James Rennie (1787–1867), author, naturalist and lecturer

2008 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 128-142 ◽  
Author(s):  
FREDERICK G. PAGE
Keyword(s):  
Personal Character ◽  
New Information ◽  
New Research ◽  
Unknown Period ◽  
Unpublished Works

New research is presented on the life of James Rennie (1787–1867) before his emigration to Australia in 1840. Though fragmentary and incomplete the results show Rennie as a naturalist of considerable standing and of literary and scientific skill. This new information illustrates an intriguingly marginal life in science of the period. On his personal character caution is exercised, although a thread of dogmatism, determination and self assurance, bordering on arrogance, can be traced from his student days until his departure from Britain. Rennie's early unpublished essays clearly point to his potential as a scientific writer. Rennie's final 27 years in Australia are not covered in any detail because of the lack of documentation about this relatively unknown period of his life outside Britain. A bibliography of his published and unpublished works is given as an appendix, together with notes and new insights into attribution.

scholarly journals STUDY OF THE RELIEF AND COASTLINE DYNAMICS OF LARGE COASTAL ACCUMULATIVE FORMS ACCORDING TO REMOTE SENSING DATA

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 58-70
Author(s):  
Viacheslav V. Krylenko ◽  
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Marina V. Krylenko ◽  
Alexander A. Aleynikov ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Aerial Photography ◽  
Satellite Images ◽  
Remote Sensing Data ◽  
New Methods ◽  
New Information ◽  
Relief Structure ◽  
Shoreline Dynamics ◽  
New Research ◽  
Modern Technologies ◽  
Sentinel 2

The study of the relief of large coastal accumulative forms, based on modern technologies, is rele-vant for solving many applied problems. Coastal and underwater bars, shoals, banks are characteristic elements of large coastal accumulative forms’ geosystems. Previously existing methods of relief re-searches, especially underwater, were labor-intensive and expensive. Accordingly, the development and implementation of new methods of geographical research are necessary. The Dolgaya Spit, includ-ing its underwater shoal and the Elenin Bank, is one of the largest accumulative forms of the Sea of Azov. The purpose of our work was to obtain new information on the relief structure and the shoreline dynamics of the Dolgaya Spit based on the use of new research methods. Digital models of surface and underwater relief were built on the basis of processing Sentinel-2 satellite images and data from unmanned aerial photography. The subsequent analysis allowed identify regularities that reflect the current and previous hydro-lithodynamic conditions that determined the transformation of the Dolgaya Spit during its evolution. The fulfilled studies confirmed the possibility of successful use of modern remote methods for studying the relief of coastal accumulative forms.

scholarly journals ExTaxsI: an exploration tool of biodiversity molecular data

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giulia Agostinetto ◽  
Anna Sandionigi ◽  
Adam Chahed ◽  
Alberto Brusati ◽  
Elena Parladori ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Data ◽  
Data Availability ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Distribution Data ◽  
Biodiversity Data ◽  
Related Information ◽  
New Information ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
New Research

AbstractBackgroundThe increasing availability of multi omics data is leading to continually revise estimates of existing biodiversity data. In particular, the molecular data enable to characterize novel species yet unknown and to increase the information linked to those already observed with new genomic data. For this reason, the management and visualization of existing molecular data, and their related metadata, through the implementation of easy to use IT tools have become a key point for the development of future research. The more users are able to access biodiversity related information, the greater the ability of the scientific community to expand the knowledge in this area.ResultsIn our research we have focused on the development of ExTaxsI (Exploring Taxonomies Information), an IT tool able to retrieve biodiversity data stored in NCBI databases and provide a simple and explorable visualization. Through the three case studies presented here, we have shown how an efficient organization of the data already present can lead to obtaining new information that is fundamental as a starting point for new research. Our approach was also able to highlight the limits in the distribution data availability, a key factor to consider in the experimental design phase of broad spectrum studies, such as metagenomics.ConclusionsExTaxI can easily produce explorable visualization of molecular data and its metadata, with the aim to help researchers to improve experimental designs and highlight the main gaps in the coverage of available data.

