bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Investigating non-genetic factors impacting first lactation milk yield in Mehsana buffaloes
Authors: P.B. Purohit  , K.N. Raja  , N.G. Nayee  , A. Yadav  , M.R. Kachave  , K. Kalairaj
Published: November 2024

Buffaloes are known as the backbone of dairy industry in India by contributing about half of milk production. Milk production, a complex trait, is influenced by various non-genetic factors. This study investigated the impact of non-genetic factors on the first lactation performance of Mehsana buffaloes, focusing on their 305-day milk yield (305DMY). The dataset, comprising
23,608 records, was obtained from the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), Anand, recorded through the Indian Network for Animal Productivity and Health (INAPH). Age at first calving, year of calving, month of calving, and union (milk co-operative society) were considered as non-genetic factors. Statistical analysis, including Least Squares Analysis and Duncan’s Multiple Range Test, revealed that all factors had a highly significant (P < 0.01) influence on 305DMY. These findings contribute valuable insights into dairy herd management strategies, aiding dairy farmers, policymakers, and researchers to optimize milk production and improve the overall productivity of Mehsana buffaloes.
Comparative analysis of marker selection approaches for population stratification in Garole and Deccani sheep
Authors: Munish Gangwar  , Abdul Basit Ali  , Rohit Barwar  , Sheikh Firdous Ahmad
Published: November 2024

The present study was undertaken to identify ancestry-informative single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers from medium-density Ovine50K genotyping data for the development of low-density SNP panels in Deccani and Garole sheep breeds of India. These panels can be used for efficient and cost-effective genetic analysis and breed identification. Genotyping data from 49 individuals (25 Garole, and 24 Deccani) was analyzed using the OvineSNP50 BeadChip array. Quality control measures were applied to ensure data accuracy and improve reliability and reproducibility of results. Admixture analysis was performed to assess genetic structure and identify potential marker sets for low-density panels. Three different methods (distance, frequency, and index) were used to select markers based on their distribution and allele frequencies. The low-density panels were designed at pre-set sizes of 500, 1000, 2000, 3000, and 5000. The results revealed that low-density panels, particularly with 3K and 5K markers, can effectively differentiate between Deccani and Garole sheep. In conclusion, the 0.5K dense SNP panel developed via index method (followed by frequency method) can be recommended for better genomic clustering (~90%) for both the breeds. The developed SNP panels provide a valuable resource for genetic analysis and breed identification in these sheep populations, potentially facilitating conservation efforts and genetic improvement programs.
Heat stress on dairy cattle
Authors: Indrajit Gayari  , Sylvia Lalhmingmawii  , Ajoy Mandal
Published: November 2024

Climate change significantly impacts the production, health, welfare, and survival of farm animals. The prolonged heat stress is a major concern in tropical and subtropical regions. Heat tolerance enables livestock to maintain thermal balance under extreme climatic conditions, thus ensuring productivity and animal welfare. There is a feasibility of genetic selection for heat tolerance to improve production and reproduction traits. This genetic selection may provide enduring advantages in maintaining productive and reproductive performances as heat stress is a heritable trait. To identify and integrate traits associated with thermal tolerance into breeding programs, it is imperative to have a robust animal performance records and meteorological data. Temperature humidity index (THI) is a widely used biomarker for assessing heat stress in dairy cows, as it combines air temperature and relative humidity. In regions with sparse weather station coverage, NASA POWER satellite data is a viable alternative for obtaining meteorological information to calculate THI and evaluate heat stress impacts. There are multiple models for calculating THI and those focusing on humidity being more effective in humid climates. Genetic models, particularly reaction norm models based on random regressions, were introduced for estimating genetic parameters for heat tolerance in cattle. These models help to understand genotype-environment interactions and non-linear relationship between THI and milk yield reduction. The continued genetic selection for milk production without considering heat tolerance traits increases susceptibility to heat stress, emphasizing a need for comprehensive selection objectives. This review underscores the importance of incorporating heat tolerance traits into genetic selection for dairy cattle and highlights various biomarkers and genetic models used to estimate heat tolerance. Incorporating these traits into breeding goals is essential to improve thermotolerance while maintaining productivity, bolstering resilience of cattle to climate change.
Performance evaluation of composite Vrindavani cattle in field conditions of Uttar Pradesh
Authors: P. Rajkumar  , K. Tamilarasan  , Ayon Tarafdar  , Hari Om Pandey  , Mukesh Singh  , Triveni Dutt  , Gyanendra Kumar Gaur
Published: November 2024

