Monitoring habits and physiological data in the frail elderly

There is a need for new models of care enabled by technology to support long-term and independent living of the elderly. Integrating telecare and telehealth technologies can be used to provide innovative support in an unobtrusive way. inCASA is a European Commission funded project that uses an integrated platform to monitor both health and habits data in the frail elderly and demonstrate the concept of integrated health and social services through pilot trials. This paper presents the joint analysis of habits and clinical data from the UK pilot. The aim of the analysis is to determine the correlation between change in habits behaviour, change in physiological data and deterioration in the condition of the patient

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Windermere Reflections Landscape Partnership Final Evaluation

A report on the Heritage Lottery Funded Windermere Reflections Landscape Partnership. The evaluation provides an independent assessment of what Windermere Reflections (WR) has delivered (its outputs), what the benefits (outcomes) have been for heritage and people and what lasting impact WR will have made (its legacy). This Report identifies what WR has achieved, celebrates its successes and considers what difference it has made to the area. It also considers what may not have worked so well and the lessons that may be drawn for the future

When images work faster than words: The integration of content-based image retrieval with the Northumbria Watermark Archive

Information on the manufacture, history, provenance, identification, care and conservation of paper-based artwork/objects is disparate and not always readily available. The Northumbria Watermark Archive will incorporate such material into a database, which will be made freely available on the Internet providing an invaluable resource for conservation, research and education. The efficiency of a database is highly dependant on its search mechanism. Text based mechanisms are frequently ineffective when a range of descriptive terminologies might be used i.e. when describing images or translating from foreign languages. In such cases a Content Based Image Retrieval (CBIR) system can be more effective. Watermarks provide paper with unique visual identification characteristics and have been used to provide a point of entry to the archive that is more efficient and effective than a text based search mechanism. The research carried out has the potential to be applied to any numerically large collection of images with distinctive features of colour, shape or texture i.e. coins, architectural features, picture frame profiles, hallmarks, Japanese artists stamps etc. Although the establishment of an electronic archive incorporating a CBIR system can undoubtedly improve access to large collections of images and related data, the development is rarely trouble free. This paper discusses some of the issues that must be considered i.e. collaboration between disciplines; project management; copying and digitising objects; content based image retrieval; the Northumbria Watermark Archive; the use of standardised terminology within a database as well as copyright issues

(British) anthropological tourism in Slovenia 1932-2007

For three quarters of a century, Central and Eastern Europe has been the target for British ‘anthropological’ area studies conducted by adult amateur as well as university groups, with Slovenia as a particular focus. Two earlier studies of Sol ~ avsko, in 1932 and 1970– 71 based on the Le Play Society’s analytical troika ‘Place, Work and Folk’ (which prefigured the normative ‘environment, economy and society’ of present-day sustainability discourse) have provided a historical background to recent (2004–07) joint Ljubljana-London univer- sity fieldwork in the area. The ethos of this early anthropological tourism emphasised mutuality (surveys were to be participatory, undertaken with rather than of local peoples) and diversity (the variety of ways that the relationships between environment, economy and society were manifest in different places). The ethos is perhaps best manifest in the elaboration of management strategies and governance structures for European protected landscapes (as exemplified by the proposed new Kamniško-Savinjske Alpe regional park). The issue of tourism and sustainability provides a link between past, present and future

Caradon Hill Area Heritage Project Final Evaluation and Completion Report

A report on the Heritage Lottery Funded Caradon Hill Area Heritage Project (CHAHP). The evaluation has been designed to provide an independent assessment of what CHAHP projects have delivered (their outputs), what the benefits (outcomes) have been for heritage and people and what lasting impact CHAHP will have made (its legacy). This Report identifies what CHAHP has achieved, celebrates its successes and considers what difference it has made to the area. It also considers what may not have worked so well and the lessons that may be drawn for the future

Living Wandle Landscape Partnership: Final Evaluation & Completion Report

Living Wandle (LW) is the National Lottery's first urban Landscape Partnership (LP) Scheme. Focused on the catchment of the River Wandle and covering parts of the London Boroughs of Croydon, Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth, its distinctive features include a largely built-up landscape with high population density, diverse communities including areas of social deprivation, but with many public open spaces and a great deal of ongoing activity. LW’s vision has been to secure: “A vibrant healthy, sustainable, multi-functional landscape in which people recognise and are inspired by the natural and cultural heritage of the valley and river”. At an overall cost of £2.6m, supported with £1.9m of Heritage Lottery Fund grant, LW’s 28 delivery partners have delivered a programme of over 30 separately costed projects which together address the four HLF programme aims of heritage conservation, community engagement, access and learning, and training and skills. This final evaluation celebrates the scheme's achievements, identifies lessons learnt, and assesses the future for a potential new Regional Park in the area

Influence of Charge and Energy Imbalances on the Tunneling Current through a Superconductor-Normal Metal Junction

