The Social Interpretation of Interpersonal Communication through a Global Perspective: A Valpo Sports Team Case Study

The social interpretation of interpersonal communication through a global perspective provides insights into human adaptation. By focusing on the cultural adaptations of members of sports teams, one can view the amazing variety of approaches to the adaptation process. This study identified sports teams at Valparaiso University having a mix of cultures especially global in origin. Through interviews and focus groups, these global representatives of various cultures described the ways the teams have developed their mutual adaptation approaches. The theories of Speech Act, Social Constructionism, and Internationalism were primarily taken from the Hansen-Horn and Neff text: Public Relations: From Theory to Practice. The PR Strategy and Application text by Coombs and Holladay provided the foundation for understanding the development of relationships culturally. Thus, how these team members were able to move to a more integrative, yet a mutually beneficial concept of a relationship explains greatly how public relations functions. It is through the context of the speech act (culture, relationship, episode) that Social Constructionism theory describes how communication co-creates meaning to enable individuals to survive as a team. The creation of meaning through human interactions offers routes to redefine, refine, reformulate, and restructure the approaches to communication. Of course, the International Public Relations cultural theory provides the groundwork for describing the means to adapt to the cross-cultural differences and issues

Magic angle spinning (MAS) NMR linewidths in the presence of solid-state dynamics

In solid-state NMR, the magic angle spinning (MAS) technique fails to suppress anisotropic spin interactions fully if reorientational dynamics are present, resulting in a decay of the rotational-echo train in the time-domain signal. We show that a simple analytical model can be used to quantify this linebroadening effect as a function of the MAS frequency, reorientational rate constant, and magnitude of the inhomogeneous anisotropic broadening. We compare this model with other theoretical approaches and with exact computer simulations, and show how it may be used to estimate rate constants from experimental NMR data

Thermal Analysis as a Tool in Materials Science

As an emerging discipline, pharmaceutical materials science correlates physical properties of active compounds and pharmaceutical ingredients with the performance of the finished dosage product. Small molecules of pharmaceutical interest can exist in many different forms called morphs, which have different degrees of order at the atomic level. Detection, characterisation and quantification of amorphous, polymorphs and pseudo-polymorhs have been recent subjects of research globally. The thermal analysis (TA) has been extensively used to provide insight into structural changes on molecular level. Therefore, TA is the most important analytical tool for studying physico-chemical properties of materials. Amongst the most widely used thermal analytical techniques are thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and hot stage microscopy (HSM). Recently, differential mechanical analysis (DMA) and thermally stimulated current (TSC) spectroscopy draw attention to a new ways of monitoring motions and changes in the structure of materials. Basic principles and applications of the most widely used TA techniques are main scope of the presentation. In addition, novel approaches and hyphenated techniques will be introduced

The Metaverse evolution: Toward Future Digital Twin Campuses

The term 'Metaverse' has been used to refer to the next generation Internet (NextG). New, developing, and recently innovation technologies have enabled the incorporation of digital twins into education's metaverse. This is a shared virtual area that combines all virtual worlds over the Internet. This will enable users represented by digital avatars to interact and cooperate as if they were in the physical world. While the metaverse may seem futuristic, it is accelerating because of emerging technologies such as AI and Extended Reality. This paper explores the technologies utilised to build the metaverse and practical applications on improving the educational experience and offer value by optimising how students are taught. Thus, we shall study in detail eight enabling technologies that are important for the Metaverse ecosystem: Virtual, Augmented, and Mixed Reality. Autonomy of Avatar, Computer Agent, and Digital Twin. Data Storage, Data sharing and Data interoperability. This article will discuss prospective metaverse technology and its difficulties. Finally, we have looked at societal acceptance, privacy, and security challenge

The Utilisation Of Thermal Methods For The Screening Of Three Component Co-amorphous Systems

Indomethacin and piroxicam are known to become amorphous upon rapid cooling after melting. Multiple three-component co-amorphous mixtures have been produced via a melt quench method to evaluate the influence of the third component on stability and physical properties on the co-amorphous mixture of piroxicam and indomethacin. These have then been tested using thermal gravimetric analysis, differential scan calorimetry and hot stage microscopy. Results have confirmed the creation of a three-component co-amorphous system

Qualified Person Learning Programme Development: An Example of the Tempus Joint Project Activity

The role of Qualified Person (QP) is a pivotal one in Quality Assurance within the pharmaceutical industry. The competences required are usually achieved through work experience and more formal forms of learning, such as postgraduate MSc and/or relevant short-term courses. Duties of QP in the pharmaceutical sector in Serbia used to be performed by expert pharmacists with the relevant industrial experience and a Postgraduate Specialization Degree in Drug Analysis and Quality Control. However, it has been recognized that the learning needs of QPs should be extended to include knowledge of drug formulation and manufacturing processes. Taking into account the pre-accession status of Serbia, harmonization with EU practice and policies has been emphasized. In particular, compliance with EU directives 2001/82/EC and 2001/83/EC, which detail the role of, and academic qualifications required by a QP will be necessary. In order to respond to this need which has been highlighted within the sector, the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Belgrade took responsibility for establishing the relevant postgraduate course, and set this as one of the priorities of the current Tempus PQPharm Project. The aim of this work is to provide an example of an outcomes-based interactive approach to curriculum development performed through an international joint-project collaboration activity