The present study aimed to evaluate the performance of Vrindavani crossbred cattle under field conditions of Uttar Pradesh. The study was conducted in six tehsils of the Bareilly district, involving interviews with 201 respondents and covering a total of 554 animals. Data were collected through a semi-structured interview schedule. A one-way ANOVA was performed to find the statistical differences between the tehsils in the Bareilly district. The average lactation milk yield, lactation length, average milk yield per day, peak yield, and dry period of Vrindavani crossbred cows under field conditions was 2996.54±32.99 kg, 348.80±1.98 days, 8.64±0.10 kg,
13.34±0.17 kg, and 117.51±2.76 days, respectively. The age at puberty, age at first service, age at first calving, service period, number of services per conception, and calving interval averaged
611.36±9.71 days, 678.94±5.46 days, 1010.71±7.25 days, 171.90±2.63 days, 2.39±0.07, and
465.71±3.01 days, respectively. The average birth weight, and weight at 3 months, 6 months, and 12 months for Vrindavani crossbred calves were 21.17±0.07 kg, 45.76±0.25 kg, 80.79±0.44 kg, and 128.03±1.12 kg, respectively. The performance of Vrindavani crossbred cows was comparatively better than other crossbred cattle populations under field conditions. However, their performance in the field was lower as compared to organized farms. To improve the productivity of Vrindavani crossbreds further, a proper breeding policy should be implemented at the field level to ensure the propagation of Vrindavani crossbred semen. Additionally, improvements in non-genetic factors are necessary to achieve higher productivity.
Genome Editing Tools for Improved and Sustainable Livestock Production Systems
Authors: Shweta Yadav  , Priyanka Singh  , Manoj Kumar Singh  , Naresh L. Selokar
Published: November 2024

Genome editing has great potential to improve production traits such as dairy and meat quality, as well as wool production in livestock species. Some notable examples include the production of the β-lactoglobulin (BLG) knockout resulting in hypoallergenic milk, disruption of the myostatin (MSTN) gene leading to increased muscle mass, longer wool achieved by mutating the fibroblast growth factor 5 (FGF5) gene, and the development of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS)-resistant pigs through the editing of the CD163 receptor. These advancements demonstrated the immense potential for enhancing productivity, animal health, and welfare to significant impact the economic benefits for farmers and industries. The regulatory landscape for gene-edited animals varies globally; the countries like Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Colombia, and Japan have adopted progressive policies by treating gene- edited animals similarly to those produced by conventional breeding. In conclusion, genome editing technologies have the potential to transform agriculture, promoting sustainability and efficiency in livestock production systems.
Opening access to Red Cross knowledge: an interview with John Willinsky, Public Knowledge Project, Stanford University
Authors: Sadki Reda
Published: November 2024

Why are scholarly journals not obsolete? How does a journal contribute to learning? Why would the Red Cross need a scholarly journal? A lively conversation with John Willinsky from the Public Knowledge Project, recorded at the Third Conference on Scholarly Publishing in Berlin, Germany, on 28 September 2011.
AGAINST OCCUPATION
Authors: Jacobs Jason
Published: November 2024

Late last year John Caughie published an essay (in

Screen

vol 51 no 4 [Winter 2010]). Entitled ‘Mourning Television: the other screen’ his article characterised contemporary television in terms of decline, decadence and loss. I have responded to this elsewhere (

Screen

vol 52 no 4 [Winter 2011]) but here I want to address its key moment of

praise

for television which comes at the
GOING OVER TO THE DARK SIDE
Authors: Akass Kim
Published: November 2024

I have, both on this blog and elsewhere, moaned long and hard about the evil TV snatcher Rupert Murdoch.   Like The Child Catcher in

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Murdoch dresses up his new channel, Sky Atlantic, as a glossy and shiny treat that will give TV viewers the shows that we would otherwise be denied.
REAL MAD: DON DRAPER AND TELEVISION REALITY
Authors: Howard Douglas
Published: November 2024

I must admit that, when I first thought about writing something for this month, I planned on writing about the personal impact of season finales, like

Mad Men

’s or

Justified

’s or

The Walking Dead

’s. Although the rational part of me knows that these breaks are deliberately created and necessary, so that the writers, actors, producers, etc., can regroup and plan out the next story arc or the next series of
THE MUTUAL BENEFITS OF ENGAGING WITH INDUSTRY
Authors: Johnson Catherine
Published: November 2024

28 September 2012 To what extent should academics be engaging with industry, and how? What relevance does academic research in television studies have for industry anyway?
How to Solve It
Authors: Sadki Reda
Published: November 2024

Understanding the problem First. You have to understand the problem. What is the unknown? What are the data? What is the condition? Is it possible to satisfy the condition? Is the condition sufficient to determine the unknown? Or is it insufficient? Or redundant? Or contradictory? Draw a figure. Introduce suitable notation. Separate the various parts of the condition. Can you write them down? Devising a plan Second.
Katja Mruck on starting a peer-reviewed open access journal
Authors: Sadki Reda
Published: November 2024

In 2001, Katja Mruck started a peer-reviewed multilingual open access journal FQS – Forum on qualitative social research. In this interview, recorded at the Third Conference on Scholarly Publishing in Berlin, Germany (28 September 2011), she explains what ingredients were needed to make the journal’s launch a success. Mruck is the Coordinator open access and e-publishing, Center for Digital Systems CeDis), Freie Universität Berlin.
SERIES SEASON SHOW
Authors: Lavery David
Published: November 2024

A piece I contributed to the “In Debate” section of the most recent issue of

CST

(6.1) ended somewhat enigmatically with these words: If television now leaps from platform to platform, TV scholarship must of course continue to take leaps of faith as well. Online publishing, a natural venue, is nothing new, of course. . . . But one day soon print small screen scholarship may seem as passé as watching television with an antennae.
CHANNEL 4 AND SCRIPTED COMEDY DEVELOPMENT: COMEDY WITH A CAPITAL C
Authors: Horton Erica
Published: November 2024

