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Media Innovation Studio
The Media Innovation Studio is a centre for world-class research and innovation in media with a commitment to enriching communities. It was established in 2012.
We work at the intersection between community engagement, storytelling, media technology and media management.
We break new ground: Our interdisciplinary, creative and collaborative culture creates value and shares new knowledge
We foster talent: We seek to connect and nurture talent through collaboration, courses and projects with forward-thinking individuals, organisations and networks locally and internationally. Our network spans industry, academy and community organisations globally.
We have an experimental project to product outlook: Our goal is to understand, exploit and commercialise the opportunities afforded by new digital technologies.
We enrich communities: We create impact at a community level through meaningful new opportunities and enriched life experiences. We work to impact on organisational change and drive policy change.
We are an international research studio for media innovation. We bring people together to rethink how information can enrich lives.
Our community includes researchers, community activists, policy makers, students, business people, academics, journalists, scientists, technologists and designers.
Our research delivers insight and innovation around the means and processes we use to share information: our technology and media.
It's underpinned by a passionate belief that through innovative thinking we can achieve research excellence delivering real world impact and shaping policy.
Our relationships with both local communities and international industry partners help us to see the big picture.
Our studio at the University of Central Lancashire, UK is a home for world class creative, collaboration; a place to share skills, knowledge and experience across disciplines.
Together we create meaningful new opportunities and experiences for communities that disrupt, engage, entertain, inform, empower and create lasting change. We're proud to be a part of those communities
For most of us community describes where we live and work. It's the shared values and interests that come with a sense of place. But technology opens up the idea of what defines a community.
It connects people who share common interests and goals regardless of where they live.
Advances in virtual and augmented reality challenge the idea of place. They can transport us across the world to interact with others or even create new environments for communities to explore.
These new technologies dominate the discussion around media innovation. They promise new opportunities for creating social and economic value and what is innovation if it doesn't create value.
But we can't just assume there is always value in simply exploring new technology or that value benefits the right people.
Real innovation comes when we explore how everyone can benefit from the value we create. That means being open to collaboration and including people and communities in the process.
Our projects span mobile and ubiquitous technology, the Internet of Things, proximity broadcasting, musicology, design thinking, 3D printing and more.
Some are new but others are the next step in projects that have grown and matured building a growing body of research to underpin our practice and highlight its impact. All of them have that commitment to community and collaboration at their core.
The work we do shows how the same commitment to disruptive design techniques, traditional social science and established practice-based methods, mixed with the creative application of technology, continues to be a catalyst for innovation and change for communities inside and outside of the academy.
Ultimately the Media Innovation Studio and our work is and always will be defined by people.
It's not just the people in the studio who make the projects happen. It's also the people from industry and across disciplines who collaborate with us sharing their skills, passion and insights in the spirit of open innovation.
We have strong links with the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers, the Global Alliance for Media Innovation, Google News Lab University Network, Trinity Mirror and many more.
The work of the Studio continues to be about exploring media innovation as a way connecting communities - real and virtual - from all over the world who share their passion and commitment through technology, music, art, journalism and storytelling.
Development of the "Insight Journalism" research methodology
Development of Proximity Insights news data methodology
Creative Facilitation
Development of Citizen Media and Content Bureaus throughout Kenya
Exiled media and media in politically pressured environments
Global innovation lab community via our involvement with the Global Alliance for Media Innovation
Training and consultancy services to a range of media and publishing organisations, community groups and more
Speak Up Preston
Flying High Challenge
Wigan Steam
Harris Museum
New knowledge around hyperlocal lightweight distribution systems
Through the Interactive Newsprint project, development of a new platform for community news using cutting-edge printed electronics technology
Development of novel IoT objects and platforms for news
Policy impact through BBC select committee
Dissemination in local, national and international press
Flying High Challenge: forming drone policy and regulations
Expertise and subject areas
Some key examples of the studio's research linked activities and expertise are provided below.
Blending community-centred storytelling and journalism's critical and investigative approach with the skill sets of designers, makers and builders, Insight Journalism offers a radical approach to design and service provision for communities.
The result is 'bespoke' design and service solutions that are both inspired and scrutinised by the communities involved. By fostering community action and innovation through storytelling and journalism, Insight Journalism moves beyond simply 'giving a community a voice'.
Instead, it seeks to inspire action as a result of the journalistic stories that are told, whether they be through audio, video, image or text (or a combination of all of these mediums).
A central aim is to connect communities to design and creative expertise, and produce innovative concepts and solutions specifically tailored to the storytelling communities. But the method does not simply end here.
An integral part of the approach is that journalistic activity continues after the designs or services are installed. As such Insight Journalism provides a critical reflection emanating from the community on whatever design, service or 'innovation' has been created.
This in turn constructs a revisioned 'fourth estate' between the communities and those who they partner with. The result is a design ecosystem where stories inform an iterative community-centred design approach that is relevant to the communities who participate.
Since its inception the Insight journalism method has been applied within a number of different research projects on India, the US and the UK.
The Media Innovation Studio – in partnership with the School of Computing, Engineering and Physical Sciences and it's Engineering Innovation Centre - has secured substantial funding to power the Civic Drone Centre.
The centre brings together researchers, practitioners, industry and volunteer organisations to explore the potential for the use of unmanned vehicles for a range of real-world applications – from 'drone journalism' to underwater searches, pollution monitoring, aerial surveys and delivering medication to isolated communities.
The Civic Drone Centre's Flying High Challenge project is supported by Nesta's Challenge Prize Fund, and with Preston City Council as a partner, the five-month project will explore Preston-specific use cases for drone technology.
Engaging with local services, communities and industry, the project will create a range of recommendations that could be taken forward on both a local and national level.
Co-founder Clare Cook
C-founder John Mills
Dr Mark Lochrie
Dr Francois Nel
Onno Piet Guy Baudouin
Clare Cook and Dr Francois Nel's expertise lies in the area of business models, entrepreneurship and innovation.
This includes the Submojour database of sustainable business models on the web and study on hyperlocal revenue models in UK and Europe.
Nel is a founder of the Digital Editors Network, UK, which is an academic-industry learning network for thought leaders and influencers that has been meeting since 2007.
He is the principal investigator of the world news publishers innovation study initiated in 2009 in collaboration with the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA).
The annual study is conducted globally in 10 languages and underpins a variety of scholarly and industry outputs, including WAN-IFRA's new. From 2018, he will also be editor of WAN-IFRA's key World Press Trends report, which has benchmarked the industry since 1989.
With Dr Coral Milburn-Curtis of the University of Oxford, he is also a partner in the NestaWorld News Publishers OutlookInnovation Research Group.
The studio embarks on multi-layered research on a variety of media contexts supporting independent journalism. These media exist within politically pressured systems or are small exiled or oppositional news outlets which are atypical, surviving at the edges of the political system and the economy.
These can be described as politically pressured as a result either of the discouragement of specific media practices and developments by political authorities, or the forbidding and outright repression of the same.
The research has been filtered into a number of impact channels, ranging from the production of advisory reports and mapping studies, the provision of research-informed training programmes and action research, through to direct involvement in the setting up of local news connectivity systems in the pressured political context of Armenia.
CAST has pioneered novel WiFi systems as an alternative distribution service in remote areas revealing new knowledge about data insights and hyperlocal demonstrators.
Clare is also on the steering committee for the Independent Community News Network based from the University of Cardiff's Centre for Community Journalism. Her work will feature in the impact case study for UoA34.
Our research interests span journalism, the Internet of Things (IoT), augmented paper, mobile journalism, wearables, HCI, drone journalism and innovation theory.
In recent years John Mills' research has focussed on how news organisations could utilise physical platforms and experiences.
Internet of Things (IoT) innovation can quickly spin out into digital ecosystems, app and service development, emergent business models or newsroom structure: digital-physical systems, smart cities, wearables, open source development and community engagement.
Projects include Glass Journalism, interactive paper clip EKKO, Rare Occurrence and a Google DNI funded NewsThings project.
Clare is an award-winning journalist with ten years' experience in the print and magazine industry. She is passionate about innovative storytelling and social media for journalism.
She has also presented and taught around the world on journalism business models and startup sustainability.
Co-founder John Mills
John's research activity includes the hyperlocal/digital design project Bespoke, which formulated the immersive community media methodology 'Insight Journalism', Interactive Newsprint – which is developing a new platform for community news using printed electronics.
