24 research outputs found
Letter to Riosuke Kasai from W.F. Morrish (Nov. 8, 1918)
No full textA letter from W.F. Morrish, Chairman of the Berkeley Liberty Loan Committee to Riosuke Kasai in thanks for serving on the Sales Committee of the Fourth Liberty Loan Drive in 1918.TREASURY DEPARTMENT
FIRST NATIONAL BANK BLDG.
BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA
November 8, 1918.
Dear Mr. Kasai:
Although the Fourth Liberty Loan Drive is now a thing of the past, the record made by Berkeley in over-subscribing her allotment of 700,000 will not soon be forgotten.
The members of the Executive Committee are all of one accord in granting that the success and the enthusiasm of this Campaign were due in a large measure to the earnest efforts of the Sales Committee, of which you are a member.
On their behalf, and on my own account, I wish to thank you for the services you have rendered. It is our earnest desire that we may continue to count you as a member of our organization, and that we can depend upon your services in any future campaign that we may undertake.
Very sincerely yours,
(W.F. Morrish)
Chairman, Berkeley Liberty
Loan Committee.
WFM/L
Attention and the Aesthetic Experience of an Improviser Workshop by Andrew Morrish
No full textAccording to the Australian pedagogue and performer Andrew Morrish – “Improvisation is all about paying attention”. This statement and the structure of his workshop become a premise to their analysis through the attention issue which is a key in the context of dance stage improvisation. The query of modern scientific discourse undertaking the attention as a term including a range of cognitive system involved in selection and prioritisation of information processing within memory and perception allows to indicate at cognitive sciences and phenomenology as the most valuable in this research area. Their application is based on the way of structuring the improviser’s experience formulated by A. Morrish. It distinguishes three concurrent stages: a beginning mind, a middle mind and an end mind. The used material includes the characteristic of each of the stage presented by the Australian researcher as well as a direct experience of author’s participation in the workshop. On this basis the author of the article presents hypothesis referring to the cognitive requirements of stage improvisation in aesthetic context and possible further directions of research.Według australijskiego pedagoga i performera Andrew Morrisha: „Improvisation is all about paying attention” (pol. improwizacja to przede wszystkim zwracanie uwagi, tłum. T. Ciesielski). Sformułowanie to, a także struktura prowadzonych przez niego warsztatów stają się przesłanką do ich analizy poprzez zagadnienie uwagi, które jest kluczowe w kontekście tanecznej improwizacji scenicznej. Kwerenda współczesnych dyskursów naukowych podejmujących uwagę jako termin obejmujący szereg systemów poznawczych, które biorą udział w selekcji i priorytetyzacji przetwarzania informacji, w tym pamięci i percepcji, pozwala na wskazanie nauk kognitywnych oraz fenomenologii jako posiadających największą wartość wyjaśniającą w tym obszarze badań. Ich aplikacja zostaje w artykule poprowadzona w oparciu o sformułowany przez Morrisha sposób strukturyzowania doświadczenia improwizatora, wyróżniający trzy współwystępujące etapy: umysłu początku, umysłu środka i umysłu końca. Wykorzystany materiał badawczy obejmuje przedstawioną przez Australijczyka charakterystykę każdego z tych etapów, jak również bezpośrednie doświadczenie udziału w jego warsztatach autora tekstu. Na tej podstawie zaprezentowane zostają hipotezy odnoszące się do poznawczych wymagań improwizacji scenicznej w kontekście estetycznym oraz możliwych dalszych kierunków badań.Badania prowadzone przez Tomasza Ciesielskiego finansowane są przez Narodowe Centrum Nauki w ramach projektu „Funkcje i metody dystrybucji uwagi we współczesnym teatrze tańca: Nr rej. 2016/21/N/HS2/02671
Entrepreneurial marketing: a strategy for the twenty‐first century?
