I.—Training for Safe and Efficient Ship Operations

1973 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 251-258
Author(s):  
L. A. Holder
Keyword(s):  
Control Point ◽  
Practical Training ◽  
Short Term ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Operations Control ◽  
Training Structure ◽  
Training Of Personnel ◽  
And Training ◽  
Future Date

Looking at the practical training for operators of future ships we are confronted with a wide range of sub-systems which may at some future date be grouped in a central ‘operations control’ point. The array shown in Fig. I is by no means exhaustive. The selection, education and training of personnel for the conduct of international shipping is of world importance and the United Kingdom has a wealth of experience which is respected by other maritime and would-be maritime nations. In this paper it is only possible to take a narrow and rather short-term view of requirements within the present manning and training structure.

The Athlone Fellowship Scheme for the Practical Training in Industry of Canadian Engineering Graduates in Great Britain

1953 ◽  
Vol 167 (1) ◽  
pp. 258-274
Author(s):  
W. Abbott
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Great Britain ◽  
Postgraduate Training ◽  
Practical Training ◽  
Graduate Studies ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Constructive Criticism ◽  
And Training ◽  
Important System ◽  
Selection Of

This scheme, now in its third year of operation, is designed to bring to Great Britain every year thirty-eight Canadian graduates in engineering for post-graduate studies. The Fellowships have a duration of two years and are tenable in industry, in universities, or partly in each of these. The author has been connected with the scheme from its inception; he assists in the selection of the graduates in Canada and arranges for their location and training in the United Kingdom. The paper describes in some detail the origin, purpose, and operation of the scheme and raises many issues of interest and importance. The author also gives summaries of the reactions of Athlone Fellows who are now receiving postgraduate training in Great Britain. The purpose of the paper is twofold: to give information concerning a new and important system of Fellowships, and to evoke constructive criticism from professional engineers of its objects and operation.

The Updating of Engineers—Improved Profitability or Just More Courses?

1985 ◽  
Vol 199 (3) ◽  
pp. 169-173
Author(s):  
R L Cannell
Keyword(s):  
Job Performance ◽  
Continuing Education ◽  
Learning Systems ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Business Plans ◽  
Short Course ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
And Training ◽  
Future Business ◽  
Term Objective

The purposes of updating are seen as fa) improving job performance, (b) developing the country's engineering manpower, and (c) increasing job satisfaction. This leads to the actions which can be taken by employers, individuals, government and professional institutions, as well as consideration of the part being played by the Engineering Council. The development of updating plans is an important part of implementing future business plans. Updating is defined as technical and professional development subsequent to first qualification as a professional practitioner. It can cover a wide range of topics dealt with in many ways, ranging from counselling on the job to a specialized short course or the use of distance learning systems. Information technology (IT) is an important example affecting most of industry. Updating courses usually have a short-term objective and are aimed at solving specific problems—they differ in nature from most initial courses. Finally the questions of certifying and quantifying units of continuing education and training are also considered.

The interaction between ability and training structure: A meta-analysis

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vanessa K. Kowollik ◽  
Eric A. Day ◽  
Xiaoqian Wang ◽  
Matthew J. Schuelke ◽  
Michael G. Hughes
Keyword(s):  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Training Structure ◽  
And Training

More about Diamonds

2019 ◽  
pp. 115-119
Author(s):  
Vladimir Shubin
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
South African ◽  
Personal Experience ◽  
African Studies ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Soviet State ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
De Beers

The article is a rejoinder to the work of Yury S. Skubko, previously published in the Journal of the Institute for African Studies, on Moscow’s relations with De Beers. It is based not only on the available literature but also on the author’s personal experience. The author shows that under the monopoly of this South African company in the field of diamond sales, Soviet organizations, even in the conditions of a South African boycott, were forced to deal with its subordinate structures and the attempts to sideline them were in vain. In particular the article analyses the attitude to a controversial agreement signed by the Soviet state-owned “Glavalmalmazzoloto” and De Beers Centenary in 1990, when, like in many other cases in the “Gorbachev’s era” Moscow’s principle stand was eroded for short-term results even personal gains. The author comes to the conclusion that the responsibility for Moscow’s dealings with De Beers must be borne not by our country, but above all by the United Kingdom, which allowed De Beers have the headquarters of its Central Selling Organisation (CСO) in London.

scholarly journals Renewable Energy Deployment and COVID-19 Measures for Sustainable Development

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 4418
Author(s):  
Miraj Ahmed Bhuiyan ◽  
Jaehyung An ◽  
Alexey Mikhaylov ◽  
Nikita Moiseev ◽  
Mir Sayed Shah Danish
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Short Term Memory ◽  
External Environment ◽  
Energy Markets ◽  
Energy Market ◽  
Short Term ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Long Short Term Memory ◽  
Restrictive Measures ◽  
The Impact

The main goal of this study is to evaluate the impact of restrictive measures introduced in connection with COVID-19 on consumption in renewable energy markets. The study will be based on the hypothesis that similar changes in human behavior can be expected in the future with the further spread of COVID-19 and/or the introduction of additional quarantine measures around the world. The analysis also yielded additional results. The strongest reductions in energy generation occurred in countries with a high percentage (more than 80%) of urban population (Brazil, USA, the United Kingdom and Germany). This study uses two models created with the Keras Long Short-Term Memory (Keras LSTM) Model, and 76 and 10 parameters are involved. This article suggests that various restrictive strategies reduced the sustainable demand for renewable energy and led to a drop in economic growth, slowing the growth of COVID-19 infections in 2020. It is unknown to what extent the observed slowdown in the spread from March 2020 to September 2020 due to the policy’s impact and not the interaction between the virus and the external environment. All renewable energy producers decreased the volume of renewable energy market supply in 2020 (except China).

