3,257 research outputs found
Citizen participation in news
No full textThe process of producing news has changed significantly due to the advent of the Web, which has enabled the increasing involvement of citizens in news production. This trend has been given many names, including participatory journalism, produsage, and crowd-sourced journalism, but these terms are ambiguous and have been applied inconsistently, making comparison of news systems difficult. In particular, it is problematic to distinguish the levels of citizen involvement, and therefore the extent to which news production has genuinely been opened up. In this paper we perform an analysis of 32 online news systems, comparing them in terms of how much power they give to citizens at each stage of the news production process. Our analysis reveals a diverse landscape of news systems and shows that they defy simplistic categorisation, but it also provides the means to compare different approaches in a systematic and meaningful way. We combine this with four case studies of individual stories to explore the ways that news stories can move and evolve across this landscape. Our conclusions are that online news systems are complex and interdependent, and that most do not involve citizens to the extent that the terms used to describe them imply
Book Review: Jesus in an age of enlightenment: Radical gospels from Thomas Hobbes to Thomas Jefferson. By Jonathan C.P Birch
No full textThis is a pre-copyedited, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in [Literature and Theology] following peer review. The version of record [Greenaway, J. (2021). Jesus in an Age of Enlightenment: Radical gospels from Thomas Hobbes to Thomas Jefferson. By Jonathan C.P Birch. Literature and Theology, 35(1), 100–102] is available online at: [https://academic.oup.com/litthe/article/35/1/100/6130117?guestAccessKey=0523008b-46e6-4ed2-ab5d-001d93207bed].A review of Jesus in an Age of Enlightenment: Radical Gospels from Thomas Hobbes to Thomas Jefferson by Jonathan C.P Birc
‘Decolonisation’ in China, 1949-1959
No full textIn this chapter Jonathan Howlett adopts perspectives and models from wider literatures on decolonisation to explore the Chinese Communist Party’s elimination of the British semi-colonial presence from China after the revolution of 1949 and to place it within its global context. He focuses in particular on the CCP’s attempts to address the economic, cultural and human legacies of semi-colonialism within a comparative context. In so doing, the author seeks to complicate our understanding of the Sino-British relationship by exploring one of its most dramatic phases and to further illuminate this neglected period in Chinese history
Topsy Turvy - Jonathan Swift on Human Nature, Reason, and Morality
No full textThis is the author accepted manuscript. The final version of the book is available from the publisher via the link in this record.No abstrac
Ground-water hydrology of the upper Klamath Basin, Oregon and California
No full textby Marshall W. Gannett, Kenneth E. Lite Jr., Jonathan L. La Marche, Bruce J. Fisher, and Danial J. Polette ; prepared in cooperation with the Oregon Water Resources Department.Title from PDF cover (viewed on April 22, 2020).Covers OCLC #1151627285 and OCLC #123900688.This archived document is maintained by the State Library of Oregon. It is for informational purposes and may not be suitable for legal purposes.Includes bibliographical references.Mode of access: Internet from the State Library of Oregon U.S. Government Publications Collection.Text in English
An answer to a paper, [electronic resource] : Called A Memorial Of the Poor Inhabitants, Tradesmen and Labourers of the Kingdom of Ireland. By the Author of the Short View of the State of Ireland.