One of the questions I’ve had to answer in conducting my PhD research is how I’m going to define what I’m looking at when I research British Television Comedy. More specifically, because I’m conducting interviews with ‘comedy professionals’, how will I know to whom it will be pertinent for me to speak.
THE ART OF PROMOTION: PLANET EARTH LIVE
Authors: Johnson Catherine
Published: November 2024

In seeking to capture and manage attention within a competitive media landscape, promotion has become a major component of broadcast output, from the exponential increase in promos, logos, idents and trailers, to new forms of branded and interactive content.  In this broadcast ecology an industry sector has emerged specializing in promotional communication and digital screen design.
WHAT IS ‘BRITAIN’S LEADING FORUM FOR TELEVISION AND RELATED MEDIA’? IT’S THE ROYAL TELEVISION SOCIETY
Authors: Geraghty Christine
Published: November 2024

The Royal Television Society may claim to be ‘Britain’s leading forum for television and related media’ but it can still look like a rather old-fashioned institution. The Prince of Wales is its Patron and John Logie Baird was made a Fellow back in 1927.
WITNESSING EXCELLENCE IN DAVID MILCH’S LUCK
Authors: Jacobs Jason
Published: November 2024

Passion and passion in its profoundest, is not a thing demanding a palatial stage whereon to play its part. Down among the groundlings, among the beggars and rakers of the garbage, profound passion is enacted. And the circumstances that provoke it, however trivial or mean, are no measure of its power.
MERDE, DOUBLAGE INDISPONIBLE! [OMG IT’S NOT DUBBED]
Authors: Ellis John
Published: November 2024

Channel 4, Sunday at 9pm, the slot that gave us Homeland launched a new series

The Returned

. The  trailer told us that this is “the no.1 French thriller”, perhaps a bit of an exaggeration for a series that had an average audience of less than 1.5 million on Canal+, 23.3% of the subscribership for this subscription service.
Learning Technologies in London and European MOOCs in Lausanne
Authors: Sadki Reda
Published: November 2024

My feet hurt. I’ve just returned from a week-long trip for LSi.io pounding the pavements of London and Oxford, meeting 26 humanitarian, academic, and corporate people in four days. I wish to thank every organization and individual who took the time to welcome me and share thoughts, insights, and experiences.
EVEN THE REPEATS WERE GOOD . . . 1986: A YEAR OF HIDDEN TREASURES, AND EMPIRES LOST
Authors: Hewett Richard
Published: November 2024

After celebrating the joys of modern-day ‘flow’ television last month, this time round I’m going to take a (somewhat nostalgic, I admit) trip into the past. Television formed a major part of my childhood and teens, and I imagine the same is true for many of those who contribute to this site.
CONFESSIONS OF A LATE ADOPTER
Authors: Geraghty Christine
Published: November 2024

In a fascinating micro-study a couple of years ago, my colleague Karen Lury looked at how her neighbours were managing the digital transition (‘Close viewing: stories of technology in the move from analog to digital media’, paper to SCMS, New Orleans). This rang bells with me since I was beginning the long drawn-out stages of my own transition. I could never be accused of being an ‘early adopter’ so far as television is concerned.
THE SINGING DETECTIVE: YOURS FOR £5,000
Authors: Ellis John
Published: November 2024

I had never been a particular fan of Dennis Potter, but this was different. The film noir atmosphere, the unreliable narrator, ambiguous events and characters, the explicit play with the genres of fiction, both popular and elite, the edgy, coruscating dialogue… And the music. It was my first experience of TV where you never quite knew where you were, and that was the point.
THE CASE OF JULIET BRAVO: YOU HAVE TO WATCH ALL OF A SERIES TO TRULY UNDERSTAND A SERIES
Authors: Smart Billy
Published: November 2024

As a practicing textual analyst and historian of British television drama between the sixties and the eighties, I have a methodology that is so distinct in my field as to possibly be unique. I gain my knowledge of British television drama by watching as much of it as is it humanly possible to do, with the aim of eventually having seen the majority of what survives and is available.
BAZINGA/BAZINGA: ON PREDICTABILITY AND RERUNS
Authors: Howard Douglas
Published: November 2024

It all started with a big bang.  So, there I was, sitting on the couch after a long day, remote in hand, ready to surf a few hundred channels on my television and make the most of a quiet hour at home.
WHY I STOPPED WATCHING GLEE SEASON 3 – OR THE EXPERIENCE OF WATCHING TV IN THE DIGITAL AGE
Authors: Johnson Cathy
Published: November 2024

Glee

has almost all the elements of a perfect TV show for me: high school setting, teens bursting into song at the drop of a hat, lively dance numbers, generally up-beat storytelling, fast-paced dialogue and storylines that don’t shy away from difficult subject matter, such as homophobia and teen pregnancy. Sure, season two had been hit and miss.
DOES LIVE TV MATTER?
Authors: Ellis John
Published: November 2024

On Monday 30 September at 9pm Sky Living launched The Face, a talent-training format based on modelling. One of the three mentors, Naomi Campbell was in New York on launch night.
LIFE, DEATH AND THE GAME IN THE BIGGEST LOSER
Authors: Ramsay Debra
Published: November 2024

