479 research outputs found
Assessing habitat quality of the mountain nyala Tragelaphus buxtoni in the Bale Mountains, Ethiopia
No full textPopulations of the endangered mountain nyala Tragelaphus buxtoni are significantly threatened by the loss of critical habitat. Population estimates are tentative, and information on the species' distribution and available habitat is required for formulating immediate management and conservation strategies. To support management decisions and conservation priorities, we integrated information from a number of small-scale observational studies, interviews and reports from multiple sources to define habitat parameters and create a habitat quality model for mountain nyala in the Bale Mountains. For our analysis, we used the FunConn model, an expertise-based model that considers spatial relationships (i.e., patch size, distance) between the species and vegetation type, topography and disturbance to create a habitat quality surface. The habitat quality model showed that approximately 18,610 km2 (82.7% of our study area) is unsuitable or poor habitat for the mountain nyala, while 2,857 km2 (12.7%) and 1,026 km2 (4.6%) was ranked as good or optimal habitat, respectively. Our results not only reflected human induced habitat degradation, but also revealed an extensive area of intact habitat on the remote slopes of the Bale Mountain's southern and southeastern escarpments. This study provides an example of the roles that expert knowledge can still play in modern geospatial modeling of wildlife habitat. New geospatial tools, such as the FunConn model, are readily available to wildlife managers and allow them to perform spatial analyses with minimal software, data and training requirements. This approach may be especially useful for species that are obscure to science or when field surveys are not practical
Interview part 2: Tim Bale on Ed Miliband’s approach to public services, constitutional reform, and whether he can win
No full textLabour could be on the cusp of returning to power after five years in opposition. Their success would represent a triumph which looked unthinkable back in 2010. Tim Bale has recently released a book detailing the Labour leader Ed Miliband’s quest to win in 2015. Here, Democratic Audit UK’s Sean Kippin interviews the author, asking him about public services, political and constitutional reform, and the election campaign
Interview: Tim Bale on comparisons between Ed Miliband and David Cameron as Leader of the Opposition
No full textEd Miliband could be about the become the UK’s Prime Minister – equally he could be about to be consigned to history as a footnote, known only an another unsuccessful Leader of the Opposition. Sean Kippin interviewed Professor Tim Bale, author of a book on Ed Miliband’s period as Labour leader, and asked about comparisons between the two men, and what a defeated Miliband’s legacy to his party might be. This is part three of a three part interview. Part one can be found here, and part two can be found here
Interview: Tim Bale on Ed Miliband’s ‘presentationally weak, but strategically astute’ leadership of the Labour Party
No full textEd Miliband has been Leader of the Labour Party for almost five years, having been elected in the summer of 2010, following one of Labour’s worst ever election defeats. Despite many criticising his performance as Leader of the Opposition, he has the party on the cusp of regaining power – al biet as part of a minority government or coalition. Sean Kippin interviewed Tim Bale, the author of a new book about Miliband’s leadership, to get to the bottom of what lies behind his successes and failures
PEMBUATAN APLIKASI GAME SIMULASI INTERAKTIF PENERIMAAN MAHASISWA BARU DI UNIVERSITAS BALE BANDUNG
No full textPenelitian ini bertujuan untuk membangun aplikasi berjenis game simulasi pada penerimaan mahasiswa baru di Universitas Bale Bandung. Penelitian ini dilakukan dengan metode pengumpulan data yaitu studi pustaka dan observasi. Serta teknik pengembangan sistem yang digunakan yaitu Metode Pengembangan Multimedia. Penulis menggunakan pemodelan Flowchart untuk membuat atau menggambarkan analisis dan perancangan yang dilakukan oleh penulis. Aplikasi yang di bangun, dibuat dengan menggunakan tools seperti aplikasi Construct 2. Hasil dari perancangan ini adalah sebuah software aplikasi game simulasi penerimaan mahasiswa baru berbasis multiplatform (Mobile, Web, dan Desktop).
