scholarly journals Scottish Trainees' Day

1981 ◽  
Vol 5 (11) ◽  
pp. 215-215
Author(s):  
Jim Gallagher
Keyword(s):  
Small Groups ◽  
Plenary Session ◽  
Royal Hospital ◽  
Wide Range

The first Scottish Trainees' Day was held at the Gartnavel Royal Hospital, Glasgow, on 26 June. It was organized by two Scottish representatives of the Collegiate Trainees Committee, and about 40 trainees attended and heard talks given by Professor Gerald Timbury, Dr Angus McKay, Dr John Cox, Dr S. P. Sashidharan, Dr Richard Williams and Dr Sue Philips, Secretary of the Collegiate Trainees Committee. In the afternoon the meeting broke into small groups to facilitate the expression of views over a wide range of issues. The plenary session at the end of the afternoon brought together the main themes discussed in the small groups and these are summarized below.

scholarly journals Electric signal synchronization as a behavioural strategy to generate social attention in small groups of mormyrid weakly electric fish and a mobile fish robot

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Worm ◽  
Tim Landgraf ◽  
Gerhard von der Emde
Keyword(s):  
Small Groups ◽  
Electric Fish ◽  
Social Attention ◽  
Weakly Electric Fish ◽  
Electric Signal ◽  
Fish Robot ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Signal Synchronization ◽  
Weakly Electric ◽  
Attention Hypothesis

AbstractAfrican weakly electric fish communicate at night by constantly emitting and perceiving brief electrical signals (electric organ discharges, EOD) at variable inter-discharge intervals (IDI). While the waveform of single EODs contains information about the sender’s identity, the variable IDI patterns convey information about its current motivational and behavioural state. Pairs of fish can synchronize their EODs to each other via echo responses, and we have previously formulated a ‘social attention hypothesis’ stating that fish use echo responses to address specific individuals and establish brief dyadic communication frameworks within a group. Here, we employed a mobile fish robot to investigate the behaviour of small groups of up to four Mormyrus rume and characterized the social situations during which synchronizations occurred. An EOD-emitting robot reliably evoked social following behaviour, which was strongest in smaller groups and declined with increasing group size. We did not find significant differences in motor behaviour of M. rume with either an interactive playback (echo response) or a random control playback by the robot. Still, the robot reliably elicited mutual synchronizations with other fish. Synchronizations mostly occurred during relatively close social interactions, usually when the fish that initiated synchronization approached either the robot or another fish from a distance. The results support our social attention hypothesis and suggest that electric signal synchronization might facilitate the exchange of social information during a wide range of social behaviours from aggressive territorial displays to shoaling and even cooperative hunting in some mormyrids.

The Structure of the Column in Stylidium

1989 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 81 ◽  
Author(s):  
N Findlay ◽  
GP Findlay
Keyword(s):  
Internal Structure ◽  
Small Groups ◽  
Central Layer ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Single Column ◽  
Cellulose Fibrils ◽  
Shape And Size ◽  
Fast Firing

In the genus Stylidium, the style and filaments of the flower are fused into a single column. In most species the column, when stimulated mechanically, undergoes a fast firing movement followed by a slow resetting movement. This movement is produced by changes in shape of a normally curved region of the column, the bend. In a wide range of species, the bend has a specialised anatomy and consists essentially of a longitudinal central layer of cells with two distinctive multi-celled layers of thick-walled cells on either side. The thick-walled cells are rich in cytoplasm with amyloplasts and vacuoles of varying sizes, and have non-lignified walls whose cellulose fibrils are arranged approximately transversely. Within the bend, the phloem occurs as discrete small groups of cells separated by some distance from the xylem. In species from the subgenus Centridium both the morphology and the internal structure of the bend differ somewhat from those in most species of Stylidium, and in two species of Stylidium with nonmoving columns, the characteristic cellular anatomy of the bend is entirely absent. The specialised anatomy of the cells and tissues in the bend are clearly associated with the movement of the column. Changes of shape and size of these cells are almost certainly responsible for the change in shape of the bend.

Opening address by N.M.A. Chairman Prof. S.M. Schwarz

1935 ◽  
Vol 31 (6) ◽  
pp. 685-686
Keyword(s):  
Medical Association ◽  
Medical Errors ◽  
Plenary Session ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Opening Address

The reports of Professors A. D. Gusev and T. D. Epstein "Medical errors and crimes, their causes and ways for their elimination", which are on the agenda of the plenary session of the Scientific Medical Association, should be of great interest to a wide range of doctors.

Trait Perception Accuracy and Acquaintance Within Groups: Tracking Accuracy Development

2017 ◽  
Vol 43 (5) ◽  
pp. 716-728 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jill A. Brown ◽  
Frank Bernieri
Keyword(s):  
Small Groups ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Tracking Accuracy ◽  
Best Friends ◽  
Big Five Traits ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Zero Acquaintance ◽  
Trait Rating

Previous work on trait perception has evaluated accuracy at discrete stages of relationships (e.g., strangers, best friends). A relatively limited body of literature has investigated changes in accuracy as acquaintance within a dyad or group increases. Small groups of initially unacquainted individuals spent more than 30 hr participating in a wide range of activities designed to represent common interpersonal contexts (e.g., eating, traveling). We calculated how accurately each participant judged others in their group on the big five traits across three distinct points within the acquaintance process: zero acquaintance, after a getting-to-know-you conversation, and after 10 weeks of interaction and activity. Judgments of all five traits exhibited accuracy above chance levels after 10 weeks. An examination of the trait rating stability revealed that much of the revision in judgments occurred not over the course of the 10-week relationship as suspected, but between zero acquaintance and the getting-to-know-you conversation.

