This document summarizes key lessons from a research project on involving carers and users in social care. It discusses the importance of involvement, including that carers are experts in the cared for person's needs. It describes the mixed method research design used, including interviews with various groups and a national survey. It outlines some formal and informal approaches to involvement found, and recognizes limitations such as not all carers identifying as such. Finally, it provides examples of involvement ideas discussed, such as capacity building, piggybacking on external events, and registers to identify carers.
This document summarizes the marketing plan and services of a real estate team called the Murray Team. They specialize in selling high-end homes in Southern California. Their plan focuses on extensive online and social media marketing to reach buyers locally and globally. They have a proven track record of success, having sold over 100 homes annually and ranking as a top team within their real estate franchise and region. Their services are tailored for the current market conditions and aim to maximize exposure and sell homes quickly.
Claymation movies like James and the Giant Peach, Nightmare Before Christmas, and Fantastic Mr. Fox are discussed. Directors like Henry Selic, Will Vinton, and Wes Anderson who use the claymation technique are also mentioned. The document then provides 3 techniques for creating claymation: 1) Creating flexible clay figures, 2) Using stop motion photography, and 3) Moving clay figures with strings.
Effective engagement with families and their social workers in research Jo Moriarty
This document summarizes a presentation about engaging vulnerable families and their social workers in research. It discusses the challenges involved in gaining access to participants and obtaining informed consent due to the gatekeeping role of social services. It also describes the strategies used to improve recruitment, such as having agencies contact families to inform them about the research in advance. The presentation focuses on evaluating a new approach called "Signs of Safety" being implemented in child protection across several regions in England.
From Big City to Bike City NYC's cycling transformation 2007-2013Robin Lovelace
The document outlines NYC's transformation into a more bike-friendly city between 2007-2013. It discusses goals, network strategies, design innovations, legislation, and results including a large expansion of bike lanes, increased cyclist commuting, and fewer cycling injuries. Public support for bike lanes and bike share programs was between 54-74% according to several polls conducted between 2011-2012.
This document summarizes a presentation on exploring the links between social work effectiveness and burnout. It discusses two scoping reviews that were conducted. The reviews found that measuring social work effectiveness can be challenging and is dependent on how effectiveness is defined. While burnout and its causes have been more extensively researched. Factors like high workloads, role conflicts, and lack of job control were found to contribute to burnout. Additionally, organizational culture, supervision, training, and manageable caseloads can help mitigate burnout. The discussion calls for more research examining the impacts of burnout on both social workers and service users.
This document summarizes key lessons from a research project on involving carers and users in social care. It discusses the importance of involvement, including that carers are experts in the cared for person's needs. It describes the mixed method research design used, including interviews with various groups and a national survey. It outlines some formal and informal approaches to involvement found, and recognizes limitations such as not all carers identifying as such. Finally, it provides examples of involvement ideas discussed, such as capacity building, piggybacking on external events, and registers to identify carers.
This document summarizes the marketing plan and services of a real estate team called the Murray Team. They specialize in selling high-end homes in Southern California. Their plan focuses on extensive online and social media marketing to reach buyers locally and globally. They have a proven track record of success, having sold over 100 homes annually and ranking as a top team within their real estate franchise and region. Their services are tailored for the current market conditions and aim to maximize exposure and sell homes quickly.
Claymation movies like James and the Giant Peach, Nightmare Before Christmas, and Fantastic Mr. Fox are discussed. Directors like Henry Selic, Will Vinton, and Wes Anderson who use the claymation technique are also mentioned. The document then provides 3 techniques for creating claymation: 1) Creating flexible clay figures, 2) Using stop motion photography, and 3) Moving clay figures with strings.
Effective engagement with families and their social workers in research Jo Moriarty
This document summarizes a presentation about engaging vulnerable families and their social workers in research. It discusses the challenges involved in gaining access to participants and obtaining informed consent due to the gatekeeping role of social services. It also describes the strategies used to improve recruitment, such as having agencies contact families to inform them about the research in advance. The presentation focuses on evaluating a new approach called "Signs of Safety" being implemented in child protection across several regions in England.
From Big City to Bike City NYC's cycling transformation 2007-2013Robin Lovelace
The document outlines NYC's transformation into a more bike-friendly city between 2007-2013. It discusses goals, network strategies, design innovations, legislation, and results including a large expansion of bike lanes, increased cyclist commuting, and fewer cycling injuries. Public support for bike lanes and bike share programs was between 54-74% according to several polls conducted between 2011-2012.
