Optically pumped resonance magnetometer for determining vectoral components in a spatial coordinate system Patent

Design and development of optically pumped resonance magnetometer for determining vectoral components in spatial coordinate syste

Hidden innovation in the construction and property sectors

The construction and property industries have a poor reputation for innovation. Indeed, this reputation appears to be backed by official statistics which projects these industries as being devoid of innovative activity. However, the reputation is undeserved. Official statistics misrepresent the extent and nature of innovation in these sectors. A closer analysis reveals that much of the innovation that exists in the sector is hidden from conventional measures. By its nature therefore, it is difficult to measure the precise extent of this innovation and disaggregate it from general improvement. This opaqueness strengthens the need for policymakers, practitioners and researchers within, amongst others, the surveying sector to go beyond the visible spectrum of innovation and design and implement appropriate policies, knowledge bases and practices which engage and leverage the hitherto hidden aspects of innovation

Barth’s concept and criticism of religion

The Thesis is set within the pastoral problem of how Karl Earth was to preach meaningfully to his congregations. For this study, the problem of religion was raised through concern over the relationship between institutional religion and living faith; over questions about the content of religious language, and the relevance of a largely conceptual religion to the concrete thought-forms of modem urban man. The study begins with an assessment of the significance of Barth's early years and theological development, and then moves on to sketch in some of Barth's major theological themes. There then follows a textual analysis of Barth's commentary on Romans Chapter 7, and the section in the Church Dogmatics (1.2) entitled The Revelation of God as the Abolition of Religion'. These are compared and contrasted, and linked to some biblical themes. The question of religion is then set in its historical context, attention being paid to Barth's understanding of the problem of religion in theology, to the distinctive characteristics of nineteenth century theology as they affected Barth's thought, and also to the debate between Karl Barth and Adolph von Hamack. Next attention is paid to Barth's methodology, assessing particularly the significance for the concept of religion of the Dialectical Method, and then more specifically of the influence on Barth of Soren Kierkegaard. The final section seeks to explore the way forward, assessing Barth's concept of true religion, and then asking what light is thrown on the concept of religion by Martin Buber. The thesis then concludes with a brief assessment of the significance of Barth's critique of religion for the modem church

Believing in food addiction: helpful or counter-productive for eating behaviour?

Objective: Obesity is often attributed to an addiction to food, and many people believe themselves to be “food addicts.” However, little is known about how such beliefs may affect dietary control and weight management. The current research examined the impact of experimentally manipulating participants' personal food addiction beliefs on eating behavior. Methods In two studies, female participants (study 1: N  = 64; study 2: N  = 90) completed food‐related computerized tasks and were given bogus feedback on their performance which indicated that they had high, low, or average food addiction tendencies. Food intake was then assessed in an ad libitum taste test. Dietary concern and time taken to complete the taste test were recorded in study 2. Results: In study 1, participants in the high‐addiction condition consumed fewer calories than those in the low‐addiction condition, F (1,60) = 7.61, P  = 0.008, η p2 = 0.11. Study 2 replicated and extended this finding, showing that the effect of the high‐addiction condition on food intake was mediated by increased dietary concern, which reduced the amount of time participants willingly spent exposed to the foods during the taste test, b  = −0.06 (0.03), 95% confidence interval = −0.13 to −0.01. Conclusions: Believing oneself to be a food addict is associated with short‐term dietary restriction. The longer‐term effects on weight management now warrant attention

Coupling online control and inhibitory systems in children with Developmental Coordination Disorder: Goal-directed reaching

For children with Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD), the real-time coupling between frontal executive function and online motor control has not been explored despite reported deficits in each domain. The aim of the present study was to investigate how children with DCD enlist online control under task constraints that compel the need for inhibitory control. A total of 129 school children were sampled from mainstream primary schools. Forty-two children who metre search criteria for DCD were compared with 87 typically developing controls on a modified double-jump reaching task. Children within each skill group were divided into three age bands: younger (6–7years), mid-aged (8–9), and older (10–12). Online control was compared between groups as a function of trial type (non-jump, jump, anti-jump). Overall, results showed that while movement times were similar between skill groups under simple task constraints (non-jump), on perturbation (or jump) trials the DCD group were significantly slower than controls and corrected trajectories later. Critically, the DCD group was further disadvantaged by anti-jump trials where inhibitory control was required; however, this effect reduced with age. While coupling online control and executive systems is not well developed in younger and mid-aged children, there is evidence of age-appropriate coupling in older children. Longitudinal data are needed to clarify this intriguing finding. The theoretical and applied implications of these results are discussed