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Identity, positionality and reflexivity: relevance and application to research paramedics - PMC
Caitlin Wilson, Gillian Janes, Julia Williams
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
This article introduces the reader to the concepts of identity, positionality and reflexivity and outlines their relevance to research paramedics. We outline how a researcher’s identity and positionality can influence all aspects of research, ...
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View paper →Defining Reinforcement Learning Down
Ben Recht
Substack·2025
It's a lot simpler than I realized.
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View paper →Searching for correlations between satellite galaxy populations and the cold circumgalactic medium around TNG50 galaxies
Mitali Damle, Stephanie Tonnesen, Martin Sparre, Philipp Richter
arXiv·2025
We investigate the impact of satellites, a potentially important contributor towards the cold gas assembly of a halo, on the cold gas budgets of 197 TNG50 simulated halos with masses of 10$^{10.85}$ $\le$ M$_{200c}$/M$_{\odot}$ $\le$ 10$^{12.24}$ at $z$ = 0. To highlight the effect of satellites, we split the sample into three mass bins. We find that the total number of satellites, total mass of satellites, number of massive satellites and stellar mass of the most massive satellite, all correlate with the cold gas mass in halos. The total number of satellites (stellar mass of the most massive satellite) correlates most with the halo cold gas mass for low (middle) mass halos. The number of massive or observable satellites correlates with cold gas mass in similar manner as the total number of satellites. Our findings can, therefore, be used to guide future observers to focus on the link between the number of observable satellites and the amount of cold gas in a halo. Despite this correlation, we find that much of the cold gas lies far from the satellites. This leads us to conclude that satellites are unlikely to be the main supplier for cold gas in halos, however we discuss how they may act in tandem with other sources such that the satellite population correlates with the total cold gas in their host halo.
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View paper →Testing The Benefits Theory of Leisure Wellbeing
Dong-Jin Lee, Grace B. Yu, M. Joseph Sirgy
Applied Research in Quality of Life·2023·10 citations
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View paper →Framing the Self. The Philosophical Dimensions of Human Nature in Kokoro
David Pollack
Monumenta Nipponica·1988·2 citations
No abstract available
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View paper →The Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired or Otherwise Print Disabled in the European Union: Reflecting on Its Implementation and Gauging Its Impact from a Disability Perspective
Delia Ferri
IIC - International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law·2024·3 citations
<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>The Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired or Otherwise Print Disabled (Marrakesh Treaty) requires State Parties to introduce limitations and exceptions to national copyright rules in order to allow the reproduction, distribution and making available of published works in formats that are accessible to persons who are blind, visually impaired or otherwise print disabled. This Treaty was concluded by the European Union (EU) on behalf of its Member States in 2018. It was then implemented by means of a Directive and a Regulation. On the tenth anniversary of its adoption, and six years after the enactment of the EU implementing acts, this article reflects on the implementation of the Marrakesh Treaty in the EU, highlighting its strengths and shortcomings. It then discusses, from a disability perspective, the impact of the Marrakesh Treaty within Europe on foot of a multimethod empirical study conducted within the project<jats:italic>ReCreating Europe</jats:italic>. On the whole, this article argues that, in spite of some weaknesses of the Marrakesh Directive, which leaves room for differences across the Member States, the ratification of the Marrakesh Treaty by the EU has supported access to printed materials for people with disabilities.</jats:p>
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View paper →Smartphones-Based Assistive Technology: Accessibility Features and Apps for People with Visual Impairment, and its Usage, Challenges, and Usability Testing
Suraj Singh Senjam, Souvik Manna, Covadonga Bascaran
Clinical Optometry·2021·74 citations
No abstract available
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View paper →The possibilities of separate leisure: organising opportunities for children with disabilities
Rebecka Tiefenbacher
Leisure Studies·2024·1 citations
No abstract available
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View paper →History and Foundations of Interpretivist Research
Unknown Author
Foundations of Qualitative
Research: Interpretive and Critical
Approaches·2007·4 citations
No abstract available
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View paper →How Many Braille Readers? Policy, Politics, and Perception
