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Hong Kong, reporter C.M. McDonald and Harrison Forman
No full textC.M. McDonald London Times CorrespondentColin Malcolm McDonald (on left), originally from Australia, was the Far East correspondent for the London Times based in Hankou. He reported on the Sino-Japanese War between 1937 and 1943.French, P. (2009). Through the looking glass: China's foreign journalists from opium wars to Mao. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press; Fordham, H. (2006). A war correspondent's legacy to journalism. Australian Studies in Journalism, 16(2006), 41-63GrayscaleForman Nitrate Negatives, Box 2
A report to the DTI Small Business Service on designing an 'investment ready' programme: some considerations
No full textHong Kong, reporter C.M. McDonald adjusting camera
No full textHong Kong: Harrison FormanColin Malcolm McDonald (on left), originally from Australia, was the Far East correspondent for the London Times based in Hankou. He reported on the Sino-Japanese War between 1937 and 1943.French, P. (2009). Through the looking glass: China's foreign journalists from opium wars to Mao. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press; Fordham, H. (2006). A war correspondent's legacy to journalism. Australian Studies in Journalism, 16(2006), 41-63GrayscaleForman Nitrate Negatives, Box 2
Sleep habits and neurobehavioural correlates in young children who snore
No full textBackground: children with sleep disordered breathing have fragmented
sleep, but less is known about other sleep behaviours and
their association with neurocognitive function.Method: snoring children listed for adenoidectomy and/or tonsillectomy
were studied with non-snoring controls. SDB was assessed
by polysomnography (PSG). Parents completed the Children’s
Sleep Habits Questionnaire (CHSQ), Behavior Rating Inventory of
Executive Function (BRIEF) and Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire
(SDQ). Objective neuropsychological assessment included
the NEPSY visual attention measure (VA)Results: sixty-eight snoring children, mean age 4.6 years (SD 1.2),
59% boys, and 39 controls, 4.9 years (SD 1.2), 54% boys, were
recruited. Snoring children had higher CSHQ subscale scores:
bedtime resistance (Po0.000); sleep onset delay (Po0.01); sleep
duration (Po0.000); sleep anxieties (Po0.002); night waking
(Po0.000); parasomnias (Po0.000) and daytime sleepiness
(Po0.000). However, CSHQ subscales did not correlate with
apnoea/hypopnoea index, mean or min. SpO2 in snoring children.
Snorers had significantly worse BRIEF subscale T-scores and
emotional, hyperactivity and peer problems (SDQ sub-scales)
compared to non-snoring children. BRIEF global executive
composite correlated with all CSHQ subscales and SDQ total
score correlated with all but the sleep anxieties CHSQ subscale.
However, neither of these parental assessments correlated with
PSG respiratory measures. NEPSY VA was better in controls
(P50.03) but did not correlate with objective or subjective sleep
measures.Conclusion: parents report diverse sleep problems and neurobehavioural
difficulties in young snoring children compared to controls.
These parental reports show a high degree of correlation. However,
PSG measures fail to correlate with parent reports of sleep
problems or neurobehavioural function. This may represent
parental reporting bias or temporal dissociation between the
origins of neurobehavioural impairment and PSG. Preliminary
post-operative assessment of snorers indicates improvement in
CSHQ and SDQ sub-scales but persistent executive function
difficulties. In support of parent reports, NEPSY VA measures
improve in the snoring group with a significant group by time
interaction (F (1.53)54.35, P50.42
Auditioning for money: What do technology investors look for at the initial screening stage?
No full textInvesting in technology ventures: what do business angels look for at the initial screening stage?
No full textMany businesses fail to raise external equity finance because they are not “investment ready.” One of the key aspects of being investment ready is the ability to effectively present their opportunity to investors. This paper examines the role of impression management skills on investor decisions by means of a case study of a presentation by an entrepreneur who was seeking funding for a software venture. The real-time reactions of business angels who watched the presentation on video were captured. Presentation-related issues dominated their reactions. Most investors were critical of the style, content and structure of the presentation. The failure of the entrepreneur to “sell” the opportunity raised doubts in the minds of investors about the ability of the company to sell their product. The implication is that entrepreneurs to develop their impression management skills so that potential investors draw the preferred conclusions. Policy-makers should consider developing initiatives to help entrepreneurs overcome these deficiencies
Venture capital market complementarities: the links between business angels and venture capital funds
No full textThe nature and extent of complementarities between the informal and formal venture capital markets has been the subject of limited research. In the United States, complementarity has been demonstrated in terms of both size of investment and stage of business development: angel investors dominate in financing rounds of less than $500,000 and at seed and start-up stages. More recent research questions the generalisability of the findings: in the UK a small scale study found no evidence of complementarity for technology based firms, and a more recent US study concluded that the relationships between business angels and venture capital firms appeared to be weaker in the 1990s. In this paper we explore systematically complementarities between the formal and informal venture capital markets, and identify, where possible, the opportunities for additional collaboration. Five types of complementarities are identified: co-investing in deals; sequential investing in ventures; business angels as investors in venture capital funds; deal referring; and fund raising by business angels for ventures in which they have invested. <br/
Language function in young children with sleep disordered breathing: a possible association with hearing impairment
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