Professor Mark Research Articles

Supporting the mental health needs of children with language and literacy difficulties

Supporting the mental health needs of children with language and literacy difficulties Professor Mark Boyes, Curtin enAble Institute, spotlights mental health in the context of language and literacy difficulties, including the urgent need for accessible mental health interventions. Both oral (spoken) and written (reading, writing) language are crucial for success in educational and social contexts. Up to 15% of children experience significant and persistent difficulties with oral and written language, representing approximately four children in a typical Australian classroom. These children are at substantially elevated risk of mental health problems, are overrepresented in our justice systems, and are more likely to develop suicidal thoughts and behaviours than children who do not experience language difficulties.

The Scholarly Activities of the Astrakhan State Conservatory

The Astrakhan State Conservatory, which was established in 1969, has played a significant role in the creation of an artistic atmosphere, as well as the spiritual and intellectual life of the city. It is emphasized in the article that Doctor of Arts, Professor Mark Etinger, who chaired the Music Theory and Music History Department for 29 years, actively participated in its organization. At the initial stage of the formation of this educational institution, in the 1970s, the conservatory’s scholarly activities were connected with two main directions: historic-theoretical musicology and regional musical culture. Theoretic musicology, devoted to the research of the issues of scales and modes, melody and harmony, found its reflection in the dissertations written for the Cand.Sci. degrees by faculty members of the Music Theory and Music History Department defended in the early 1980s. Questions related to musical content, form, style, genre, dramaturgy, musical symbolism, semiotics and folk music are actualized in them. Starting from the 1990s, two additional directions have undergone active elaboration at the Astrakhan Conservatory: “Philosophical and Aesthetical Issues of Artistic Culture and Art” and “Psychological and Pedagogical Issues of Musical and General Humanitarian Education.” The faculty members of the Astrakhan Conservatory have made an estimable contribution to musicology in this country, actively participating in Russian nationwide and international conferences in various cities in Russia and other countries.

Kidney Disease Patient Representation in Trials of Combination Therapy With VEGF-Signaling Pathway Inhibitors and Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors: A Systematic Review

Kidney Disease Patient Representation in Trials of Combination Therapy With VEGF-Signaling Pathway Inhibitors and Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors: A Systematic Review

Tradicija i mreža istraživanja urbane forme u Poljskoj

This article presents an overview of research on urban form in Poland. Within historical geography this tradition is continued today by geographers from the University of Łódź where for years professors Mark Koter and Mariusz Kulesza have been implementing the research methodology of the English school. This research presents a descriptive approach, while research in the field of architecture and urban planning tends to be prescriptive. They have been, and continue to be, conducted at various architectural universities both in the fields of history and monuments conservation, urban planning, spatial planning, and landscape architecture.

Proceedings of the 2020 Mathematics in Industry Study Group


 MISG 2020
 
 
 University of Newcastle, Australia
 
 
 28 January -- 1 February, 2020
 
 
 
 This special Section of the ANZIAM Journal (Electronic Supplement) contains the refereed papers from the 2020 Mathematics and Statistics in Industry Study Group (MISG 2020) held at the University of Newcastle from 28 January -- 1 February 2020. The MISG is a special interest meeting of ANZIAM, the Australia and New Zealand Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ANZIAM) division of the Australian Mathematics Society. The MISG meetings take place annually and provide a forum where projects proposed by industry can be worked on intensively, by high profile scientists in the fields of Applied Mathematics, Statistics and Operations Research, from Australia, New Zealand and the world beyond, along with representatives from the industries proposing the projects.
 The writing of these papers was coordinated by the project moderators in consultation with the coauthors and company representatives. The manuscripts were submitted to the editors, Associate Professor Mike Meylan, Professor Ngamta Thamwattana and Professor Tony Roberts, and were subsequently refereed by two expert referees. On the advice of the referees, manuscripts were accepted for publication, subject to the recommended revisions, and formally approved by the editorial committee.
 At MISG 2020, six projects were presented from diverse industries, with 78 delegates participating.
 Industry Partners
 We gratefully acknowledge the support of our industry partners:
 
 Lovells Springs;
 Safearth;
 Concrush;
 Hyper Q Aerospace.
 
 Acknowledgements
 In addition to our industry partners, we gratefully acknowledge support from the following organisations:
 
 ANZIAM;
 Office of the NSW Chief Scientist \& Engineer, Department of Industry, NSW Government;
 Priority Research Centre: Computer Assisted Research Mathematics and its Applications, The University of Newcastle;
 Faculty of Science, The University of Newcastle.
 
