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"Awareness is Authority" is not only appropriate and correct but also put up with it an ocean of wisdom and meanings. The awareness is headed toward learning and its rout to knowledge. It is the knowledge that had been considered for the human beings, as a symbol of superiority over the angles and what so ever is there in the heavens and the earths, to be the best creation of the GOD. Knowledge is the supreme category of data and the refined form of learning.
The study is an attempt to explore and describes the current challenges of quality management in new learning environment. The emergence of innovative technologies like Multimedia in learning environment poses great challenges to level of learning, mainly because the way it has been designed, in many cases, does not fit with supporting competence and proficient aptitude development. Rather, it facilitates the simple transfer of knowledge. Two different modes of learning environments are differentiated and described: the distributive and the collaborative learning modes. It is argued that the collaborative mode holds more potential for competence and proficient aptitude development rather than the distributive mode, especially with reference to the Pakistani educational learning environment.
Keywords: Quality Management, New Learning Environment, Innovative Technology, Multimedia, Competence, Proficient Aptitude
Wisdom (Learning)
DataHuman being sanctified with senses through the organs namely Ear, Eyes, Skin, Tongue, and Nose. These God gifted senses have led the human being to set his journey from perception [3] to awareness, also heading towards education that formed its rout to knowledge and to conclude with the learning level. The figure-1 shows the structure of learning formation.[9]
Figure 1. Steps to formation of Learning
The ever-inquisitive nature of the reformers, thinkers, philosophers and scientists made learning to evolve in various forms i.e. learning by heart (Verbal Learning), Learning through writing on stones, Leaves & Leather etc. to the printing and later on to Vocal (Radio), Vision (TV) and different other styles of learning up to the current form termed as new media.
There is more than one type of learning. A committee of colleges, led by Benjamin Bloom [3], identified three domains of educational activities: Cognitive: mental skills, Affective: growth in feelings or emotional areas, and Psychomotor: manual or physical skills. The cognitive domain involves knowledge and the development of intellectual skills. This includes the recognition of specific facts, procedural patterns, and concepts that serve in the development of intellectual abilities and skills. The affective domain includes the manner in which we deal with things emotionally, such as feelings, values, appreciation, enthusiasms, motivations, and attitudes. The psychomotor domain includes physical movement, coordination, and use of the motor-skill areas. The combination of the Cognitive, Affective and Psychomotor learning led towards the development of proficient aptitude for success, which is in short the competence of the person. Competences become visible through an individual's performance of an action as a response to a specific situational context.
The research under consideration focuses on the sector of Technological Learning in higher education and suggests that today's challenges in Technological Learning in higher education lie in the development of competencies. The next section defines concepts and gives background for the field of competence development. In the section after that the challenges of achieving competence development through Technological Learning are delineated. Then a section suggests a shift from a distributive to a collaborative mode of Technological Learning with the Computer Supported Methodologies as a approach to facilitate competence development. To underline the fundamental differences in both approaches (distributive and collaborative). The shift from Technological Learning in a distributive way to Technological Learning in a collaborative way is proposed as a concept which makes the difference. The next section identifies the main actors involved in the Technological Learning environment. In parallel the effects and contributions in the development of excellence in competence can also be addressed. The final section summarizes the main aspect of the article and concludes that more research on individual competence development processes through Technological Learning is needed.
The concept of "competence" is a concept which defined and perceived in various dimensions. Within the systematic contest different hypothetical perceptions of competence can be identified. Competence is a roughly specialized system of abilities, proficiencies, or individual dispositions to learn something successfully, to do something successfully, or to reach a specific goal. This can be applied to an individual, a group of individuals, or an institution. This definition of competence leads towards the system of human personality, nature and spirit, which are the fundamentals for the construction and development of consequential behavior and activities through practical experience and learning processes.
Competence is defined as the ability to act within a given context in a responsible and adequate way, while integrating complex knowledge, skills and attitudes [4]. It expresses that the application of competences always has to take part in a specific situation, and that these actions are influence through knowledge, skills, and attitudes. Attitudes in turn are shaped through values, motives, and experiences of a person.
Competence Development in Technological Learning Environment:
Most of the Technological Learning environments in higher education are following the paradigm of distribution rather then collaboration and in doing so merely facilitate the logistics of learning material supply [5]. These kinds of learning environments have their strength especially in the support of information and presentation which support the gain of methodological and subject matter knowledge and job-related qualifications [5]. Modern employability, on the other hand, demands job-related action competence and stresses apart from special/ subject matter competences also personal, activity related and socio-communicative competences which are routed in rules, values, and norms. If and how technology enhanced learning environments can be used for the development of such action competences is especially in relation to the described contradiction still open and subject to the theme debated in this article.
One clue how Technological Learning has to be organized can be taken from step-by-step concept of competence development [6]. Figure-2 represents an adaptation of the knowledge concept of North [6]. It shows that competence development builds on practical application, motivation and the ability to assess actions against existing standards.
Figure 2. Steps to professional competence
The concept shows the interrelation between knowledge, skills, and action. In the first step information is connected and on the second step they are applied and result in abilities. This is transformed in activity through motivation and determination. Competence, however demands evaluation if the performed activity is suitable in a given context. For this, an individual needs standards then lead beyond the concept of competence to professionalism. The last three steps activity, competence, and professionalism are seen as difficult to be realized through Technological Learning [7]. He suggested that Technological Learning has great difficulties in creating experience-related and value-oriented learning opportunities.
Having successfully coped with such a situation, the interiorization of new values takes place. In interiorization the Technological Learning can become a full scale alternative to competence based face-to- face learning environments in which not only subject mater knowledge can be distributed but also action competence acquired, and experiences made and expertise learned [8]. E-learning can then make the difference. Interiorization thus means the acquisition of rules, values and norms under the influence of individual emotions and motivations.
Learners have to interact in problem-oriented scenarios in groups, and confront their own values, solutions, and situations with those of other individuals and groups. Collaboration, labialization, and irritation are therefore the basis for competence oriented e-learning [7].
