IMPLEMENTING A MODERN TEMPORAL DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

Temporal data management is a concept that has been around for many years. A temporal data management system (TDMS) manages data that is tracked over time. In this paper, the authors present an Oracle-based implementation of a TDMS that provides access to temporal data. The design and implementation presented in this paper are presented at a high level, with the significant features such as reference intervals and temporal relationships. The most notable TDMS benefits are a semi-portable solution and an implementation that maximizes on native database features. The paper finally presents an evaluation of the TDMS implementation with a feature comparison and benchmarking.Temporal data management

Union of Democratic Control

The Union of Democratic Control was a prominent opposition group in Britain that particularly criticised the operation of British foreign policy and the role of "secret diplomacy". It advocated public oversight of diplomacy and was an early advocate of the League of Nations

'Video-View-Point' - Video analysis to reveal tacit indicators of student nurse competence

For over 30 years, the assessment of the clinical competence of student nurses has been the subject of much theoretical debate, yet the definition of criteria based on observable indicators of competence remains problematic. In practice, however, different assessors will judge and agree, relatively quickly, whether a student is competent or not; whether they have got ‘it’. Articulating what ‘it’ is, is difficult; although ‘it’ appears to be collectively, yet tacitly, understood. These judgements provide the key to the definition of competence. This research solves the dilemma of revealing and investigating these tacit understandings through the video analysis of students in simulated practice. The findings of four initial exploratory studies confirmed that competence is an example of tacitly understood behaviour and identified the limitations of traditional research methods in this context. The practical challenges of analysing video were highlighted, leading to the development of Video-View-Point to solve these problems and to reveal the tacitly understood behaviours. This innovative hybrid research method combines analysis of multiple ‘Think Aloud’ commentaries with the ability to ‘point’ at the subject of interest. The analysis is presented as a time-stamped multimedia dialectic, a visually simple yet sophisticated collage of data which reveals relevant behaviours, including those which are tacitly understood. A bespoke software tool (BigSister) was designed to facilitate the data collection, and was tested against the most similar commercially available technology, an eye tracker. The test of Video-View-Point successfully revealed four tacitly understood indicators of competence: communication, processing clinical information, being in the right place, and being proactive. Video-View-Point offers huge potential for behavioural analysis in other domains

Hepatitis B and C in athletes

This issue of eMedRef provides information to clinicians on the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and therapeutics of Hepatitis B and C occurring in athletes

Development of Transnational Work-Based Learning in the Curriculum: An Approach Informed by the Student Experience

Development of Transnational Work-Based Learning in the Curriculum: An Approach Informed by the Student Experienc

E Plus - a practice oriented and transnational approach to enhance graduate employability

This report presents, in an e-book format for ease of reference, researched and evaluated initiatives, models and practices developed to enhance the employability of students of the University and the b.i.b. International College. It concludes the jointly funded stage of the project as planned in the original project proposal. The project is based on the key themes of work-based learning, industry-focussed learning, international learning and career management learning, and cross-threading I&CT and transnational themes. Many different stakeholders including students, tutors, service support staff and employers from both institutions contributed to the project and its outcomes. The following 4 paragraphs indicate briefly the content of each theme. In response to increasing evidence that HE institutions should be providing more workbased learning opportunities, EU- funded work experience opportunities for b.i.b. and SSU students going to Southampton and Germany respectively are planned, and a more flexible model combining both work experience and the final year project at SSU is planned. An industry focussed learning theme describes models for more industry-related activities. These include a more organised approach to using the University as a business context for live activities (eg analysis of University data warehouse data to inform decision making), an “Everybody-Wins” model for “live”/industry-linked activities and an entrepreneurial activity for primarily Technology courses. An international learning theme describes an experiment designed to enable b.i.b. and SSU students to work collaboratively online in international teams, and consequently enhance their e-portfolio CVs and employability. A career management learning theme completes this contribution to the employability agenda by sharpening the focus on CVs and gaining employment. It presents the results of studies on the application of Mahara at b.i.b. and software for developing communication skills at interview. Following achievement of the intended outcomes of the project, including the embedding of some practice, further work includes the on-going EU and other work-based learning initiatives. In conclusion, diverse, collaborative, shared, scalable and informed practice in our respective institutions should lead in the longer term to improved employability of our students

DATABASE DEVELOPMENT LIFE CYCLE

A software development life cycle model (SDLC) consists of a set of processes (planning, requirements, design, development, testing, installation and maintenance) defined to accomplish the task of developing a software application that is functionally correct and satisfies the user’s needs. These set of processes, when arranged in different orders, characterize different types of life cycles. When developing a database, the order of these tasks is very important to efficiently and correctly transform the user’s requirements into an operational database. These SDLCs are generally defined very broadly and are not specific for a particular type of application. In this paper the authors emphasize that there should be a SDLC that is specific to database applications. Database applications do not have the same characteristics as other software applications and thus a specific database development life cycle (DBDLC) is needed. A DBDLC should accommodate properties like scope restriction, progressive enhancement, incremental planning and pre-defined structure.Software Development, Database, DBMS, lifecycle model, traditional lifecycles