The re-regulation of broadcasting: Or the mill owners’ triumph

Discusses the driving forces behind the Communications Bill 2001 of Great Britain. Terms of the bill; Arguments concerning the re-regulation

Differentiating normal and problem gambling: a grounded theory approach.

A previous study (Ricketts &amp; Macaskill, 2003) delineated a theory of problem gambling based on the experiences of treatment seeking male gamblers and allowed predictions to be made regarding the processes that differentiate between normal and problem gamblers. These predictions are the focus of the present study, which also utilised a grounded theory approach, but with a sample of male high frequency normal gamblers. The findings suggest that there are common aspects of gambling associated with arousal and a sense of achievement. The use of gambling to manage negative emotional states differentiated normal and problem gambling. Perceived self-efficacy , emotion management skills and perceived likelihood of winning money back were intervening variables differentiating problem and normal gamblers.</p

KINDERTIVITY: Using Interactive Surfaces to Foster Creativity in Pre-kindergarten Children

© Owner/Author 2015. 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 {Interacción '15 Proceedings of the XVI International Conference on Human Computer Interactionhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1145/10.1145/2829875.2829881Taking into account the existent educative and pedagogical techniques, which have proved its effectiveness to foster the innovation and creativity, this thesis poses to develop, experiment and evaluate a new technological framework based on interactive surfaces to be applied in the context of preschool education. The goal is to facilitate the three factors required for creative learning: knowledge, creative thinking and motivation but taking into account the cognitive and interaction limitations of these very young users.Work supported by the MINECO (grants TIN2010-20488 and TIN2014-60077-R) and from GVA (ACIF/2015/075).Nácher-Soler, VE.; Jaén Martínez, FJ. (2015). KINDERTIVITY: Using Interactive Surfaces to Foster Creativity in Pre-kindergarten Children. ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/2829875.2829881SBuxton, B. Multi-touch systems that I have known and loved. 2013. http://billbuxton.com/multitouchOverview.html.Catala, A., Jaen, J., van Dijk, B., and Jord&#224;, S. Exploring tabletops as an effective tool to foster creativity traits. In Proc. of TEI'12, pp. 143--150.Comisi&#243;n Europea. Conclusiones del Consejo de 12 de mayo de 2009 sobre un marco estrat&#233;gico para la cooperaci&#243;n europea en el &#225;mbito de la educaci&#243;n y la formaci&#243;n (&#171;ET 2020&#187;). 2009.Common Sense Media. Zero to Eight: Childrens Media Use in America 2013. 2013.Cropley, A.J. Creativity in Education and Learning: A Guide for Teachers and Educators. Kogan Page, (2001).Damon, W., Lerner, R.M., Kuhn, D., and Siegler, R.S., eds. Handbook of Child Psychology, Volume 2, Cognition, Perception, and Language. Wiley, 2006.Fleck, R., Rogers, Y., Yuill, N., et al. Actions speak loudly with words. Proc. of ITS'09, pp. 189--196.Helmes, J., Cao, X., Lindley, S.E., and Sellen, A. Developing the story. Proc. of ITS'09, pp. 49--52.Hourcade, J.P. Interaction Design and Children. Foundations and Trends&#174; in Human-Computer Interaction 1, 4 (2007), 277--392.Johnson, L., Adams, S., and Cummins, M. The NMC Horizon Report: 2012 K-12. The New Media Consortium, Austin, Texas, 2012.Khandelwal, M. and Mazalek, A. Teaching table: a tangible mentor for pre-k math education. Proc. of TEI'07, 191--194.Mansor, E.I., De Angeli, A., and De Bruijn, O. Little fingers on the tabletop: A usability evaluation in the kindergarten. Proc. of TABLETOP'08, 93--96.Nacher, V., Jaen, J., & Catala, A. (2014). Exploring Visual Cues for Intuitive Communicability of Touch Gestures to Pre-kindergarten Children. Proc. of ITS'14, 159--162.Nacher, V., Jaen, J., Navarro, E., Catala, A., and Gonz&#225;lez, P. Multi-touch gestures for pre-kindergarten children. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies 73 (2015), 37--51.Nacher, V., Jaen, J., Catala, A., Navarro, E., and Gonzalez, P. Improving Pre-Kindergarten Touch Performance. Proc. of ITS '14, 163--166..Rick, J., Francois, P., Fields, B., Fleck, R., Yuill, N., and Carr, A. Lo-fi prototyping to design interactive-tabletop applications for children. Proc. of IDC'10, pp. 138--146.Rick, J. and Rogers, Y. From DigiQuilt to DigiTile: Adapting educational technology to a multi-touch table. Proc. of TABLETOP'08, pp. 73--80.Sluis, R.J.W., Weevers, I., van Schijndel, C.H.G.J., Kolos-Mazuryk, L., Fitrianie, S., and Martens, J.B.O.S. Read-It: Five-to-seven-year-old children learn to read in a tabletop environment. Proc. of IDC'04, pp. 73--80.Smith, S.P., Burd, E., and Rick, J. Developing, evaluating and deploying multi-touch systems. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies 70, 10 (2012), 653--656

Studi Penerapan Good Farming Practice pada Usaha Pemeliharaan Kambing Peranakan Ettawa (PE) di Ud Muda Bakti Barokah Lombok Tengah

