Analysis of the Factors Contributing to the High Rates of Care in Wales: Briefing Paper (Revised)

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helen Hodges ◽  
Dan Bristow
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Significant Variation ◽  
Published Data ◽  
Local Authorities ◽  
Briefing Paper ◽  
The Uk

On 31st March 2018, there were 6,405 children looked after in Wales, almost 1,900 more children than were looked after in 2006. Over that time Wales has consistently had more children looked after per 10,000 of the population than the rest of the UK, and that gap has widened. Within Wales, while most Local Authorities have seen a rise in both the number and rate of children looked after, there is significant variation; and some have seen the rate of children looked after fall since 2014. Using published data, this report explores what we can say about the factors that are driving these trends. The following infographics drawing on our data analysis show the kinds of placements children in Wales are in and where they’re placed.

scholarly journals On the Use of ‘Glyphmaps’ for Analysing the Scale and Temporal Spread of COVID-19 Reported Cases

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 213
Author(s):  
Roger Beecham ◽  
Jason Dykes ◽  
Layik Hama ◽  
Nik Lomax
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Observational Data ◽  
Local Authority ◽  
Recent Analysis ◽  
Design Requirements ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Temporal Spread

Recent analysis of area-level COVID-19 cases data attempts to grapple with a challenge familiar to geovisualization: how to capture the development of the virus, whilst supporting analysis across geographic areas? We present several glyphmap designs for addressing this challenge applied to local authority data in England whereby charts displaying multiple aspects related to the pandemic are given a geographic arrangement. These graphics are visually complex, with clutter, occlusion and salience bias an inevitable consequence. We develop a framework for describing and validating the graphics against data and design requirements. Together with an observational data analysis, this framework is used to evaluate our designs, relating them to particular data analysis needs based on the usefulness of the structure they expose. Our designs, documented in an accompanying code repository, attend to common difficulties in geovisualization design and could transfer to contexts outside of the UK and to phenomena beyond the pandemic.

scholarly journals The Role of Figurative Complexity in the Comprehension and Appreciation of Advertisements

2018 ◽  
Vol 40 (6) ◽  
pp. 957-991 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paula Pérez-Sobrino ◽  
Jeannette Littlemore ◽  
David Houghton
Keyword(s):  
Significant Variation ◽  
Processing Time ◽  
Consumer Response ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cultural Variation ◽  
Perceived Effectiveness ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Linguistic Backgrounds ◽  
Different Levels

Abstract To date, research in advertising has focussed almost exclusively on metaphor, with linguists and marketing scholars paying very little attention to alternative types of figurative expression. Beyond the finding that metaphor leads to an increased appreciation of advertisements, there has been surprisingly little research into how consumer response is affected by metonymy, or by metaphor–metonymy interactions. In this article, we present findings from a study that investigated the depth to which participants (n = 90) from a range of cultural and linguistic backgrounds (the UK, Spain, and China) were found to process 30 real-world adverts featuring creative metaphor and metonymy in multimodal format. We focus on the cross-cultural variation in terms of time taken to process, appreciation and perceived effectiveness of adverts, and on individual differences explained by different levels of need for cognition. We found significant variation in the understanding of advertisements containing metaphor, metonymy, and combinations of the two, between subjects and across nationalities in terms of (i) processing time, (ii) overall appeal, and (iii) the way in which participants interpreted the advertisements.

scholarly journals Experiencing Event Management During the Coronavirus Pandemic: A Public Sector Perspective

2022 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tim Coles ◽  
Giselle Garcia ◽  
Evelyn O'Malley ◽  
Cathy Turner
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Local Authority ◽  
The Body ◽  
Event Management ◽  
Local Authorities ◽  
Key Stakeholders ◽  
The World ◽  
Local Recovery ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Opening Up

Events have played a significant role in the way in which the Coronavirus pandemic has been experienced and known around the world. Little is known though about how the pandemic has impacted on supporting, managing and governing events in municipal (i.e., local) authorities as key stakeholders, nor how events have featured in the opening-up of localities. This paper reports on empirical research with senior events officers for local authorities in the UK on these key knowledge gaps. Specifically, it examines events officers' unfolding experiences of the pandemic. The paper points to unpreparedness for a crisis of this scale and magnitude, and the roles of innovation, adaptation and co-production in the emergent response. It highlights the transformative nature of the pandemic through reconsiderations of the purpose of public sector involvement in events and, from a policy perspective, how relatively smaller-scale, more agile and lower-risk arts events and performances can figure in local recovery. Finally, while the effects on, and response of, the body corporate (the local authority) to crises is an obvious focus, it is important to recognise those of the individuals who manage the response and drive change.

scholarly journals SARS-CoV-2 Genome Variants Epidemiology Surveillance in Ethiopia and Targeted Mutational Changes of Structural S Spike Proteins Through Computational Analysis

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ayele Abaysew ◽  
Rita Majumdar ◽  
Yohannes Sitotaw ◽  
Tesfaye Adisu
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Computational Analysis ◽  
Antibody Neutralization ◽  
Genome Data ◽  
Receptor Sites ◽  
Genome Data Analysis ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Bat Coronavirus ◽  
Genome Variants ◽  
Spike Proteins

Abstract Objective: This study aims to identify the variants of SARS CoV 2 that were circulating in Ethiopia and spot dynamic mutational changes of spike antigenicity based on genome data analysis to put forward preventative measurement against pandemic. Results: The genomes from Ethiopia were confirmed to be evolutionary related to RaTG13 and SL- bat coronavirus and Spike receptor sites were conserved. The clade distribution of the genome was reflected as GH, GR and other O and intended for new variants. 3 female samples were detected as variants of concern VUI202012/01GRY B.1.1.7 which Pango linage B.1.1.7 was originated from the UK. Despite 21 notable mutations, 71% D614G, 28% D614X, 35% N501Y and 21% NSP5 S284G mutation were occurred predominantly in our genome samples. and could be antigenicity and infectivity. Mutation on N440K was perceived in a sample and potency resist SER-52 antibody neutralization and vaccine escape.

scholarly journals Morphology of <i>Emiliania huxleyi</i> coccoliths on the North West European shelf – is there an influence of carbonate chemistry?