No full textThe author of The short view = Jonathan Swift.An answer to 'To the R-d Dr. J-n S-t, the memorial .. ', by Sir John Browne.Teerink-Scouten,Hanson,Goldsmiths',Electronic reproduction.English Short Title Catalog,Reproduction of original from University of London's Goldsmiths' Library
ASO Author Reflections: Return to Isolated Limb Infusion for In-Transit Melanoma
No full textASO Author ReflectionsMichael J. Carr, Hidde M. Kroon, and Jonathan S. Zage
Lessons of trade liberalization in Latin America for economies in transition
No full textAfter four decades as prime examples of inward-looking trade policies and import-substituting industrialization, several Latin American countries undertook comprehensive trade liberalization and macroeconomic adjustment in the 1980s. The authors contend that the experiences in those countries are relevant for the economies in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union in transition from socialism to market economies. In all of these Latin American countries, the move toward an outward orientation occurred: when the economy was facing a large negative external shock because of falling terms of trade and rising debt payments; after several decades of protectionism; and under severe macroeconomic imbalances. The authors study the reform package of trade liberalization, stabilization, and supporting policies in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Mexico, and Uruguay. They conclude that for the economies in transition: Rationalizing the foreign trade regime is crucial for the success of stabilization measures. Rapid, far-reaching reform is possible in sectors that were subject to prolonged periods of heavy protection. Sustained growth requires a comprehensive reform package, with supporting policies for labor, capital, and domestic product markets. Liberalization of the financial sector requires investigating the links between commercial banks and private sector firms. If trade liberalization is to succeed in the long run, it is important to study the evolution of the real exchange rate and measures to stabilize it. In the final section of the paper, the authors study the recent impetus toward trade liberalization through regional arrangements in Latin America. The issue is relevant to countries in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union because they belonged to the CMEA, a regional trading arrangement, and because such arrangements are evolving anew among countries in the former Soviet Union.Economic Theory&Research,Environmental Economics&Policies,Economic Stabilization,TF054105-DONOR FUNDED OPERATION ADMINISTRATION FEE INCOME AND EXPENSE ACCOUNT,Macroeconomic Management
Jonathan Swift in Context
No full textJonathan Swift remains the most important and influential satirist in the English language. The author of Gulliver\u27s Travels, A Modest Proposal, and A Tale of a Tub, in addition to vast numbers of political pamphlets, satirical verses, sermons, and other kinds of text, Swift is one of the most versatile writers in the literary canon. His writings were always closely intertwined with the English and Irish worlds in which he lived. The forty-four essays collected in Jonathan Swift in Context advance the latest research on Swift in a way that will engage undergraduate students while also remaining useful for scholars. Reflecting the best of current and ongoing scholarship, the contextual approach advanced by this volume will help to make Swift\u27s works even more powerful and resonant to modern audiences
Quantification of geometric uncertainties in image guided radiotherapy
No full textThe aim of this thesis is to determine if the geometric uncertainties that are introduced into the image guided radiotherapy (IGRT) process by Cone Beam CT (CBCT) based IGRT equipment are sufficiently small that they do not pose a significant risk of geometrical error in treatment delivery. This was performed by quantifying and
investigating the geometric uncertainties introduced by; (1) calibration of the image geometry, (2) correction of patient position performed by automatic treatment couch
systems and (3) automatic image registration of the localisation image with a reference image. In addition, the feasibility of providing user feedback on the likelihood of
accurate image registration was investigated. A method was developed using supervised machine learning based on the shape of the image registration algorithm's similarity metric surface.
The geometric uncertainties introduced by image calibration and couch positioning were both shown to be less than 1 mm and therefore do not contribute significantly to
the overall uncertainties in the IGRT process. Image registration performance for image guidance based on the bony anatomy of the skull was shown to be reproducible, accurate and robust with errors typically less than 1 mm. Moreover, image registration performance did not deteriorate significantly as imaging dose was reduced. For image guidance based on the soft tissues of the prostate, image registration performance was satisfactory for some CBCT images resulting in errors less than 2 mm. However, with the majority of CBCT images, image registration was highly irreproducible with high frequencies of failure. The user feedback of image registration quality was able to
correctly classify 84% of image registrations into categories of good, acceptable and unacceptable. No unacceptable classifications were classed as good.
CBCT based IGRT equipment does not introduce significant risks into the IGRT process however, appropriate quality assurance measures should be implemented to safeguard against equipment failure and drift since previous system calibration. Automatic image registration of the soft-tissues of the prostate cannot be relied upon for
clinical use and therefore it should be used in conjunction with manual methods
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