scholarly journals Spatial Analysis of Dog Ownership and Car Use in the UK

Findings ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian Philips ◽  
Giulio Mattioli ◽  
Jillian Anable
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Analysis ◽  
Car Use ◽  
Dog Ownership ◽  
The Uk

scholarly journals Rainfall spatial variability in the application of catchment morphing for ungauged catchments

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jun Zhang ◽  
Dawei Han ◽  
Qiang Dai
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Analysis ◽  
Spatial Variability ◽  
Spatial Information ◽  
Model Performance ◽  
Ungauged Catchments ◽  
Distributed Information ◽  
Simulation Performance ◽  
Distributed Models ◽  
Spatially Distributed ