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Strategies for gaining and maintaining academic support for the institutional open access repository
No full textThe impact of research can be measured by use or citation count. The more widely available that research outputs are; the more likely they are to be used, and the higher the impact. Making the author-manuscript version of research outputs freely available via the institutional repository greatly increases the availability of research outputs and can increase the impact.
QUT ePrints, the open access institutional repository of research outputs at Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Australia, was established in 2003 and is managed by the QUT Library. The repository now contains over 39,000 records. More than 21,000 of these records have full-text copies attached as result of continuous effort to maintain momentum and encourage academic engagement. The full-text deposit rate has continued to increase over time and, in 2012 (August, at the time of writing), 88% of the records for works published in 2012 provide access to a full-text copy.
Achieving success has required a long term approach to collaboration, open access advocacy, repository promotion, support for the deposit process, and ongoing system development. This paper discusses the various approaches adopted by QUT Library, in collaboration with other areas of the University, to achieve success.
Approaches include mainstreaming the repository via having it report to the University Research and Innovation Committee; regular provision of deposit rate data to faculties; championing key academic supporters; and holding promotional competitions and events such as during Open Access Week.
Support and training is provided via regular deposit workshops with academics and faculty research support groups and via the provision of online self-help information. Recent system developments have included the integration of citation data (from Scopus and Web of Science) and the development of a statistical reporting system which incentivise engagement
Letter re: James Callan letter
No full textLetter from Dwight Eisenhower, Supreme Commander of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), to Amon Carter thanking Carter for sending him a letter Carter received from James Callan Jr
Callan-like identities
No full textIn 1998, D. Callan obtained a binomial identity involving the derangement numbers. In this paper, by using the theory of formal series, we extend such an identity to the generalized derangement numbers. Then, by using the same technique, we obtain other identities of the same kind for the generalized arrangement numbers, the generalized Laguerre polynomials, the generalized Hermite polynomials, the generalized exponential polynomials and the generalized Bell numbers, the hyperharmonic numbers, the Lagrange polynomials and the Gegenbauer polynomials
The role of judo in reducing the Fear of Falling among older people
No full textThe Yawara project aims to reduce fear of falling in older populations through the use of judo principles and methods.Evidence suggests a positive association between judo and Bone Mineral Density accrual in pre- and post-menopausal women (Ciaccioni, Condello, Guidotti, & Capranica, 2017). It is also known that fall training may be useful to prevent hip fractures in the elderly, in fact after fall training, fear of falling was reduced by 0.88 on a visual analogue scale (Groen, Smulders, De Kam, Duysens, & Weerdesteyn, 2010; Groen, Smulders, Duysens, Van Lankveld, & Weerdesteyn, 2010).In the UK, 33% of people over 65, and 50% of people over 80, fall at least once a year. Falls are the most common cause of death from injury in the over 65s, costing the National Health Service £2bn+ a year and over 4 million bed days (Fenton, 2014).National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) suggest intervention programmes of muscle strengthening and balance training are likely to be beneficial. Trials of exercise programmes have shown reductions in the risk of falling of between 35% and 54% (AgeUK, 2013).Based on Hertfordshire population data, a 35% reduction in falls through intervention would mean around 700,000 less falls in Hertfordshire over the next 20 years.The methodology will be a pre-post intervention method with two populations based in the University of Hertfordshire, UK and Matsumae Judo Juku, Mitaka, Japan, delivered by experienced judo coaches. Subjects will be over 65 years old, recruited by young judoka, often family members. The subjects will follow a 6-week programme of judo related exercises based on the curriculum ‘Yawara-chan Taiso’ (Kamitani, 2018). Data will be collected using the 6-item FFQ-R: Fear of Falling Questionnaire Revised and a 4-point Likert scale (Bower et al., 2015).It is hoped that the study will demonstrate a reduction in fear of falling following adherence to a judo-based exercise programme. We hope to be able to recommend that coaches should consider introducing judo fall techniques to prevent fall-related injuries, especially in the older population. In this way judo may be able to impact on this issue and make a wider contribution to society.ReferencesAgeUK. (2013). Falls prevention exercise: Following the evidence. Retrieved from Bower, E. S., Wetherell, J. L., Merz, C. C., Petkus, A. J., Malcarne, V. L., & Lenze, E. J. (2015). A new measure of fear of falling: psychometric properties of the fear of falling questionnaire revised (FFQ-R). International psychogeriatrics, 27(7), 1121-1133. Ciaccioni, S., Condello, G., Guidotti, F., & Capranica, L. (2017). Effects of Judo Training on Bones: A Systematic Literature Review. Journal of strength and conditioning research. Fenton, K. (2014). The human cost of falls. Public Health Matters. Groen, B. E., Smulders, E., De Kam, D., Duysens, J., & Weerdesteyn, V. (2010). Martial arts fall training to prevent hip fractures in the elderly. Osteoporosis international, 21(2), 215-221. Groen, B. E., Smulders, E., Duysens, J., Van Lankveld, W., & Weerdesteyn, V. (2010). Could martial arts fall training be safe for persons with osteoporosis?: a feasibility study. BMC research notes, 3(1), 111. Kamitani, T. (2018). Yawara chan Taiso. Tokyo: Baseball Magazine
The role of judo in reducing the Fear of Falling among older people
No full textThe Yawara project aims to reduce fear of falling in older populations through the use of judo principles and methods.Evidence suggests a positive association between judo and Bone Mineral Density accrual in pre- and post-menopausal women (Ciaccioni, Condello, Guidotti, & Capranica, 2017). It is also known that fall training may be useful to prevent hip fractures in the elderly, in fact after fall training, fear of falling was reduced by 0.88 on a visual analogue scale (Groen, Smulders, De Kam, Duysens, & Weerdesteyn, 2010; Groen, Smulders, Duysens, Van Lankveld, & Weerdesteyn, 2010).In the UK, 33% of people over 65, and 50% of people over 80, fall at least once a year. Falls are the most common cause of death from injury in the over 65s, costing the National Health Service £2bn+ a year and over 4 million bed days (Fenton, 2014).National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) suggest intervention programmes of muscle strengthening and balance training are likely to be beneficial. Trials of exercise programmes have shown reductions in the risk of falling of between 35% and 54% (AgeUK, 2013).Based on Hertfordshire population data, a 35% reduction in falls through intervention would mean around 700,000 less falls in Hertfordshire over the next 20 years.The methodology will be a pre-post intervention method with two populations based in the University of Hertfordshire, UK and Matsumae Judo Juku, Mitaka, Japan, delivered by experienced judo coaches. Subjects will be over 65 years old, recruited by young judoka, often family members. The subjects will follow a 6-week programme of judo related exercises based on the curriculum ‘Yawara-chan Taiso’ (Kamitani, 2018). Data will be collected using the 6-item FFQ-R: Fear of Falling Questionnaire Revised and a 4-point Likert scale (Bower et al., 2015).It is hoped that the study will demonstrate a reduction in fear of falling following adherence to a judo-based exercise programme. We hope to be able to recommend that coaches should consider introducing judo fall techniques to prevent fall-related injuries, especially in the older population. In this way judo may be able to impact on this issue and make a wider contribution to society.ReferencesAgeUK. (2013). Falls prevention exercise: Following the evidence. Retrieved from Bower, E. S., Wetherell, J. L., Merz, C. C., Petkus, A. J., Malcarne, V. L., & Lenze, E. J. (2015). A new measure of fear of falling: psychometric properties of the fear of falling questionnaire revised (FFQ-R). International psychogeriatrics, 27(7), 1121-1133. Ciaccioni, S., Condello, G., Guidotti, F., & Capranica, L. (2017). Effects of Judo Training on Bones: A Systematic Literature Review. Journal of strength and conditioning research. Fenton, K. (2014). The human cost of falls. Public Health Matters. Groen, B. E., Smulders, E., De Kam, D., Duysens, J., & Weerdesteyn, V. (2010). Martial arts fall training to prevent hip fractures in the elderly. Osteoporosis international, 21(2), 215-221. Groen, B. E., Smulders, E., Duysens, J., Van Lankveld, W., & Weerdesteyn, V. (2010). Could martial arts fall training be safe for persons with osteoporosis?: a feasibility study. BMC research notes, 3(1), 111. Kamitani, T. (2018). Yawara chan Taiso. Tokyo: Baseball Magazine
The Callan Academic and Athletic Expansion Breaks Ground
No full textCedarville University will break ground on the $8 million Callan academic and athletic expansion on Friday, April 30, at 11:30 a.m. This expansion, which is fully funded, is a part of the 10-Year campus master plan and is slated for completion in March 2022
The Callan Athletic and Academic Expansion Breaks Ground
No full textCedarville University will break ground on the $8 million Callan athletic and academic expansion on Thursday, April 29, at 11:30 a.m. This expansion, which is fully funded, is a part of the 10-Year campus master plan and is slated for completion in March 2022
The Callan Academic and Athletic Expansion Breaks Ground Friday
No full textWith inclement weather predicted for the Miami Valley tomorrow, Cedarville University leaders have decided to break ground on the $8 million Callan academic and athletic expansion Friday, April 30, at 11:30 a.m. instead of the original Thursday plan. This expansion, which is fully funded, is a part of the 10-Year campus master plan and is slated for completion in March 2022
Four-point renormalized coupling constant and Callan-Symanzik beta-function in O(N) models
No full textWe investigate some issues concerning the zero-momentum four-point
renormalized coupling constant g in the symmetric phase of O(N) models, and the
corresponding Callan-Symanzik beta-function. In the framework of the 1/N
expansion we show that the Callan- Symanzik beta-function is non-analytic at
its zero, i.e. at the fixed-point value g^* of g. This fact calls for a check
of the actual accuracy of the determination of g^* from the resummation of the
d=3 perturbative g-expansion, which is usually performed assuming analyticity
of the beta-function. Two alternative approaches are exploited. We extend the
\epsilon-expansion of g^* to O(\epsilon^4). Quite accurate estimates of g^* are
then obtained by an analysis exploiting the analytic behavior of g^* as
function of d and the known values of g^* for lower-dimensional O(N) models,
i.e. for d=2,1,0. Accurate estimates of g^* are also obtained by a reanalysis
of the strong-coupling expansion of lattice N-vector models allowing for the
leading confluent singularity. The agreement among the g-, \epsilon-, and
strong-coupling expansion results is good for all N. However, at N=0,1,
\epsilon- and strong-coupling expansion favor values of g^* which are sligthly
lower than those obtained by the resummation of the g-expansion assuming
analyticity in the Callan-Symanzik beta-function
The Rubakov–Callan scattering on the supergravity monopole
No full textAbstractWe study small perturbations around the supersymmetric CVMN monopole solution of the gauged supergravity in D=4. We find that the perturbation spectrum contains an infinite tower of Coulomb-type bound states both in the bosonic and fermionic parts of the supergravity multiplet. Due to supersymmetry, the eigenvalues are the same for the two bosonic parity sectors, as well as for the fermionic sector. We also find that the fermion scattering on the monopole is accompanied by isospin flip. This is analogous to the Rubakov–Callan effect of monopole catalysis of proton decay and suggests that there could be a similar effect of catalysis for decay of fermionic systems in supergravity
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