Shifting the Technological Learning Mode to Collaboration:
However, the shift from a distributive mode of Technological Learning to a collaborative mode of Technological Learning, from a knowledge transfer model to a competence development approach, opens not only the opportunity to make the difference but also poses great challenges to the planning, organization and provision of Modern learning. The ever growing demand for a competence oriented educational process and the use of Technological Learning models, which hardly are made to stimulate competence development, can be seen as a basic contradiction in the field Technological Learning, since its introduction. On the one hand the use of Technological Learning in higher education is growing and growing, on the other hand many of the presently implemented models of Technological Learning are often unable to support the development of individual competencies because they use Technological Learning in a simple distributive model to facilitate the logistics of Technological Learning material transfer. Table-1 compares the distinctive characteristics of Distributed Technological Learning and Collaborative Technological Learning
Distributed Technological Learning
Collaborative Technological Learning
Awareness, Knowledge
Aptitude, Competence
Technology Used for Presentation, Distribution and information transfer
Technology Used for Collaboration, Association and Communication
Learner focus on acquisition of information
Learner focus on Participation and Contribution of information sharing
Teacher focus on Teaching, demonstrating and representing
Teacher focus on Collaboration and Cooperation in interactive exercises
Interaction based on information transfer and transmission mode
Interaction based on perception and experience sharing
Assessment Based on Knowledge reproduction tests
Assessment Based on Performance and evidence based assessment
Table-1: Focus of Characteristics of Distributed and Collaborative Technological Learning systems
Shifting the mode in Technological Learning makes a difference. It helps to use Technological Learning to support the development of competences and leads to changes in at least three ways:
It enables Technological Learning to not just replicate what is going on in traditional classrooms settings but to use technology to enhance the existing learning opportunities by creating new forms of access and by connecting people and resources in form of collaborative networks.
It has an individual dimension which addresses the needs of individuals to develop competencies for taking part in an emerging learning society.
It has an organization dimension. Educational organizations need to change and to open their rigid traditions of time-pattern oriented, and hierarchically structured knowledge transfer if they want to enter into a knowledge co-construction process with their learners.
Working together as a collaborative team, however, is challenging for most students. Collaboration is a dynamic, social process that goes well beyond coordination of separate efforts [9]. It is shared awareness and understanding as new ideas or products are constructed through interactions with others. Social solidarity and joint responsibility for reaching group goals must be emphasized. Active participation and student-to-student support are also part of the process. Such activity can result in a major shift in student values and attitudes towards learning [10].
To accomplish collaborative learning with technology, new metaphors for teaching - e.g. teaching as choreography or teaching as maneuvering - must emerge as teachers focus more on structuring the learning and social environment to encourage active participation and group self-reliance in completing team work. More individual work needs to be done and technologies to support work flow and document creation, sharing, editing and annotating are needed. A seamless set of technologies to support groups through the collaborative project is desirable.
Three categories of issues concerned with collaborative projects are central to the success of team learning with technology: group dynamics, which is of central importance to the development of group cohesion, cooperation and effective work; pedagogic issues including the changing roles of faculty to support this type of learning; and administrative issues concerned with supporting, regulating and assessing students' collaborative work.[11].
Technology can play an integral part in supporting each of these areas. For example; e-mail, video-conferencing and real-time audio exchange can help support group development, particularly when groups are working in distributed settings. Technology can also provide an electronic record of team activity or support other group processes such as brainstorming and consensus-building, wiring and editing, document versioning etc. Administratively, technology is crucial in facilitating the coordination. Planning and controlling schedules for work delivery is also made easier with the support of technology.
All the examples will point to several important issues regarding the use of technology in collaborative learning:
Technologies can be used to develop students with different learning styles.
There are many paradigms for teaching and learning with technology.
The same tools that offer collaboration can also enhance individual learning.
The lines between synchronous and asynchronous learning begins to fade as faculty and students gain experience with these tools.
Emerging technologies such as wireless computing and intelligent systems will continue to push the edge of how we can use technology for collaborative learning.
The movement towards student-centered learning becomes a natural extension of these tools.
The new teaching and learning paradigms will not only change the way that students learn, but will ask faculty to continually assess the way they teach. Some of the issues and challenges associated with Collaborative Technological Learning are as follows:
In the Collaborative Technological Learning environment the instructor/trainer is required to have knowledge of both course content and delivery technologies. As all instructors/trainers don't have the skills and experience to effectively do so. Instructor's issues also relate to how to keep track of learners progress, how to rate the overall learning and how to assess Learning. Instructor concerns for Collaborative Technological Learning course delivery
Assessing group/individual performance in an Collaborative Learning Environment
Added time requirements to develop content and setup in the interactive environment
Copyright issues
Learning to use software and updates
Developing meaningful assessment techniques
Structuring interactive assignments and providing clear and explicit instructions
Course revisions for both content and delivery technologies
Courses delivered through Collaborative Technological Learning should ensure quality issues relating to the content to be delivered, mode of delivery, which tools/platforms to be used, maintaining learner's interest in the course and overcoming technological constraints like bandwidth problem in internet using.
Quality concerns in Collaborative Technological Learning course delivery;
Adequate infrastructure and technical support
Instructor training
Adequate development and preparation time
Organization and Construction of learning activities (assignments, case studies, discussions topics) specifically for the Collaborative Learning Environment
Structure assessment and exams for the Collaborative Learning
Prompt feedback by the instructor and learners
Clearly articulated directives for assignments, projects, etc
The article describes that the current challenge for Technological Learning by using Collaborative techniques in higher education is to support competence development. This poses great challenges to Technological Learning in higher education because the way it has been used in any cases so far is not designed to support competence development but rather facilitate mere knowledge transfer. Two different modes of Technological Learning organization are differentiated and described: the distributive and the collaborative Technological Learning mode. It is argued that the collaborative mode stimulates more potential for competence development rather than the distributive mode. To underline the different contributors, contributions and their concerning issues to achieve the excellence in collaborative learning through efficient and effective use of technology.
The article shows the conceptual connections between Leaning and Competence development and suggests the collaborative mode of Technological Learning as a model to stimulate competence development in higher education. However, not enough research has been done in this field; especially not enough empirical evidence has been acquired to show how individuals develop competences through collaborative processes in Technological Learning, and how teachers can facilitate this process. The individual competence development process within a collaborative learning environment between the different actors, like teachers and other learners, should therefore be subject to further analysis. The shift from distributive to collaborative learning is not only a question of pedagogical design but also of organizational processes, a culture of sharing and collaboration within an organization therefore has to be facilitated along with its introduction.


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- Course Code: EH2540A11
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- UCAS Code: C620
- Awarded by: University of South Walves
- Study Mode: Full time
- This course is recruiting in: 2016/17, 2017/18, 2018/19
- Overview
In our Foundation Degree in Community Coaching and Sports Development you will look specifically at community sports projects that exist within the region and how sport is able to shape the community around us. You'll work on real life projects and other community based sports initiatives. You'll have access to coaching within the community, work-placement opportunities with schools and other relevant Coaching and Sports development organisations plus Blackburn Rovers Football Club. You will also develop a focus on setting up new community projects, sports event planning and sports performance analysis.