He currently teaches multimedia journalism techniques and theory at UCLan. His other research interests have recently examined the potential for mobile platforms to facilitate professional and citizen journalism both within the UK and internationally.
He has an MA in 19th century Literature and Culture; specialising in representations of the self within a regenerative urban environment.
Professionally, John has established business-to-business editorial operations in Manchester and Leeds for online news agency Adfero, and managed large teams of online correspondents both in the UK and further afield.
John's research interests lie around the internationalisation of higher education, working with overseas partners and Ministries of Higher Education to promote collaborative partnerships and research co-operation, with a focus on MENA and East Asia.
John continues to work with SHARE, the 'European Union Support to Higher Education in the ASEAN Region' and also speaks regularly on providing access to higher education for refugees and displaced young people. His role at UCLan involves mentoring colleagues to build a more structured and strategic approach to engaging with research and tendering activities.
Dr Mark Lochrie heads up a team exploring how blending analogue and digital materials are formed to create novel experiences with objects and people.
Derived from the initial work seen in DataMakers, Mark continues this manifesto of making things tangible by working across disciplines and sectors to emphasise, ideate, prototype and test for a range of applications, installations and services.
The DataMakers project explored ways of making the creation and use of data more accessible and most importantly real. Keen to seek new ways for individuals to be part of the process of collecting data and contributing in that decision making process. Mark's portfolio of work ranges from project to project. Based on the collaborators involved.
From example, working with artists in Homing and Skip, Play, Repeat to journalists and designers in NewsThings, to cyclists and researchers with the Desire Lines project and filmmakers, researchers and communities in StoryLab 2.0.
Mark continues this work in other directions through nurturing new talent with the PhD and Internship programmes he leads.
Projects including; the Sound of Colour, Sycamore, Nudgeables, Shogi, Objects for Air and just a few that demonstrate the need for bringing people together through various analogue and digital experiences.
An award-winning investigative journalist, educator and author, François Nel researches media innovation and entrepreneurship in the news industry globally – and then helps forward-thinking individuals, groups and organisations to make it happen. At the University of Central Lancashire, UK, he is Reader in Media Innovation and Entrepreneurship and a member of the Media Innovation Studio (MIS) with responsibility for the MIS Visiting Researchers Programme and the monthly Adelphi Research Network meetings, amongst others.
Since completing his PhD in Community Participation in Mobile Entertainment Services, Mark's research interests have grown to include the exploration and design of playful interfaces, interactions and technologies. He focusses these works around the human experience and to what effect it has on the wider communities.
Jack is a music producer, instrumentalist, audio visual artist and current PhD candidate. Jack's passion for music began at an early age, where he started to learn how to play a variety of instruments and engage with different forms of musical composition. As he progressed through education, he embarked upon a three year Music Production course at the University of Central Lancashire, which he completed with a first class honours degree. Jack has been involved in a variety of creative solo projects, working with large scale audio and visual installation pieces which have been brought to public domain, and curating smaller online projects through various social media outlets.
Erik Knudsen is Professor of Media Practice at the University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK. He was formerly a Professor of Visual and Digital Culture at Bournemouth University. Prior to this, he was Professor of Film Practice at the University of Salford in Manchester, UK. At The University of Salford, he was the Head of The School of Media Music and Performance between 2010 and 2012.
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Participants United
SubMoJour
Insight Journalism and Punchdrunk: Sleep No More
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Alt-country rockers Lucero have returned for their first album in three years, 1372 Overton Park, and not only is the upcoming release the band's sixth record overall, but it will also be its major label debut. The album will be out in stores on October 6th via Universal/Republic Records.
According to a press release, 1372 Overton Park moves further towards the Memphis soul that has slightly influenced the group's records up to this point. Produced by Ted Hutt of The Gaslight Anthem, the title works as a dedication to the loft in Memphis where all the band members lived at one time It was also the home to some of the recording sessions for 2003's That Much Further West.
The soul music of Memphis heavily influenced this album, making the record almost a tribute to the city. Lead singer and guitarist Ben Nichols said, "When [saxophonist] Jim Spake put that first horn track down, we began thinking of the record as having a certain sound. We heard pieces of Memphis history being played over our songs and it floored us and we just went with it."
Lucero will hit the road in the U.S. this fall in support of 1372 Overton Park. The band is also streaming one of the album's tracks, "The Devil and Maggie Chascarillo", on its official website.
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09/11 – Kansas City, MO @ The Crossroads
09/17 – Urbana, IL @ Pygmalion Music Festival
09/18 – Ferndale, MI @ DIY Street Fair
09/19 – Columbus, OH @ Rumba Cafe
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Beijing opens more roads for testing self-driving cars
Xinhua 16:48,July 1,2020 Beijing Time
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Beijing opened 52 additional roads on Tuesday in Haidian District, the capital's tech hub, for the testing of autonomous vehicles to push the speedy development of self-driving technology, local authorities said Wednesday.
The roads totaling 215.3 km are part of a demonstration area for self-driving vehicles. They spread over 100 square km in the northern region of Zhongguancun Science City, according to the Haidian district government.
According to the plan, Haidian District will continue to open more roads for testing self-driving vehicles in the demonstration area in 2020.
In the future, the demonstration area will develop a series of new infrastructure projects involving self-driving technology, precision maps and smart transportation.
In March 2018, Beijing earmarked 33 roads with a total length of 105 km for testing autonomous cars in Daxing, Shunyi and Haidian districts, all of which lie outside the Fifth Ring Road and away from densely-populated areas.
By the end of 2019, Beijing had opened 151 roads measuring about 503.68 km for the purpose.
According to a government plan, test spaces for intelligent connected vehicles in the capital are expected to reach 500 square km by 2022, and a total of 2,000 km of roads are likely to be opened for testing.


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(Enrico Fermi) Fermium, the eighth discovered transuranium element of the actinideseries, was identified by Ghiorso and co-workers in 1952 in the debris from athermonuclear explosion in the pacific during work involving the University of CaliforniaRadiation Laboratory, Argonne National Laboratory, and Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory.
The isotope produced was the 20-hour 255Fm. During 1953 and early 1954, while discoveryof elements 99 and 100 was withheld from publication for security reasons, a group fromthe Nobel Institute of Physics in Stockholm bombarded 238U with 16O ions, and isolated a30-min alpha-emitter, which they ascribed to 250-100, without claiming discovery of theelement. This isotope has since been identified positively, and the 30-min half-lifeconfirmed.
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Home » Action Congress of Nigeria, Adewale T. Akande, Party Politics » Time to make ACN a truly national party
Time to make ACN a truly national party
Posted by admin Action Congress of Nigeria, Adewale T. Akande, Party Politics Tuesday, June 14th, 2011
As most Nigerians accurately predicted, the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) made a clean sweep of all the positions contested in the just concluded 2011 general elections in the South West, thereby taking the zone back to where it has always belonged. The South West is traditionally the bastion of the progressive hue of politics, a tradition left behind by Chief Obafemi Awolowo.
With the overwhelming preference for the ACN as expressed by the people of the zone, the South West has left on the marble, an emphatic statement about its self-conviction on the choice of political philosophy most suitable for the realization of the interest of the people of the zone. Such a manifest self-determination, abundantly testifies to the consciousness of the zone to the critical ingredients of growth and survival for any nation. Lack of sound and in-depth philosophical base, many have argued, has been the bane of Nigeria's socio-political development.
It is not out of place to argue in this instance that the greatest dividend that Nigeria needs at the moment must be considered beyond physical infrastructures. Verily, Nigeria is in dire need of deep philosophical base, rooted in patriotic consciousness; sort of which is the only powerful tool to challenge and deflate divisive fault-lines that have continued to mock and retard every development effort. Our dear nation needs a consciousness that guarantees a rigorous intellectual locus, such that while reflecting through the leaders, radiates greatness, energize the entire populace for optimum service. I am referring to a philosophy which in the words of Chinua Achebe which will relegate the " well-worn notion of unity of Nigeria or faith in Nigeria often touted by our corrupt leaders" and elevate that which is "based on the awareness of the responsibility of leaders to the led."
In the short history of the ACN, the party has so far proven that it has all it takes to galvanize and take Nigeria to where it rightly belongs. The story of Lagos state in this dispensation is quite revealing and so is the upbeat strides in Edo State both controlled by the party. These tates, most especially Lagos has completely proved wrong, the assertions of Charles De Gaulle that politicians never believe what they say and are therefore surprised when others believe them. With the entire South-West now under the kitty of the ACN, the revolution is sure taking its full course.
