A political earthquake forecast for Scotland – but will there be a genderquake?

Polls indicate that the general election will see a funamental rewriting of the Scottish political landscape, with the SNP poised for a near sweep. The party also seems poised to take over from Labour as leaders on the issue of women’s representation in this election at least, although it is far from clear whether that will translate into support for quotas in the future, write Meryl Kenny and Fiona Mackay

O-H...O, C-H...O and C-H...πarene Intermolecular Interactions in (2R/2S)-2-(1-oxo-1,3-dihydroisoindol-2-yl)-3-phenylpropanoic Acid

The title compound, C₁₇H₁₅NO₃, forms a hydrogenbonded network in the solid state consisting of O-H...O=C, Carene--H...and 0=C and Carene--H...πarene intermolecular interactions, with shortest O...O, C...O and C...C distances of 2.625(2), 3.281(3) and 3.652 (3)Å, respectively. The interplanar angle between the five- and six-membered rings of the isoindole system is 1.07 (14) °, with the carbonyl O atom 0.I10 (3)Å from the C₄N ring plane

Teacher Learning and Continuous Professional Development.

This chapter discusses teacher learning and professional development of out-of-field teachers from the point of view of the literature. It examines what makes this kind of learning and development effective and explores the ideas surrounding the varying rationale for the introduction of such teacher learning and professional development opportunities. Classical approaches to professional development are discussed in addition to several emerging international models of professional development that are currently being employed in the Republic of Ireland, England and Australia for in-service out-of-field teachers of mathematics predominantly but also a range of other subject disciplines (in the case of South Korea). Details of the structure of each of the models of professional development for in-service teachers are outlined using a country case study approach. Comparisons are made between the techniques employed in each country to upskill out-of-field teachers in specific disciplines. This chapter also proposes an international framework for teacher learning and professional development for out-of-field teachers that encompasses the best aspects of each country’s approach

Intramedullary versus extramedullary alignment of the tibial component in the Triathlon knee

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Long term survivorship in total knee arthroplasty is significantly dependant on prosthesis alignment. Our aim was determine which alignment guide was more accurate in positioning of the tibial component in total knee arthroplasty. We also aimed to assess whether there was any difference in short term patient outcome.</p> <p>Method</p> <p>A comparison of intramedullary versus extramedullary alignment jig was performed. Radiological alignment of tibial components and patient outcomes of 103 Triathlon total knee arthroplasties were analysed.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>Use of the intramedullary was found to be significantly more accurate in determining coronal alignment (p = 0.02) while use of the extramedullary jig was found to give more accurate results in sagittal alignment (p = 0.04). There was no significant difference in WOMAC or SF-36 at six months.</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>Use of an intramedullary jig is preferable for positioning of the tibial component using this knee system.</p

Prostate cancer: Exploring the reasons for timing of presentation and diagnosis. Final Report

Executive Summary Prostate cancer is the most common malignancy in men, and the third highest cancer mortality in men. The observed increase in incidence alongside the reduction in men presenting with advanced disease is likely to be due in part to improved early detection rates associated with the introduction of the PSA test. This study was undertaken to determine the pattern of timing of presentation with a diagnosis of prostate cancer in Glasgow. A postal survey was distributed to all men in Greater Glasgow who were diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2008/9 (N=458). The survey was returned by 320 men; a response rate of 70%. A stratified sub-sample of survey respondents were interviewed (N=30); when possible, men’s partners were included in these interviews. Quantitative data were analysed with descriptive and inferential statistics (chi-square and Spearman’s). Qualitative data were analysed thematically, informed by psychosocial theories of delay

FPGA-based fault injector for SEU-robustness analysis of ScOSA

The Scalable On-board Computer for Space Avionics (ScOSA) project aims to develop an on-board computer which offers both reliability and high-performance through the use of a heterogeneous distributed system of commercial-off-the-shelf and radiation-hardened processors. This system should operate without failures even in the presence of single-event upsets (SEUs), which are common occurrences for electronic systems in space. The ScOSA middleware includes several fault detection, isolation and recovery (FDIR) mechanisms for coping with faults, but their effectiveness in the presence of radiation has not yet been proven, as testing such effects on the ground is challenging. This paper presents our approach to investigate the effect of single-event upsets on the ScOSA system and the effectiveness of its error handling mechanisms in their presence. A fault injector has been instantiated in the FPGA co-processor of a commercial-off-the-shelf Xilinx system-on-chip from the Zynq 7000 family using a Microblaze soft processor, which is used to simulate the effect of SEUs by flipping bits in the main memory used by the kernel, middleware and applications. A machine-learning-based image processing algorithm will be used as an example application and run using the ScOSA middleware while the fault injector is active. The system will be executed multiple times, with faults injected into different memory locations and at different times in each run. The system will be monitored for FDIR events and unrecoverable failures. The operation of the middleware and the results of the sample application will be compared to the results of a golden run, where no faults are injected, to assess the number of unhandled errors at the middleware and application levels. The results are classified by severity, such as incorrect algorithm results, handled FDIR events and unhandled system crashes. These results will then be correlated with the fault location, such as kernel or application memory. By applying SEU simulation techniques to an on-board software system, we aim to demonstrate the usefulness of such simulations as well as guiding the further development of the ScOSA system to target further SEU mitigation efforts and improve the systems robustness, as well as characterizing the systems robustness to SEUs occurring in different locations

'I just didn't see anyone like me’ : women's experiences in Scottish media, creative and cultural industries

This paper was prepared for Gender Equal Media Scotland and Engender by Meryl Kenny, Shan-Jan Sarah Liu, Fiona McKay and Elena Thomson, and provides new research on: intersectional obstacles to women’s participation in Scottish media, creative and cultural industries; mechanisms and initiatives that have been successful in improving access and representation of different groups of women in the sector; as well as women’s experiences of the effectiveness (or not) of these measures