Our new two year, full-time Foundation Degree in Community Coaching and Sport Development has been written in partnership with Blackburn Rovers Football Club and Blackburn Rovers Community Trust and is validated by The University of South Wales. The course will prepare you for a career in coaching with a community and sport development focus. After successful completion, there is a potential to progress onto a top-up degree.
Students on the programme will also be provided with the opportunity to undertake UK Coaching Certificates (UKCC)Level 1 and 2 (or higher should you already have Level 1 or 2) as part of the course at no additional cost. Students will be funded through two UKCC Level 1 and two UKCC Level 2 awards (or equivalent).
- What will I study?
You'll study 12 modules in order to complete the course. Your time will be spent both in and out of the classroom. You'll use many of the facilities at Blackburn Rovers as part of the course as well as our own facilities at UCBC. The modules in the first year of the course will give you an overview of the subject area and an awareness of the environment in which sporting professionals operate. In the later stages of the programme you'll be able focus on areas that interest you too - particularly with your own research project.
Personal Development Planning forms a key part of the course. You'll be encouraged to think about your own personal development and what your career aspirations will be. You'll be encouraged to tailor your course through your Work-Based Learning and Research Project to specific areas that you wish to work in upon successful completion of the course.
Modules include:
- Introduction to Sport in the Community
- The Sporting Environment
- Principles and Process of Sports Coaching
- Physiology and Performance
- Healthy Living and Nutrition
- Personal Development Planning
- Community Sports Development and Community Leadership
- Business Management & Marketing in Sport
- Coaching Multisports
- Career Development in Sport
- Coaching in the Community (Work-Based Learning)
- Research Project
Download the Programme Specification for FdSc Community Coaching & Sports Development. The Programme Specification will give you further information about the course structure, learning outcomes and detailed information about the assessment you can expect during the course.
When you enrol on the course you will need to purchase a Sports Kit. Last year many students opted to order a 'bundle' of kit and gain a discount. The sports kit bundle is £108.62. We will explain more how to get the Sports Kit at enrolment.
- Entry Requirements
You'll need 160 UCAS tariff points and at least a GCSE Grade C in English or equivalent level qualification. If English is not your first language you'll need to demonstrate the ability to study in English. Applicants who do not meet the standard entry criteria but have relevant work / life experience will be considered on an individual basis and may be invited to interview. Depending on your choice of placement you may be required to undergo a DBS (Disclosure Barring Service) check.
Please note: For 2017 entry the UCAS Tariff is changing and the UCAS points required to enter this programme will be different from 2016. For those joining this programme in September 2017, you will need to have 64 UCAS Tariff points. All other entry criteria (as specified above) remain in place.
If you require more information on the UCAS tariff for 2017 entry please visit: https://www.ucas.com/ucas/undergraduate/getting-started/entry-requirements/tariff/new-tariff
If you are an International Student from outside of the EU it is a requirement for you to have a Tier 4 Visa in order to study with us. In order for you to undertake this particular programme of study, you will also need to demonstrate that you have a good level of written and spoken English and will require a UK VI Academic IELTS score of 5.5. Please note: the fees for International Students from outside of the EU, for this particular programme are £9,250 per year. Fees are subject to change in subsequent years.
- How will I be assessed?
You'll be assessed through a variety of techniques including coursework, assignments, portfolio-building and a research project.
Formative and summative assessments enable lecturers or tutors to monitor the learning that has/is taking place. Summative assessment is not always noticeable by the student as it is a continuous process; lecturers or assessors may observe participation and responses to class discussions and group work, a student's response to question and answer sessions, participation in workshop practical and engagement with demonstrations. Each module is formally assessed through, for example, examination, open-book test, individual and group presentation, essay, observation of practice, assessment of course work e.g. art portfolio, written report, reflective practice and portfolios of evidence.
Students receive both formal and informal feedback. Formal feedback is through assessments, is usually in writing and given within 3 weeks following the submission date. However, some lecturers will provide group feedback, for example, following an examination they may choose to work through the exam paper in a tutorial. It should be noted that feedback is part of the ongoing learning cycle which is not limited to written feedback. Other forms of feedback include one-to-one meetings with a personal tutor, dissertation and project supervision meetings, a lecturer responding to learner questions or responses during topic or situation discussions.
- Teaching and Learning
The learning environment and facilities include lecture theatres, classrooms, technology suites, laboratories and workshops, library and skills labs, art and photography studios, small group and quiet zones. Learning methods will vary according to the programme of study but will include lectures and group tutorials. In addition, seminars, field trips, work placements, role play or scenario activities, laboratory and workshop practical, demonstrations, guest lectures, discussions and debates all contribute to the learning experience to support the acquisition of subject specific skills and knowledge and the development of transferable and employment related skills.
- What can I do next?
Once you have successfully completed FdSc Community Coaching and Sports Development it is anticipated that the majority of graduates will progress to Honours level by studying Community Coaching & Sports Development BSc (Hons) Top Up. This means you can achieve your Honours degree with an additional period of one year full-time study. You may also choose to leave the course to seek employment. Typical careers include: PE Teacher (following successful completion of a PGCE), Sports Development Officer, Sports Coach, Youth Sports Worker.
Former students of the programme have progressed onto roles including: PE Teachers in High Schools, a Swimming Coach in Dubai, a Cricket Coach in Australia, a Football Coach at Major Soccer League (MLS) Washington, Community Coaches with both private and public sector organisations and a Sports Development Officer.


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In the first article of this three-part series on hybrid cloud security, we discussed the Shared Responsibility Model, and examined how the most common attack strategies persist, are amplified, or are mitigated as assets move from data centers to the cloud. In part two, we talked about the unique security challenges that are introduced by public cloud environments. In this third and final installment, we'll review why it's essential to approach hybrid cloud security with different methods, tools and best practices than those used in the data center.
Bridging the Silo Between On-Premises and Cloud Environments
For today's resource-constrained IT teams, the explosion of public cloud services has only increased the complexity of securing critical infrastructure. Until recently, it has been a challenge for IT professionals to find security tools that are specifically designed to monitor threats inside cloud environments. As discussed in part two of this series, the reason for this is that many so-called cloud security monitoring tools are, in reality, just retrofits of legacy on-premises security products. They can monitor servers running in the cloud, but they don't really "know" that they're in the cloud. Thus, they're not able to monitor those elements of cloud environments that didn't exist in traditional data centers.
To circumvent this challenge, many companies end up deciding to maintain two separate, siloed security monitoring solutions - one for their public cloud environment and the other for their on-premises infrastructure. This approach is fraught with extra costs, complexity and potential security blind spots.
