Book of hours

The recent acquisition of a single illuminated leaf and its use in teaching are discussed by Elizabeth Alvey and Stephanie Muskens

Online exhibitions management framework

The University of Queensland (UQ) Library’s Strategic Plan (2013 - 2017) outlined the need for increased emphasis on digitisation and promotion of unique collections. Consequently, in 2015-6, UQ Library undertook a project to explore a coherent approach to UQ Library’s growing digitised collections.From a review of the current state, an environmental scan of emerging technologies, and comparison of potential platforms, the project identified:• issues sustaining and maintaining online exhibitions;• the need to broaden the Library’s approach in this area to make use of emerging technologies; and• the need to enable others to use our digitised collections

Qualification of academic facilities for small-scale automated manufacture of autologous cell-based products

Academic centres, hospitals and small companies, as typical development settings for UK regenerative medicine assets, are significant contributors to the development of autologous cell-based therapies. Often lacking the appropriate funding, quality assurance heritage or specialist regulatory expertise, qualifying aseptic cell processing facilities for Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) compliance is a significant challenge. The qualification of a new Cell Therapy Manufacturing Facility (CTMF) with automated processing capability, the first of its kind in a UK academic setting, provides a unique demonstrator for the qualification of small-scale, automated facilities for GMP compliant manufacture of autologous cell-based products in these settings. This paper shares our experiences in qualifying the CTMF, focussing on our approach to streamlining the qualification effort, the challenges, project delays and inefficiencies we encountered and the subsequent lessons learned

CONQUER Scleroderma: Association of Gastrointestinal Tract Symptoms in Early Disease With Resource Utilization

OBJECTIVES: SSc is associated with increased health-care resource utilization and economic burden. The Collaborative National Quality and Efficacy Registry (CONQUER) is a US-based collaborative that collects longitudinal follow-up data on SSc patients withparticipants. METHODS: CONQUER participants who had completed a baseline and 12-month Gastrointestinal Tract Questionnaire (GIT 2.0) and a Resource Utilization Questionnaire (RUQ) were included in this analysis. Patients were categorized by total GIT 2.0 severity: none-to-mild (0-0.49); moderate (0.50-1.00), and severe-to-very severe (1.01-3.00). Clinical features and medication exposures were examined in each of these categories. The 12-month RUQ responses were summarized by GIT 2.0 score categories at 12 months. RESULTS: Among the 211 CONQUER participants who met the inclusion criteria, most (64%) had mild GIT symptoms, 26% had moderate symptoms, and 10% severe GIT symptoms at 12 months. The categorization of GIT total severity score by RUQ showed that more upper endoscopy procedures and inpatient hospitalization occurred in the CONQUER participants with severe GIT symptoms. These patients with severe GIT symptoms also reported the use of more adaptive equipment. CONCLUSION: This report from the CONQUER cohort suggests that severe GIT symptoms result in more resource utilization. It is especially important to understand resource utilization in early disease cohorts when disease activity, rather than damage, primarily contributes to health-related costs of SSc

Models of classroom assessment for course-based research experiences

Course-based research pedagogy involves positioning students as contributors to authentic research projects as part of an engaging educational experience that promotes their learning and persistence in science. To develop a model for assessing and grading students engaged in this type of learning experience, the assessment aims and practices of a community of experienced course-based research instructors were collected and analyzed. This approach defines four aims of course-based research assessment—(1) Assessing Laboratory Work and Scientific Thinking; (2) Evaluating Mastery of Concepts, Quantitative Thinking and Skills; (3) Appraising Forms of Scientific Communication; and (4) Metacognition of Learning—along with a set of practices for each aim. These aims and practices of assessment were then integrated with previously developed models of course-based research instruction to reveal an assessment program in which instructors provide extensive feedback to support productive student engagement in research while grading those aspects of research that are necessary for the student to succeed. Assessment conducted in this way delicately balances the need to facilitate students’ ongoing research with the requirement of a final grade without undercutting the important aims of a CRE education

Investigating the role of DELLAs in the regulation of plant growth and development

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Cultural heritage information: access and management

Book review: Cultural heritage information: access and management, edited by Ian Ruthven and G. G. Chowdhury, London, Facet, 2015, xvii + 253 pp., £64.95 (paperback), ISBN: 978-1-85604-930-

Digitisation update

UQ Library’s Digitisation Service led several projects to preserve, promote, and support research of Fryer collections, over the last year

Getting started with digital collections: scaling to fit your organization

Book review: Getting Started with Digital Collections: Scaling to Fit your Organization, by Jane D. Monson, Chicago, Neal-Schuman, 2017, 183pp., US$69.00 (soft cover), ISBN 978-0-8389-1543-1