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Exploring film education in neurodivergent and economically deprived pedagogical settings in conversation with Del Pike of Hugh Baird University Centre
While creative subjects such as music, art and film have been deprioritised and defunded under the United Kingdom’s Conservative Government, the social and pedagogical utility of their study, particularly in areas of economic deprivation and within neurodivergent cohorts, is clear. This article draws forth these issues in a conversation with Del Pike, the leader and convenor of the Moving Image Production degree at Hugh Baird University Centre, Bootle, UK, a course which uses the study of cinema as a form of social corrective, and which encourages frequently marginalised learners to participate explicitly in the creation and analysis of culture. Our discussion details the pedagogical opportunities offered by the practical and theoretical study of film, and considers the challenges of film education in a further and higher learning institution located in a deprived area of England that engages with a high needs student body as an aspect of policy. The article seeks to understand how the practical study of film within a neurodivergent teaching context creates new expressive possibilities regarding film form and film education pedagogy
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Transport and ageing: Extending quality of life for older people via public and private transport
Accessible public transport and the independence that comes with car driving are generally thought to be linked to quality of life in old age. However, there has been almost no research on this topic in the UK. This study by researchers from the University of Paisley and the University of East London used a multi-method approach to explore the relationship between quality of life and access to public and private transport. The study also examined the extent to which the transport needs of older people are taken into account by transport professionals
On the Localization of One-Photon States
Single photon states with arbitrarily fast asymptotic power-law fall-off of
energy density and photodetection rate are explicitly constructed. This goes
beyond the recently discovered tenth power-law of the Hellwarth-Nouchi photon
which itself superseded the long-standing seventh power-law of the Amrein
photon.Comment: 7 pages, tex, no figure
Hysteresis loops of Co-Pt perpendicular magnetic multilayers
We develop a phenomenological model to study magnetic hysteresis in two
samples designed as possible perpendicular recording media. A stochastic
cellular automata model captures cooperative behavior in the nucleation of
magnetic domains. We show how this simple model turns broad hysteresis loops
into loops with sharp drops like those observed in these samples, and explains
their unusual features. We also present, and experimentally verify, predictions
of this model, and suggest how insights from this model may apply more
generally.Comment: 4.5 pages, 5 figure
Elasticity of Stiff Polymer Networks
We study the elasticity of a two-dimensional random network of rigid rods
(``Mikado model''). The essential features incorporated into the model are the
anisotropic elasticity of the rods and the random geometry of the network. We
show that there are three distinct scaling regimes, characterized by two
distinct length scales on the elastic backbone. In addition to a critical
rigidiy percolation region and a homogeneously elastic regime we find a novel
intermediate scaling regime, where elasticity is dominated by bending
deformations.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figure
A Hypergraph-Based Machine Learning Ensemble Network Intrusion Detection System
Network intrusion detection systems (NIDS) to detect malicious attacks
continues to meet challenges. NIDS are vulnerable to auto-generated port scan
infiltration attempts and NIDS are often developed offline, resulting in a time
lag to prevent the spread of infiltration to other parts of a network. To
address these challenges, we use hypergraphs to capture evolving patterns of
port scan attacks via the set of internet protocol addresses and destination
ports, thereby deriving a set of hypergraph-based metrics to train a robust and
resilient ensemble machine learning (ML) NIDS that effectively monitors and
detects port scanning activities and adversarial intrusions while evolving
intelligently in real-time. Through the combination of (1) intrusion examples,
(2) NIDS update rules, (3) attack threshold choices to trigger NIDS retraining
requests, and (4) production environment with no prior knowledge of the nature
of network traffic 40 scenarios were auto-generated to evaluate the ML ensemble
NIDS comprising three tree-based models. Results show that under the model
settings of an Update-ALL-NIDS rule (namely, retrain and update all the three
models upon the same NIDS retraining request) the proposed ML ensemble NIDS
produced the best results with nearly 100% detection performance throughout the
simulation, exhibiting robustness in the complex dynamics of the simulated
cyber-security scenario.Comment: 12 pages, 10 figure
Future possibilities in the prevention of breast cancer: Luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone agonists
The cyclic production of estrogen and progesterone by the premenopausal ovary accounts for the steep rise in breast cancer risk in premenopausal women. These hormones are breast cell mitogens. By reducing exposure to these ovarian hormones, agonists of luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) given to suppress ovarian function may prove useful in cancer prevention. To prevent deleterious effects of hypoestrogenemia, the addition of low-dose hormone replacement to the LHRH agonist appears necessary. Pilot data with such an approach indicates it is feasible and reduces mammographic densities
Light-Induced Photochemical Changes in Copper(I) Thiocyanate Complexes Decorated with Halopyridines: Optical Memory Manifestation
We report on the photoluminescence of {CuSCN(3-XPy)2}n crystals (X = Br, Cl; Py = pyridine). Laser excitation at 266 nm for CuSCN(3-BrPy)2 at 78 K results in a decrease in the luminescence intensity with increasing irradiation time. Heating the sample to 298 K and recooling to 78 K results in recovery of the original luminescence intensity, hence manifesting an optical memory effect. Laser irradiation at longer or shorter wavelengths fails to produce a reduction in emission intensity. Interestingly, CuSCN(3-ClPy)2, despite being isomorphic, does not undergo emission intensity changes regardless of laser irradiation wavelength variation. Density functional theory (DFT) and time-dependent DFT calculations were performed on an adjacent chain model to explore the photochemical change that occurs upon laser irradiation. The observed reduction in luminescence intensity is attributed to photoinduced electron transfer quenching in which Cu(I) is oxidized to a nonluminescent Cu(II) with capture of the halogen by a neighboring SCN ligand on the adjacent coordination polymer chain
Comment on 'The latency period of mesothelioma among a cohort of British asbestos workers (1978-2005)': methodological problems with case-only survival analysis.
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