Annual Conference Research Articles

Annual Conference for Donor Relations Professionals

Annual Conference for Donor Relations Professionals

Roman Frontier Archaeology – in Britain and Beyond: Papers in Honour of Paul Bidwell Presented on the Occasion of the 30th Annual Conference of the Arbeia Society. Edited by N. Hodgson and B. Griffiths. Archaeopress, Oxford, 2022. Pp. xii +371, illus. Price £60. isbn 9781803273440 (pbk); 9781803273457 (open access eBook).

Roman Frontier Archaeology – in Britain and Beyond: Papers in Honour of Paul Bidwell Presented on the Occasion of the 30th Annual Conference of the Arbeia Society. Edited by N. Hodgson and B. Griffiths. Archaeopress, Oxford, 2022. Pp. xii +371, illus. Price £60. <scp>isbn</scp> 9781803273440 (pbk); 9781803273457 (open access eBook).

National Urban League Annual Conference

National Urban League Annual Conference

The Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management Annual Conference 2024.

The Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management Annual Conference 2024.

Discourse Analysis of COP28 News Reports from the Perspective of Attitude in Appraisal Theory

Conference of the Parties is the world’s largest and most important annual climate-related conference. Taking the attitude system of Martin’s Appraisal Theory as the theoretical framework, this study collects news reports on the 28th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties from China Daily as the corpus. Through qualitative and quantitative analysis of the corpus, this study explores the distribution pattern and realization of attitudinal resources in these news reports, aiming to reveal the attitude and stance of China Daily towards COP28. According to the study, attitudinal resources consist mostly of appreciation resources, which comprise over half of the total. Affect and judgement resources follow, with a greater proportion of positive than negative resources. Additionally, China Daily frequently adopts a positive viewpoint regarding COP28 through the use of attitudinal materials. This research aids in the efficient comprehension and expression of attitudes and positions in discourses.

Pupil voice in physical education and the desire for (in)visibility

ABSTRACT The importance of children is a universally accepted concept in schools. However, do we actually listen to what children have to say? Rudduck and Fielding [2002. The transformative potential of student voice: Confronting the power issues. Paper presented at BERA Annual Conference, University of Exeter, p. 2] argue that the voices of pupils are ‘silent’ or ‘silenced’. The aim of this study was to listen to the voice of pupils, concerning their experiences in Physical Education (PE) in schools, with the direction of the study being driven (although not co-designed) by pupils and thereafter following the issues that they raised. It involved 154, 14–16-year-old pupils across the two schools, one an independent school and the other a state academy. A focus group in each school (6 pupils per study) drove the direction of the study which then sort breadth through a questionnaire to the whole year group in both schools (154 respondents) and finally depth through 12 individual interviews. A theoretical framework (Social Field Theory) was selected post findings to ensure that it best represented the emergent data. Through this Pupil voice method, five themes emerged, those being Participation, Choice, Pressure, Ability and Development, and Health. These indicated that pupils have vastly different experiences in the PE lesson, in particular, if they are at either end of the ability spectrum. For some it is that of humiliation and censure, and for others it is about success and achievement. The uniqueness of the lesson with regard to physique and the exposure of both skill and body can affect this duality, negatively and positively. This can lead to the desire for, or coerced, (in)visibility for many pupils. Solutions from pupils, at both ends of the ability spectrum, to counter issues in PE involved giving choice of activity and having ability setting for classes.

