Interpreting & practicing kaupapa Māori research in a community setting: The in’s and out’s

Pou Tuia Rangahau is a unique community based research unit based within a kaupapa Māori organisation. Kaupapa Māori methodologies are utilised, with the importance of these methodologies being that Māori are defining the process, doing the research for and about Māori, with the eventual outcome being meaningful to Māori. This paper is placed within this wider context of Kaupapa Māori and how it applies to the practice of research in particular. We discuss how we interpret and practice Kaupapa Māori Research (KMR) within an urban community based organisation by highlighting a particular piece of research that was undertaken by Pou Tuia Rangahau, the Research Unit of Te Runanga O Kirikiriroa Trust Inc

The Revolving Door of Penal Institutions – A Narration of Lived Experience

Remand to prison whilst awaiting trial can be seen as a short yet indeterminate prison sentence without the judicial sanction of criminal responsibility. Given the increasing reliance on remand as a targeted strategy for crime control it would seem pertinent to consider, not just the statistics of how such a policy plays itself out at the present time, but also to take into account the lived experience of those incarcerated thereby providing a more informed understanding of the long term efficacy of such a strategy. It is not the intention of this paper to make specific policy recommendations, but only to suggest an alternative method for understanding policy implications. This paper uses an ethnographic approach to unstructured interviews with seven people who have extensive prison experience and highlights the impact remand has had, not just on themselves, but on their families as well

An investigation of influences on and dimensions of English university governing body roles

This research addresses two questions: how are English university governing body roles characterised at sector level and how do English university governing body members perceive their roles and why? The analytical framework includes governing body attributes and a range of governance theories. It was conducted at system and institution level. At system level, governing body attribute data were aggregated across 120 English universities, resulting in a new dataset. Relevant documentary evidence and data from thirteen expert informant interviews were thematically reviewed. At institution level, five university case studies were conducted, including interviews with over sixty governors. English university governing body composition has become more homogeneous but member characteristics have become more varied. The majority of governors across at least four cases identified nine governing body roles, aligned to strategy, oversight and support clusters. They also identified six key internal, external and individual influences. Three cross-cutting themes relate to influences; the importance of governing body composition, the emergence of ‘new’ stakeholders and the significance of context. Two pertain to roles. Governors largely agreed regarding their strategy and oversight roles. Views differed amongst governors, and compared to sector expectations, regarding governors’ support roles. A conceptual framework of dimensions of governing body roles is introduced. The first is the degree of integration in the key role areas. The second is the nature of involvement. The third is the level of legitimacy. In addition to testing of this conceptual framework, this research could be broadened to include smaller, specialist universities in England, as well as geographically, across the UK and overseas, particularly in Europe and Australia. It prompts exploration of internal members’ and academic lay members’ contributions to academic governance, how to best codify governing body support roles and stakeholder perceptions of governing bodies

Can social pheromones regulate reproduction in non-social insects?

Dissertação de Mestrado Integrado em Arquitectura, apresentada ao Departamento de Arquitectura da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade de Coimbra.A Poesia diz, a Arquitetura faz. Uma Cidade que não é cidade. Não há ideias tipológicas, não há referências nem imagens de um passado clássico ou tradicional, não há planos nem alegorias maquinistas. Não há épicas nem grandes retóricas. Não há ruas, não há lotes. No entanto percebe-­‐se um inigualável ar de modernidade. Um laboratório híbrido, surrealista e existencialista onde arquitectos, escultores, poetas e pintores trabalham juntos com a pura ideia de que vida, estudo e trabalho se fundem numa coisa só.Poetry says, architecture does. A city that is not a city. There are no typological ideas, there are no references or images of a classical or traditional past, there are no plans or mechanical allegories. There are not great or epic rhetorics. There are no streets, no allotments. However you perceive an unparalleled air of modernity. A hybrid, surrealist and existentialist lab where architects, sculptors, poets and painters work together with the pure idea that life, study and work merge together

Dietary Analysis for Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis: An Integrative Review

Abstract Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis (HT) is the leading cause of primary hypothyroidism in the United States. In HT, there is an infiltration by lymphocytes which leads to the production of autoantibodies against the thyroid gland. Throughout this integrative review, the aim was to evaluate the effectiveness of micronutrient supplementation and dietary management as adjunct treatments in HT. The purpose was to assist primary care providers in the development of a more holistic plan of care. Literature published within the past seven years was gathered and reviewed from PubMed, CINAHL, and Cochrane Library. Findings indicate that many patients with HT may benefit from the correction of vitamin deficiencies and inclusion of nutrient dense foods to combat the inflammatory component of HT. Although the inclusion of lifestyle modifications yield positive results, the findings support the need for more research on nonpharmacological adjuncts to holistically support thyroid function

Walter Scott at 250

This essay marking the 250th anniversary of Walter Scott\u27s birth reflects on the current state of Scott studies, the scholarly directions in which it might develop, and ways in which the relevance of Scott’s work may be re-discovered and re-invigorated for contemporary audiences. In particular, it examines scholarly and critical attitudes to Scott\u27s work over the past 50 years through papers given at the triennial international Scott conferences initiated in Edinburgh in 1971, alongside developments in public engagement at Abbotsford House and elsewhere during the 250th anniversary year

Walter Scott at 250

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Water Integration for Squamscott Exeter (WISE): Preliminary Integrated Plan, Final Technical Report

This document introduces the goals, background and primary elements of an Integrated Plan for the Lower Exeter and Squamscott River in the Great Bay estuary in southern New Hampshire. This Plan will support management of point (wastewater treatment plant) and nonpoint sources in the communities of Exeter, Stratham and Newfields. The Plan also identifies and quantifies the advantages of the use of green infrastructure as a critical tool for nitrogen management and describes how collaboration between those communities could form the basis for an integrated plan. The Plan will help communities meet new wastewater and proposed stormwater permit requirements. Critical next steps are need before this Plan will fulfill the 2018 Nitrogen Control Plan requirements for Exeter and proposed draft MS4 requirements for both Stratham and Exeter. These next steps include conducting a financial capability assessment, development of an implementation schedule and development of a detailed implementation plan. The collaborative process used to develop this Plan was designed to provide decision makers at the local, state and federal levels with the knowledge they need to trust the Plan’s findings and recommendations, and to enable discussions between stakeholders to continue the collaborative process. This Plan includes the following information to guide local response to new federal permit requirements for treating and discharging stormwater and wastewater: Sources of annual pollutant load quantified by type and community; Assessment and evaluation of different treatment control strategies for each type of pollutant load; Assessment and evaluation of nutrient control strategies designed to reduce specific types of pollutants; Evaluation of a range of point source controls at the wastewater treatment facility based on regulatory requirements; Costs associated with a range of potential control strategies to achieve reduction of nitrogen and other pollutants of concern; and A preliminary implementation schedule with milestones for target load reductions using specific practices for specific land uses at points in time; Recommendations on how to implement a tracking and accounting program to document implementation; Design tools such as BMP performance curves for crediting the use of structural practices to support nitrogen accounting requirements; and Next Steps for how to complete this Plan

Linear mixed models for genomic selection

We commence by considering the analysis of a single trial. Let y denote the n x 1 vector of (phenotypic) data, where n is the number of plots in the trial