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Examining thermally induced movement of the fatal fire victim
Investigating a fatal fire scene comprises analysis not only of the fire’s development to identify the point of fire origin and ignition source, but analysis of a victim’s position and their relationship within the scene. This work presents both qualitative and quantitative results from experimentation investigating the effect of a real fire environment on the human body, and how the position of a victim at the post burn investigation stage may be significantly different to the position at fire ignition. Qualitative observations were undertaken on the burning of 39 compartment and vehicle scenes from ignition through to suppression, each containing a human cadaver. The results of analysis question the validity of previous work based on cremation observations. Quantitative results were produced by recording 13 points on the body on the X, Y and Z axis, both pre and post burn on a smaller dataset of ten compartment burns. Results have enabled a more robust assessment of thermally induced movement of the body within the scene along each axis, evidencing that pugilism is not the universal reaction of the fatal victim to thermal exposure, with extension of the upper limbs far more common than has been previously reported.
•Research on unique dataset facilitated by the burning human cadavers.•Data and analysis directly correlating to real fire scenes within both compartments, and vehicles•Research developed focusing on enhancing investigation of the fatal fire victim.•Qualitative analysis on the position of human remains both pre and post burning.•A new procedure to quantify thermally induced movement of the fatal fire victim has been established.
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Applying archaeology to fire investigation techniques: A review
Archaeology and Fire Investigation do not appear to have much in common on the surface. Scratch beneath however, and the similarities begin to reveal themselves. Both disciplines require the investigation of physical remains by employing an analytical approach in order to reconstruct sequences of events. Before recovery employing an archaeological stratigraphic recording method at fire scenes, provides the opportunity for a sequential recording of both debris layers, recording objects and their relationship to the immediate environment. This approach is particularly pertinent in Fire Investigation, as the recovery of evidence can lead to destruction in cases of fragile evidence and remains.
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John Graham Dickinson
During those years he worked at Shanta Bhawan Hospital as a consultant physician specialising in tuberculosis, was involved in pioneering work on altitude sickness (which included storing a yak heart and lungs in the family fridge to be sent abroad for further analysis of altitude adaptation in the yak, much to the disgust of his wife), acquired the friendship and second best walking boots of Sir Edmund Hillary, became the first medical director of the new Patan Hospital in 1983, and was involved in setting up the first medical school in Nepal. Once again John was a medical missionary with the United Mission to Nepal, but this time working as medical director of the Sakriya Unit, which was set up to help manage the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Nepal. In 2016 he received a longstanding service award to undergraduate clinical education for his 10 years as an academic and personal tutor for Leeds University Medical School.
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Feminists and Queer Theorists Debate the Future of Critical Management Studies
'What is CMS for and what might its future be- both inside the domain of academia and outside it? It's a question that has beguiled and frustrated academics within and outside its community. At the hear of CMS is an enduring skepticism concerning the social and ecological sustainability of prevailing ideas and forms of management and organization. Using ideas from feminist and queer theory, authors of this volume aim to generate some thinking and possibly a nascent agenda. It focuses on the future of CMS but also intertwines it with ideas as to how scholarly communities can engage in working lives differently.
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Entropy considerations applied to shock unsteadiness in hypersonic inlets
The stability of curved or rectangular shocks in hypersonic inlets in response to flow perturbations can be determined analytically from the principle of minimum entropy. Unsteady shock wave motion can have a significant effect on the flow in a hypersonic inlet or combustor. According to the principle of minimum entropy, a stable thermodynamic state is one with the lowest entropy gain. A model based on piston theory and its limits has been developed for applying the principle of minimum entropy to quasi-steady flow. Relations are derived for analyzing the time-averaged entropy gain flux across a shock for quasi-steady perturbations in atmospheric conditions and angle as a perturbation in entropy gain flux from the steady state. Initial results from sweeping a wedge at Mach 10 through several degrees in AEDC's Tunnel 9 indicates the bow shock becomes unsteady near the predicted normal Mach number. Several curved shocks of varying curvature are compared to a straight shock with the same mean normal Mach number, pressure ratio, or temperature ratio. The present work provides analysis and guidelines for designing an inlet robust to off- design flight or perturbations in flow conditions an inlet is likely to face. It also suggests that inlets with curved shocks are less robust to off-design flight than those with straight shocks such as rectangular inlets. Relations for evaluating entropy perturbations for highly unsteady flow across a shock and limits on their use were also developed. The normal Mach number at which a shock could be stable to high frequency upstream perturbations increases as the speed of the shock motion increases and slightly decreases as the perturbation size increases. The present work advances the principle of minimum entropy theory by providing additional validity for using the theory for time-varying flows and applying it to shocks, specifically those in inlets. While this analytic tool is applied in the present work for evaluating the stability of shocks in hypersonic inlets, it can be used for an arbitrary application with a shock.