No full textPurposeThe purpose of this paper is to present the author's view of the role of entrepreneurial marketing (EM) as a strategy to address the dynamic marketing environment of recent times.Design/methodology/approachThe author reflects on some significant marketing changes and provides some contemporary example of companies that have successfully adopted EM approaches and challenged traditional marketing wisdom.FindingsEM is best conceived not as a nexus between marketing and entrepreneurship, but as an augmented process, where both the entrepreneur and the customer are the core actors, co‐creating value within the marketing environment.Originality/valueWhile this is an opinion piece, the paper provides evidence of how EM can be adopted and applied by entrepreneurial firms and challenges marketers to create and control their own‐marketing environment.</jats:sec
An action and interaction perspective to portfolio entrepreneurship
No full textA significant number of entrepreneurs engage in two or more simultaneous business opportunities and these individuals are responsible for a significant contribution to the world s wealth processes and economy in general (Morrish, 2009). From the opportunity-based view, portfolio entrepreneurship is regarded as having e.g., a broader experience, more developed cognitive abilities and access to a broader network which is linked to enhanced opportunity identification and evaluation. The field of portfolio entrepreneurship can be characterized at one level, as being well researched regarding benefits associated with engaging in the phenomenon. However, several topics is still unknown, especially in regards of their unique approaches for developing opportunities. Especially, research that takes the multiple individual - opportunity nexus as a perspective. This regarding how opportunities are developed as a series of actions and interactions. Thus, the purpose of this master thesis becomes to research how a portfolio of business opportunities is developed as a series of actions and interactions, and in a network perspective.
To fulfil the thesis purpose, the author has chosen an embedded and qualitative research design, with three selected out of a portfolios five ventures, as sub unit of analysis. These three were selected, through a preliminary interview, where the author were able to check selection criteria s that were defined to strengthen the data acquisition regarding research questions.
This study found that two of the portfolios entrepreneurs identified their initial business idea of their current ventures, in actions and interactions, that had no entrepreneurial intent. What followingly were found is that all the inherent ventures opportunity development processes, did not reach explorative market related activities of acquiring customer information, before the three business ideas (or customers problems), had socially been exchanged to third parties. Secondly, this study found that there were differences between actions and interactions, that 1) were concerned with initial business idea identification, and the actions and interactions, that 2) were concerned with identify a new portfolio venture. The main differences are regards to scenario 1), open-endedness and homophily and scenario 2) intelligent altruism and causational networking.
To fulfil the thesis purpose, the author has chosen an embedded and qualitative research design, with the three of a portfolios five venture, as sub unit of analysis. These three were selected, upon criteria s of difference growth phases: multinational growth, commercialization, and under development, to in addition to elaborating in their approaches, see if there were any differences or similarities
Changing times in England: the influence on geography teachers’ professional practice
No full textSchool geography in England has been characterised as a pendulum swinging between policies that emphasise curriculum and pedagogy alternately. In this paper, I illustrate the influence of these shifts on geography teacher's professional practice, by drawing on three “moments” from my experience as a student, teacher and teacher educator. Barnett's description of teacher professionalism as a continuous project of “being” illuminates how geography teachers can adapt to competing influences. It reflects teacher professionalism as an unfinished project, which is responsive, but not beholden, to shifting trends, and is informed by how teachers frame and enact policies. I argue that recognising these contextual factors is key to supporting geography teachers in “being” geography education professionals. As education becomes increasingly competitive on a global scale, individual governments are looking internationally for “solutions” to improve educational rankings. In this climate, the future of geography education will rest on how teachers react locally to international trends. Geography teacher educators can support this process by continuing to inform the field through meaningful geography education research, in particular in making the contextual factors of their research explicit. This can be supported through continued successful international collaboration in geography education research
An action and interaction perspective to portfolio entrepreneurship
No full textA significant number of entrepreneurs engage in two or more simultaneous business opportunities and these individuals are responsible for a significant contribution to the world s wealth processes and economy in general (Morrish, 2009). From the opportunity-based view, portfolio entrepreneurship is regarded as having e.g., a broader experience, more developed cognitive abilities and access to a broader network which is linked to enhanced opportunity identification and evaluation. The field of portfolio entrepreneurship can be characterized at one level, as being well researched regarding benefits associated with engaging in the phenomenon. However, several topics is still unknown, especially in regards of their unique approaches for developing opportunities. Especially, research that takes the multiple individual - opportunity nexus as a perspective. This regarding how opportunities are developed as a series of actions and interactions. Thus, the purpose of this master thesis becomes to research how a portfolio of business opportunities is developed as a series of actions and interactions, and in a network perspective.
To fulfil the thesis purpose, the author has chosen an embedded and qualitative research design, with three selected out of a portfolios five ventures, as sub unit of analysis. These three were selected, through a preliminary interview, where the author were able to check selection criteria s that were defined to strengthen the data acquisition regarding research questions.
