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Further to a recent paper about the work of George Sinclair (c. 1630–1696), new biographical information has come to light. Following one year of study at St Andrews, Sinclair obtained a Master of Arts degree at Edinburgh University in 1649. Later, after his enforced resignation as a Regent at Glasgow University in 1666, he taught mathematics at Edinburgh University, without swearing the prescribed oath of allegiance. This employment terminated in 1674 with the appointment of James Gregory to Edinburgh's first established chair of mathematics. The interest of Robert Hooke in Sinclair's hydrostatical work is also noted.

Improving the research culture of an institution may lead to a fairer, more rewarding and successful environment, but how do you start making changes?Improving the research culture of an institution may lead to a fairer, more rewarding and successful environment, but how do you start making changes?

The translation process involves several changes made to the source text. Some of these changes, referred to as intrinsic managing , are necessary to overcome linguistic differences and create a cohesive, coherent, and natural text without altering the meaning and content. While intrinsic managing is often used for naturalization, this approach may lead to translation losses. For instance, in many fictional works, characters are given unique registers and idiolects, with some creators involving linguistic and morphological processes. This paper examines the application of intrinsic management strategies on fictional registers and whether the resulting renditions reflected the style of the source text that included unique language use. The data included literary works in the form of novels and audiovisual media, including films and series such as A Clockwork Orange (novel and film), 1984 (Novel), Smurfs, The Amazing World of Gumball, and Young Justice. The source and target text are compared based on how they fall under the conveniences and the rules of their respective languages. The results showed an overt tendency to naturalize rather than adapt, which reflects a misuse of intrinsic managing strategies. The study concludes that many translators resort to naturalization to increase target audience readability and understanding. This may be favorable in most cases; however, it could result in the loss of stylistic features.

This research has a significant contribution to the understanding of changes in the oral literary practices of the Dayak Kanayatn and their impact on their social identity. A qualitative research method was employed to collect data through the interpretation of semiotic texts of Dayak Kanayatn oral literature. The importance of this research lies in addressing the influence of contemporary cultural issues, including social media and urbanization, which have shifted the interest of the younger generation from traditional oral literature to modern forms of entertainment. However, the gap that this research aims to address is the imbalance between the younger generation’s interest in traditional oral literature and the influence of contemporary culture, which tends to lean towards modern entertainment forms. The research aims to highlight the challenges of maintaining oral literary practices in the era of globalization and continuous modernization. Research findings also reveal that oral literary practices remain crucial in preserving the social identity of the Dayak Kanayatn. Despite facing challenges, this community continues to strive to preserve their oral literature through various initiatives such as cultural education in local schools and literary festivals. Thus, this research provides in-depth insights into social and cultural identity among the Dayak Kanayatn and their efforts to preserve and strengthen their social identity through the heritage of oral literature. The study underscores the importance of preserving Dayak local culture amidst the ongoing trends of globalization and modernization. By highlighting this gap, the research offers a better understanding of how the Dayak Kanayatn community can overcome these challenges to preserve their cultural heritage.

This article discusses the linguistic strategies shaped by the speed-up of online merit-making in Thailand’s post Covid-19. The study analyzes the language used in 100 online merit-making persuasion posts from various Facebook groups to uncover factors contributing to the acceleration of this linguistic phenomenon through Critical Discourse Analysis and Tomlinson’s sociological concept of speed and cultural immediacy. It uncovers patterns reflecting lingual acceleration that have not been systematically analyzed in previous studies on merit-making advertisement. Firstly, Thai words and phrases emphasizing urgency and immediacy exhibit prevailing beliefs and business ideology, urging prompt engagement in merit-making for immediate results. Secondly, invitation sentences employ language that emphasizes the calculable nature of merit-making, appealing to recipients’ reasoning and facilitating individualized participation. Lastly, emotionally charged words and expressions in charity advertisements evoke feelings of pleasure and relief, further stimulating participation in merit-making. The accelerating shift of lingual practice is enabled by technological advancements and social media. The examination of language strategies in digitalized merit-making provides readers with fresh insights into the changing pace of New-normal Thai society.

Current conventional wisdom suggests that when it comes to good blood pressure control, the lower the better. However, because a pressure of zero over zero is incompatible with life, there would appear to be a J-shaped curve and therefore there must be a point at which lower is not necessarily better.

Adult Learning Australia (ALA) has declared 2018 to be a Year of Lifelong Learning. This raises many questions about why lifelong learning should be a priority. How might policy to promote lifelong learning develop? Are there particular outcomes that should be anticipated from a year focussed on lifelong learning? How can we get the various stakeholders for formal, non-formal and informal learning across various age levels to work together to promote a more coherent and engaged framework for all people to see themselves on a lifelong learning journey?

The Scottish natural philosopher George Sinclair (or Sinclar) (c.1630–1696) was one of the earliest British writers on hydrostatics. He visited London in 1662, when he met Sir Robert Moray and Robert Boyle and left a manuscript treatise at the Royal Society. Receipt of this work was never recorded by the Society, and Sinclair felt that he had been dealt with unfairly. A Latin version, Ars nova et magna gravitatis et levitatis, was published in 1669, followed by his Hydrostaticks in 1672. All Sinclair's works were vituperatively and pseudonymously criticized by James Gregory and William Sanders in The Great and New Art of Weighing Vanity of 1672. Here, Sinclair's life is summarized, and his disputes with the Royal Society and with Gregory and Sanders are examined. It is argued that, despite his other limitations, Sinclair's knowledge of hydrostatics was considerable, and that the criticisms made against him were exaggerated. Yet his work was subsequently neglected. Sinclair's treatment sheds light both on academic rivalries and on the procedures of the early Royal Society.

Muriel Robertson (1883–1973) was a pioneering protozoologist who made a staggering number of important contributions to the fields of parasitology, bacteriology and immunology during her career, which spanned nearly 60 years. These contributions were all the more remarkable given the scientific and social times in which she worked. While Muriel is perhaps best known for her work on the life cycle and transmission of the African trypanosome, Trypanosoma brucei, which she carried out in Uganda at the height of a major Sleeping Sickness epidemic, her work on the Clostridia during the First and Second World Wars made significant contributions to the understanding of anaerobes and to the development of anti-toxoid vaccines, and her work on the immunology of Trichomonas foetus infections in cattle, carried out in collaboration with the veterinarian W. R. Kerr, resulted in changes in farming practices that very quickly eradicated trichomoniasis from cattle herds in Northern Ireland. The significance of her work was recognized with the award of Fellow of the Royal Society in 1947 and an Honorary Doctorate of Law from the University of Glasgow, where she had earlier studied, in 1948.

Adult Learning Australia (ALA) has declared 2018 to be a Year of Lifelong Learning. This raises many questions about why lifelong learning should be a priority. How might policy to promote lifelong learning develop? Are there particular outcomes that should be anticipated from a year focussed on lifelong learning? How can we get the various stakeholders for formal, non-formal and informal learning across various age levels to work together to promote a more coherent and engaged framework for all people to see themselves on a lifelong learning journey?