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A Web/Grid Services Approach for Integration of Virtual Clinical & Research Environments
No full textClinicans have responsibilities for audit and research, often participating in projects with basic scientist colleagues. Our work in a regional teaching hospital setting involves collaboration with the medical school computer services and builds upon work developed in computer science department as part of the Collaborative Orthopaedic Research Environment (CORE) project[1]. This has established a pilot study for proof of concept work. Users are mapped to a personal profile implemented using XML and a service oriented architecture (SOA)[2,3]. This bridges the e-Health and e-Science domains, addressing some of the basic questions of security and uptake
Current picture of Lower Silesia grange
No full textDolny Śląsk jest regionem wyróżniającym się korzystnymi warunkami zarówno glebowymi, jak i klimatycznymi1 (Kondracki, 2001). Urodzajne ziemie, stosunkowo krótkie zimy oraz ciepłe miesiące letnie wpłynęły na przekształcenie tego obszaru w krainę typowo rolniczą. Już we wczesnym średniowieczu na omawianym terenie intensywnie rozwijała się gospodarka agrarna. Na przestrzeni wieków wspomniany rozwój znalazł odzwierciedlenie nie tylko w bezpośredniej uprawie czy też hodowli, ale także w zapewnieniu odpowiedniej bazy gospodarczej. W skład wspomnianego zaplecza wchodziły różnego rodzaju budynki, których funkcja była dostosowywana indywidualnie do potrzeb wybranego gospodarstwa. W zależności od prowadzonej działalności dominował właściwy typ zabudowy, tzn. jeżeli głównie zajmowano się uprawą roli – występowały przede wszystkim budynki o funkcji magazynowej (spichlerze, stodoły), w przypadku nastawienia wybranego gospodarstwa na hodowlę – przeważały zabudowania inwentarskie (obory, owczarnie, chlewnie, kurniki, itp.). To właśnie obiekty, stanowiące zaplecze produkcji rolnej gospodarstw wielkoobszarowych, nazwano folwarkiem. Należy pamiętać, że właściciele ziemscy bardzo często budowali swoje siedziby mieszkalne na terenie folwarku lub w jego bezpośrednim sąsiedztwie2. Rezydencje otaczano przemyślanymi założeniami ogrodowymi, parkowymi bądź ogrodowo‐parkowymi. Powstawały w ten sposób wspaniałe zespoły dworsko‐ lub pałacowo‐folwarczne, które licznie zachowały się na terenie Dolnego Śląska. Celem artykułu jest analiza historyczna powstania i rozwoju zespołów folwarczno‐dworskich i pałacowo‐dworskich na obszarze Dolnego Śląska, ocena stanu aktualnego i próba prognozy na przyszłość.Numerous granges in the neighbourhood of Wrocław could be noticed as early as medieval times. New granges were intensively created through the ages. A setback of grange building happened after 1945 when former manors became state property. Since then, former grange sets were only exploited, usually without any necessary maintenance and alteration work which lead to their destruction and even ruin. The grange objects which were adapted for educational or health services are in a much better state of preservation, as maintenance works were usually performed there. It is necessary to remember that palace‐ or palace‐grange sets were independent units which influenced and still influence spatial village composition in places where they existed. Through centuries they created the village cultural landscape, creating in that way the cultural heritage of the region. Unfortunately, in most inspected sets which are characterized by their historical values, a constant degradation can be noticed. The only chance of preservation for those former land estates is finding them a new function according to present needs, and a responsible landlord who would bring them back to their former glory. It is necessary to stress the need for preserving and protecting the heritage of what the former palace‐grange sets constitute without doubt. Finding appropriate functions and owners, specifying law, respecting it and state patronage is certainly a way to save those forgotten granges
Joint statement of the governing bodies of the New Jersey Farm Bureau and the New Jersey State Grange
No full textJoint statement of the governing bodies of the New Jersey Farm Bureau and the New Jersey State Grange to the delegates of the forthcoming Constitutional Convention and to the public
CORE User Requirement Study
No full textThis report describes a study undertaken as part of the Collaborative Orthopaedics Research Environment (CORE) project to determine the user requirements for a Virtual Research Environment (VRE). The study was conducted through a consultation process that involved semi-structured interviews and online survey. Requirements of users and their recommendations are presented according to the study’s objectives. The result of this study will be used to inform the development of a VRE demonstrator in the CORE project
A Virtual Learning Environment to enable CPD for Orthopaedic Surgeons across Europe
