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2. Tukey's Paper After 40 Years.
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Mallows, Colin
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ZEROTH law of thermodynamics , *THERMODYNAMIC laws , *STATISTICS , *DATA analysis - Abstract
The paper referred to is ‘The Future of Data Analysis,’ published in 1962. Many authors have discussed it, notably Peter Huber, who in 1995 reviewed the period starting with Hotelling's 1940 article ‘The Teaching of Statistics.’ I extend the scope of Huber's remarks by considering also the period before 1940 and developments since 1995. I ask whether statistics is a science and suggest that to attract bright students to our subject, we need to show them the excitement and rewards of applied work. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2006
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3. Semantic enrichment of secondary activities using smart card data and point of interests: a case study in London.
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Sari Aslam, Nilufer, Zhu, Di, Cheng, Tao, Ibrahim, Mohamed R., and Zhang, Yang
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SMART cards , *CASE studies , *TELECOMMUTING , *HUMAN activity recognition , *INFORMATION resources ,URBAN ecology (Sociology) - Abstract
The large volume of data automatically collected by smart card fare systems offers a rich source of information regarding daily human activities with a high resolution of spatial and temporal representation. This provides an opportunity for aiding transport planners and policy-makers to plan transport systems and cities more responsively. However, there are currently limitations when it comes to understanding the secondary activities of individual commuters. Accordingly, in this paper, we propose a framework to detect and infer secondary activities from individuals' daily travel patterns from the smart card data and reduce the use of conventional surveys. First, we proposed a 'heuristic secondary activity identification algorithm', which uses commuters' primary locations (home & work) and the direction (from & to) information to identify secondary activities for individuals. The algorithm provides a high-level classification of the activity types as before-work, midday and after-work activity patterns of individuals. Second, this classification is semantically enriched using Points of Interests to provide meaningful insights into individuals' travel purposes and mobility in an urban environment. Lastly, using the transit data of London as a case study, the model is compared with a volunteer survey to demonstrate its effectiveness and offering a cost-effective method to travel demand research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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4. NYLON'S PRE-EMINENCE: THE PERMEABILITY OF WORLD REGIONS IN CONTEMPORARY GLOBALIZATION.
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Taylor, Peter J., Derudder, Ben, and Liu, Xingjian
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PRINCIPAL components analysis , *GLOBALIZATION , *PERMEABILITY - Abstract
In this paper we provide a detailed geographical analysis of the role of the New York-London (NYLON) connection in the world city network. We find that its pre-eminence is much greater and much more diverse than previously considered. Our analysis draws on a data collection of the worldwide office networks of producer services firms across cities in 2018, and applies a purposeful combination of principal components analysis and network analysis to identify the relative importance of city-dyads in different regional geographies of globalization. We review the role of NYLON in the the different city sub-nets thus identified, and provide a more focused discussion of NYLON's role in the production of three of these. In a short conclusion, we consider the meaning of our results for the broader literature. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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5. The daily dynamic potential accessibility by car in London on Wednesdays.
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Moya-Gómez, Borja and García-Palomares, Juan Carlos
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METROPOLITAN areas , *ANIMATION (Cinematography) - Abstract
The map presented in this paper shows the effect of congestion on daily accessibility in the London metropolitan area on Wednesdays. Because of its dynamic nature, it is challenging to both calculate the effects of this phenomenon and to represent it clearly on simple maps. Although we can use many traditional techniques for this purpose, they are usually static, and they may lose some essential information on the effects studied. In this paper, we used two cartographic techniques rarely used in accessibility studies – cartograms and 3D maps, which we believe can achieve a more striking representation in static and animations of both the traffic-induced spatial distortion and the accessibility levels obtained. The results are presented in two animated maps and some snapshots of them – static maps. Both types of maps reinforce each other: Together, they can properly show the direct space–time link between congestion and accessibility, and can, therefore, give a more detailed overview of the consequences of this phenomenon. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2017
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6. London Stone: Stone of Brutus or Fetish Stone—Making the Myth.
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Clark, John
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TALISMANS , *LIMESTONE , *BRUTUS the Trojan (Legendary character) ,BRITISH folklore - Abstract
The remnant of once-famous “London Stone” stands almost unnoticed today in Cannon Street, in the City of London. Speculation about its origin began as early as the sixteenth century. This paper considers in particular the identification of the Stone as London's talisman (a view embodied in an invented “ancient saying” that linked it to the city's legendary Trojan foundation), or as a prehistoric “fetish stone” set up when London was first settled. The mythologising of London Stone continues, and at the turn of the twenty-first century it is regarded by some as an essential element in London's indefinable “sacred geometry.” [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2010
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7. Economic Well-being and British Regions: The Problem with GDP Per Capita.
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Harvie, David, Slater, Gary, Philp, Bruce, and Wheatley, Dan
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GROSS domestic product , *GROSS national product , *LABOR market - Abstract
Economists and policy-makers often present per capita gross domestic product (GDP) as by far the most significant indicator of economic well-being. Such measures are frequently adopted in making international comparisons, constructing time-series for particular countries and in studies of regional inequality. In this paper we challenge this view using a regional analysis of 2001 data focusing upon differences between London and the south-eastern regions, in comparison to the rest of Great Britain (GB). Initially GDP per capita is decomposed into the demographic and labour-market factors which generate it. Thereafter we broaden the notion of work-time used in productivity measures to include other necessary work-related activity, namely commuting. This leads to us to construct a new indicator which we call social productivity. Our conclusion is that our decomposition and notion of social productivity are both relevant in comparisons of regional well-being; in addition such methods may be used fruitfully in international and historical contexts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2009
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8. Religious schools in London: school admissions, religious composition and selectivity.