This research to build diversified application simulation games on the reception of new students at the University of Bale Bandung. This research was conducted by the method of data collection is the literature study and observation. As well as systems development techniques used, namely Multimedia Development Method. The author uses modeling Flowchart to create or describe the design and analysis conducted by the authors. Applications are built, created using tools such as application Construct 2. The results of this design is a simulation game application software new admissions based multiplatform (Mobile, Web, and Desktop). Keywords: Game, Simulation, Flowchart, Construct 2, Multiplatform
Fresh start or false promise? Lessons from Tory policy reviews
No full textAs the Labour Party gears up to share early findings from its wide-ranging policy review at the autumn party conference, author and academic Tim Bale looks for lessons in over 60 years of Conservative party policy reinvention
Plant use in Odo-Bulu and Demaro, Bale region, Ethiopia
No full textThis paper reports on the plant use of laypeople of the Oromo in Southern Ethiopia. The Oromo in Bale had names/uses for 294 species in comparison to 230 species documented in the lower reaches of the Bale area. Only 13 species was used for veterinary purposes, or as human medicine (46). Plant medicine served mostly to treat common everyday ailments such as stomach problems and diarrhea, for wound treatment and as toothbrush-sticks, as anthelmintic, for skin infections and to treat sore muscles and. Interestingly, 9 species were used to treat spiritual ailments and to expel demons. In most cases of medicinal applications the leaves or roots were employed. Traditional plant knowledge has clearly declined in a large part of the research area. Western style health care services as provided by governments and NGOs, in particular in rural areas, seem to have contributed to a decline in traditional knowledge, in part because the local population simply regards western medicine as more effective and safer
Book Review: Bale, R. and Seabrook, M. (2021) Introduction to University Teaching. Sage publications.
No full textBook Review:
Bale, R. and Seabrook, M. (2021) Introduction to University Teaching. Sage publications.
Mâir Bull
Manchester Metropolitan University
Corresponding author: [email protected]
From translator to Laureate: imagining the medieval author
No full textToday we largely take it for granted that every text has an author, but what is understood by the term ‘author’ was very different in the Middle Ages. Medieval English ideas of authorship were many and varied, and show some key changes from the twelfth to the fifteenth centuries. In manuscript cultures, like England before the late fifteenth century, the author has little control over the repetition of his text; in many medieval vernacular texts the author is represented as a craftsman and translator rather than a visionary or virtuoso. Texts in manuscript were inherently open to rewriting and were often anonymous. The role and status of the author was interrogated by poets and scholars, often revealing a remarkably open sense of who, or what, an author could be. In the later medieval period, traditions of depicting real (Geoffrey Chaucer) and imagined (Sir John Mandeville) authors developed, signalling a growing trend of attaching an authorial identity to a text worth reading. The development of mysticism and affective religion brought further transformations in the role of the author, given the anxiety over who has the right and access to represent divine communication; this issue is raised in The Cloud of Unknowing and The Book of Margery Kempe, both of which play with conceits of anonymity. After Chaucer, in particular in the poetry of John Lydgate, we can identify the development of the English ‘laureate’ poet. In the early era of print, especially in the prologues of William Caxton, one discerns the emergence of an author, through the posthumous image of Chaucer, similar to that known today: not only a writer but also a creator, a celebrity and an authority
Aplikasi “Bale Tukang” Berbasis Web di PUPINKA
No full textBale Tukang Pupinka is a handyman provider based in Sumbawa, West Nusa Tenggara. The community's need for someone who has special abilities in development problems is still difficult to find because of the limited area or distance. This study aims to build a Web-based handyman service information system so that with this system, Bale Tukang in collaboration with Pupinka can appoint an admin to be an operator in using the system so that the process of ordering handyman services goes well and makes it easier for Bale Tukang to control, monitor , and register customers in Sumbawa, NTB. The software development method used in building the system uses the waterfall, while the data collection techniques use interviews, documentation, and literature studies. This system was developed using the PHP programming language, Java Script, CodeIgniter Framework, and MySQL database with software testing using black-box testing. The final result of this research is that the author has succeeded in designing and building a web-based service ordering application so that it can be used by the community as costumers as customers and workers as service providers
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