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Can using Fagan Inspections improve the quality of specification in 2011? A Case Study
No full textIn this paper, we explore why Fagan Inspections have become obsolete in the software industry, given the body of evidence which supports their use to improve the quality of software artefacts and the software development process.
Since the late 1970’s, much has been written about how Fagan Inspections improve the quality of both processes and outputs of the software development process. The literature indicates that the Fagan Inspection technique can improve quality of software (or other software development artefacts) by a reduction in defects of 60 – 90%. However, recent literature suggests that inspection techniques in general and Fagan Inspections in particular, are no longer used. A study in 1998 found that respondents used inspections either irregularly or not at all. Teams often review artefacts informally, but believe that they are performing an inspection or formal review. The lack of rigour in the review process results in reduced benefits and more defects in the artefacts.
To explore this situation, we conducted a case study with a local enterprise and we report on the early findings. These suggest that the introduction of Fagan Inspections may have a number of benefits before they have even been introduced fully, including recognition of flaws in the current development process, development of technical knowledge relating to the software process domain, and improved team relations and a ‘quality’ culture. In addition, the personnel using Fagan Inspection gain experience in the production of ‘quality’ artefacts
Contemporary interventions in historic fabric: context and authenticity in the work of Gabriel Fagan
No full textThis study focuses on three projects by Gabriel Fagan, one of South Africa’s most respected and awarded architects, namely The Dias Museum in Mossel Bay, the SA Breweries Visitor’s Centre in Newlands and the University of Cape Town’s Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine. These projects are all essentially contemporary interventions in historic fabric and each contains easily identifiable and iconic new portions – the sail-like roof of the Dias Museum, the glass lift shaft at SAB and the circular glazed pavilion at UCT’s Medical School
Letter from M. Fagan to Monsignor Hickey and Fr. C. Curran
No full textHolograph letter from M.[Fagan] Dublin, to Monsignor Hickey and Fr. C. Curran [intending principals of the Irish College], introducing himself as a friend of Arthur Griffith's wife. Sketching Mrs. Griffith's hard life on the side of a husband who suffered greatly for Ireland. She did not follow calls to campaign for a Dáil seat in Cavan. Her family have been friends of the friars minor; some comments on her brothers; she knows Mr. Con Curran and his wife Miss Laird. Recommending acknowledging her presence in Rome. 'Here it is said the propaganda of the Irish College is dead against the present government, that should not be visited on a woman who just waits in patience for the Last Day for her husband's vindication'
Still photographs of musicians performing from Dreaming Protected Me album by Fionnuala Fagan
No full textStill photographs of musicians performing a live performance of tracks from "Dreaming Protected Me" album by Fionnuala Fagan. Zip folder contains images of the following performers: *Patrick Davey (performer, teacher and composed of traditional Irish music. He is a Senior All-Ireland uilleann pipes champion) *Fionnuala Fagan (singer, song-writer, sound and installation artist) *Clare Galway (musician and performer) Photographed by John Darcy C. 201
Box 5, Neg. No. 1676: E. C. Fagan and His Wife
No full textThis black and white photograph features a portrait of E. C. Fagan and his wife - he is sitting in a chair and is wearing a suit, and she is standing next to him and is wearing a long light dress. Her hat is next to her on a stool. E. C. Fagan ordered the photograph.https://scholars.fhsu.edu/stafford_county/1446/thumbnail.jp
Choeras ramcomarmorata Fagan-Jeffries & Austin & Investigators 2021, sp. nov.
