Do middle ear infections matter? Student self-reported perceptions of behaviour, including social skills, following experience with otitis media with effusion

Children frequently experience fluctuating conductive hearing loss during and following episodes of otitis media with effusion. With the prevalence of the disease increasing in the non-Indigenous population in Australia, many children may be at risk of long-term problems related to their behaviour. There are conflicting findings in the research literature regarding the effects of this type of hearing loss. For some students it appears that experience with otitis media with effusion with or without tympanostomy tube (grommet) insertion is associated with various educational problems, including inappropriate behaviours. A current concern is whether or not these possible effects would continue to influence the behaviour of children as they continue into their high school years. A study was undertaken to identify the impact of otitis media with effusion and its associated sequelae on the behaviour of high school students. Self-reporting by high school students in Years 8 and 9 attending a Brisbane school provided information about their perceptions of various aspects of their behaviour (including social skills). Three groups were formed: a Non-OME/Non- Grommet Group (n = 28), an OME/Grommet Group (n = 17) and an OME/Non-Grommet Group (n = 32). Analysis of the results revealed a range of mild effects; in particular, girls with a history of grommets exhibited a lack of confidence in their social skills and boys (with or without grommets) an increase in behaviour problems. The study identifies a number of associated teaching and learning issues, including noise levels in childcare environments and school classrooms, current teaching and learning methodology and the training of new teachers

Late eighteenth-century home tours and travel narratives : genre, culture and space

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A Soper Record Cairn from Baffin Island, N.W.T.

Two documents were recovered from a cairn located at the northern extremity of Nettilling Lake, Baffin Island. They record the details of J. Dewey Soper's winter expedition to Foxe Basin in 1926 and the travel itinerary of an Inuit hunting party.Key words: arctic exploration, Baffin Island, archaeology, cairns, Dewery Soper, Nettilling LakeMots clés: exploration de l'Arctique, île de Baffin, archaéologie, cairns, Dewery Soper, Lac Nettillin

A Most Inhospitable Coast: The Report of Lieutenant William Hobson’s 1859 Search for the Franklin Expedition on King William Island

Lieutenant William R. Hobson’s 1859 search for traces of the Franklin expedition on the west coast of King William Island resulted in several major discoveries that include an official record containing the dates of Sir John Franklin’s death, of the abandonment of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, and of the departure of the ship’s company for the Back River. Information derived from Hobson’s report appeared in McClintock’s published account of the expedition, and it has been referenced in other works, but the report itself was never published. Recent investigations of Franklin archaeological sites on the Victoria Strait coast of King William Island by the Government of Nunavut, including sites first discovered by Hobson, served as a catalyst for locating Hobson’s full descriptions of his findings. The report includes general observations on weather, ice conditions, and wildlife encountered, and his detailed descriptions of several Franklin expedition sites are potentially valuable sources of information for ongoing archaeological investigations.La recherche de traces de l’expédition de Franklin réalisée sur la côte ouest de l’île King William par le lieutenant William R. Hobson en 1859 a donné lieu à plusieurs découvertes d’envergure, dont un document officiel renfermant les dates du décès de Sir John Franklin, de l’abandon du HMS Erebus et du HMS Terror ainsi que du départ de l’équipage du navire pour la rivière Back. Des renseignements dérivés du rapport de William Hobson figurent dans le compte rendu publié par McClintock au sujet de l’expédition. Ces renseignements ont également été repris dans d’autres ouvrages, mais le rapport en soi n’a jamais été publié. Des enquêtes récentes effectuées par le gouvernement du Nunavut aux sites archéologiques de Franklin sur la côte du détroit de Victoria, à l’île King William, visant notamment des sites qui avaient d’abord été découverts par William Hobson, ont servi de catalyseur à la découverte des descriptions complètes des observations de William Hobson. Le rapport comprend des observations générales sur les conditions météorologiques, l’état des glaces et la faune rencontrée. Ses descriptions détaillées de plusieurs sites touchés par l’expédition de Franklin pourraient constituer de précieuses sources d’information pour les enquêtes archéologiques en cours

School-based decision making (SBDM) councils and their efficacy and productivity as perceived by council members.

This study examined the perceptions of Kentucky SBDM council members concerning the productivity and efficacy of the councils. The major variables studied were council member position, council member demographic characteristics, perceived efficacy, and perceived productivity. The research data came from an already completed field survey. This study used the methods of descriptive analysis, causal-comparative analysis, and correlational/predictive research. Statistical procedures included calculation of means and standard deviations, as well as multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA), ordinary least squares multiple regression, and random effects analysis of variance (ANOVA). The results of the study showed that, in general, council members had a positive perception of the productivity and efficacy of the councils. There were no differences between the perceptions of parents and principals, nor between principals and teachers/staff. There was, however, a difference between parents and teachers/staff in regards to efficacy, with parents revealing a higher rating than teachers. Although the difference was statistically significant, it was small in magnitude. Additional research explored the amount of variance in efficacy and productivity in relation to several predictor variables. The amount of variance in the average efficacy score could be predicted by the contrast between parents and principals/staff, relevant information, use of committees, and training activities. The amount of variance in the average productivity score could be predicted by the contrast between parents and Iteachers/staff, relevant information, use of committees, training activities, school level, and level of efficiency. Additionally, there were significant differences among schools both for teachers and for parents in regards to both efficacy and productivity

Cambridge Sustainability Residence

The Sustainability Residency started as a playful experiment, dreamed up by two alumni of the Cambridge School of Art, Marina Velez and Russell Cuthbert, back in 2012. As artists preoccupied with the idea of sustainability, we wanted to re-frame, re-connect and re-think with dialectics of liberation present in art movements in the 60s and 80s, and artists such as Joseph Beuys and Gustav Metzger. Driven by the idea that cross-disciplinary work is pivotal in order to create a society in which people and technology co-exist sustainably, the artists’ residency has been from its beginnings a multidisciplinary project. We wanted to bring together artists, scientists, biologists, engineers and other experts working in the field of sustainability and to provide a space for reflection, debate and experimentation that is open ended, inspirational and experimental. We believe that experimentation has its own value, which usually acts as an antidote to discipline narcissism, and affects sensitivity and perception in powerful ways. The residency aspires to act as a lab for what Beuys called ‘social sculpture’, by encouraging the participants to critically engage with ideas of sustainability and visions towards an ecologically viable and humane society. Critical to the residency and its projects are the collaboration between institutions and artists, where the former provide the infrastructure and support needed for the project and the latter bring a fresh, creative, non-linear and unconstrained approach. The structure, length, theme and scope of the residency varies each year as new artists join in and influence and shape the project. The residency will continue working with people, growing, questioning and will be present in the world in a diversity of ways that may include symposiums, exchanges, exhibitions, publications and academic research. This research has to be inclusive because, as Shelley Sacks says on the Social Sculpture Research Unit website: “there is only one field of transformation, and no-one is outside”. MILK. is the first in a series of publications to be generated by the residency, capturing both the independent and collaborative research of the participating artists. It comprises a compilation of images and text which, in their different ways, give an insight into the dialogue, inspirations, ideas and energy arising from the first two residencies