(Re)defining learning design: a framework fit for the twenty-first century

Learning design as we know it is at a crossroads. Based on learning theories published almost a hundred years ago, it is designing for in-person learning and a student demographic that hasn’t been seen since the 1950s. In the twenty-first century, and particularly post Covid-19, the field is long overdue for an update that puts blended and online learning at the forefront, addresses the inevitable link between the internet and education and responds to the changing demographics of learners in higher education. This paper will look at pedagogy and learning design through a modern lens with an aim to redefine the field and develop a new framework for learning design that is intuitive, inclusive, and grounded in the current century

Sustaining the Digital Humanities in the UK

The Sustaining Digital Humanities in the UK report is timely for the UK Digital Humanities (DH) landscape. The establishment of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has created an opportune moment for the strategic planning of research infrastructure between and across all the research areas. Led by Giles Bergel and Pip Willcox, this report is based on the findings of a workshop held at the University of Oxford’s e-Research Centre (OeRC) on 21 June 2018 and sponsored by the Software Sustainability Institute. The workshop was led by an advisory board of Digital Humanities practitioners, representing a range of career stages, roles, and disciplines. The workshop’s organisers and advisory board are the joint authors of this report, with contributions from workshop participants. The mission of the Software Sustainability Institute (SSI) is to cultivate better, more sustainable, research software to enable world-class research. Currently celebrating its 10th year, the SSI has achieved broadening engagement across academic communities including humanities – for example as a longstanding supporter of the Digital Humanities at Oxford Summer School (DHOxSS), and with SSI Fellows in the arts and humanities areas. This report was commissioned by the SSI with the aim of advancing its mission within the humanities. Digital Humanities, a broad intersection of models, methods, tools, materials, career paths and affiliations, in both established and novel disciplines was identified as the area within the humanities that most closely aligns with the SSI’s role

Maternal anthropometric characteristics in pregnancy and blood pressure among adolescents: 1993 live birth cohort, Pelotas, southern Brazil

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>We investigated the association between maternal anthropometric measurements in prepregnancy and at the end of pregnancy and their children's systolic (SBP) and diastolic (DBP) blood pressure at 11 years of age, in a prospective cohort study.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>All hospital births which took place in 1993 in the city of Pelotas - Brazil, were identified (5,249 live births). In 2004, the overall proportion of follow-up was 85% and we obtained arterial blood pressure measurements of 4,452 adolescents.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>Independent variables analyzed included maternal prepregnancy weight and body mass index (BMI) and maternal weight, and height at the end of pregnancy. Multiple linear regression analysis controlling for the following confounders were carried out: adolescent's skin color, family income at birth, smoking, alcohol intake during pregnancy, and gestational arterial hypertension. Mean SBP and DBP were 101.9 mmHg (SD 12.3) and 63.4 mmHg (SD 9.9), respectively. Maternal prepregnancy weight and BMI, and weight at the end of pregnancy were positively associated with both SBP and DBP in adolescent subjects of both sexes; maternal height was positively associated with SBP only among males.</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>Adequate evaluation of maternal anthropometric characteristics during pregnancy may prevent high levels of blood pressure among adolescent children.</p

Microbial Fuel Cells and Microbial Ecology: Applications in Ruminant Health and Production Research

Microbial fuel cell (MFC) systems employ the catalytic activity of microbes to produce electricity from the oxidation of organic, and in some cases inorganic, substrates. MFC systems have been primarily explored for their use in bioremediation and bioenergy applications; however, these systems also offer a unique strategy for the cultivation of synergistic microbial communities. It has been hypothesized that the mechanism(s) of microbial electron transfer that enable electricity production in MFCs may be a cooperative strategy within mixed microbial consortia that is associated with, or is an alternative to, interspecies hydrogen (H2) transfer. Microbial fermentation processes and methanogenesis in ruminant animals are highly dependent on the consumption and production of H2in the rumen. Given the crucial role that H2 plays in ruminant digestion, it is desirable to understand the microbial relationships that control H2 partial pressures within the rumen; MFCs may serve as unique tools for studying this complex ecological system. Further, MFC systems offer a novel approach to studying biofilms that form under different redox conditions and may be applied to achieve a greater understanding of how microbial biofilms impact animal health. Here, we present a brief summary of the efforts made towards understanding rumen microbial ecology, microbial biofilms related to animal health, and how MFCs may be further applied in ruminant research

Associations of maternal iron intake and hemoglobin in pregnancy with offspring vascular phenotypes and adiposity at age 10: findings from the avon longitudinal study of parents and children.

Iron deficiency is common during pregnancy. Experimental animal studies suggest that it increases cardiovascular risk in the offspring

Development of the Warsaw School of Transport Economics from the Perspective of the 110th Anniversary of the Warsaw School of Economics

W artykule przedstawiono ewolucję badań naukowych i dorobek warszawskiej szkoły ekonomiki transportu. Obchodząca 110-lecie swojego istnienia Szkoła Główna Handlowa w Warszawie wpisała się na trwałe w tworzenie podstaw teoretycznych funkcjonowania gospodarki i jej sektorów, w tym sektora transportowego uznawanego za „krwiobieg” gospodarczy. Już we wczesnych latach funkcjonowania warszawskiej Szkoły Głównej Handlowej, a następnie SGPiS, problematyka transportu pojawiała się w wykładach z zakresu historii i geografii gospodarczej. W okresie powojennym nauka o transporcie i jego wieloaspektowych problemach ekonomicznych zajmowała coraz więcej należnego jej miejsca w badaniach i dydaktyce. W 1967 roku powstała – założona przez nestora nauk o transporcie prof. Mariana Madeyskiego – Katedra Transportu, która w przyszłym roku obchodzić będzie półwiecze istnienia. Jej roli w rozwoju myśli ekonomicznej w zakresie transportu poświęcono w artykule szczególną uwagę. W SGH drugim silnym zespołem zajmującym się problematyką ekonomiczną transportu były jednostki skupione przy ówczesnym Wydziale Handlu Zagranicznego, obecnie Kolegium Gospodarki Światowej. Obchody 110-lecia Szkoły Głównej Handlowej w Warszawie i 70-lecia wyższego szkolnictwa ekonomicznego na Pomorzu Zachodnim są dobrą okazją do podsumowań dorobku warszawskiej szkoły ekonomiki transportu, jako jednego z wiodących ośrodków naukowych w zakresie badania ekonomiczno-finansowych oraz zarządczych aspektów i zjawisk występujących w sektorze transportu i logistyki.The Warsaw School of Economics, which is celebrating its 110 anniversary, has become an inherent contributor to the creation of theoretical foundations of the operation of economy and its sectors. Transport is regarded to be the bloodstream of economy. As early as in the times of the Higher School of Commerce and later the Central School of Planning and Statistics transport problems were included in the lectures on economic history and geography. In the post-war period the science of transport and its multi-aspect economic problems took increasingly more due space in the research and teaching. In 1967 the Department of Transport was founded by doyen of transport sciences professor Marian Madeyski. Next year it will celebrate its half a century. The second important team dealing with the problem of transport was within the Department of Foreign Trade, later the Collegium of the World Economy. The celebration of the 110th anniversary of the Warsaw School of Economics and 70th anniversary of Szczecin’s transport school is an opportunity to sum up the achievements of the Warsaw school of transport economics as a leading scientific centre in the area of research of economic aspects and phenomena in the sector of transport and logistics