Fortunately, IT professionals now have a third option - centralizing public cloud, private cloud, virtual and physical on-premises security monitoring via a single, cloud-based, SaaS security solution that is built from the ground up. Cloud-native security monitoring tools take full advantage of cloud architectures, services and APIs in ways that legacy solutions cannot. Additionally, because companies have a single pane of glass to monitor all critical infrastructure, security blind spots are eliminated.
The price is right as well. It's a well-known fact that most applications are more cost-effective for the end user when they are delivered as SaaS solutions, and the same holds true for security products. With the SaaS delivery model, security vendors can build monitoring solutions that are faster to deploy, easier to use and offered at a lower cost - all while delivering the same security essentials required to tackle today's rapidly evolving threats. IT teams can start detecting these threats sooner and at a significantly lower total cost of ownership, and concerns about system upgrades, uptime, scalability and the security of the system itself are eliminated. In summary, centralizing security monitoring with a SaaS solution enables companies to effectively reduce the cost, time, effort and complexity of managing their security posture across multiple IT environments.
Hybrid Cloud Security Best Practices
When it comes to hybrid cloud security, it's not enough to simply change your approach and select different tools for the job; organizational best practices must also evolve. Here are three important ones that you should work toward:
1. Develop Strong Identity and Access Management (IAM) Practices
In part two of this series, we looked at how mismanaging cloud credentials can be a detrimental and expensive mistake. Your cloud security strategy must be built on a solid foundation of IAM practices, which should include both using cloud provider IAM services as well as establishing organizational policies around them. Here are a few tips to keep top of mind:
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- Streamline IAM with cloud provider services (e.g., Microsoft Azure AD Connect, Azure AD Federated Services, Amazon Web Services (AWS) Directory Service and AWS AD Connector) that either synchronize, consolidate or federate cloud identity management with your on-premises directory. This can not only reduce administrative overhead, but also decrease the likelihood of mistakes and security breaches.
- Define IAM groups based on the principle of least privilege (i.e., give users the absolute minimum level of access they need to do their jobs) and regularly review access rights to ensure that the controls in place are still appropriate for users.
- Remember that IAM is not a "set it and forget it" configuration. Rather, it's important to constantly monitor your hybrid cloud environment for suspicious root account logins, changes in security policies and privileges, and other anomalous account activities.
- Enable a cloud-native SIEM solution to collect and analyze your cloud access logs and API calls, so you can identify compromised account credentials sooner to prevent or mitigate the damage of a cloud breach.
2. Know What Security Data to Look for in the Cloud and Where to Find It
Cybercriminals use many of the same methods in cloud-based attacks as they do in on-premises attacks, but a new approach is needed to help organizations recognize threats in the cloud and to know where to look for them. Specifically:
- Log collection in the cloud - To detect threats in your public cloud environments, you first need to know what log data sources are available to you as well as which may be "interesting" or useful from a security standpoint. For example, it is important to identify which users are accessing cloud resources and workloads, where and when they are signing in, what resources are being spun up or down, and if anyone has altered security groups or IAM roles. From there, you must also be able to collect and send the log data to a SIEM solution for correlation and security analysis.
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Traditionally, security operations centers have weaved together multiple point security solutions for asset management, vulnerability scanning, intrusion detection, SIEM and event correlation, behavioral monitoring, and log management within their on-premises networks. However, this approach typically requires an extensive amount of integration, fine-tuning and management to create a single source of threat detection and incident response. Re-creating this type of system in hybrid cloud environments often proves to be too cumbersome and error-prone for most IT teams.
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Mastering Cloud Security
Regardless of the environment - cloud or on-premises - the goal of threat detection remains the same: to prevent data loss, financial loss and business disruption. Yet, as environments and infrastructures change, so too must your approach to security, as well as the tools and best practices you utilize.
From recognizing how common attack strategies change in the cloud, to identifying unique challenges introduced by public cloud environments, to knowing the most effective security approaches, tools and strategies to use, I hope this three-part series has provided guidance and insight that will help you along on your journey toward mastering hybrid cloud security.
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With major technology companies and startups seriously embracing Cloud strategies, now is the perfect time to attend @CloudExpo | @ThingsExpo, June 6-8, 2017, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY and October 31 - November 2, 2017, Santa Clara Convention Center, CA. Learn what is going on, contribute to the discussions, and ensure that your enterprise is on the right path to Digital Transformation.
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Delegates to Cloud Expo / @ThingsExpo will be able to attend 8 simultaneous, information-packed education tracks.
There are over 120 breakout sessions in all, with Keynotes, General Sessions, and Power Panels adding to three days of incredibly rich presentations and content.
Join Cloud Expo / @ThingsExpo conference chair Roger Strukhoff (@IoT2040), June 6-8, 2017, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY and October 31 - November 2, 2017, Santa Clara Convention Center, CA for three days of intense Enterprise Cloud and 'Digital Transformation' discussion and focus, including Big Data's indispensable role in IoT, Smart Grids and (IIoT) Industrial Internet of Things, Wearables and Consumer IoT, as well as (new) Digital Transformation in Vertical Markets.
Financial Technology - or FinTech - Is Now Part of the @CloudExpo Program!
Accordingly, attendees at the upcoming 20th Cloud Expo / @ThingsExpo June 6-8, 2017, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY and October 31 - November 2, 2017, Santa Clara Convention Center, CA will find fresh new content in a new track called FinTech, which will incorporate machine learning, artificial intelligence, deep learning, and blockchain into one track.
Financial enterprises in New York City, London, Singapore, and other world financial capitals are embracing a new generation of smart, automated FinTech that eliminates many cumbersome, slow, and expensive intermediate processes from their businesses.
FinTech brings efficiency as well as the ability to deliver new services and a much improved customer experience throughout the global financial services industry. FinTech is a natural fit with cloud computing, as new services are quickly developed, deployed, and scaled on public, private, and hybrid clouds.
More than US$20 billion in venture capital is being invested in FinTech this year. @CloudExpo is pleased to bring you the latest FinTech developments as an integral part of our program, starting at the 20th International Cloud Expo June 6-8, 2017 in New York City and October 31 - November 2, 2017 in Silicon Valley.
@CloudExpo is accepting submissions for this new track, so please visit www.CloudComputingExpo.com for the latest information.
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The upcoming 20th International @CloudExpo | @ThingsExpo, June 6-8, 2017, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY and October 31 - November 2, 2017, Santa Clara Convention Center, CA announces that its Call For Papers for speaking opportunities is open.