Cities 2023 Preface

CITIES International Conference is an annual international conference organized by the Urban and Regional Planning Department of Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember (ITS Surabaya). The conference, which debuted in 2005, serves as a platform for academics and practitioners to present, disseminate, and discuss research results in the field of urban and regional planning. Through the efforts of all involved, CITIES has grown from a primarily national conference to one that attracts a diverse, worldwide audience from the Asian, European, Australian, and American continents.The CITIES International Conference in 2023 will take a grand design related to “TECHNOLOGY” and “INFRASTRUCTURE” in planning. Cities are centers of civilization, powerhouses of economic growth and innovation. However, urban planning faces challenges as cities transform into larger areas. One way to tackle this challenge is to embrace new technology trends that can help urban planners to help improve the quality of life in cities. Technology is becoming increasingly important in urban planning as a consequence of urban development, as well as ongoing changes, need to be projected. With this need in mind, CITIES International Conference 2023 is designed to be a meeting place for stakeholders, including academics, researchers, practitioners, and bureaucrats, both within and beyond national boundaries. The conference aims to disseminate research results and practical experiences at local, national, and global levels, and to share insight and recommendations on improving the quality of the city system in the future.This year, the CITIES International Conference 2023 will join the CIV-PLAN Join Conference organized by the Faculty of Civil, Planning, and Earth Engineering. The 1st edition of the CIV-PLAN Join Conference will be held in the city of Surabaya by elaborating on all departments in the faculty, including Civil Engineering, Architecture, Urban and Regional Planning, Geophysics, and Environmental Engineering. The theme raised in the joint conference is “SMART INFRASTRUCTURE FOR BETTER LIVING SOCIETY” which is held on October 25-26, 2023. The CITIES International Conference 2023 has agreed to be a part of the CIV-PLAN Joint Conference sub-event. It is hoped that with a joint conference like this, the CITIES International conference will be better known throughout the world and the cooperation that will be established will increase, especially for the media to exchange knowledge and maybe it will also be able to open relations with departments within the scientific cluster of the faculty of civil engineering, planning, and earth sciences.The CITIES conference has obtained a one-day slot (October 26) from the CIV-PLAN Joint Conference committee. On October 25, CITIES keynote speeches were given during the CIV-PLAN Joint Conference session by Prof. Tan Yigitcanlar (Queensland University of Technology) and Dr. Rulli Pratiwi Setiawan, S.T., M.Sc. (Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember). On the second day, parallel discussion sessions were held for all conference participants. These sessions were divided into three rooms based on the similarity of the sub-themes, including (1) Smart Infrastructure for Urban Development, (2) Sustainable Infrastructure Planning, and (3) Applied Technology for Planning. The committee closely monitored the event at the venue during these parallel discussion sessions.The time allocated for each speaker was 15 minutes, and the question-and- answer (Q&A) session for all presenters was 30 minutes. The Q&A session was carried out by both the moderator and other speakers on the panel. There are around 39 papers presented from various universities in Indonesia and abroad. In total, there were over 150 seminar participants from academic, government, and NGO institutions. Technically, the hybrid implementation of the CITIES conference went very smoothly. The participants’ enthusiasm during the conference remained high until the end of the event, as evident from the active participation during the Q&A session. The only issue during the conference was that some speakers experienced network disruptions due to poor signal conditions. However, this did not dampen our enthusiasm to share knowledge and improve communication between participants and presenters across countries. Overall, the CITIES 2023 conference was successfully held and resulted in fruitful discussion during our plenary and parallel sessions.List of Sponsor and Partner Acknowledgements, Committees, Rundown, Reviewer are available in the pdf.