Dissertation
Laban/Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies 1994 National Conference: Weaving Our Ways: Perceiving, Knowing and Telling (Minneapolis, Minnesota, 22–24 October, 1994)
A report on the Laban/Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies, held Oct 22-24, 1994 in Minneapolis, is presented. The conference incorporated a wide range of approaches, formats and subject areas, all using the Laban Movement Analysis as the common language for observation, analysis and experience.
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Application of compound compressible flow to hypersonic three-dimensional inlets
A method for correcting flow non-uniformities and incorporating multiple oblique shocks waves into compound compressible flow is presented. This method has several applications and is specifically presented for the problem of creating a streamline-traced hypersonic three-dimensional inlet. This method uses compound compressible flow theory to solve for the freestream flow entering a pre-defined duct with a desired downstream profile. This method allows for multiple iterations of the design space and is computational inexpensive. A method is also presented for modeling a laminar or turbulent boundary layer to compare inlet designs and to determine the viscous correction to the inlet. Two different Mach 6 designs were evaluated, with a rectangular capture area and circular combustor with a uniform temperature, pressure, and Mach number profile. Comparison with other three-dimensional inlets indicates those designed with this method demonstrate good inviscid performance. These inlets also have the ability to correct incoming flow non-uniformities.
Dissertation
Conceptualising horizontal politics
This project investigates the likelihood of a distinctive ideology emerging from what are known as ‘horizontal’ political movements – those which, in brief, aim to operate non-hierarchically guided by principles such as affinity – and furthermore to identify the potential components of such an ideology. The methodology is broadly based on that developed by Freeden, namely an analysis of the conceptual morphology of the ideas put out by horizontal movements. The sources used derive largely from the output of the movements themselves in various forms. I conclude that horizontal politics does have a recognisable ideological configuration, and that this is distinctive from other related ideologies such as anarchism.
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From alignment to emergent academic: the role of coaching and mentoring in supporting the development of academic staff in a post-1992 university
This research developed a qualitative Case Study to explore the role of coaching and mentoring in supporting the alignment of academic staff and organisational strategy. The study employed documentary data, interviews and a questionnaire to examine a four year period of a seven year change programme at a University in Southern England. Documents provide background to the case. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with fourteen leaders, two external coaches and eleven internal mentors. A questionnaire completed by thirty six academics preceded six semi-structured interviews with academic staff. Participant perceptions of alignment and their experiences of coaching and mentoring were analysed using a data coding approach influenced by Grounded Theory. As a result of this study, the researcher developed a Model for Improving Credibility in Insider Research to demonstrate how they dealt with the challenges of being an employee of the organisation in which the research was completed. The study shows how a new Strategic Plan impacted on academic staff roles. In responding to the changes, academics were faced with career, role, time and psychological challenges. The findings indicate that the alignment of academic staff and organisational strategy does not need to be a tension, but that it can provide opportunities for both organisation and individual if they can identify and focus on ways to fill the gap between them. The Individual and Organisation Alignment Map, developed from this study, demonstrates a new understanding of alignment of the individual within the organisational context. Coaching and mentoring helped academics to respond to the challenges by providing support for a focus on the future and forward momentum, as well as role implementation and psychological support. A new model showing how The Transitional Space Provided by Coaching and Mentoring can provide support for outer and inner world challenges has been developed as a result of this research. In addition, the new definition of ‘Emerging Academics’ developed during this study provides a different starting point for considering the career development of academic staff.
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