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SYS-CON Events announced today that SoftLayer, an IBM Company, has been named "Gold Sponsor" of SYS-CON's 18th Cloud Expo, which will take place on June 7-9, 2016, at the Javits Center in New York, New York. SoftLayer, an IBM Company, provides cloud infrastructure as a service from a growing number of data centers and network points of presence around the world. SoftLayer's customers range from Web startups to global enterprises.
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Five years ago development was seen as a dead-end career, now it's anything but – with an explosion in mobile and IoT initiatives increasing the demand for skilled engineers. But apart from having a ready supply of great coders, what constitutes true 'DevOps Royalty'? It'll be the ability to craft resilient architectures, supportability, security everywhere across the software lifecycle. In his keynote at @DevOpsSummit at 20th Cloud Expo, Jeffrey Scheaffer, GM and SVP, Continuous Delivery Busine...
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SYS-CON Events announced today that Juniper Networks (NYSE: JNPR), an industry leader in automated, scalable and secure networks, will exhibit at SYS-CON's 20th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on June 6-8, 2017, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY. Juniper Networks challenges the status quo with products, solutions and services that transform the economics of networking. The company co-innovates with customers and partners to deliver automated, scalable and secure network...
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SYS-CON Events announced today that Super Micro Computer, Inc., a global leader in compute, storage and networking technologies, will exhibit at SYS-CON's 20th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on June 6-8, 2017, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY. Supermicro (NASDAQ: SMCI), the leading innovator in high-performance, high-efficiency server technology, is a premier provider of advanced server Building Block Solutions® for Data Center, Cloud Computing, Enterprise IT, Hadoop/...
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With major technology companies and startups seriously embracing IoT strategies, now is the perfect time to attend @ThingsExpo 2016 in New York. Learn what is going on, contribute to the discussions, and ensure that your enterprise is as "IoT-Ready" as it can be! Internet of @ThingsExpo, taking place June 6-8, 2017, at the Javits Center in New York City, New York, is co-located with 20th Cloud Expo and will feature technical sessions from a rock star conference faculty and the leading industry p...
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Dr Richard Jones is a Lecturer in Criminology at the School of Law, University of Edinburgh, UK. He studied at Queen Mary, University of London (BA), the University of Edinburgh (MSc), and the University of Cambridge (PhD). At Cambridge he studied at the Institute of Criminology and Trinity Hall. His research is in theoretical criminology and focuses on surveillance, security, cybercrime, and penal populism. He has published and given papers on topics including the electronic monitoring ('tagging') of offenders, access control, border controls, computer crime, penal populism, the media, airport security, the use of force in policing, and surveillance theory. His current research centres on theoretical criminology, surveillance and security, and cybercrime.
Together with Professor Charles Raab (Professor Emeritus, Politics and International Relations, School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh), Richard is involved in the IRISS (Increasing Resilience in Surveillance Societies) Project, in which the University of Edinburgh is a consortium partner. The IRISS Project is a large collaborative research project on the role of surveillance and resilience in democratic societies, and is funded by the European Commission under its FP7 framework. Separately, he is also a member of the External Expert Group for the FIDUCIA project (also funded under the European FP7 framework), part of which focuses on cybercrime and its prevention within Europe.
He is a member of the Editorial Board of the British Journal of Criminology, and a member of the International Advisory Board of the European Journal of Criminology. He has been an External Examiner for DPhil and MPhil degrees at the University of Oxford, a Guest seminar leader on the MPhil degree in Criminology at the University of Cambridge, and an External Examiner for the MSc in Security and Risk Management degree at the University of Leicester. In 2009-2010 Richard was an Academic Visitor at the Centre for Criminology, University of Oxford, and in 2003-4 he was a Visiting Academic at Sydney Law School, University of Sydney, Australia. Before joining the University of Edinburgh, Richard Jones was a Research Associate at the Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge.
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As well as teaching on a number of criminology courses, he is Director of the MSc in Criminology and Criminal Justice, and is very pleased to answer questions from prospective applicants. For the MSc degree he teaches courses on Cybercrime, and on Surveillance and Security. These courses are also available to those taking the MSc in Global Crime, Justice and Security degree. Richard also welcomes enquiries from prospective PhD students, particularly in the areas of punishment, surveillance, security, cybercrime, technology, or social control, and especially where there is engagement with contemporary theoretical criminology. Among the Masters dissertation topics Dr Jones has recently supervised are: cryptography and crime prevention; cybercrime, cyber-warfare and cyber-security; cybercrime, cyber-security and China; issues in intelligence agency reform; restorative justice, recidivism and desistance research; and the privacy implications of data mining and data integration by law enforcement agencies.
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Cybercrime (MSc) (Course Organiser)
Global Crime and Insecurity (MSc)
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Jamie Buchan 'Restructuring Community Justice in Scotland, 2012-2017: Policy and Power Dynamics in the Penal Field'
Ben Collier 'Integrated Circuits: A Critical Development of Space and Agency in Criminological Theory of Cybercrime from Actor-Network Theory and Cyborg Theory Perspectives'
James Gacek 'E-carceration: Experiences of Electronic Monitoring Practices in Edinburgh, Scotland'
Shane Horgan ''Cyber'-fears and Virtual Anxieties: Exploring public sensibilities towards the digital dimensions of crime and disorder'
Griff Williams 'Tripartite Communication under the Community Payback Order'
Books and Reports
Richard Jones, Richard Sparks, Punishment, (Routledge, 2015)
Richard Jones, , Handbook on Increasing Resilience in a Surveillance Society, (IRISS Project, 2014)
Charles Raab, Richard Jones, Ivan Székely, 'Megfigyelés és reziliencia elméletben és gyakorlatban ', (2015), Replika, Vol 94, pp 63-93
Charles Raab, Richard Jones, Iván Székely, 'Surveillance and resilience in theory and practice ', (2015), Media and Communication, Vol 3, pp 21-41
Abstract: Surveillance is often used as a tool in resilience strategies towards the threat posed by terrorist attacks and other serious crime. 'Resilience' is a contested term with varying and ambiguous meaning in governmental, business and social discourses, and it is not clear how it relates to other terms that characterise processes or states of being. Resilience is often assumed to have positive connotations, but critics view it with great suspicion, regarding it as a neo-liberal governmental strategy. However, we argue that surveillance, introduced in name of greater security, may itself erode social freedoms and public goods such as privacy, paradoxically requiring societal resilience, whether precautionary or in mitigation of the harms it causes to the public goods of free societies. This article develops new models and extends existing ones to describe resilience processes unfolding over time and in anticipation of, or in reaction to, adversities of different kinds and severity, and explores resilience both on the plane of abstract analysis and in the context of societal responses to mass surveillance. The article thus focuses upon surveillance as a special field for conceptual analysis and modelling of situations, and for evaluating contemporary developments in 'surveillance societies'.
