Desktop video conferencing

This guide aims to provide an introduction to Desktop Video Conferencing (DVC) and forms part of the ESCalate Busy Teacher Educator Guides. You may be familiar with video conferencing, where participants typically book a designated conference room and communicate with another group in a similar room on another site via a large screen display. Desktop video conferencing allows users to video conference from the comfort of their own office, workplace or home via a desktop / laptop Personal Computer. DVC provides live audio and visual communication in real time from a standard PC and allows one to one and multiple user conferences by participants in different physical locations. Some software features a a ‘whiteboard’ on the computer screen for information exchange and the option to show or share documents and websites between the participants

The dynamics of UK and US inflation expectations

This paper investigates the relationship between short term and long term inflation expectations in the US and the UK with a focus on inflation pass through (i.e. how changes in short term expectations affect long term expectations). An econometric methodology is used which allows us to uncover the relationship between inflation pass through and various explanatory variables. We relate our empirical results to theoretical models of anchored, contained and unmoored inflation expectations. For neither country do we find anchored or unmoored inflation expectations. For the US, contained inflation expectations are found. For the UK, our findings are not consistent with the specific model of contained inflation expectations presented here, but are consistent with a more broad view of expectations being constrained by the existence of an inflation target

Providing a Multi-Agency Unified Response to Sexual Assault

Sexual assault/violence has been identified as a national public health concern. More than 18 million women and an estimated 3 million men report being raped during their lifetime. As a result of the sexual violence, victims can endure a complexity of detrimental mental and physical effects. It is imperative that a community’s sexual assault response is a collective response, aiding in healing and promoting justice. However, most communities’ sexual assault response involves several agencies responding autonomously and failing to collaborate throughout the response. Recently, this type of response process has been identified as failing to adequately assist sexual assault victims. Identified problems include inconsistent response services, victim blaming, lack of reporting, lack of prosecution and conviction, and discord among responding agencies. With the goal of improving sexual assault victims’ experiences and legal results within the criminal justice system, jurisdictions have begun to develop and implement sexual assault response teams (SARTs). SARTs unite key sexual assault response stakeholders as a unified multidisciplinary response team that provides a coordinated and collaborative sexual assault response from first contact and beyond. Current research suggests SARTs are improving victim outcomes, and both the Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) and the International Association of Forensic Nurses (IAFN) support the collaborative multidisciplinary sexual assault response. It was identified that Lawrence County, Indiana provided no collaborative multidisciplinary sexual assault response. The purpose of this project proposal is to develop and implement a SART to better serve victims of sexual assault in Lawrence County, Indiana

Understanding Liquidity and Credit Risks in the Financial Crisis*

This paper develops a structured dynamic factor model for the spreads between London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) and overnight index swap (OIS) rates for a panel of banks. Our model involves latent factors which relect liquidity and credit risk. Our empirical results show that surges in the short term LIBOR-OIS spreads during the 2007-2009 financial crisis were largely driven by liquidity risk. However, credit risk played a more significant role in the longer term (twelve-month) LIBOR-OIS spread. The liquidity risk factors are more volatile than the credit risk factor. Most of the familiar events in the financial crisis are linked more to movements in liquidity risk than credit risk.LIBOR-OIS spread, factor model, credit default swap, Bayesian

The Dynamics of UK and US Inflation Expectations*

This paper investigates the relationship between short term and long term inflation expectations in the US and the UK with a focus on inflation pass through (i.e. how changes in short term expectations affect long term expectations). An econometric methodology is used which allows us to uncover the relationship between inflation pass through and various explanatory variables. We relate our empirical results to theoretical models of anchored, contained and unmoored inflation expectations. For neither country do we find anchored or unmoored inflation expectations. For the US, contained inflation expectations are found. For the UK, our findings are not consistent with the specific model of contained inflation expectations presented here, but are consistent with a more broad view of expectations being constrained by the existence of an inflation target.smoothly mixing regression, inflation pass through, Bayesian

Understanding Liquidity and Credit Risks in the Financial Crisis

This paper develops a structured dynamic factor model for the spreads between London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) and overnight index swap (OIS) rates for a panel of banks. Our model involves latent factors which reflect liquidity and credit risk. Our empirical results show that surges in the short term LIBOR-OIS spreads during the 2007-2009 fi…nancial crisis were largely driven by liquidity risk. However, credit risk played a more signi…cant role in the longer term (twelve-month) LIBOR-OIS spread. The liquidity risk factors are more volatile than the credit risk factor. Most of the familiar events in the fi…nancial crisis are linked more to movements in liquidity risk than credit risk.

The Dynamics of UK and US Inflation Expectations

This paper investigates the relationship between short term and long term inflation expectations in the US and the UK with a focus on inflation pass through (i.e. how changes in short term expecta tions affect long term expectations). An econometric methodology is used which allows us to uncover the relationship between inflation pass through and various explanatory variables. We relate our empirical results to theoretical models of anchored, contained and unmoored inflation expectations. For neither country do we …find anchored or unmoored inflation expectations. For the US, contained inflation expectations are found. For the UK, our fi…ndings are not consistent with the speci…c model of contained inflation expectations presented here, but are consistent with a broader view of expectations being constrained by the existence of an inflation target.

NEET by choice? Investigating the links between motherhood and NEET status

This paper investigates the propensity of young mothers aged 15 to 24 to be not in employment, education and training. Not all young mothers are out of labour force and many are involved in education. Additionally, those that are NEET may not be by choice. We identify areas for further investigation and policy response