This document summarizes a presentation on exploring the links between social work effectiveness and burnout. It discusses two scoping reviews that were conducted. The reviews found that measuring social work effectiveness can be challenging and is dependent on how effectiveness is defined. While burnout and its causes have been more extensively researched. Factors like high workloads, role conflicts, and lack of job control were found to contribute to burnout. Additionally, organizational culture, supervision, training, and manageable caseloads can help mitigate burnout. The discussion calls for more research examining the impacts of burnout on both social workers and service users.
This document provides an overview of the architecture and components of the Islamic SIM Card Application Server (ISCAS). The key components include a Linux OS, PostgreSQL or MySQL database, Apache Tomcat web server, and multiple Islamic SIM Card application boxes (ISCBOX) which handle request processing. The components are modular and can be distributed across physical or virtual servers for scalability. User requests from mobile phones are processed by first passing through the SMSC to the Tomcat server and then delegated to an available ISCBOX for execution. The document discusses sample configurations, licensing, and management of the system components.
Logossolvo islamic SIM service
• Mecca Compass, assisting subscribers in finding the direction to Mecca. It can be a normal text SMS or an MMS.
• Prayer Schedule, delivering the five prayer times (in text SMS) for the subscriber’s selected day and
auto-detected location, together with sunrise and sunset times.
• Ringtone Prayer Alarm notifies the user a few minutes prior to praying time.
• Prayer Mute Service, redirecting incoming calls to ensure that the mobile phone does not ring during
praying time.
• Calendar Converter to convert calendar dates between Gregorian and Arabic Calendars.
• Earth’s magnetic model has been incorporated in the ISS server. This produces accurate direction
calculations to Mecca.
• Terrain height geospatial Database connectivity gives accurate prayer time calculations.
• Official prayer time lists of Mosques (for large cities) can be imported into the service.
• Muslim Fastening start/break time for Ramadan along with prayer time lists.
A Japanese wedding gown was created using Compucon EOS embroidery software and a Barudan embroidery machine. The gown featured golden thread embroidery. The software and machine were used to design and produce the golden thread embroidery on the wedding gown.
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive function. Exercise causes chemical changes in the brain that may help protect against mental illness and improve symptoms.
The Getronics / Ingenico TT41 is a point-of-sale terminal that allows merchants to accept card payments. It features a color touchscreen, integrated card reader, and connectivity options including Ethernet, WiFi and cellular. The TT41 runs on Android operating system for flexibility and supports payment apps and services.
SMSVoiceIt is a SIM card application that transforms received SMS messages into voice messages that can be listened to through a mobile phone's hands-free system. This allows drivers to access SMS messages without having to look at their phone. It also helps visually impaired users and deaf people access SMS content. The application stores SMS messages on the SIM card and converts them to audio files using text-to-speech. Users can listen to messages and call senders. It also allows deaf people to send voice SMS messages to fixed lines. The application is designed to work on any mobile phone and help various groups access SMS messaging more easily.
The document discusses an Islamic SIM card application designed for Muslim users. Some key points:
- There are 1.5 billion Muslims globally who pray 5 times a day at precisely defined times that vary daily depending on location.
- The proposed Islamic SIM card would provide automated alerts for prayer times, a compass pointing to Mecca, and the ability to automatically silence incoming calls during prayers.
- It could be distributed widely through SIM cards to the billions of feature phones used in developing markets with prepaid plans.
- The founder has created prototypes and showcased the Islamic SIM card at several technology conferences. Distribution partnerships have been established but a first pilot with a mobile network operator is still pending to prove the business
Intellibox aims to roll out more than 1,500 ATM-style phone trade-in kiosks across the UK in the next 12 months to allow consumers to trade in their phones for cash or Amazon vouchers. About 40 kiosks are currently operating, but Intellibox plans to increase that number to 70 by March and over 1,500 total by the end of the year. The kiosks use patented technology to value devices and make payments within 5 minutes. Intellibox conducted a year-long trial of 40 kiosks and saw over 3,000 trades, aiming to increase annual turnover from £1 million to £10 million.
This document discusses the Getronics/Ingenico TT41 point-of-sale terminal developed between 1999-2000 that could handle multiple payment methods both online and offline, including smartcards, debit cards, and more in the Benelux region. It also integrated the Chipper smartcard eWallet from IBM that could hold up to 100 euro and be reloaded using public phones and an automated bank service. The TT41 terminal was sold by Barclays Bank to retailers with profitability coming from transaction fees charged based on sales volume processed by each terminal.
