL’œuvre de Stanley Kubrick mobilise divers appareils ainsi qu’un savoir éclectique autour d’exigences photographiques toujours plus affirmées. Le film Barry Lyndon (1975) en est l’exemple le plus frappant. Si une part de la critique a considéré la nature rétinienne et contemplative de ce film, cet article met l’accent sur ses constituantes invisibles. Kubrick tisse des relations paradoxales entre les époques et les disciplines par le montage d’un matériel de la NASA sur une caméra ordinaire, devant la lueur des chandeliers du XVIIIe siècle. Le geste ingénieur de Kubrick implique une conscience de l’Histoire, profonde et complexe ‐ impliquant très probablement celle des sciences. La question d’une vitesse de Barry Lyndon doit être reformulée, puisqu’elle ne saurait se limiter au ralentissement de son action au bénéfice de l’extension d’une durée de contemplation
The impact of P(NDI2OD-T2) crystalline domains on the open-circuit voltage of bilayer all-polymer solar cells with an inverted configuration
No full textWe fabricated P(NDI2OD-T2)/PTB7 bilayer all-polymer solar cells with an inverted configuration, where the annealing temperature was systematically varied. The current density-voltage behavior was investigated and the structural properties of the P(NDI2OD-T2) layers were characterized. Absorption spectroscopy, surface morphology, and crystallite analysis showed that increasing phase segregation of P(NDI2OD-T2) films occurred as the annealing temperature increased. We found that, as the P(NDI2OD-T2) stacking improved, with larger domains, the open-circuit voltage decreased and the saturation dark current density increased. This work provides a guide for the processing of P(NDI2OD-T2) layers to maximize the power conversion efficiency of all-polymer solar cells. (C) 2015 Author(s).open1186sciescopu
Data and code for: Variational Graph Author Topic Modeling
No full textThis is the tensorflow implementation of KDD-2022 paper "Variational Graph Author Topic Modeling" by Delvin Ce Zhang and Hady W. Lauw.
VGATM is a Graph Neural Network model that extracts interpretable topics for documents with authors and venues. Topics of documents then fulfill document classification, citation prediction, etc.
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Updated analytical solutions of continuity equation for electron beams precipitation – I. Pure collisional and pure ohmic energy losses
No full textWe present updated analytical solutions of continuity equations for power-law beam electrons precipitating in (a) purely collisional losses and (b) purely ohmic losses. The solutions of continuity equation (CE) normalized on electron density presented in Dobranskis & Zharkova are found by method of characteristics eliminating a mistake in the density characteristic pointed out by Emslie et al. The corrected electron beam differential densities (DD) for collisions are shown to have energy spectra with the index of −(γ + 1)/2, coinciding with the one derived from the inverse problem solution by Brown, while being lower by 1/2 than the index of −γ/2 obtained from CE for electron flux. This leads to a decrease of the index of mean electron spectra from −(γ − 2.5) (CE for flux) to −(γ − 2.0) (CE for electron density). The similar method is applied to CE for electrons precipitating in electric field induced by the beam itself. For the first time, the electron energy spectra are calculated for both constant and variable electric fields by using CE for electron density. We derive electron DD for precipitating electrons (moving towards the photosphere, μ = +1) and ‘returning’ electrons (moving towards the corona, μ = −1). The indices of DD energy spectra are reduced from −γ − 1 (CE for flux) to −γ (CE for electron density). While the index of mean electron spectra is increased by 0.5, from −γ + 0.5 (CE for flux) to −γ + 1(CE for electron density). Hard X-ray intensities are also calculated for relativistic cross-section for the updated differential spectra revealing closer resemblance to numerical Fokker–Planck (FP) solutions
Introduction and Author Biographical Notes
No full textThe Introductory Notes include The Cutting EDge\u27s mission statement, editorial board, founder\u27s note, and author\u27s biographies
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