Supporting surgeons in the workplace

2008 ◽  
Vol 90 (5) ◽  
pp. 162-163
Author(s):  
Louisa Hermans
Keyword(s):  
Northern Ireland ◽  
Local Structure ◽  
Continuing Professional Development ◽  
Professional Standards ◽  
New Venture ◽  
The West ◽  
South West ◽  
West Midlands ◽  
One Year

The College is embarking on an exciting new venture to pilot a local structure to support surgeons in the workplace. Its aim is to provide a unified voice for surgery in relation to service delivery and professional standards, and to support individual surgeons through the revalidation process and with their continuing professional development (CPD). It is currently being piloted within the West Midlands and South West Strategic Health Authority (SHA) boundaries for one year. During this time it will be rigorously evaluated to determine its suitability and whether or not it will be implemented across England, Wales and Northern Ireland in the long term.

Forest Dialect

English Today ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 70-76
Author(s):  
Michelle Straw
Keyword(s):  
Identity Construction ◽  
Nation State ◽  
The South ◽  
The West ◽  
South West ◽  
Special Place ◽  
West Midlands ◽  
National Borders

The Forest of Dean (henceforth Forest) is one of the lesser known English Royal Forests. The area is considered locally to be a special place with a distinctive dialect. The Forest lies at the intersection of three regions: South East Wales, West Country, also known as the South West, and the West Midlands. The Forest is situated between two rivers: the River Severn to the East separates it from the rest of Gloucestershire; the River Wye to the West separates it from Wales. National borders and physical boundaries seem to play an important role in identity construction. ‘Identities matter most’ (Llamas & Watt, 2010: 17) to those communities ‘at the physical margins of the nation state’ (Llamas, 2010: 225). Such communities may engage in practices that differentiate their dialect and situate it at the centre of their own region.

scholarly journals Detection of the Phoma pathogens Plenodomus biglobosus subclades ‘brassicae’ and ‘canadensis’ on wasabi, and ‘canadensis’ in Europe

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin M. King ◽  
Jonathan S. West
Keyword(s):  
Northern Ireland ◽  
Leptosphaeria Maculans ◽  
Stem Canker ◽  
The West ◽  
Fungal Isolation ◽  
Pak Choi ◽  
Southern England ◽  
Leaf Spots ◽  
West Midlands ◽  
Crop Health

Abstract Phoma stem canker / blackleg is an internationally important disease of Brassicas including B. napus (oilseed rape, OSR), caused by multiple genetic subclades of the fungi Plenodomus lingam (formerly Leptosphaeria maculans) and P. biglobosus (L. biglobosa). In Spring 2021, Phoma-like disease symptoms were observed on leaves and stems of Eutrema japonicum (wasabi) crops at three UK sites (Northern Ireland, Southern England and the West Midlands). Fungal isolation from wasabi leaf spots yielded colonies with two distinct phenotypes on potato dextrose agar (PDA). Isolates from the Northern Ireland and Southern England sites had white colonies with abundant pink cirri that were confirmed (based on ITS rDNA, beta tubulin and actin sequences) as P. biglobosus subclade ‘canadensis’ (Pbc). Those from the West Midlands site, however, had yellow pigmented colonies and were confirmed by sequencing as P. biglobosus subclade ‘brassicae’ (Pbb). Greenhouse pathogenicity testing showed that Pbb and Pbc wasabi isolates were pathogenic not only to this host but also OSR, B. oleracea (cabbage), and B. rapa (pak choi). Re-isolation of the fungi was attempted and confirmed from lesions that developed on inoculated OSR and wasabi, thus completing Koch’s postulates. These findings represent new discoveries for both Pbb and Pbc on wasabi, plus for Pbc in Europe. The crop health implications of these results are briefly considered.

A Practice Review of Technology Management

1996 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 237-247
Author(s):  
Barbara Tilson
Keyword(s):  
Local Economy ◽  
The West ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
South West ◽  
Defence Industry ◽  
West Midlands ◽  
Practice Review ◽  
Primary Focus ◽  
Public And Private Sector ◽  
Operational Issues

Defence industry cutbacks impact at national and local economy levels by triggering business deaths and job cuts, leading to lost workforce and production skills and a contracting manufacturing and technology base. Diversification is a key responsive mechanism to defence industry contraction, but how this can be funded and managed is a major issue. One route is to provide the structure and mechanisms for technology transfer. The 1980s and 1990s have seen a number of initiatives established which prioritised this route and some have received European funding under KONVER I support for defence diversification. These constituted the primary focus of research for this paper and form a practice review of diversification experiences between 1993 and 1995 through selected case studies from Lancashire, the West Midlands, the South West and Hertfordshire. Discussion of the mechanisms, structures and operational issues is contexualised by outlining public and private sector strategies and support.