 We are also grateful to Professor Ryan Loxton from the Centre for Optimisation and Decision Science, Curtin University, for giving a public lecture on power of optimisation research in mining, energy, and agriculture industries, as part of the MISG's outreach event and acknowledge the support from the Hunter Branch of the Royal Society of NSW in promoting the public lecture. We are also grateful to Professor Mark McGuinness (Victoria University of Wellington), Professor Troy Farrell (Queensland University of Technology), Associate Professor Amie Albrecht (University of South Australia) and Dr Neville Fowkes (University of Western Australia) for their helpful advice and comments in organising the MISG 2020.
 MISG2020 Organising Committee
 
 Professor Ngamta Thamwattana (Co-Director)
 Associate Professor Mike Meylan (Co-Director)
 Mrs Juliane Turner (Administrative Support)
 Dr David Allingham (Technical Support)
 
 

10 Simple Rules for a Supportive Lab Environment.

The transition to principal investigator (PI), or lab leader, can be challenging, partially due to the need to fulfil new managerial and leadership responsibilities. One key aspect of this role, which is often not explicitly discussed, is creating a supportive lab environment. Here, we present ten simple rules to guide the new PI in the development of their own positive and thriving lab atmosphere. These rules were written and voted on collaboratively, by the students and mentees of Professor Mark Stokes, who inspired this piece.

Walking With the ISMRM in the Footprints of Our MR History.

Walking With the ISMRM in the Footprints of Our MR History.

The scientist-innovator, creator and producer. Book review: Itkis, G.E., Krivosheeva, A.M., & Karagesyan, A.K. (Eds.). (2022). M.I. Krivosheev. Strings of fate. Memoirs of the patriarch of television. Moscow: VegaPrint. (In Russ.)

The book, unusual in concept, was published on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Soviet and Russian scientist, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor Mark Iosifovich Krivosheev (1922-2018), who made an undeniable contribution to the development of TV broadcasting in the world. His merits and inventions are recognized by both domestic and foreign technical experts and international organizations, such as the International Telecommunication Union. The peculiarity of the book is that it is based on the personal notes of the professor, which is of particular value, allowing the reader to understand the point of view of an eyewitness to events at different stages of history. This book is the story of its main author (there are supplementary remarks-explanations in the book) about the difficult path of becoming a TV broadcasting platform and the development of television, which has gone through the stages from infancy to multi-program digital interactive TV broadcasting. It also contains inclusions from the personal life of a scientist, starting from childhood, which focuses attention on the business qualities of a scientist-innovator. The review analyzes the aspects and trends in the development of modern digital television, substantiates character traits that are important for the formation of the personality of a research scientist.

Urban Cartographies: Drawing Seen Through Bacon's Painting

AbstractArt, architecture and urbanism practice Metis was founded by Professor Mark Dorrian, Forbes Chair in Architecture, and Adrian Hawker, MArch Programme Director, at the University of Edinburgh. Metis has a long history of proposing extraordinary architectures, whether in building form or as interventions in existing spaces. Architect and academic Peter Salter uses the lens of Francis Bacon's painting to view their creative tactics.

A Moving Grove: Our Climate Future and Its Branching Possibilities

AbstractMIT Professor and Head of Architecture there, Nicholas de Monchaux explores the recent forays of Bartlett School of Architecture professors Mark Smout and Laura Allen into forestry, regreening and ecology, for example their ‘Rescue Lines’ drawing/table project, conceived in conjunction with LA‐based critic Geoff Manaugh and presented at the Venice Architecture Biennale in 2021. De Monchaux's wide‐ranging exposition offers further thoughts on the nature of drawing relative to Smout Allen's work, with reference to the underwater forest made by the timber piles below Venice.

Obituary: Professor Mark Dunne (1961-2021)

Obituary: Professor Mark Dunne (1961-2021)

A Corpus-based Studyof Shaoxing’s International Image and its Enhancement Strategies

In the context of global urbanization and the gradual upgrading of urban competitiveness, a good city image is an important factor to improve local attractiveness. Shaoxing, as a representative city in the Yangtze River Delta with a long history and cultural heritage, the study of its international image shaping and dissemination undoubtedly has enlightenment for other cities. In order to investigate the image of Shaoxing in the English-speaking world, based on the NOW corpus developed by Professor Mark Davis of Brigham Young University, the data about Shaoxing reported in online news from major English-speaking countries and regions around the world were collected and analyzed. Through the specific statistics and analysis of the frequency of occurrence of English-language online news related to Shaoxing, reporting countries and sources, annual distribution characteristics, hot topics, and reporting tendencies, this paper interprets the image of Shaoxing in the mainstream English media, explored the root causes of the formation of Shaoxing’s international image, and put forward such measures as refining Shaoxing’s cultural characteristics, strengthening Shaoxing’s foreign economic ties, and establishing an international opinion monitoring mechanism to improve Shaoxing’s international image.