The Compucon USB antipiracy dongle is a tiny processing device that can execute code autonomously to help protect software applications. It functions like a miniature second PC connected to your desktop through a USB port.
This document provides an overview of the architecture and components of the Islamic SIM Card Application Server (ISCAS). The key components include a Linux OS, PostgreSQL or MySQL database, Apache Tomcat web server, and multiple Islamic SIM Card application boxes (ISCBOX) which handle request processing. The components are modular and can be distributed across physical or virtual servers for scalability. User requests from mobile phones are processed by first passing through the SMSC to the Tomcat server and then delegated to an available ISCBOX for execution. The document discusses sample configurations, licensing, and management of the system components.
Logossolvo islamic SIM service
• Mecca Compass, assisting subscribers in finding the direction to Mecca. It can be a normal text SMS or an MMS.
• Prayer Schedule, delivering the five prayer times (in text SMS) for the subscriber’s selected day and
auto-detected location, together with sunrise and sunset times.
• Ringtone Prayer Alarm notifies the user a few minutes prior to praying time.
• Prayer Mute Service, redirecting incoming calls to ensure that the mobile phone does not ring during
praying time.
• Calendar Converter to convert calendar dates between Gregorian and Arabic Calendars.
• Earth’s magnetic model has been incorporated in the ISS server. This produces accurate direction
calculations to Mecca.
• Terrain height geospatial Database connectivity gives accurate prayer time calculations.
• Official prayer time lists of Mosques (for large cities) can be imported into the service.
• Muslim Fastening start/break time for Ramadan along with prayer time lists.
A Japanese wedding gown was created using Compucon EOS embroidery software and a Barudan embroidery machine. The gown featured golden thread embroidery. The software and machine were used to design and produce the golden thread embroidery on the wedding gown.
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive function. Exercise causes chemical changes in the brain that may help protect against mental illness and improve symptoms.
The Getronics / Ingenico TT41 is a point-of-sale terminal that allows merchants to accept card payments. It features a color touchscreen, integrated card reader, and connectivity options including Ethernet, WiFi and cellular. The TT41 runs on Android operating system for flexibility and supports payment apps and services.
SMSVoiceIt is a SIM card application that transforms received SMS messages into voice messages that can be listened to through a mobile phone's hands-free system. This allows drivers to access SMS messages without having to look at their phone. It also helps visually impaired users and deaf people access SMS content. The application stores SMS messages on the SIM card and converts them to audio files using text-to-speech. Users can listen to messages and call senders. It also allows deaf people to send voice SMS messages to fixed lines. The application is designed to work on any mobile phone and help various groups access SMS messaging more easily.
The document discusses an Islamic SIM card application designed for Muslim users. Some key points:
- There are 1.5 billion Muslims globally who pray 5 times a day at precisely defined times that vary daily depending on location.
- The proposed Islamic SIM card would provide automated alerts for prayer times, a compass pointing to Mecca, and the ability to automatically silence incoming calls during prayers.
- It could be distributed widely through SIM cards to the billions of feature phones used in developing markets with prepaid plans.
- The founder has created prototypes and showcased the Islamic SIM card at several technology conferences. Distribution partnerships have been established but a first pilot with a mobile network operator is still pending to prove the business
Intellibox aims to roll out more than 1,500 ATM-style phone trade-in kiosks across the UK in the next 12 months to allow consumers to trade in their phones for cash or Amazon vouchers. About 40 kiosks are currently operating, but Intellibox plans to increase that number to 70 by March and over 1,500 total by the end of the year. The kiosks use patented technology to value devices and make payments within 5 minutes. Intellibox conducted a year-long trial of 40 kiosks and saw over 3,000 trades, aiming to increase annual turnover from £1 million to £10 million.
This document discusses the Getronics/Ingenico TT41 point-of-sale terminal developed between 1999-2000 that could handle multiple payment methods both online and offline, including smartcards, debit cards, and more in the Benelux region. It also integrated the Chipper smartcard eWallet from IBM that could hold up to 100 euro and be reloaded using public phones and an automated bank service. The TT41 terminal was sold by Barclays Bank to retailers with profitability coming from transaction fees charged based on sales volume processed by each terminal.
The Compucon USB antipiracy dongle is a tiny processing device that can execute code autonomously to help protect software applications. It functions like a miniature second PC connected to your desktop through a USB port.