Rebecca M. Sheffield, Frances M. D’Andrea, Valerie Morash, Sarah Chatfield
Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness·2022·31 citations
<jats:sec><jats:title>Introduction</jats:title><jats:p> This study involved a systematic literature review to document the sources behind publications and citations that comprise knowledge about rates of braille usage/literacy among people with visual impairments in the United States. </jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods</jats:title><jats:p> Predefined search criteria were used to extract publications that potentially mentioned claims about braille literacy and usage rates, dating back as far as the early 20<jats:sup>th</jats:sup> century. Systematic analyses narrowed the set of publications to a collection of 95 articles and manuscripts that made specific statements about the prevalence of braille readership. </jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results</jats:title><jats:p> The analysis revealed that even in peer-reviewed publications, many claims about braille literacy are made without citations to dependable sources. All identified citations used as the basis for braille literacy rates since the 1970s can be traced back to two primary sources: a National Library Service report from 1979 and the American Printing House for the Blind (APH) Federal Quota data (which should not be used as a source for braille literacy rates). </jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Discussion</jats:title><jats:p> This research explains the source of the often-cited “10%” statistic. The findings also challenge the field to question the bases for statements about braille literacy rates, including asking, “What do we mean by braille literacy?” </jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Implications for Practitioners</jats:title><jats:p> There is no current source of data that succinctly measures braille literacy rates in the United States, and there are no data that explain whether braille literacy rates are rising or declining. Making effective, data-based decisions requires asking the right questions and being informed readers of research in the field of visual impairment. </jats:p></jats:sec>
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View paper →The Evolution of “Sinicisation” | Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society
FANGYI CHENG
Cambridge Core·2021
This paper traces the history and usage of the theory of Sinicisation in western and Chinese scholarship, and discusses the intellectual trends underlying the different discourses in which the theory has been adopted. Since early 20th Century, the theory of “Sinicisation” has evolved and was adopted into three distinct historiographical discourses to construct different arguments. The first discourse is about the historical acculturation of border peoples and assimilation of domestic peoples to Chinese language, culture and economic life; the second one argues an inherent superiority in Chinese culture specifically produced cultural change across eastern Eurasia to promote nationalism; the third discourse emphasizes the diversity and mixture of the people living inside historical and contemporary China to construct and stabilise the polity. Every discourse rooted in its own intellectual trend, and also faces different criticism. Followed with examining criticisms of Sinicisation since the 1950s, this paper concludes by discussing the relationships of the three discourses of Sinicisation.
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View paper →Kernel Float: Unlocking Mixed-Precision GPU Programming
Stijn Heldens, Ben van Werkhoven
ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software·2025
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Modern GPUs feature specialized hardware for low-precision floating-point arithmetic to accelerate compute-intensive workloads that do not require high numerical accuracy, such as those from artificial intelligence. However, despite the significant gains in computational throughput, memory bandwidth utilization, and energy efficiency, integrating low-precision formats into scientific applications remains difficult. We introduce
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, a header-only C++ library that simplifies the development of portable mixed-precision GPU kernels. Kernel Float provides a generic vector type, a unified interface for common mathematical operations, and fast approximations for low-precision transcendental functions that lack native hardware support. To demonstrate the potential of mixed-precision computing unlocked by our library, we integrated Kernel Float into nine GPU kernels from various domains. Our evaluation on Nvidia A100 and AMD MI250X GPUs shows performance improvements of up to
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over double precision, while reducing source code length by up to 50% compared to handwritten kernels and having negligible runtime overhead. Our results further show that mixed-precision performance depends not only on choosing appropriate data types, but also on tuning traditional optimization parameters (e.g., block size and vector width) and, when relevant, even domain-specific parameters.
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