With the inchoate, deprecate and tottering development paradigm with which the PDP government at the centre and in most of the states have left the polity bleeding, time and opportunity now beckon on the Action Congress of Nigeria to export its tested and effective alternative to the rest of the nation. Though the party has made significant inroad in some parts of the country, especially in the South East and North Central, the ACN is still viewed in most quarters as a Yoruba party. It therefore needs to shed this toga so as to take its rightful place as the best political platform for the realization of the Nigerian dream.
To achieve this is easy as well as difficult. It will be difficult in the sense that pruning provincial tendencies and feelings in the party so as to give way for broader accommodation of larger interests will engage more than mere slogans. It will be easy however because the leadership of ACN has over the years shown uncanny skill in party building. The bottom line will involve the re-engineering of its formal and informal chain of command without necessarily tempering with its laudable philosophy. But it must be done in such a way to stave off the invasion and corruptive influence of the rotten elements who have lost space in the PDP.
However, the most critical and that which most Nigerians watch out is the way and manner the ACN as the largest opposition political party associates with the larger Nigerian polity and the necessary acts of balancing it will engage in allotting which ever gains that accrue to it. That will prove its pan Nigerian agenda.
In Anambra State for instance, Dr. Chris Ngige has single handedly built the ACN as the most formidable and popular political party in the state. He has convincingly made the party as the free choice for all those who love the interest of the state. I make bold to assert that besides Dr. Ngige and the bruised Presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change, General Buhari, there are very few politicians in the country today who don't need to rent a crowd to have massive turnout at political rallies.
Those who witnessed the April election in Anambra and saw the massive array of resources and the state apparatus of intimidation which the APGA led state government unleashed on Ngige, will come to an inevitable conclusion that it is only the man whom his God and the people fight for could have defeated Governor Peter Obi in his native Anambra Central Senatorial zone. The truth is that Dr. Akunyili was merely an APGA candidate and the face on the ballot but the battle was a rematch of February 6th 2010 governorship election and Ngige convincingly won.
The leadership of the Action Congress therefore needs to reward the faithful people of Anambra state who were roundly flogged and taunted by Governor Peter Obi for accepting according to him, "a Yoruba party." It is time to force Obi to swallow his words in shame with a lesson that the ACN is not only a strategic growing party with a unimpeachable, tested agenda for national development but one that can also advance the peculiar interest of Ndi-Igbo.
In this vein, it is the opinion of many who defied and crushed the intimidation of the APGA led Anambra state government that conceding the position of the minority leader of the Senate to Dr. Ngige will be a proper first step in paying back the dogged fidelity of our people to the ACN, being the only Senator elected on the platform of that party in the entire old eastern region, now comprising four states in the South-South and the rest in the South -East.
• Obidiwe sent this piece from Awka, Anambra State.
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Sam Horn, Founder/CEO of the Intrigue Agency and top-rated speaker at two International Platform Association conventions, is the author of POP!, Tongue Fu!, IDEApreneur, ConZentrate, What's Holding You Back, the Washington Post bestseller Got Your Attention? and SOMEDAY is Not a Day in the Week (St. Martin's Press, 2019).
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Sam has presented to more than a half million people worldwide (China, Geneva, Berlin, Seoul, Dublin, Toronto, Amsterdam, Cancun, the U.S. Embassy in London) and for hundreds of organizations including Capital One, National Geographic, TEDx-NASA, Intel, YPO, Accenture, Four Seasons Resorts, ASAE, Kaiser Permanente, the U.S. Navy, Army and Air Force, Cisco, Nationwide, Amgen, Hawaiian Electric, INFOcom, and the National Governors Conference
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Design and Deliver a TEDx Talk That Positions You as a Global Thought Leader – Part 1
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Are you a fan of TED talks? Have you seen the careers of Brene Brown, Simon Sinek, Sir Ken Robinson catapult because they delivered an inspiring message that went viral? Would you like that to happen to and for you?
If so, you'll love this session with Sam Horn, CEO of the Intrigue Agency. Sam has worked with hundreds of thought leaders on their high-stakes presentations and pitches (TEDx, SXSW, Wisdom 2.0, Google, Facebook) and has developed a secret sauce process that helps you:
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Even though you already have a thriving career; a brilliant short talk can be the single best thing you do to scale your success and leverage your influence – for good.
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3. Learn how to develop a 2 minute submission video that showcases your topic and that shows the SHIFT the audience will make as a result of your talk
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Have you seen the careers of Brene Brown, Simon Sinek and Sir Ken Robinson catapult because they delivered an inspiring TED talk that went viral? Want that to happen to and for you?
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Youth leders join TMC, support North Shillong candidate
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Shillong, Aug 29: Many youth leaders of different political parties have joined the All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) on Monday.
Over 20 youth leaders are from the United Democratic Party (UDP), Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Khun Hynniewtrep National Awakening Movement (KHNAM).
The members were welcomed by AITC leader and candidate of North Shillong Elgiva Rynjah in the presence of AITC vice president James Lyngdoh and other party workers.
Rynjah said joining of the 23 workers of different political parties will be a big boost and will further strengthen the TMC ahead of 2023 polls.
Rynjah said the party will continue to witness more and more people joining in the coming days.
"I am happy to welcome the former leaders, especially the youth leaders of other parties to the TMC as this will strengthen the party and will help the party to garner more support in the future" said Rynjah.
The TMC vice president James Lyngdoh said that the people of the state have faith in the party to work for a better Meghalaya.
Lyngdoh said the joining of the 23 members to the party indicates that the youths of the state look up to the party.
"With the joining of these new members to the party, we expect everyone to work together to strengthen the party, especially to make sure that the TMC wins the North Shillong seat" Lyngdoh said.
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Honorific awards
Honorific awardees
2019 awardees
Academy Medal
Conference and lecture funding
Outstanding contributions to science have been recognised by the Australian Academy of Science with 20 of Australia's leading scientists receiving a 2019 honorific award.
The Australian Academy of Science's 2019 honorific awardees
Career honorifics
David Craig Medal—Professor Peter Gill FAA
Hannan Medal—Professor Alan Welsh FAA
Jaeger Medal—Professor Dietmar Müller FAA
Matthew Flinders Medal and Lecture—Dr Richard Manchester FAA
Thomas Ranken Lyle Medal—Professor Chennupati Jagadish AC FAA FTSE
Mid career honorifics
Jacques Miller Medal for experimental biomedicine—Professor Nicholas Huntington
Nancy Millis Medal for Women in Science—Professor Jacqueline Batley
Early career honorifics
Anton Hales Medal—Professor Isaac Santos
Christopher Heyde Medal—Professor Geordie Williamson FAA FRS
Dorothy Hill Medal—Dr Laurie Menviel
Fenner Medal—Dr Daniel Falster
Gottschalk Medal—Associate Professor Laura Mackay
John Booker Medal—Professor Changbin Yu
John Booker Medal—Associate Professor Anna Giacomini
Le Fèvre Medal—Associate Professor Elizabeth New
Le Fèvre Medal—Dr Lars Goerigk
Moran Medal—Dr Kim-Anh Lê Cao
Moran Medal—Associate Professor Stephen Leslie
Pawsey Medal—Professor Steven Flammia
Ruth Stephens Gani Medal—Dr Justin Wong
2019 David Craig Medal and Lecture
Professor Peter Gill FAA, Australian National University
Professor Gill has made both fundamental and applied contributions to the progress of quantum chemistry. His models for three-electron bonding and dication dissociation have been widely adopted by experimentalists. His developments in efficient two-electron integral algorithms, perturbation analysis, linear-scaling methodology, DFT functionals, the theory of excited states, and Coulomb-splitting techniques have all become mainstream tools in his community and, by implementing many of his ideas within his Q-Chem software package, he has ensured that his advances are rapidly translated to other areas of computational science, including pharmaceutical research and the design of new materials. His recent insights into electron correlation and the nature of the uniform electron gas are changing the underlying paradigms of density functional theory (DFT).
