TESTING FOR CHANGES IN THE PRICE ELASTICITY OF RESIDENTIAL ELECTRICITY DEMAND

The demand for electricity in the residential sector is estimated to have become less elastic for the recent period of rising real prices as compared to earlier periods of stable or falling real price. Several possible reasons for this are investigated and we conclude that demand appears to be asymmetric with respect to price in both the short and long run. We then examine whether or not this is an important factor for forecast accuracy and public policy.Demand and Price Analysis, Resource /Energy Economics and Policy,

Will YOU have a false memory? : investigating individual differences in semantic false memories

Four experiments extended the false memory research by investigating false memory performance at the individual level (e.g., Stevens, unpublished Masters Thesis, 2006). The experiments used the DRM paradigm which presents lists of associated studied words (e.g., hot, winter) and then tests whether nonpresented theme word(s) (e.g., cold) is (are) falsely remembered. Previous research (e.g., fuzzy-trace theory) has proposed that the semantic relationships between words on the DRM lists are influential in false memory performance. In the experiments, each participant rated the semantic relatedness of word pairs drawn from associated sets. The first experiment investigated whether participants\u27 semantic ratings would predict their false memory performance. For the other three experiments, the ratings were later used in the study-test procedure, such that the theme words on the recognition test were preceded by words either deemed strongly related or weakly related to the theme word. The final experiment also explored whether creating study lists from semantic ratings influenced false memory. The results, expected to support the fuzzy-trace theory of false memory, provided more support for the activation/monitoring theory

Cleared for Launch - Lessons Learned from the OSIRIS-REx System Requirements Verification Program

Requirements verification of a large flight system is a challenge. It is especially challenging for engineers taking on their first role in space systems engineering. This paper describes our approach to verification of the Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) system requirements. It also captures lessons learned along the way from developing systems engineers embroiled in this process. We begin with an overview of the mission and science objectives as well as the project requirements verification program strategy. A description of the requirements flow down is presented including our implementation for managing the thousands of program and element level requirements and associated verification data. We discuss both successes and methods to improve the managing of this data across multiple organizational interfaces. Our approach to verifying system requirements at multiple levels of assembly is presented using examples from our work at instrument, spacecraft, and ground segment levels. We include a discussion of system end-to-end testing limitations and their impacts to the verification program. Finally, we describe lessons learned that are applicable to all emerging space systems engineers using our unique perspectives across multiple organizations of a large NASA program

The Hospital: Still the Doctors’ Workplace(s)—A Cautionary Note for Approaches to Safety and Value Improvement

Peer Reviewedhttps://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/142954/1/hesr12780.pdfhttps://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/142954/2/hesr12780-sup-0001-AppendixSA1.pdfhttps://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/142954/3/hesr12780_am.pd

Challenges, opportunities and legacies: experiencing the internationalising of UK planning curricula across space and time

Drawing on interviews with selected UK planning academics and survey results from current planning practitioners, this article provides valuable and timely perspectives on how internationalisation is experienced by those within and beyond the immediate institutional context. Although internationally focused planning education helps planners tackle the manifold urban challenges in the global South, the article goes on to argue that relational approaches hold much promise for planners working in so-called developed countries, including the UK, to understand the diverse needs of different diasporic communities. Such knowledge is crucial to develop sustainable planning solutions in the face of uneven processes of urban development

MAZI Deliverable Report D2.4: Design, progress and evaluation of the Deptford CreekNet pilot (version 1)

