This paper presents a new dynamically adaptable polling scheme for efficient support of voice communications over an IEEE802.11 network. The proposed Cyclic Shift and Station Removal polling scheme is implemented only on the Access Point of each Basic Service Set without requiring any modification on the existing access protocol. This polling scheme increases the number of conversations in case...

Pat Barker’s latest novel The Silence of the Girls (2018) retells events taking place in Iliad from perspective Briseis, Achilles’ bed-slave. aim this paper is to analyse light écriture feminine, a term coined by Hélène Cixous her essay, “The Laugh Medusa” first published 1975. It found out that novel, Girls, Barker foregrounds notions female body, voice and experience, thus, problematises domi...

Health and safety representatives (HSR) have the power to issue provisional improvement notices (PIN) their employer for breaches. This paper examines how PINs influence workplace dynamics or employee voice. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with HSRs other key stakeholders. They provided details of organisations which used form three case studies. Some did not believe PINS would be req...