2,589 research outputs found
The effect of fracture roughness on the onset of non-linear flow, supplementary data
No full textSupplementary material for Cunningham, D., Auradou, H., Shojiei-Zaden, S., and Drazer, G. article, "The effect of fracture roughness on the onset of non-linear flow.
RRS Discovery Cruise D334, 27 Oct-24 Nov 2008. RAPID Mooring Cruise Report
No full textThis report describes the mooring and underway operations conducted during RRS Discovery cruise D334 between 27 October and 24 November 2008. These mooring operations were completed as a part of the United Kingdom Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) funded RAPID Programme to monitor the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation at 26.5°N. The primary purpose of this cruise was to service the Eastern Boundary and Mid-Atlantic Ridge sections of the 26.5°N mooring array first deployed during RRS Discovery cruises D277 and D278 (SOC cruise report number 53), and serviced in 2005 during RRS Charles Darwin cruise CD177 (NOCS cruise report number 5), in 2006 on RRS Discovery cruise D304 (NOCS cruise report number 16) and FS Poseidon cruises P343 and P345 (NOCS cruise report number 28) and in 2007 on RRS Discovery cruise D324 (NOCS cruise report number 34). Cruise D334 started and finished in Tenerife, Spain and covered the Eastern Boundary and Mid-Atlantic Ridge moorings deployed on D324 and P343. This cruise was the fourth annual refurbishment of the Eastern Boundary and Mid-Atlantic Ridge sections of the mooring array. The array will be further refined and refurbished during subsequent years. The instruments deployed consist of a variety of current meters, bottom pressure recorders, CTD loggers and Inverted Echosounders, which, combined with time series measurements of the Florida Straits current and wind stress estimates, will be used to determine the strength and structure of the MOC at 26.5°N. (http://www.noc.soton.ac.uk/rapidmoc
Merce Cunningham and his Technique
No full textThis thesis approaches the personal life, artistic creation and dance technique of American dancer and choreographer Mercier Philip Cunningham. The first part focuses on the artist?s life stages during his evolution in dance from the beginnings of his choreographic work, and seeks the origins for the establishment of his own dance company ? Merce Cunningham Dance Company. A chronological overview of his extensive repertoire is also incorporated. The second part deals with collaboration, connection and interaction among the dance, music, design and film fields during the artistic work of Merce Cunningham. Following the author?s experience with Cunningham technique, the final part is directed to an understanding of this dance technique, its principles and specific elements used in contemporary dance world
Sectoral allocation by gender of Latin American workers over the liberalization period of the 1990s
No full textThe recent restructuring of Latin American economies has renewed interest in the effects of trade liberalization, on labor markets, and on the gender division of labor. The author does not attempt to establish casuality between economic reforms, and the types of jobs that men and women hold. Instead, she provides a detailed description of the trends in male, and female formal, and informal sector participation during the economic reform period in Argentina, Brazil, and Costa Rica. The author first compares the gender composition of the formal, informal wage, and self-employment sectors in a year before reforms (1988 for Argentina, 1989 for Brazil, and Costa Rica), and a year after reforms implementation (1997 for Argentina, 1995 for Brazil and Costa Rica). Although women continued to be more likely than men to work in the informal wage sector, there is no trend of"masculinization"or"feminization"of the informal sector, or any other. Instead, in Argentina men have overtaken women as the most prevalent workers in the informal wage sector, while in Brazil, the opposite has occurred (as men move into self-employment). In Costa Rica there have been no statistical, observable changes. The author then considers the distribution across sectors within each gender group, to identify whether men, and women are more likely to select different sectors in the post-reform period relative to the pre-reform period. Among both men, and women in all three countries (except Brazilian men), workers have become more likely to hold informal wage jobs, and less likely to hold formal sector jobs. Trends in human capital accumulation explain these changes for both men, and women, while changes in gender roles, primarily in homecare and marriage, do not seem to have an effect.Health Monitoring&Evaluation,Labor Policies,Population&Development,Public Health Promotion,Environmental Economics&Policies,Health Monitoring&Evaluation,Environmental Economics&Policies,Population&Development,Banks&Banking Reform,Work&Working Conditions
Clinical applications of Telerobotic ENT-Head and Neck surgery
