Pushing The Boundaries

The mid- to late- 20th Century saw the flourishing of a pioneering movement in TYA (Theatre for Young Audiences). Although much of this work is unheralded, it had an influence that can still be felt today. Pushing The Boundaries was a conference designed for theatre practitioners, educationalists and students that explored how an understanding of the history of TYA can inform current practice. Inspired by the work of the late David Johnston (1948-2017), the conference included a screening of a video made during Johnston’s tenure as director of Theatre Centre (1977-1986), provocations from leading practitioners in the field, debate and discussion. Contributors include: Daryl Beeton (Daryl Beeton Productions), Deborah Bestwick (Ovalhouse), Danny Braverman (Goldsmiths), Raidene Carter/Natalie Wilson (Theatre Centre), Ava Hunt (Derby University), Vicky Ireland MBE (Association of Children's Arts), Caleb Lee (Five Stones Theatre), Roy Williams OBE (Playwright) The event was organised by Goldsmiths' Theatre & Performance Department in conjunction with Derby University

Pushing the Boundaries of Boundary Detection using Deep Learning

In this work we show that adapting Deep Convolutional Neural Network training to the task of boundary detection can result in substantial improvements over the current state-of-the-art in boundary detection. Our contributions consist firstly in combining a careful design of the loss for boundary detection training, a multi-resolution architecture and training with external data to improve the detection accuracy of the current state of the art. When measured on the standard Berkeley Segmentation Dataset, we improve theoptimal dataset scale F-measure from 0.780 to 0.808 - while human performance is at 0.803. We further improve performance to 0.813 by combining deep learning with grouping, integrating the Normalized Cuts technique within a deep network. We also examine the potential of our boundary detector in conjunction with the task of semantic segmentation and demonstrate clear improvements over state-of-the-art systems. Our detector is fully integrated in the popular Caffe framework and processes a 320x420 image in less than a second.Comment: The previous version reported large improvements w.r.t. the LPO region proposal baseline, which turned out to be due to a wrong computation for the baseline. The improvements are currently less important, and are omitted. We are sorry if the reported results caused any confusion. We have also integrated reviewer feedback regarding human performance on the BSD benchmar

Pushing the Boundaries of Healing

This paper explains a summer volunteering opportunity at a nonprofit organization dedicated to creating a home environment for low-income families coming to city hospitals for intensive pediatric care. The importance of social determinants of health during the healing process is explored through examples of services provided by the Ronald McDonald House. These services range from meeting basic human needs to emotional care of pediatric patients. In addition, routes to potentially ameliorate observed challenges associated with pediatric hospitalization are discussed. In fall 2020, Alankrit Shatadal will begin her senior year at Washington and Lee University, where she is pursuing degrees in Biochemistry, Sociology & Anthropology, and a minor in Poverty Studies. Author\u27s note I would like to acknowledge the Ronald McDonald House of Madison Wisconsin for being so accommodating during my summer experience. I also want to thank the Shepherd Program at Washington and Lee for the opportunity to pursue this as my choice of summer internship. When I started preparing for this position, I was so excited to learn about music therapy; thank you to my music educator friends for your guidance! I am most grateful to the kids I interacted with at RMHC. Spending time with them has affirmed and strengthened my interest in medicine. I hope this article contributes to the larger discussion of how the medical sector can help patients heal after illness, and fill gaps that make the healing process more difficult

Formulaic Language: Pushing the Boundaries

As the construct of formulaic language gains sway in language acquisition theory and pedagogy, the number of publications on corresponding theoretical treatises and empirical research has also been on the grow. Formulaic Language: Pushing the Boundaries is the most recent monograph of one of the field’s authoritative figures, Alison Wray. Formulaic expressions or sequences, in simple terms, are linguistic units composed of multiple words. According to Sinclair (1991), they are subsumed under a model of language processing called the Idiom Principle, which postulates that “a language user has available to him or her a large number of semi-preconstructed phrases that constitute single choices” (p. 110). These single, multi-word choices in effect are mediators for human language competence and idiomatic language use

The Global Lake Ecological Observatory Network (GLEON): the evolution of grassroots network science

Nine years later, with over 380 members from 40 countries, and 50 publications to its credit, GLEON is growing at a rapid pace and pushing the boundaries of the practice of network science. GLEON is really three networks: a network of lakes, data, and peopl

Methanogens: pushing the boundaries of biology

Methanogens are anaerobic archaea that grow by producing methane gas. These microbes and their exotic metabolism have inspired decades of microbial physiology research that continues to push the boundary of what we know about how microbes conserve energy to grow. The study of methanogens has helped to elucidate the thermodynamic and bioenergetics basis of life, contributed our understanding of evolution and biodiversity, and has garnered an appreciation for the societal utility of studying trophic interactions between environmental microbes, as methanogens are important in microbial conversion of biogenic carbon into methane, a high-energy fuel. This review discusses the theoretical basis for energy conservation by methanogens and identifies gaps in methanogen biology that may be filled by undiscovered or yet-to-be engineered organisms