No full text<i>Choeras ramcomarmorata</i> Fagan-Jeffries & Austin sp. nov. <p>(Fig. 2)</p> <p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 233DB1DE-BF33-44B9-8E5C-878002D8851C</p> <p> <b>Material examined.</b> <b>Holotype: South Australia:</b> ♀ Ramco Primary School, -34.169522 139.93407, 19.v– 2.vi.2020, E. Fagan-Jeffries and Ramco PS 5/6/7 class, M/T EFJ2020MT40, Extraction 1673 (SAMA: 32-45151, BOLD: AUMIC550-20).</p> <p> <b>Paratype: Western Australia:</b> ♂ Albany Highway, Gleneagle State Forest, 3.iv–7.v.2005, M.S. Harvey, M/T, Extraction 1491 (WAM: WAME109656, BOLD: AUMIC551-20).</p> <p> <b>Diagnosis.</b> This species can be separated morphologically from the other Australasian members of the genera <i>Sathon</i> Mason and <i>Choeras</i> as follows:</p> <p> • From <i>C. calacte</i> (Nixon, 1965), <i>C. dissors</i> (Nixon, 1965), <i>C. papua</i> (Wilkinson, 1936), <i>C. parvoculus</i> Fagan-Jeffries & Austin, 2019, and <i>C. zygon</i> Fagan-Jeffries & Austin, 2019 by having a large forewing areolet.</p> <p> • From <i>C. ceto</i> (Nixon, 1965), <i>C. tegularis</i> (Szepligeti, 1905), <i>S. albicoxus</i> Austin & Dangerfield, 1992, <i>S. moratus</i> (Wilkinson, 1929), <i>S. naryciae</i> Austin & Dangerfield, 1992, <i>S. oreo</i> Fagan-Jeffries & Austin, 2019, and <i>S. resplendens</i> (Wilkinson, 1929) by having a complete, strong medial carina on the propodeum.</p> <p> • From <i>C. epaphus</i> (Nixon, 1965), and <i>C. koalascatocola</i> Fagan-Jeffries & Austin, 2017 by having T2 narrowing posteriorly.</p> <p> • From <i>C. helespas</i> Walker, 1996 by T1 without strong rugose sculpturing along length and T1 much wider anteriorly than posteriorly.</p> <p> • From <i>C. bushblitz</i> Fagan-Jeffries & Austin, 2019 by the mesosoma being completely dark</p> <p> • From <i>C. morialta</i> Fagan-Jeffries & Austin, 2017 by the ovipositor gently curving (not strongly bent near tip).</p> <p> <b>Description.</b> FEMALE. Colour. Head, antenna and mesosoma all dark; all tergites and most of metasoma dark other than small pale patch at posterior end of T1, non-sclerotised areas of T1–2 and anterior sternites pale; hypopygium dark laterally with pale area ventrally, ovipositor sheaths dark (fore-, mid-, hind coxa) pale, pale, dark; (fore-, mid-, hind- trochanter) pale, pale, pale; femora (fore-, mid-, hind femur) pale to light brown, pale to light brown, mostly dark with pale stripe in proximal half; tibiae (fore-, mid-, hind tibia) pale to light brown, pale to light brown, dark with pale area proximally, all tarsi dark; tegula and humeral complex orange-brown; pterostigma dark; fore wing veins dark.</p> <p>Body length. Head to apex of metasoma: 4.0 mm.</p> <p>Head. Antenna slightly longer than body length; OOL/POD 1.7; POL/ POD 1.6; antennal flagellomere 2 length/ width 3.5; antennal flagellomere 14 length/width 1.9.</p> <p>Mesosoma. Anteromesoscutum punctulate, punctures small (space between punctures larger than their diameter, particularly in posterior two-thirds of anteromesoscutum, punctures slightly larger and closer together anteriorly); number of pits in scutoscutellar sulcus 12; scutellar disc very smooth with only tiny punctures associated with setae. Propodeum with medial carina present and complete, clearly distinguishable from surrounding rugosity. Propodeum coarsely rugose in centre, transitioning to smoother punctate areas antero-laterally.</p> <p>Wings. Fore wing length 4.0 mm; length of veins r/2RS 0.8; length of veins 2RS/2M 1.0; length of veins 2M/(RS+M)b 1.9; pterostigma length/width 2.9. Forewing areolet large, four-sided with sharp angle between veins 3RSa and rs-m, vein rs-m slightly curved at distal end.</p> <p>Legs. Hind tibia inner spur length/hind basitarsus length 0.4.</p> <p>Metasoma. T1 length / T1 width at posterior margin 3.1; narrowing posteriorly, smooth in anterior half, punctures associated with setae in posterior half; T2 width at posterior margin / T2 length 3.5, sclerotised area well differentiated from surrounding tergite, scattered punctures associated with setae, border with T3 smooth and only just distinguishable; T3 sculpture smooth and shiny; both T2 and T3 irregularly setose for all of length; ovipositor sheaths length/hind tibial length 1.9.</p> <p>MALE. Smaller in size than female, body length 3.3 mm; T1 lighter in colouration than female specimen, light brown anteriorly with dark area in centre, fading to pale posteriorly.</p> <p> <b>Etymology.</b> Named by the 2020 year 5–7 students of Ramco Primary School, where the holotype was collected. The students chose to use the name of the school along with the epithet ‘marmorata’ from the Latin ‘marmor’, for marble, as they felt that the striking black and white colouration of the species, and variation of colours on the tergites, looked like polished marble. The species name therefore unconventionally combines a place name with a Latin adjective, and should be regarded as a noun in apposition.