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Author Co-Citation Analysis (ACA): a powerful tool for representing implicit knowledge of scholar knowledge workers
No full textIn the last decade, knowledge has emerged as one of the most important and valuable organizational assets. Gradually this importance caused to emergence of new discipline entitled ―knowledge management‖. However one of the major challenges of knowledge management is conversion implicit or tacit knowledge to explicit knowledge. Thus Making knowledge visible so that it can be better accessed, discussed, valued or generally managed is a long-standing objective in knowledge management. Accordingly in this paper author co- citation analysis (ACA) will be proposed as an efficient technique of knowledge visualization in academia (Scholar knowledge workers)
Examining the diagnostic pathway for lung cancer patients in Wales using discrete event simulation
No full textBackground: UK’s National Health Service (NHS) has one of the poorest lung cancer survival rates in Europe. To improve patient outcomes, a single cancer pathway was introduced in the NHS. In this study, a Discrete Event Simulation was developed to understand bottlenecks during lung cancer treatment.Methods: this study focused on the lung cancer diagnostic pathways at two Welsh hospitals. Discrete Event Simulation is a computer-based method that has been effectively used in demand and capacity planning. In this study, simulation models were developed for the current and proposed single cancer pathways. The validated models were used to provide Key Performance Indicators. Several “what-if” scenarios were considered for the current and proposed pathways.Results: under the current diagnostic pathway, the mean time to treatment for a surgery patient was 68 days at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital and 79 days at Prince Charles Hospital. For chemotherapy patients, the mean time to treatment was 52 days at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital and 57 days at Prince Charles Hospital. For radiotherapy patients, the mean time to treatment was 44 days at Royal Glamorgan Hospital and 54 days at Prince Charles Hospital. Ensuring that the patient attends their first outpatient appointment within 7 days and streamlining the diagnostic tests would have the potential to remove approximately 20 days from the current lung cancer pathway resulting in a 20-25% increase of patients receiving treatment within 62 days. Ensuring that patients begin their treatment within 21 days of diagnosis sees almost all patients comply with the 62-day target.Conclusions: discrete Event Simulation coupled with a detailed statistical analysis provides a useful decision support tool which can be used to examine the current and proposed lung cancer pathways in terms of time spent on the pathway
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Connecting people: Tackling exclusion? An examination of the impact on and use of the internet by socially excluded groups in London
No full textFoley lead author.
Foreword by Ken Livingstone, Mayor of London and response by Clive Ansell, Director BT, London.
Commisioned by: Greater London Authority, London Development Agency, LondonConnects and BThttp://static.london.gov.uk/gla/publications/e-london/connecting-commties.pd
Division of labour and sharing of knowledge for synchronous collaborative information retrieval
No full textSynchronous collaborative information retrieval (SCIR) is concerned with supporting two or more users who search together at the same time in order to satisfy a shared information need. SCIR systems represent a paradigmatic shift in the way we view information retrieval, moving from an individual to a group process and as such the development of novel IR techniques is needed to support this. In this article we present what we believe are two key concepts for the development of effective SCIR namely division of labour (DoL) and sharing of knowledge (SoK). Together these concepts enable coordinated SCIR such that redundancy across group members is reduced whilst enabling each group member to benefit from the discoveries of their collaborators. In this article we outline techniques from state-of-the-art SCIR systems which support these two concepts, primarily through the provision of awareness widgets. We then outline some of our own work into system-mediated techniques for division of labour and sharing of knowledge in SCIR. Finally we conclude with a discussion on some possible future trends for these two coordination techniques
The shadows of risk and inequality within salutogenic coastal waters
No full textThis is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Routledge via the link in this recordEconomic and Social Research Council (ESRC
Strategic Approaches to Local Regeneration: The Single Regeneration Budget Challenge Fund
No full textFORDHAM G., HUTCHINSON J. and FOLEY P. (1999) Strategic approaches to local regeneration: the Single Regeneration Budget Challenge Fund, Reg. Studies 33 , 131-141. The Single Regeneration Budget (SRB) Challenge Fund aims not only to achieve its substantive aim of local economic regeneration, but also to change the way local partners operate. Strategy is crucial to both of these objectives. This paper reviews the differing approaches taken to strategy, characterized by consultation, participation and generation of policy and project options. Based on interviews with 16 SRB partnerships and two government offices, it demonstrates that in the first round of SRB, partnerships adopted a range of strategy development approaches - a dynamic process which is not easily captured by the administrative structures used to implement the Challenge Fund. FORDHAM G., HUTCHINSON J. et FOLEY P. (1999) Des strategies en faveur de la regeneration locale: le fonds SRB, Reg. Studies 33 , 131-141. Le fonds SRB cherche non seulement a atteindre son principal but, a savoir la regene �ration economique locale, mais aussi a modifier la facon dont les partenaires locaux operent. La notion de strategie est capitale pour ces deux objectifs-la. Cet article fait la critique des differentes facons d'aborder la notion de strategie