197 research outputs found
Elis Gruffydd and the Welsh Historical Tradition
Get PDFElis Gruffydd’s Cronicl is the longest piece of original prose ever written in the Welsh language, and the first example of writing by a Welsh author for a Welsh audience produced on the Continent. In 2018, Elis’s Cronicl was added to the prestigious UNESCO UK Memory of the World Register, one of only five such recognitions in Wales, giving the Cronicl globally recognized status. Despite this, Elis’s Cronicl is understudied, a “forgotten gem” most of which has never been transcribed, translated, or published in book form. Elis lived and wrote in the British military center and staple port, Calais, which attracted a variety of nationalities, cultures, publishers, and independent thinkers. Elis is the first known Welshman to convert to Protestantism and write about his experience. He gives an eyewitness account of important events like the Field of the Cloth of Gold, the coronation of Anne Boleyn, and hearings at the Star Chamber. Most significant to me, however, is that he used the Welsh language for this document, which allowed him to create a document for the preservation of his native culture and language. Unlike his contemporary chroniclers, Elis did not write for a patron or monarch. The first-person insight of a soldier in the field is rare, especially in this period. Few scholars have examined this document, and the text has not been edited or translated in full, meaning access is greatly reduced. Only small portions of the Cronicl have ever been analyzed or published. This text, particularly the Tudor portion, is understudied, and my research provides a new historical reading of a source that has much left to reveal
Elis Gruffydd and the Welsh Historical Tradition
Get PDFElis Gruffydd’s Cronicl is the longest piece of original prose ever written in the Welsh language, and the first example of writing by a Welsh author for a Welsh audience produced on the Continent. In 2018, Elis’s Cronicl was added to the prestigious UNESCO UK Memory of the World Register, one of only five such recognitions in Wales, giving the Cronicl globally recognized status. Despite this, Elis’s Cronicl is understudied, a “forgotten gem” most of which has never been transcribed, translated, or published in book form. Elis lived and wrote in the British military center and staple port, Calais, which attracted a variety of nationalities, cultures, publishers, and independent thinkers. Elis is the first known Welshman to convert to Protestantism and write about his experience. He gives an eyewitness account of important events like the Field of the Cloth of Gold, the coronation of Anne Boleyn, and hearings at the Star Chamber. Most significant to me, however, is that he used the Welsh language for this document, which allowed him to create a document for the preservation of his native culture and language. Unlike his contemporary chroniclers, Elis did not write for a patron or monarch. The first-person insight of a soldier in the field is rare, especially in this period. Few scholars have examined this document, and the text has not been edited or translated in full, meaning access is greatly reduced. Only small portions of the Cronicl have ever been analyzed or published. This text, particularly the Tudor portion, is understudied, and my research provides a new historical reading of a source that has much left to reveal
Measuring GAMMA 10 end-loss ions with an ELIS (end-loss-ion spectrometers) from TMX-U
No full textThe author spent the period from March 22 to July 10, 1987, at the GAMMA 10 tandem-mirror experiment at the University of Tsukuba in Tsukuba, Japan. The purpose of this extended trip was to install on GAMMA 10 one of the end-loss-ion spectrometers (ELIS) used on TMX-U (Tandem Mirror Experiment-Upgrade) at LLNL and to make plasma measurements there with this diagnostic instrument. This report discusses the considerable planning and preparations that preceded the trip, the actual experience with the ELIS equipment at GAMMA 10, data and results obtained while the author was there, GAMMA 10 experimental procedures, the scientific and technical support during the stay, and some final comments and suggestions concerning an international exchange such as this one. The data acquired on GAMMA 10 while there, along with earlier data, present an encouraging picture of a plasma in a thermal-barrier mode in a tandem-mirror, magnetic-fusion machine. 6 refs
Traces of early Life from the Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa
No full textWe review the evidence for traces of Paleoarchean (3.47–3.2 Ga) life in the Barberton Greenstone Belt (BGB), South Africa. Morphological, organic, geochemical, isotopic, and mineralogical biosignatures are preserved in massive and stratiform volcano-sedimentary cherts, in hydrothermal and chemical sedimentary rocks, and in quartz-rich sandstones. The well-preserved lithologies of the BGB record a broad diversity of features interpreted as the remnants of anaerobic life forms, including chemotrophs, benthic phototrophs, and possible planktonic organisms. Inferred photosynthetic fossils include planar to low-amplitude, finely laminated microbial mats and stromatolites from marine and terrestrial settings. Rarely preserved, putative, filamentous microfossils are very small compared with present-day phototrophs. Putative chemotrophic fossils are more enigmatic and generally restricted to nutrient-rich hydrothermal environments. Relatively large (up to some hundreds of microns) lenticular and spherical carbonaceous microfossils are interpreted as possible planktonic forms. Many proposed microfossils are of simple morphology and poorly preserved, thus it is difficult to completely discount abiogenic mechanisms for their formation