There are times when television rules our house.   There are certain shows we watch with an intense level of concentration and involvement that even prohibits exchanging opinions until the credits roll.  At other times, television functions as background, or ‘white’ noise, much as radio once did, and perhaps still does, while other activities are taking place in the home.
WHAT CHRISTMAS ADVERTS CAN TEACH US ABOUT TELEVISION
Authors: Johnson Catherine
Published: November 2024

It’s that time of year again. The streets are festooned with lights, mulled wine is on the menu in my local pub, and television is inundated with Christmas ads. We tend not to write that much about advertising in Television Studies, leaving that to Business and Marketing Studies while focusing our attention on the ‘proper’ programmes.
YOUTUBE AND THE SCANDAL OF VIDEOGAME FOOTAGE USED AS IF IT WERE REAL
Authors: Ellis John
Published: November 2024

Remember when ITV’s new flagship current affairs programme

Exposure

(26 September 2011, 22.35) was itself exposed for using videogame footage, claiming it showed IRA members trying to shoot down a British army helicopter in 1988?
ANOTHER WEEK ON BRITISH TV
Authors: Akass Kim
Published: November 2024

As yet another week on British TV draws to a close I am moved to wonder what has happened to our television industry and my TV watching habits.
NEWS CORPORATION, SAVIOR OF THE PLANET
Authors: Miller Toby
Published: November 2024

Like any socialist who has lived where I have during Rupert Murdoch’s hegemony, I’ve taken immense delight these past months in his public humiliation over phone tapping and much, much more. Best of all, I finally understand one of my formative educational experiences.
DRAMATIC SPACES: THE IMAGINATIVE WORLD OF THE TV STUDIO
Authors: Panos Leah
Published: November 2024

In his 1990 autobiography, Days of Vision (London: Methuen) the late television director and writer, Don Taylor, rhetorically asked what the television studio could offer that film, by then the established mode for drama production, could not. He gave the following heartfelt and poetic answer: ‘…an empty space. A prepared canvas ready to paint on; the vacuum of an open mind waiting to be filled.
CHART BOUND SOUNDS: WHY THE TOP OF THE POPS REPEATS ARE WORTH WAITING FOR
Authors: Leggott James
Published: November 2024

As anyone who’s attempted to sit through an entire episode of In the Night Garden will appreciate, my mind tends to wander when I’m watching the bedtime hour on CBeebies with my toddler.
Pipeline
Authors: Sadki Reda
Published: November 2024

“In a knowledge economy, the flow of knowledge is the equivalent of the oil pipe in an industrial economy.
WHEN SOMETHING GOES WRONG…
Authors: Ellis John
Published: November 2024

As the whole world is about to discover, Britain is more than usually wet this year. As Charlie Brooker puts it, we will be trying to stage the Olympics under water. So imagine my delight at BBC One’s latest primetime miniseries

Blackout.

It’s a drama of political corruption, set in a rainsodden city dominated by Victorian buildings with a drastic shortage of lighting.
IT’S NOT TV: IT’S COMICS!
Authors: Proctor William
Published: November 2024

At times, the television landscape can be a source of irritation and chagrin for avid fans of certain series due to the falling axe of unceremonious cancellation. If the viewing figures do not match the economic requirements of the corporate body, then, more often than not, the proverbial guillotine is brought forth to routinely dispatch the offending article from the schedules.
THE RISE AND FALL OF TURKISH TV SERIES ON GREEK TELEVISION
Authors: Serafeim Katerina
Published: November 2024

There is no doubt that the 2012-2013 TV season was the year of Turkish TV series on Greek Television. This year, Turkish TV series seem to follow with mathematical precision an order of causality that leads to their gradual disappearance.
MOOCs for international and nongovernmental organizations
Authors: Sadki Reda
Published: November 2024

International organizations already deliver training at a massive scale, but they do it mostly the old-fashioned way – one workshop at a time. The urgency of scaling up learning, education and training (LET) is real: with 320 million people affected by climate change-related disasters in 2015, 30 million deaths from non-communicable diseases (NCDs), and many more such grim numbers, it is clear that the challenges need to be met at scale.
THE PRINCIPLES OF GARDEN DESIGN
Authors: Jacobs Jason
Published: November 2024

On Tuesday this week I arrived back in Australia, early in the morning, from three weeks conferencing and researching in Europe. I spent the day engaged in the gently restorative process of unpacking, washing, and sorting through the accumulated notes and debris of scholarly behaviour.
ITS NOT TV, ITS NETFLIX
Authors: Proctor William
Published: November 2024

As a scholar of all things transmedia, the news that Netflix is teaming up with Marvel Comics to produce a series of shows based upon several comic book properties provides valuable insight into the way in which television is adapting to a shift in delivery.
THE TROUBLE WITH CALLING PEOPLE ‘TALENTED’: BROADCASTING’S SEARCH FOR DIVERSITY AND DIVERSITY’S SEARCH FOR BROADCASTING
Authors: Horton Erica
Published: November 2024

At the end of March I was invited to take part in the University of Glasgow’s RSE funded workshop series “Shaping Scotland’s Talent: Change, Flexibility and New Pathways in the Screen Industries”. It was a fascinating event with a broad range of policy makers, broadcasters and academics giving position pieces on their experiences with fostering creative talent and open discussions about how, in particular, diversity of talent can be
NEW SCOTLAND YARD AND THE METROPOLITAN POLICE
Authors: Lamb Ben
Published: November 2024

