78 research outputs found
Is nomadism the ‘problem’? The social construction of Gypsies and Travellers as perpetrators of ‘anti-social’ behaviour in Britain
Book sysnopsis: Anti-social behaviour is a key issue in the social and political life of Britain in the twenty-first century, as were respectability and immorality in the Victorian era. Written by expert sociologists, historians, criminologists and political scientists, this interdisciplinary collection examines anti-social behaviour from a range of historical and contemporary perspectives.
The volume compares two essential themes, firstly the forms of anti-social behaviour and secondly the methods employed by governments to repress and control anti-social behaviour. Compelling parallels emerge through the interrelated chapters, which are divided into three main areas: the urban environment and public spaces, the vulnerable and the marginalised and recreation and leisure.
This comprehensive collection is the first to examine anti-social behaviour from such an inclusive and wide-ranging position. It establishes clear parallels between the two periods regarding types of ASB and how they have been dealt with by successive governments, arguing that anti-social behaviour and political responses to it are by no means new phenomena
Inclusions of C*-algebras of graded groupoids
We consider a locally compact Hausdorff groupoid which is graded over a
discrete group. Then the fibre over the identity is an open and closed
subgroupoid . We show that the full C*-algebra of this subgroupoid embeds
isometrically into the full C*-algebra of the groupoid; this extends a theorem
of Kaliszewski--Quigg--Raeburn from the \'etale to the non-\'etale setting. We
use the same ideas to investigate a possible embedding of the reduced
C*-algebra of the subgroupoid in the reduced C*-algebra of the groupoid, and
find that there is an obstruction in the kernel of the quotient map from the
full to the reduced C*-algebras of . As an application we show that the
full and reduced C*-algebras of are topologically graded in the sense of
Exel, and we discuss the full and reduced C*-algebras of the associated
bundles.Comment: 12 page
Representing topological full groups in Steinberg algebras and C*-algebras
We study the natural representation of the topological full group of an ample
Hausdorff groupoid into the groupoid's complex Steinberg algebra. We
characterise precisely when this representation is injective and show that it
is rarely surjective. We then restrict our attention to discrete groupoids,
which provide unexpected insight into the behaviour of the extension of the
representation of the topological full group into the full and reduced groupoid
C*-algebras. We show that the extension into the full groupoid C*-algebra is
not surjective unless the groupoid is a group, and we provide an example
showing that the extension may still surject onto the reduced groupoid
C*-algebra even when the groupoid is not a group.Comment: 12 page
Filtering germs: Groupoids associated to inverse semigroups
We investigate various groupoids associated to an arbitrary inverse semigroup
with zero. We show that the groupoid of filters with respect to the natural
partial order is isomorphic to the groupoid of germs arising from the standard
action of the inverse semigroup on the space of idempotent filters. We also
investigate the restriction of this isomorphism to the groupoid of tight
filters and to the groupoid of ultrafilters.Comment: 9 pages. This version matches the version in Expositiones
Mathematica
Lessons from Two States with Extension Programs for Managing Stress
Recognizing the need for education that addresses social emotional and mental health issues faced by adults, Extension developed two different types of programs. Michigan State University (MSU) Extension developed the RELAX: Alternatives to Anger program (RELAX) to address anger management, and West Virginia University (WVU) Extension created Stress Less with Mindfulness (SLM) to build stress management skills among adults. At a national conference, the two states independently shared their programs’ objectives and delivery implementation and then later cross-trained each other’s Extension team. The research reported here shares the designs of both stress-reduction health programs and the results of a combined two-state SLM evaluation with 1,304 participants. The benefits of SLM included skill learning and practice. Recommendations for practice include state Extension services sharing curricula resources, training teams from each other’s states, and jointly implementing evaluation protocols. Extension professionals looking for established programs that help people gain skills to promote emotional health and stress-reduction may consider implementing one of these community-based programs in their states
The local bisection hypothesis for twisted groupoid C*-algebras
In this note, we present criteria that are equivalent to a locally compact
Hausdorff groupoid being effective. One of these conditions is that
satisfies the "C*-algebraic local bisection hypothesis"; that is, that every
