scholarly journals British Society of Lifestyle Medicine: Founding Principles and Current Achievements

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 286-288
Author(s):  
Rob Lawson
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Communicable Diseases ◽  
British Society ◽  
Lifestyle Medicine ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Non Communicable Diseases ◽  
The United Kingdom

The British Society of Lifestyle Medicine in the United Kingdom was first established in 2016 partly in response to the ‘sick man of Europe’ tag applied to our nations due to the increasing prevalence of non-communicable diseases. Today it is contributing to the growing momentum and growing realisation that a new approach is vital for our Nations’ health.

scholarly journals Adoptive T-Cell Therapy for Cancer in the United Kingdom: A Review of Activity for the British Society of Gene and Cell Therapy Annual Meeting 2015

2015 ◽  
Vol 26 (5) ◽  
pp. 276-285 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Edward Gilham ◽  
John Anderson ◽  
John Stephen Bridgeman ◽  
Robert Edward Hawkins ◽  
Mark Adrian Exley ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
T Cell ◽  
Cell Therapy ◽  
Annual Meeting ◽  
Adoptive T Cell Therapy ◽  
British Society ◽  
T Cell Therapy ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Gene And Cell Therapy

Survey of the Use of Diffusion-Weighted Imaging for Cholesteatoma in the United Kingdom

ORL ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Sunil Dutt Sharma ◽  
Ahmad Hariri ◽  
Ravi Kumar Lingam ◽  
Arvind Singh
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
British Society ◽  
Petrous Apex ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Diffusion Weighted ◽  
Clinical Scenarios ◽  
Head And Neck Imaging ◽  
The Mean ◽  
The Uk

<b><i>Background:</i></b> Non-echoplanar diffusion-weighted MRI (DWMRI) has a role in the surgical planning for cholesteatoma. <b><i>Aims/Objectives:</i></b> The aim of the study was to assess the use of DWMRI in the management of cholesteatoma across the UK, and measure clinicians’ confidence in the use of DWMRI. <b><i>Materials and Methods:</i></b> Telephone survey in 139 Otolaryngology Departments in the United Kingdom between March 2017 and July 2017, and asking radiology delegates at the British Society of Head and Neck Imaging 2017 meeting. <b><i>Results:</i></b> The response rate was 101 out of 139 Trusts (73%). Of those respondents who did have DWMRI available, 68/88 respondents (77%) use it for cholesteatoma. The mean confidence (±standard deviation) of the respondents with DWMRI in identifying cholesteatoma presence was 7.3 ± 2.1, in identifying volume of cholesteatoma was 6.8 ± 1.8, and in identifying subsites of cholesteatoma was 4.6 ± 2.1. <b><i>Conclusions and Significance:</i></b> DWMRI has a well-defined role in the follow-up of patients after cholesteatoma surgery, and those primary cases of cholesteatoma where the diagnosis is in question. The use of DWMRI for cholesteatoma is variable across the UK, but there are certain clinical scenarios where there is not enough awareness regarding the benefits of imaging (such as petrous apex cases of cholesteatoma).

scholarly journals Constructing the Ideology of the Right-Wing Radical Party in Modern United Kingdom: The Case of the United Kingdom Independence Party

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 446-462
Author(s):  
Mikhail S. Golovin
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Initial Period ◽  
British Society ◽  
Right Wing ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Political Struggle ◽  
Frequent Change ◽  
Cultural Conditions ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
The Right

This article examines the update of ideological foundations of the largest right-wing radical party in Britain (and in the whole of Europe) - the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP). The subject of the research is the partys programmatic text, Manifesto for Brexit and Beyond, a document that is not limited to the discussion of Brexit alone. This document appeared at the end of 2019 and, despite the frequent change of leadership in the party during 2020, remained the ideological foundation of the organization after Brexit. The aim of the article is to analyze how the ideological base of the right-wing British radical party was formed in the socio-political realities of the initial period after the states exit from the European Union. The paper presents a discursive analysis of the main ideological document of one of UKIP, as well as identifies the ideological positions of British right-wing radicals at the present stage. Since the research is mainly practice-oriented, the main results are presented the data obtained through discourse analysis using to the method of R. Wodak. The data testify the changes that have been taking place in the discourse of the extreme right in Britain in recent years, as well as the prospects for its evolution in the coming years after Brexit. Studying UKIPs discourse, the author concludes that it forms depending on the political, social and cultural conditions that prevail in modern British society, as well as on the general European context. The article also shows how a modern right-wing radical party constructs its discourse using the most painful issues for the society within the framework of political struggle.

