Mother Of Invention Research Articles

Rocking Under Orion’s Belt: The Rise and Fall of Seibu Kōdō as International Concert Venue

ABSTRACT An edifice resembling a temple hall and located on the outskirts of the Kyoto University campus, Seibu Kōdō, rose to national prominence in the early 1970s as a hub for the city’s burgeoning performing arts and rock music scene. Its reputation and legend quickly grew after hosting the MOJO WEST series, inaugurated in 1971, that included concerts by iconic Japanese bands such as Flower Travellin’ Band, Murahachibu, and Zunō keisatsu. Towards the end of the decade, Seibu Kōdō began attracting international performers, spearheaded by Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention in 1976. However, an incident during a concert by The Police in 1980 led to a permanent suspension of welcoming foreign acts. This article explores Seibu Kōdō’s formative years as a concert venue and the way its connections to the radical student movement, symbolised by the constellation of three red stars painted on its roof, informed its peculiar self-management model. This facilitated the venue’s use as a space for unrestricted artistic expression, but at the same time hindered its development beyond local significance.

"Necessity is the mother of invention": Experiences of accessing and delivering dementia-related support services by information communication technology during the pandemic in the UK.

The remote delivery of dementia-related support services by information communication technology, defined as any hardware or software, including the telephone and videoconferencing software, increased during the coronavirus pandemic. To guide the future use of information communication technology, this study explored the experiences of delivering and accessing social care and support services during the pandemic in the UK. Remote semi-structured interviews with social care and support providers, people with dementia and family carers were conducted between May-December 2022. Topic guides were co-developed with two public advisors (one former family carer, one person with dementia) and garnered information on delivering and accessing services during the pandemic. Audio recordings were transcribed verbatim. Employing a mixture of inductive and deductive analytic approaches, a thematic analysis was conducted. Twenty-one interviews (n = 14 social care and support providers; n = 6 family carers; n = 2 people with dementia) were conducted. Three themes were generated: adapting to changing circumstances; responding to unmet needs by information communication technology and information communication technology should be a tool, not the default. Social care and support providers' creativity and motivation facilitated the adoption of information communication technology, however, available resources and guidance varied. While some people with dementia and family carers benefitted from accessing services by information communication technology to address some needs, the format was not suitable for everyone. Beyond the coronavirus pandemic, the use of information communication technology within service delivery needs to be carefully considered, to avoid disenfranchising some people with dementia and family carers, while empowering people with the option of how to access services. Digital training and guidelines advising the use of information communication technology within service delivery may facilitate its improved use during the current landscape, and amidst future pandemics.

Exploring the potential of tin-based perovskite-silicon tandem solar cells through numerical analysis: A pathway to sustainable energy innovation

“Necessity is the mother of invention.” The global imperative to transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources, driven by the pressing issue of climate change, highlights the significance of advancing solar energy technologies. While single junction solar cells have reached a peak efficiency of approximately 31 %, the pursuit of higher efficiency has led to the exploration of tandem solar cell architectures, including perovskite-silicon and all-perovskite configurations. However, the widespread use of lead in perovskite structures raises environmental and health concerns. In response to these challenges, this study proposes a novel approach by integrating a tin-based wide bandgap absorber layer with a silicon HIT solar cell (Heterojunction with Intrinsic Layer). The investigation consists of an extensive exploration of six different carrier transport layers (CTL) for the top perovskite layer, considering variations in thickness and defect density. A comprehensive analysis of charge carrier dynamics within the device is conducted to understand the role of defect density in influencing solar cell performance parameters. Simulation results show that the overall tandem device gives an encouraging PCE of 32.12 % in 2 T configuration due to its excellent high value of current density matching 17.63 mA/cm2 and open-circuit voltage of 2.19V. We sincerely hope that our work will open new avenues in the field of Solar Photovoltaics paving the way for future innovations.