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Allen, Rebecca and West, Anne
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SECONDARY education , *RELIGIOUS institutions , *SEGREGATION , *FOOD service - Abstract
This paper is concerned with segregation and school selectivity in secondary schools with a religious character in London, England. Analyses of the characteristics of pupils at religious and non-religious schools reveal that the former tend to cater predominantly for pupils from particular religions and/or denominations and ethnic groups, so fostering segregation. In addition, they educate, in the main, pupils who are from more affluent backgrounds and with higher levels of prior attainment than pupils in non-religious schools. Moreover, the evidence suggests that some 'elite' secondary schools are 'selecting in' and 'selecting out' particular pupils. A range of different admissions criteria and practices are identified which appear to foster school selectivity. It is argued that there may have been a distortion of mission for at least some religious schools given that they were originally set up to educate the poor. Implications for policy are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2009
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9. Challenges in researching life with HIV/AIDS: an intersectional analysis of black African migrants in London.
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Doyal, Lesley
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SOCIAL science research , *HIV prevention , *AIDS , *IMMIGRANTS , *HIV-positive persons , *HETEROSEXUALS ,BLACK Africans - Abstract
Most social science research on HIV has focused on prevention. The arrival of new therapies generated more studies on life with HIV. However most have been carried out in developed world contexts. Much less is known about the vast majority of those living with HIV and dying from AIDS. If this gap is to be filled, more qualitative research will be needed on affected individuals in the developing world and also among migrants who have left developing countries to live in the diaspora. It will also be essential to explore the lives of individuals from the same communities who may experience HIV in very different ways as a result of their gender and/or sexuality. This paper presents findings from three studies of Black African migrants living with HIV in London. It uses an intersectional approach to examine the similarities and the differences between the experiences of heterosexual women, heterosexual men and gay and/or bisexual men. The article highlights the importance of research of this kind both for providing the evidence base for context-specific policy development and also for making better conceptual and theoretical sense of the impact of HIV on individuals and their lives. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2009
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10. Almack's Assembly Rooms—A Site of Sexual Pleasure.
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Rendell, Jane
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COURTSHIP , *INTERPERSONAL relations & society - Abstract
This paper explores the gendering of architectural space by examining exchange rituals in spaces of courtship, such as assembly rooms, that provided places of public gathering outside the family home for making marriage arrangements. As a specific example, I take Almack's Assembly Rooms, King Street, St. James's, a place of aristocratic entertainment and leisure during the early nineteenth century. At Almack's, activities of exchange, consumption, and display were articulated in relation to courtship and marriage. Such activities were carefully controlled by the patrons whose concerns over the possible transgressions that aspects of private family life might indicate in public company, were represented as issues of the private in terms of exclusivity and intimacy, and the public in relation to display and masquerade. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2002
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11. Discourses and Identities in a Multi-lingual Primary Classroom.
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Bourne, Jill
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BILINGUALISM , *EDUCATION policy , *CLASSROOM environment , *PSYCHOLOGY of school children , *PSYCHOLOGY - Abstract
This paper argues that, whether it is officially accepted in education policy and school curricula or not, where bilingual children are present in classrooms, so are their languages, and those languages are put to use in their learning. The increasingly sophisticated technologies of sound and visual recording have opened up new possibilities in revealing the sub rosa world of pupil interaction, and the part that languages play in the construction of pupil identities in the classroom. A detailed study of children at work in one inner city primary classroom illustrates the way in which pupil identities are jointly constructed through interaction. Children are not passive pawns in the socialisation processes of the school, but active participants, taking up different positions within the alternatives open to them through both pedagogic and peer discursive practices. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2001
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12. THE USE OF TEMPORARY FACINGS IN LINING A FRAGMENTARY ANCIENT EGYPTIAN SHROUD.
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Cruickshank, Pippa, Morgan, Helen, and Shashoua, Yvonne
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LINEN , *VIGNETTES - Abstract
The British Museum, London, houses three of the nine known extant examples of Ancient Egyptian painted linen shrouds depicting texts and vignettes from the 'Book of the Dead'. A vacuum cold-lining technique was developed to support the first of the shrouds to be treated This paper describes how this lining technique was modified to treat the second, more degraded shroud, the shroud of Amenhotep. In this treatment it was also necessary to find a temporary facing which would keep all the fragments of the shroud in position while an oM support backing was removed and the new lining was applied The facing adhesive had to be suitable for use in conjunction with the chosen paint consolidant and water-soluble support adhesive. A successful solution was developed, combining pressure-sensitive adhesive facings and a vacuum cold-lining technique. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1999
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13. GC-MS AND SEM STUDIES ON THE EFFECTS OF SOLVENT CLEANING ON OLD MASTER PAINTINGS FROM THE NATIONAL GALLERY, LONDON.
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White, Raymond and Roy, Ashok
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PRESERVATION of painting , *GAS chromatography , *MASS spectrometry , *SOLVENTS , *CLEANING , *ART museums - Abstract
This paper adopts a new approach to cleaning research, made possible by recent developments in sample derivatization. For the first time, an extensive analytical study has been made of the solvent cleaning of a range of paintings from the early fifteenth century to the end of the nineteenth century. Direct analytical comparisons are made between samples from mechanically and solvent-cleaned test areas of both tempera and oil paintings, using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1998
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