This study found that two of the portfolios entrepreneurs identified their initial business idea of their current ventures, in actions and interactions, that had no entrepreneurial intent. What followingly were found is that all the inherent ventures opportunity development processes, did not reach explorative market related activities of acquiring customer information, before the three business ideas (or customers problems), had socially been exchanged to third parties. Secondly, this study found that there were differences between actions and interactions, that 1) were concerned with initial business idea identification, and the actions and interactions, that 2) were concerned with identify a new portfolio venture. The main differences are regards to scenario 1), open-endedness and homophily and scenario 2) intelligent altruism and causational networking.
To fulfil the thesis purpose, the author has chosen an embedded and qualitative research design, with the three of a portfolios five venture, as sub unit of analysis. These three were selected, upon criteria s of difference growth phases: multinational growth, commercialization, and under development, to in addition to elaborating in their approaches, see if there were any differences or similarities
Assessing the health impacts of implementing a \u27Comprehensive Rural Health Project\u27 health system in a low-income region of rural Nepal
No full text\ua9 2025 Barker et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Establishing and building grassroots, community-based healthcare systems is a key approach to improving healthcare access sustainably in low-income regions of the world. One prominent early example of this was the Comprehensive Rural Health Project (CRHP), inspiring the framework for subsequent large-scale programs globally. However, many community health projects do not provide the same breadth of services as CRHP, which may have impacts on health outcomes. This qualitative study focused on 12 Dalit villages in rural Nepal following an intervention - known as the Village Alive Project (VAP) - to boost healthcare provision through a CRHP-style health system. Villagers’ and health workers’ impressions of changes in healthcare access were assessed through 42 semi-structured interviews. Thematic analysis was performed using NVIVO by two independent authors; themes were finalized by reaching consensus. Three generated themes were shared by VAP and control villages: ‘changes in access to healthcare services’; ‘changes in health promotion and disease prevention’ and ‘inequalities and their effects on health’ . A fourth theme, ‘views on the expansion of VAP to non-VAP villages’, was generated uniquely for the control group. Lack of health education and sanitation facilities, as well as social stigma, were listed as barriers to health prior to VAP’s establishment; most participants felt these have been largely addressed since the arrival of VAP. Implementing more comprehensive primary healthcare on top of pre-existing community-based healthcare systems is feasible, with encouraging findings from this low-income region of rural Nepal. Participants felt VAP improved understanding of diseases such as leprosy, which may benefit future vertical interventions. Improvements in various aspects of health and healthcare were reported for most or all study themes across intervention-group villages; improvements were also noted in control villages but with more evidence of ongoing barriers to health. Further studies looking at key quantitative outcomes are required to triangulate findings
Architecture in tension: an examination of the position of the architect in the private and public sectors, focusing on the training and careers of Sir Basil Spence (1907-1976) and Sir Donald Gibson (1908-1991)
No full textIn the early 1900s tensions began to appear within the architectural profession,
as private practitioners struggled to deal with the implications of professional
colleagues moving into public sector employment. Sir Basil Spence and Sir
Donald Gibson began their architectural training in the mid-1920s and, as
tensions between the sectors intensified, Spence entered private practice and
Gibson chose to enter the public sector. Each became an exemplar of his
chosen sector of the profession and yet both have, until recently, escaped
critical attention. The tensions between the public and private sectors of the
profession have been acknowledged within the historiography, but not received
detailed analysis.
This thesis advances the current historiography by presenting an examination
of the division between the sectors, focusing on the relationship between the
RIBA and the public sector union AASTA and assessing the influence of
AASTA on Gibson's Coventry City Architect's Department.
Through an examination of archival material, contemporary published material,
and buildings, this thesis builds on the work of the Sir Basil Spence Archive
Project, adding detailed accounts of his early life, architectural training, and
RIBA presidency, presenting new information and correcting certain aspects of
the accepted historiography. It likewise presents new information on Gibson's
early life and training and his central role in achieving improved status and
representation for the public sector. An analysis of selected projects provides a
comparative study of their contrasting approaches to architecture: the
technically informed, collaborative team-work of Gibson and the individual
artistry of Spence.