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk memperoleh informasi tentang Penerapan Good Farming Practice Pada Usaha Pemeliharaan Kambing Peranakan Ettawa (PE) di UD Muda Bakti Barokah (UD MBB) Lombok Tengah, Aspek Teknis Faktor Penentu Good Dairy Farming Practice Ternak Kambing Perah disamping untuk mengetahui performen produksi kambing PE yang diusahakan dengan peliharaan yang sedang diterapkan. Penelitian akan menggunakan metode survei, observasi, pengamatan dan pengukuran langsung di Peranakan UD MBB. Alat yang digunakan mengambil data adalah kuisioner dan atau Petunjuk Teknis Daftar Kesesuaian GDFP Budidaya Kambing (Kementan, 2001). Pengumpulan data menggunakan Teknik wawancara langsung dengan pengusaha peternakan kambing PE dan pengukuran sampel konsumsi pakan, produksi susu, perubahan bobot badan induk dan kualitas susu. Data yang diperoleh ditabulasi dan dianalisis menggunakan Arithematic Mean dan Standar deviasi (Mean±STDEV) dengan menggunakan Spreadsheet Microsoft Excel 2007, selanjutnya dibahas secara deskriptif. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa rata-rata hasil evaluasi kesesuaian GDFP Kambing Perah PE pada UD MBB tergolong ke dalam kategori III (Cukup Baik) dengan Aspek yang telah terselenggara dengan baik sebesar 60.12 %, meliputi aspek Prasarana dan Sarana. (78.49 %), Cara Budidaya/Pemeliharaan (70.00) dan&nbsp; Kesehatan Hewan (70.00) Aspek yang belum terselenggara dengan baik sebanyak 41.67 % antara lain Pelestarian Lingkungan Hidup (50 %) dan Pencatatan atau Recording (33.33 %). Jadi Peternakan UD MBB layak untuk diusulkan dan mendapatkan sertifikat dari Dinas Peternakan. Rata-rata Skor Nilai Aspek Teknis Faktor Penentu Good Dairy Farming Practice Ternak Kambing Perah di UD MBB “Cukup Baik” dengan Aspek yang telah terselenggara dengan baik sebesar nilai 2.81, meliputi aspek Bibit dan Reproduksi (2.86), Kandang dan Peralatan (3.00), Kesehatan Ternak (3.00) dan Kesejahteraan Ternak (3.29). Aspek yang belum terselenggara dengan baik hanya pada aspek Manajemen Pakan dan Air Minum dengan skor 1.89. Performen produksi susu perubahan bobot badan induk dan kualitas susu kambing PE yang diusahakan dengan GDFP yang sedang diterapkan pada peternakan di UD MBB sudah termasuk cukup baik, yaitu rata-rata produksi susu dan PBBH selama penelitian masing-masing sebesar 1454.17±116.73 ml/ekor/hari dan 35.71±20.36 gram/hari. Begitu pula kualitas susu kambing PE yang dihasilkan dapat dinyatakan sudah baik dan lebih tinggi dari syarat standar yang ditetapkan pada SNI, Dirjen Peternakan, Milk Codex dan Thai Agriculture standar

Organometallic nucleoside analogues: effect of hydroxyalkyl linker length on cancer cell line toxicity

A new series of chiral ferrocene derivatives containing both a hydroxyalkyl group and a thyminyl group on one cyclopentadienyl ring have been synthesised to probe structure–activity relationships in cancer cell line cytotoxicities. The stereoisomers of enantiomeric pairs of these so-called ferronucleosides have been studied and characterised by a combination of chiral analytical HPLC and single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Biological activity studies revealed that changing the length of the hydroxyalkyl group had marked effects on IC50 values, with compounds having shorter arms that more closely resemble endogenous nucleosides exhibiting lower cytotoxicities. The lipophilicities and electrochemical properties of this compound series have been studied to rationalise these trends and indicate future directions of study

The political process of constructing a sustainable London Olympics sports development legacy

This study attempts to develop a research agenda for understanding the process of constructing a sustainable Olympic sports development legacy. The research uses a social constructivist perspective to examine the link between the 2012 London Olympic Games and sustainable sports development. The first part of the paper provides justification for the study of sport policy processes using a constructivist lens. This is followed by a section which critically unpacks sustainable sports development drawing on Mosse’s (1998) ideas of process-oriented research and Searle’s conceptualisation of the construction of social reality. Searle’s (1995) concepts of the assignment of function, collective intentionality, collective rules, and human capacity to cope with the environment are considered in relation to the events and discourses emerging from the legacy vision(s) associated with the 2012 London Olympic Games. The paper concludes by proposing a framework for engaging in process oriented research and highlights key elements, research questions, and methodological issues. The proposed constructivist approach can be used to inform policy, practice, and research on sustainable Olympic sports development legacy

Regulatory axes on food advertising to children on television

This article describes and evaluates some of the criteria on the basis of which food advertising to children on television could be regulated, including controls that revolve around the type of television programme, the type of product, the target audience and the time of day. Each of these criteria potentially functions as a conceptual device or "axis" around which regulation rotates. The article considers examples from a variety of jurisdictions around the world, including Sweden and Quebec. The article argues that restrictions centring on the time of day when a substantial proportion of children are expected to be watching television are likely to be the easiest for consumers to understand, and the most effective in limiting children's exposure to advertising