183 research outputs found
An Internship at the Buckle and an Analysis of Clothing Consumption
No full text26 p.The author summarizes her experience with the retail store called The Buckle, explaining the history and organization of the store and then details of how the store operates. The image of a team working with its "teammates" "teamleaders" and "guests" is explained to making The Buckle different from other clothing stores. As a "teamleader,” the author learned how to handle delicate situations with other employees, as well as the public. She also learned about merchandising on the sales floor and the importance of product knowledge. The second part of the paper is on the subject of the role of clothing in the consumers’ lives. This paper is directed toward answering the following questions: What is fashion? Who decided what is fashionable? Why do people need clothing? Why people wear the clothes that they do? How do social changes affect clothing consumption
Dependence tracing techniques for spreadsheets: An investigation
No full textSpreadsheet cells contain data but also may contain formulas that refer to data from other cells, perform operations on them, and render the results directly to show it to the user. In order to understand the structure of spreadsheets, one needs to understand the formulas that control cell-to-cell dataflow. Understanding this cell-to-cell inter-relation or dependence tracing is easier done in visual manners and therefore quite a few techniques have been proposed over the years. This paper aims to report the results of an investigative study of such techniques. The study is a first step of an attempt to evaluate the relevance of these techniques from the point of view of their benefits and effectiveness in the context of real world spreadsheet users. Results obtained from such a study will have the potential for motivating the conception of newer and better techniques, in case it is found that the need for them is still not fully catered.Software Engineerin
Erratum: Correction to: Work-Related Stressors Among Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Home Visitors: A Qualitative Study (Maternal and child health journal (2018) 22 Suppl 1 (62-69))
No full textThe article "Work-Related Stressors Among Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Home Visitors: A Qualitative Study", written by Paige J. Alitz, Shana Geary, Pamela C. Birriel, Takudzwa Sayi, Rema Ramakrishnan, Omotola Balogun, Alison Salloum and Jennifer T. Marshall, was originally published electronically on the publisher's internet portal (currently SpringerLink) on 31 May 2018 without open access. With the author(s)' decision to opt for Open Choice the copyright of the article changed on 25 July 2018 t
The dark side of genealogical communication : engagement and reframing as mediators of the association between dark side dimensions and family identity
No full textThis study explored the dark side of genealogical communication, and its association with frequent engagement, reframing, and family identity. The theoretical framework was built using communicated narrative sensemaking and narrative performance theory, and sought to extend recently-laid genealogical communication groundwork. Participants included 282 adults who completed an online survey in which they were asked to report on family stories, their family’s storytelling behaviors, and family identification. Results revealed four dark side dimensions: painful, veracity, difference, and shameful. Three of these factors (painful, veracity, and shameful) predicted frequent engagement, which then predicted reframing, which, in turn, predicted family identity. Additionally, the full mediated path proved significant for these three dimensions; however, the direct effect between dark side and family identity proved insignificant. Overall, reframing emerged as the most significant mediator between dark side and family identity. The theoretical, methodical, and practical implications of the findings are discussed
ACOUSTIC PHONETIC CHARACTERISTICS OF DISORDERED VOWELS
No full textIn most acoustic phonetic studies, researchers go to great lengths to specify that the participants do not have any speech impediments. These specifications are meant to show that the speech patterns of the talkers qualify as mainstream pronunciation. This is not the case in this study. Author 2 has a noticeable speech impediment. She enrolled in Author 1’s acoustic phonetic course. In this course, students study their own speech patterns in the minutest of details and compare their speech with that of a group of native or nonnative speakers. We do the same with Author 2’s vowels to see how they resemble or differ from those produced in Central Minnesota, her dialect area
Creative Engagement Fellowship Phase. 1
No full textThe Fellowship was developed through the work accomplished by
U.matter, an engagement project focused on supporting community health through
diverse programming, the NCCPE’s research into collaborative work between
artists and researchers, and funding supplied by the Wellcome Trust’s
Institutional Strategic Support Fund, which supports universities to explore
research culture change, increase the value of public engagement, and support
equality and diversity initiatives.
The collaborations supported by this scheme generated
beneficial impacts across the institutions, communities, research, and most
notably the collaborators involved. The mutual exchange of skills and expertise
for opportunities to improve practice for engagement and inclusion across research
and the arts is what underpins furthering the development of this scheme.
This first dataset contains resources for and about Phase 1
of the scheme. In total there were 5 selected projects that created projects
based upon the two themes of ‘Black Lives Matter 20202’ and ‘Beyond Ableist’. Within
the dataset there are summary reports in both long and short form, individual
project evaluations from each host, as well as additional resources and
materials created or about the projects themselves. Additional materials will
be added that are relevant to the scheme at the end.