Both men played pivotal roles in reforming the RIBA and in changing public and
professional perceptions of the architect, nevertheless, the long lineage and
complex nature of tensions within the profession meant that the public/private
division was never be bridged and issues of status and representation
remained essentially immutable
Mid-IR hyperspectral imaging for label-free histopathology and cytology
No full textThis is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from IOP Publishing via the DOI in this record.Mid-infrared (MIR) imaging has emerged as a valuable tool to investigate biological samples,
such as tissue histological sections and cell cultures, by providing non-destructive chemical
specificity without recourse to labels. While feasibility studies have shown the capabilities of
MIR imaging approaches to address key biological and clinical questions, these techniques are
still far from being deployable by non-expert users. In this review, we discuss the current state of
the art of MIR technologies and give an overview on technical innovations and developments
with the potential to make MIR imaging systems more readily available to a larger community.
The most promising developments over the last few years are discussed here. They include
improvements in MIR light sources with the availability of quantum cascade lasers and
supercontinuum IR sources as well as the recently developed upconversion scheme to improve
the detection of MIR radiation. These technical advances can substantially speed up data
acquisition of multispectral or hyperspectral datasets thus providing the end user with vast
amounts of data when imaging whole tissue areas of many mm2
. Therefore, effective data
analysis is of tremendous importance, and progress in method development is discussed with
respect to the specific biomedical context.Funding within the scope of Horizon 2020 by the European
Union is highly appreciated. This work was conducted as part
of the Mid-TECH Marie Curie innovative training network
[H2020-MSCA-ITN-2014-642661]
Biolistic-mediated transformation of Eragrostis Curvula with the HSP 12 gene
No full textBibliography: leaves 91-107.Eragrostis curvula is a desiccation sensitive monocotyledonous plant and an economically important forage grass in southern Africa. This species has a potential to be improved for drought and salt resistance among other important agronomic traits. In this study, E. curvula was used as a model system to explore the feasibility of producing pasture grasses with increased tolerance to water deficit. To date, no reports have been published on transformation of this species. This study reports the transformation of E. curvula with Saccharomyces cerevisiae Hsp 12 gene using biolistic-mediated transformation. Firstly, a tissue culture protocol was established for E. curvula that was suitable for transformation studies. Although this species has been previously regenerated in vitro using inflorescence tissues, this study established new protocols that utilize leaf and seed as source of material. The aim of which was to find the best regenerable tissue that could be used for transformation studies. Plant regeneration was achieved from shoot explants cultured on MS medium supplemented with either 0.5 mg/I thidiazuron (TDZ) or 0.5 mg/I 6-benzylaminopurine (BAP) through the process of direct organogenesis. It was found that TDZ was the most effective cytokinin. Plant regeneration was also achieved from callus induced from immature leaves on MS medium supplemented with 2 mg/I 2,4- 0,0.01 mg/I BAP and 6 % (w/v) sucrose. Histological experiments performed gave clear evidence that plant regeneration from callus was through a process of indirect organogenesis. The regeneration protocol was combined with an optimized biolistic mediated transformation protocol using the PDS-I00/He apparatus of which both shoot explants and callus were used as target tissues. In the molecular aspect of the study, the Hsp 12 gene was ligated in the Sac I restriction site of pCAMBIAUbeeQ vector. The successful cloning of the Hsp 12 gene was confirmed by PCR and restriction endonuclease digestion. The resultant vector pCAMBIAUbeeQ Hsp 12 was purified and subsequently used for biolistic transformation of E. curvula. The regenerable shoot explants and callus tissue were bombarded with DNA (pCAMBIAUBeeQHsp12) coated on gold particles. As a comparative study, Agrobacterium tumefaciens was transformed with pCAMBIAUBeeQHsp12 vector for subsequent transformation of Nicotiana tabacum. Transient expression of GUS gene in transformed E. curvula shoot explants was visualized 72 h after bombardment. Optimized conditions for expression of GUS gene were gold micro projectiles, 7 cm travel distance and helium pressure of 9100 kPa. Transformed tissues were cultured on the regeneration medium without antibiotic selection. Putative transformants were generated and the presence of Hsp 12 gene was verified by PCR and its expression at RNA level was confirmed by RT-PCR. The presence of Hsp 12 protein in the transformed plants was analyzed using SDS-PAGE and MALDI-TOF peptide mass spectrometry
