A New Model to Support The UK Licensing Process for Satellites in LEO And GEO Orbits

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Damian Smith
Keyword(s):  
New Model ◽  
The Uk

From ‘Posh Pen and Pad’ to Participatory Pedagogies

2012 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karl Royle ◽  
Mark Hadfield
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Educational Status ◽  
Role Identity ◽  
Action Research Project ◽  
New Model ◽  
Technological Intervention ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Pedagogical Approaches

This paper looks at the implementation of wireless netbooks within two primary schools in the UK for all children at key stages 4 and 5. It looks at current concepts of ematurity and technological implementation and offers a new model based on three interlocking factors, the educational status of the technology, the capacity for innovation of the organisation, groups and individuals and how far the technology can be aligned with the needs and concerns of individuals and teams and their prevailing pedagogical approaches. This model is examined in the light of an action research project and illustrates how pedagogical reframing is important in any technological intervention. It also examines role, identity and practice changes required by both learners and teachers in order to improve the learning experience within a school.

scholarly journals S23 Ambulatory percutaneous lung biopsy with early discharge and Heimlich valve management of iatrogenic pneumothorax – a new model for the UK

Thorax ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 70 (Suppl 3) ◽  
pp. A17.1-A17
Author(s):  
RR Abdullah ◽  
AN Tavare ◽  
DD Creer ◽  
S Khan ◽  
R Vancheeswaran ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lung Biopsy ◽  
Early Discharge ◽  
New Model ◽  
Percutaneous Lung Biopsy ◽  
The Uk

A vernalization-intensity model to predict bolting in sugar beet

2009 ◽  
Vol 148 (2) ◽  
pp. 127-137 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. F. J. MILFORD ◽  
P. J. JARVIS ◽  
C. WALTERS
Keyword(s):  
Sugar Beet ◽  
Air Temperature ◽  
Trial Data ◽  
Vernalization Requirement ◽  
New Model ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Maximum Air Temperature ◽  
Potential Use

SUMMARYA new model is presented that relates the numbers of bolters in sugar-beet crops to an intensity of vernalization calculated as the accumulated number of hours between sowing and the end of June that temperatures were between 0 and 13°C, with each temperature within this range differentially weighted for its vernalizing effect. The model allows varieties to be characterized in terms of a threshold number of vernalizing hours needed to induce bolting (the vernalization requirement) and the increase in the proportion of bolted plants with each additional 10 vernalizing hours accumulated above this vernalizing threshold (the bolting sensitivity). When parameterized for variety, the model allows the level of bolting to be predicted for crops sown on specific dates in particular locations.Data from variety-assessment trials done at a wide range of locations throughout the main UK sugar-beet growing areas between 1973 and 2006, and from early sown bolting trials done at a few sites between 2000 and 2008, were used to define specific aspects of the model. These included the range and weightings of vernalizing temperatures, the period during which vernalization occurs, and the temperatures likely to cause plants to become devernalized.The vernalization-intensity bolting model was parameterized and validated using separate subsets of the UK variety-assessment trial data. It was shown to be more discriminating and robust than an existing ‘cool-day’ model, which relates bolting to the number of days from sowing in which the maximum air temperature was below 12°C. Examples are given of the use of the new model to assess the bolting risk associated with early sowing in different regions of the UK, to interpret recent patterns of bolting (especially the large numbers of bolters seen in some commercial crops in 2008), and its potential use as an advisory tool.

scholarly journals A potentially useful distribution model for dietary intake data

2003 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
pp. 513-519 ◽  
Author(s):  
JP Myles ◽  
GM Price ◽  
N Hunter ◽  
M Day ◽  
SW Duffy
Keyword(s):  
Standard Deviation ◽  
Daily Intake ◽  
Distribution Model ◽  
Traditional Model ◽  
New Model ◽  
Diet Diary ◽  
Single Standard ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Age And Sex

