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A study of supervised machine learning algorithms for traffic prediction in SD-WAN
Basu, Kashinath
Younas, Muhammad
Peng, S.
Modern cloud, web and other emerging distributed services have complex network requirements that cannot be fulfilled via classical networks. This paper presents a novel architecture of a noble Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) that provides the framework for incorporating AI/ML based components for managing different centralised services of the WAN.To leverage the benefit of this framework, a crucial early stage requirement is to accurately identify the traffic category of a flow based on which follow-up actions such as QoS provisioning, resource orchestration, etc. can be implemented. To address this, the research then presents the model of a supervised ML based traffic prediction module and presents a detailed comparison and performance analysis of a shortlisted set of ML models with a variety of traffic categories. The research also takes into account the serialized processes in the models’ training and learning phases emphasizing on the sensitivity of the feature selection process in the performance of these algorithms.
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The paradox of coaching in a non-native language
Steel, N
Karmowska, Joanna
[in press]
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https://radar.brookes.ac.uk/radar/items/46fdb2fd-83d8-41be-b6ce-faf5ce7ccb44/1/
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Caught between a rock and a hard place : the liminality of the sport coaching ‘pracademic’
Franks, Benjamin
Phelan, Simon
Fiander, Matthew
[in press]
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https://radar.brookes.ac.uk/radar/items/33b835c8-1cc8-4d1c-bd1b-81d0287fcfe7/1/
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Bicameralism in the Isle of Man
Edge, Peter
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https://radar.brookes.ac.uk/radar/items/c986e787-d3ec-4984-bd17-7e4c850ccde6/1/
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Meta-economics, scale, and contemporary social theory : re-reading E.F. Schumacher's Small is beautiful
Ford, Lucy
Harris, Neal
In this paper we argue that E.F. Schumacher's Small is Beautiful offers important insights for contemporary social theory. In particular, we focus on the merits of his use of 'meta-economics' and of 'scale' as means for advancing ecological social critique today. While we are sympathetic to Schumacher's approach we are mindful of the limitations to his theoretical imagination and commence our paper acknowledging his partsan metaphysics and insensitivty to global political dynamics. To resolve this, we demonstrate that the central critical insights Schumacher provides can be substantially extricated from these problems. Our task here, therefore, is a critical reconstruction of Schumacher's approach to social-ecological critique, which we claim offers the potential to shape contemporary social theory, both within, and beyond, critical political ecology.
2023
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https://radar.brookes.ac.uk/radar/file/83b385cd-1072-4e59-8e72-d1c94a152323/1/ford-harris-2023-meta-economics-scale-and-contemporary-social-theory-re-reading-e-f-schumacher-s-small-is-beautiful.pdf
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Regrets, I’ve had a few : exploring factors associated with getting drunk and regret in an international study of people who drink alcohol
Davies, Emma L.
Puljević, Cheneal
Winstock, Adam R.
Ferris, Jason A.
Background.
Excessive alcohol consumption is often followed by feelings of regret. This study aimed to explore country differences in experiences of drunkenness and regrets and predictors of experiencing a greater number of regrettable drinking occasions.
Methods.
This study draws on a sample of 82,821 respondents from 31 countries who completed the 2020 Global Drug Survey. Respondents were asked to report how many times in the last year they had been drunk, how many of those times they felt regret afterwards and to complete a range of sociodemographic measures.
Results.
In the last 12 months, the median times drunk was 6 and the median number of regretted occasions was 2. There was an inverse relationship between times drunk and regret. Respondents who got drunk more often regretted it a smaller percentage of the time than those who got drunk less often. Respondents from Argentina and Colombia regretted being drunk the most and Denmark the least. Being younger, in higher AUDIT categories were associated with more times drunk. Being a woman, having mental health conditions were associated with more regretted occasions.
Discussion and conclusions: Country variations may reflect relative acceptability of being drunk. Those who drink more, per occasion, may become accustomed to the consequences and feel fewer regrets. Interventions promoting reduced alcohol consumption may benefit from encouraging people to consider their future regret following a drinking occasion but should account for lower levels of regret in those who get drunk more often.