The diffusion and influence of theoretical models of information behaviour : the case of Savolainen's ELIS model
Get PDFTo ascertain the diffusion and influence of Savolainen's ELIS model and its use as a theoretical and/or methodological basis for research. A context citation analysis was made of the work where this researcher published his model. Analysis covered the year of publication, the type of work and the subject-matter of the citing documents concerned. In-context citations were analysed for their frequency in each citing text, style, location and content cited. The ELIS model received 18.5 cites/year. 20.2% of them corresponded to papers published in journals in other areas, mainly computer science. The average of cites per paper was 1.8; 64.5% of the citing works cited them only once. 60% of the cites were considered essential. Only 13.7% of these cites appear in theory or methods. 37% of the citing documents contained no concept relating to the model. The method used focuses on the most direct context of a cite (sentence or paragraph), but isolates it from the general context (full document, other documents by the author or their social capital). It has however allowed this research issue to be dealt with under laboratory conditions, and revealed nuances hidden by the absolute number of cites. It has become evident that the dissemination and influence of the ELIS model is less that what the total number of cites indicates, and that it has scarcely been incorporated into research design. Despite its popularity, it is not being validated and/or refuted by way of empirical data
Designing Designing and delivering Embedded Immersive Learning Sessions (ELIS) within the VU Block delivery model
No full textExperiential Based Learning in the context of Outdoor Adventure Education is delivered in complex learning environments where teachers deliver programming in isolation (Fang et al., 2023). Due to the complexity of working in natural environments, often in remote and wilderness settings, and teachers working in isolation inconsistencies between deliveries of the same subject or programming often occurs (Picknoll et al., 2023). This article will provide a reflective case study to examine and demonstrate how embedding immersive learning teaching and learning practices can be effectively included to achieve greater consistency between Experiential Based Learning programmes to meet the Intentioned Learning Outcome (ILOs) (Biggs, 2014). In addition, this delivery structure has been applied to the intensive delivery framework of Victoria Universities Block Model, which occurs over a four-week delivery period.
Immersive Learning Practices (ILPs) are experiences that can be facilitated in situ, or replicate authentic and real conditions as described in Boud (2022). However, these practices and how they relate to programmed delivery need to be explicitly communicated to teaching staff prior to program delivery. Program ILP also need to be evaluated and assessed by teaching staff in the field to consider possible adjustments to their application for future programming.
This case study will be referring to two units/subject delivered at Victoria University within the First Year College and are part of the School or Outdoor Leadership and Outdoor Environmental Science. Both SOL units contain HE and VE outcomes that provide knowledge and skills required in subsequent units/subjects contained in these degrees as well as in relevant industry workplaces. The application of a pre-delivery information for staff about contained in the unit online learning management system and pre-program briefings have been used to communicate how EILP can be applied to field teaching and programming. These measures have supported some improvements in providing consistency between EBL programs facilitated by independent teaching staff as part of an intensive learning framework in a remote and wilderness settings
The Hirsch spectrum: a novel tool for analysing scientific journals
Get PDFThis paper introduces the Hirsch spectrum (h-spectrum) for analyzing the academic reputation of a scientific journal. h-Spectrum is a novel tool based on the Hirsch (h) index. It is easy to construct: considering a specific journal in a specific interval of time, h-spectrum is defined as the distribution representing the h-indexes associated to the authors of the journal articles. This tool allows defining a reference profile of the typical author of a journal, compare different journals within the same scientific field, and provide a rough indication of prestige/reputation of a journal in the scientific community. h-Spectrum can be associated to every journal. Ten specific journals in the Quality Engineering/Quality Management field are analyzed so as to preliminarily investigate the h-spectrum characteristic
« La mixité sociale, ça peut être tout et n’importe quoi ! » Retour sur une enquête collective à l’Île-Saint-Denis
No full textDans le cadre de l'enquête collective de Master 1 qui s'est déroulée l'an dernier à l'ïle Saint-Denis - et dont une présentation est disponible sur ce carnet - les étudiants ont restitué leur travail dans des formats divers. Dans un cas, cette opération a pris la forme d'un texte écrit que l'Ouscipo publie sur son site internet. Ce texte rédigé par Caterina Bandini, Victoria Chantseva, Elis De Aquino, Vincent Hugoo et Manon Torres inaugure ainsi la rubrique des Working Paper de l'Ouscipo disp..