No full textThe Virtual Orthopaedic University (VOU) is an EU-funded project which has developed a learning environment which links explicit pedagogical approaches to a set of specialised tools and resources, which will enable orthopaedic surgeons to facilitate the transfer of specialised expertise and knowledge in Image Guided Orthopaedic Surgery (IGOS) techniques. It includes the development of a specific surgical course model for creating IGOS surgery multimedia courses, as well as the population and use of a Virtual observatory for collecting and describing different IGOS interventions. In addition material from the Virtual Observatory is being used in conjunction with the Dynamic Review Journal, as the basis for real life case discussions using the using the communication tools available in the learning environment. The development of VOU is underpinned by a pedagogical approach built on current education research in terms of learning being situated and authentic; with learners adopting an active and constructive approach. An aim of the project is to maximise the relationship between different pedagogical approaches, tools and resources in a novel learning environment, while providing support for the decision making using a toolkit approach. The Virtual Orthopaedic University architecture can be used in a variety of different ways to support different types and levels of users and different syllabi. This paper describes the rationale behind the development of the system, the overall architecture, and the relationship between the architecture and the adopted pedagogical strategy. This paper will describe the pedagogical strategy which underpins the VOU learning environment. It is based on the premise that surgeons have specialised needs in terms of the requirements of a learning environment. Specifically there is a need to analyse and build on an understanding of the: - unique nature of the orthopaedic surgical knowledge and in particular the relationship between theoretical and pragmatic surgical concepts, - rigour and validation requirements of orthopaedic surgery knowledge and the role and importance of apprenticeship as a means of ensuring standardisation and conformity
A Grid Services Implementation for a Virtual Research Environment
No full textIn the past, virtual learning and research environments have typically been implemented as monolithic systems. Current research focuses on creating such environments from selected Grid and Web services. In this paper we describe the Virtual Orthopaedic European University, which was created to support Higher Surgical Trainees to provide evidence for their learning contracts by carrying out experiments and publishing the results. We use this environment as a case study for the re-implementation of this system as a set of Web services, and we discuss the advantages of taking such an approach
A Collaborative Orthopaedic Research Environment.
No full textThe role of collaboration in scientific and scholarly research is changing due to advances in Web technology. In particular, the need for collaborative science has generated demands for working environments that facilitate human communication and resource sharing among research communities. The Collaborative Orthopaedic Research Environment (CORE) project provides an infrastructure that combines clinical, educational and research activities in a Virtual Research Environment (VRE) for orthopaedic researchers to collaborate in the design, analysis, and dissemination of experiments. An overview of Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) concepts is presented in this report before moving on to discuss the benefits and rationale of using a SOA in the context of the CORE project. A user requirements study conducted to guide the authors in designing the CORE VRE is also reported
An examination of gender roles in Alice Walker's The Third Life of Grange Copeland and The Color Purple, 2001
No full textThis study examines the role gender plays in The Third Life of Grange Copeland and The Color Purple. The study shows how and why the main male characters are attributed traditionally feminine traits and the leading female characters given traditionally masculine traits. The male characters' common disrespect for women and their fear of their own femininity foreground their abuse of women. Because women are believed to be socially inferior to men, the main characters take on masculine roles to compensate for the missing elements needed to obtain a balanced personality. The conclusions of this examination suggest that Alice Walker believes that the characteristics that define both male and female roles work together to produce a balanced disposition within an individual
Southwest corner of cemetery, La Grange, Texas
No full textPhotograph shows cemetery as seen from outside iron fence.Inscription on mount:""View of S. W. Portion of Cemetery, La Grange.
Grange Recreation Reserve Act 1919 No. 1413
No full textAn Act to provide for a Recreation Reserve near the Grange, and to incorporate a Board of Trustees therefor, and for other purposes. ; W. rep., 2284/1936, s.
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