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Northampton Community College

EducationBethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States
About: Northampton Community College is a education organization based out in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Poison control. The organization has 3410 authors who have published 4582 publications receiving 130398 citations. The organization is also known as: Northampton County Area Community College.


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TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the main issues and challenges associated with the use of the focus group method in a research study involving small business and entrepreneurship in a West Midlands city.
Abstract: This article examines the main issues and challenges associated with the use of the focus group method in a research study involving small business and entrepreneurship. The project concerned the education and training needs of a Bangladeshi community in a West Midlands city, commissioned by the local Chamber of Commerce Training and Enterprise. The article considers the advice provided in the literature on the conduct of focus groups, describes the application of that advice to gather empirical data from an ethnic community, and discusses the insights gained from the use of focus groups in these circumstances. Both the positive and negative features of the research process and outcomes are covered, and the impact of the focus group method on the successes and failures of the project is discussed.

58 citations

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15 Jul 2002
TL;DR: An extension of a traceability system which automates the generation of traceability relations between textual requirement artefacts and object models using heuristic traceability rules is presented, which provides a mechanism with well-founded semantics for revising beliefs on the basis of partial (and even conflicting) assessments of the relations that these rules generate provided by different users.
Abstract: This paper presents an extension of a traceability system which automates the generation of traceability relations between textual requirement artefacts and object models using heuristic traceability rules. These rules match syntactically related terms in the textual parts of the requirements artefacts with related elements in an object model (e.g. classes, attributes, operations) and create traceability relations of different types when a match is found. The extension described in this paper measures beliefs in: (1) the ability of specific traceability rules to generate correct traceability relations, (2) the satisfiability of traceability rules by particular types of artefacts, and (3) the correctness of individual traceability relations. It also provides a mechanism with well-founded semantics for revising these beliefs on the basis of partial (and even conflicting) assessments of the relations that these rules generate provided by different users.

58 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, the authors used REDUCE to determine the natural frequencies and mode shapes of a cantilever wing with substantial coupling between the bending and torsional modes of deformation.

58 citations

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TL;DR: A narrative of how public participation has evolved in the United States and prospects for its future is offered and three forces that have had significant impact on practice are traced: an emergent emphasis on democratic deliberation, a transition from dichotomous thinking about science versus politics to an integrated perspective, and the recognition that different parties to the decision-making process bring valid epistemological contributions.
Abstract: Over the past four decades, the promise of public participation to improve decisions, obtain legitimacy, and build capacity for risk decision making and management has had a mixed record. In this article, we offer a narrative of how public participation has evolved in the United States and we examine prospects for its future. We trace three forces that have had significant impact on practice: an emergent emphasis on democratic deliberation, a transition from dichotomous thinking about science versus politics to an integrated perspective, and the recognition that different parties to the decision-making process bring valid epistemological contributions. The promise of public participation in risk decision making is challenged by loss of trust in institutions and individuals and by broad socio-political dynamics that are weakening democratic values and processes. These include the scarcity of attitudes and aptitudes supportive of public participation among both individuals and institutions; an anti-democratic political atmosphere that promotes disrespect; pursuit of private interests over the common good; failure to appreciate the limitations of dialogue and learning; underutilization of existing knowledge; and insufficient knowledge of how context matters. We end by offering several suggestions for focusing further research and improving practice.

58 citations

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TL;DR: An examination of the catfish retina shows the photoreceptors to be exclusively single cones interspersed with elongate rods and demonstrates the presence of multiple optic nerve head papillae.
Abstract: The dilated, round pupils of a species of suckermouth armoured catfish (Liposarcus pardalis) constrict slowly on illumination (over 35-40 min) to form crescent-shaped apertures. Ray tracing of He-Ne laser beams shows that the lenses of a related species (Pterygoplichthys etentaculus), which also has a crescent-shaped pupil, are well corrected for longitudinal spherical aberration, suggesting that the primary purpose of the irregular pupil in armoured catfish is not to correct such aberration. It is suggested that the iris operculum may serve to camouflage the pupil of these substrate-dwelling species. An examination of the catfish retina shows the photoreceptors to be exclusively single cones interspersed with elongate rods and demonstrates the presence of multiple optic nerve head papillae. Two areas of high ganglion cell density, each side of a vertically oriented falciform process, provide increased spatial resolving power along the axes examining the substrate in front of and behind the animal.

58 citations


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NameH-indexPapersCitations
Simon Baron-Cohen172773118071
Pete Smith1562464138819
Martin N. Rossor12867095743
Mark D. Griffiths124123861335
Richard G. Brown8321726205
Brendon Stubbs8175428180
Stuart N. Lane7633715788
Paul W. Burgess6915621038
Thomas Dietz6820337313
Huseyin Sehitoglu6732414378
Susan Golombok6721512856
David S.G. Thomas6322814796
Stephen Morris6344316484
Stephen Robertson6119723363
Michael J. Morgan6026612211
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No. of papers from the Institution in previous years
YearPapers
20233
20221
202182
202073
201968
201865