More information on the David Craig Medal and Lecture, and how to nominate
2019 Hannan Medal
Professor Alan Welsh FAA, Australian National University
Professor Welsh has developed useful new methodology, derived the properties of these and other methods and clarified relationships between different statistical methods, all in a particularly wide variety of problems. He has developed innovative new models for count data with many zeros and compositional data, including for longitudinal and clustered forms of these data. He has made important contributions to inference, robustness, the bootstrap and model selection for mixed models. His research on applications of smoothing methods to clustered data demonstrated that remarkable improvements can be achieved by taking proper and careful account of the dependence structure when constructing a smoother. Professor Welsh contributed to resolving how to do maximum likelihood estimation for sample survey data and, in ecological survey analysis, he made especially important contributions to distance sampling and occupancy modelling. All this work, and more, has the characteristic of theoretical depth combined with substantial practical relevance.
More information on the Hannan Medal, and how to nominate
2019 Jaeger Medal
Professor Dietmar Müller FAA, University of Sydney
Professor Müller is internationally renowned for leading the construction of a Virtual Earth Laboratory to 'see' deep into Earth in four dimensions (space and time). This laboratory draws together custom software, workflows and data to produce open-access models of Earth's dynamic history. It has been accessed by users from 183 countries and many disciplines. Novel applications led by Professor Müller include the development of a deep-time global sea level model and combined geodynamic, tectonic and surface topography models unravelling the origins and history of continental landscapes, environments and sedimentary basins. He showed how the uplift of the eastern Australian highlands is dominated by dynamic topography due to plate–mantle interaction. He recently developed an innovative approach for understanding the deep oceanic carbon cycle by showing how variations in ocean bottom water temperature and tectonic cycles drive fluctuations in seafloor weathering, crustal CO2 storage and atmospheric CO2 content.
More information on the Jaeger Medal, and how to nominate
2019 Matthew Flinders Medal and Lecture
Dr Richard Manchester FAA, CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science
Dr Richard Manchester is a world leader in pulsar research. Pulsars are rapidly spinning neutron stars with beams that sweep past Earth forming regular pulses of radio emission. These regular pulses can be used to investigate a wide range of astrophysical phenomena, including tests of Einstein's general theory of relativity, to search for gravitational waves from super-massive binary black holes in the early universe, to probe magnetic fields in our galaxy, and to explore the properties of supernova explosions. He has led the teams that have discovered more than half of all known pulsars, mainly using the CSIRO Parkes radio telescope, and used them to explore the universe around us. Among the pulsars they have discovered is the only known double pulsar which has given the best confirmation so far that Einstein's General Relativity gives an accurate description of gravitational interactions in strong-field conditions.
More information on the Matthew Flinders Medal and Lecture, and how to nominate
2019 Thomas Ranken Lyle Medal
Professor Chennupati Jagadish AC FAA FTSE, Australian National University
Professor Jagadish has made pioneering contributions to semiconductor physics in particular materials physics and optical physics. He has developed semiconductor growth, processing and characterisation techniques to achieve many world firsts in terms of innovative optoelectronic devices such as semiconductor lasers, infrared and terahertz detectors based on quantum wells, quantum dots and nanowires. He has developed quantum well and quantum dot atomic intermixing techniques to develop integrated optoelectronics devices being used in industry. His work has led to the development of innovative optoelectronic and nanophotonic devices used in optical communication systems, biomedical imaging, defence and security applications. He has trained a large number of PhD students and early-career researchers and they are in leading positions in industry and academia.
More information on the Thomas Ranken Lyle Medal and Lecture, and how to nominate
Mid-career honorifics
2019 Jacques Miller Medal for experimental biomedicine
Professor Nicholas Huntington, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research and Monash University
Using cutting-edge screens whereby each gene of the genome is deleted individually in white blood cells, Professor Huntington established that the gene Cish impaired white blood cells from responding to the growth factor, IL-15. By deleting Cish in NK cells, his team made a breakthrough discovery that Cish acted as a 'checkpoint' or switch that shutdown the ability of NK cells to become activated and kill cancer cells. As such, ablation of this gene in pre-clinical models prevented melanoma, breast, prostate and lung cancer metastases from developing and reduced the onset and growth of solid tumours including sarcomas, breast and colon cancer. The discovery's breakthrough status was sealed when inhibiting Cish function alone was more effective than the current gold-standard immunotherapies that have revolutionised cancer outcomes.
More information on the Jacques Miller Medal, and how to nominate
2019 Nancy Millis Medal for Women in Science
Professor Jacqueline Batley, University of Western Australia
Professor Batley has made major contributions to our understanding of the genetics and genomics of crops including canola (Brassica napus), a major source of edible oil. Her DNA markers have been critically important in the mapping and sequencing of genomes of canola, related Brassicas such as turnip and cabbage, and other crops including wheat, peas and lentils. In addition, she has developed new ways of looking at how pathogens interact genetically with crop plants. In these ways she has played a key role in pioneering biotechnological methods that are now being exploited by plant breeders worldwide. Examples of some successful commercial applications in canola include improvements in oil quality, reduced shattering of seed pods, and breeding for increased resistance to blackleg fungus infection. Her motivation to improve world food security and rural economies is being rewarded through such applications.
More information on the Nancy Millis Medal, and how to nominate
Early-career honorifics
2019 Anton Hales Medal
Professor Isaac Santos, Southern Cross University
Professor Santos works at the interface between coastal oceanography, hydrology and geochemistry. He is a world leader in groundwater-surface water connectivity research, and has developed innovative analytical approaches that put him at the forefront of the field. He has created disciplinary bridges to reveal that submarine groundwater discharge is a major hidden water pathway driving water quality and significant carbon fluxes in iconic Australian estuaries, mangroves, beaches, and coral reefs. His research linked water worlds that are often investigated separately but require integration for optimal management. His influential contributions and extensive engagement with research end users have real world applications, resulting in more effective management of coastal water quality. Isaac is not only a highly regarded Earth scientist, but also an outstanding mentor of students and a candid advocate on environmental issues of major public interest including water quality, carbon sequestration and draining of wetlands.
More information on the Anton Hales Medal, and how to nominate
2019 Christopher Heyde Medal
Professor Geordie Williamson FAA FRS, University of Sydney
Professor Williamson is a world leader in the field of geometric representation theory. Among his many breakthrough contributions are his proof, together with Ben Elias, of Soergel's conjecture—resulting in a proof of the Kazhdan-Lusztig positivity conjecture from 1979; his entirely unexpected discovery of counter-examples to the Lusztig and James conjectures; and his new algebraic proof of the Jantzen conjectures.
More information on the Christopher Heyde Medal, and how to nominate
2019 Dorothy Hill Medal
Dr Laurie Menviel, UNSW Sydney
Dr Menviel is an exceptional early career researcher who has made major contributions to our understanding of the oceanic circulation, its variability and its impact on global climate, the carbon cycle and the cryosphere. Widely considered as a leader in our understanding of abrupt climate change, Dr Menviel has made a series of ground-breaking discoveries in several topical areas of earth science: detecting past changes in oceanic circulation; understanding the role of ocean circulation in past and future abrupt climate change; evaluation of the impact of changes in oceanic circulation on the carbon cycle; and constraining the stability and variability of the Antarctic ice sheet.
More information on the Dorothy Hill Medal, and how to nominate
2019 Fenner Medal
Dr Daniel Falster, UNSW Sydney
Walking through any forest, one is struck by the variety of plant forms coexisting. Given that all plants compete for the same basic resources, why is there not a single winner? Through explicit modelling of community assembly, driven by physiological trade-offs and competition for light, Falster's work shows how particular trade-offs in the functioning of leaves and allocation of energy to reproduction enable distinct species to coexist, even while competing for a single resource. Combining multiple trade-offs predicts correctly the proliferation of shade-tolerant species and enables forests of considerably greater diversity than was previously thought possible. By adding selection into vegetation models, Dr Falster is pioneering a framework that makes first-principles predictions for the combination of traits favoured under any given environment. Combined with the large-scale datasets he has compiled, this work promises to transform community ecology into a predictive and data-oriented science, underpinning effective ecosystem management and restoration.
More information on the Fenner Medal, and how to nominate
2019 Gottschalk Medal
Associate Professor Laura Mackay, Doherty Institute
Associate Professor Mackay's work contributed to identifying a subset of immune cells, called tissue-resident memory T cells, which provide front-line defence for the body against repeated infection. Her work represented a paradigm shift in thinking about T cell immunity as these tissue-resident memory T cells reside permanently within body tissues and are distinct from the blood populations that are primed in lymphoid organs. Tissue-resident T cells have been found in a variety of tissues throughout the body and Associate Professor Mackay's ongoing work has provided a new understanding of the body's immune defences and their role in combating infectious disease. Associate Professor Mackay's future research is directed toward harnessing these cells to create new therapies for infectious disease, cancer, and autoimmune diseases.