David Wright, Rowena Rodrigues, Charles Raab, Richard Jones, Ivan Szekely, Kirstie Ball, Rocco Bellanova, Stine Bergersen, 'Questioning surveillance ', (2015), Computer Law & Security Review, Vol 31, pp 280-292
Abstract: The aim of this article is to make suggestions that could empower different socio-political groups to question surveillance. It does so by formulating sets of questions that different stakeholders can ask of themselves, of the private sector and of government, including intelligence agencies. It is divided into three main parts. The first part provides some background on resilience in surveillance societies. It defines the terms and identifies features of resilience and today's surveillance society. The second part lays out a set of questions addressed to each of the stakeholder groups. The questions are intended to promote consideration of a proposed or existing surveillance system, technology, practice or other initiative in terms of the necessity and proportionality of the system, and of whether stakeholders are being consulted. The third part offers a list of measures that can be taken to increase resilience in a surveillance society, to restrict the scope of surveillance systems to what can be legitimately justified, and to minimise the impacts of surveillance systems on the individual, groups and society.
Richard Jones, 'The Electronic Monitoring of Offenders: Penal Moderation or Penal Excess?', (2014), Crime, Law and Social Change, Vol 62, pp 475-488
Abstract: The technologies used in the electronic monitoring of offenders continue to develop, and next-generation "tags" will likely feature new capabilities. As the technology becomes more powerful, older criminal justice institutions and practices may appear increasingly anachronistic in one form or other, and their legitimacy called into question. Electronic monitoring systems may appear progressive alternatives to older forms of punishing. However, given the surveillant and controlling qualities of electronic monitoring systems, extending their use is in many respects troubling. This article seeks to examine the electronic monitoring of offenders in the light of the concepts of "penal moderation" and "penal excess", as well as to reflect on this sanction at the interface of the academic fields of the sociology of punishment and surveillance studies. It is argued that issues relating to intended aims and actual effects of the electronic monitoring of offenders go to the heart of contemporary debates and contradictions regarding penal purpose, the effects of the criminal justice system, electronic surveillance, and explanations of penal change.
Richard Jones, 'The Electronic Monitoring of Serious Offenders: Is There a Rehabilitative Potential?', (2014), Monatsschrift für Kriminologie und Strafrechtsreform, Vol 97, pp 85-92
Abstract: Many countries around the world now electronically monitor some convicted offenders to check the offenders' compliance with court orders of different kinds. Although regarded as an intermediate penalty, to date electronic monitoring has not generally been employed for rehabilitative purposes. Electronic monitoring systems have evolved over time, however, and there is the possibility that future technologies and practices could embrace more rehabilitative goals. This article sketches out various currents of change within criminal justice, and suggests how future electronic monitoring schemes might instantiate an emergent 'new rehabilitation'.
Richard Jones, 'Towards a Global Criminology? ', (2011), Sungkyunkwan Journal of Science & Technology Law, Vol 5, pp 33-53
Abstract: The aim of this article is consider the current constitution, and likely future prospects, of the field of criminology, and to examine in particular how it might be becoming more global in nature. The term 'criminology' will be used broadly, referring to the academic field as a whole, and hence including the study of the causes of crime, responses to crime including criminal justice, as well as to the field's many sub-disciplines. The article begins by considering international and comparative criminology, before reviewing previous work that has raised the prospect of a 'global criminology.' The focus then shifts to consideration of the question, 'what is criminology?' It is argued that this question usefully draws attention to certain problems currently facing Anglo-American criminology, and contends moreover that these issues are related in certain respects to issues that will face criminology as it globalises. Drawing from work by Wenger (1999) and others, a novel way of conceptualising the field of criminology is proposed, namely as a group of 'communities of practice.' The article shows how not only does this approach help model some of the challenges facing Anglo- American criminology both domestically and globally, but that it also suggests some practical measures that could be undertaken to help overcome these problems.
Richard Jones, 'Populist Leniency, Crime Control and Due Process ', (2010), Theoretical Criminology, Vol 14, pp 331-47
Abstract: This article identifies and discusses examples of populist calls against punishment and for leniency-a phenomenon here termed 'populist leniency'. A penal moderate might find such populist opposition to punishment superficially appealing. However, drawing from Packer's classic models of the criminal process, it is argued that both populist leniency and penal populism express 'Crime Control' values, the view that the proper role of the criminal process (and criminal justice) is to protect 'law-abiding citizens' from dangerous others. Since 'Crime Control' does not advocate any net reduction in penal power (and if anything, quite the opposite), the article asks whether Packer's other model, 'Due Process', presents a more attractive potential resource for penal moderates, since this model offers a sceptical view of criminal justice, protecting individuals from unconstrained official power.
Richard Jones, 'The Architecture of Surveillance ', (2007), Criminal Justice Matters, Vol 68, pp 33-34
Richard Jones, 'Entertaining Code: File Sharing, Digital Rights Management Regimes, and Criminological Theories of Compliance', (2005), International Review of Law, Computers and Technology, Vol 19, pp 287-303
Abstract: This article outlines some of the main types of file-sharing systems and summarizes survey findings relating to file-sharing use. Three related theoretical models of compliance seeking through the use of technology are discussed, namely Lessig's (involving 'code' and 'architecture'), Bottoms' (involving 'constraint-based compliance') and Clarke and others' work on 'situational crime prevention', and each is then applied to the specific topic of the illegal and legal distribution of music and films on the Internet.
