The structure and progress of a joint International energy agency information and research network between Canada, Sweden and the United Kingdom

1990 ◽  
Vol 4 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 25-31
Author(s):  
P.E. Rushbrook ◽  
A. Krol
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
International Energy Agency ◽  
Research Network ◽  
Energy Agency ◽  
The United Kingdom

A Comparison of the Application of ‘Energy from Municipal Solid Waste’ Technology in Three Countries—the United Kingdom, Sweden and Canada

1989 ◽  
Vol 203 (4) ◽  
pp. 207-215
Author(s):  
A A Krol ◽  
C G Dent
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Landfill Gas ◽  
International Energy Agency ◽  
Direct Result ◽  
Energy Agency ◽  
R And D ◽  
Institutional Economic ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Refuse Derived Fuel ◽  
The Individual

The United Kingdom, Sweden and Canada are participants in an International Energy Agency programme designed to co-ordinate R and D activity on energy from waste (EFW) technologies. The scope and content of the individual national R and D programmes are a direct result of the different institutional, economic and environmental factors that govern application of such technologies in each country. A description of these factors is given together with an assessment of their influence in shaping the existing and likely future role of landfill gas, refuse-derived fuel and mass incineration in each country.

scholarly journals Comparative International Law: The Scope and Management of Public Participation Rights Related to CCS Activities

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 93 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raíssa Moreira Lima Mendes Musarra ◽  
Hirdan K. de Medeiros Costa
Keyword(s):  
Public Participation ◽  
Carbon Capture ◽  
International Energy Agency ◽  
The United States ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Energy Agency ◽  
Legal Norms ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Regulatory Standards ◽  
Deductive Method

The paper proposes the presentation of the public participation item in the regulatory standards of CCS in Australia, Canada, the European Union, the United Kingdom and the United States and their possible relations with the Brazilian configuration. The choice of territories is due to the existence of the item in its legal norms and or regulations. The standards available from the International Energy Agency (IEA) database on Carbon Capture, Transport and Storage were used. The methodology used is the comparative, cumulatively with the deductive method, assuming that public participation is a fundamental issue for the governance of CCS activities and that Brazil, when inserting such activities into its code, should take into account the adoption of the best practices of public participation, which, in addition to being consultative, provides deliberative powers to citizens.

II. Specialized Agencies

1969 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 990-996
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Nuclear Power Station ◽  
International Atomic Energy Agency ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Atomic Energy ◽  
Power Station ◽  
Energy Agency ◽  
New Members ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Board Of Governors

The report of the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to the tenth General Conference of the Agency covered the period from July 1, 1965, to June 30, 1966. During that time the Agency’s membership increased from 92 to 96; the new members were Jamaica, Jordan, Kenya, and Panama.The period under review was marked by further growth in IAEA’s safeguards activities. In June 1966 the Agency provisionally approved special procedures for safeguarding reprocessing plants. During the year the number of safeguards agreements approved by the Board increased from 24 to 29. One new agreement covered a major nuclear power station in the United Kingdom.

Establishing the motivations of patients with dementia and cognitive impairment and their carers in joining a dementia research register (DemReg)

2013 ◽  
Vol 25 (6) ◽  
pp. 963-971 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cerian Avent ◽  
Lisa Curry ◽  
Sarah Gregory ◽  
Sonia Marquardt ◽  
Lauren Pae ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Research Network ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Personal Benefit ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Research Register ◽  
Dementia Patients ◽  
Number Of Patients ◽  
Dementia Research ◽  
Research Studies

ABSTRACTBackground: Connecting willing patients with dementia to suitable clinical research studies has been historically challenging. The United Kingdom Dementia and Neurodegenerative Research Network (DeNDRoN) was established to link patients into high-quality studies. One component is DemReg, a register of dementia patients and their carers who have agreed to be approached regarding future research studies. The limited literature highlights the predominance of altruism mediating research register participation. The objective of this study was to understand the motivations of patients and carers to participate in DemReg.Methods: There were 107 participants in the study, interviewed using a questionnaire to determine which factors were important in their decision to be on the register. The study compared the proportion of the altruistic motivations articulated with the proportion of the other answers offered.Results: The two most important motivators for registering on DemReg were to help others (44%; p < 0.001) or themselves (29%; p < 0.001) and altruistic motives took precedence over those for personal benefit. Participants were not motivated by the prospect of payment or by concern that they would be letting down their clinician if they did not register.Conclusions: There are currently major projects within the United Kingdom to increase the number of patients on dementia registers and to further involvement in dementia research. This study, to the best of our knowledge, is the first to assess the motivations of patients and carers for joining a dementia research register in the United Kingdom, and the findings highlight the importance of altruistic motives.

scholarly journals Creating Interstitial Spaces: Muslim Network Organizations in the United Kingdom

Religions ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 325
Author(s):  
Alison Scott-Baumann ◽  
Shenaz Bunglawala
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Research Network ◽  
British Association ◽  
British Society ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Islamic Studies ◽  
Community Based Organizations ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Network Organizations ◽  
Constructive Work

This contribution describes the origin and activities of three organizations in the United Kingdom: the British Association for Islamic Studies (BRAIS), the Muslims in Britain Research Network (MBRN) and Muslim Engagement and Development (MEND), discussing them against the backdrop of a dominant government-led securitization agenda. Having each held leading positions in one of these initiatives, the authors analyze the attempts of these organizations to endorse bonds and bridges between stakeholders at universities, community-based organizations and media, in order to combat distorted views on Islam and Muslims in current British society. Constructive work has taken place as they created new interstitial spaces in which stakeholders have conversed and benefitted from each other’s insights. At the same time, these interstices are being constricted in such a way that the new spaces risk being squeezed by the ‘agenda of misrecognition’, a defensive closed fist. Based on their experiences, the authors define a possible agenda to consolidate the interstitial spaces that these organizations have managed to occupy.