More information on the Gottschalk Medal, and how to nominate
2019 John Booker Medal
Associate Professor Anna Giacomini, University of Newcastle
Associate Professor Anna Giacomini has pioneered research in rock mechanics and rockfall analysis as applied to civil and mining engineering. She is committed to innovating, promoting and improving the safety in mining environments, and along our major transport corridors, by reducing rockfall hazards. Her nationally and internationally renowned work has significantly improved safety within the Australian mining industry, where rockfalls threaten human lives, the portal structures for underground entry, and damage to machinery. Her research is also essential for the safety and stability of Australia's major highways and railways, and in stabilising cliff faces along our highly populated coastline. Based on excellent scientific engineering methodologies, Associate Professor Giacomini has translated her findings into innovative workplace interventions to provide safer working environments in Australian mining operations, across our coastline and in major civil transport infrastructure projects.
More information on the John Booker Medal, and how to nominate
Professor Changbin Yu, Curtin University
Professor Yu is the leader of a new generation of Australian researchers in applied/engineering mathematics whose research has yielded remarkable applications in networked autonomous systems and sensors. Theories and algorithms he developed for Defence Science and Technology (DST) have enabled unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs, or drones) to fly in formations to better safeguard our borders. His co-invention with DST scientists has led to development of a direction finder that improves multiple radio signal localisation and rejection of spurious signals within a complex electromagnetic environment, which have been cited as improving the effectiveness of the ADF's direction finding systems. His Australia-originated research now enjoys a global impact. For example in China, his UAV allows a regulatory authority to monitor pollution levels associated with factory chimneys by hovering over a chimney to sample the exhaust; this means that falsification of data from chimney-mounted sensors can be detected.
2019 Le Fèvre Medal
Associate Professor Elizabeth New, University of Sydney
An understanding of the fundamental chemistry of the body offers new insights into many of the key questions in medical research, including the location of disease-causing chemicals or drug molecules, the perturbation of chemical environments in disease, and the role of chemical signalling molecules in health. Associate Professor New's research focusses on developing chemical tools that advance the understanding of the chemistry within cells. She prepares fluorescent sensors that emit light to visualise biochemical changes in the body caused by disease, lighting up where and how the body is experiencing oxidative stress. Her principal focus is on the diseases of ageing, where she explores the action of antioxidants in countering oxidative stress, but her sensors have found application across many fields of medical research. Associate Professor New has reported ten new sensors, one that is capable of indicating the effect of copper levels in Alzheimer's disease and another shows how oxidative stress is essential in fat breakdown and even in embryonic development. She has also developed sensors that observe how cancer treatments such as cisplatin have effect within the cell.
Dr Lars Goerigk, University of Melbourne
Dr Goerigk works in the field of Density Functional Theory (DFT), a major computational chemistry technique used routinely by chemists to support experiments and predict their outcomes. Currently, DFT suffers from the large dilemma that hundreds of methods with varying accuracy exist, which makes their reliable application difficult. Dr Goerigk's work helped solving this dilemma by providing new guidelines that enabled easier and more robust computational strategies. His methods now belong to the most accurate in the field. He used them to provide chemists with new insights into the role of how interactions between molecules affect the outcome of chemical reactions. His other contributions include the development of an improved way to determine biomolecular structures, more reliable analyses of reaction mechanisms, and predictions leading to the development of novel smart technologies. Dr Goerigk's work has had substantial international impact and will influence how chemists will use DFT in the future.
More information on the Le Fèvre Medal, and how to nominate
2019 Moran Medal
Dr Kim-Anh Lê Cao, University of Melbourne
The main focus of Dr Lê Cao's research is to develop statistical and computational methods that are applicable to high-throughput biological data arising from frontier technologies. The emergence of these new platforms is generating a vast amount of data with enormous potential to help understand the functioning of the human body in health and disease, as well as the health of animals, plants and our environment more generally. Her expertise in multivariate statistics, combined with her deep understanding of molecular biology, put her at the forefront of cutting-edge biological research. Dr Lê Cao has a track record of success in biological data analysis, in developing novel statistical methods, in implementing them in efficient software, and in disseminating the software and encouraging its uptake by the relevant research community. She plays a critical role in several local, national and international collaborative studies with researchers from diverse bioscience disciplines.
Associate Professor Stephen Leslie, University of Melbourne
Associate Professor Leslie has made major contributions to mathematical genetics. The thrust of his research is developing methods for analysing modern genetic/genomic data, focusing on understanding the role of genetics in human disease and how genetics informs studies of human population history. He applies novel approaches to genetic data to understand the history of populations and infer past migration events. Stephen's work on the British population is a landmark in the field, impacting history, archaeology, anthropology, and linguistics. It is a blueprint for studies in other populations and a benchmark for understanding natural genetic variation in human populations, crucial for disease studies. In other work he has revolutionised the study of immune-system genes, particularly those crucial to the body's mechanism for detecting 'self' (one's own tissues) from 'non-self' (such as viruses and bacteria), by enabling these genes to be included in large studies for the first time. This work has led to important discoveries associating these genes to serious diseases.
More information on the Moran Medal, and how to nominate
2019 Pawsey Medal
Professor Steven Flammia, University of Sydney
Quantum information science (QIS), a field born at the interface between physics and computation, has impacted all areas of physics. Increasingly it is impacting technology. By marrying the classical theory of compressed sensing with quantum tomography, Professor Flammia's work has succeeded in drastically reducing the number of measurements required to learn the types of quantum states and processes commonly found in laboratory experiments aimed at building scalable quantum computers. This work was significant as, firstly, it has had a real practical impact, with numerous experiments already performed that show the advantages of the new approach, and secondly, the methods introduced have had an impact beyond physics back to the original machine learning community where the idea of compressed sensing originated. Professor Flammia's work has impacted both theory and experimental practice in the field, with direct impact on Australian efforts in quantum technology.
More information on the Pawsey Medal, and how to nominate
2019 Ruth Stephens Gani Medal
Dr Justin Wong, Centenary Institute of Cancer Medicine and Cell Biology
Our DNA stores genetic information akin to an encyclopedia, and genes are the paragraphs. Like paragraphs, which are separated by spaces, our genes also contain spacer sequences known scientifically as introns. All of these features are important to ensure that messages are conveyed accurately in our cells. Dr Wong has made a significant discovery that the natural accurate positioning of spacers is important to control how genes are turned on or off. He has also discovered that a 'punctuation mark' called DNA methylation can instruct the accurate usage of spacer sequences. When these punctuation marks are applied, the spacer sequences are used to control what information is 'whited out', that is, which genes to turn off. The work by Dr Wong uncovers a novel way to control gene expression with vast therapeutic potential for cancers and other genetic diseases.
More information on the Ruth Stephens Gani Medal, and how to nominate
About the honorific awards
Central to the purpose of the Academy is the recognition and support of outstanding contributions to the advancement of science. The honorific awards were established to recognise distinguished research in three categories: awards of medals and prizes to early-career scientists up to 10 years post PhD, mid-career scientists 8 to 15 years post PhD, and the prestigious career awards which are made to scientists for life-long achievement. All honorific awards offer a medal, and some offer honorariums and/or lecture tour funding.
For more information on these and other Academy awards and funding schemes, see Academy's opportunities for scientists.


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Aurora, IL, March 4, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cabot Microelectronics Corporation (Nasdaq: CCMP), the world's leading supplier of chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) polishing slurries and a growing CMP pad supplier to the semiconductor industry, announced today that it has been recognized as one of only eleven companies receiving Intel Corporation's prestigious Supplier Continuous Quality Improvement (SCQI) award for its performance in 2014. Cabot Microelectronics Corporation was recognized for demonstrating outstanding performance to goals and extraordinary, industry-leading commitment across all critical focus areas on which they are measured: quality, cost, availability, technology, customer service, labor and ethics systems and environmental sustainability. This award is Intel's highest honor for its suppliers, acknowledging truly exceptional and world-class execution. Cabot Microelectronics provided CMP slurries and CMP pads, deemed essential to Intel's success.