Richard Jones, 'Crime in the Digital Age by PN Grabosky and Russell G Smith...Digital Evidence and Computer Crime: Forensic Science, Computers and the Internet by Eoghan Casey ', (2003), International Journal of Law and Information Technology, Vol 11, pp 98-100
Richard Jones, 'Review: The Culture of Control: Crime and Social Order in Contemporary Society', (2002), Punishment & Society, Vol 4, pp 256-58
BM Livingston, FN MacKirdy, JC Howie, R Jones, JD Norrie, 'Assessment of the performance of five intensive cave scoring models within a large Scottish database ', (2000), Critical Care Medicine, Vol 28, pp 1820-1827
Abstract: Objective: To assess and compare the performance of five severity of illness scoring systems used commonly for intensive care unit (ICU) patients in the United Kingdom. The five models analyzed were versions II and III of the Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE) system, a version of APACHE II using United Kingdom (UK)-derived coefficients (UK APACHE II), version II of the Simplified Acute Physiology Score (SAPS), and version II of the Mortality Probability Model, computed at admission (MPM0) and after 24 hrs in the ICU (MPM24).Design: A 2-yr prospective cohort study of consecutive admissions to intensive care units.Setting: A total of 22 general ICUs in ScotlandPatients: A total of 13,291 admissions to the study, which after prospectively agreed exclusions left a total of 10,393 patients for the analysis.Outcome measures: Death or survival at hospital discharge.Measurements and Main Results: All the models showed reasonable discrimination using the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (APACHE ill, 0.845; APACHE II, 0.805; UKAPACHE II, 0.809; SAPS II, 0.843; MPM0, 0.785; MPM24, 0.799). The levels of observed mortality were significantly different than that predicted by all models, using the Hosmer-Lemeshow goodness-of-fit C test (p <.001), with the results of the test being confirmed by calibration curves.When excluding patients discharged in the first 24 hrs to allow for comparisons using the same patient group, APACHE III, MPM24, and SAPS II (APACHE III, 0.795; MPM24, 0.791; SAPS II, 0.784) showed significantly better discrimination than APACHE II, UK APACHE II, and MPM0 (APACHE II, 0.763; UK APACHE II, 0.756; MPM0 0.741). However, calibration changed little for all models with observed mortality still significantly different from that predicted by the scoring systems (p <.001). For equivalent data sets, APACHE II demonstrated superior calibration to all the models using the chi-squared value from the Hosmer-Lemeshow test for both populations (APACHE III, 366; APACHE II, 67; UKAPACHE II, 237; SAPS II, 142; MPM0, 452; MPM24, 101).Conclusions: SAPS II demonstrated the best overall performance, but the superior calibration of APACHE II makes it the most appropriate model for comparisons of mortality rates in different ICUs. The significance of the Hosmer-Lemeshow C test in all the models suggest that new logistic regression coefficients should be generated and the systems retested before they could be used with confidence in Scottish ICUs.
Richard Jones, 'Digital Rule: Punishment, Control and Technology', (2000), Punishment & Society, Vol 2, pp 5-22
Abstract: This article develops a theoretical model of 'digital rule'. This is a form of at-a-distance monitoring which becomes possible with the advent of certain electronic technologies. It is argued that this form of monitoring gives rise to a related form of decision-making, and to particular forms of punishment, both directly and indirectly. The article begins with a review of Foucault's work on 'discipline'. It is argued that while his general approach remains useful, his 'technology of power' model requires updating, because of certain moves within many criminal justice systems away from reliance on the disciplinary techniques Foucault associates with modernity. I argue that comments by Deleuze suggest a way of developing a theoretical adjunct to Foucault's model, and this new control form I characterize as one of 'digital rule'. Various emerging electronic technologies are examined, and it is shown how they operate specifically through restrictions specified in terms of time and space. The relationship between formal control, exclusion and punishment measures is considered, and it is concluded that in this emerging form of rule, these aspects continue to have a very close relationship, taking form here in a particular new way.
Richard Jones, 'Review - Imagining Crime ', (1997), Theoretical Criminology, Vol 1, pp 139-41
Richard Jones, Richard Sparks, 'Introduction ' in Richard Jones, Richard Sparks (ed.) Punishment (Routledge 2015) 1-17
Richard Jones, Charles Raab, 'Good Practice in Privacy Design Some Examples' in David Wright, Reinhard Kreissl (ed.) Surveillance in Europe (Routledge 2014) 293-294
Richard Jones, 'Surveillance and Security in a Risk Society ' in Chris Hale, Keith Hayward, Azrini Wahidin, Emma Wincup (ed.) Criminology (Oxford University Press 2013) 431-52
Richard Jones, 'Cybercrime and Internet Security ' in Lilian Edwards, Charlotte Waelde (ed.) Law and the Internet (Hart Publishing 2009) 601-21
Richard Jones, 'Digital Rule: Punishment, Control and Technology ' in Yvonne Jewkes (ed.) Crime and Media (SAGE Publications Ltd 2009)
Richard Jones, 'Surveillance ' in Chris Hale, Keith Hayward, Azrini Wahidin, Emma Wincup (ed.) Criminology (Oxford University Press 2009) 523-45
Richard Jones, 'Checkpoint Security Gateways, Airports, and the Architecture of Security' in Katja Franko Aas, Helene Oppen Gundhus, Heidi Mork Lomell (ed.) Technologies of Insecurity (Routledge 2008) 81-102
Richard Jones, 'The Architecture of Policing Towards a New Theoretical Model of the Role of Constraint-Based Compliance in Policing' in Alistair Henry, David J. Smith (ed.) Transformations of Policing (Ashgate Publishing 2007) 169-90
Richard Jones, 'Digital Rule Punishment, Control and Technology' in Clive Norris, Dean Wilson (ed.) Surveillance, Crime and Social Control (Ashgate Publishing 2006) 519-36
Abstract: This is an attempt to develop a theoretical model of 'digital rule'. This is a form of at-a-distance monitoring which becomes possible with the advent of certain electronic technologies. It is argued that this form of monitoring gives rise to a related form of decision-making, and to particular forms of punishment, both directly and indirectly. The article begins with a review of Foucault's work on 'discipline'. It is argued that while his general approach remains useful, his 'technology of power' model requires updating, because of certain moves within many criminal justice systems away from reliance on the disciplinary techniques Foucault associates with modernity. I argue that comments by Deleuze suggest a way of developing a theoretical adjunct to Foucault's model, and this new control form I characterize as one of 'digital rule'. Various emerging electronic technologies are examined, and it is shown how they operate specifically through restrictions specified in terms of time and space. The relationship between formal control, exclusion and punishment measures is considered, and it is concluded that in this emerging form of rule, these aspects continue to have a very close relationship, taking form here in a particular new way.
Richard Jones, '"Architecture", Criminal Justice, and Control ' in Sarah Armstrong, Lesley McAra (ed.) Perspectives on Punishment (Oxford University Press 2006) 175-96
Richard Jones, 'Surveillance ' in Chris Hale, Keith Hayward, Azrini Wahidin, Emma Wincup (ed.) Criminology (Oxford University Press 2005) 471-92
Richard Jones, 'The Subject of Surveillance ' in Ronnie Lippens (ed.) Imaginary Boundaries of Justice (Hart Publishing 2004) 117-40
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Richard Jones, 'The Electronic Monitoring of Serious Offenders: Is There a Rehabilitative Potential?' 2014
Abstract: Many countries around the world now electronically monitor some convicted offenders to check the offenders' compliance with court orders of different kinds. Although regarded as an intermediate penalty, to date electronic monitoring has not generally been employed for rehabilitative purposes. Electronic monitoring systems have evolved over time, however, and there is the possibility that future technologies and practices could embrace more rehabilitative goals. This article sketches out various currents of change within criminal justice, and suggests how future electronic monitoring schemes might instantiate an emergent 'new rehabilitation'.