“SMALL BITES” QUALITY IMPROVEMENT: A SLEEP INTERVENTION FOR RESIDENTS WITH DEMENTIA IN THE NURSING HOME “NEW NORMAL”

Abstract Together with three nursing home (NH) corporations, we co-designed and adapted a “small bites” approach to pragmatic clinical trial (PCT) implementation that was successful even during the pandemic height. Our pilot PCT to improve sleep for nursing home residents with dementia began with the start of the pandemic, with its increased resident acuity and resident care burden, increased workforce shortages and instability, and need for increased leadership involvement. Using co-design principles, we reviewed all procedures with our first NH and identified ways to reduce staff burden by “bite-sizing” the as much implementation protocol as much as possible (e.g., serial 5-minute staff trainings). We implemented revised procedures in all three pilot NHs. To identify adaptations, we used a modified version of the Framework for Reporting Adaptations and Modifications-Enhanced (FRAME) to code meeting minutes, researcher fieldnotes about adaptations, and 35 group interview transcripts with the leadership/champion teams. We also coded for feasibility, acceptability, and sustainability. We used an iterative, rapid content analytic approach to qualitative analyses. Most adaptations occurred in the pre-implementation phase, although some occurred in the pilot implementation phase. Adaptations concerned reducing staff burden, such as moving from in-person visits to a fully virtual approach that used 30-minute once-a-week project meetings and streamlining how staff completed measures. The resulting intervention package worked in all corporations on all levels: feasibility, outcome, and sustainability. Necessity being the mother of invention, we landed on a better process than originally planned, one that may be valuable for the wider nursing home research community.

Necessity is the mother of invention: Experiences of Israeli women child psychotherapists inexperienced in online therapy regarding the therapeutic space during COVID-19

ABSTRACT This qualitative study explored the experiences of child psychotherapists who were inexperienced in online therapy and transitioned in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Providing online therapy to children poses distinct challenges due to different factors, including the focus on play and developmental differences. The study aimed to shed light on the therapists’ perceptions of the therapeutic space in online therapy, and the impact of the transition on the practice of child psychotherapy. Twenty experienced child psychotherapists were interviewed in depth to explore their experiences of transitioning to online therapy during the COVID-19 pandemic in Israel. Participants were recruited voluntarily using convenience and snowball sampling. The study was designed and analyzed by two experienced clinical psychologists using qualitative content analysis. The findings revealed that the online space is an integral part of the transformative processes in psychotherapy for children and youth, and psychotherapists can make necessary adjustments to the new setting through adaptability.The study underscored the challenge of finding flexible personal resources to promote adaptation processes to change.

Mothers of Invention: How the Experiences of Women Working From Home During COVID-19 Could Reshape the Domestic Environment

Despite the desire of the postindustrial workforce, particularly women, for flexible work arrangements, only 4% of Canadian employees performed their job duties remotely before the pandemic. However, this segment grew dramatically in March 2020 when the COVID-19 lockdowns forced office employees to work from home (WFH). Because the merging of employment with the dwelling has affected the genders unevenly, we focused on the WFH experiences of women, living in the metropolitan area of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with occupations that could be performed remotely during the pandemic. We further explored how women used their agency to overcome material and behavioral challenges encountered in the home workspace by implementing innovative modifications. Using a mixed-methods approach, data were collected from 96 women with an online questionnaire, followed by 15 semi-structured interviews. The results showed that each participant created a functional workspace (if one did not already exist), and successfully performed their paid employment at home. Despite the difficulties—some resulting from the pandemic—that complicated WFH, almost every woman wanted to continue working remotely in some capacity. The findings suggest that remote work is a viable labor model for women who want to combine paid and unpaid labor in a WFH nexus within the dwelling. Examples of home-workspace innovations are provided, revealing new design considerations that could influence residential design—especially in smaller homes—as the post-pandemic labor force evolves to include a larger segment of remote employees.

Impact on child justice in a world of digital courts: Perspectives from the bench

The Covid-19 pandemic brought so much tragedy across the world, but as with so much necessity also became the mother of invention. The notion of a virtual trial or other court proceedings came to life during the pandemic to help courts continue to function. In this context, virtual court proceedings and trials became the norm. And, as the world grapples with emerging from this health crisis different courts are taking different paths. In order to guarantee the child’s right to justice during the pandemic and as it waned, some jurisdictions have opted to continue holding hearings in-person, while maintaining physical protection from viruses; others have decided to digitise court proceedings using technological tools. To explore this development, volunteer attorneys from Baker McKenzie and the legal department of Google came together to assist the Global Initiative on Justice With Children, by interviewing judiciary professionals around the world. Using a single questioning tool, volunteers conducted interviews with individual judges to understand their perspectives on the use of digital hearings and the effect of their use on justice for children. We opted for the term ‘digital justice’ to describe this use of virtual technology to conduct hearings and trials in youth justice proceedings rather than conducting them in-person. This paper aims to highlight how digital justice had a significant impact on justice systems for children and youth during the pandemic, determine whether digital justice could or should become a new normal in children’s justice systems, and identify what should be the protective measures for children in a modified justice system. This paper analyses the advantages and disadvantages of virtual hearings and the impact of them on children’s ability to effectively participate in and adequately understand the judicial processes and the seriousness of the justice outcomes. It also discusses the different jurisdictions’ approaches to requiring the presence of the child’s lawyer during the proceedings and the obstacles to children’s access to legal aid in a digital context. The interviews conducted by volunteers highlighted difficulties in ensuring a safe space for children and young people’s data and privacy, difficulties in communicating with counsel and receiving useful advice from lawyers and other participants in the proceedings, and difficulties for children to feel that they can speak up in their own proceedings.