Newton's financial misadventures in the South Sea Bubble

2018 ◽  
Vol 73 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Odlyzko
Keyword(s):  
The South ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
John Maynard Keynes ◽  
Isaac Newton ◽  
Market Rationality ◽  
New Information ◽  
Hard Evidence ◽  
South Sea ◽  
New Research ◽  
New Evidence

A very popular investment anecdote relates how Isaac Newton, after cashing in large early gains, staked his fortune on the success of the South Sea Company of 1720 and lost heavily in the ensuing crash. However, this tale is based on only a few items of hard evidence, some of which are consistently misquoted and misinterpreted. A superficially plausible contrarian argument has also been made that he did not lose much in that period, and John Maynard Keynes even claimed Newton successfully surmounted the South Sea Bubble. This paper presents extensive new evidence that while Newton was a successful investor before this event, the folk tale about his making large gains but then being drawn back into that mania and suffering large losses is almost certainly correct. It probably even understates the extent of his financial miscalculations. Incidental to the clarification of this prominent issue, a controversy between Dale et al . and Shea about an aspect of market rationality during that bubble is settled. Some new information is also presented about Thomas Guy, famous for making a fortune out of the Bubble that paid for the establishment of Guy's Hospital, and other investors. The work reported here suggests new research directions and perspectives on bubbles.

Focus Group Research

2014 ◽  
pp. 314-340 ◽  
Author(s):  
George Kamberelis ◽  
Greg Dimitriadis
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Group Work ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Qualitative Inquiry ◽  
Focus Group Research ◽  
Group Research ◽  
New Information ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
New Research ◽  
Research Frontiers

This essay is both historical and conceptual, first highlighting the origins, tensions, and continuities/discontinuities of focus group research, then arguing for how such research embodies three primary, related functions: inquiry, pedagogy, and political. The quasi-unique potentials or affordances of focus group work are explored, including mitigating the researcher’s authority; disclosing the constitutive power of discourse; approximating the natural; filling in knowledge gaps and saturating understanding; drawing out complexity, nuance, and contradiction; disclosing eclipsed connections; and creating opportunities for political activism. Contemporary threats to focus group work are described, and new research frontiers are proposed, especially in relation to new information technologies. The essay integrates historical, conceptual, and practical perspectives to fully explain the potentials of focus group research, with the goal of advancing a set of understandings about focus group work that attends to its relatively unique potentials for conducting qualitative inquiry across a wide range of topics and disciplinary contexts.

The University, the Information Superhighway and Regional Economic Development

1995 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 313-318 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laing Barden
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Specific Reference ◽  
Information Superhighway ◽  
Information Economy ◽  
Continuous Innovation ◽  
New Information ◽  
The Uk ◽  
New Research ◽  
The University

In this article, Laing Barden looks at the opportunities offered by the new information economy and, especially, the development of the information superhighway, for universities to play a central role in the economic development of their regions — a role which they must play to the full as the main producers of well trained graduates and new research findings essential to continuous innovation. Professor Barden sets his views in a worldwide context, assessing the strategies employed to spur regional development through university—industry cooperation, and then focuses on the situation in the UK, with specific reference to its response to the challenge of the information superhighway. He discusses in particular the Smart Isles programme, a partnership among some 20 international companies, universities and research organizations. Failure to meet the challenge of the rapidly expanding information economy, argues Professor Barden, will mean failure in a highly competitive global economy.

Research on new information and communication technologies in education and communication in Poland. Researchers, centers, research problems.

2020 ◽  
Vol XI (2(31)) ◽  
pp. 55-79
Author(s):  
Mirosława Wawrzak- Chodaczek
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Human Communication ◽  
New Era ◽  
Research Areas ◽  
New Information ◽  
Research Problems ◽  
Communication Work ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The Media ◽  
New Research

With the increasing access to the Internet, a new era has begun in the field of human communication, work, education, entertainment, marketing and other areas of human activity. The development of information techniques gives the opportunity to access a huge amount of information that is used to acquire knowledge in various fields of science. The aim of the article is to show new research areas of the media, especially those penetrated by educators.

