We describe the building of a library of 10,000 distinct abstract art images, and how these can be interpreted as describing the placement of objects in a scene for generative painting projects. Building the library to contain only markedly distinct images necessitated a machine learning approach, whereby two decision trees were derived to predict visual similarity in pairs of images. The first...

The paper describes a Health Systems Research (HSR) training programme which took place at the All Africa Leprosy, Tuberculosis and Rehabilitation Training Centre (ALERT) in Ethiopia. The training consisted of three stages: an initial workshop focussing on protocol development, followed by a fieldwork period and a data analysis and report writing workshop. Twenty participants, divided over four...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to evaluate and to compare the cariogenic potential of different commonly consumed favored milk on caries development in rat's molar teeth. MATERIALS AND METHODS Sixty Sprague-Dawley rats infected with an active growing culture of Streptococcus mutans were offered chocolate favored milk, strawberry favored milk, banana favored milk, plain milk, sweetene...

“Software development” is one of the activities I involve myself with as part of the process of making music. I view this process as one of creative interplay between technical possibilities and aesthetic tendencies. That is to say, the computer, or more specifically, the software which I develop, is not a fixed tool with which to realise creative goals, but rather a malleable medium which evol...

Nike’s approach to managing supplier responsibility has greatly evolved since the 1990s, when the media uncovered claims of child labor, underpaid workers, and poor working conditions in several Asian countries. This report explores how Nike’s approach to improving social and environmental conditions in its global supply chain has evolved through integrated management of sustainability and inno...

Musical experiences can be highly multisensory, from obvious auditory stimulation, to the visual elements of a live performance, and physical excitement of the body. In this paper, we propose a means of incorporating an additional somatic channel of communication into live performances and compositional practice to further augment the physical nature of live performance. This work explores the ...

In many parts of the world food security is at risk. One of the biophysical root causes of falling per-capita food production is the declining quality and quantity of soils. To reverse this trend and increase soil fertility soil and plant nutrients have to be replenished. This review provides a literature survey of experiences of using multi-nutrient rock fertilizers for soil fertility enhancem...

In this article the role of teachers in Teacher Assessment in England is explored. Teacher Assessments consist of professional judgements made at ages 7,11 and 14 against the criteria of an eight-level scale, based on teachers’ ongoing teaching rather than by testing. These judgements are set alongside test results and have equal weight in reporting National assessment results, so they play a s...

Urban sources account for significant quantities of important diffuse pollutants, and urban watercourses are typically badly polluted. As well as toxic metals, hydrocarbons including PAHs, and suspended matter, priority urban pollutants include faecal pathogens and nutrients. Can urban watercourses be restored by sufficient reductions in pollution loads? Case studies in the UK and Sweden provid...

This position paper is concerned with the research and design of infocommunication technologies for citizen engagement and learning in smart ecosystems. The work assumes a human-centric citizen-driven smart city design approach and also proposes a R&D iterative framework model based on SOA work that goes from citizen inquiry to a front-end dashboard paradigm proposal. A research framework is di...