152 research outputs found
Anna-Eva Bergman
Cette monographie dédiée à Anna-Eva Bergman (Stockholm, 1909-Antibes, 1987) démarre par une introduction étonnement défaitiste de Christine Lamothe (« Du réel et de son interprétation ») dans laquelle la Fondation Hans Hartung/Anna-Eva Bergman n’est pas présentée. De même, l’œuvre de Hans Hartung, avec lequel A-E. Bergman a partagé une grande partie de sa vie, n’est jamais illustré malgré de nombreuses mentions de l’ombre qu’il lui faisait. Pourtant il est aussi dit à quel point leur dialogue..
The uncertainty of students from a widening access context undertaking an integrated master’s degree in social studies
Extending study to a fourth year in Integrated Master’s Degrees (IMD) presents both risks and opportunities. This study explores students’ perceptions of moving from a three-year degree to a Welsh IMD. Students initially appeared ‘risk adverse’ to continuing their studies to a fourth-year with many seeing this as a ‘gamble’. The benefits identified included utilisation of loans for a fourth-year; improved career choices and increased confidence in their academic abilities. Risks identified were delayed entry into employment; suspension of income and increased student-debt. Data were collected through participatory research to ‘share knowledge, power and decision-making roles’. The data challenged the negative assumption that the primary driver for exiting at Level 6 would be extended financial risk. Self-reflexive narratives confirmed the actual ‘gamble’ was whether to ‘cash-out’ with their potentially higher existing grade at Level 6 or extend their studies and exit with a potentially lower classification. Barriers identified include enforced altruism and unknown degree status. A constructivist approach allowed students to challenge ‘moral-authority’; accountability and relevance of an IMD, consider its authenticity and reflect upon potential life-course trajectory and identity constructs
Landscape as the Locus for Artistic Transfers Between Ireland, Northern Ireland and Great Britain (1968 - Present Day)
This conference was the result of an observation: the violent events that occurred between the end of the 1960s and the Good Friday Agreement in 1998 have often been a focal point in the artistic practices in Ireland, Northern Ireland and Great Britain. The study of Irish art has privileged work based on the political situation in Northern Ireland during and after the Troubles. Recently, the Holden Gallery at Manchester Metropolitan University presented the exhibition Archiving Place and Time..
Landscape as the Locus for Artistic Transfers Between Ireland, Northern Ireland and Great Britain (1968 - Present Day)
This conference was the result of an observation: the violent events that occurred between the end of the 1960s and the Good Friday Agreement in 1998 have often been a focal point in the artistic practices in Ireland, Northern Ireland and Great Britain. The study of Irish art has privileged work based on the political situation in Northern Ireland during and after the Troubles. Recently, the Holden Gallery at Manchester Metropolitan University presented the exhibition Archiving Place and Time..
Makers and Quilters: Investigating Opportunities for Improving Gender-Imbalanced Maker Groups
© {Owner/Author | ACM} 2019. This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here for your personal use. Not for redistribution. The definitive Version of Record was published in Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3359131.Recent efforts to diversify participation in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math) activities through informal learning environments, such as hackathons and makerspaces, confirm a real desire for inclusion among potential female participants. However, understanding factors that may contribute to longer-term, sustainable diversification of such groups remains a challenge. In this paper, we present the results of a mixed-methods study of two microcosms of making: game development, and quilting. Our findings reveal parallel structures within these groups despite being highly skewed towards male or female participation, respectively. Our results shed light on attitudes, behaviours, and experiences indicating that similar desires for wider community support among other factors exist in both groups, but these needs are not satisfied in the STEM context. We conclude by discussing the implications of our findings as opportunities for rethinking how we design the environments that are meant to support design itself, considering the role of technology in these spaces, and prioritizing nurturing the development of the maker community beyond the maker space.Funder 1, NSERC Discovery Grant 2016-04422 || Funder 2, NSERC Discovery Accelerator Grant 492970-2016 || Funder 3, NSERC CREATE Saskatchewan-Waterloo Games User Research (SWaGUR) Grant 479724-2016 || Funder 4, Ontario Early Researcher Award ER15-11-18
Exploring Spirituality in Teaching Within a Christian School Context Through Collaborative Action Research
This article reports on a collaborative action research project conducted in New Zealand, during 2012, exploring spirituality in teaching within a Christian school context. The experienced primary school teacher participant chose to take action around the issue of personal fear and insecurity which were believed to be hindering professional growth and relationships. Through self-directed inquiry, critical reflective journaling, Bible study, fellowship and prayer with trusted friends, the teacher experienced a renewed sense of peace and freedom in Christ. This personal transformation was believed to be influential on subsequent professional practice, assisting the teacher to become more relational, responsive and compassionate. The findings provide a rich description of the participant’s spirituality, the lived reality of a person’s spiritual life. This report will be of interest to teachers, teacher-leaders and teacher-educators who desire to explore Christian spirituality through practitioner-led inquiry
insights for ecological applications from the German Biodiversity Exploratories
Biodiversity, a multidimensional property of natural systems, is difficult to
quantify partly because of the multitude of indices proposed for this purpose.