No full textAbstractObjectiveTo review the published clinical data in Telerobotic ENT-Head and Neck surgery, evaluate the benefit of existing clinical applications and identify areas for potential development.MethodsA qualitative review was performed of publications in PubMed, Medline and the Cochrane Database identified from the following keyword searches: Telerobotic/Robotic ENT, Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck surgery, Thyroid and Parathyroid surgery. Preclinical studies and non-clinical review articles were excluded.ResultsForty-five publications were identified including 7 review articles. Transoral robotic surgery (TORS) was reported in 20 clinical studies, robotic-assisted thyroidectomy in 13 studies, parathyroidectomy in 4 studies and skull base surgery in 1 study. The majority of TORS publications relate to oropharyngeal malignancy which were Stage III and IV. Clinical benefits include avoidance or dose reduction of adjuvant chemoradiotherapy and improved swallow function. The primary clinical advantage of robotic-assisted neck surgery is the avoidance of a neck scar. The learning curve for robotic thyroidectomy is 50 cases. Body habitus is an important factor for assessment of robotic feasibility in transoral and neck surgery.ConclusionThe application of robotic-assisted parathyroidectomy, thyroidectomy and TORS suggests promising improvements in patient care. Randomised control trials are needed to assess clinical outcome, cost effectiveness and patient benefit in the existing applications. Continued development of robotic technology will expand the viable clinical applications in this specialty
Queensland Music Industry Basics: People, Businesses and Markets
No full text'Creative industries' is a new category in academic, policy and industry discourse.\ud
It can claim to capture significant 'new economy' enterprise dynamics that such\ud
terms as 'the arts,' 'media', and ‘cultural industries’ do not. The United Kingdom’s\ud
Creative Industries Mapping Document (Creative Industries Task Force, 1999 &\ud
2001) defined creative industries as 'activities which have their origin in individual\ud
creativity, skill and talent and which have the potential for wealth and job creation\ud
through generation and exploitation of intellectual property'. These activities\ud
include: Advertising, Architecture, Arts and Antique Markets, Crafts, Design,\ud
Designer Fashion, Film, Interactive Leisure Software, Music, Television and\ud
Radio, Performing Arts, Publishing, and Software. This is a useful starting point,\ud
but further work is required in order to inform R & D strategies and policy settings\ud
suited to Australia.\ud
Academic research has placed the economic and social benefits of creativity on\ud
the policy agenda. This theme has been developed into cultural policies, typically\ud
entailing the application of neoclassical economics to the arts. An historical shift\ud
away from subsidised 'public arts' and broadcast-era media, and towards\ud
creativity, is under way. In order to understand this transition — and provide a\ud
basis for evidential policy making and evaluation — empirical data at national and\ud
state levels is essential.\ud
The Music Industry Development and Brisbane’s future as a Creative City report,\ud
by Flew et al. (2001) was a preliminary attempt to quantify the creative industries\ud
in a geographical area. Based on secondary data and selected structured\ud
interviews, it highlighted planning and, in particular, zoning issues as the barriers\ud
to development. However it is worth noting that the focus of the study was\ud
Brisbane and popular music.\ud
Building on that work, the current report has examined a range of functions in the\ud
Queensland music industry, including music performance, recording, publicity,\ud
venues, record production and distribution, recording studios, manufacturing,\ud
distribution and retail. It has also looked at Queensland music venues and othersites for the production and distribution of music, such as festivals. The primary\ud
focus of the project was upon music activities taking place with the geographical\ud
region of Queensland, although it was recognised that the music industry is\ud
networked regionally, nationally, and internationally. It is part of an ongoing wider\ud
study to map the creative industries in Queensland1 (see Appendix B for a\ud
description of the sample database and questionnaire).\ud
The current report provides, for the first time, a definitive empirical basis for policy\ud
making and evaluation at local regional and state levels. It also provides an\ud
insight into the interrelationships in the industry in Queensland. 'Queensland's\ud
Music Industry: The Basics' is the first of a series of publications to support the\ud
general understanding and development of the creative industries in\ud
Queensland.2\ud
1 The study, 'Creative Industries in Queensland: Cluster mapping and value chain analysis', by S.\ud
Cunningham, J. Hartley, G. Hearn and J. Radbourne, is funded by an Australian Research Council\ud
Linkage Grant.\ud
2\ud
The two additional reports are: 'Queensland Music Industry Value Web: From the Margins to the\ud
Mainstream' by I. Rogers, A. Ninan, G. Hearn, S. Cunningham and S. Luckman. CIRAC,\ud
Queensland University of Technology, 2004; 'Queensland Music Industry Trends: Independence\ud
Day?' by A. Ninan, K. Oakley and G. Hearn. CIRAC, Queensland University of Technology, 2004
