Since discovering the shrinking politician sound bite, researchers have shown that TV news grew more journalist-centered since the 1960s. To explore how far journalistic authority extends, this study turns to the weather. We examine local coverage weekday mornings on three local stations before a national convention. Close qualitative reading, supplemented by content coding, compares weather rh...

This research reports on Australian industry characteristics and trends of logistics activities performed through outsourced partners, based on survey research of Australian Shippers and Logistics Service Providers (LSPs). This paper reports on the main findings in terms of customer satisfaction with, and future scope and use of, logistics services provided. Both shippers and logistics service ...

Introduction. This study reports an investigation into the ways in which people engaged in a serious leisure activity can experience using information to learn (also known as information literacy). Method.Data were collected through twenty-two semistructured, one-on-one, phenomenographic interviews conducted with identified serious leisure participants operating within the area of heritage (as ...

A simple system for producing cumulative chemical pathology reports is described. Results of tests are transcribed onto the patient's laboratory record card and each time a new result is entered a copy is made by xerography and returned to the clinician as the laboratory report.A detailed account is given of the operation of the system and the design of the record card. The advantages of the sy...

This study investigated the degree to which audiovisual presentation (compared to auditory-only presentation) affected isolation point (IPs, the amount of time required for the correct identification of speech stimuli using a gating paradigm) in silence and noise conditions. The study expanded on the findings of Moradi et al. (under revision), using the same stimuli, but presented in an audiovi...

The major concern of educators is how to enhance the quality of teaching and learning in education. Virtual reality learning environment has been identified as one of them. Many studied have agreed that virtual reality approach could help to improve performance and conceptual understanding on a specific range of task in learning. On the other hand, gender differences in spatial abilities, favor...

This is a brief factual survey with little comment. There being no juries nor magistrates in Holland, trials are always conducted by qualified lawyers, who ... provided with reports on the background, personality and criminal record of accused. Since the Public Prosecutor decides if there is a prima facie case to try, ^ court appearance suffices for finding of guilt or acquittal. Solitary confi...