Enquête collective M1 2016 - « La mixité sociale, ça peut être tout et n’importe quoi ! » Retour sur une enquête collective à l’Île-Saint-Denis
No full textDans le cadre de l'enquête collective de Master 1 qui s'est déroulée l'an dernier à l'ïle Saint-Denis - et dont une présentation est disponible sur ce carnet - les étudiants ont restitué leur travail dans des formats divers. Dans un cas, cette opération a pris la forme d'un texte écrit que l'Ouscipo publie sur son site internet. Ce texte rédigé par Caterina Bandini, Victoria Chantseva, Elis De Aquino, Vincent Hugoo et Manon Torres inaugure ainsi la rubrique des Working Paper de l'Ouscipo disp..
PEMBUKTIAN FRAUD TRIANGLE THEORY PADA FINANCIAL REPORT QUALITY
No full textA perfect and qualified financial statements are the financial statements that each company wants to present. In this competitive era, presenting a good quality reports is a difficult thing for companies, so the thought arises to commit fraudulent financial reporting. A poor quality financial statements is a financial statements that have an element of fraud. Factors in the fraud triangle theory include financial targets, financial stability, external pressure, ineffective monitoring, institutional ownership, external audit quality and change in auditor. The object of this study is the financial statements of all companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange during the period 2012-2016. The sample in this research is taken by using purposive sampling method with total sample as many as 372 companies. The data obtained will be tested using SPSS version 22.0 with binary logistic regression method. Based on the results of research that has been done shows that ineffective monitoring and change in auditor have a significant influence on fraudulent financial reporting. Meanwhile, financial targets, financial stability, external pressure, institutional ownership and external audit quality have no significant influence on fraudulent financial reporting. Laporan keuangan yang sempurna dan berkualitas merupakan laporan keuangan yang ingin disajikan oleh setiap perusahaan. Di era yang semakin kompetitif ini, menyajikan laporan yang berkualitas adalah hal yang sulit bagi perusahaan sehingga muncul pemikiran untuk melakukan tindakan kecurangan terhadap laporan keuangan. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk membuktikan faktor-faktor yang terdapat dalam teori fraud triangle terhadap kualitas laporan keuangan. Laporan keuangan dikatakan tidak berkualitas apabila memiliki unsur kecurangan didalam laporan keuangan. Faktor-faktor yang terdapat dalam teori fraud triangle antara lain target keuangan, stabilitas keuangan, tekanan eksternal, ketidakefektifan pengawasan, kepemilikikan saham institusi, kualitas audit eksternal serta pergantian auditor. Objek dari penelitian ini berupa laporan keuangan dari seluruh perusahaan yang terdaftar di Bursa Efek Indonesia selama periode 2012-2016. Sampel dalam penelitian ini diambil dengan menggunakan metode purposive sampling dengan jumlah sampel sebanyak 372 perusahaan. Data yang diperoleh akan diuji dengan menggunakan SPSS versi 22.0 dengan metode regresi logistik biner. Dari hasil pengujian terhadap data yang telah dikumpulkan, terbukti bahwa ketidakefektifan pengawasan dan pergantian auditor berpengaruh signifikan terhadap kecurangan pelaporan keuangan. Sementara, target keuangan, stabilitas keuangan, tekanan eksternal, kepemilikan saham institusi dan kualitas audit eksternal tidak berpengaruh signifikan terhadap kecurangan pelaporan keuangan.</p
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