Global Surgical Frontiers

Our annual global health conference returns this year

Abstracts From the NCCN 2024 Annual Conference

Abstracts From the NCCN 2024 Annual Conference

Preface

The 6th International Conference on Food and Agriculture (ICoFA) Introduction of ICoFA 2023 Dear colleagues,We are glad to announce the release of the 6th International Conference of Food and Agriculture (ICOFA-2023). The ICOFA is an annual conference organized primarily by Politeknik Negeri Jember. This year the theme of our conference is “Enhancing a Sustainable Future For Food and Agriculture’s Technology In Saving The Planet”Surely, we plan to conduct this conference physically and virtually (hybrid). However, due to the new normal working methods based on “Work From Anywhere (WFA)”, the 6th ICOFA 2023 was carried out physically and virtually via the Zoom meeting platform. We took this option because this conference was already designated and funded. Keynote and invited speakers were also scheduled for this event. Many delegations and authors requested for this conference to be performed since they needed it to cover their publication and sharing knowledge requirements.The key directions of the conference covered the discussion of advanced achievements and touched upon the main aspects of agriculture engineering and biotechnology, organic agriculture, animal science related to food, food science and technology, food safety, food security, and sovereignty, IT for agriculture, renewable and novel energy sources, and socioeconomics related to food and agriculture.The conference was run as planned on 18th - 19th November 2023 and supported by a hybrid event organizer started from 9.00 am to 5.00 pm. The conference model are Plenary session with keynotes (40 minutes for each keynote speech) and participants’ presentations (20 minutes for each presentation). A total of 164 participants from Universities, Research Institutes, and also Government Departments attended the conference in over seven countries Ecuador, India, Indonesia, Morocco, China, the United Kingdom, and the United States.Our honorable speakers were Prof. Dr. Ir. Nanang Dwi Wahyono, M.M from Politeknik Negeri Jember, Indonesia; Prof. Ir. Dyah Maharani, S.Pt., M.P., Ph.D. from Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia; Prof. Dr. Said Ziani from ENSAM Mohammed V University, Morocco; Prof. Benny Tjahjono, B. Eng., M.Sc., Ph.D. from Coventry University, UK; Dr. Nishu Gupta from Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway; and Dr. Md. Faisal Kabir from CARE Bangladesh.An amount of 153 full papers was submitted to the 6th ICOFA 2023. After a pre-review on originality and language, the peer review process was arranged by the Editorial Committee, and 74 manuscripts were selected for publication in the IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science (EES).We also wish to thank to keynote speaker, invite speakers, presenters and participants, and all authors for their contributions to the 6th ICOFA 2023 and to colleague members of the organizing committee, please accept my deep appreciation for your hard work in ensuring the success of the conference. Editor-in-Chief, 6th ICOFA 2023 Dr. Ir. Hariadi Subagja, S.Pt., MSi., IPM List of Scientific Committee the 6th ICOFA 2023, Technical Committee the 6th and Conference Photograph the 6th ICOFA 2023 are available in this pdf.

Canadian Radiation Protection Association (CPRA) 2023 Annual Conference Abstracts.

Canadian Radiation Protection Association (CPRA) 2023 Annual Conference Abstracts.

Annual All-Russian conference "New Year’s meetings at Petroverigsky". Collection of abstracts

.

Selections From the ABC 2023 Annual Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA: A Rocky Mountain of Business Communication Teaching Innovations

Innovative classroom-tested approaches to cross-cultural communication—diversity, equity, and inclusion—and personal and professional development are featured. Readers can explore 10 teaching creations debuted at the 2023 My Favorite Assignment sessions at the Association for Business Communication Annual International Conference held in Denver, Colorado, USA.

Evaluation of respiratory allergies burden and management in primary care and comparative analysis of health care data from Romania, Poland, Czech Republic and Bulgaria - preliminary study.

Respiratory allergies mostly allergic rhinitis and asthma represent an important and increasing public health problem and one of the priorities for the European health systems. There is an increasing public concern regarding the persistence and severity of allergic diseases and many difficulties of health systems in providing prompt specialized medical assistance. Our study aims to highlight the main results of the Alliance 4Life project focused on the evaluation of the burden and management of respiratory allergies in primary care from Romania and comparative health-related data from four Central and Eastern European countries. We developed a questionnaire focused on patients with allergic rhinitis and asthma directly addressed to general practitioner (GP) specialists from Romania who attended the annual national conference in Bucharest. The main results showed that patients with respiratory allergies are frequently encountered in primary care practice, only a few patients are evaluated by allergists and there is a clear need for education in this field. This preliminary study confirms that respiratory allergies represent a considerable burden in primary care and the questionnaire may be a useful tool in further studies considering the experience of other healthcare systems. More advanced studies integrating epidemiology with data on air pollution and environmental conditions should be envisaged.

Real Estate Research Trends and Directions in Africa:

This study explores the nature of research contributions to the African Real Estate Society (AfRES) conferences and establishes the emerging trends across African real estate markets. The study employed a desktop-review of 500 abstracts published in the AfRES Conference proceedings from 2011-2022. A descriptive quantitative content analysis in addition to line charts and other descriptive analyses were employed. The study finds that top research themes are Housing/Markets Analysis (19.32%), Finance/Investment (17.69%), Appraisal/Valuation (15.75%), Institutions (11.04%), and Policy issues (10.39%). The country-focused contributions showed the predominance of Nigeria, Ghana, and South Africa. Furthermore, the study finds that the practice of alternating the location of the annual conferences across regions is valuable for attracting diverse contributions across regional markets while also fostering inclusivity. The results show a significant preference for quantitative (43.20%) and qualitative (26.80%) analyses by authors. The study highlights research gaps that real estate academics, the AfRES and international research groups should consider in developing their research agenda for the continent. While the study has not explored the full complement of real estate research outlets on the African continent, the study’s findings could help in understanding how the African market and her research directions compare with other continental peers.