</p> <p> <b>Distribution.</b> Known from only a female specimen from the Riverland region, South Australia, and from a male specimen from Gleneagle, Western Australia.</p> <p> <b>Molecular information.</b> The species constitutes BIN: BOLD:AEF8695, and is 9.63% divergent from the nearest relative on BOLD.</p> <p> <b>Remarks.</b> This species falls within a large clade of Australian species, all with a large forewing areolet, that morphologically are intermediate between the current definition of the genera <i>Sathon</i> and <i>Choeras</i> (Fig. 3). We place this species in the genus <i>Choeras</i> as there appears to be some flexibility in the hypopygium which would exclude it from the strict definition of <i>Sathon</i>, and because it is morphologically and molecularly closely related to <i>Choeras morialta</i>. However, we note that this clade may end up being recognised as a new genus, which is not related to the group of species that possess a small forewing areolet. To confirm and revise the genus, phylogenetic studies that include the type species of <i>Choeras</i> and <i>Sathon</i> will need to be conducted.</p>Published as part of <i>Fagan-Jeffries, Erinn P., Austin, Andrew D. & Investigators, Citizen Science Participants Of Insect, 2021, Four new species of parasitoid wasp (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) described through a citizen science partnership with schools in regional South Australia, pp. 79-101 in Zootaxa 4949 (1)</i> on pages 83-86, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4949.1.4, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/4635871">http://zenodo.org/record/4635871</a>
Little Blue Chair by C. Fagan
No full textFagan, Cary. Little Blue Chair, illustrated by Madeline Kloepper. Tundra Books-Random House Canada, 2017.Cary Fagan has created many delightful picture books, among them, Ten Old Men and a Mouse, illustrated by Gary Clement (2007); Mr. Zinger’s Hat, illustrated by Dušan Petričić (2012); and A Cage Went in Search of a Bird, illustrated by Banafsheh Erfanian (2017). In each of these works, the illustrator has brilliantly conveyed the sense of the text.The storyline of Little Blue Chair would appear to have much potential for robust illustration. Fagan creates the classic circular journey. A little blue chair, outgrown by its initial child owner, is repeatedly given away, used for a time, and given away again. It serves, by turns, as a plant stand, a seat in a wheel house for a sea captain’s daughter, a howdah for children who want elephant rides, a bird feeder in a garden, a seat on a carnival Ferris wheel, and, finally, an air borne craft powered by balloons which carry it back to its original owner. The illustrations, however, are not quite as adventurous as the story.Whether by the artist’s intent, or the printer’s choice, the colour palette is muted. The choice works well for creating the ambiance of the “junk shop” [p.5], and is, arguably, appropriate for the seascapes [p.7-10], but it seems subdued for the carnival scenes [pp. 21-24].A further problem arises where the expectations raised by the story are not met by the artwork. Surely some glorious avian display should support the following text: From all around, birds appeared in the air. Little birds, big birds, plain birds and fancy birds—they all perched on the chair to eat the seeds.” [p.18] In fact, “the air” and “the chair” are devoid of any birds, and the few tiny ones perched in a tree are barely distinguishable because of the muted colours.A similar problem occurs in the Ferris wheel scene. Fagan writes: “The man installed the little blue chair. Up, up it went. Round, round it went! The children screamed with pleasure.“We see just a portion of the Ferris wheel—a few seats, one of which can be discerned as the little blue chair. There are three child passengers; two look vaguely pleased, one seems distracted by her candy floss. We cannot detect a single open mouth that might be indicative of a scream of pleasure.Young children who are not yet independent readers rely on illustration to convey the action, context and mood of their picture books—thus, the vital need for a “happy marriage” of text and illustration. Little Blue Chair seems to offer just a tentative courtship. Recommended with Reservations: 2 out of 4 starsReviewer: Leslie AitkenLeslie Aitken’s long career in librarianship included selection of children’s literature for school, public, special and academic libraries. She is a former Curriculum Librarian for the University of Alberta.</jats:p
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Choeras parvoculus Fagan-Jeffries & Cooper & Austin 2019, sp. nov.
