INCF Workshops on Needs for Training in Neuroinformatics: Extended and Short Course Provision

The second and third _INCF Workshops on Training in Neuroinformatics_ were organized by the INCF National Node of the UK. In these workshops, the issues arising in providing extended courses, such as a full time Masters, or short courses, of a few days or a few weeks, were discussed. There was a focus on how the INCF could facilitate training in these types of courses. In this report, the recommendations from all three Training workshops are brought together

1st INCF Workshop on Needs for Training in Neuroinformatics

The INCF workshop on Needs for Training in Neuroinformatics was organized by the INCF National Node of the UK. The scope of the workshop was to provide as overview of the current state of neuroinformatics training and recommendations for future provision of training. The report presents a summary of the workshop discussions and recommendations to the INCF

Wikisource as a tool for OCR transcription correction: the National Library of Scotland’s response to COVID-19

This chapter focuses on the National Library of Scotland’s Wikisource transcription correction project, an organization-wide effort during lockdown that generated 1,000 fully accurate transcriptions of 3,000 Scottish chapbooks, which the Library had uploaded to Wikisource, Wikimedia’s online library of digitized, out of copyright works. The project, which contributed to the Library being awarded Partnership of the Year 2020 at the Wikimedia UK AGM, is thought to be the largest ever staff engagement with Wikimedia, and has had significant benefits to the Library and staff well beyond the original aims of the project. Initially set up to improve the quality of optical character recognition (OCR) transcriptions in order to make the chapbooks more discoverable and searchable, the project gave staff a purpose and sense of belonging during lockdown, provided an opportunity to work with a varied and fascinating collection, and enabled them to develop new skills in editing Wikisource, drafting guidance documentation, and managing projects. Further to this, the initiative greatly increased library staff engagement with Wikimedia, led to the formation of a Wikimedia Community of Interest, and resulted in the embedding of Wikimedia activity in staff work

Negative Poisson's Ratio Behavior Induced by an Elastic Instability

Negative Poisson's ratio behavior has been uncovered in cellular solids that comprise a solid matrix with a square array of circular voids. The simplicity of the fabrication implies robust behavior, which is relevant over a range of scales. The behavior results from an elastic instability, which induces a pattern transformation and excellent quantitative agreement is found between calculation and experiment.Engineering and Applied Science

Transforming the posttraumatic self: A Heuristic Arts-Based Understanding of Identity After Childhood Medical Trauma

This research paper investigates how visual symbolic forms in an arts-based self-inquiry can help redefine identity in a posttraumatic self, from childhood medical trauma. There is little research on childhood medical trauma's impact on identity, especially in creative arts therapies. The researcher used Moustakas (1990), six-phase model to explore her childhood medical trauma through an arts-based process. She created arts-based data for an intensive seven-day period, using imaginative dialogue, art, and body awareness to explore her medical trauma. The analysis brought surfacing imagery, such as; hands, infant, womb, and medical spaces. The themes found in the dialogue were identified as follows: imagination, transformation, connection, inner and outer dialogue. A creative synthesis was generated, highlighting the process and change through new connections. The outcome was a transformative process, changing the researcher's awareness concerning her identity and her experience of childhood medical trauma