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Launched in 2023, this conference is part of an initiative to foster a vibrant research culture and promote dissemination activities at the School of Engineering, Cardiff University, United Kingdom. The conference provides a platform to celebrate achievements in various engineering disciplines, and to explore and discuss further advancements in the diverse fields that shape contemporary engineering. In 2024, the structure of the conference programme reflected the crosscutting themes and collaborative nature of the research, and was built around current and emerging research areas in the School:
1. Biobased Engineering
2. Computational Modelling and Digital Twins
3. AI and Deep Learning
4. Net Zero
5. Future Engineering
Revitalising Higher Education: Insights from Te Puna Aurei LearnFest 2022 delves into the evolving landscape of higher learning in a post-pandemic world. This volume captures insights from the 2022 online symposium, which was co-hosted by the University of Waikato (Aotearoa New Zealand) and Cardiff University (UK). The volume focusses on the revitalisation of education, practice, and discipline-specific teaching as the world moves on from Covid. It addresses key challenges, motivation in learning, the integration of gamification and pedagogy, confronting climate change, and revitalising English medium instruction. Through case studies and reflective discussions, it showcases the dynamic shifts in teaching and learning taking place in contemporary higher education.
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The Conference was established for the first time in 2023 as part of a programme of activities to sustain research culture environment and dissemination activities at the School of Engineering, Cardiff University, Cardiff United Kingdom. The conference served as a platform to celebrate advancements in various engineering domains researched at our School, and to explore and discuss further advancements in the diverse fields that define contemporary engineering. The structure of the conference programme reflected the multidimensional nature of our research and was built around the priority research areas for the school.
1. Sustainable Energy
2. Advanced Manufacturing
3. Civil Infrastructure
4. Compound Semiconductors and Applications
5. Engineering for Health
Drawing on archaeological and historical evidence, which comprises objects recovered from archaeological excavations, Escheators’ records from the 14th and 15th centuries and Coroners’ records from the 16th century, this is the first comprehensive analysis of the possessions of non-elite households in medieval England.
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In the theology of the Sanskrit Mahābhārata, divine descent is said to improve the world. But the Mahābhārata war, which Viṣṇu descended to effect, moved the world into its most dismal age. This monograph discusses that paradox, focusing on the roles of the suffering Earth and the ancient audiences.
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This book shows how organisations can leverage emerging digital technologies to achieve operational effectiveness, build new capabilities, and develop innovative business models to underpin transformation in their supply chains. The contributing authors provide deep insights not only on how these emerging technologies work, but also how to use them to create value for multiple stakeholders and deliver sustainable supply chain outcomes.
The book will be of great value to practitioners, students and academics who want to learn about state-of-the-art digital developments in the supply chain field. It helps readers to appreciate how various digital paradigms and tools can be used to create innovative products and services with supply chain viability. It also develops the reader’s critical ability to assess the range of technological solutions used to address contemporary supply chain issues and problems.
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This monograph offers a timely and novel analysis that defends the foundational role of face-to-face interaction in producing knowledge and protecting democracy from the corrosive effects of remote communication via social media and other online platforms that can exploit the ‘illusion of intimacy’.
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What do all healthcare educators have in common: what do they believe, know and do? This monograph reports on a national research project known as the Healthcare Educators’ Values and Activities Study (HEVAS). The aim of the project was to establish the shared values of, and key activities undertaken by, educators of healthcare professionals.
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Mae’r llyfr hwn yn archwilio darllediadau newyddion cyfoes am dlodi yng Nghymru yn systematig, gan edrych ar arferion a chynnwys newyddiaduraeth yn Saesneg ac yn Gymraeg. Mae’r llyfr hwn yn archwilio’n feirniadol y berthynas rhwng newyddiaduraeth a’r trydydd sector o ran adrodd ar dlodi, gan amlygu sut mae gwaith cyfathrebu elusennau yn chwarae rôl allweddol wrth adrodd am yr hyn sy’n cynrychioli profiadau pob dydd o dlodi ar draws Cymru ond sy’n aml yn cael ei ‘guddio’.
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Cliciwch yma am fersiwn Gymraeg o'r teitl hwn:
https://doi.org/10.18573/book5
This book systematically explores contemporary news media coverage of poverty in Wales, including the content and practices of journalism in English and in Welsh. It also critically investigates the relationship between journalism and the third sector in the reporting of poverty, highlighting how the communications work of charities plays a vital role in reporting practices representing the (often ‘hidden’) everyday experiences of poverty across Wales.
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