Following this is the order of the files within the dataset
and their authors, which have been grouped together for each individual project.
Report
Creative Engagement Fellowship Phase. 1 Summary Report – Long
Version
Author(s): Dr Marie Nugent and Paige Manning
Project: This Is Me
This Is Me Final Report
Author(s): Professor John Maltby and Angela Clerkin
This Is Me Booklet
Author(s): Professor John Maltby and Angela Clerkin
This Is Me Participation Feedback
Author(s): Professor John Maltby and Angela Clerkin
This Is Me Angela Clerkin Talk
Author(s): Professor John Maltby and Angela Clerkin
This Is Me Social Media Advertisement
Author(s): Professor John Maltby and Angela Clerkin
Project: All the Things That We Are Navigating
All the Things That We Are Navigating Final Report
Author(s): Kelly McCormack, Dr Jason Wickham, and Paula
Varjack
All the Things That We Are Navigating Interactive Website
Author(s): Kelly McCormack, Dr Jason Wickham, and Paula
Varjack
Project: Empathy in Medical Training
Empathy in Medical Training Final Report
Author(s): Dr Rachel Winter and Clare Patey
Empathy in Medical Training Illustration 1.
Empathy in Medical Training Illustration 2.
Project: Dementia & Ethnicity
Dementia & Ethnicity Final Report
Author(s): Professor Elizabeta Mukaetova-Ladinska and
Phizzical
Project: Racial Equity in Museums
Racial Equity in Museums Final Report
Author(s): Dr Katherine Bunning and Emii Alrai
Additional Materials:
Being Human Event
Author(s): Attenborough Arts Centre and University of
Leicester, School of Museum Studies
Dr Marie Nugent Webinar on the Creative Engagement Fellowship
Author(s): Dr Marie Nugent</p
William Somerset Maugham Collection Finding Aid
No full textWilliam Somerset Maugham was a queer playwright and author known for his raw depictions of wartime and working-class life. He served as an ambulance driver during World War Two and was a member of the British Secret Service. The W. S. Maugham Collection consists of books written by William Somerset Maugham, as well as papers written by and pertaining to him.https://poetcommons.whittier.edu/finding/1016/thumbnail.jp
Rigorous identification and encoding of trace-links in model-driven engineering
No full textModel-driven engineering (MDE) involves the construction and manipulation of many models of different kinds in an engineering process. In principle, models can be used in the product engineering lifecycle in an end-to-end manner for representing requirements, designs and implementations, and assisting in deployment and maintenance. The manipulations applied to models may be manual, but they can also be automated—for example, using model transformations, code generation, and validation. To enhance automated analysis, consistency and coherence of models used in an MDE process, it is useful to identify, establish and maintain trace-links between models. However, the breadth and scope of trace-links that can be used in MDE is substantial, and managing trace-link information can be very complex. In this paper, we contribute to managing the complexity of traceability information in MDE in two ways: firstly, we demonstrate how to identify the different kinds of trace-links that may appear in an end-to-end MDE process; secondly, we describe a rigorous approach to defining semantically rich trace-links between models, where the models themselves may be constructed using diverse modelling languages. The definition of rich trace-links allows us to use tools to maintain and analyse traceability relationships.The European Commissio
From dead until dark to true blood: a comparative analysis of the narrative in the novel and the television series
No full textDissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Comunicação e Expressão, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Letras/Inglês e Literatura Correspondente, Florianópolis, 2013O que acontece quando uma história é adaptada de um meio para outro? Todas as escolhas de uma adaptação são baseadas na conversão de uma mídia para outra ou existe mais além da adaptação do que ajustes técnicos e econômicos? Essa dissertação estuda o caso particular da adaptação do romance Dead Until Dark para a série de televisão True Blood, analisando as diferenças entre os dois meios.Partindo de aspectos da narrativa, técnicos e comerciais até a inclusão de discursos sociais e multiplas vozes culturais na série de televisão, o trabalho investiga o processo na adaptação do romance de Charlaine Harris para a série da HBO adaptada por Alan Ball.Abstract: What happens when a certain story from one domain is adapted to a different media? Are all choices based on adapting a story from one domain to another or there is more in the adapting process than technical and economical adjustments?This thesis studies the particular case of the adaptation of the novel Dead Until Dark into the television series True Blood, analyzing the differences between both domains. From narrative, technical, and commercial aspects of the adaptation to the inclusion of a social discourse and multiple cultural voices in the television series.This work investigates the processes in the adaptation of Charlaine Harris's novel to the Alan Ball's HBO television series
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