4,225 research outputs found
MUSA WP7: Communication, Dissemination and Exploitation
No full textThis presentation covers the Communication and Dissemination (C&D) activities of the whole MUSA project, with particular emphasis on the transfer of MUSA technical outcomes beyond the project’s partner
MUSA WP4.3 - Analysis of Results
No full textWP4 Application of Uncertainty Quantification Methods against Integral Experiments (AUQMIE) - Task 4.3 Analysis of results
This activity is aimed at applying and testing UQ methodologies reviewed and assessed in WP3, against integral experiments strongly supported by the SA community due to their representativeness and for which access does not pose major difficulties due to their previous use in international benchmarks. Experiments from the PHEBUS-FP project meet both conditions. In addition to the close link to WP3 and WP2, this activity provides hands-on experience with UQ methods for their application in WP5 and WP6
ko-ax photo [Selected by Tate Curator of Photography, Simon Baker]
No full textko-ax photo was an open submission competition selected by Simon Baker (Curator of Photography, Tate), Sue Steward (Photography critic, Telegraph, Observer, Guardian, BBC) and John Gill (Curator Brighton Photo Biennial and Founder Photoworks). The 10 artists selected all presented fascinating artworks that conceal narratives and ask questions of the viewer. Questions of beauty, family, decay and fantasy were all explored across over 50 works.</p
MUSA WP4.3 - Analysis of WP results
No full textCritical & Collective Review of all UaSA Applications to Compare different benchmark results & to Consolidate UQ methodologies applicatio
The people behind the papers – Jason Ko and Daniel Lobo
No full textPlanarians grow when they are fed and shrink during periods of starvation. However, it is unclear how they maintain appropriate body proportions as their size changes. A new paper in Development investigates the differences between growth and shrinkage dynamics and builds a mathematical model to explore the mechanisms underpinning these two processes. To learn more about the story behind the paper, we caught up with first author, Jason Ko, and corresponding author, Daniel Lobo, Associate Professor at the University of Maryland.https://doi.org/10.1242/dev.20298
Organizational Learning and Marketing Capability Development: A Study of Charity Retailing Operation of British Social Enterprises
No full textSocial enterprise is a hybrid form of profit- and social benefit-seeking organization whereby traditional nonprofit organizations pursue both their social mission and business opportunities. To embrace this new strategic direction shift, the nonprofit organizations need to develop new competences that will enable them to respond to the changes in the business model. The article investigates the learning mechanisms through which social enterprises develop a marketing capability to deploy their resources in the marketplace as the drivers of competitive advantage in their commercial practice. We study eight cases of UK-based charity retailers, in order to address the role of knowledge accumulation, articulation and codification process in the evolution of marketing capability development. We identify, amongst other things that the critical process of organizational learning for social enterprise is to transfer the experience into organization specific knowledge under the social aspects of constraints
A review of the uses and methods of processing banana and plantain (Musa spp.) into storable food products
No full textPlantain belongs to the genus Musa of the family musaceae. Nearly all edible plantain cultivar are derived from two wild species, M. acuminate and M. balbisiana (Robinson, 1996). These wild species are classified on the basis of the proportion of the genetic constitution contributed by each parental source (Robinson, 1996). Plantain (Musa spp.) is an important dietary source of carbohydrate in the humid tropical zones of Africa, Asia and South America. (Robinson, 1996). Plantain is rich in vitamins A, C and B group as well as minerals such as calcium and iron (Marriott & Lancaster, 1983). Musa spp. are useful as food to be consumed by human either as flour to be used in confectionaries or as jams and jellies; in chips etc. It’s peel can be used as animal feed. All parts of the banana plant have medicinal applications: the flower in bronchitis and dysentery and on ulcers, cooked flowers are given to diabetics etc. It’s leaves are also useful for lining cooking pots and for wrapping. Improved processes have also made it possible to utilize banana fibre for ropes, table mats and handbag (Chandler, 1995). Despite these many uses of Musa spp.and the huge tonnages harvested each year, there are certain problems such as inaccessibility to production areas, far distances between production areas and customers, inadequate infrastructures for harvesting, carelessness on the part of harvesters and handlers among others which are all factors that lead to high rate of post harvest losses, hence the need for processing of these important crops. Different processing methods of Musa spp. into new food products which include production of flour, preparation of jams and jellies and the quality attributes of the products obtained from processed Musa spp.. were reviewed. It can therefore be concluded that subjecting Musa spp. to processing methods will help enhance and improve the value of the fruit and make it available all year round for better utilization.Keywords: Drying, flour, banana, powder, jams, jellies
Ko au te whenua, te whenua ko au – I am the land, the land is me: An autoethnographic investigation of a secondary school teacher’s experience seeking to enrich learning in outdoor education for Māori students.
No full textThis thesis is my story as an outdoor educator, as a researcher, and a co-participant reflecting on my own actions and experiences as well as those of my students. In this autoethnography I share my revelations and tensions in my role as an outdoor education teacher seeking to enrich the experiences of Māori students. Māori culture and history have largely been ignored in the outdoor education classrooms and environments of Aotearoa New Zealand. After teaching the subject for ten years I didn’t perceive that I was perpetuating the same invisibility in my own outdoor education course. Over this time a number of questions that had fermented at the back of my mind came to the fore; ‘why are so few Māori students opting to take outdoor education as a senior secondary school subject?’ and ‘how can I make the subject of outdoor education more desirable and appealing to Māori?’ A place-responsive approach incorporates and values traditional ways of learning through the notion of place and the stories attached to them. The cultural context of learning about and through place has the potential to provide learning opportunities that are relevant and meaningful to all learners but particularly Māori. Place-responsive pedagogies allow outdoor educators to create an environment where language, knowledge, culture and values are normal, valid and legitimate – contexts where Māori students can be themselves. Through this research I have found that the implementation of a place responsive approach has had significant implications for Year twelve outdoor education at Mount Maunganui College. The improvement in Māori student achievement and numbers selecting the subject have been affirming.
Ko au te whenua, te whenua ko au – I am the land, the land is m
KNOWLEDGE ACCUMULATION IN ASIAN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH: A CRITICAL REVIEW
No full textGiven the growing controversy over the relevance of Anglo-Saxon style public administration to developing countries and a greater demand for more context-relevant theories of public administration in Asia, we should expect that Asian scholars achieve a certain level of knowledge growth in line with this controversy and demand. On the basis of the review of 8810 articles published in nine major international journals during 1990-2011, the author found that the number of articles on Asian public administration is very small, and there is no strong pattern of growth in this regard. In addition, there are very few studies adopting a comparative approach covering multiple Asian countries. Copyright (c) 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.N
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