Characterisation of ductile crack initiation and growth in mild steel

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Effect of neck cut position on time to collapse in halal slaughtered cattle without stunning

This study examined the effect of neck cut position on the time to physical collapse in upright restrained halal slaughtered cattle (n = 644). Time to collapse was used as an indirect indicator of the early stages of onset of unconsciousness. Cattle were slaughtered with either a conventional low (LNC) (n = 561) or a high neck cut (HNC) (n = 83). Mean time to final collapse was higher in the LNC compared to HNC group (18.9 ± 1.1 s and 13.5 ± 1.3 s respectively (P 20 s to final collapse had larger false aneurysms. In summary, the HNC reduced the mean time to final collapse and the frequency of animals that took longer than 20 s to collapse

Emotional Intelligence and Performance in Graduate School Counseling Program

Emotional Intelligence has been described in the popular literature as being a better predictor of life success than cognitive ability or personality (Gibbs, 1995). In recent years, there has been a plethora of emotional intelligence workshops, books, seminars, and web pages dedicated to education and training in the development of emotional intelligence in the workplace and in other life areas. Despite this trend, there is a considerable amount of discrepancy regarding the measurement and description of what emotional intelligence represents. Not surprisingly, there has also been inconsistency in the literature regarding its predictive value with job and academic success. Moreover, the notion of emotional intelligence development and conditions for change has not been explicitly evaluated. One area of potential promise for evaluating emotional intelligence change and predictive utility is in counseling graduate training, where students are trained in intra and interpersonal effectiveness and other areas related to the current notion of emotional intelligence. Moreover, students are closely monitored and evaluated on their clinical performance and professional development and thus incorporate more than GPA in determining student performance and success in the program. In this study, two hypotheses were examined. First, I hypothesized that exposure to graduate training practicum and socialization into the program philosophy would increase one\u27s level of emotional Intelligence (El). Second, I hypothesized that both El ability and self-report measures would explain variance in counselor performance evaluations not otherwise explained by personality and cognitive ability. Using analysis of covariance and paired sample t-test procedures, hypothesis one was not supported by the data. HypCw.esis two was tested using stepwise regression and correlational procedures and was also not supported in the current data. Limitations of this study and implications for research and practice will be addressed

Epistemology and conceptual resources for the development of learning technologies

The issues raised by the design and development of technologies to enhance learning has led to a demand for an appropriate language and form of conceptualisation. However we are insufficiently familiar with the way in which different types of mediated tool use occur, to develop the theoretical models needed for the development of this language and form of conceptualisation. In its absence a somewhat eclectic variety of concepts and research, such as the concept of affordance, are recruited in accounts of learning with new technologies. In looking briefly at the relevant area in philosophy this paper will consider whether or not the use of concepts such as affordance give adequate weight to social practice, meaning and knowledge in the design of educational technology. A fruitful source for work in this field which has not been sufficiently exploited is philosophy, particularly recent work in epistemology

Assessing the economic damages of climate change: the role of investment versus consumption

To calculate the damages climate change will cause in the economy, it is important to differentiate consumption from investment. Gregory Casey, Stephie Fried, and Matthew Gibson write that without that distinction, existing methods downplay the effect of climate change on capital accumulation and economic growth. Their research shows that climate change will have a significant impact on aggregate economic outcomes in developed economies and that these impacts will be closely tied to the construction sector

Assessment of the effectiveness of head only and back-of-the-head electrical stunning of chickens

The study assesses the effectiveness of reversible head-only and back-of-the-head electrical stunning of chickens using 130–950 mA per bird at 50 Hz AC