Injured patients who would benefit from expedited major trauma centre care: a consensus-based definition for the United Kingdom

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 7-14
Author(s):  
Gordon Fuller ◽  
Samuel Keating ◽  
Janette Turner ◽  
Josh Miller ◽  
Chris Holt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Major Trauma ◽  
Trauma Centre ◽  
Research Network ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Trauma Network ◽  
Reference Standard ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Major Trauma Centre ◽  
The Right

Introduction: Despite the importance of treating the ‘right patient in the right place at the right time’, there is no gold standard for defining which patients should receive expedited major trauma centre (MTC) care. This study aimed to define a reference standard applicable to the United Kingdom (UK) National Health Service major trauma networks.Methods: A one-day facilitated roundtable expert consensus meeting was conducted at the University of Sheffield, UK, in September 2019. An expert panel of 17 clinicians was purposively sampled, representing all specialities relevant to major trauma management. A consultation process was subsequently held using focus groups with Public and Patient Involvement (PPI) representatives to review and confirm the proposed reference standard.Results: Four reference standard domains were identified, comprising: need for critical interventions; presence of significant individual anatomical injuries; burden of multiple minor injuries; and important patient attributes. Specific criteria were defined for each domain. PPI consultation confirmed all aspects of the reference standard. A coding algorithm to allow operationalisation in Trauma Audit and Research Network data was also formulated, allowing classification of any case submitted to their database for future research.Conclusions: This reference standard defines which patients would benefit from expedited MTC care. It could be used as the target for future pre-hospital injury triage tools, for setting best practice tariffs for trauma care reimbursement and to evaluate trauma network performance. Future research is recommended to compare patient characteristics, management and outcomes of the proposed definition with previously established reference standards.

scholarly journals Brain tumor research in the United Kingdom: current perspective and future challenges. A strategy document from the NCRI Brain Tumor CSG

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathreena M Kurian ◽  
Michael D Jenkinson ◽  
Paul M Brennan ◽  
Robin Grant ◽  
Sarah Jefferies ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Brain Tumor ◽  
Research Priorities ◽  
Research Network ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Current Perspective ◽  
National Cancer Research Institute ◽  
Future Challenges ◽  
Tumor Research ◽  
Brain Tumor Research

Abstract The National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) is a partnership of charity and government research funders whose purpose is to improve health and quality of life by accelerating progress in cancer-related research through collaboration. Under this umbrella, the NCRI Brain Tumor Clinical Studies Group is focused on improving clinical outcomes for adult patients with brain and central nervous system tumors, including those with brain metastasis from other primary sites. This document discusses the current state of clinical brain tumor research in the United Kingdom and the challenges to increasing study and trial opportunities for patients. The clinical research priorities are defined along with a strategy to strengthen the existing brain tumor research network, improve access to tissue and imaging and to develop the future leadership for brain tumor research in the United Kingdom. This strategy document may serve as a framework for other organizations and countries.

Recruitment of cancer patients to National Institute for Health research cancer research network portfolio studies between 2001 and 2011.

2012 ◽  
Vol 30 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. 6091-6091 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew Cooper ◽  
Karen Poole ◽  
David A. Cameron ◽  
Robert Haward ◽  
Peter John Selby ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cancer Research ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
National Health Service ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Health Research ◽  
Research Network ◽  
Cancer Research Network ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
The Uk

6091 Background: The National Institute for Health Research Cancer Research Network (NCRN) was established in 2001 in England, United Kingdom to improve cancer patient outcomes by improving the coordination, integration and speed of cancer research. Methods: Baseline recruitment of cancer patients in England to clinical studies was around 4% of incident population. Research Networks were established initially in England (NCRN) and then across the UK, co-terminus with clinical cancer service networks, and a per capita based funding model used to provide a research infrastructure to support recruitment to a nationally defined research portfolio. Results: Within 3 years, as the networks were established, recruitment of patients to studies doubled from 10,000 to 20,000 cancer patients per year. Recruitment has continued to increase year on year, supported initially by underspend that had accrued from earlier years in the life of NCRN, and more recently from additional resources invested via the NIHR comprehensive networks. Data for 2010/11 show that over 45,000 cancer patients are now recruited into portfolio studies in England each year, with over 50,000 across the whole of the UK. Conclusions: Dedicated, targeted, clinician-led National Health Service investment into supporting national portfolio studies, has delivered an unprecedented five-fold increase in recruitment of cancer patients into clinical trials across the United Kingdom. This required coordinated research infrastructure, close cooperation with research funders, particularly Cancer Research UK and the National Cancer Research Institute, and the enthusiasm and hard work of many clinicians, patients and others working to deliver clinical cancer care in the National Health Service in the United Kingdom.

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