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Interpreting, Stephanie Jo Kent
Interpreting, Stephanie Jo Kent
Doctoral Dissertations
What do community interpreting for the Deaf in western societies, conference interpreting for the European Parliament, and language brokering in international management have in common? Academic research and professional training have historically emphasized the linguistic and cognitive challenges of interpreting, neglecting or ignoring the social aspects that structure communication. All forms of interpreting are inherently social; they involve relationships among at least three people and two languages. The contexts explored here, American Sign Language/English interpreting and spoken language interpreting within the European Parliament, show that simultaneous interpreting involves attitudes, norms and values about intercultural communication that overemphasize information and discount …
Editorial, New Trends In Information Systems Development, Karlheinz Kautz, Linda Dawson, Peter Nielsen, Nancy Russo
Editorial, New Trends In Information Systems Development, Karlheinz Kautz, Linda Dawson, Peter Nielsen, Nancy Russo
Associate Professor Linda Dawson
Information systems development (ISD), at the core of the information systems discipline, is an evolving field, faced with persistent challenges due to rapidly changing social and business environments as well as emerging technologies and technical infrastructures. Many of these issues have been discussed in the Information Systems Journal (see, for example, Kautz et al., 2007).
Development Of High Melting Temperature Microencapsulated Phase Change Material For Compacted Thermal Energy Storage Bed, Weiguang Su, Jo Darkwa, Georgios Kokogiannakis
Development Of High Melting Temperature Microencapsulated Phase Change Material For Compacted Thermal Energy Storage Bed, Weiguang Su, Jo Darkwa, Georgios Kokogiannakis
Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences - Papers: Part A
In this paper a novel high temperature microencapsulated phase change material (MEPCM) based on paraffin as the core material and MF resin as the shell material has been developed with the in-situ polymerization method for solar hot water storage application. The results showed that the type of emulsifier could influence core material content, the encapsulation efficiency as well as the latent heat capacity. Based on the results and analysis the study has shown that energy storage density could be increased by as much as 59% if 60wt% of MEPCM 1 was to be used in the proposed compacted MEPCM-water bed …
Development And Validation Of A Disaster Management Metamodel (Dmm), Siti Hajar Othman, Ghassan Beydoun, Vijayan Sugumaran
Development And Validation Of A Disaster Management Metamodel (Dmm), Siti Hajar Othman, Ghassan Beydoun, Vijayan Sugumaran
Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences - Papers: Part A
Disaster Management (DM) is a diffused area of knowledge. It has many complex features interconnecting the physical and the social views of the world. Many international and national bodies create knowledge models to allow knowledge sharing and effective DM activities. But these are often narrow in focus and deal with specified disaster types. We analyze thirty such models to uncover that many DM activities are actually common even when the events vary. We then create a unified view of DM in the form of a metamodel. We apply a metamodelling process to ensure that this metamodel is complete and consistent. …
Design And Development Of A Novel Displacement Differential Self-Induced Magnetorheological Damper, Guoliang Hu, Yi Ru, Weihua Li
Design And Development Of A Novel Displacement Differential Self-Induced Magnetorheological Damper, Guoliang Hu, Yi Ru, Weihua Li
Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences - Papers: Part A
This article presents the development of a novel magnetorheological damper which has a self-sensing ability. In this study, a linear variable differential sensor, which was based on the electromagnetic induction mechanism, was integrated with a conventional magnetorheological damper. The working principle, configuration, and prototype of the displacement differential self-induced magnetorheological damper based on the integrated linear variable differential sensor technology were presented. A mathematical model of the proposed displacement differential self-induced magnetorheological damper was established. The finite element model was built with two-dimensional Maxwell software and the magnetic simulations were presented. With this approach, the influence of the flux leakage, …
Aligning Ontology-Based Development With Service Oriented Systems, Jun Shen, Ghassan Beydoun, Graham Low, Lijuan Wang
Aligning Ontology-Based Development With Service Oriented Systems, Jun Shen, Ghassan Beydoun, Graham Low, Lijuan Wang
Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences - Papers: Part A
This paper argues for placing ontologies at the centre of the software development life cycle for distributed component-based systems and, in particular, for service-oriented systems. It presents an ontology-based development process which relies on three levels of abstraction using ontologies: architecture layer, application layer and domain layer. The paper discusses the key roles of ontologies with respect to the various abstraction layers and their corresponding impact on the concomitant workproducts. In addition, a peer-to-peer-based service selecting and composing tool is suggested as a way of supporting the process. The paper presents the architecture of the proposed tool and illustrates the …
Development Of Databases For Facilitating Green Roof Energy Simulation Assessments, Aloysius Decruz, Georgios Kokogiannakis, Jo Darkwa, Kate Yuan, Paul Strachan
Development Of Databases For Facilitating Green Roof Energy Simulation Assessments, Aloysius Decruz, Georgios Kokogiannakis, Jo Darkwa, Kate Yuan, Paul Strachan
Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences - Papers: Part A
Assessments of the energy performance of green roofs have traditionally been performed with experimental and modelling procedures. Experimental green roof energy studies have significant disadvantages (expensive, time-consuming, cannot be generalised, etc.). On the other hand, modelling studies are often done with over-simplified models (for example, by ignoring the effect of moisture flows in the green roof layers) or with detailed models that require inputs which are often difficult to be obtained in practice and may involve a certain degree of uncertainty. This paper describes the methodologies for the development of databases that include data inputs that could be used within …
Shuttle Car Network For Roadway Development, Dalin Cai, Ernest Baafi, Ian Porter
Shuttle Car Network For Roadway Development, Dalin Cai, Ernest Baafi, Ian Porter
Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences - Papers: Part A
Australian underground coal mines predominately use the longwill method for coal extraction. In longwall mining at least two parallel roadways known as gateroads are mined to delineate the sides of the longwall block, a longwall installation face is then driven connecting the gatheroads to enable the longwall mining equipment to be installed. Roadway development should ideally be ahead of the longwall so that the longwall equipment can be installed into the newly developed panel with minimal delay to coal production. A discrete event mode of roadway development can help asses how a particular configuration may perform with high levels of …
Information And Communication Technologies (Icts) And Climate Change Adaptation In Latin America And The Caribbean: A Framework For Action, Hallie Eakin, Pedro Wightman, David Hsu, Vladimir Gil, Eduardo Fuentes-Contreras, Megan Cox, Tracy-Ann Hyman, Carlos Pacas, Fernando Borras, Diego Barrido, Daniel Kammen
Information And Communication Technologies (Icts) And Climate Change Adaptation In Latin America And The Caribbean: A Framework For Action, Hallie Eakin, Pedro Wightman, David Hsu, Vladimir Gil, Eduardo Fuentes-Contreras, Megan Cox, Tracy-Ann Hyman, Carlos Pacas, Fernando Borras, Diego Barrido, Daniel Kammen
David Hsu
Despite ongoing interest in deploying Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for sustainable development, their use in climate change adaptation remains under-studied. Based on the integration of adaptation theory and the existing literature on the use of ICTs in development, we present an analytical model for conceptualizing the contribution of existing ICTs to adaptation, and a framework for evaluating ICT success. We apply the framework to four case studies of ICTs in use for early warning systems and managing extreme events in LAC countries. We propose that existing ICTs can support adaptation through enabling access to critical information for decision-making, coordinating …