Necessity is Not the Mother of Invention: Social Entrepreneurship, Poverty, and Innovation

Necessity is Not the Mother of Invention: Social Entrepreneurship, Poverty, and Innovation

AI : Job Creator or Jobless Future

It is said that, "Necessity is the mother of Invention"; and this is absolutely true for Homo sapiens. Living in 21st century, man has made everything to his comfort. Today we have so many machines around us in our service. Just one click or tap to a button and your task is done. Such is the level of ease, we are having today for most of our routine lifestyle work. Man had continuously make efforts to improve what they are currently. From easy job to critical task, we had made machines to do all our operations. Today we had such a breakthrough in technology, that we had made machines to learn, think and act like humans. This is when the Artificial Intelligence, come into the picture. In this research paper, we will be analyzing the fact that there are equal positive aspects too, when we talk about Artificial intelligence. Through this paper, we want to highlight the fact that, AI is not purely meant for human replacement. Our research with try to break the myths and negative opinion of the readers about AI as Job snatcher. Amidst discussing the favorable aspects with respect to AI, we will also through light on potential challenges from AI. Our research is based on secondary data, and our data sources are like-minded journals, websites and magazines.

Cosplay, Academia, and Me—Some Thoughts, and a Note on the Future

Cosplay, Academia, and Me—Some Thoughts, and a Note on the Future

Role of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Decision Making for Business Growth

Necessity is the mother of invention. Artificial Intelligence is playing key role in the decision making of business growth. The paper discusses about the impacts of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in the business decision making. Due to rapid change and advancement in the technology, there is impact of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning on businesses and global economy. Companies are using Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning by taking more interest in their respective sector. Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning are helping them to make their products and services more intelligent for the business growth. Literature review of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning related research paper is done that discussed the impact of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for business growth and improvement. Various applications of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in different domains are discussed. The literature review shows that Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning have impacted human life quality and business growth. If decision makers wish to make benefits of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for their businesses, they have to understand different Artificial Intelligence techniques and Machine Learning tools. They must focus on careful analysis of the risks and initial investment to avoid some common problems. It will help them to create value for their businesses.

Commentary: The never-ending story of COVID-19: Accustoming to the new abnormal in glaucoma practice.

Commentary: The never-ending story of COVID-19: Accustoming to the new abnormal in glaucoma practice.

African Women Performing Men: Subverting Masculinity through Cross-Acting in Selected ABU Studio Theatre Performances

This paper examines the bodily politics of African women performing African men in the Nigerian acting scene. It appraises the complexities in conceptualizing masculinity and cross-acting vis-à-vis gender stereotyping. It argues against the backdrop that the female body is elastic and better positioned for cross-acting than the male body. It draws on the transitory conceptualizations of subversion to claim that the Nigerian female stage actor possesses a fluid ability to play eccentric male roles in ways that express the persona of the African male character. The paper argues that the fluidity of the Nigerian female stage actor is marked by three trimesters or trimetric factors; her innate ability to perform many roles as a woman, her ability to carry other bodies and to endure the pain of it; more so, attended by diverse bodily changes and lastly, her Freudian complex of desiring to become a man in challenging or turbulent situations. It avers that within the precinct of these triadic factors are elements which inhibit and/or propel the Nigerian female acting. The study used two experimental acting workshops from the Ahmadu Bello University Studio Theatre to affirm that the necessity of imaginative disruption in typecasting may be the mother of invention in acting. It concludes that while the African male actor needs an extreme form of physical, social and individual dislocation to effectively play the African woman, the African female actor only needs a supple routine in rehearsals to perform the male character and roles.

