CILIP Yorkshire and Humberside Member Network Visit to Insight: Collections and Research Centre at The National Science and Media Museum, Bradford, West Yorkshire, 09 March 2017

This article is an account of a Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) Yorkshire and Humberside Member Network visit to Insight: Collections and Research Centre at the National Science and Media Museum in Bradford, West Yorkshire. It highlights the range and depth of their collection and some of the research currently being undertaken. Their library is an underused resource and efforts are being made to enhance the accessibility and usage of the whole collection. The article hopes to illustrate how the collection is extremely useful and fascinating to those studying social history, not just science and technology. The visit allowed the author to continue her professional development (CPD), benefitting both her studies for a CILIP-accredited qualification and her work in Libraries and Learning Innovation. This article is an expanded version of a report on the visit written for the CILIP Yorkshire and Humberside Member Network blog (Green, 2017)

Dialect study of comparative areas in Galloway with particular reference to the Irish connection

A Dialect Study of Comparative Areas in Galloway, with particular reference to the Irish connection Following the national Linguistic Survey of Scotland 1951/53, an in-depth dialect study of Galloway was appropriate as the dialect of Galloway had not been reported on in detail since McTaggart's Gallovidian Encyclopaedia of 1824. The close connection between Galloway and Ireland over centuries and particularly with the in-flow to Galloway of many Irish in the nineteenth century suggested a particular study. A questionnaire of 240 items was prepared and personally administered to 221 primary informants of 50 years and older, over the whole region and during a period of 10 months. In this thesis, 192 responses from 55 items are presented and analysed; together with appropriate Word Notes and two essays on 'Physical Communication in Galloway' and 'The Irish in Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Galloway'. It was found that i) 3 rivers and 2 lines, less easily defined geographically, formed boundaries, beyond which varying numbers of words did not appear; ii) certain words were found in Wigtownshire only and others in the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright only; iii) there were also certain responses to the same items which showed differentiation between Wigtownshire and the Stewartry, the two major sub-divisions of the region; iv) 61 per cent of the responses given in Wigtownshire and 59 per cent in the Stewartry have reference to Irish Word Lists

All the Noises:Hijacking Listening Machines for Performative Research

Research into machine listening has intensified in recent years creating a variety of techniques for recognising musical features suitable, for example, in musicological analysis or commercial application in song recognition. Within NIME, several projects exist seeking to make these techniques useful in real-time music making. However, we debate whether the functionally-oriented approaches inherited from engineering domains that much machine listening research manifests is fully suited to the exploratory, divergent, boundary-stretching, uncertainty-seeking, playful and irreverent orientations of many artists. To explore this, we engaged in a concerted collaborative design exercise in which many different listening algorithms were implemented and presented with input which challenged their customary range of application and the implicit norms of musicality which research can take for granted. An immersive 3D spatialised multichannel environment was created in which the algorithms could be explored in a hybrid installation/performance/lecture form of research presentation. The paper closes with reflections on the creative value of 'hijacking' formal approaches into deviant contexts, the typically undocumented practical know-how required to make algorithms work, the productivity of a playfully irreverent relationship between engineering and artistic approaches to NIME, and a sketch of a sonocybernetic aesthetics for our work

Some Studies in the Glasgow Vernacular

Qualitative and quantitative methods were used to investigate dialect maintenance and change, and linguistic attitudes, in an inner city area of Glasgow. Glasgow dialect is an urban variety of Scots which existed as a distinctive variety by the beginning of this century. It was found to be losing traditional lexis, especially from active use. This is partly balanced by neologisms, including slang. Lexicographical details are given of neologisms, and the dictionary record refined with regard to those words investigated in detail by means of a questionnaire. Features of morphology and lexical incidence were found to be maintained more strongly, and broad speech was recorded from all ages and both sexes. Qualitative comments from the informants provide insight into the significance to speakers themselves of the continuing erosion of the traditional dialect, particularly in terms of the 'generation gap', which is also relevant to swearing and linguistic decorum. This is placed against the background of the modernisation of the working-class and the uniformation of societies in the post-war world