Since October 2012 New Scotland Yard’s future has become increasingly uncertain. Following government cuts it was announced that the iconic 20-storey stainless steel office block could be sold in an attempt to save £500m annually. Deputy Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Craig Mackey has planned to move the headquarters to a nearby location in Cannon Row that houses approximately 31,200 less staff.
CST Online Relaunch
Authors: Akass Kim
Published: November 2024

At last its time to re-launch CST Online. Things move fast in the online world. While the old site did its job, long have I yearned for a slick, clean looking site. That day has now come.
BENEFITS STREET – WHO BENEFITS?
Authors: Ellis John
Published: November 2024

Who would have thought that the company behind the cuddly

Great British Bake Off

format would be embroiled in one of the biggest documentary ethics blow-ups of recent years? Love Productions is indeed behind both

Bake Off

and

Benefits Street

, a five-part Channel 4 series that has “prompted a storm of protest” and a 38 Degrees online petition signed by 50,000
TELEVISION TRIBES
Authors: Wheatley Helen
Published: November 2024

I was recently consulted by telecommunications company, TalkTalk, on what it called its ‘Television Tribes’ report. Along with TalkTalk, I worked on producing a detailed, long-form questionnaire conducted by telephone and online by the organisation OnePoll.
BBC GOES STEAMPUNK: RIPPER STREET, PEAKY BLINDERS AND THE MEMORIALISATION OF HISTORY
Authors: Ellis John
Published: November 2024

With the 2014 centenary of the First World War already being trailed, the BBC’s move to a steampunk view of history is fascinating.
INSIDE SPORT
Authors: Jacobs Jason
Published: November 2024

There are only three sports I enjoy watching on television and each has a unique way of handling the articulation of player interiority through sound and vision.
SKY EXCLUSIVITY? WE’VE BEEN HERE BEFORE
Authors: Akass Kim
Published: November 2024

BSkyB is complaining that millions of its customers are being unfairly excluded ‘from watching BBCshows on demand because of “unnecessarily restrictive” syndication rules’.
DOING TIME
Authors: Miller Toby
Published: November 2024

http://www.fox.com/alcatraz/ takes you to Alcatraz, a new series that began on Gringo TV last month.
RETURN OF THE NON-NATIVE
Authors: Miller Toby
Published: November 2024

I’ve left Mexico and moved back to my beloved, benighted, lonesome home of LA. Improbably, in balmy temperatures, there are skaters on the Pershing Square rink that I look down on from my loft. It’s some distance from Coyoacán and my neighbor/protestors who saw themselves as the southern wing of Spain’s

indignados

: The week before I left Mexico City, we had a major earthquake.
TV IS DEAD
Authors: Miller Toby
Published: November 2024

Google, that old faithful of lazy scholars undertaking armchair proxy research, tells us that about 280,000 sites offer “Television is Dead”. The expression even has its own site though the title is slightly misleading. “TV is Dead” has a million more

and Britain’s Channel 4 has a series.
Four billion
Authors: Sadki Reda
Published: November 2024

A few months ago, a malaria guy showed me the $20 dumb Nokia phones he buys in a Geneva convenience store and then gives out to trainees who then use it to collect data via SMS text messages. ARM says that the US$20 smart phone (read: Android with an ARM chip) will arrive this year. At stake: how to get the next four billion people online.
SCOTT AND CHARLENE FOREVER: EMOTIONAL ENGAGEMENT WITH NARRATIVE SERIAL FORMS
Authors: Berridge Susan
Published: November 2024

Last week (Friday 8

th

November, to be exact) marked the 25 year anniversary of the UK broadcast of Scott and Charlene’s wedding in Australian soap opera,

Neighbours

, watched by almost 20 million viewers at the time.
ANGEL REMEMBERED 10 YEARS ON
Authors: Abbott Stacey
Published: November 2024

Ten years is not very long in the immortal life of a vampire – with or without a soul – but in the life, or afterlife, of a television series, it feels like an eternity.
TV ON TV – THE SET THAT FAILED
Authors: Geraghty Christine
Published: November 2024

One of the strange things about the people in soaps is that they don’t appear to watch television. Recently in

EastEnders

we have had several sights of a character slumped on the sofa with a faint sound of a soundtrack on the soundtrack. But the television soon gets switched off without comment and the story resumes.
PEOPLE ARE FUNNY AT THE NEW CENTRE FOR COMEDY STUDIES
Authors: White Rosie
Published: November 2024

Jo Brand and Lee Mack were part of a panel discussing current issues in the profession at the launch of a new Centre for Comedy Studies Research.  Dr John Roberts, chairing, posed the first question; what should a
Letter from America
Authors: Ellis John
Published: November 2024

THE DARK SIDE OF KELLEY David E.Kelley’s new primetime series on NBC, Harry’s Law, has just turned bleak. Fans of Ally McBealwere initially delighted by the idea of a sacked patents lawyer (‘Harriet Korn’/Kathy Bates) setting up a storefront law firm in an abandoned shoe shop.
COLIN’S SANDWICH: REMEMBERING FORGOTTEN TELEVISION, REMEMBERING MEL SMITH
Authors: Smart Billy
Published: November 2024

