Meteorological impacts of the total solar eclipse of 21 August 2017

A solar eclipse presents many opportunities for examining the impact of the reduction in solar radiation upon meteorological conditions, particularly so as accurate predictions of the circumstances and extent of the eclipse well before the event enable bespoke observing programmes to be set out in advance. The total solar eclipse of 21 August 2017 traversed the United States from north-west to south-east (Figure 1) and a partial eclipse (at least) was visible in every state. According to news reports, the path of totality was lined with more than 10 million people, making this probably the largest audience for any total solar eclipse in human history. The time of year and time of day was favourable for both good viewing conditions along much of the eclipse path, and for the detection of eclipse-related impacts on surface meteorological variables

Lifestyle behaviours associated with type 2 diabetes risk in Australian construction workers

Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a global problem with many unfavourable consequences. Obesity is the single largest predictor of T2DM. Additional modifiable risk factors include lifestyle behaviours such as poor diet and physical inactivity have also been identified to be key determinants of the disease, and are therefore key in delaying or preventing progression, as proven by many systematic reviews. The incidence of T2DM is increasing, despite efforts to reverse this trend, so barriers need to be identified and solutions proposed to aid individuals to achieve positive lifestyle behaviours. Habitual lifestyle behaviours can be determined by occupation and particular work stresses. The construction industry is a large working population in Australia whose health outcomes have not been fully explored in relation to T2DM risk. It is unknown if specific unfavourable lifestyle behaviours are adopted within this population which increase the risk of progression of this disease. This review will discuss the associated risk factors and how they can be modified to prevent progression of T2DM. A rationale will be proposed for further investigation of T2DM and its potential specific risk factors within the Australian construction industry

Junior Recital: Darius Botley, Saxophone; Thaddeus Tukes, Piano; Jameel Stephens, Drums; John St. Cyr, Bass; March 7, 2024

Kemp Recital HallMarch 7, 2024Thursday Evening8:30 p.m

Social Class

Discussion of class structure in fifth-century Athens, historical constitution of theater audiences, and the changes in the comic representation of class antagonism from Aristophanes to Menander

A corpus-based archive of learner english in Sabah/Sarawak (Cales Phase 2) / Simon Botley@ Faizal Hakim ... [et al.]

This report describes the second phase of the learner corpus project called CALES (Corpus-based Archive of Learner English in Sarawak). The original project collected 89,000 words of learner writing in the form of argumentative essays written by students taking English proficiency courses in UiTM’s Sarawak Branch Campus (Botley et al, 2005). This new project has increased this total to over 356,000 words of digital text, and has collected essays from three different institutions in order to further expand and enrich the corpus

Wind Symphony; November 17, 2024

Center for the performing Arts November 17, 2024 Sunday Afternoon 3:00 p.m

Cales: A Corpus-Based Archive Of Learner English In Sarawak / Prof. Madya Dr. Simon Botley@Faizal Hakim ... [et al.]

This report describes a new learner corpus project called CALES (Corpus-based Archive of Learner English in Sarawak). The project has collected 89,000 words of learner writing in the form of argumentative essays written by students taking English proficiency courses in UiTM’s Sarawak Branch Campus.The project follows the methodological principles laid down by the International Corpus of Learner English (ICLE) project in Belgium (Granger et. al., 2002), and the data has been analysed in order to classify different types of error found in the corpus. A number of observations have been made concerning the most frequent errors in the data, as well as some correlations between the errors and the social, educational and linguistic attributes of the learners who produced the essays