365 research outputs found
\u3cem\u3eFruits of Their Labors\u3c/em\u3e Digital Collection: A Case Study
University folklore archives are expanding collections through cultural documentation projects run by students and community members. These new collections are a rich source of potential digital content. Bringing these collections online requires keeping the research audience in mind with thoughtful processing, modernizing traditional folklore archives description techniques, and working collaboratively with multiple library departments. The end results include expanded holdings and new digital resources for local historians
Beyond the metrics: the importance of intangible assets in the HE context
As a statement of fact, the Higher Education (HE) sector gathers data. Commonly these data are metrical in format, used in some way to report on some aspect of performativity, whether within the institution or beyond its bounds. This paper does not seek to dispute the need for measurement, but it does argue the limitations of metric-based proxies alone if we are to truly understand the space of the university and how it operates in the interests of students, staff, employers, government and all other stakeholders. Our interest in the limitation of metrics in the HE context inspired a study funded by QAA (Scotland). The study focused on capturing, evidencing and affirming intangible elements of HE that are not easily counted or quantified, but form key aspects of an institution's identity, culture and ethos, described by us as intangible assets. This brief paper provides an overview of our study and its outcomes to date. In presenting our progress and conceptual framework, we are inviting reflection, constructive comment and further dialogue in respect of the model itself, and its helpfulness in re-prioritising qualitative data in our assessment of our assets in higher education
CAST: Proximity broadcasting as a mode of news distribution in rural Armenia
CAST (DisCovery Amplification Sustainability and InTeractions) has trialled a new community communication network in rural Armenia developing models to emerge alternative news media in a highly politically pressured national state. The project was
a collaboration between the Media Innovation Studio, UK, Impact Hub Yerevan and SMART Edge Platform provider WICASTRâ˘, Yerevan. The project also ran with the support of the United Nations Development Programme, award-winning investigative journalism outlet Hetq, and Civilnet from the Civilitas Foundation. It was a three-phase year-long pilot that ran in 2016 and 2017, funded by the UK Higher Education Innovation Fund.
The aim was to:
Build a lightweight community connectivity system for content distribution
Generate proximity insights: new data analytics that allow publishers to pinpoint what content is consumed where
Facilitate novel approaches to digital literacy by creating engaged digital communities
New knowledge and impact have been created around:
How to build hyperlocal proximity networks using online to offline wifi technology
Future scoping information systems for remote communities
New hyperlocal news data analytics for publishers
Novel methods to add to media plurality in a highly politically pressured environment
Strategies to improve digital literacy and community communication that can challenge a digital divid
Integrating Physical Activity Strategies to Lower Hyperglycaemia in Structured Education Programmes for Children and Young People with Type 1 Diabetes Improves Glycaemic Control without Augmenting the Risk of Hypoglycaemia
Protective and Ameliorating Effects of Methanolic Seed Extract of Mucuna Pruriens on Paraquat Induced Testicular Damage
Paraquat has been known to induce damage to the testes and ovaries in different animals. This study evaluated the protective and ameliorating effects of methanolic seed extract of Mucuna pruriens (MSEMP) on paraquat induced testicular damage. Healthy adult male Albino Wistar rats received paraquat alone, or paraquat and MSEMP together. All substrates were administered orally. Results obtained showed that mean epididymal sperm count, sperm motility, testosterone, follicle stimulating hormone (FSH), and luteinizing hormone (LH) levels were reduced (p<0.05), in addition to alterations in sperm morphologies in all rats that received paraquat alone in a duration dependent manner. However, all parameters were improved in groups treated with paraquat and MSEMP together. Histological investigations of the testes revealed necrotic testicular tissue, with testicular atrophy, loss of sperm bundles and scanty spermatocytes in all rats that received paraquat alone. However, Co- and post-treatment of the animals with MSEMP following oral administration of paraquat showed protective and ameliorative characteristics. One of the possible mechanisms that could be attributed to this observation would be the action of L-Dopa present in Mucuna pruriens, although complete mechanism of action of these effects is not yet clear and calls for further investigation. Keywords: Testosterone, Sperm count, L-Dopa
The Power of Feminist Judgments?
Recent years have seen the advent of two feminist judgment-writing projects, the Womenâs Court of Canada, and the Feminist Judgments Project in England. This article analyses these projects in light of Carol Smartâs feminist critique of law and legal reform and her proposed feminist strategies in Feminism and the Power of Law (1989). At the same time, it reflects on Smartâs arguments 20 years after their first publication and considers the extent to which feminist judgment-writing projects may reinforce or trouble her conclusions. It argues that both of these results are discernibleâthat while some of Smartâs contentions have proved to be unsustainable, others remain salient and have both inspired and hold important cautions for feminist judgment-writing projects
Understanding the relationship between alcohol outlet density and life expectancy in Baltimore City: The role of community violence and community disadvantage
This research investigated the relationship between alcohol outlet density (AOD) and life expectancy, as mediated by community violence and community disadvantage. We used linear regression models to assess bivariate and multivariate relationships. There was a negative bivariate association between liquor store density and average life expectancy (Ă²Ă =Ă â 7.3370, pĂ <Ă 0.001). This relationship was partially attenuated when controlling for community disadvantage and fully attenuated when controlling for community violence. Bars/taverns (i.e., onâ premise) were not associated with average life expectancy (Ă²Ă =Ă â 0.589, pĂ =Ă 0.220). Liquor store density is associated with higher levels of community disadvantage and higher rates of violence, both of which are associated with lower life expectancies. Future research, potential intervention, and current related policies are discussed.Peer Reviewedhttps://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/146620/1/jcop22099_am.pdfhttps://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/146620/2/jcop22099.pd
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