Norman Selfe (1839–1911)

Norman Selfe was an engineer, naval architect, inventor, urban visionary and controversial advocate of technical education. Selfe's strenuous efforts in a number of causes went unrewarded during his life, but formed the basis of innovations later realised

Apocalyptic, Wisdom and the historical Jesus Debate

Aquest treball continua el debat actual de la relació entre l'Apocalipsi i la Saviesa, i com es refereixen al Jesús històric. Contràriament als suggeriments recents d’alguns especialistes, que consideren aquests dos gèneres bastant separats i tracten l'Apocalipsi com a poc aclaridora, aquest article argumenta a favor de la connexió d’aquests dos tipus de textos, dintre els testimonis de la literatura del període del Segon Temple. Com a exemple d’aquesta estreta connexió es proposa la importància de la instrucció del document de Qumram 4Q per a entendre el Jesús històric.This paper deals with the current debate about the relationship between Apocalyptic and Wisdom as this relates to the historical Jesus. Contrary to recent suggestions of some scholars that consider these two as quite separate genres and treat Apocalyptic in a negative light, the papers argues for the inter-connectedness of the two types of writing, on the evidence of the literature of the Second Temple period. As an example of this close connection the Qumran document 4Q Instruction is discussed and its relevance for our understanding of the historical Jesus suggested

Classifying public display systems: an input/output channel perspective

Public display screens are relatively recent additions to our world, and while they may be as simple as a large screen with minimal input/output features, more recent developments have introduced much richer interaction possibilities supporting a variety of interaction styles. In this paper we propose a framework for classifying public display systems with a view to better understanding how they differ in terms of their interaction channels and how future installations are likely to evolve. This framework is explored through 15 existing public display systems which use mobile phones for interaction in the display space

Where The Lazy Mississippi Flows

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The scholarly impact of TRECVid (2003-2009)

This paper reports on an investigation into the scholarly impact of the TRECVid (TREC Video Retrieval Evaluation) benchmarking conferences between 2003 and 2009. The contribution of TRECVid to research in video retrieval is assessed by analyzing publication content to show the development of techniques and approaches over time and by analyzing publication impact through publication numbers and citation analysis. Popular conference and journal venues for TRECVid publications are identified in terms of number of citations received. For a selection of participants at different career stages, the relative importance of TRECVid publications in terms of citations vis a vis their other publications is investigated. TRECVid, as an evaluation conference, provides data on which research teams ‘scored’ highly against the evaluation criteria and the relationship between ‘top scoring’ teams at TRECVid and the ‘top scoring’ papers in terms of citations is analysed. A strong relationship was found between ‘success’ at TRECVid and ‘success’ at citations both for high scoring and low scoring teams. The implications of the study in terms of the value of TRECVid as a research activity, and the value of bibliometric analysis as a research evaluation tool, are discussed

Réseaux sociaux et renseignement policier : Facebook, quel apport pour les données policières ?

Rapport de stage présenté à la Faculté des arts et sciences en vue de l'obtention du grade de Maîtrise en criminologieData available online on social networking sites represent a great opportunity to solve the limits of official data in a context of social network analysis and police intelligence. The social network of ten criminalized individuals, reputed to be members of an outlaw motorcycle club (OMC) have been built from public Facebook's friendships and official police data simultaneously. A comparative analysis of the network structure, the evolution of the centrality measures among the individuals depending of the network and their position and role, has been realized. The influence of individual characteristics like the residence place or the professional sector, on the belonging of some of them to both sources, and on their role and position in the different networks, has been analyzed too. It results in a low contribution of Facebook, with some noise and dispersion of the results. The relevant information available on Facebook is similar to that available in police data. Police data are therefore a complete and reliable source of information, even if Facebook could bring more when specifically used and targeted.Les données disponibles sur les médias sociaux présentent une opportunité unique de pallier les limites des données officielles, notamment dans un contexte d’analyse de réseau et de renseignement. Les réseaux sociaux de dix individus, réputés appartenir à un groupe de motards criminalisés, ont été construits à partir à la fois des données policières et des liens d’amitié publics de Facebook. Une analyse comparative de la structure des réseaux, des indicateurs de centralité des individus ainsi que de leur rôle, est effectuée. L’influence que les caractéristiques individuelles telles que le lieu de résidence ou le secteur d’activité professionnelle, peuvent avoir sur l’appartenance de certains individus aux deux sources de données, ainsi que sur le rôle qu’ils occupent, est aussi analysée. Il en ressort que l’apport de Facebook est relativement faible, pouvant ajouter du bruit et disperser les résultats. L’information pertinente qui y est disponible est similaire à celle déjà présente dans les données policières. Les données policières sont donc une première source fiable et complète d’informations, bien que Facebook puisse être un complément s’il en est fait un usage ciblé

Where The Lazy Mississippi Flows

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Designing positive behavior change experiences: a systematic review and sentiment analysis based on online user reviews of fitness and nutrition mobile applications

While mobile devices have become ubiquitous, illnesses derived from poor lifestyle habits are on the rise. However, our understand ing of design mechanisms that induce healthier behavior change through mobile devices is still limited. Using the BCT Taxonomy, and online user reviews as an indicator of experience satisfaction, we make a three-folded contribution to designing interactive sys tems for behavior change: (i) a systematic review of applications for physical activity and healthier eating habits, coding BCTs; (ii) sentiment analysis performed on 20492 review sentences of these apps; and (iii) design implications regarding the implementation features for each BCT cluster, considering the highest-scored fea tures in terms of sentiment analysis. Positive expressions referred to the framing/reframing technique. Contrarily, negative expres sions were mostly related to reward and threat. Findings from this study can be used to benchmark interactions between users and behavior change interfaces, and provide design insights to support positive user experiences.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Control of Cheese Microflora using Bacteriocins.

End of Project ReportBacteriocins are proteins, produced by some bacteria which are capable of inhibiting other bacteria. The overall aim of this project was the development and exploitation of bacteriocins such as Lacticin 3147 (produced by a food-grade microorganism), as biological tools to control the microflora of foods. Lacticin 3147-producing strains were evaluated for their ability to improve the microbial quality of a variety of dairy products and in particular, Cheddar cheese. The manipulation of cheese flora using bacteriocins should offer manufacturers greater control in the consistency and quality of the final product, in addition to improving its safety. In concert with these studies, Lacticin 3147 was studied in detail at the molecular level resulting in its biochemical and genetic analysis. These studies have demonstrated the complexity and uniqueness of this potent antimicrobial.Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marin

Automated murmurs: the social mobile tourist application

The popularity of mobile devices and their increased computing power has given rise to surge in mobile computing technologies. Users are increasingly turning to mobile devices for information relating to their activities and location while on the move. Independent of this, the world has seen a huge uptake in the social web, which has fueled the production of applications where users are the sole providers of valuable information. In this work we present a mobile platform which leverages the popularity of mobile and social computing to produce a location sensitive messaging system which delivers user generated content to the public in the context of their physical location