Evaluation of the Doodle Families Literacy Programme Pilot

The Doodle Families Literacy Programme was a pilot programme that was delivered in three DEIS Band 1 primary schools in Limerick during the period of April to June 2015 for First Class children and their parents.Doodle Families was originally designed as an afterschool programme, but the pilot schools delivered it during the school day or bridging the school day and afterschool time. Doodle Families was delivered in two four week blocks, with families participating in one session per week.The pilot programme objectives were:* To pilot Doodle Families as a follow up to Doodle Den;* To train a panel of facilitators from three pilot schools and local services to deliver the programme.* To verify programme content, implementation issues and training needs to support the replication of Doodle Families.The aim of the evaluation of Doodle Families was to assess the implementation of the programme, how it was delivered and how those involved in the delivery felt about the programme, including school staff, parents, children, school principals and external organisations

Manderlay (2005): Lars von Trier’s Narrative of Passing

Von Trier, the maverick Danish director, has over the course of his career earned a reputation for being difficult; he has a tendency to create films that are not only challenging but demand an active level of participation from his audience. The film Manderlay (2005) continues this tradition of provoking intellectual debate. Whereas numerous scholars and critics have recognised that the film can be read as a metaphorical reference to George W. Bush's invasion of Iraq, this article interprets Manderlay as an allegory for the way African Americans have been represented by the US film industry

Musculoskeletal Modeling of the Pelvis and Lumbar Spine During Running

Musculoskeletal modeling provides an alternative to in-vivo characteristics that are difficult to directly measure for movements such as running, especially for trunk muscles and joints. The full-body-lumbar-spine (FBLS) model by Raabe and Chaudhari, 2016 is an OpenSim model created for simulations of jogging. The lifting full-body (LFB) model by Beaucage-Gauvreau et al., 2018 is an adaptation of the FBLS created for estimating spinal loads during lifting. PURPOSE: Determine validity of the FBLS and LFB models in simulating pelvis and lumbar spine kinematics during running. METHODS: Inverse Kinematics were executed using experimental data for the FBLS and LFB models. To obtain the 3D motion data, 5 runners ran on a treadmill at self-selected jogging pace (2.6±0.2 m/s). Axial rotations at the pelvis segment and for the sum of lumbar motion (L1-L5 intervertebral disc joints) were calculated from marker data, and the range of motion (ROM) averaged for the experimental data and each computational model. RESULTS: FBLS and LFB models had the same relative movement patterns as the experimental data. However, the ROM for both models differed from the human data. For the experimental data, the average ROM was 33.6 ± 15.6° for total lumbar rotation and 24.7 ± 12.3° at the pelvis. The ROM for the pelvis was 17.97±6.87° and 19.22±7.63° for the LFB and FBLS models, respectively. The lumbar ROM was 29.53±5.46° and 18.39±10.56° for the LFB and FBLS models, respectively. The differences in ROM could be because the experimental data used a multi-segmented torso and a rigid lumbar spine marker model, whereas the OpenSim models utilized a rigid torso (lumped thoracic and cervical vertebrae, ribcage, scapulae, and head) with a coupled lumbar spine. The average maximum RMS across all participants was 0.05 ± 0.004 cm for both LFB and FBLS models. CONCLUSION: The LFB model was created for lifting simulations but provides a better simulation of running motion at the lumbar and pelvis than the FBLS model, potentially due to the LFB model having a 3-DOF joint at T12/L1 and linear kinematic coupling constraints to distribute the net trunk motion across the six intervertebral joints (T12-L5). The ROM differences at the L5/S1 could potentially be corrected with a multi-segmented torso model. Both models have potential for simulating axial rotation of the pelvis and lumbar spine during running.https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/gradposters2021_engineering/1001/thumbnail.jp

Network and biosignature analysis for the integration of transcriptomic and metabolomic data to characterize leaf senescence process in sunflower

