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 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: 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: 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 3d3d transition-metal impurities in bcc Fe

The magnetic and electronic structures of $3d$ 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-$X$ systems rather than the binary Fe-$X$ 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 ($M$) 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 $M$ 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