AbstractBackground:Conventional mixed models for the analysis of diet diary data have introduced several simplifying assumptions, such as that of a single standard deviation for within-person day-to-day variation which is common to all individuals.Objective:We developed a model in which the within-person standard deviation was allowed to differ from person to person.Design:The model was demonstrated using data on daily retinol intake from the Dietary and Nutritional Survey of British Adults. The data were from 7-day weighed dietary diaries. Estimation was performed by Markov chain Monte Carlo. Reliability of the model was assessed from the accuracy of estimation of the percentage of days on which various intakes were exceeded. For levels above the median retinol intake, estimation of percentages of days with excessive intakes was most accurate using the model with varying within-person standard deviation.Setting:A survey of British adults aged 16–64 years.Subjects:In total 2197 adults living in the UK, 1087 males and 1110 females.Results:Under the traditional model, estimated daily intake ranged from 716.4 to 1421.8 μg depending on age and sex, with a within-person standard deviation of 4298.9 μg. Under the new model, estimated average daily intake ranged from 388.9 to 518.3 μg depending on age and sex, but with a within-person standard deviation varying between subjects with a 95% range of 29 to 8384 μg. The new model was shown to predict the percentage of days of exceeding large intakes more successfully than the traditional model. For example, the percentage of days of exceeding the maximum recommended intake (9000 μg for men and 7500 μg for women) was 2.4%. The traditional model predicted no excessive intakes, whereas the new model predicted 2.9%.Conclusions:This model is potentially useful in dietary research in general and for analysis of data on chemical contaminants in foods, in particular.

Do Elections (Still) Matter?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emiliano Grossman ◽  
Isabelle Guinaudeau
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Politics ◽  
Agenda Setting ◽  
Institutional Capacity ◽  
Party Competition ◽  
New Model ◽  
The Core ◽  
Policy Agendas ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Bridging Studies ◽  
Opposition Parties

This book sheds new light on this central democratic concern based on an ambitious study of democratic mandates through the lens of agenda-setting in five West European countries since the 1980s. The authors develop and test a new model bridging studies of party competition, pledge fulfilment, and policymaking. The core argument is that electoral priorities are a major factor shaping policy agendas, but mandates should not be mistaken as partisan. Parties are like ‘snakes in tunnels’: they have distinctive priorities but they need to respond to emerging problems and their competitors’ priorities, resulting in considerable cross-partisan overlap. The ‘tunnel of attention’ remains constraining in the policymaking arena, especially when opposition parties have resources to press governing parties to act on the campaign priorities. This key aspect of mandate responsiveness has been neglected so far because in traditional models of mandate representation, party platforms are conceived as a set of distinctive priorities, whose agenda-setting impact ultimately depends on the institutional capacity of the parties in office. Rather differently, this book suggests that counter-majoritarian institutions and windows for opposition parties generate key incentives to stick to the mandate. It shows that these findings hold across five very different democracies: Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, and the UK. The results contribute to a renewal of mandate theories of representation and lead to question the idea underlying much of the comparative politics literature that majoritarian systems are more responsive than consensual ones.

scholarly journals Paramedic delivery of bad news: a novel dilemma during the COVID-19 crisis

2020 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-19
Author(s):  
Iain Campbell
Keyword(s):  
Ethical Dilemma ◽  
Current Practice ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Bad News ◽  
Hospital Environment ◽  
New Model ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
Set Up ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Bad News Delivery

As a result of the COVID-19 global pandemic, paramedics in the UK face unprecedented challenges in the care of acutely unwell patients and their family members. This article will describe and discuss a new ethical dilemma faced by clinicians in the out-of-hospital environment during this time, namely the delivery of bad news to family members who are required to remain at home and self-isolate while the critically unwell patient is transported to hospital. I will discuss some failings of current practice and reflect on some of the ethical and practical challenges confronting paramedics in these circumstances. I conclude by making three recommendations: first, that dedicated pastoral outreach teams ought to be set up during pandemics to assist family members of patients transported to hospital; second, I offer a framework for how bad news can be delivered during a lockdown in a less damaging way; and finally, that a new model of bad news delivery more suited for unplanned, time-pressured care should be developed.

scholarly journals The event and festival life cycle – developing a new model for a new context

2017 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 986-1004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kirsten Holmes ◽  
Jane Ali-Knight
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
Life Cycles ◽  
Reference Points ◽  
Content Type ◽  
New Model ◽  
Alternative Pathways ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Cultural Sector

Purpose The events and festivals literature relies on theories and models borrowed from tourism studies which may insufficiently account for the unique characteristics of events and festivals. Using four case studies from Australia, United Arab Emirates and the UK, this paper aims to analyse events and festival life cycles using the Tourism Area Life Cycle (TALC) framework (Butler, 1980). Design/methodology/approach The paper is conceptual in that it theorises the range of event and festival life cycle trajectories; however, four event case studies are also used to illustrate this approach. Findings Findings facilitate an extension of Butler’s model to include additional trajectories and accompanying underpinning critical factors that better explain and predict the nature of events and festivals. Research limitations/implications The paper is based on four case studies from the cultural sector which is ideal for developing theory but limits the contexts examined in this paper. The findings are only applicable to recurring events and festivals. Practical implications In the new model, seven different pathways, ranging from continued growth to cancellation, suggest potential opportunities and risks for events and festivals. The results are of particular relevance for event managers, who can use the case studies and trajectories as reference points for event growth and consolidation. Social implications The case studies reveal that successful events are seen to have strong ties to their local communities and are rooted in the destination. Originality/value The paper’s originality is in both the context of utilising diverse international cultural festival and events as case studies and the proposal of seven alternative pathways for events and festivals, which extend Butler’s TALC to the unique context of these temporal phenomena.