"We are honored to have earned the prestigious Supplier Continuous Quality Improvement award from Intel, a key strategic customer, for the third consecutive year," stated David Li, Cabot Microelectronics' President and CEO. "We believe this repeated recognition highlights Intel's confidence in our company as a CMP technology leader. The continued scaling of semiconductor devices to smaller geometries requires more rigorously formulated and ever higher quality CMP solutions, which we believe we are well-positioned to provide. We are delighted to have been recognized by Intel, a technology leader, for our world-class supply chain capabilities for eight of the last nine years, and we look forward to continuing to collaborate on innovative leading-edge CMP solutions and grow our business with Intel in the future."
"Cabot Microelectronics is providing innovative solutions to our new CMP technology challenges and has excellent research capabilities to support our next technology development (TD). Cabot Microelectronics' team has been a very reliable partner to Intel CMP TD and we value their support and commitment," said Chi Hwa Tsang, Intel Corporation Vice President of Portland TD.
The SCQI award is part of Intel's Supplier Continuous Quality Improvement program, which encourages Intel's key suppliers to strive for excellence and continuous improvement. To qualify for SCQI, suppliers must score at least 95 percent on a report card that assesses performance and ability to meet cost, quality, availability, technology, environmental, social and governance goals. Suppliers must also achieve 90 percent or greater on a challenging improvement plan and demonstrate solid quality and business systems. Additional information about the SCQI program is available at http://intel.com/go/quality.
A celebration to honor SCQI award winners was held in Santa Clara, California on March 4, 2015 themed "Innovating to Deliver Smart and Connected Devices", which illustrates the outstanding contributions Cabot Microelectronics has made in 2014. In addition, there was an announcement on Intel's website at http://intel.com/.
This news release may include statements that constitute "forward looking statements" within the meaning of federal securities regulations. These forward-looking statements include statements related to: future sales and operating results; company and industry growth, contraction or trends; growth or contraction of the markets in which the company participates; the company's management, international events, regulatory or legislative activity, or various economic factors; product performance; the generation, protection and acquisition of intellectual property, and litigation related to such intellectual property; new product introductions; development of new products, technologies and markets; natural disasters; the acquisition of or investment in other entities; uses and investment of the company's cash balance; financing facilities and related debt, payment of principal and interest, and compliance with covenants and other terms; the company's capital structure; and the operation of facilities by Cabot Microelectronics Corporation. These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties, and other factors, including those described from time to time in Cabot Microelectronics' filings with the SEC, that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described by these forward-looking statements. In particular, see "Risk Factors" in the company's quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended December 31, 2014 and in the company's annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2014, both filed with the SEC. Cabot Microelectronics assumes no obligation to update this forward-looking information.


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SAP claims partners set to earn big with big data
Commissioned report estimates $220bn in worldwide revenue up for grabs in next five years
Tags: Big data, SAP
SAP claims there will be huge demand for skills in advanced analytics and predictive analytics over the next 12 months.
By ITP.net Staff Writer Published August 1, 2013
Global research firm IDC today issued a new infographic commissioned by SAP AG that estimates SAP partners around the world will earn $220bn in revenue in the next five years related to analytics and big data solutions from the company.
According to IDC, this is in line with a sharp increase in customer demand for skills in advanced analytics and predictive analytics over the next 12 months, as well as a desire to control costs, optimise operations and manage risks. The announcement was made from the SAP Americas Partner Leadership Summit, being held in Miami, Florida, US this week.
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"By improving customers' capabilities to master the massive growth of data to make informed business decisions, SAP will play a major role in optimising businesses to run better and more sustainably in the future," the company said in an emailed statement.
The multi-billion dollar partner opportunity, claimed by SAP and IDC includes reselling, professional services, hardware and additional intellectual property and solutions developed on top of analytics solutions from SAP and its HANA platform.
SAP broke own the potential revenue as $48bn in the Asia-Pacific-Japan region; $70bn in Europe, the Middle East and Africa; and $102bn in the Americas region. The top industries for these analytics and big data opportunities are expected to be manufacturing, government, communications and media, banking, professional services, retail, healthcare, utilities and insurance.
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Physical therapist Paula Geigle, PT, PhD, discusses the benefits of aquatic physical therapy.
Aquatic physical therapy includes the treatment and rehabilitation of patients in an aquatic environment. The unique properties of water, including buoyancy, accommodative resistance and support enhance interventions for patients across a wide age span with musculoskeletal, neuromuscular, cardiopulmonary and integumentary conditions.


People ask me about what type of outcomes I create when shaping experiences for products or services, and what type of information should these look to include. In response, the next two blogs are going to lift the lid on the type of artefacts we create for our clients during a formative research, design and/or evaluative research engagement.
When creating user experience (UX) outcomes as part of any engagement, it's not simply about the style of how these look. I've been working as a UX professional for over 11 years, so I've had a lot of exposure to the varying type of templates created to represent the relevant message. The key element throughout any template created is to focus around the quality of the content and the message that's being conveyed. UX is not about style...it's about the substance, structure, quality and reliability.
This blog will purely focus on the outcomes created as part of formative research activities, whilst the next blog (live on 20th October) will focus on UX design and evaluative research.
A persona is the representation of a formative research exercise with people who represent the relevant key user groups, conducted through qualitative and/or quantitative studies. It typically describes the characteristics, frustrations, prioritised key needs & goals, key barriers and success factors of key user groups who will be interacting with the software, website, application or system. For instances where no personas exist and no research is scheduled (due to time or cost), a proto-persona should be used to identify the core user groups and document assumptions/facts.
A customer journey is where we start to understand and plot a customer's complete involvement in how they interact with the product (before, during and after). Across a high-level view we plot the emotions they'll be feeling at different stages, the device types they would typically use, any drivers as to why someone would potentially be looking to complete a task, a summary of key interactions with the brand (including a quick mock-up where relevant) and relevant milestones, and how they'll be served once they've purchased a product.
User flows are high-level diagrams that show all potential user journeys for how all key users will complete a range of common tasks. This flow makes it easier to identify all the various pages and loopbacks, across varying devices, and highlight any key architectural considerations (such as what database will be interrogated to bring back the relevant stored data).
User journeys provide a detailed step-by-step flow of a key task to understand the different steps the user needs to complete before reaching the required goal. These user journeys detail the objectives of each page/step, key features & functionality to aid completion of the page, assumptions being made, any technical considerations and ideally a reference to relevant user stories.
As part of any formative research engagement, a persona is the typical outcome created to represented a summary of key characteristics that represent the key user groups. However, there are instances when these findings are required to be documented and presented in isolation to a wider audience as part of a commissioned piece of work. There is greater emphasis on creating context, positioning and detail within these reports, which is reflected in the granularity of information/data and the presentation style of findings.
Our engagements with clients vary, whether that be utilising our complete user experience and development expertise, or requesting a one-off piece of commissioned formative/evaluative research, or utilising client's research findings and help them represent these needs into intuitive, engaging, innovative and relevant responsive concepts. We work with you to understand your business and digital ambitions so we can recommend how best to achieve these.
Come back on 20th October for part 2!


Do you know how much your tires really cost your business every year?
Looking into the overall costs you may find this it not an easy question to answer, as we are not just talking about the pure tyre price per year. It is important to consider the everyday running costs, the impact tires have on fuel consumption, vehicle downtime, premature removal, disposal, service costs – and they all add up.
What do you expect from a tire?
That's why a tire should never be selected or rejected purely on the basis of its purchase price. There are good reasons why premium tires have a higher purchase price than others and this is why it is important to focus on TCO to reduce your overall operating bill.
What are the advantages from a Continental premium tire?
The performance of a tire is the key to its success. You need to be able to rely on your tires, constantly. Continental's R&D team spend millions on researching and developing the tires we offer to our customers, making sure the tires are consistent in quality, with the highest performance standard possible.
There is nothing worse than a busy warehouse full of trucks standing still. Punctures, tire failure and the need for premature removal resulting in a new fitment, are cost intensive and time consuming.
Premium tires and their long service life can solve all these issues and save you money. With Continental tires you can be confident that you'll get the highest service life & minimized downtime. This will reduce your cents per hour significantly. Depending on your application Continental tires can provide you up to three times more hours than cheaper alternatives.
Choosing Continental tires can decrease your TCO even more, particularly when you consider the non tire cost factors, including fuel savings, downtime savings plus safety & comfort for your drivers.
To be able to keep your fuel consumption to a minimum, your tires need to have a low rolling resistance.
