How the prescription charge system works ‘Down Under’

How the system works

My visit at KTH aimed to develop a system in which audio-visual feedback is provided to users who are free to move in the space. The feedback depends on the expressivity of the body movements they perform. Specifically, users can render a music performance by controlling in realtime acoustic parameters through their full-body movement and get a visual feedback on a screen in front of them with ...

How the RCOphth CPD system works

The programme follows a five year cycle of CPD activity in which 250 credits need to be accumulated. Participants are expected to accumulate 50 credits per year. The system allows doctors to record their educational activity which they are then able to present at their appraisal and revalidation. It supports them in specific changes in practice and career development. Points given by the Colleg...

How the mind works.

How hot is it Down Under?

This editorial introduces the 2-part special issue on Temperature-related Sciences in Australia and New Zealand within the journal Temperature ; Part 1: Volume 3, Issue 2 and Part 2: Volume 3, Issue 3. The question posed, “How hot is it Down Under?,” and indeed possible answer(s) can be construed in different ways depending on one’s standpoint. For example, Terra Australis (Latin: “southern lan...

The coffee-machine system: how international selection really works

The literature on expatriate selection tends to present lists of criteria, with the implicit assumption that the process is formal and rational. The limited empirical work there is in this area suggests that these criteria have little impact on selection in practice. This paper argues that a deeper understanding of selection systems is needed and presents research showing the outcomes of differ...