2024
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https://radar.brookes.ac.uk/radar/items/9ea3e729-57bb-49ec-b8c3-6c96ea0d4547/1/
https://radar.brookes.ac.uk/radar/file/9ea3e729-57bb-49ec-b8c3-6c96ea0d4547/1/Regrets I ve Had a Few Exploring Factors Associated with Getting Drunk and Regret in an International Study of People Who Drink Alcohol.pdf
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'I feel like I’ve come so far with my family' : families of origin in women’s desistance in Aotearoa New Zealand
Low, Grace
This study employed narrative interviews with 15 women with histories of imprisonment in Aotearoa New Zealand to explore how their familial relationships affected their desistance. The article explores the women’s relationships with their families of origin (i.e., parents, siblings, and extended family) throughout the life course, including their childhoods, and throughout their desistance journeys. The findings emphasize how women’s familial relationships are often complex and contradictory, and how women engage with these relationships in different ways throughout their desistance journeys.
2024
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https://radar.brookes.ac.uk/radar/items/9aad355c-22d7-47e8-ac27-ed8a97ffa667/1/
https://radar.brookes.ac.uk/radar/file/9aad355c-22d7-47e8-ac27-ed8a97ffa667/1/I Feel like I ve Come so Far with my Family Families of Origin in Women s Desistance in Aotearoa New Zealand.pdf
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Reflections on Ecological Social Theory marking fifty years of E.F. Schumacher’s Small is Beautiful
Ford, Lucy
Harris, Neal
While not primarily a social theorist in the classical sense, E.F. Schumacher’s interdisciplinary thought helped galvanise ecological social theory and the ecological movement more broadly. In this article we introduce a special issue of the European Journal of Social Theory dedicated to engaging with E.F. Schumacher’s Small is Beautiful on its 50th anniversary. We provide both an overview of his life and work before locating Small is Beautiful within both its contemporary context and within today’s social theoretical literature. As we show, Schumacher was a fierce critic of capitalist modernity and its ‘gigantist’ tendencies. As we discuss below, he advocated a metaphysical turn in economics, the implementation of intermediate technology, and a reorientation of social practices in line with a more ecologically-attuned political economy.
2024
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https://radar.brookes.ac.uk/radar/file/ca3ccf05-9324-4679-8bec-ac39af912907/1/Reflections on Small is beautiful - 2024 - Ford Harris.pdf
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The Protection of the Welfare of Filipino Seafarers Working on Foreign-Flagged Ships
Dacanay, Jabeth
Galam, Roderick
Pia, Jean
The Philippines is seen by other countries and international organizations as a model in terms of regulating international labour migration. Its policy, which has shifted from labour export to adopting a comprehensive rights-based framework, covers the entire migration process —from the regulation of recruitment agencies to the provision of predeparture training, insurance systems, consular assistance, overseas voting rights, support for family members of migrants, and programs for the reintegration of returned migrants. However, the mandate of the newly-created Department of Migrant Workers (DMW), the agency that hitherto administered the country’s international labour migration programme, centres on two conflicting primary functions. They are the promotion of maximum employment of Filipinos overseas, and the protection of their rights to fair and equitable labour practices. This tension has had negative consequences on the provision and protection of the welfare of Filipino migrant workers as demonstrated by the experiences of Filipino seafarers.
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https://radar.brookes.ac.uk/radar/items/12bf0a93-fef7-4b1c-b228-876532e174a4/1/
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Tourism myths and the Dunning Kruger effect
Pratt S, Pan B, Agyeiwaah E, Lei S, Lugosi P, Kirillova K, Piirman M, Lockwood Sutton J, Jönsson C, Haselwanter S, Smith R, Sinha R, Berno T, Mackenzie M, Graci S, Rao Y, Veliverronena L, Zekan B, Silva D, Park S
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https://radar.brookes.ac.uk/radar/items/ca657c97-a659-47e3-9d80-b6a8231e5ea4/1/
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