Healing past wounds with more than an elastic bandage – a small-scale evaluation of attitudes and aspirations of contemporary Northern Irish Catholics

A rapid small-scale evaluation of ultrafiltration (UF) performance with and without physical–chemical pre-treatment was performed to up-grade the conventional treatment used for drinking water production in Alcantarilha's water treatment works, Algarve, Portugal. Direct UF and pre-ozonation/coagulation/flocculation/sedimentation/UF (O/C/F/S/UF) were evaluated using polysulphone membranes of different apparent molecular weight cut-off (MWCO) (15–47 kDa). The results indicated that (i) UF is an effective barrier against microorganisms, including virus larger than 80 nm; (ii) for surface waters with low to moderate SUVA values, direct UF performance is equivalent or better than the conventional treatment in terms of residual turbidity, while UV254 nm and TOC residuals require the use of O/C/F/S/UF; (iii) the permeate quality improves with the membrane apparent MWCO decrease, especially for the direct UF, although the conventional treatment performance is never reached using UF; (iv) membrane fouling and adsorption phenomena are more severe in direct UF than in O/C/F/S/UF sequence (pre-ozonation decreases the membrane foulants by decreasing their hydrophobicity) and these phenomena increase with the membrane hydraulic permeability and, particularly, with the membrane apparent MWCO.

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PERCEIVED IN-GROUP DENSITY AND PSYCHOLOGICAL ADJUSTMENT IN A SAMPLE OF NORTHERN IRISH CATHOLICS AND PROTESTANTS

Studia Psychologica ◽

10.21909/sp.2013.03.639 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 55 (3) ◽

pp. 229-246

Author(s):

John MALLET ◽

Christopher Alan LEWIS ◽

Ed CAIRNS ◽

Keyword(s):

Psychological Adjustment ◽

Northern Irish ◽

Irish Catholics ◽

Group Density

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Making sense of ‘pure’ phenomenography in information and communication technology in education

Research in Learning Technology ◽

10.3402/rlt.v14i3.10966 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 14 (3) ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Graham Alsop ◽

Chris Tompsett

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Analysis ◽

Information And Communication Technology ◽

Communication Technology ◽

Good Practice ◽

Small Scale ◽

Technology In Education ◽

Methodological Issues ◽

Scale Evaluation ◽

Making Sense ◽

Information And Communication

Research in information and communication technology in education places an increasing emphasis on the use of qualitative analysis (QA). A considerable number of approaches to QA can be adopted, but it is not always clear that researchers recognize either the differences between these approaches or the principles that underlie them. Phenomenography is often identified by researchers as the approach they have used, but little evidence is presented to allow anyone else to assess the objectivity of the results produced. This paper attempts to redress the balance. A small-scale evaluation was designed and conducted according to ‘pure’ phenomenographic principles and guidelines. This study was then critiqued within the wider context of QA in general. The conclusion is that pure phenomenography has some procedural weaknesses, as well as some methodological limitations regarding the scope of the outcomes. The procedural weaknesses can be resolved by taking account of good practice in QA. The methodological issues are more serious and reduce the value of this approach for research in collaborative learning environments.DOI: 10.1080/09687760600837058

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Rapid Small-Scale Evaluation of Expected Annual Flood Damages Under Sea Level Rise Scenarios

10.17918/00000394 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Troy Robert Louis Ludlow

Keyword(s):

Sea Level Rise ◽

Sea Level ◽

Small Scale ◽

Scale Evaluation ◽

Flood Damages

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Een Taalportfolio Voor Docenten In Het Basisonderwijs

Toegepaste Taalwetenschap in Artikelen ◽

10.1075/ttwia.72.08aar ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 72 ◽

pp. 75-88

Author(s):

Rian Aarts ◽

Peter Broeder

Keyword(s):

Primary Education ◽

Primary Schools ◽

Cultural Knowledge ◽

Language Teachers ◽

Small Scale ◽

Scale Evaluation ◽

Teaching Language ◽

Teaching Situation ◽

Recent Developments ◽

Language Meaning

This article focuses on the development of a language portfolio for teachers in primaty education. Portfolios are being used more and more in education, particularly in higher education. But also in primary education, a language portfolio for pupils (which has been accredited by the European Council) has been introduced and turned out to be useful, especially in schools with a multicultural population. Following the same guidelines as in the pupil's portfolio, a language portfolio for teachers has been developed. The first version of this portfolio has been used in a small-scale evaluation. It turned out that the language portfolio for teachers can function as an instrument for the evaluation and documentation of the language, didactic and cultural knowledge, and skills of teachers. Teachers can use the portfolio to assess their own proficiencies and to collect and store documentation of their proficiencies. Major differences were foundin the views of language teachers in primary schools (teachers of Turkish and Arabic) and those of general teachers. The latter group expressed their doubts about the usefulness of the language portfolio in their teaching situation, as teaching language (meaning: teaching English) is only a small part of their task. Recent developments in primary education, however, seem to point to a growing importance of languages in this type of education. In this case, language portfolios could prove to be useful instruments.

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