First Impressions

Many times something that happened years ago will stand out clearer in our minds than those things which happened last month or even last week. Thus it is with my first symphony concert. I was in the third grade when my teacher voted to take us to the matinee concert of the Cincinnati Orchestra each time it came to our city, At least a month beforehand she, being an able musician herself, endeavored to explain the program to us and thus gave us adequate preparation for listening

Close to Home / Made in the UK

The first meeting of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Ethics and Sustainability in Fashion, convened by Baroness Lola Young. The meeting explored the contribution that forward thinking UK fashion and textile businesses make to local economies, communities and the environment. Baroness Lola Young, Dr Frances Corner OBE (Head of the London College of Fashion) and Martin Buttle (Supply Chain Manager at MADE-BY) started the meeting with opening remarks and introductions. Dr Kate Fletcher (Reader at the Centre for Sustainable Fashion) expanded on the Close to Home/Made in the UK theme. Five shirt presentations followed from UK manufacturers/brands involved in fashion, textiles and footwear: Christopher Raeburn, Dashing Tweeds, Tender Denim, Ardalanish Isle of Mull Weavers and John Smedley. Ruth Potts (New Economics Foundation) then talked about sustaining local economies and economic well-being. A discussion followed with questions and commentary from the audience, who represented a wide cross section of the industry including high street retailers, press, fashion designers and international organisations. Through the sharing of experiences, personal journeys, discoveries, traditions, technologies and crafts, many of the joys, pains, challenges and opportunities for UK fashion manufacturing where explored. A momentum to keep building. A feeling of positivity and urgency. A debate to be continued. Actions for now and the future we create. There was also a Local Wisdom project underway, to record and celebrate the clothes we wear and the ways in which we wear them. Participants shared the story of their clothing and had their portraits taken wearing it in the Westminster Great Hall

Anglo-German relations and European politics, 1871-1890 ..

Typewritten sheets in cover. Thesis (M.A.)--Boston University This item was digitized by the Internet Archive. Bibliography: 6 p. at end

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When sitting in diversity jurisdiction, must a federal court apply federal equitable principles when deciding state law claims, even if state law may provide a different outcome? That was the question before the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in the case of Sonner v. Premier Nutrition Corp. Although the Ninth Circuit’s published opinion relies on “seventy-five years” of unchanged law, the opinion joins a long list of cases that continue to help clarify the tenets from Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins and inform the courts and practitioners on the relationship between state and federal authority in diversity jurisdiction

Stabilisation of an optical transition energy via nuclear Zeno dynamics in quantum dot-cavity systems

We investigate the effect of nuclear spins on the phase shift and polarisation rotation of photons scattered off a quantum dot-cavity system. We show that as the phase shift depends strongly on the resonance energy of an electronic transition in the quantum dot, it can provide a sensitive probe of the quantum state of nuclear spins that broaden this transition energy. By including the electron-nuclear spin coupling at a Hamiltonian level within an extended input-output formalism, we show how a photon scattering event acts as a nuclear spin measurement, which when rapidly applied leads to an inhibition of the nuclear spin dynamics via the quantum Zeno effect, and a corresponding stabilisation of the optical resonance. We show how such an effect manifests in the intensity autocorrelation $g^{(2)}(\tau)$ of scattered photons, whose long-time bunching behaviour changes from quadratic decay for low photon scattering rates (weak laser intensities), to ever slower exponential decay for increasing laser intensities as optical measurements impede the nuclear spin evolution.Comment: 8 pages, 3 figure

Organoids as a model for colorectal cancer

Modelling human diseases in in vitro systems is undisputedly an invaluable research tool, yet there are many limitations. Some of those limitations have been overcome through the introduction of organoid culture systems, which have revolutionised colorectal cancer research and enabled an array of new experimental techniques. This 3D system models the physiology, shape, dynamics and cell make-up of the intestinal epithelium producing a relevant and highly adaptable model system. The increased functional relevance of this model compared to the use of 2D cancer cell lines makes it an invaluable tool for both basic and translational research. As the limitations of this system are being overcome to make high-throughput assays possible, it is clear that organoids are becoming a mainstay of colorectal cancer research. This review aims to explore the advantages and limitations of this system and discusses the future directions enabled by this model

A comparison of the nature and severity of worries held by adolescents with and without intellectual disabilities as they approach the transition away from school : Major research project and clinical research portfolio

Background: The transition away from secondary school is an important time for adolescents, when identity is shaped and autonomy is increased. It is likely that this period can be particularly worrisome for people with intellectual disabilities (IDs) and it is possible that these worries will have an impact on mental well-being. This study sought to shed light on the content and implications of worries during the approach to transition. Methods: Twenty-five participants with mild to moderate IDs and 27 participants without IDs, all aged 15 to 18, were recruited from schools in the West of Scotland. Participants were interviewed using a Worry Interview that had been adapted from previous research carried out with young adults with IDs. They also completed a measure of rumination and distress that related to their most salient worries. Anxiety was measured using the Glasgow Anxiety Scale for People with an Intellectual Disability (GAS-ID). Results: Content analysis of the interviews identified differences between the worries of the two groups of participants that may represent differences in life experiences. The distress that was linked to the worries was positively correlated with anxiety in both groups. The ID group were significantly more anxious than the non-ID group. Conclusions: Consideration should be given to the specific worries of adolescents in the approach to transition. Doing so may allow solutions for their concerns to be identified, thus easing distress and leading to an overall impact on mental well-being. Limitations of the study and ideas for future research are discussed