scholarly journals Are public service media distinctive from the market? Interpreting the political information environments of BBC and commercial news in the United Kingdom

2021 ◽  
pp. 026732312110121
Author(s):  
Stephen Cushion
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Television News ◽  
Information Environment ◽  
Political Information ◽  
The Political ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
International Issues ◽  
Market Driven

Public service media face an existential crisis. Many governments are cutting their budgets, while questioning the role and value of public service broadcasting because many citizens now have access to a wide range of media. This raises the question – do public service media supply a distinctive and informative news service compared to market-led media? Drawing on the concept of political information environment, this study makes an intervention into debates by carrying out a comparative content analysis of news produced by UK public service broadcasters and market-driven media across television, radio and online outlets (N = 1065) and interviewing senior editors about the routine selection of news. It found that almost all BBC news and commercial public service media platforms reported more news about politics, public affairs and international issues than entirely market-driven outlets. Online BBC news reported more informative topics than market-based media, which featured more entertainment and celebrity stories. The value of public service media was demonstrated on the United Kingdom’s nightly television news bulletins, which shone a light on the world not often reported, especially BBC News at Ten. Most market-driven media reported through a UK prism, excluding many countries and international issues. Overall, it is argued that the influence of public service media in the United Kingdom helps shape an information environment with informative news. The focus of the study is on UK media, but the conceptual application of intepreting a political information environment is designed to be relevant for scholars internationally. While communication studies have sought to advance more cross-national studies in recent years, this can limit how relevant studies are for debates in national political information environments. This study concludes by recommending more scholarly attention should be paid to theorising national policy dynamics that shape the political information environments of media systems within nations.

Effects of Atovaquone on the Ultrastructural Morphology of Pneumocystis Carinii

1997 ◽  
Vol 3 (S2) ◽  
pp. 81-82
Author(s):  
M.P. Goheen ◽  
M.S. Bartlett ◽  
M.M. Shaw ◽  
S.R. Meshnick ◽  
J.W. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Adverse Reactions ◽  
Pneumocystis Carinii ◽  
Spinner Flask ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Human Embryonic Lung ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Significant Incidence ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Acquired Immunodeficiency ◽  
Immunodeficiency Syndrome

Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) occurs at some time in most patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole or pentamidine isothionate are the traditional modes of therapy for treatment and prophylaxis of PCP. Unfortunately these drugs are associated with a significant incidence of adverse side effects particularly in patients with AIDS. Toxicity and a growing concern that P. carinii strains are becoming resistant to these compounds is providing the impetus for the search for additional drugs to combat P. carinii. Atovaquone, developed as an antimalarial agent, has activity against a wide range of other organisms, including Toxoplasma sp. and P. carinii, with a lower incidence of adverse reactions during clinical trials. Atovaquone inhibits mitochondrial respiration in P. falciparum and P. carinii. In this study transmission electron microscopy (TEM) was used to observe the effects of atovaquone on P. carinii organisms in short term spinner flask culture.Spinner flask cultures of human embryonic lung cells were inoculated with P. carinii from infected rat lung.

scholarly journals Dust Explosion Prevention and Mitigation, Status and Developments in Basic Knowledge and in Practical Application

2009 ◽  
Vol 2009 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rolf K. Eckhoff
Keyword(s):  
Process Design ◽  
Basic Knowledge ◽  
Industrial Plant ◽  
Practical Application ◽  
Process Industries ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Firm Knowledge ◽  
Systematic Education ◽  
Training Of Personnel ◽  
Made In

Right from the early days of the process industries, continuous efforts have been made to develop and improve measures for prevention and mitigation of dust explosions in these industries. Nevertheless this hazard continues to threaten industries that manufacture, use and/or handle powders and dusts of a wide range of combustible materials. To improve methods for predicting explosion development in real industrial plant has been one major challenge. Hence, during the last years comprehensive numerical simulation codes, for addressing this problem, have been developed. Progress has also been made in other areas, for example, ignition source prevention. The importance of adopting inherently safer process design, by building on firm knowledge in powder science and technology, and of systematic education/training of personnel, is also emphasized.

scholarly journals Expectant Management of Miscarriage in View of NICE Guideline 154

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
Junaid Rafi ◽  
Haroona Khalil
Keyword(s):  
Blood Transfusion ◽  
Success Rate ◽  
Prospective Observational Study ◽  
Expectant Management ◽  
District General Hospital ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Nice Guideline ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Products Of Conception ◽  
Incomplete Miscarriage

Objective. To find out the success rate of conservative management of complete two weeks for miscarriage in view of NICE Guideline 154.Design. Prospective observational study.Setting. Early pregnancy assessment units of District General Hospital in the United Kingdom.Participants. Women of less than 14 weeks’ gestation, with a diagnosis of miscarriage (missed miscarriage/anembryonic or incomplete miscarriage).Interventions.Expectant management for two weeks.Main Outcome Measure.(1) Efficacy of 2-week expectant management, that is, complete resolution of miscarriage based either on self-reporting of patient after passing products of conception at home between D0 and D14 of expectant management or confirmation on scan at D14, and (2) short-term complications needing strong analgesia, blood transfusion, and antibiotics.Results. Expectant management of miscarriage for 2 weeks from the day of diagnosis was successful in 58% (64 /111) and failed in 42% (47/111).Conclusions. Expectant management success rate is consistent with the results from the longitudinal studies and RCTs published in the past. It is a safe option as none of the patients on expectant/medical management needed strong analgesia/antibiotics or blood transfusion.

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