In recent years, high throughput technologies have led to an increase of datasets from omics disciplines allowing the understanding of the complex regulatory networks associated with biological processes. Leaf senescence is a complex mechanism controlled by multiple genetic and environmental variables, which has a strong impact on crop yield. Transcription factors (TFs) are key proteins in the regulation of gene expression, regulating different signaling pathways; their function is crucial for triggering and/or regulating different aspects of the leaf senescence process. The study of TF interactions and their integration with metabolic profiles under different developmental conditions, especially for a non-model organism such as sunflower, will open new insights into the details of gene regulation of leaf senescence.Fil: Moschen, Sebastián Nicolás. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria. Centro de Investigación en Ciencias Veterinarias y Agronómicas. Instituto de Biotecnología; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Higgins, Janet. The Genome Analysis Centre; Reino UnidoFil: Di Rienzo, Julio Alejandro. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Agropecuarias; ArgentinaFil: Heinz, Ruth Amelia. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria. Centro de Investigación en Ciencias Veterinarias y Agronómicas. Instituto de Biotecnología; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Paniego, Norma Beatriz. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria. Centro de Investigación en Ciencias Veterinarias y Agronómicas. Instituto de Biotecnología; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Fernández, Paula del Carmen. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria. Centro de Investigación en Ciencias Veterinarias y Agronómicas. Instituto de Biotecnología; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de San Martín. Escuela de Ciencia y Tecnología; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentin

Trunk Kinematics Using Musculoskeletal Modeling During Range of Motion Tasks

A spine model can be used to predict post-spinal fusion motion needed to perform physical activities in individuals with scoliosis. Full body lumbar spine (FBLS) model (Raabi et al., 2016) allows for modeling lumbar spine and pelvis movement and was validated for jogging. However, like other existing adult spine models, FBLS model does not allow for a motion providing thoracic and spine. Purpose: To adapt the FBLS model for simulating thoracic, lumbar and pelvis motion during trunk rotation in all 3 planes of motion. Methods: Since T12-L1 in FBLS model is designed as a dependent joint (axial rotation analogous to L5-S1), the constraints between torso and lumbar spine were removed and modified to allow three-dimensional motion for T12-L1. Inverse kinematics (IK) were calculated for the adjusted model. Range of motion (ROM; max-min) at T12-L1 and L5-S1 joints were compared to the experimental data of 3 healthy adults during maximal flexion-extension, lateral bending, and axial rotation. Results: Experimental data showed 64.4±3.8° and 30.0±7.2° of flexion-extension, 40.8°±4° and 10.9°±4.7° of lateral bending, and 29.7°±3.6° and 13.9°±1.1° of axial rotation for T12-L1 and L5-S1, respectively. While IK result revealed 2.4°±0.1 and 16.3°±2.0 of flexion-extension, 7.9°±0.7 and 1.5°±0.4° of lateral bending, and 32.7°±0.6° and 12.9°±4° of axial rotation for T12-L1 and L5-S1, respectively. T12-L1 joint motion did not corroborate in sagittal and frontal planes where a disconnection between thoracic and lumbar segments was noted. Subsequently, experimental data was significantly greater than IK for sagittal and frontal planes from FBLS and matched best for transverse plane for both joints. Conclusion: The existing FBLS model shows reasonable promise to be adapted for different ROM tasks in transverse plane motion to accurately model trunk motions greater than those expected in jogging.https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/gradposters2021_healthsciences/1010/thumbnail.jp

Scotland, Wales and press discourses amid the 2016 EU referendum.

This chapter is concerned with establishing and analysing the discourses that shaped the coverage of the 2016 EU referendum in a selection of Scottish and Welsh newspapers. The chapter looks at the Scottish editions of the Daily Express and Daily Mail, as well as the Herald and the Daily Record. The Welsh papers examined are the Western Mail/Wales on Sunday, the Daily Post and the Evening Post. Using Lexis Nexis the chapter engages in a search for key terms across a three month sample of coverage, followed by a critical discourse analysis of how these are used. Discourses of danger and fear are found to be prominent themes across both samples, mirroring public discourse more broadly