Rohrkaste, Dolores - Oral History Interview

SIUE ORAL HISTORY PROJECT Summers 1990-91 Dolores Rohrkaste, July 25, 1991 Interviewed by Stanley B. Kimbal

Injuries, accidents and falls in adults with learning disabilities and their carers: a prospective cohort study

Injuries are among the leading causes of death and disability in the world and a major public health concern. Young persons with learning disabilities have a higher rate and different pattern of injuries when compared with young persons without learning disabilities, but little is known regarding adults. The aim of this study was to determine the incidence and types of injuries experienced by a community-based cohort of adults with learning disabilities (n = 511). Face-to-face interviews were conducted with participants and their carers two years after they had first been recruited into a longitudinal study. The measures were based on those previously used with a large population-based sample (n = 6,104) in the Scottish Health Survey (2003). Results were compared between the adults with learning disabilities and the general population. Incidence of at least one injury that required medical or nursing attention or treatment in a 12-month period was 20.5% (105), of which 12.1% (62) was due to falls. The standardised incident injury ratio for adults with learning disabilities aged 18 - 64 years, compared with the regional general population aged 18 – 64 years, is 1.63 (95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.55 – 1.71). The types and causes of injuries experienced differed from those found in the general population. Incident injury was predicted by having epilepsy (odds ratio (OR) 1.809), and not having autism (OR 0.153). Incident fall injury was predicted by urinary incontinence (OR 1.976), whilst Down syndrome reduced risk (OR 0.416). Carers of adults with learning disabilities (n = 446) were less likely to experience at least one injury in a 12-month period overall, but they were significantly more likely to experience harmful injury from another person (p = 0.048), and less likely to experience injury through the use of a tool, implement or equipment (p = 0.045), when compared with the regional general population. These findings are first steps towards understanding the considerable burden of injuries, accidents and falls in the learning disabilities population, and towards informing interventions to prevent injuries and falls in adults with learning disabilities in the future. The types and causes of injury experienced by carers of adults with learning disabilities are also reported for the first time

Dutty Wine: Ooman Big Up or Dis?

This study explores the extent to which females are liberated or oppressed in dancehall in Kingston, Jamaica. Using a qualitative approach and feminist perspective, I explore dancehall culture and the ghetto communities on which it centers. Participant observation allowed me to experience the dynamics of the dancehall space. Using in-depth interviews, I assessed my observations with the opinions of dancehall fans and other community members. Ultimately, it becomes clear in this study that though heterosexual females are liberated with their freedom of sexual expression, dancehall is still has a deeply patriarchal structure. Heterosexual males dominate dancehall by oppressing heterosexual females, refusing to acknowledge the sexuality of homosexual females, and strongly stigmatizing homosexual males

The Diamond, November 21, 1974

\u27Esther\u27 to Portray God\u27s Providence; Asaph Prepares for Concert; Dordt Exposed to Jazz; Editorial; Letters to the Editor; Ramblings... ; Recital Seasoned with Quality; Bikes Stored for Winter; Future Executives Initiate \u27Book Swap\u27; Club Provides Outdoor Activities; Christian Psychology in Action; Ecclesiastical Issue Draws Students; Curriculum to Include Canadian Literature; Petra, Randy Matthews in Concert: Bringing Them Together; Penny Carnival Offers Kids \u27Cheap\u27 Thrill; Mass Choir to Perform Messiah Selections; BBB Promotes Consumer Welfare; Kuyper Collection Discovered; NACPA Moves to Washington, D.C.; Signet Dedicated to \u27Re-Creation\u27; Rock Valley Fires Kindle Discussion; Dance Issue Raised: Dordt Evaluates Synod\u27s Decision; Faber Introduces Dicotamus Key; Defenders Open Basketball Season Friday; Women\u27s BB Team Looks Good; Baker Races Olympic Runners; Dordt Hosts Volleyball Scrimmage; Dordt Blades Duel Drake Bulldogshttps://digitalcollections.dordt.edu/dordt_diamond/1640/thumbnail.jp