Sure Start Blacon reach report, April 2004 - March 2005

This project report discusses Sure Start computerised records (covering personal details of all registrations within the Sure Start programme and records of each serivce and which service users have accessed them) which allow the 'reach' of the local programme across Blacon to be established between 1 April 2004 and 31 March 2005

Letter to Philander Chase

Charlotte and Mary thank Chase for his kindness and hope that he will accept the gift of a pocketbook to take back to America with him.https://digital.kenyon.edu/chase_letters/1403/thumbnail.jp

Letter to Philander Chase

Charlotte and Mary Ward thank Chase for his letter and regret that they will not see him again.https://digital.kenyon.edu/chase_letters/1381/thumbnail.jp

The effect of perennial grass species on forage growth and quality, etiolated growth, animal performance and economics

A series of experiments were conducted during 2005 and 2006 to evaluate five perennial grass species for forage yield and quality, steer performance and grazing capacity, animal intake, plant energy reserves and economic return under grazed conditions. In 1999, two 0.8 ha replicates each of ‘Paddock’ meadow bromegrass (Bromus ripariusRehm.), ‘Carlton’ smooth bromegrass (Bromus inermisLeyss.) and ‘AC Knowles’ hybrid bromegrass (B. riparius x B. inermis) were seeded. In 2003, two 0.8 ha replicates each of ‘AC Goliath’ crested wheatgrass (Agropyron cristatum (L.) Gaertn.), hybrid bromegrass, and ‘Courtenay’ tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea Schreb.) were seeded. A long established stand of crested wheatgrass acted as the control pasture. For 2003 established pastures, AC Goliath crested wheatgrass (7515 kg ha-1) had greater (

'Alternative' methods of coping: tattooing and humour as non-traditional methods of emotional expression

Much research has explored ‘traditional’ coping mechanisms individuals use to manage their own mental wellbeing. For example, websites which offer advice to young people (YP) on how to manage their own depression have discussed the benefits of physical exercise and healthy eating (e.g. Helpguide, 2014; KidsHealth, 2014; WebMD, 2014). Similarly, much research has explored the benefits of social support for positive mental health outcomes in YP (Rothon, Goodwin and Stansfield, 2012). However, there has been less of a focus on non-traditional, and often implicit strategies that YP employ in order to make sense of, discuss and manage emotions. This paper will review these non-traditional methods of expression that are particularly relevant to YP, with a specific focus on humour and tattooing. Although unrelated, they both differently provide YP with an ‘appropriate’ avenue to construct, make sense of and deal with difficult emotional experiences that occur in some YPs lives. Previous work on tattooing conceptualises it as being associated with negative mental health (Carroll et al, 2002; Brooks et al, 2003). However, with the popularity of tattooing in YP rising, tattoos are being used as a strategy to materially demonstrate what they have overcome, and as a symbol for strength (Way, 2013; Anderson, 2014). In comparison, humour is more of a discursive strategy enabling YP to reframe their distress and communicate it to others in a way that they feel comfortable (Plancherel and Monique, 1995). Similarly, professionals working with YP use humour as a method to communicate and regulate their own negative emotions (Gilgun and Sharma, 2013). This paper is a holistic review of both the literature and the media, exploring how YP negotiate understandings of emotion with particular relevance to humour and tattooing

Designing spaces for knowledge work - can the use of fiction help construct new realities?

This paper is concerned with two approaches to designing spaces for knowledge work. The central concern of the first approach is with the use of fictional descriptions of the workplace, in order to stimulate creative thought about new workspaces. The second approach draws on the emerging potential of three dimensional virtual reality as a tool to develop shared visions and to stimulate creativity. The paper ends by summarising findings in three important dimensions of knowledge management in business: (a) The nature of knowledge work and its workspace requirements (b) Specific processes for developing creatively shared insights and understandings by potential users about future knowledge spaces (c) The overall philosophy of design of such space

It Makes A Lot Of Diff\u27rence When You\u27re With The Girl You Love

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The Effect of Seasonal Variation in Birth and Transmission Rates on Host-Parasite Relationships

Climate change is impacting ecosystems, and its effect on host-parasite systems is being noticed globally. With changing seasons comes changing species behaviour, and how these alternative behaviours might impact host-parasite systems is an important study area. Here we use and adapt classic susceptible-infected-recovered SIR compartmental disease models of hosts and parasites to consider how seasonality in both birth and transmission affect dynamics. We use the models to explore how seasonality drives behaviour of a population and its disease dynamics. We summarise how each seasonal component impacts population dynamics individually before incorporating both seasonal terms into the theoretical models. Simultaneous incorporation of seasonality in birth rate and seasonality in transmission leads to a wide range of population dynamics in each case where notably the timing of birth and transmission in relation to each other plays a pivotal role in determining the recurrence of disease cycles. The results obtained help us to understand, for example, how a host-parasite system might react after changing their behaviour due to a changing climate. We explore population management, or harvest, strategies with the aim of controlling the size of disease outbreaks without reducing population levels to critically low values. The timing of harvesting, in relation to the seasonal birth and transmission, is an important factor in determining the most appropriate disease control strategy. Overall, we show that the presence of seasonality in both birth and transmission plays a large role in determining population and disease dynamics, and that harvesting strategies can help to reduce disease whilst maintaining population size