2014 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 4531-4561 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. R. Young ◽  
A. J. Poulton ◽  
T. Tyrrell
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Samples ◽  
Significant Variation ◽  
Emiliania Huxleyi ◽  
Morphometric Study ◽  
Saturation State ◽  
North West ◽  
The North ◽  
Microscope Images ◽  
Calcite Saturation ◽  
The Uk

Abstract. Within the context of the UK Ocean Acidification project, Emiliania huxleyi (type A) coccolith morphology was examined from samples collected during cruise D366. In particular, a morphometric study of coccolith size and degree of calcification was made on scanning electron microscope images of samples from shipboard CO2 perturbation experiments and from a set of environmental samples with significant variation in calcite saturation state (Ωcalcite). One bioassay in particular (E4 from the southern North Sea) yielded unambiguous results – in this bioassay exponential growth from a low level occurred with no artificial stimulation and coccosphere numbers increased ten-fold during the experiment. The samples with elevated CO2 saw significantly reduced coccolithophore growth. However, coccolithophore morphology was not significantly affected by the changing CO2 conditions even under the highest levels of perturbation (1000 μatm). Environmental samples similarly showed no correlation of coccolithophore morphology with calcite saturation state. Some variation in coccolith size and degree of calcification does occur but this seems to be predominantly due to genotypic differentiation between populations on the shelf and in the open ocean.

scholarly journals Using and acquiring time-series data with the EMSO ERIC DataLab

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raul Bardaji ◽  
Jaume Piera ◽  
Juanjo Dañobeitia ◽  
Ivan Rodero
Keyword(s):  
Time Series ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Web Application ◽  
Time Series Data ◽  
Interdisciplinary Teams ◽  
Series Data ◽  
Published Data ◽  
Oceanographic Data ◽  
Engineering Best Practices ◽  
Parameters Of Interest

&lt;p&gt;In marine sciences, the way in which many research groups work is changing as scientists use published data to complement their field campaign data online, thanks to the large increase in the number of open access observations. Many institutions are making great efforts to provide the data following FAIR principles (findability, accessibility, interoperability, and reusability) and are bringing together interdisciplinary teams of data scientists and data engineers.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;There are different platforms for downloading marine and oceanographic data and many libraries to analyze data. However, the reality is that scientists continue to have difficulty finding the data they need. On many occasions, data platforms provide information about the metadata, but they do not show any underlying graph of the data that can be downloaded. Sometimes, scientists cannot download only the data parameters of interest and have to download huge amounts of data with other not useful parameters for their studies. On other occasions, the platform allows to download the data parameters of interest but offers the time-series data as many files, and it is the scientist who has to join the pieces of data into a single dataset to be analyzed correctly. EMSO ERIC is developing a data service that helps reduce the burden of scientists to search and acquire data as much as possible.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We present the EMSO ERIC DataLab web application, which provides users with capabilities to preview harmonized data from the EMSO ERIC observatories, perform some basic data analyses, create or modify datasets, and download them. Use case scenarios of the DataLab include the creation of a NetCDF file with time-series information across EMSO ERIC observatories.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The DataLab has been developed using engineering best practices and trend technologies for big data management, including specialized Python libraries for web environments and oceanographic data analysis, such as Plotly, Dash, Flask, and the Module for Ocean Observatory Data Analysis (MOODA).&lt;/p&gt;

Data Analysis of the Effect of Onion, Glycine and Cassava Additives on the Coating Performance of Zn Electrodeposition on Plain Carbon Steel

2021 ◽  
Vol 1046 ◽  
pp. 133-141
Author(s):  
Roland Tolulope Loto ◽  
Cleophas Akintoye Loto ◽  
Joel Egileoniso
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Carbon Steel ◽  
Significant Variation ◽  
Plain Carbon Steel ◽  
Observation Time ◽  
Coating Performance ◽  
Mean Values ◽  
Margin Of Error ◽  
Optimal Values ◽  
Thermodynamic Instability

Data analysis of the coating performance of Zn electrodeposited plain carbon steel in 0.5 M HCl solution at specific volume addition (5 ml, 10 ml and 15 ml) of onion, glycine and cassava (ON, GY and CS) distillate additives, and at plating time of 15 and 18 mins with respect to 538 h of observation time was performed. Analytical outputs showed ON distillate most effectively improved the Zn electrodeposited by 14% at 10 ml volume and plating time of 15 mins. GY and CS distillate generally improved the Zn electrodeposited at all volumes and plating time with optimal values of 42.7% and 45.7% at 15 ml and plating times of 15 and 18 mins. Generally, coating performance varied significantly with observation time, but marginally with plating time and additive volume. The standard deviation values for onion additive showed significant variation from mean values due to relative thermodynamic instability of it coating performance with respect to observation time. This contrast the output observed for GY and CS additives which signifies thermodynamic equilibrium. The proportion of coating performance data above 10% improvement for the additives are (ON, GY and CS) are 32%, 85% and 78% at margin of error of 11.8%, 9.04% and 10.42%. Analysis of variance showed ON and GY additive volume only, influenced the coating performance output of the additives at 64.56% and 74.67% while CS additive volume and observation time influenced the coating performance output of CS at values of 91.18% and 3.27%.

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