Is International Law Fair? A Conference Report on the 18th Annual Conference of the European Society of International Law in Aix-en-Provence

Is International Law Fair? A Conference Report on the 18th Annual Conference of the European Society of International Law in Aix-en-Provence

Finding The Torch of United Methodist Hispanic Ministry in Texas and New Mexico

ABSTRACT At their 1971 annual meeting, the Rio Grande Conference (RGC) celebrated the centennial anniversary of the ordination of the first native Spanish speaking Methodist minister—Alejo Hernandez. To commemorate the event, Rev. Alfredo Náñez, D.D., gave a series of lectures tracing the Methodist church’s work amongst Hispanics in Texas and New Mexico. He charged the annual conference to carry forward the torch that spiritual ancestors such as Hernandez have passed to them. This article takes up the torch Náñez claimed in 1971, following the history of the RGC through to its churches’ mergers with other annual conferences. Tracing this history via membership statistics from 1971 to the present, this article shows that torch has dimmed over the last 50 years, despite the hard work of Rio Grande Conference clergy and to the detriment of the United Methodist Church’s ministry in Texas and New Mexico.

Heating Standards and Obsolescence in Post-War Britain’s Homes for Today and Tomorrow

In 1962, a short film by Shell-Mex and BP Limited (Companies of the Royal Dutch/Shell Group and the British Petroleum Group) was prepared for the 29th Annual Conference and Exhibition of the National Society of Clean Air in Britain to encourage British households to shift from coal domestic fires to smokeless heating appliances. One year earlier, in 1961, the most influential report on space standards in Britain was published, titled &lt;em&gt;Homes for Today and Tomorrow &lt;/em&gt;(also known as the &lt;em&gt;Parker Morris Report&lt;/em&gt;), which advocated for flexibility in the home through larger size homes and better heating. This article focuses on the report’s emphasis on better heating as one way to fulfil the concept of the “adaptable home,” and it introduces the discussions about heating standards during the report’s making, underlining the open domestic fire as an obsolete technology. These discussions, however, were entangled with socio-cultural endeavours and consumerist aspirations for modernisation, placing the removal of an otherwise pervasive domestic element within a broader net of forces, actors, and dilemmas involved in decision-making and planning. This article, composed as a historical acquisition, oscillates from the scale of the domestic fireplace to the housing scale, raising the issue of obsolescence in housing provision, which is still salient today.

Economic and geopolitical uncertainty vs energy variables: exploring connectedness in the LNG freight market

ABSTRACT This paper contributes to the literature by applying quantile connectedness methodology to explore the impact of geopolitical and economic uncertainty on the volatility of LNG freight rates. Our findings justify modelling this market using econometric methodologies that depart from the classical Gaussian assumptions. First, we find asymmetric spillover effects between LNG freight rates, uncertainty, and energy variables, with the impact of uncertainty on the LNG rates becoming more intense at the tails of the distribution. Second, we find that the marginal variation in LNG freight rates after a shock is attributable to geopolitical and economic uncertainty, as the energy variables appear to absorb the marginal effects. Our results point to profound spillovers in the LNG freight market resulting from the pandemic, the war in Ukraine and government interventions to mitigate the adverse impact of these developments. These findings contribute to the LNG freight rate risk management. This article is a revised and expanded version of a paper entitled «Assessing the Impact of uncertainty and energy variables on LNG freight rates: A dynamic quantile connectedness analysis» presented at European Financial Management Association (EFMA) 2023 annual conference, Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University, on Thursday, June 29, 2023.

Chartered Governance Institute Annual Conference

Chartered Governance Institute Annual Conference