The concept of Datenherrschaft of patient information from a Lockean perspective

2016 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 70-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jani Simo Sakari Koskinen ◽  
Ville Matti Antero Kainu ◽  
Kai Kristian Kimppa
Keyword(s):  
Patient Information ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Current Status ◽  
New Right ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Potential Solution ◽  
Legal Analysis ◽  
Content Type ◽  
New Model ◽  
The Uk

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse the current status of ownership of patient information from a Lockean perspective and then present Datenherrschaft (German for “mastery over information”) as a new model for patient ownership of patient information. Design/methodology/approach – This paper is theoretical in approach. It is based on arguments derived from Locke’s Two Treatises of Government. Legal examples of the current situation are derived from Finnish, UK and Swedish legislation. Findings – Current legislation concerning patient information is not clearly formulated and so recognising a new right on the part of the patient, Datenherrschaft, would be an ethically justifiable way of remedying the issue. Research limitations/implications – The legal analysis was limited to Finland, the UK and Sweden, and so other legislation should be looked at in future research. Datenherrschaft is used as an example of an ethically justified way of regulating patient information ownership and should be analysed further. Originality/value – Patient information ownership is an issue that is not unambiguously solved in many countries, nor has it, in our view, been ethically justified. The potential solution presented in this paper is clear and has strong ethical justifications.

scholarly journals Experimental validation of the temperature behavior of the ENDF/B-VIII.0 thermal scattering kernel for light water

2020 ◽  
Vol 239 ◽  
pp. 14001
Author(s):  
Jose Ignacio Marquez Damian ◽  
Javier Dawidowski ◽  
Rolando Jose Granada ◽  
Florencia Cantargi ◽  
Giovanni Romanelli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Data ◽  
Cross Section ◽  
Neutron Cross Section ◽  
Transmission Experiment ◽  
Light Water ◽  
New Model ◽  
Thermal Scattering ◽  
Physics Department ◽  
Scattering Kernel ◽  
The Uk

The Neutron Physics Department at Centro Atómico Bariloche developed new models for the interaction of thermal neutrons with water which have been validated against experimental data, including new thermal scattering experiments, and were adopted for the release of ENDF/B-VIII.0. Although the older models are, in general, good for most applications, some discrepancies had appeared in the case of heavy water, and this motivated new measurements that validated the new model. In the case of light water, the new model predicts a reduction of the total cross section around 0.025 eV when the temperature is increased from room temperature. This reduction, that is not predicted by the existing models, and potentially affects the calculation of temperature reactivity coefficients in nuclear reactors, has been traced to a shift in the vibrational frequency spectrum of liquid water. The only experimental data previously available is from an experiment performed at the Demokritos reactor in the ’60s at 293 K and 473 K, which validates the new model when the cross section ratios are computed. In order to verify this effect at a lower temperature range, a transmission experiment was carried out at the VESUVIO spectrometer in the ISIS facility in the UK in June 2018, measuring the total neutron cross section in the range from 283 K to 353 K. Here, we present this new experimental data and its comparison with the models.

scholarly journals Service reconfiguration in the department of hand surgery during the UK COVID-19 lockdown: Birmingham experience

2021 ◽  
pp. postgradmedj-2020-139280
Author(s):  
Natasha Emma Picardo ◽  
Harriet Walker ◽  
Qureish Vanat ◽  
Bafiq Nizar ◽  
Tomas Madura ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Patient Satisfaction ◽  
Hospital Admission ◽  
Hand Surgery ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
Viral Transmission ◽  
Hand Trauma ◽  
Model Of Care ◽  
New Model ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Provision Of Care

In early 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic swept through the UK and had a major impact on healthcare services. The Birmingham hand centre, one of the largest hand trauma units in the country, underwent a dramatic service reconfiguration to enable robust and safe provision of care that would withstand the peak of the pandemic. Streamlining our service significantly reduced patient footfall and hospital admission while preventing intra-hospital viral transmission. Many of the changes implemented have been kept as permanent adjustments to our practice as this new model of care yields higher patient satisfaction and efficacy to withstand the pressures of further peaks in the pandemic.

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