Celebrating the Contributions of Carolyn Bertozzi to Bioorthogonal Chemistry and its Application to Glycoscience

Celebrating the Contributions of Carolyn Bertozzi to Bioorthogonal Chemistry and its Application to Glycoscience

Necessity is the Mother of Invention: How the Need for Online Schooling Impacted Mathematics Teaching Practices and Student Engagement

In this paper, we document elementary school teachers’ attitudinal and pedagogical changes during the rapid move from brick-and-mortar to virtual schooling initiated by the COVID-19 pandemic. We administered four online surveys (in September and October 2020, and in March and June 2021) to determine teachers’ perceived challenges and successes in using online technology, as well as applied mixed-methods action research to identify their approaches to teaching mathematics online. The initial challenges included gaining skills, resources, and know-hows for teaching online, and supporting students and their families in the swift transition, while also maintaining instructional goals and overcoming stress. The later challenges included dealing with workload and engaging students in learning. As their comfort with technology increased, teachers started realizing that many old pedagogies were either impossible or inadequate in the online environment, and they began to innovate with virtual classrooms that encompassed students’ homes, parents, and the outdoors. Mathematics manipulatives were found in the kitchen and measurements were done in the home or during walks outside. Mathematics concepts became more real-life centered, and learning became more playful and problem-oriented. Technology helped to create and sustain learning communities, and exposed student thinking at their comfort level. For some students, this approach worked better than brick-and-mortar schools; for most teachers, it created opportunities to provide and receive feedback differently, collaborate widely, reinvent their practice, and contribute to changing norms. We conclude by providing suggestions for moving forward.

Necessity is the mother of invention. Earnings benchmarks, bricolage and control systems in startups

Necessity is the mother of invention. Earnings benchmarks, bricolage and control systems in startups

Necessity is the mother of invention: Accessibility pre, inter, & post pandemic

At a time when many writing studies faculty are both rising to and collapsing under the challenges of teaching during a pandemic, this article argues that our field is at a decisive moment concerning accessibility. Using mixed-methods data from eight first-year composition courses, this research analyzes and articulates how some students discern the accessibility of instructional materials through the framework of Universal Design (UD). The visibility of such student perceptions must be increased and shared widely, as we seek to be more inclusive and reflective professionals. As we look to a future of post-pandemic tech-mediated teaching and learning, this article also demonstrates how one might replicate, refine, and apply similar study designs which can ultimately help us to be more attentive to inclusivity in the initial stage of course development and research.

New challenges for gravity concentration and classification of fine particles

“The net zero emission” mantra may prove to become the new “mother of invention” for minerals processing. The need for change is locked in, and rising, creating new opportunities, especially in gravity concentration and classification. The challenge is to identify and deliver what is required.This paper is concerned with the gravity concentration and classification of particles in a medium of water, involving particles typically finer than 1.0 mm. One of the greatest challenges is in delivering large scale, highly efficient, desliming at ∼10 μm to overcome the effects of viscosity, and in turn maximize the value of the resource. This need is most apparent in one of the world’s most significant commodities, iron ore.There should also be a much greater role for gravity concentration across this full-size range, increasingly in the range below 0.1 mm, the historical preserve of flotation. If the particle density can deliver sufficient selectivity, then in principle gravity concentration should be considered. This is especially true where reverse flotation is deployed, which requires a multi-stage flowsheet, very large footprint, and chemicals, to deliver what could be achieved in a single physical stage of gravity concentration. Mechanisms for amplifying segregation forces, including G forces and inclined settling, need to be exploited to deliver the necessary solids throughput.Classification will be challenged by the emerging requirements for gravity concentration, comminution, and coarse/fine particle flotation circuits to ensure beneficiation can straddle two decades in size ranges from 1.0 to 0.1 mm down to 0.1 to 0.01 mm, via classification at an intermediate size, nominally 0.1 mm. While in principle mechanical screens offer ideal classification, the hydrodynamic approach may ultimately deliver the optimum robustness, control, throughput, and efficiency, despite the variation in separation size with particle density, provided synergy can be realised by integrating it correctly within the overall circuit.