scholarly journals Amaranthine: Humanoid Robot Kinematics

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (01n04) ◽  
pp. 2040015
Author(s):  
Shefalika Asthana ◽  
Srikanth R. Karna ◽  
Irine Ann Shelby
Keyword(s):  
Small Groups ◽  
Humanoid Robot ◽  
Humanoid Robots ◽  
Service Robots ◽  
Robot Kinematics ◽  
Heavy Duty ◽  
Medical Assistance ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
3D Printed ◽  
Application Specific

Humanoid robots are employed in a wide range of fields to replicate human actions. This paper presents the mechanism, configuration, mathematical modeling, and workspace of a 3D printed humanoid robot – Amaranthine. It also discusses the potential scope of humanoid robots in the present day and future. Robots can be programmed for automation as per the demand of the task or operations to be performed. Humanoid robots, while being one of the small groups of service robots in the current market, have the greatest potential to become the industrial tool of the future. Introducing a Humanoid Robot-like Amaranthine holds huge scope majorly in the fields of medical assistance, teaching aid, large industries where heavy-duty operations require application-specific software, etc. Amaranthine was 3D printed and assembled at the RISC Lab of University of Bridgeport.

scholarly journals ANALYSIS OF THE CAPABILITIES OF MOBILE AGILE SOLUTIONS FOR EFFECTIVE PROJECT ACTIVITIES

2021 ◽  
pp. 98-105
Author(s):  
Vladimir O. Domansky ◽  
◽  
Olga V. Tarkhanova ◽  
Maxim D. Pelevin ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Small Groups ◽  
Optimal Solution ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Analytical Work ◽  
Functional Solution

Nowadays various tools for the successful implementation of projects are used. A set of Agile, Scrum, and Kanban methodologies helps us effectively plan, evaluate, work, communicate and make decisions. Modern software containing a wide range of functionality and flexibility of interface settings helps to visualize the project progress as one of the most important tasks. The aim of the work is to find the most flexible and functional solution for the project activities of small groups. Various solutions for effective teamwork are considered. The article contains the results of a comparative analysis of the Agile tools functionality presented on the market. Result of this analytical work is a set of options for collaboration optimal solution.

scholarly journals Animals of Arid Australia: out on their own?

2009 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 76
Author(s):  
Hannah Nicholas
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Plenary Session ◽  
Arid Zone ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Wide Range

Comprising the proceedings and plenary session of the forum ?Animals of arid Australia: out on their own?? held in Mosman, New South Wales in 2004, this publication consists of 17 papers that bring together a range of themes on the fauna and land use of Australia?s arid zone. The authors encompass various disciplines and backgrounds, and a wide range of skills.

Midwest Modern Language Association

PMLA ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 114 (4) ◽  
pp. 909-909
Author(s):  
Tom Lewis
Keyword(s):  
Plenary Session ◽  
Annual Convention ◽  
Modern Language Association ◽  
City Center ◽  
The Real ◽  
Modern Language ◽  
Wide Range

The forty-first annual convention of the Midwest Modern Language Association will be held at the Marriott City Center Hotel in Minneapolis, 4–6 November 1999. More than 150 sessions are planned, covering a wide range of scholarly and professional topics. The informal theme of the convention is “Witness: The Real, the Unspeakable, and the Construction of Narrative.” One evening plenary session and several forums will be devoted to aspects of this theme.

The Clinical Utility of the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure

1995 ◽  
Vol 62 (5) ◽  
pp. 242-249 ◽  
Author(s):  
Moira Toomey ◽  
Donna Nicholson ◽  
Anne Carswell
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Plenary Session ◽  
Clinical Utility ◽  
Occupational Therapists ◽  
Performance Measure ◽  
Occupational Performance ◽  
Care Programme ◽  
Canadian Occupational Performance Measure ◽  
Wide Range

A qualitative research project was undertaken to investigate the clinical utility of the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (COPM) among therapists from the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton's Home Care Programme. Nineteen occupational therapists participated in one of four focus groups and in a plenary session to elicit reasons why some therapists used the COPM to assess clients and why others did not. The participants presented a wide range of opinions on the same theme, often from two polarities. The five themes that emerged from the focus groups and which were validated during the plenary session were: Use, environment, administration, outcome and suggested changes. The results demonstrated that COPM utility depended upon the degree to which therapists had incorporated the client-centred approach in their practice, the degree to which management valued and supported the use of the COPM and the degree to which the COPM could be flexible to fit practice context.

scholarly journals Inventory of Galaxy Properties in Small Scale Structures

2000 ◽  
Vol 174 ◽  
pp. 116-120
Author(s):  
L. Tanvuia ◽  
B. Kelm ◽  
P. Focardi ◽  
R. Rampazzo ◽  
W. W. Zeilinger
Keyword(s):  
Star Formation ◽  
Spectroscopic Study ◽  
Small Groups ◽  
Spectral Properties ◽  
Broad Band ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Low Density ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Scale Structures ◽  
Small Scale Structures

AbstractWe report on a broad-band R surface photometric and low resolution spectroscopic study of a set of galaxies located in small groups and pairs of galaxies considered to be in low density environment. Groups span a wide range in density and show different morphological mix. We are analyzing systemic velocities, photometric parameters and spectral properties of the dominant galaxies in the groups. Our aim is to investigate the connection between interaction and induced galaxy activity, from star formation to AGN activity.

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