normaliser in the reduced twisted groupoid C*-algebra is supported on an open
bisection. The semigroup of normalisers plays a fundamental role in our proof,
as does the semigroup of normalisers in cyclic group C*-algebras.Comment: 11 pages. This version matches the version in Semigroup Foru
Learning from monitoring networks: Few-large vs. many-small plots and multi-scale analysis
In order to learn about broad scale ecological patterns, data from large-scale surveys must allow us to either estimate the correlations between the environment and an outcome and/or accurately predict ecological patterns. An important part of data collection is the sampling effort used to collect observations, which we decompose into two quantities: the number of observations or plots (n) and the per-observation/plot effort (E; e.g., area per plot). If we want to understand the relationships between predictors and a response variable, then lower model parameter uncertainty is desirable. If the goal is to predict a response variable, then lower prediction error is preferable. We aim to learn if and when aggregating data can help attain these goals. We find that a small sample size coupled with large observation effort coupled (few large) can yield better predictions when compared to a large number of observations with low observation effort (many small). We also show that the combination of the two values (n and E), rather than one alone, has an impact on parameter uncertainty. In an application to Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) data, we model the tree density of selected species at various amounts of aggregation using linear regression in order to compare the findings from simulated data to real data. The application supports the theoretical findings that increasing observational effort through aggregation can lead to improved predictions, conditional on the thoughtful aggregation of the observational plots. In particular, aggregations over extremely large and variable covariate space may lead to poor prediction and high parameter uncertainty. Analyses of large-range data can improve with aggregation, with implications for both model evaluation and sampling design: testing model prediction accuracy without an underlying knowledge of the datasets and the scale at which predictor variables operate can obscure meaningful results
Reading ads, reading the world
This paper challenges the reductive notion of children as ‘efferent' readers who learn to decode written language in order to ‘take away’ knowledge. This anachronistic idea has become entrenched in current UK curriculum and education policy. However, it is well established that decoding letters and sounds is only one aspect of reading, that reading is cultural and that learning to read, not only words but also images and sounds, develops children's comprehension and criticality. With this in mind, I seek to share a process through which children and young people were able to develop as readers with a particular focus on the reading of media texts. I present an account of media education activity which focused on the way children read media texts, in the classroom. I suggest that with appropriate pedagogic and conceptual tools children develop as critical, cultural and collaborative readers of words, images, sounds and texts and thereby of the world
The Vehicle, Fall 1982
Vol. 24, No. 1
Table of Contents
Winter SurveillanceB.L. Davidsonpage 3
The InvitationBecky Lawsonpage 4
Check In, Check OutSteve Sandstrompage 4
On The Front Porch StepKeila Tooleypage 5
Old Greek ManDevon Flesorpage 5
Exotic PassionsBecky Lawsonpage 6
PhotographLisa Owenspage 7
Beyond The ThornsBrook Wilsonpage 8
Ritual Of HeatB.L. Davidsonpage 11
The GamerBecky Lawsonpage 12
It\u27s OverKeila Tooleypage 13
DreamJohn Stockmanpage 14
Silver DollarGina J. Grillopage 15
The DancerJessica Lewispage 16
Snapshots Of Rural IllinoisIsabel M. Parrottpage 16
The Last SeasonTheresa Whitesidepage 17
DrawingKaren Haneypage 17
Rotary LuncheonJessica Lewispage 18
Factory TourLinda Fraembspage 18
The ImmigrantsD.L. Lewispage 19
At Shedd AquariumLinda Fraembspage 20
The GuardianBecky Lewispage 20
Digital LifeEverett Tackettpage 21
Full ServiceScott Graypage 22
Dust ShowLinda A. Brownpage 23
At SixMaureen Foertschpage 24
DrawingJean Imherrpage 24
ReflectionMaggie Kennedypage 25
Cat DefiningBecky Lawsonpage 26
Ode To An Unread NewspaperLinda Fraembspage 26
GumSteve Sandstrompage 27
The DancerChrystal Clarkpage 27
PoemD.L. Lewispage 28
For LucyStacey Flanniganpage 29
An AbortionDevon Flesorpage 29
ReveriesKeila Tooleypage 30
Sunday Morning After Tequila With LemonScott Graypage 33
Staging A Living Jewel BoxMichelle Mitchellpage 34
The Other WomanStacey Flanniganpage 35
The Natural LookMichelle Mitchellpage 35
Poem To A Girl Named SandalsJohn Stockmanpage 36
PhotographLisa Owenspage 37
In The Balcony Of The Bijou On A Saturday NightScott Graypage 38
The Canadian Soccer PlayerBecky Lawsonpage 39
The HealingJohn Stockmanpage 39
AppeasedDevon Flesorpage 40
CodaJohn Stockmanpage 40https://thekeep.eiu.edu/vehicle/1040/thumbnail.jp
- …