62 research outputs found
Linked data and the LOCAH project
No full textThe popularity of the Semantic Web has been growing in recent years. Introduced by Tim Berners-Lee in 2001, the vision of the Semantic Web is of a web of data, negotiable by machines. One of the main components of this is Linked Data, which describes things and the relationships between them using controlled ontologies and HTTP URIs. This article provides a clear explanation of the fundamentals of Linked Data, and discusses how these are being used by the JISC-funded LOCAH project, which aims to make bibliographic and archival data from the Copac and the Archives Hub available as open Linked Data. Providing data as Linked Data creates links with other data sources, and allows the development of new channels into the data. Bibliographic and archive data is especially rich in the kind of data that can enhance existing knowledge and conceptions. The author also looks at the power and the potential of Linked Data, the growth in its application, and concludes with some of the ways businesses (BBC, Vodaphone, and the oil and gas industries) are beginning to use Linked Data. © The Author(s) 2011
Housewives' planning : Population ecology, predation and prey selection in the peregrine falcon
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Fixing Australia’s incredible defence policy
No full textAustralia’s new government must make tough decisions in defence policy. Australia’s broad national interests and the challenging strategic environment in Indo-Pacific Asia make it essential to modernise the Australian Defence Force. The nation’s defence capabilities remain underfunded and its strategic edge in the region is eroding. The gap between the nation’s interests and capabilities is widening, and it is getting harder to meet the demands of the US alliance. Australia’s new government needs to restore focus and funding to defence.Key findings: The Australian government will need a first-principles review to identify the military strategy and force structure required to protect and advance the nation’s interests. The Australian government must increase defence funding in order to modernise the Australian Defence Force\u27s capabilities. Otherwise it will need to make drastic cuts to planned defence capability. The government must also think deeply about the role of the US alliance in Australia\u27s security, and take the initiative in shaping that alliance in Australia’s interests
Swelling and shrinking kinetics of a lamellar gel phase
No full textWe investigate the swelling and shrinking of L lamellar gel phases composed of surfactant and fatty alcohol after contact with aqueous poly(ethyleneglycol) solutions. The height change Δh(t) is diffusionlike with a swelling coefficient S: Δh=S√t. On increasing polymer concentration, we observe sequentially slower swelling, absence of swelling, and finally shrinking of the lamellar phase. This behavior is summarized in a nonequilibrium diagram and the composition dependence of S quantitatively described by a generic model. We find a diffusion coefficient, the only free parameter, consistent with previous measurements
Wrestling with Japanese Tribalism Emerging Collaborative Opportunities For India and Japan
No full textJapanese firms, with their strong technology base and high domestic factor costs, have the potential of teaming with India, with its more basic infrastructure and eight times the population. Japan's poorly-performing excess capital could fuel India's strongly-developing middle class and robust entrepreneurialism. Especially promising are collaborative information technology projects. What stands in the way of a greatly expanded relationship? Much of the blockage stems from Japan's insularism, an impetus here labeled tribalism. A hopeful dimension is that this tribalism can be clearly defined as archaic, recognized as detrimental, and then toned-down. Further points for development include an active campaign to encourage diversity in Japan, teaming up to provide alternatives to investment in neighboring China, and agitating for representation on the UN Security Council. India can help initiate all these processes, and can in turn benefit from a Japan reaching out for regional economic partnerships.homogeneity; tribalism; UN Security Council; partnership; immigration; trade; e-Japan strategy
Adapting to a new role: a study designed to help senior managers adapt to new positions after organisation restructuring
No full textThe work on which this thesis is based, studies the implementation phase of the total organisation restructure of the National Health Service in 1974 as experienced by a large group of Senior Pharmaceutical Managers who found it difficult to establish themselves in their new positions. The study starts in 1976 and researches to identify the nature and cause of the difficulties facing the managers. It is concluded that the probable cause is rooted in the sudden destruction of mechanisms developed before 1974 to assist new managers establish themselves in their positions. A solution is designed and tested before being implemented with the Senior Pharmaceutical Managers, By 1977 it had become clear that a similar situation faced other large groups of Senior Managers belonging to the Nursing and Works professions of the Health Service. As a result the project and study is continued to help these two other professions and with apparent equal success until 1985.A number of objectives are met during this study. A system is developed for facilitating role identification and implementation during a period of organisation restructuring as a means to help new managers adapt and become established in equally new positions. In addition this project is an example of the use of collaboration as a method to assist large numbers of senior managers belonging to Health Service professions meet radically new demands of role
A non-catalytic disulphide bond regulating redox flux in the ER oxidative folding pathway
No full textCrystal Structure of <i>Candida antarctica</i> Lipase B with a Putative Pro-Peptide Region
No full textThere are 25 crystal structures of Lipase B from Candida antarctica (CalB) that have been previously reported. In this study, we report the first CalB crystal structure that shows the assumed pro-peptide region at the N-terminus (Ala19–Arg25). This 1.45 Å structure shows that this segment of seven amino acids is an extension of the N-terminal loop and that it does not interact with or effect conformational changes in the flexible lid domain, which covers the active site of the enzyme. As such, this region is unlikely to be a classical pro-peptide
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