10,551 research outputs found
Centre story: discussions with three virtuoso principal trombonists of London orchestras; Byron Fulcher, Helen Vollam, Matt Gee
This article documents the recent lives of three eminent professional trombonists in major London orchestra
Centre story: conversations with three virtuoso trumpet players from around the world; Georgina Jackson, Andrea Giuffredi, Brian Evans
In this article for the Brass Herald Magazine, Kate documents elements of the careers of three world class virtuoso trumpet players from Italy, the UK and Australia
Centre story: conversations with virtuoso young conductors; Andrew Gourlay and Jamie Phillips
This article discusses the lives and careers of two eminent young orchestral conductors, Andrew Gourlay and Jamie Phillips
Centre story: documenting the lives of international tuba players; Kevin Morgan, Oren Marshall & Lee Tsamarklis
This article documents the lives of three international tuba players for a music trade magazine
Distress thermometer (SUDS). modified for use in participatory arts evaluations
Subjective Units of Distress Scale was designed in 1969 by Wolpe. It is frequently used in CBT treatments concerning distress and for research purposes.
We have re-designed this scale with just three anchor points on the thermometer, encouraging subjective self-rating.
The scale is designed to look non-medical, and to encourage engagement in arts and health settings through simple, sophisticated design and clear instructions which refrain from medical instructions and labelling
Transboundary Planning in the European Atlantic: Good Practice Guide
Outcome of a European project of transboundary maritime planning in the European Atlantic region
A meta analysis of effectiveness of E interventions to reduce alcohol consumption in college and university students
Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness and moderators of E-Interventions versus assessment only (AO) controls in the reduction of alcoholic drinks per week (DPW) in university students.
Study design and methods: Cochrane library, CINAEL, ERIC, MEDLINE, PsycINFO, PubMed, and Web of Science were searched up to June 2017. Studies were included if they were: an RCT, assessed the effectiveness of E-Interventions at reducing DPW, and employed university/college students. 23 studies (N = 7,614) were included and quality was assessed using the JADAD scale.
Results: Weighted mean effect sizes were calculated using random-effects models. These showed a small, significant effect of E-Interventions at reducing the number of alcoholic DPW. Moderator analysis found a significant advantage for web-based personalised feedback interventions compared to other E-Interventions.
Conclusions: E-Interventions show a small, significant effect at reducing mean alcoholic DPW. Personalised feedback E-Interventions showed the strongest effect
First-principles investigation of magnetism and electronic structures of substitutional transition-metal impurities in bcc Fe
The magnetic and electronic structures of impurity atoms from Sc to Zn
in ferromagnetic body-centered cubic iron are investigated using the
all-electron full-potential linearized augmented plane-wave method based on the
generalized gradient approximation (GGA). We found that in general, the GGA
results are closer to the experimental values than those of the local spin
density approximation. The calculated formation enthalpy data indicate the
importance of a systematic study on the ternary Fe-C- systems rather than
the binary Fe- systems, in steel design. The lattice parameters are
optimized and the conditions for spin polarization at the impurity sites are
discussed in terms of the local Stoner model. Our calculations, which are
consistent with previous work, imply that the local spin-polarizations at Sc,
Ti, V, Cu, and Zn are induced by the host Fe atoms. The early transition-metal
atoms couple antiferromagnetically, while the late transition-metal atoms
couple ferromagnetically, to the host Fe atoms. The calculated total
magnetization () of bcc Fe is reduced by impurity elements from Sc to Cr as
a result of the antiferromagnetic interaction, with the opposite effect for
solutes which couple ferromagnetically. The changes in are attributed to
nearest neighbor interactions, mostly between the impurity and host atoms. The
atom averaged magnetic moment is shown to follow generally the well-known
Slater-Pauling curve, but our results do not follow the linearity of the
Slater-Pauling curve. We attribute this discrepancy to the weak ferromagnetic
nature of bcc Fe. The calculated Fermi contact hyperfine fields follow the
trend of the local magnetic moments. The effect of spin-orbit coupling is found
not to be significant although it comes into prominence at locations far from
the impurity sites.Comment: 26 pages, 11 figure
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