Intratympanic Steroid Use for Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss: Current Otolaryngology Practice

2019 ◽  
Vol 128 (6) ◽  
pp. 490-502 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matt Lechner ◽  
Liam Sutton ◽  
Mark Ferguson ◽  
Yasmin Abbas ◽  
Jaswinder Sandhu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Hearing Loss ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
Sensorineural Hearing Loss ◽  
The United States ◽  
Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss ◽  
Sensorineural Hearing ◽  
British Society ◽  
Treatment Regimes ◽  
The United Kingdom

Objective: To investigate the current practice of intratympanic steroid (ITS) injection for sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) in the United Kingdom and link the data with data from the United States and continental Europe. Methods: A survey of 21 questions was distributed to members of the British Society of Otology using an online survey platform via ENT UK. Data obtained from UK otolaryngologists (n = 171) were integrated with previously published data from other countries, including the United States (n = 63) and continental Europe (n = 908). Results: In the United Kingdom, 62% of responding otolaryngologists use ITS injection for SSNHL, while 38% do not. Of those using ITS, 59% use it as first-line treatment, either using it in conjunction with oral steroids (51%) or using it as monotherapy (8%). Of those that use ITS, a majority (83%) use it as salvage therapy when primary treatment with systemic steroids has failed, and similar results are found in the continental Europe and US surveys. The most commonly used preparation is dexamethasone. Responses to questions regarding treatment regimes used are enlightening and show considerable variation in the treatment regimes used within and between countries. Conclusions: There is a wide variation in practice with regards to ITS for SSNHL hearing loss in the United Kingdom, United States, and continental Europe. In the absence of protocols or definitive guidance from published literature, knowledge of contemporary practice may help guide or encourage reevaluation of clinical practice and will help guide the design of future clinical trials.

Report of the UK Oral and Dental Health Research Summit

2010 ◽  
Vol os17 (3) ◽  
pp. 123-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth A Eaton ◽  
Ario Santini
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Health Research ◽  
Dental Health ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
British Society ◽  
Dental Practice ◽  
Summit Meeting ◽  
Dental Research ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
The Uk

On 14th April 2010, a national research summit meeting for oral and dental researchers was held at Sheffield University. The event was organised by Professor Paul Speight, President of the British Society for Oral and Dental Research (BSODR) and Dean of the School of Clinical Dentistry, University of Sheffield. The summit was jointly sponsored by the BSODR, the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Oral and Dental Specialty Group and the Health and Science Committee of the British Dental Association (BDA). Sixty invited participants took part. They included the Faculty of General Dental Practice (UK) Chair of Research and its two National Research Facilitators, along with Faculty members who attended as representatives of other organisations. The purpose of the meeting was to bring together the leaders of oral and dental research in the United Kingdom (UK) to consider the achievements of research in this field in the UK and how it could develop in the future.

Religion as Space for the Expression of Caribbean Identity in the United Kingdom

10.1068/d2341 ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 461-483 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine Chivallon
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Religious Experience ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
British Society ◽  
Caribbean Diaspora ◽  
Social Conventions ◽  
Construction Of Identity ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Power And Resistance ◽  
Alternative Vision

This paper puts forward the idea that the religious practices of the members of the Caribbean diaspora in the United Kingdom provide a space where an alternative vision of social issues evolves in response to the pressures experienced in British society. Based on the views of Lefebvre and De Certeau, I propose that the religious experience be seen as the appropriation of a symbolic place where identity is freed from the weight of social conventions. Contrary to the dual construction of identity imposed by the reality of segregated British cities, religious space allows for the conception of an intercultural sociality, an ‘open identity’, unhindered by the weight of the specific characteristics of particularisms of the different groups. This approach to the religious experience allows me to intervene in current intellectual debates. Geographically speaking, it is a question of showing how the idea of space is necessary in the formulation of identities, as well as the role played by space in the relationship between ‘power and resistance’. More generally, it is an examination of the notion of diaspora, showing how, when coupled with the idea of hybridity, this intellectual discourse can be framed empirically.

scholarly journals Lifestyle medicine: A positive approach to stemming the tide of non-communicable diseases in South Africa

2021 ◽  
Vol 63 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dave R. Glass
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Medical Curriculum ◽  
Conventional Medicine ◽  
Communicable Diseases ◽  
Lifestyle Changes ◽  
Lifestyle Medicine ◽  
Positive Approach ◽  
Non Communicable Diseases ◽  
Surgical Interventions

Non-communicable diseases account for most deaths globally and they are the main reason for patient consultations. Conventional medicine focuses on pharmaceutical and surgical interventions to manage these diseases. Most management protocols recognise the foundational role of lifestyle changes, but practical lifestyle medicine interventions need to become part of the medical curriculum and part of each consultation to make an impact. This article presents the rationale for the launch of the South African Lifestyle Medicine Association as an important facilitator of that process.

scholarly journals Measuring the Significance of Policy Outputs with Positive Unlabeled Learning

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
RADOSLAW ZUBEK ◽  
ABHISHEK DASGUPTA ◽  
DAVID DOYLE
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Construct Validity ◽  
Government Regulations ◽  
New Approach ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Novel Approach ◽  
Pu Learning ◽  
Finite Set ◽  
Small Set

Identifying important policy outputs has long been of interest to political scientists. In this work, we propose a novel approach to the classification of policies. Instead of obtaining and aggregating expert evaluations of significance for a finite set of policy outputs, we use experts to identify a small set of significant outputs and then employ positive unlabeled (PU) learning to search for other similar examples in a large unlabeled set. We further propose to automate the first step by harvesting “seed” sets of significant outputs from web data. We offer an application of the new approach by classifying over 9,000 government regulations in the United Kingdom. The obtained estimates are successfully validated against human experts, by forecasting web citations, and with a construct validity test.

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