Starting work on the three year AHRC project ‘The History of Forgotten TV Drama in the UK’ at Royal Holloway has led me to think a lot about to what extent I remember television myself, and the reliability of my own memory. A widespread false memory syndrome can afflict even programmes that are ostensibly well remembered.
THE IMPACT OF TELEVISION HISTORY II, OR, WHAT’S INTERESTING ABOUT WORKING WOMEN AND TELEVISION?
Authors: Moseley Rachel
Published: November 2024

As the ‘History of Television for Women in Britain’ team heave a collective sigh of relief at the completion of our main ‘impact’ activities for this project, I thought I would take advantage of the opportunity of blogging for

CST

to talk about our most recent impact adventure, and to reflect, on behalf of the team, on what we hope this aspect of the project might have achieved.
QUALITY TELEVISION: THE NEXT GENERATION
Authors: Howard Douglas
Published: November 2024

I was initially thinking of calling this post “Is the Age of Quality Television Over?” or even something more ominous like “Is This The End?” but I don’t think that it is, and I’m not ready to play TV-Nostradamus just yet, in spite of whatever signs I might be seeing from the comfort of my living room.
The significance of technology for humanitarian education
Authors: Sadki Reda
Published: November 2024

First published in the

World Disasters Report 2013: Focus on technology and the future of humanitarian action.

Since the rise of the internet in the early 1990s, the most obvious benefit offered by educational technology has been its potential ubiquity or the ability to learn anywhere, anytime.
INNER AND OUTER IN HOMELAND
Authors: Jacobs Jason
Published: November 2024

Steven Peacock’s recent observation that many academic analyses of television too often become ‘systematic, determined to “solve” the text’s engagement with a specific subject’  is a timely reminder that our evaluation of  television art would do well to avoid treating it like a puzzle.
PARENT INVASION: DADS AND THE MILLERS – TWO INTERGENERATIONAL SITCOMS PART II
Authors: Baluch Jamila
Published: November 2024

The current U.S. television season has seen the introduction of two new network sitcoms with the same basic premise: Fox’s

Dads

and CBS’s

The Millers

both revolve around retired parents who, due to a change in their own circumstances, move in with their grown-up children – a situation that results in constant intergenerational conflict.
Transfer Pricing End-of-Year Adjustments in the United Kingdom
Authors: Jupp A. , Heggs K. , Rigby A.
Published: November 2024

The United Kingdom’s transfer pricing legislation, contained in Part 4 of the Taxation (International and Other Provisions) Act 2010, mandates that profits and losses for tax purposes be calculated as if arm’s length provisions were made between related parties, aligning with OECD guidance. This legislation generally only allows adjustments that increase UK profits (a feature often referred to as the “one-way street”), with exceptions only for mutual agreement procedure outcomes or compensating adjustments between UK resident entities, resulting in careful consideration of intercompany arrangements being required to minimize year-end adjustments.This article is part of a special issue of the International Transfer Pricing Journal on transfer pricing end-of-year adjustments. The other articles include the General Report and contributions on Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Korea,the Netherlands, Spain and the United States.
Transfer Pricing End-of-Year Adjustments in Ireland
Authors: Duffy Joe , McGovern James
Published: November 2024

End-of-year adjustments may be allowed by Irish Revenue once they are made prior to filing the company’s tax return. Once a return has been filed, procedures such as “self-correction without penalty” may be used to effect such adjustments provided that Revenue has not initiated a compliance intervention. APAs can provide some certainty for taxpayers in this area as the terms may include agreement with Revenue on year-end adjustment mechanisms.This article is part of a special issue of the International Transfer Pricing Journal on transfer pricing end-of-year adjustments. The other articles include the General Report and contributions on Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Korea, the Netherlands, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States.
Renovation of the Lapidarium in Kożuchów
Authors: Michalak Bartosz
Published: November 2024

Sacred monuments are an important part of the landscape of the Lubuskie region. Kożuchów, a small town some 30 km from the provincial capital Zielona Góra, is a town with a long and rich history, whose area is full of buildings in need of care. One of the important elements in its landscape is the museum of gravestone sculpture - the Lapidarium. The sepulchral lapidarium in Kozuchow is one of the best-preserved sets of tomb sculpture in Poland. It was established in the 1970s on the site of a former Protestant cemetery, for the establishment of which the Evangelical community received permission in 1634. Restoration work is in progress to preserve and protect this regionally and nationally significant sacred monument. In this article, the authors present the renovation processes underway since 2018 and the stages planned for the coming years. The purpose of this article as to point out the remarkable regional importance of a unique example of a sacred monument, which is the Lapidarium in Kozuchow. The uniqueness of the gravestone sculptures with epitaphs contained therein, their exceptional level of craftsmanship and state of preservation predispose the Lapidarium to be saved from destruction and made available to the public.
Virtual Assessment And Optimization Of LAM Processes For Automotive Structural Components - Tackling Of Multiscale Physics By Multiscale Virtual Process Assessments In The CUSTOMAT3D Research Project
Authors: Hartmann Goetz , Schäfer Wilfried , Thorborg Jesper
Published: November 2024

