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Workshop in Moodle: a tool for peer critiquing
This paper will begin with a brief discussion of the benefits of peer assessment and peer critiquing. In particular, it will examine how both can be beneficial in
helping to introduce, and reinforce, valuable graduate attributes in students throughout their university careers.
It will then examine the tools available at the University of Glasgow and evaluate them in terms of their strengths and weaknesses. In order to explain this in detail, a real life case study from a third year class in Nursing will be presented. The paper will conclude that, while there are obvious benefits to peer critiquing tools being used with a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE), some modifications
are necessary in order to make them more easily usable by staff and students
Measurement of the LCG2 and glite file catalogue's performance
When the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) begins operation at CERN in 2007 it will produce data in volumes never before seen. Physicists around the world will manage, distribute and analyse petabytes of this data using the middleware provided by the LHC Computing Grid. One of the critical factors in the smooth running of this system is the performance of the file catalogues which allow users to access their files with a logical filename without knowing their physical location. This paper presents a detailed study comparing the performance and respective merits and shortcomings of two of the main catalogues: the LCG File Catalogue and the gLite FiReMan catalogue
Practical limitations in optical entanglement purification
Entanglement purification protocols play an important role in the
distribution of entangled systems, which is necessary for various quantum
information processing applications. We consider the effects of photo-detector
efficiency and bandwidth, channel loss and mode-mismatch on the operation of an
optical entanglement purification protocol. We derive necessary detector and
mode-matching requirements to facilitate practical operation of such a scheme,
without having to resort to destructive coincidence type demonstrations.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figure
Quantum Computation with Coherent States, Linear Interactions and Superposed Resources
We show that quantum computation circuits with coherent states as the logical
qubits can be constructed using very simple linear networks, conditional
measurements and coherent superposition resource states
Entangled Coherent State Qubits in an Ion Trap
We show how entangled qubits can be encoded as entangled coherent states of
two-dimensional centre-of-mass vibrational motion for two ions in an ion trap.
The entangled qubit state is equivalent to the canonical Bell state, and we
introduce a proposal for entanglement transfer from the two vibrational modes
to the electronic states of the two ions in order for the Bell state to be
detected by resonance fluorescence shelving methods.Comment: 4 pages, No figures, accepted to PRA, minor chang
Factors affecting coping with bullying in adolescence
Bullying in schools has become an increasingly recognised problem. Since Olweus (1978) there has been an increase in research dedicated to this area, highlighting the ways bullying can be defined and its impact on the psychological well being of children and adolescents. As not all young people who are bullied experience psychological consequences, research has also examined differences in coping with the experience. This aims of this study are to investigate different types of bullying that occur and whether the psychological impact of bullying is affected by the ways in which young people cope and the social support they perceive to have available to them. A self-report questionnaire survey was conducted using two samples (school and clinical) of young people aged 12-16 years (N=82). Results suggest that those who report being bullied use cognitive restructuring coping strategies less often than those who report not experiencing bullying but overall psychological well being between the two groups was comparable. Type of bullying did not affect perceived levels of social support o r the level of reporting bullying experiences to teachers. The implications of the findings are discussed
Planning for the mobile library: a strategy for managing innovation and transformation at the University of Glasgow Library
Modern mobile devices have powerful features that are transforming access to information. Lippincott argues that as mobile devices such as smartphones become âkey information devicesâ for our users, libraries will want to have a significant presence in offering content and services that are suitable for this medium. This article outlines the process of development and implementation of a mobile strategy at the University of Glasgow Library. What began as an investigation into a mobile interface to the library catalogue evolved into a comprehensive strategic review of how we deliver services now and in the future in this rapidly changing mobile environment
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