Experimental analysis of damping across joints in metal plates
No full textIn the current world of engineering, structural vibration problems continue impact the design and construction of a wide range of products. Amid the parameters that determine the dynamic behaviour of a structure the one that takes into account the dissipation of energy resulting in the decay of the vibration is the least understood and the most difficult to quantify. The estimation of damping factors is of interest in most branches of engineering sciences. In the field of aircraft structures the damping directly affects the fatigue life, a parameter which is applied conservatively due to the inherent complexity in modelling the damping of built up structures and the potentially catastrophic consequences of a fatigue failure. One of the most important problems is the limited knowledge of how joints affect the damping of the complete structure. This work therefore addresses this issue and focuses on the damping of joints in metal plates as part of a larger project to investigate the damping of built up structures. Various plate configurations are experimentally investigated using two different approaches. The results from the configurations are compared and discussed along with the advantages and disadvantages of each experimental approach. This enables a link to be identified between the damping magnitudes and the mode shapes and joint stiffnesses
Improving scenario discovery by bagging random boxes
No full textAbstractScenario discovery is a model-based approach to scenario development under deep uncertainty. Scenario discovery relies on the use of statistical machine learning algorithms. The most frequently used algorithm is the Patient Rule Induction Method (PRIM). This algorithm identifies regions in an uncertain model input space that are highly predictive of model outcomes that are of interest. To identify these regions, PRIM uses a hill-climbing optimization procedure. This suggests that PRIM can suffer from the usual defects of hill climbing optimization algorithms, including local optima, plateaus, and ridges and valleys. In case of PRIM, these problems are even more pronounced when dealing with heterogeneously typed data. Drawing inspiration from machine learning research on random forests, we present an improved version of PRIM. This improved version is based on the idea of performing multiple PRIM analyses based on randomly selected features and combining these results using a bagging technique. The efficacy of the approach is demonstrated using three cases. Each of the cases has been published before and used PRIM. We compare the results found using PRIM with the results found using the improved version of PRIM. We find that the improved version is more robust to new data, can better cope with heterogeneously typed data, and is less prone to overfitting
Chronicle (Paterson, NJ) Vol. 31, No. 14, Apr. 5, 1959
No full textLocal information pertaining to Paterson, N.J. and surrounding Passaic County. Issues may include events, government, business, political cartoons, engagement and marriage announcements, and birth announcements. This publication was also known as the Paterson Chronicle (1952) and the Paterson Sunday Chronicle (1951-1952)
Breadwinner or caregiver? - how household role affectslabor choices in Mexico
No full textRecent volatility in the Mexican economy, has required households to alter patterns of participation in the labor force, voluntarily or not. The author uses panel data to examine patterns of labor force entry among adult men, and women with different household responsibilities, asking whether gender is a primary determinant, shaping these patterns. She finds that labor supply patterns are driven more by household role, than by gender. Heads of households, regardless of sex, behave similarly. Women who have neither spouses, nor children behave more like men, than like married women. They are also more likely than any other group to have inflexible, higher-paying jobs in the formal sector - which raises the question: Do employers discriminate, based on gender, or on household structure? She also detects a strong added-worker effect among secondary workers, a result not detected in the labor markets of developed countries that have social insurance programs. Finally she finds that wives'choice of sector during downturns, is subject to the households'earning needs, that husbands use informal wage, or contract employment as an employer of last resort, only in response to negative income shocks to the household, and that single mothers do not select the informal sector over the formal sector in response to either expected, or realized negative income shocks. The policy implications? Interventions that target women aren't necessarily appropriate, because women are heterogeneous. And programs that aid household heads - male or female - should be directed toward employment that will last beyond the economic shock.Environmental Economics&Policies,Labor Markets,Educational Policy and Planning,Labor Policies,Health Economics&Finance,Environmental Economics&Policies,Health Economics&Finance,Labor Markets,Educational Policy and Planning,Health Monitoring&Evaluation
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