Finding a New Illinois History: Connecting with the Revival of Midwestern Regional History

Finding a New Illinois History: Connecting with the Revival of Midwestern Regional History

A New Book in Bulgarian about the Craft of Historians by Professor Mark Boone

A New Book in Bulgarian about the Craft of Historians by Professor Mark Boone

Spiritual Traditions and the Virtues: Living Between Heaven and Earth. By Mark R. Wynn

Professor Mark Wynn has developed his 2015 Wilde Lectures, retaining their accessible style, into this invitation to philosophers of religion, and many others, to reflect freshly on spiritual traditions. He offers to practitioners of a wide range of traditions a way of understanding the spiritual goods they cultivate, and to critics a way of appreciating these goods on the critics’ own terms. Wynn presents Aquinas’s concept of ‘infused moral virtues’ as an illuminating tool, partly by comparing his own broadly Thomist approach with a number of others. He rightly sees Aquinas’s account of the distinction between ‘acquired’ virtues—those Aristotle speaks of, developed by habituation—and ‘infused’—God-given—virtues, as an instance of how theological traditions fruitfully develop. Arguably, the concept of ‘infused moral virtue’ has been underused (Scotists reject it), and Wynn employs it creatively. It allows us to acknowledge the acquired virtues which promote the human good, and it bridges the gap between them and the ‘theological virtues’—faith, hope, and charity—which focus directly on God, who infuses them to enable our journey into him. The God-given forms of prudence, justice, courage, and temperance share a teleology with the theological virtues, but share a subject matter with their own acquired counterparts, empowering us to engage with the world in the light of our transcendent goal. Thomists currently debate the relationship between infused and acquired virtues, and Wynn gets it exactly right when he speaks of infused moral virtues ‘folding’ people’s ‘relations to creatures … into a God-directed teleology’ (p. 83; cf. pp. 69, 95, 186, and 224).

Review on a Guide to the Two Sources of Western Civilization

As a PhD. of medieval history, Professor Mark Buck came to China in 2005 and taught courses on Western culture and languages. The teaching materials for all his courses were written by himself, including those for Greek Mythology and The Interpretation of the Bible, which were later collected and published as A Guide to the Two Sources of Western Civilization, a textbook for college students’ cultural courses. This textbook not only shows us the author’s learned knowledge and versatile interests in every area of Western culture, but also his eagerness as an educator to combine the argumentative way of thinking of the western education into his book, which distinguishes this textbook from all the others.

Brief of Professors Mark C. Weber and Bernard P. Perlmutter as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioner (U.S. Supreme Ct. No. 21-887)

Brief of Professors Mark C. Weber and Bernard P. Perlmutter as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioner (U.S. Supreme Ct. No. 21-887)

Advancing the treatment of myopia in children 4: Making a difference — why every dioptre matters

In the last of a four part series focusing upon myopia and its management, Professor Mark Bullimore explains the long-term consequences of myopia upon eye health that eye care practitioners might consider when discussing myopia management intervention.

In praise of holistic scholarship: A collective essay in memory of Mark Easterby-Smith

This collective essay was born out of a desire to honor and remember Professor Mark Easterby-Smith, a founder of the Management Learning community. To do this, we invited community members to share their experiences of working with Mark. The resulting narratives remember Mark as a co-author, co-researcher, project manager, conference organizer, research leader, PhD supervisor, and much more. The memories cover many different aspects of Mark’s academic spectrum: from evaluation to research methods to cross-cultural management, to dynamic capabilities, naming but a few. This space for remembrance however developed into a space of reflection and conceptualization. Inspired by the range and extent of Mark’s interests, skills, experiences, and personal qualities, this essay became conceptual as well as personal as we turned the spotlight on academic careers and consider alternative paths for Management Learning scholarship today. Using the collective representations of Mark’s career as a starting point, we develop, the concept of holistic scholarship, which embraces certain attitudes and orientations in navigating the dialectical spaces and transcending tensions in academic life. We reflect on how such holistic scholarship can be practised in our contemporary and challenging times and what inspiration and lessons we can draw from Mark’s legacy.

Professor Mark Warner, FRS

Professor Mark Warner, FRS