No full textChoeras parvoculus Fagan-Jeffries & Austin sp. nov. (Fig. 4) urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 3BCE8A24-220C-44A9-BC81-26E5017C4674 Material examined (including Genbank numbers of DNA barcodes). Holotype: Tasmania: ♀ Southwest National Park Bush Blitz, SSS2, -43.1413° 146.76241°, 03–09/ii/2016, K. Moore, Malaise trap (TMAG: F59020; Genbank COI: MH 138608 WG: MH 139103). Paratype: Tasmania: ♀ Southwest National Park Bush Blitz, SSS2, -43.1413° 146.76241°, 03–09/ii/2016, K. Moore, Malaise trap (TMAG: F59026; Genbank COI: MH 138611 WG: MH 139105). Diagnosis. Differs from C. bushblitz, C. tegularis, C. ceto, C. epaphus, C. koalascatocola, C. helespas and C. morialta by the presence of a small areolet in the fore wing; previously mentioned species all have a large fore wing areolet. Differs from C. dissors by having less slender antennae, the fore wing vein r curved rather than sharply angled, and the mesoscutellar disc not densely covered with setae. Differs from C. calacte by having smaller eyes (ocular–ocellar line/posterior ocellus diameter 2.7–3.0 compared to 2.0– 2.2 in C. calacte) and shorter flagellomeres (C. calacte has flagellomere 14 1.3 x as long as wide, whilst in C. parvoculus flagellomere 14 is as long as wide. Differs from C. zygon by smaller eyes and an almost parallel-sided T1 compared to T1 of C. zygon, which narrows posteriorly. Description. FEMALE. Colour: all dark other than pale non-sclerotised area of T1–2, antenna dark; coxae (pro-, meso-, metacoxa) dark, dark, dark; femora (pro-, meso-, metafemur) dark lightening at distal end, dark lightening at distal end, dark; (pro-, meso-, metatibia) dark, dark with white band at proximal end, proximal third white distal two thirds dark; tegula and humeral complex light brown; pterostigma dark; fore wing veins dark, paler at proximal end of wings. Head: antenna approximately equal to body length; body length (head to apex of metasoma) 1.9–2.0 mm; ocular–ocellar line/posterior ocellus diameter 2.7–3.0; interocellar distance/posterior ocellus diameter 2.0–2.5. Mesosoma: anteromesoscutum smooth other than small punctures associated with setae; mesoscutellar disc completely smooth and shining; number of pits in scutoscutellar sulcus 10–12; maximum height of mesoscutellum lunules/maximum height of lateral face of mesoscutellum 0.3–0.4. Wings: fore wing length 2.0– 2.1 mm; fore wing areolet small, enclosed; length of veins r/2RS 1.8–2; length of veins 2RS/2M 0.6–0.7; length of veins 2M/(RS+M)b 1.3–1.4; pterostigma length/width 2.2–2.4. Legs: metatibia inner spur length/metabasitarsus length 0.9–1.0. Propodeum: multiple short carinae diverging from posterior centre, medial longitudinal carina in posterior half, rugose appearance in the posterior centre margin, otherwise smooth and shining. Metasoma: T1 length/width at posterior margin 1.4–1.8; T1 shape broad, rectangular, almost parallel-sided; T1 sculpture smooth in anterior half, posterior half with shallow striations; T2 width at posterior margin/length 4.1–4.4; T2 sculpture smooth and shiny with a few scattered punctures; T3 sculpture smooth and shiny; hypopygium large with membranous area ventrally; ovipositor sheaths length/metatibial length 0.9–1.1. MALE. Unknown. Etymology. The species epithet parvoculus combines the Latin ‘parvus’ meaning little, and ‘oculus’ meaning eyes, referring to the smaller eyes of this species compared to the morphologically similar Choeras calacte. It is a noun in apposition. Distribution. This species has currently only been collected from Southwest National Park, Tasmania. Remarks. In this species we also tentatively place the following specimens, which have been sequenced for the COI barcoding region by the Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, and are stored in the Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, and are publically available on BOLD in the BIN BOLD:ADD0336. These specimens are all collected from Tasmania, and whilst they were not available to be compared to the type series, the COI sequences fall within the 2% divergence threshold that generally discriminates species in the Microgastrinae. BOLD numbers: GMATR1295-16, GMATT3228-16, GMATT3510-16, GMATT3519-16, GMATT3806-16, GMATV2548-16, GMATS 2612-16, GMATV2575-16, GMATU3015-16. The nearest neighbour to this group with available sequence information are specimens from Canberra, Australia, at 2.1% COI divergence, which based on images available on BOLD, appear to be a distinct species with a larger fore wing areolet and T1 narrowing more strongly posteriorly. The WG sequences for the type specimens of C. parvoculus are identical. No information about the host is known. The BOLD BIN for C. parvoculus is BOLD:ADD0336.Published as part of Fagan-Jeffries, Erinn P., Cooper, Steven J. B. & Austin, Andrew D., 2019, New species of Australian microgastrine parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae) documented through the ' Bush Blitz' surveys of national reserves, pp. 401-440 in Zootaxa 4560 (3) on pages 406-407, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4560.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/262773
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