Addressing “Another” in the Aftermath of School Shootings Using Dance and Rhetoric

This chapter investigates dance and rhetoric as resources for sensemaking and discussing school shootings in their aftermath, such that people might speak to one another empathetically and respond as active agents of change. Inspired by the production process and performance of “Equipment for Living: An Artistic Exploration of School Shootings,” the 2019 dance concert choreographed by the author, community is proposed as an additional resource for addressing and healing from school shootings. Burke's dramatism is paired with his concept of “equipment for living” to discuss dance as an alternative to traditional media, such as print journalism, for addressing “another” in the aftermath of school shootings. Another refers to (1) people conjured in the act of performance, collaborators involved in the production process of media, and audience members invited to participate as active viewers and (2) the problem of rhetorically framing school shootings with the term “another.”

Power consumption management method objects of the regional electrotechnical complex based on the accounting of an additional resource

В настоящей статье рассматривается метод управления электропотреблением объектов регионального электротехнического комплекса на основе учёта добавочного ресурса. Актуальность его разработки обусловлена существующими тенденциями развития цифровой экономики во всех отраслях региональной экономики, в том числе - в припортовых комплексах региона. Важной составляющей современной цифровой экономики выступает цифровая энергетика, позволяющая регулировать управление бизнес-процессами в энергетической сфере. Обеспечение электроэнергией регионального припортового комплекса осуществляется с помощью двух подсистем регионального электроэнергетического комплекса: регионального транспортно-сетевого комплекса и регионального электротехнического комплекса. Важной задачей развития цифровой энергетики является разработка и внедрение цифровых сервисов. На сегодняшний день в региональных транспортно-сетевом и электротехническом комплексах внедрено значительное число цифровых сервисов. Однако они носят преимущественно «учётный» характер, в результате чего не способны в полной мере реализовать управление энергетическими процессами, существенно сократить затраты и повысить уровень энергоэффективности. Предлагаемый метод включает в себя модель и методики, позволяющие установить границы начала и завершения бифуркационных процессов, реализовать прогнозирование электропотребления объектов РТСК и РЭК на основе учёта добавочного ресурса и осуществить режимное нормирование электропотребления объектов, не нарушая технологического процесса. Применение данного метода может быть осуществлено в рамках динамического моделирования процесса электропотребления, исследования бифуркационных процессов, а также в качестве теоретической основы для создания сервисного программного обеспечения цифровых платформ управления электропотреблением для РТСК, РЭК и региональных припортовых комплексов. This article discusses the method of managing the electrical consumption of a regional electrical complex based on the accounting of an additional resource. The relevance of its development is due to the existing trends in the development of the digital economy in all sectors of the region, including in regional port complexes. An important component of the digital economy is digital energy, which allows regulating the management of business processes in the energy sector. The provision of electricity to the regional port complex is carried out with the help of two subsystems of the regional electric power complex: the regional transport and network complex and the regional electrical complex. An important task of the development of digital energy is the development and implementation of digital services. To date, a fairly large number of digital services have been introduced in RTSC and REC. However, they are more "accounting" in nature and are unable to fully implement the management of energy processes in order to increase energy efficiency and reduce costs. The proposed method includes a model and methods that allow determining the boundaries of the beginning and completion of bifurcation processes, implementing forecasting of electrical consumption of RTSC and REC facilities based on accounting for additional resources and implementing regime rationing of electrical consumption of facilities without disrupting the technological process. The application of this method can be carried out within the framework of dynamic modeling of the electrical consumption process, the study of bifurcation processes, as well as a theoretical basis for creating service software for digital electrical consumption management platforms for the regional transport and network complex, regional electrical grid complex and regional port complexes.

lcsm: An R package and tutorial on latent change score modelling

Latent change score models (LCSMs) are used across disciplines in behavioural sciences to study how constructs change over time. LCSMs can be used to estimate the trajectory of one construct (univariate) and allow the investigation of how changes between two constructs (bivariate) are associated with each other over time. This paper introduces the R package lcsm, a tool that aims to help users understand, analyse, and visualise different latent change score models. The lcsm package provides functions to generate model syntax for basic univariate and bivariate latent change score models with different model specifications. It is also possible to visualise different model specifications in simplified path diagrams. An interactive application illustrates the main functions of the package and demonstrates how the model syntax and path diagrams change based on different model specifications. This R package aims to increase the transparency of reporting analyses and to provide an additional resource to learn latent change score modelling.

"So, you want a database? : a beginner's guide to database technology for small cultural institutions"

This thesis project is comprised of a twenty page folded booklet and ten page analytical paper. The booklet is meant as a beginner's guide to collections management systems within cultural institutions. Its primary audience is smaller institutions that may not have the benefit of staff with expert or prior knowledge of electronic databases and collections management systems. The booklet outlines what a database is, why collection management systems are important, a frequently asked question section, a glossary and an additional resource page. The frequently asked questions section gives examples of why database management systems are important and how to choose a collections managament system, along with other commonly asked questions.

"So, you want a database? : a beginner's guide to database technology for small cultural institutions"

This thesis project is comprised of a twenty page folded booklet and ten page analytical paper. The booklet is meant as a beginner's guide to collections management systems within cultural institutions. Its primary audience is smaller institutions that may not have the benefit of staff with expert or prior knowledge of electronic databases and collections management systems. The booklet outlines what a database is, why collection management systems are important, a frequently asked question section, a glossary and an additional resource page. The frequently asked questions section gives examples of why database management systems are important and how to choose a collections managament system, along with other commonly asked questions.

Monitoring and prediction of hurricane tracks using GPS tropospheric products

We have reconstructed integrated water vapor (IWV) using the zenith wet delays to track the properties of hurricanes and explore their spatial and temporal distributions estimated from 922 GPS stations. Our results show that a surge in GPS-derived IWV occurred at least six hours prior to the landfall of two major hurricanes (Harvey and Irma) that struck the Gulf and East Coasts of the USA in 2017. We observed enhanced IWV, in particular, for the two hurricanes landfall locations. The observed variations exhibit a correlation with the precipitation value constructed from GPM/IMERG satellite mission coinciding with hurricane storm front passage. We used GPS-IWV data as inputs for spaghetti line plots for our path predictions, helping us predict the paths of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma. Hence, a directly estimable zenith wet delay sourced from GPS that has not been previously reported can serve as an additional resource for improving the monitoring of hurricane paths.

Perspectives of Child Life Specialists After Many Years of Working With a Humanoid Robot in a Pediatric Hospital: Narrative Design

Background Child life specialists (CLSs) play an important role in supporting patients and their families during their visits to a children’s hospital. Although CLSs are equipped with considerable expertise to support families during some of the most difficult moments of their lives, we introduced an additional resource to them in the form of a humanoid robot named MEDi. Objective The aim of this study is to explore the experiences of CLSs using a robot to support children. Methods We interviewed 7 CLSs who had worked with this robot for several years. The transcribed interviews were analyzed using open and axial coding. Results The first main theme that emerged was the process of navigating from fear to friendship in learning to use a humanoid robot for therapeutic support. The second major theme was MEDi as a source of connection and support to children. CLSs’ perceptions of MEDi as an adaptable resource and working with the limits of MEDi constituted the last 2 themes. Conclusions These descriptions show how CLSs can incorporate a robot into their practice.