We consider quasiparticle charge and energy imbalances in a thin superconductor weakly coupled with two normal-metal electrodes via tunnel junctions at low temperatures. Charge and energy imbalances, which can be created by injecting quasiparticles at one junction, induce excess tunneling current $I_{\rm ex}$ at the other junction. We numerically obtain $I_{\rm ex}$ as a function of the bias voltage $V_{\rm det}$ across the detection junction. We show that $I_{\rm ex}$ at the zero bias voltage is purely determined by the charge imbalance, while the energy imbalance causes a nontrivial $V_{\rm det}$-dependence of $I_{\rm ex}$. The obtained voltage-current characteristics qualitatively agree with the experimental result by R. Yagi [Phys. Rev. B {\bf 73} (2006) 134507].Comment: 10 pages, 5 figure

A dieta do espadarte (Xiphias gladius) em águas Açorianas

Foram recolhidos um total de 132 estômagos de espadarte durante os anos de 1992/93 em indivíduos capturados em palangre derivante perto do arquipélago dos Açores. Os conteúdos foram completamente separados em componentes que incluíam: todos os estados de digestão de peixes e cefalópodes, desde peixes completos até fragmentos de músculo, ossos e otólitos e bicos de cefalópodes. Os peixes e os ossos maiores, que podem ser identificados, pertenciam todos a Capros aper, Lepidopus caudatus, Pagellus bogaraveo, mictofideos e, o peixe que servia de isco, Trachurus picturatus. Músculo das lulas Todarodes sagittatus, Pholidoteuthis boschmai e a lula que servia de isco Illex sp. também foi encontrada. 1249 otólitos e 120 bicos (inferiores) de cefalópodes foram identificados até ao género ou espécie. Encontrou-se uma média de 3.1 espécies e 18 animais representados em cada estômago. 98.4% dos estômagos apresentavam restos de peixes que contribuíam com 93.4% dos animais na dieta. Encontraram-se cefalópodes em 37.4% dos estômagos que contribuíram com 5.8% dos animais. Estimou-se que os pesos dos cefalópodes e peixes contribuíam respectivamente com 50.5% e 49.5% dos conteúdos estomacais. Os constituintes mais importantes da dieta, determinados por depleção de % peso estimado são Ommastrephes bartrami (24.4%), Lepidopus caudatus (17.4%), Pholi-doteuthis boschmai (15.9%), Capros aper (14.9%), Beryx spp. (5.4%), Micromesistius poutassou Onychoteuthis sp. (3.9%), Moroteuthis sp. (2.7%) e Pagellus bogoraveo (2.2%). Ao todo, há mais do que 18 espécies de peixe e 22 de cefalópodes na dieta. Apresentam-se as distribuições por tamanho de otólitos e bicos. Há espécies bentónicas e mesopelágicas de águas oceânicas, costeiras e profundas. Aparecem, na dieta, algumas espécies raras e não registadas para os Açores. As dietas não variam de acordo com a dimensão do espadarte amostrado ou entre sexos. Cálculos preliminares sobre a biomassa mínima consumida pelo espadarte dos Açores apontam para um número entre 7280 a 8680 t por ano, sendo aproximadamente metade peixe e metade cefalópodes.ABSTRACT: A total of 132 stomachs were collected in 1992-93 from swordfish caught on drifting longlines near the Azores. Contents were sorted completely into components which comprised all stages of digested fish and cephalopods from complete fish to fragments of muscle, bones, otoliths and beaks of cephalopods. Fish and larger bones which could be identified all belonged to Capros aper. Lepidopus caudatus, Pagellus bogaraveo, myctophids, and the fish used as bait, Trachurus picturatus. Flesh of the squids Todarodes sagittatus, Pholidoteuthis boschmai and the squid used as bait Illex sp. was also present. 1249 otoliths and 120 cephalopod lower beaks were identified to genus or species. There was a mean of 3.1 species and 18 animals represented in each stomach. Fish remains occurred in 98.4% of the stomachs and contributed 93.4% of animals in the diet. Cephalopod remains occurred in 37.4% and contributed 5.8% of animals. Estimates of the weights of fish and cephalopods show that cephalopods provide 50.5% and fish species 49.5% of the stomach contents. The most important constituents of the diet by decreasing % estimated weight are Ommastrephes bartrami (24.4%), Lepidopus caudatus (17.4%), Pholidoteuthis boschmai (15.9%), Capros aper (14.9%), Beryx spp. (5.4%), Micromesistius poutassou (4.3%), Onychoteuthis sp. (3.9%), Moroteuthis sp. (2.7%) and Pagellus bogaraveo (2.2%). In all, there are more than 18 species of fish and 22 species of cephalopod in the diet. Size distributions of otoliths and beaks are presented. The species include bottom and midwater forms from both oceanic and near island water and depths. A number of rare species of cephalopods and species not recorded for the Azores are in the diet. Diet does not differ according to the size of swordfish sampled or between female and male swordfish. Preliminary calculations were made on the minimum biomass eaten by the swordfish off the Azores as 7280 - 8680 t per year, approximately half fish and half cephalopods