Lockdown as the mother of invention: disruptive technology in a disrupted time

Comprehensive care for people with interstitial lung disease (ILD) requires careful monitoring and attention to detail. Many of the details that are important to inform best care in ILDs can now be monitored outside the clinic, thanks to advances in technology. Such monitoring includes remote measurement of lung function, monitoring of symptoms and treatment side-effects, and documentation of important health behaviours (such as medication adherence and physical activity). Marlies Wijsenbeek and colleagues provide a comprehensive overview of how these technologies have been applied in the care of people with ILD,1 a topic of relevance to both research and clinical practice.

P502 Mycology lab of the future—slants to sequencing

Poster session 3, September 23, 2022, 12:30 PM - 1:30 PMAs the world enters the third decade of the 21st century, infectious diseases continue to pose major challenges to the survival and well-being of human kind. The COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated how indispensable technological advances and innovations are in our fight against the vast legion of bugs; also, it a fascinating living proof of the adage ‘Necessity is the mother of invention’ to witness at what stupendous pace not only diagnostics but therapies and even vaccines were developed, approved, validated, distributed and utilized. All fueled by the overwhelming and unprecedented health emergency that was the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic. Many more infectious pathogens, presumably viral, are believed to be waiting in the wings; Monkeypox did not waste much time in proving us right! In our country, India, the foresight of our best scientific brains and scientific policymakers led to the establishment of a network of Viral Research and Diagnostic Laboratories (VRDL) at the medical college, state, and regional levels with the premier institutes like National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune, acting as an able mentor, under the aegis of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). The VRDL Network proved its worth and played an extremely important role in monitoring and managing the pandemic as, wave after wave, swept across our nation. Moreover, our indigenous drug makers jumped into the fray and excelled on par with our western counterparts in the timely development of effective vaccines. In a country like India, we are faced with additional challenges in the form of certain infectious diseases whose burden is borne mainly by the socio-economically disadvantaged, mainly in the tropics. These diseases and strategies for their mitigation have been taken up by the World Health Organization (WHO) in a big way by means of the Initiative for Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs). Besides bacterial and viral diseases, Eukaryotic organisms are also important entities as etiological agents of NTDs. Eukaryotic medical microbiology (EMM) comprising medical mycology, medical protistology, medical helminthology, and medical entomology needs greater attention in India. Except malaria which has been at the forefront owing to the huge disease burden and associated mortality, several other parasitic infestations have indeed been neglected—an issue which the WHO rightly highlighted as part of its NTD elimination initiative. Though Mycetoma, chromoblastomycosis, and other deep mycoses are the only fungal diseases to find a place on the list of NTDs, many other fungal diseases continue to plague our communities. Mucocutaneous candidiasis and dermatophytosis may neither be commoner in the tropics nor are they neglected (rather, dermatophytosis tends to be overtreated in many cases!) but they merit attention simply because of the discomfort and disruption to daily life that they cause. We propose that a network of Medical eukaryotic microbiology (MEM) Laboratories be set up with special emphasis on the NTDs on a regional and national scale in our country to effectively deal with these infectious diseases prevalent in our communities. The diagnostic services offered by these ‘MEM-NTDLs’ can comprise of:Microscopy, including fluorescent microscopy and special stainsMicroarraysMALDI-TOFMultiplex PCRNGS, including handy DNA sequencing technologies exemplified by the Nanopore MinIONFor dealing with these eukaryotic diseases, we believe that we need to adopt advanced techniques like MALDI and NGS in a big way. Culture, which continues to be the gold standard for bacteriological diagnoses, may now be termed to have historical significance at best in the case of fungal diseases because of the slow turnaround time and by the ubiquitous presence of fungal spores behaving as lab contaminants. Similarly, serological techniques may have a very limited role in the workup of eukaryotic infections owing to the complex antigenic profile of these organisms and the chronicity of the disease conditions. Microscopy can be retained for the relative procedural simplicity and rapidity of results. The ‘advanced’ diagnostic techniques mentioned above have been around for quite some time now and have been widely applied in the microbiology diagnostic laboratory as well. With requisite training and provision of equipment and appropriately trained technical staff, a MEM-NTDL can be operated successfully at the district level in a planned manner. This would greatly enhance the quality of health services available to our population and enable our country to reach the goal of Health for All in the near future. Following identification, comes the very important aspect of antimicrobial chemotherapy susceptibility testing. Even here, alternatives to the growth-based, culture-dependent systems should be sought—the role of Biomarkers related to the growth and metabolism of eukaryotic organisms should be explored and incorporated in practical diagnostics as an aid to infectious diseases therapy and patient management. This can be part of the scope of the MEM-NTDL of the future.