ALight

Between 2007-2012 AIR worked with Islington Council Arts Team and the Archway Town Centre Management Group to commission new works that explored a perceived darkness in Archway. Anna Hart produced the four commissions: Hillary Powell 'Light Years Away', Jane Watt 'Trip the Light Fantastic', David Batchelor 'Big Rock Candy Fountain', Ruth Ewan 'How to Make Archway Tower Disappear'

Everything Must Go

Thomas Brothers' generous advice and manifold goods helped build, fix and maintain countless artworks and houses in and beyond Archway for ninety-seven years (1917-2014). 'Everything Must Go' was an exhibition of artworks organised by AIR and made by their customers, past and present, to mark the closure of Thomas Brothers, and to say thank you to the brothers and their esteemed Archway institution. The art works were bequeathed to the Thomas family. The works were placed by the artists within a certain moment of the emptying shelves. Over the next three weeks the brothers chose to continue the exhibition. It took various forms as they moved the works around their dwindling stock, eventually placing them all together in the central window

Measuring and reporting quality of life outcomes in clinical trials in cystic fibrosis: a critical review

Good quality clinical trials are essential to inform the best cystic fibrosis (CF) management and care, by determining and comparing the effectiveness of new and existing therapies and drug delivery systems. The formal inclusion of quality of life (QoL) as an outcome measure in CF clinical trials is becoming more common. Both an appropriate QoL measure and sound methodology are required in order to draw valid inferences about treatments and QoL. A review was undertaken of randomised controlled trials in cystic fibrosis where QoL was measured. EMBASE, MEDLINE and ISI Web of Science were searched to locate all full papers in the English language reporting randomised controlled trials in cystic fibrosis, published between January 1991 and December 2004. All Cochrane reviews published before December 2004 were hand searched. Papers were included if the authors had reported that they had measured QoL or well being in the trial. 16 trials were identified. The interventions investigated were: antibiotics (4); home versus hospital administration of antibiotics (1); steroids (1); mucolytic therapies (6); exercise (3) and pancreatic enzymes (1). Not one trial evaluated in this review provided conclusive results concerning QoL. This review highlights many of the pitfalls of QoL measurement in CF clinical trials and provides constructive information concerning the design and reporting of trials measuring QoL

Principals’ Perceptions and Understandings of Teacher Leadership

No singular definition of teacher leadership (TL) exists in empirical literature or practice in the field. This lack of clarity has greatly impacted the implementation of TL in American schools. The purpose of this study qualitative case study was to investigate public school principals’ perceptions and understandings of TL in an effort to better inform continued efforts toward its ubiquitous application in American schools. Principals’ definitions of TL fell into three categories: action-based, quality-based, and role-based definitions. Principals’ recognition of the work of teacher leaders in schools fell into two parallel categories: action-based and role-based leadership. Findings reveal that many principals appear to have not yet “caught” any waves of TL beyond the second. More in-depth research is required to determine the accuracy of this evaluation and how to best encourage principals to extend their understanding of and openness to TL

Interpersonal Dynamics of the Supervisory Triad of Pre-Service Teacher Education: Lessons Learned from 15 Years of Research

Clinical field experience is recognized by many as the most influential and beneficial component of pre-service teacher education. The present article represents part of a larger qualitative meta-synthesis, the purpose of which was to explore the influence of the interpersonal dynamics of the supervisory triad—comprised of the pre-service teacher candidate, the mentor teacher, and the university supervisor—on pre-service candidates’ clinical experiences. Positioning theory was chosen to frame this investigation, as it employs distinct definitions for role and position, the delineation of which is of critical importance in the context of pre-service clinical relationships. Findings of the larger study reveal three primary factors of influence, four primary patterns of communication, and many modes of positioning of self and others as influential to pre-service teachers’ clinical experiences. This article addresses those findings regarding factors of influence and modes of positioning, the implications of which are discussed through the lens of positioning theory and in connection to practice in the field

Exploring the Interpersonal Dynamics of the Supervisory Triad of Pre-Service Teacher Education: A Qualitative Meta-Synthesis

Clinical field experience is recognized by many as the most influential and beneficial component of pre-service teacher education (Borko & Mayfield, 1995). At the core of this experience is the supervisory triad, consisting of the pre-service teacher, mentor teacher, and university supervisor. Utilizing positioning theory as its theoretical framework, this qualitative meta-synthesis synthesized eleven pieces of empirical research focused on the interpersonal dynamics of the supervisory triad. The findings of this study reveal three primary factors of influence, four primary patterns of communication, and many modes of positioning of self and others as influential to pre-service teachers’ clinical experiences. The implications of these findings are discussed through the lens of positioning theory and in connection to practice in the field

Polytechnical Institute for the Study of the Expanding field of Radical Urban Life

The Archway Polytechnic was a durational project by artist Ruth Maclennan in collaboration with Anna Hart, AIR. The polytechnic considered non-commercial everyday interactions with the city and with each other through a series of artworks by Maclennan and invited artists

An Experiment on Why You Are Vulnerable To Online Phishing Scams

Phishing is a cyber-attack that uses deception to obtain personal identifiable information from individuals or corporations. These attacks are disguised as trustworthy sources, such as a bank, and convey an urgent situation that the recipient ‘must’ address thorough providing PII. Recipients are told to click on a link that provides a fraudulent website to enter PII and/or download malicious malware. Phishing attacks were the number one reported internet scam in 2022 and accounted for $52 million reported loss [1]. The total amount lost to these scams increased by 48% [1] suggesting that scammers are adapting their phishing scams to increase revenue. Our research questions were: What personal characteristics increase vulnerability to phishing and how might that information inform new measures to spread phishing attack awareness and to prevent successful phishing attacks

Expanding Fields - An Appendix

The first 'Expanding Fields' cross-university workshop was held in November 2011 and tested Krauss' seminal expanded field diagram to explore what sculpture is, can be, and could be, in our current social, political and cultural context. The intensive four-day programme included walks, talks, performances, testing, making and presenting. Participants came from fine art, graphics and theory undergraduate courses at Wimbledon, Chelsea, Camberwell and Central Saint Martins. A publication 'Expanding Fields - An Appendix' was the documentation and response to the workshop written and designed by the participants, edited by Alison Green and Anna Hart

Genotypic and Phenotypic Assessment of Hyaluronidase among Type Strains of a Select Group of Staphylococcal Species

Hyaluronidases degrade hyaluronic acid, a major polysaccharide of the extracellular matrix of tissues, and are considered important for virulence in a number of Gram-positive and -negative bacteria. The purpose of the present study was to determine the prevalence of hyaluronidase among clinical strains of Staphylococcus aureus and among other Staphylococcus species. Spent media and chromosomal DNA were assessed for hyaluronidase activity and the absence or presence of a hyaluronidase gene (hysA) by Southern analysis, respectively. All S. aureus strains examined exhibited at least one hybridizing band (half of the strains exhibited two or more hybridizing bands) when probed for hysA and all but three of these strains produced hyaluronidase. In contrast, none of the type strains of 19 other species exhibited either hyaluronidase activity or hybridizing bands when probed for hysA. These data support the hypothesis that among members of the Staphylococcus genus only strains of S. aureus possess the enzyme hyaluronidase. This would suggest that hyaluronidase represents yet another potential virulence factor employed by S. aureus to cause disease and may represent a diagnostically important characteristic for distinguishing S. aureus from other members of this genus