Indices aim to describe general properties of communities that allow us to
compare different regions, taxa, and trophic levels. Therefore, they are of
fundamental importance for environmental monitoring and conservation, although
there is no consensus about which indices are more appropriate and
informative. We tested several common diversity indices in a range of simple
to complex statistical analyses in order to determine whether some were better
suited for certain analyses than others. We used data collected around the
focal plant Plantago lanceolata on 60 temperate grassland plots embedded in an
agricultural landscape to explore relationships between the common diversity
indices of species richness (S), Shannon's diversity (H'), Simpson's diversity
(D1), Simpson's dominance (D2), Simpson's evenness (E), and Berger–Parker
dominance (BP). We calculated each of these indices for herbaceous plants,
arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, aboveground arthropods, belowground insect
larvae, and P. lanceolata molecular and chemical diversity. Including these
trait-based measures of diversity allowed us to test whether or not they
behaved similarly to the better studied species diversity. We used path
analysis to determine whether compound indices detected more relationships
between diversities of different organisms and traits than more basic indices.
In the path models, more paths were significant when using H', even though all
models except that with E were equally reliable. This demonstrates that while
common diversity indices may appear interchangeable in simple analyses, when
considering complex interactions, the choice of index can profoundly alter the
interpretation of results. Data mining in order to identify the index
producing the most significant results should be avoided, but simultaneously
considering analyses using multiple indices can provide greater insight into
the interactions in a system
Crop Updates 2006 - Cadoux and Calingiri
This session covers nine papers from different authors
Performance of oaten hay varieties in Western Australian environments, Raj Malik and Kellie Winfield, Department of Agriculture
Performance of dwarf potential milling varieties in Western Australian environments, Raj Malik and Kellie Winfield, Department of Agriculture
2006 Seasonal outlook, David Stephens, Michael Meuleners and Kari-Lee Falconer, Department of Agriculture
Matching nitrogen supply to crop demand in high rainfall cropping, Bill Bowden, Narelle Simpson Department of Agriculture
An overview of the potential for a Biofuels Industry in Western Australia, Anne Wilkins and Nathan Hancock, Department of Agriculture
IWM performs over 5 years in 33 focus paddocks, Peter Newman and Glen Adam, Department of Agriculture
Analysis of a wheat-pasture rotation in the 330mm annual rainfall zone using the STEP model, Andrew Blake and Caroline Peak Department of Agriculture
What lies beneath? – Understanding constraints to productivity below the soil surface, Stephen Davies and Chris Gazey Department of agriculture, Bob Gilkes, Dan Evans and Tania Liaghati, University of Western Australia
Managing the Unmanageable, Bill Bowden, Department of Agricultur
The Clinicogenomic Landscape of Induction Failure in Childhood and Young Adult T-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
PURPOSE: Failure to respond to induction chemotherapy portends a poor outcome in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and is more frequent in T-cell ALL (T-ALL) than B-cell ALL. We aimed to address the limited understanding of clinical and genetic factors that influence outcome in a cohort of patients with T-ALL induction failure (IF).METHODS: We studied all cases of T-ALL IF on two consecutive multinational randomized trials, UKALL2003 and UKALL2011, to define risk factors, treatment, and outcomes. We performed multiomic profiling to characterize the genomic landscape.RESULTS: IF occurred in 10.3% of cases and was significantly associated with increasing age, occurring in 20% of patients age 16 years and older. Five-year overall survival (OS) rates were 52.1% in IF and 90.2% in responsive patients (P < .001). Despite increased use of nelarabine-based chemotherapy consolidated by hematopoietic stem-cell transplant in UKALL2011, there was no improvement in outcome. Persistent end-of-consolidation molecular residual disease resulted in a significantly worse outcome (5-year OS, 14.3% v 68.5%; HR, 4.10; 95% CI, 1.35 to 12.45; P = .0071). Genomic profiling revealed a heterogeneous picture with 25 different initiating lesions converging on 10 subtype-defining genes. There was a remarkable abundance of TAL1 noncoding lesions, associated with a dismal outcome (5-year OS, 12.5%). Combining TAL1 lesions with mutations in the MYC and RAS pathways produces a genetic stratifier that identifies patients highly likely to fail conventional therapy (5-year OS, 23.1% v 86.4%; HR, 6.84; 95% CI, 2.78 to 16.78; P < .0001) and who should therefore be considered for experimental agents.CONCLUSION: The outcome of IF in T-ALL remains poor with current therapy. The lack of a unifying genetic driver suggests alternative approaches, particularly using immunotherapy, are urgently needed.</p
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