et qui se caracterisent par la consultation, la participation et le choix de politiques et de projets alternatifs. A partir des interviews aupres de 16 partenariats SRB et de deux administrations, on montre comment, au moment de la premiere tranche du SRB, les partenariats ont adopte des strategies differentes en faveur du developpement - un processus dynamique difficilement embrasse par les structures administratives utilise �es pour affecter le fonds. FORDHAM G., HUTCHINSON J. und FOLEY P. (1999) Strategische Inangriffnahme ortlicher Regeneration: die Herausforderung einer Sonderhaushaltskasse zur Sanierung (Single Regeneration Budget Challenge Fund=SRBCF), Reg. Studies 33 , 131-141. Der SRBCF beabsichtigt nicht nur, sein Ziel ortlicher wirtschaftlicher Wiederbelebung in der vorliegenden Form zu erreichen, sondern auch die Art und Wirkungsweisse ortlicher Partner zu andern. Fur beide Ziele sind Strategien von entscheidender Bedeutung. Dieser Aufsatz bespricht die verschiedenen Wege, die zur Annahme einer Strategie beschritten wurden, und durch Beratung, Teilnahme, sowie Schaffung von Ziel - und Projektoptionen charakterisiert werden. Im Anschluss an Besprechungen mit 16 SRBCF Partnerschaften und zwei Regierungsstellen wird aufgezeigt, dass sich Partnerschaften in der ersten Runde der SRBCF fur eine Reihe strategischer Entwicklungswege aussprachen - ein dynamischer Vorgang, der nicht so leicht von Verwaltungsstrukturen erfasst wird, deren man sich bedient, um den 'Challenge Fund' auf den Weg zu bringen.Single Regeneration Budget, Strategy, Regeneration, Management, Objectives,
The human body as a terrorist weapon: hunger strikes and suicide bombers
No full textThis article argues that a major factor in terrorist acts is an appeal to the actor's own community at an emotional and symbolic level, through acts of sacrifice, particularly self-sacrifice. Although other aims also exist, a prime concern is to recall the actor's home audience to the struggle, because the actor regards himself as acting on their behalf. This utilizes the imagery and symbolism of traditional religion, implying a strong communal and non-material impetus to terrorist acts, rather than rational material calculation, that modern Western man finds difficult to comprehend. It also recalls much classical social theory, which emphasized the central role of religion in community. Self-sacrifice tells an emotional story to the actor's community that is comprehensible to them and will have an emotional appeal to maintaining the community. For the Northern Ireland hunger strikes (possibly analogous to suicide bombers) this is reflected in their appeal solely to a Catholic/nationalist community that equates strongly with ideas of a pre-modern society under threat from a modernizing society. All the hunger strikers were very normal for their community, but left non-Catholics completely unmoved. Consequently there is a need to understand the communal dynamics behind terrorism if one is to effectively counter the threat and that different societies may have different values regarding the individual, community, and life itself. Individual motivations do not provide an adequate explanation for much terrorism and it is a failure to grasp this that severely hinders much counterterrorism
Quartz Archaeology Project
No full textThe Quartz Archaeology Project is creating open-access datasets for quartz occurrences in a variety of archaeological and natural contexts to improve our understanding of the significance of quartz in the deep and recent past. This project will investigate the physical characteristics of quartz pieces at natural outcrops, archaeological sites, and locations of more recent industrial activities. It will also involve the creation of experimental assemblages of quartz fractured using different methods, such as knapping, mechanical crushing, and handheld tools. Analysis and comparison of the attributes of fractured quartz from natural, archaeological and experimental assemblages will generate information about the ‘signature’ of quartz pieces from these different contexts. The resulting datasets, excluding those derived from Aboriginal places, will be made freely available online. This will facilitate development of integrated and collaborative approaches to the identification and characterisation of quartz artefacts in archaeology and cultural heritage management.
The citation for this project (including datasets) is Spry, C., E. Foley, R. Kurpiel, J. Turnbull and P. Penzo-Kajewski 2020 Quartz Archaeology Project. http://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/N8CWR, Open Science Framework, Accessed 22 July 2020.
For more information about this project, please see:
Spry, C., R. Kurpiel, E. Foley and P. Penzo-Kajewski 2021 Revisiting the “Quartz Problem” in Lithic Studies: A Review and New, Open-access, Experimental Dataset. Lithic Technology. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/01977261.2021.1981655
Spry, C., R. Kurpiel, E. Foley, J. Turnbull and P. Penzo-Kajewski 2021 Disentangling activity traces on Australian goldfields: an experimental study of quartz assemblages derived from knapping and gold prospecting. Australian Archaeology. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/03122417.2021.1885109.
Spry, C., E. Foley, R. Kurpiel and J. Turnbull 2019 Identifying quartz artefacts in archaeology and cultural heritage management: issues, approaches and a new open-access project. In Spry et al. (eds), Excavations, Surveys and Heritage Management in Victoria, pp. 77-83. Melbourne: La Trobe University: http://arrow.latrobe.edu.au:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/latrobe:43467
Volume 44, Number 3 - May 1965
No full textVolume 44, Number 3 – May 1965. 76 pages including covers and advertisements. Ferguson, Paul F. The Young Saviour McGuire, Peter J. The Crime Mallen, John A Natural Sport Emond, Louis C. One Night I Saw Beebe, Kevin J. Poem Bouchard, Ronald One, Two, Odd and Out Ferguson, Paul F. Take It from the Top Book Review Thompson, John A. Drift McGuire, Peter J. The Bandit Trap Grillo, Stephen Cover Design Foley, James Cover Photograph for March Issu
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