This deliverable reports on the design, progress and evaluation of the MAZI pilot conducted in Deptford, London by The Open University and SPC from May to November 2016 (months 5 to 11 of the MAZI project). This pilot study explores how the MAZI approach and toolkit might support the resolution of local sustainability challenges encountered by groups and individuals working and living in and around the Deptford Creek area, in south east London (UK). Within MAZI, this is described as the initial Community Engagement phase of the CreekNet pilot study (Phase 1). We report on the progress by referring to Holliman et al.’s 6P’s - six principles of engaged research (In Press; 2013). Originally designed to help universities plan and reflect on public engagement with research, adhering to the 6Ps ensures we don't simply impart wisdom to publics through one-way forms of communication but that we seek to involve multiple stakeholder perspectives, engaging communities as equal partners and considering how the research is likely to impact our community partners. In Phase 1 of our pilot the 6Ps resonates with the MAZI approach of seeking to work alongside local communities and have helped guide us towards achieving the following: ● ‘Preparedness’: identifying local contexts, understanding of the challenges to be faced, the researchers’ preparations for dealing with these challenges ● ‘Politics’: understanding the local social and political contexts in which the research would be carried out ● ‘People’: identifying the people that will be involved or affected by the work: the researchers, the community partners with whom we engaged, other community participants, others affected by the work ● ‘Purposes’: clarifying the aims and objectives of the research from the perspective of MAZI, the participants involved and other stakeholders ● ‘Processes’: pinning down the approach, methods and techniques that would be followed by the research team ● ‘Performances’: considering what was found and the extent to which this met the objectives of the research By referring to the 6Ps, the sections that follow provide an overview of the pilot context and an outline of the design processes undertaken, drawing on participatory action research approaches. We introduce the pilot team and the potential community partners which we initially identified, and describe their high level concerns. This is followed by an overview of the pilot design, taking a participatory research approach, considering community mapping, and undertaking community engagement and outreach events. We then overview the evaluation of progress made in relation to these community engagement activities, and report on what we learnt regarding the purposes of MAZI from the perspective of our community partners. We describe how we have used the early prototypes of the MAZI toolkit, and reflect on insights from community partners that emerged from the pilot process so far that have implications for specific development needs for Creeknet pilot, and appear relevant for the project at large. Finally the report ends with a discussion of the extent to which we have met the objectives of Phase 1 and concludes with an outlook to the plans we have for the following Phase 2 of the pilot that we will undertake in months 13-18

Change and grassroots movement: re-conceptualizing women's hockey governance in Canada

Sherpa Romeo yellow journal. Permission to retain in OPUS granted by publisher.In Canada, female hockey governance structures vary as different regions of the country may better suit integrated or partially-integrated governance approaches based upon their unique local histories and individual dynamics. Indeed, the Ontario Women’s Hockey Association (OWHA) is the only female hockey provincial association in Canada that endorses and endeavours to maintain a separatist philosophy. However, women’s hockey governance in Canada as a whole has not progressed in a manner where the authority of female hockey participants and leaders has increased. This paper initiates dialogue about women’s sport governance by utilising women’s hockey in Canada and specifically a case study of the OWHA, as a context in which to develop a new perspective and renew efforts to place women’s sport governance on the agenda. In order to develop a sport and governance dialogue for women’s hockey specifically and women’s sport more broadly, we present a theoretical discussion that integrates critical feminist and grassroots movement perspectives.Ye

Sickness absence after carpal tunnel release : a systematic review of the literature

Funding: LN was funded by an NIHR Doctoral Research Fellowship (Ref: DRF-2015-08-056).Peer reviewe

Multiplicative reasoning professional development programme : evaluation

The Multiplicative Reasoning Project (MRP) delivered by the National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics (NCETM) in 2013/14 focused on developing teachers' understanding and capacity to teach topics that involved multiplicative reasoning to Key Stage 3 (KS3) pupils. Multiplicative reasoning refers to the mathematical understanding and capability to solve problems arising from proportional situations often involving an understanding and application of fractions as well as decimals, percentages, ratios and proportions. The aspects of multiplicative reasoning addressed in the NCETM project were proportional and fractional relationships. The teaching approaches encouraged were the use of mathematical models, visual approaches and problem solving strategies. Approximately 60 teachers in 30 schools engaged in 3 regional professional development networks, led by professional development leaders, supported by university researchers. Specific project materials were created by a team of curriculum developers. The impact of MRP on pupil outcomes was evaluated using a 3-level Clustered Randomised Control Trial (CRT) research design. The trial ran between October 2013 and June 2014 and involved 8,777 year 7 (Y7), year 8 (Y8) and year 9 (Y9) pupils (level 1) clustered into 418 Y7, Y8 and Y9 mathematics classes (level 2) clustered into 60 secondary schools. Approximately half the schools, teachers and pupils participated in the intervention and half formed a control group. Progress was compared between the two groups of pupils using Key Stage 2 (KS2) data as a base line and GL Assessment Progress in Mathematics Test (PiM) tests as an outcome measure. This is a measure of general mathematical attainment that is correlated with national tests