Rolling resistance is the force needed to keep a wheel rolling. It is mainly influenced by the dynamic properties of the rubber, but also by the construction, geometry, load and tire temperature. Most important is the damping of the rubber, low damping means less internal losses therefore less rolling resistance and less heat generation to avoid overheating tires. Around 20% of your truck's energy consumption is needed just to overcome the tires rolling resistance. Using low rolling resistance tires can provide you with fuel savings of up to 6% and also help to reduce your carbon footprint.
The CSEasy, Continental's latest product innovation, is a good example for this. An independent test* established that the CSEasy can even be up to 12.8% more economical than its competitor solid tires, because of the low wear rates, up to 40% more mileage and the minimal vehicle downtime during tire changes, as a fitting press is no longer required.


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Advent, Art History, Northern Renaissance, Rogier Van Der Weyden
Rogier Van Der Weyden's The Visitation
Rogier Van Der Weyden's, The Visitation
Roger Van Der Weyden's, The Visitation, explores the story of Mary's visit with her cousin Elizabeth. Today we will be focusing on a small panel painting of the Visitation, and then taking a look at a Nativity by Van Der Weyden's workshop which has another version of the Visitation.
Who was Rogier Van Der Weyden?
First, a little background on Roger Van Der Weyden. He is a Netherlandish painter who was from Tournai, France, but spent most of his artistic life in Brussels. We know that he was a highly successful artist who was internationally famous during his lifetime.
He, Robert Campin, and Jan Van Eyck are considered the three greatest Flemish painters of the Northern Renaissance. He held the title, Painter to the Town of Brussels. As Brussels was where the resplendent court of the Duke of Burgundy was. This was quite prestigious.
His early training is a bit fuzzy, as the records were destroyed during World War 2. It is believed that he trained under Robert Campin (the artist who produced the Merode Altarpiece) in Tournai. Civil records let us know when he became a Master, he was generous, served on the boards of charities and worked on behalf of his guild.
Difficulties Determining Which Paintings Are His
We know of commissions Van Der Weyden's workshop received, payments and various details of those commissions, yet with all that we do know, we are less sure about which paintings are his.
Van Der Weyden never signed his works. He worked in other artists workshops before becoming a master, and then when he was made a Master he had a large workshop of his own. So, while we know that he received a commission for a work, we cannot know for certain that he is the one who painted it.
During the 19th century in particular, his works were attributed to others. In recent years Art Historians have struggled to piece together his body of work. Combing through records, comparing brushstrokes and developments, even analyzing the wood used, all they can do is come up with best guesses, some they are more sure of than others.
Art Historians are fairly sure that this single panel was done by Van Der Weyden. The full altarpiece that we will look at toward the end of this article has been attributed to his workshop, but how much, if any of it, he painted himself is unclear.
This piece is called The Visitation. It is a narrative work that tells the story of the Virgin Mary visiting her Cousin Elizabeth. Elizabeth was elderly and childless, but miraculously conceives. She is carrying John the Baptist. Mary, miraculously pregnant with Jesus, comes to spend time with Elizabeth. I'm sure it was a relief for her to be with a relative who had also experienced a miraculous pregnancy.
In the painting we see the moment of greeting between the two women. From the road in the background we know that Mary has traveled a great distance to visit. We also can see the road from Elizabeth's home, so we know that she rushed down to greet Mary. Both women know that the babies they carry have destinies to fulfill. (On a side note, as I always found it odd, the fashion was to have high foreheads, women even shaved their hair back to get the desired higher forehead.)
We assume from the painting that this is the moment in the Biblical narrative when Elizabeth exclaimed to Mary, "Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! And why is this granted to me that the mother of my Lord should come to me? For behold, when the sound of your greeting came to my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy. And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to her from the Lord."
In the placement of the hands, each on the other's womb, with Elizabeth's in the forefront of the painting, we know that Mary's child will be the more important one. Mary's robes are blue signifying divinity and that she carries God within her. Elizabeth's dress contrasts beautifully in it's shade of red, which signifies humanity. We can see the age in Elizabeth's face, so we know that she is advanced in years past the time she should be able to conceive.
Aerial Perspective
In this painting we have aerial as well as linear perspective. Aerial perspective means that distance is shown using changes in color. The mountains in the farthest parts of the background are faded and blue. The further back into the distance a painter goes the more he will blur the image, and change the realistic colors for something more monochromatic, in the blue range.
Northern Renaissance Style
This painting marks many of the advances and distinctives of Northern Renaissance Art.
First there is a clear foreground, middle ground, and back ground, adding realism. In the North, artists paid a great deal of attention to the small details they included in the middle and background. Note the tiny figures and farms that are fully developed in the background.
The landscapes in particular are a mark of the northern Renaissance. Northern artists will be responsible for making landscape painting a genre that stands on it's own, and they took great care to realistically represent farm, forest, and sea landscapes.
Also note the angular folds of the dresses the women wear. The more angular folds are another 'tell' of the Northern Renaissance. Some believe that the crisp light of northern climates caused artists to see, and therefore paint, the drapery of fabric in this particular way.
In the middle ground in front of Elizabeth's house we have the charming detail of Zechariah, her husband, playing with their dog. Despite their size, this element is it's own completed work. As we look in the middle ground on the opposite side, we have a detailed landscape with water, birds, people, and another house. These could be miniature paintings in their own right.
The Nativity Altarpiece
This painting was completed as a single panel, but was redone with a bit of cropping and included on an altarpiece that had the story of the Nativity as it's theme. You can find the painting on the left panel in the reproduction above. I found one detail of this altarpiece fascinating.
Annunciation is the word used when an angel arrives to give someone a message. So we have the Angel Gabriel making an Annunciation to Mary that she would have a child. When the angel appears to the shepherds to tell them the Christ has been born, that is the annunciation to the Shepherds. The Bible has many annunciation stories.brainstorm homework
does reading makes a man perfect essayThis altarpiece has two annunciations, one of which is only recorded in extra-Biblical records. On either side of the nativity, are annunciations to kings. On the right side the three wise men are being told that a baby has been born who will be the King of Kings. On the left side Augustus (then ruler of the Roman Empire) is also told of Jesus birth.
There is a great deal of significance to including both of these. When Jesus was born, it was to be the Messiah for the nation of Israel. Throughout the Old Testament there had been hints that a savior would come for all nations, but that was pretty much unacknowledged. In this painting we have annunciations to world leaders that represent the East and the West, or the known world at the time, neither of whom have any direct connection to the nation of Israel. The meaning being made clear was that this was a Savior for the world in its entirety.
The artist of the altarpiece cannot be identified, so the credit is given to the workshop of Van Der Weyden.
If you want to read other articles in this series follow this link.
Continue the Advent in Art Journey – Day 11 Van Eyck
E.H. Gombrich, The Story of Art. (New York, Phaidon Press, 2016)
Professor Sharon Latchaw Hirsh, How to Look at and Understand Great Art, Lecture series, Great Courses
Professor William Koss, History of European Art Lecture series, Great Courses
Sister Wendy Beckett, The Story of Painting (London, Dorsey Kindersley, 2000)
Marilyn Stokstad, Art History. (New Jersey, Pearson Education, 2005)
National Gallery of Art website www.nga.gov
Metropolitan Museum of Art website www.metmuseum.org
The Getty Center www.getty.edu
And thanks to the Met and Wiki commons quality images for public domain art is now much more easily accessible.