Micro Information Systems

2012 ◽  
pp. 262-286
Author(s):  
Rasmus Ulslev Pedersen ◽  
Mogens Kühn Pedersen
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Embedded Systems ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Gps Tracking ◽  
New Paradigm ◽  
Sensor Applications ◽  
Research Areas ◽  
New Information ◽  
Response Systems ◽  
New Research

We are increasingly surrounded by and using small systems, which are equipped with sensors. Mobile phones, temperature sensors, GPS tracking, emerging nano/micro-size sensors, and similar technologies are used by individuals, groups, and organizations. There are valuable applications for industries such as medical and manufacturing. These new sensor applications have implications for information systems (IS) and, the authors visualize this new class of information systems as fractals growing from an established class of systems; namely that of information systems (IS). The identified applications and implications are used as an empirical basis for creating a model for these small new information systems. Such sensor systems are called embedded systems in the technical sciences, and the authors want to couple it with general IS. They call the merger of these two important research areas (IS and embedded systems) for micro information systems (micro-IS). It is intended as a new research field within IS research. An initial framework model is established, which seeks to capture both the possibilities and constraints of this new paradigm, while looking simultaneously at the fundamental IS and ICT aspects. The chapter demonstrates the proposed micro-IS framework with a working (open source) application of open demand response systems that address the engineering aspects of this work.

The Development of Leader Character Through Crucible Moments

2017 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 265-293 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alyson Byrne ◽  
Mary Crossan ◽  
Gerard Seijts
Keyword(s):  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Business School ◽  
Character Development ◽  
Learning Theories ◽  
Canadian Forces ◽  
Teaching Approaches ◽  
School Students ◽  
Personal Character ◽  
New Information ◽  
Exemplary Leadership

Business schools strive to develop leadership excellence in their students. In this essay, we suggest that educators should find ways to help students develop and deepen leader character, a fundamental component of exemplary leadership. Frequently, business school students have preconceived ideas of leadership, often neglecting leader character. We argue that educators can and should teach students that leader character is pivotal to leadership excellence and that they should actively develop students’ leader character. The foundational learning theories of Piaget and Kolb provide a useful framework to help achieve the development of leader character. We propose that leader character development arises from using accommodation learning strategies of crucible experiences, paired with assimilation learning methods of critical reflection, and further developed through equilibrium learning strategies where students can incorporate new information and work toward their personal character growth. While numerous teaching approaches can be used, we describe an experiential course, codesigned with members of the Canadian Forces, using these learning strategies to foster leader character development.

Focus Group Research: Retrospect and Prospect

2020 ◽  
pp. 479-516
Author(s):  
George Kamberelis ◽  
Greg Dimitriadis
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Group Work ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Qualitative Inquiry ◽  
Focus Group Research ◽  
Group Research ◽  
New Information ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
New Research ◽  
Research Frontiers

This chapter is both historical and conceptual, first highlighting the origins, tensions, and continuities/discontinuities of focus group research and then arguing for how such research embodies three primary, related functions: inquiry, pedagogy, and political. The quasiunique potentials or affordances of focus group work are explored, including mitigating the researcher’s authority; disclosing the constitutive power of discourse; approximating the natural; filling in knowledge gaps and saturating understanding; drawing out complexity, nuance, and contradiction; disclosing eclipsed connections; and creating opportunities for political activism. Contemporary threats to focus group work are described and new research frontiers are proposed, especially in relation to new information technologies. The chapter integrates historical, conceptual, and practical perspectives to fully explain the potentials of focus group research, with the goal of advancing a set of understandings about focus group work that attends to its relatively unique potentials for conducting qualitative inquiry across a wide range of topics and disciplinary contexts.

Micro Information Systems

2014 ◽  
pp. 533-555
Author(s):  
Rasmus Ulslev Pedersen ◽  
Mogens Kühn Pedersen
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Embedded Systems ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Gps Tracking ◽  
New Paradigm ◽  
Sensor Applications ◽  
Research Areas ◽  
New Information ◽  
Response Systems ◽  
New Research

We are increasingly surrounded by and using small systems, which are equipped with sensors. Mobile phones, temperature sensors, GPS tracking, emerging nano/micro-size sensors, and similar technologies are used by individuals, groups, and organizations. There are valuable applications for industries such as medical and manufacturing. These new sensor applications have implications for information systems (IS) and, the authors visualize this new class of information systems as fractals growing from an established class of systems; namely that of information systems (IS). The identified applications and implications are used as an empirical basis for creating a model for these small new information systems. Such sensor systems are called embedded systems in the technical sciences, and the authors want to couple it with general IS. They call the merger of these two important research areas (IS and embedded systems) for micro information systems (micro-IS). It is intended as a new research field within IS research. An initial framework model is established, which seeks to capture both the possibilities and constraints of this new paradigm, while looking simultaneously at the fundamental IS and ICT aspects. The chapter demonstrates the proposed micro-IS framework with a working (open source) application of open demand response systems that address the engineering aspects of this work.

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