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Morgan Heritage's newest release Don't Haffi Dred follows their critically acclaimed album One Calling. On this eagerly anticipated new -Bobby Digital produced- album the family have explored further dimensions to their artistry. They have captured a sweet-spot-in-time utilising live instruments such as guitars, horns and hand drums - an approach of timeless feel, but with a sound that is refreshingly modern at the same time.
Some tracks on the album have a strong Bob Marley & The Wailers feel, Reggae Road Block which features an 'easy skankin' riddim, and the title track revisits Bunny Wailer's 'Battering Down Sentence'. Don't Haffi Dred (Alternative Mix) captures the introspective mood of the band very well by the laid back groove of the music.
Caught Into A Trap and Trodding Jah Road are two fine examples of the strength of the band, superb harmonies, exquisite riddims and a solid groove of drum and bass. How emotional can you get ? Listen to Heart Of A Child and the semi acoustic Freedom and let the flow and spirit of these songs enter into your mind.
The tracks Talkin' Bout War, Gues Who and Earthquake reflect the revolutionary thoughts of the band with an uptempo beat and powerful lyrics. The same intensity is maintained on the wonderful Ready To Work and World Cry (aka People's Cry).
Although the majority of the songs focus on meaningful issues, as well as to promote righteousness an occasional sweet love song makes an appearance, i.e. Don't Go, which features Dean Frazer on sax. More versions of this song can be found on Bobby Digital's 'Double Up Volume 3' cd. Smile is the other love song on the album.
Three older Bobby Digital productions -Send Us Your Love, Reggae Bring Back Love and New Time New Sign- are also featured here. The first is a cut to Derrick Harriot's 'Solomon' riddim and the second is build around Bob Marley's 'Mellow Mood'.
The album is a piece of beautifully arranged music and sublime songwriting, an irresistible set of easy skanking riddims.
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Methods Protocol: Previous studies [1, 2] have involved imaging of only a single central slice of the brain. The present study used a similar paradigm, but in a multi-slice implementation. Images were obtained using a 1.5 T Philips MRI scanner, using a T2-weighted EPI sequence (3 mm slice thickness, 2 mm × 2 mm in-plane resolution, TR = 10 s, 40 axial slices). Subjects: A group of 7 healthy individuals aged 25–40 years attended on 2 separate occasions. Each visit, following an overnight fast, involved 30 minutes of continuous scanning. The first 5 minutes acted as a baseline. After 5 minutes, the subject began to drink either 150 ml of water or 75 gm of glucose within a 150 ml solution (average drinking time 90 s). Scanning continued for a further 25 minutes from the start of drinking. Subsequently, a separate 3D high-resolution T1-weighted image was obtained at the same orientation to provide additional structural information. Data Analysis: Single-subject analysis involved motion correction of the EPI image set, followed by either (a) registration to a standard template, after which the hypothalamus was located via known Talairach co-ordinates, or (b) location of the hypothalamus by direct observation of the unregistered EPI images, using anatomical markers in a midline sagittal slice [anterior commissure ac, mammillary body mm, optic chiasm oc – see example structural image (top right)]. Due to problems that were identified with registration, subsequent analysis was undertaken on the basis of areas determined via method (b) only: a line was drawn between mm and ac and a second line drawn perpendicular to the first, at its midpoint (see example image). Two regions of interest were then specified: region A in the upper anterior hypothalamus, an area intended to include the paraventricular nucleus; region B in the lower posterior hypothalamus. Each region was then further subdivided into nine overlapping sub-regions of size 20 voxels (Δx = 10 mm, Δy = 4 mm, Δz = 6 mm), and the time course of the fMRI signal was determined for each of these sub regions. For each subject, and for both the "glucose" and "water" data sets, the subregion within region A that showed the greatest rms deviation from baseline, and the subregion within region B that showed the greatest rms deviation from baseline, were selected for further analysis. Results The graph (bottom left) shows the mean signal change over all subjects for the selected sub-regions in region A, and the mean signal change over all subjects for the selected sub-regions in region B, with water and glucose cases shown separately. Data are displayed with 5-point smoothing, i.e., with a 50-second running average. There is a suggestion of higher signal levels for the glucose case than for the water case, but none of the trends reaches significance. Discussion Two earlier studies [1, 2] have produced conflicting results. The data from the present pilot study do not correspond to the findings of either previous study. Following analyses of the techniques used in the present investigation, and the results obtained, it is clear that there are a number of limiting factors. Signal loss due to susceptibility artefacts is apparent in brain regions close to the hypothalamus, and this appears to be associated with instability or drift of signals from the hypothalamus itself. An imaging protocol is required which minimises such artefacts. The use of SENSE (parallel acquisition) and multi-shot rather than single-shot EPI techniques has subsequently been investigated and found to offer significant improvement, even at an enhanced resolution of (1.6 mm) 3. Movement artefact associated with drinking, in particular, tipping the head to assist in swallowing, has been identified as an additional problem. Attempts to restrain this movement with padding fitted specifically to each subject have been partially successful. However, to completely remove any movement artefacts it may be necessary to introduce the appropriate solutions intravenously. Introduction The regulation of glucose levels in the body is of intrinsic interest, but also has implications for the management of patients with diabetes, for whom tight control of blood glucose is proven to reduce the risk of complications. Some studies using fMRI have implicated the hypothalamus as the centre responsible for regulation of plasma glucose concentration, energy intake and feeding behaviour. Data from Matsuda et al. [1] show a reduction in the fMRI signal at 4-10 min after glucose ingestion followed by a return of the signal to baseline. In contrast, the results of Smeets et al. [2] show a prolonged signal decrease (1–2.5%) in the hypothalamus area. The aim of the present study is to further investigate the measurement of fMRI signal within the hypothalamus following glucose ingestion, with a view to determining the time course of this signal. A Benattayallah1, D Flanagan2, B Krishnan2, C Ball1, J Fulford1, KM Macleod1, IR Summers1, AC Shore1 1Peninsula MR Research Centre, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK; 2Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, UK References: [1] Matsuda et al. Altered Hypothalamic Function in Response to Glucose Ingestion in Obese Humans. DIABETES, 48 1801-1806 (1999) [2] Smeets et al. Functional MRI of human hypothalamic responses following glucose ingestion. NeuroImage, 24 363– 368 (2005). Funded by Diabetes UK and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. The authors thank Philips Medical Systems for scientific support. fMRI: A USEFUL TOOL FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF HYPOTHALAMUS FUNCTION
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