Caravaggio's Nativity with St. Francis and St. Lawrence
Caravaggio's Nativity with St. Francis and St. Lawrence is famous, not just because it is a masterpiece but because it is on the FBI's 10 Top Art Crimes. The artist has given us a controversial depiction of the Virgin Mary that challenged the doctrines of Catholic church. Rejecting the exaggerations of the Mannerists (see El
The Backstory of the Merode Altarpiece Robert Campin
The Merode Altarpiece,by Robert Campin, is an annunciation triptych full of symbolic meaning, that was intended to lead the faithful into deep contemplation of the mysteries of Christ, who left heaven to become a man. In this post, we will be exploring the backstory and context of the work. If you wish to read more
Lippi's Annunciation with Two Donors
Filippo Lippi's Annunciation with Two Donors Filippo Lippi's, Annunciation with Two Donors, is a beautiful Renaissance work that brings together the iconography of the nativity story. Today we'll explore both the art and the controversial artist. Lippi, Artist and Scoundrel Filippo Lippi…his art and his life are fairly incongruous. He was a bit of a


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"Vamp2" - Vesicle-associated membrane protein 2 in Rattus norvegicus
Vamp2 Vesicle-associated membrane protein 2; Involved in the targeting and/or fusion of transport vesicles to their target membrane (By similarity). Modulates the gating characteristics of the delayed rectifier voltage-dependent potassium channel KCNB1; Belongs to the synaptobrevin family (115 aa)
Synaptosomal-associated protein 25; t-SNARE involved in the molecular regulation of neurotransmitter release. Modulates the gating characteristics of the delayed rectifier voltage-dependent potassium channel KCNB1 in pancreatic beta cells. May play an important role in the synaptic function of specific neuronal systems. Associates with proteins involved in vesicle docking and membrane fusion. Regulates plasma membrane recycling through its interaction with CENPF; Belongs to the SNAP-25 family (152 aa)
Stx1a
Syntaxin-1A; Plays a role in hormone and neurotransmitter exocytosis. Potentially involved in docking of synaptic vesicles at presynaptic active zones. May mediate Ca(2+)- regulation of exocytosis acrosomal reaction in sperm; Belongs to the syntaxin family (288 aa)
Synaptosomal-associated protein 23 (210 aa)
Stx4
Syntaxin-4; Plasma membrane t-SNARE that mediates docking of transport vesicles. Necessary for the translocation of SLC2A4 from intracellular vesicles to the plasma membrane. Together with STXB3 and VAMP2, may also play a role in docking/fusion of intracellular GLUT4-containing vesicles with the cell surface in adipocytes (By similarity). May also play a role in docking of synaptic vesicles at presynaptic active zones (298 aa)
Syt1
Synaptotagmin-1; May have a regulatory role in the membrane interactions during trafficking of synaptic vesicles at the active zone of the synapse. It binds acidic phospholipids with a specificity that requires the presence of both an acidic head group and a diacyl backbone. A Ca(2+)-dependent interaction between synaptotagmin and putative receptors for activated protein kinase C has also been reported. It can bind to at least three additional proteins in a Ca(2+)-independent manner; these are neurexins, syntaxin and AP2. Plays a role in dendrite formation by melanocytes (421 aa)
Syntaxin-3; Potentially involved in docking of synaptic vesicles at presynaptic active zones; Belongs to the syntaxin family (289 aa)
Cplx1
Complexin-1; Positively regulates a late step in exocytosis of various cytoplasmic vesicles, such as synaptic vesicles and other secretory vesicles. Organizes the SNAREs into a cross-linked zigzag topology that, when interposed between the vesicle and plasma membranes, is incompatible with fusion, thereby preventing SNAREs from releasing neurotransmitters until an action potential arrives at the synapse. Also involved in glucose-induced secretion of insulin by pancreatic beta-cells. Essential for motor behavior; Belongs to the complexin/synaphin family (134 aa)
Syntaxin-2; Essential for epithelial morphogenesis. May mediate Ca(2+)-regulation of exocytosis acrosomal reaction in sperm (290 aa)
Alpha-soluble NSF attachment protein; Required for vesicular transport between the endoplasmic reticulum and the Golgi apparatus. Together with GNA12 promotes CDH5 localization to plasma membrane (295 aa)
Stxbp1
Syntaxin-binding protein 1; May participate in the regulation of synaptic vesicle docking and fusion, possibly through interaction with GTP-binding proteins. Essential for neurotransmission and binds syntaxin, a component of the synaptic vesicle fusion machinery probably in a 1-1 ratio. Can interact with syntaxins 1, 2, and 3 but not syntaxin 4. May play a role in determining the specificity of intracellular fusion reactions (603 aa)
Other names: Buffalo rat, Gunn rats, Norway rat, R. norvegicus, Rattus PC12 clone IS, Rattus norvegicus, Rattus rattiscus, Rattus sp. strain Wistar, Sprague-Dawley rat, Wistar rats, brown rat, laboratory rat, rat, rats, zitter rats
Cplx1 Napa ENSRNOP00000058432 ENSRNOP00000002044
Complexin-1; Positively regulates a late step in exocytosis of various cytoplasmic vesicles, such as synaptic vesicles and other secretory vesicles. Organizes the SNAREs into a cross-linked zigzag topology that, when interposed between the vesicle and plasma membranes, is incompatible with fusion, thereby preventing SNAREs from releasing neurotransmitters until an action potential arrives at the synapse. Also involved in glucose-induced secretion of insulin by pancreatic beta-cells. Essential for motor behavior; Belongs to the complexin/synaphin family
Alpha-soluble NSF attachment protein; Required for vesicular transport between the endoplasmic reticulum and the Golgi apparatus. Together with GNA12 promotes CDH5 localization to plasma membrane
Cplx1 Snap23 ENSRNOP00000058432 ENSRNOP00000064401
Synaptosomal-associated protein 23
Synaptosomal-associated protein 25; t-SNARE involved in the molecular regulation of neurotransmitter release. Modulates the gating characteristics of the delayed rectifier voltage-dependent potassium channel KCNB1 in pancreatic beta cells. May play an important role in the synaptic function of specific neuronal systems. Associates with proteins involved in vesicle docking and membrane fusion. Regulates plasma membrane recycling through its interaction with CENPF; Belongs to the SNAP-25 family
Cplx1 Stx1a ENSRNOP00000058432 ENSRNOP00000040699
Syntaxin-1A; Plays a role in hormone and neurotransmitter exocytosis. Potentially involved in docking of synaptic vesicles at presynaptic active zones. May mediate Ca(2+)- regulation of exocytosis acrosomal reaction in sperm; Belongs to the syntaxin family
Cplx1 Stx2 ENSRNOP00000058432 ENSRNOP00000001242
Syntaxin-2; Essential for epithelial morphogenesis. May mediate Ca(2+)-regulation of exocytosis acrosomal reaction in sperm
Syntaxin-3; Potentially involved in docking of synaptic vesicles at presynaptic active zones; Belongs to the syntaxin family
Syntaxin-4; Plasma membrane t-SNARE that mediates docking of transport vesicles. Necessary for the translocation of SLC2A4 from intracellular vesicles to the plasma membrane. Together with STXB3 and VAMP2, may also play a role in docking/fusion of intracellular GLUT4-containing vesicles with the cell surface in adipocytes (By similarity). May also play a role in docking of synaptic vesicles at presynaptic active zones
Cplx1 Stxbp1 ENSRNOP00000058432 ENSRNOP00000021189
Syntaxin-binding protein 1; May participate in the regulation of synaptic vesicle docking and fusion, possibly through interaction with GTP-binding proteins. Essential for neurotransmission and binds syntaxin, a component of the synaptic vesicle fusion machinery probably in a 1-1 ratio. Can interact with syntaxins 1, 2, and 3 but not syntaxin 4. May play a role in determining the specificity of intracellular fusion reactions
Cplx1 Syt1 ENSRNOP00000058432 ENSRNOP00000049624
Synaptotagmin-1; May have a regulatory role in the membrane interactions during trafficking of synaptic vesicles at the active zone of the synapse. It binds acidic phospholipids with a specificity that requires the presence of both an acidic head group and a diacyl backbone. A Ca(2+)-dependent interaction between synaptotagmin and putative receptors for activated protein kinase C has also been reported. It can bind to at least three additional proteins in a Ca(2+)-independent manner; these are neurexins, syntaxin and AP2. Plays a role in dendrite formation by melanocytes
Cplx1 Vamp2 ENSRNOP00000058432 ENSRNOP00000054114
Vesicle-associated membrane protein 2; Involved in the targeting and/or fusion of transport vesicles to their target membrane (By similarity). Modulates the gating characteristics of the delayed rectifier voltage-dependent potassium channel KCNB1; Belongs to the synaptobrevin family
Napa Cplx1 ENSRNOP00000002044 ENSRNOP00000058432
Napa Snap23 ENSRNOP00000002044 ENSRNOP00000064401
Napa Stx1a ENSRNOP00000002044 ENSRNOP00000040699
Napa Stx2 ENSRNOP00000002044 ENSRNOP00000001242
Napa Stxbp1 ENSRNOP00000002044 ENSRNOP00000021189
Napa Syt1 ENSRNOP00000002044 ENSRNOP00000049624
Napa Vamp2 ENSRNOP00000002044 ENSRNOP00000054114


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