AM processes provide a freedom of design being a key to highly function-integrated components optimized for minimum weight with maximum rigidity. In comparison to metal casting’s lead for light structural component production, AM processes are not yet established. For the industrial introduction of innovative AM components and manufacturing processes, the virtual proof of feasibility is strictly required. It is today the only way to check and compare countless designs and variants of manufacturing processes in the shortest possible time. But computational simulation of LAM is still in its infancy.In the research project Customat3D, developers and automotive users of structural components, material developers, LAM producers and simulation technologists have come together for a joint approach to innovative LAM automotive structural components.In the proposed article, computational multi-scale modelling of LAM with its thermomechanical phenomena is discussed. The relevant results of the funded Customat3D R&D project are summarized.
Production Of High-grade Metal Powder For Additive Manufacturing By Using The Powder Atomization Plant Of SMS Group
Authors: Wilkens Yannik , Odenthal Hans-Jürgen , Brune Tobias , Vogl Norbert
Published: November 2024

At the SMS group metal powder production center, a full-scale atomization plant operating according to the close-coupled atomization principle is used to gain detailed operator and production expertise and to produce high quality powder. By the analysis and the derived understanding of the operating parameters of the plant and the effect of powder properties on the additive manufacturing process, the plant is able to produce powder with improved quality and increased yield. In this paper, the technical features of the metal powder production plant and the correlations between powder production, powder properties and printing results of the laser powder bed fusion process are shown. Combining the high utilization grade of metal powder and the adapted particle size and shape for additive manufacturing at highest quality, the plant concept demonstrates how SMS group becomes a reliable supplier for the additive manufacturing industry.
Mechanical And Tribological Properties Of Copper Infiltrated High Speed Steel Based Valve Seat Insert Materials With Different Hard Phase Particles
Authors: Rynio Christopher , Seyfarth Anna , Emde Dirk
Published: November 2024

The pursuit for higher combustion pressures and temperatures in internal combustion engines demands the development of new materials that meet these requirements.High speed steel based composites reinforced with different hard phases were fabricated by uniaxial pressing and sintering. The corresponding microstructures were analyzed in the scanning electron microscope (SEM) and the mechanical properties (hardness) were compared. High temperature wear tests were performed with a with a RIG-test using real valve seat insert and valve geometries. The wear scars were analyzed using SEM with energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX) and laser scanning profilometry. It was found that the cobalt containing hard phases in the benchmark material can be replaced by Fe-based hard phases in combination with molybdenum to reach a similar wear resistance in the corresponding tribosystem.
Manufacturing Of Graded Grinding Layers
Authors: Raffalt Daniel , Denkena Berend , Bergmann Benjamin , Lang Roman
Published: November 2024

Grinding of end mill cutters leads to an unevenly radial wear of the grinding wheel due to varying geometric engagement conditions along the grinding wheel width. This results in a decreasing precision of the resulting tool geometry. Previous studies showed that simulation-based load-adjusted grinding layers reduce the uneven wear. A grain concentration gradient across the grinding layer width enables load-adjustment on the operational demands. For an effective reduction of the wear differences, an accurate and repeatable manufacturing method for smooth transitions between the concentration zones is required. This paper shows an approach for the manufacturing of graded grinding layers by Field-Assisted-Sintering. SEM and optical images are taken of cross-sectioned grinding layer samples. An image analysis software was used to evaluate the grain concentration gradient. As a conclusion, the comparison of the manufactured gradients with the simulated gradients shows that the presented manufacturing method allows repeatable fabrication of graded grinding layers.
Processing Of Nitinol For Medical And Aerospace Applications: Material, Process Gas And Laser Parameters
Authors: Dubiez-Le Goff Sophie , Fischer Marie , Forêt Pierre , Volpi Gaël
Published: November 2024

Nitinol, a metal alloy of nickel and titanium, is an excellent candidate for many functional designs due to its particular shape memory and superelastic properties. Difficulties are encountered with Nitinol for conventional manufacturing and pose impediments to its widespread application. Hence, processing Nitinol through additive manufacturing could solve those challenges and lead to the development of functional medical devices or aerospace components.The aim of this study is to develop an optimized laser powder bed fusion process for high quality Ni-Ti parts combining tight composition requirement, ultra-low O2 process and adapted exposure parameters. Resulting parts are thus evaluated regarding their transformation temperature and shape memory or superelastic capacity as well as their mechanical properties with a specific focus on their ductility.
A Comparative Study Of High Performance PM Lubricants
Authors: Vié Theophile , Harthong Barthelemy , Imbault Didier , François Philippe , Reid Jean , Voglhuber Jürgen , Paris Vincent , Hellein Robert
Published: November 2024

Frictional characteristics of an iron-based mixture were studied using a specifically designed friction test bench allowing (after prior compaction) the measurement of the friction coefficient during the sliding of a compact on a bar simulating the die surface. Temperature and sliding speed were controlled. An experimental campaign was conducted with four high-performance lubricants and a conventional EBS wax, based on a single FL-4400 mix formulation. The experimental parameters included: mix temperatures from 40 to 80°C; density of 7.20g|cc; normal pressure between 150 and 240MPa; sliding distance 80mm; sliding velocity 20mm.s-1. The analyses focused on the evolution of the friction coefficient and the compact’s surface degradation. After multiple repetitions, a steady state was established with a sliding distance beyond which degradation became critical. The degradation depended on the lubricant and experimental conditions. This study aims at better understanding how the friction coefficient evolves during the ejection of a production part.
Lithography-based Metal Manufacturing (LMM)
Authors: Mitteramskogler Gerald , Harakaly György , Mödder Denise , Grubhofer Manuel , Mungenast Maximilian , Baum Andreas , Harakály György
Published: November 2024