A New Centre of Stone Axe Dispersal on the Welsh Border

1951 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 159-167 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. W. Shotton ◽  
L. F. Chitty ◽  
W. A. Seaby
Keyword(s):  
Rock Type ◽  
Final Report ◽  
Regional Survey ◽  
The West ◽  
Full Account ◽  
South West ◽  
West Midlands ◽  
Southern Half ◽  
Exact Identification ◽  
Complete Account

The Council for British Archaeology put as one of its objectives the examination of stone axes by petrological methods, with a view to their more exact identification and their placing into groups of common origin. Of the various regional sub-committees set in being only the South-west Museums Group, which initiated this type of research, has published any results of its findings, its final report being published in this volume of the Proceedings, pp. 99–158 (1, 2). The West Midlands Sub-Committee (C.B.A. Group 8) has gone a long way towards its objective in the counties of Shropshire, Hereford, Worcester, Warwick and the southern half of Staffordshire, and it should not be long before a complete account of its results can be published. The most important outcome of the work, however, has been the recognition of a rock type which, as the material for axe-hammers, is characteristically West Midland in its concentrated distribution and the conclusion that the factory for these implements lay just south of Corndon Hill in Montgomeryshire, just across the Shropshire border. As this discovery has already been announced by one of us (4) to Section H of the British Association in 1950, it would seem to be advisable to publish the evidence for this part of our work without waiting for the full account of the complete regional survey.

Youth unemployment in Northern Ireland

1997 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 367-373
Author(s):  
David Armstrong
Keyword(s):  
Northern Ireland ◽  
Young People ◽  
Financial Incentives ◽  
Compulsory Education ◽  
Youth Unemployment ◽  
Later Life ◽  
Low Achievers ◽  
The Status ◽  
One Year

Summary Nearly one tenth (8 per cent) of each cohort of school leavers in Northern Ireland experience long spells of unemployment and inactivity (“Status 0”) between the ages of 16 and 18. This is important because many such young people are likely to end up unemployed and long-term unemployed in later life. In Northern Ireland around 15 per cent of the male workforce is unemployed, and around one half of these have been out of work for more than one year. This paper outlines the nature of the Status 0 experience amongst 16 and 17 year olds in Northern Ireland, and discusses three main aspects of policy which might guide the overall policy response in Northern Ireland and elsewhere. Firstly, resources should be targeted carefully towards the most “at risk” young people, especially during the early stages of their progression through compulsory education. Secondly, relevant professionals should ensure that the most marginalised young people are not allowed to fall through the nets of mainstream provision and, in particular, every effort should be made to help young people avoid entering Status 0 immediately after leaving school. Thirdly, consideration should be given to the financial incentives faced by training providers in terms of recruiting low achievers who are at most risk of entering Status 0. There is some evidence to suggest that many of the existing incentives in Northern Ireland are inadequate and, in some cases, may exacerbate many of the problems faced by marginalised young people.

Commissioning surgical services

2009 ◽  
Vol 91 (5) ◽  
pp. 162-163
Author(s):  
Paul Abrams
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Evidence Base ◽  
Collaborative Approach ◽  
The West ◽  
Surgical Services ◽  
Recent Meeting ◽  
South West ◽  
Health Authorities ◽  
West Midlands

The College has been working with the strategic health authorities (SHAs) in the West Midlands and the South West to foster a collaborative approach to commissioning and improving the quality of local surgical services. This is being driven by the new College directors for professional affairs (DPAs) who are actively engaging with primary care trusts (PCTs) and commissioners by hosting strategic joint College–SHA meetings to present the evidence base for reconfiguring local surgical services. This report describes a recent meeting in Taunton.

Relative abundance, density and distribution of the harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) along the west coast of the UK

2008 ◽  
Vol 88 (6) ◽  
pp. 1221-1228 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Goodwin ◽  
C. Speedie
Keyword(s):  
Northern Ireland ◽  
Relative Abundance ◽  
West Coast ◽  
Harbour Porpoise ◽  
Line Transect ◽  
Phocoena Phocoena ◽  
The South ◽  
The West ◽  
South West ◽  
The Uk

The harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) is the most frequently sighted cetacean in the UK, yet there is a conservation need to assess both abundance and distribution for this species. During May–August, 2002–2004 a boat-based visual survey, employing effort-related line transect methodology was conducted for specified areas of the west coast of the UK. Estimates of relative abundance were made, with full DISTANCE analysis being carried out during 2004 for each of the areas surveyed. A generalized additive model (GAM) was constructed examining porpoise presence in relation to month, position (latitude and longitude), depth and sea surface temperature for all years and for each year of the study individually. Harbour porpoise density showed a significant decrease in the South West, with an increase for West Scotland over the study period, whilst the highest numbers for both Northern Ireland and the Firth of Clyde were recorded in 2003. The porpoise population in the south-west of England was estimated at 163 (67LCI–400UCI) individuals during the months of May and June, 387 (170LCI–877UCI) individuals were present off Northern Ireland during July, 1645 (823LCI–3289UCI) individuals around the Firth of Clyde in July and 3105 (2032LCI–4745UCI) off West Scotland during August and September. The GAM demonstrated that porpoise presence increased around the 100 m depth contour. Whilst further research is required in each of the areas throughout the year, this study provides important information on the distribution and habitat use of the harbour porpoise within UK waters.

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