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Morphology in the Era of Large Surveys
The study of galaxies has changed dramatically over the past few decades with
the advent of large-scale astronomical surveys. These large collaborative
efforts have made available high-quality imaging and spectroscopy of hundreds
of thousands of systems, providing a body of observations which has
significantly enhanced our understanding not only of cosmology and large-scale
structure in the universe but also of the astrophysics of galaxy formation and
evolution. Throughout these changes, one thing that has remained constant is
the role of galaxy morphology as a clue to understanding galaxies. But
obtaining morphologies for large numbers of galaxies is challenging; this
topic, "Morphology in the era of large surveys", was the subject of a recent
discussion meeting at the Royal Astronomical Society, and this "Astronomy and
Geophysics" article is a report on that meeting.Comment: Meeting Report article published in the October 2013 issue of the
Royal Astronomical Society journal Astronomy and Geophysics. 4 page pdf with
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Procunier Remodel Project
The Procunier Remodel Project report summarizes the preconstruction process for a single-family home remodel in the city of Walnut Creek. Key aspects of the report involve architectural design, structural design, interaction with the city, and interaction with the client
Increasing patient engagement in healthcare service design: a qualitative evaluation of a co-design programme in New Zealand
The Health & Quality Safety Commission New Zealand commissioned Ko Awatea, an innovation and improvement centre, to deliver a co-design programme to nine teams of healthcare providers. The co-design programme was part of Partners in Care, a broader programme developed in 2012 to support and enable patient engagement and participation across the health and disability sector. In the current programme teams received training, guidance and mentorship in Experience Based Design (EBD) methodology through a one day masterclass, seven WebEx sessions, coaching calls, email and through the completion of workbooks. We evaluated the co-design programme to explore the experiences, challenges and solutions that participating teams encountered while engaging with patients in their projects. The evaluation involved seventeen semi-structured interviews with programme participants, including seven team members, five sponsors, four patients and the programme facilitator. A further two team members provided feedback in written form and eight of nine teams provided completed workbooks. Data from the interviews and workbooks was thematically analysed. Health professionals identified key challenges to patient engagement as capturing diverse experiences, clear communication of project details and the availability and health of the patient. Patients advised the importance of improved communication, planning in advance and providing feedback and assurance about the value of their contribution. There are several important considerations to secure and maintain patient engagement in co-design. These include tailored strategies for approaching patients and capturing their experiences, pre-existing relationships and continued rapport building between patients and health professionals, good communication throughout the project, planning, and visibility of outcomes
Increasing sustainability in co-design projects: A qualitative evaluation of a co-design programme in New Zealand
The Health Quality & Safety Commission New Zealand commissioned Ko Awatea, an innovation and improvement centre, to deliver a co-design programme to nine teams of healthcare providers. The co-design programme was part of Partners in Care, a broader programme developed in 2012 to support and enable patient engagement and participation across the health and disability sector. Teams received training, guidance and mentorship in Experience Based Design (EBD) methodology.1 We evaluated the co-design programme to explore barriers and facilitators to the sustainability of the co-design projects and the EBD approach. The evaluation involved seventeen semi-structured interviews with programme participants, including seven team members, five sponsors, four patients and the programme facilitator. A further two team members provided written feedback. Eight teams provided completed workbooks. Data from the interviews and workbooks was thematically analysed. Team members saw support from sponsors as important to increase visibility and successful completion of co-design projects, mitigate barriers, and to secure resources and buy-in from peers. Five of nine participating teams reported dissatisfaction with the support received. Communication and competing priorities were challenges to sponsor engagement. Sharing co-design skills with peers and alignment with organisational strategy were seen as important for sustainability. Teams identified lack of secured resources or staff time, and consumer or staff attrition as key barriers to sustainability. The conclusion: buy-in from sponsors and senior leaders, support from colleagues, user-friendliness of co-design tools, consumer and staff availability, alignment, and system or culture change were key factors that influenced project sustainability
Unproceedings of the Fourth .Astronomy Conference (.Astronomy 4), Heidelberg, Germany, July 9-11 2012
The goal of the .Astronomy conference series is to bring together
astronomers, educators, developers and others interested in using the Internet
as a medium for astronomy. Attendance at the event is limited to approximately
50 participants, and days are split into mornings of scheduled talks, followed
by 'unconference' afternoons, where sessions are defined by participants during
the course of the event. Participants in unconference sessions are discouraged
from formal presentations, with discussion, workshop-style formats or informal
practical tutorials encouraged. The conference also designates one day as a
'hack day', in which attendees collaborate in groups on day-long projects for
presentation the following morning. These hacks are often a way of
concentrating effort, learning new skills, and exploring ideas in a practical
fashion. The emphasis on informal, focused interaction makes recording
proceedings more difficult than for a normal meeting. While the first
.Astronomy conference is preserved formally in a book, more recent iterations
are not documented. We therefore, in the spirit of .Astronomy, report
'unproceedings' from .Astronomy 4, which was held in Heidelberg in July 2012.Comment: 11 pages, 1 figure, .Astronomy 4, #dotastr
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