Lithography-based Metal Manufacturing is an AM technology to produce functional metal components with superior surface aesthetics and higher feature resolutions compared to other AM technologies. LMM is applying the principle of photopolymerization to metal manufacturing. The metal powder is dispersed in a light-sensitive resin and the three-dimensional structure developed layer-by-layer with exposure of light. The printed parts have to undergo a debinding and sintering step, similar to other sinter-based metal manufacturing technologies, and afterwards mechanical properties equivalent to Metal Injection Molding (MIM) can be achieved. The sintered 316L parts reached >600 MPa tensile strength and >250 MPa yield strength, independent of the technology related build orientation. Furthermore, Ra surface roughness values for as-sintered parts are inferiors to 5 µm. The LMM approach enables production of complex geometries without the risk of loss of material during the fabrication process, thus offers a more economically and environmentally feasible metal manufacturing method.
Surface Texture Optimization Of Metal Additive Manufactured Components Through Chemical-Mechanical Polishing To Improve Mechanical And Corrosion Resistance Performance
Authors: Diaz Agustin , McFadden Patrick , Garcia-avila Matias , Scovill John
Published: November 2024

Metal additive manufacturing (AM) has revolutionized the manufacturing industry by increasing the complexity of the components while reducing operation steps, component lead-time, and costs. However, these components must comply with strict requirements and standards, especially for safety-critical applications. Requirements such as fatigue performance and corrosion resistance are a couple of the most problematic in the field, mainly due to their close relationship with surface texture and the usual surface-related defects (partially melted|sintered powder, v-notches, and near-surface porosity) associated with AM builds. For most aerospace and space exploration applications, these defects limit their applicability, hindering a broad-scale adoption of AM in these fields. This presentation will present a newly developed surface finishing process capable of removing surface-related defects on external and internal surfaces of metal AM components. Furthermore, the developed method can achieve a defect-free consistency with roughness lower than 0.8 µm. Part of this work was funded by NASA (SBIR-18-P2-Z3.01-5453) and USAF (SBIR-FA864921P0854 and SBIR-FA864921P0815).
Effects Of Powder Characteristics On Building Quality Of Laser Powder Bed Fusion Of Hastelloy X
Authors: Tian Yang , Jiang Derui , Huang Aijun , Wu Xinhua
Published: November 2024

Metal powder characteristics can affect the build quality of laser powder bed fusion produced (LPBF) parts. In this study, two batches of Hastelloy X powder with different powder characteristics including powder chemical compositions, morphologies, amounts of inclusions, and size distributions were compared in terms of the subsequent flowability, printing quality, and microstructures. Metal powder with irregular surface morphologies and large number of inclusions was found to be undesirable to the building quality. This was mainly attributed to the poor powder spreading quality on the build plate. Whereas metal powder with uniform circular morphology and less inclusions showed the best printing quality. Cracking issue was found in the LPBF produced HX microstructure, which was sensitive to the amount of Si, Mn and C contents.
Microstructure And Properties Of Multi-Material Parts By PBF-LB
Authors: Li Xiaoshuang , Gianfolcaro Nicolas , Dedry Olivier , Mertens Anne
Published: November 2024

Fabrication of multi-material parts in a single step is the next innovation in the field of additive manufacturing. The unique Selective Powder Deposition (SPD) system developed by Aerosint was integrated into Aconity machines, enabling manufacturing of bi-metallic parts by Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF). In the present study, the focus lies on the processing of steels with high strength and Cu alloy with high thermal|electrical conductivity. Parts with different material interface configurations were fabricated by LPBF. The microstrucutre of the parts, especially the interface integrity, was charaterized using OM, SEM. A various scanning strategies were developed to reduce the defect level at the interface. Finally, the mechnical and thermal properties of the parts were evaluated, which were further improved by developing post heat treatment.
Dissolvable Salt Inserts Enabling Complex And Porous Titanium Structures To Be Consolidated From Powder At Low Cost (Showcased Via FAST Of Hydrogen Electrolyser Plates From Circular Economy Titanium Waste)
Authors: Berment-Parr Iain , Larkin Owen , Howarth Bea , Bullivant Kieran , Graham Simon J , El-Kharouf Ahmad
Published: November 2024

Net shape powder consolidation is often perceived to be a slow and costly manufacturing method, unsuitable for high throughput batch production of intricate components. This work seeks to challenge that perception by introducing the use of dissolvable space holding inserts that impart an impression into densifying powders. When used under appropriate conditions, these enable simple cylindrical HIP canisters and FAST dies to be used to process complex geometry components and porous structures. Feasibility trials have evaluated the use of water soluble table salt (NaCl) in various forms, combining it with sustainable titanium powders obtained through low energy processing. High integrity titanium samples have been densified, and then extracted by dissolving the salt in water. Fabrication of an innovative hydrogen electrolyser bipolar plate has showcased the industrial potential of this manufacturing method. An embodied carbon analysis has also highlighted significant circular economy advantages compared to traditional energy intensive titanium supply chains.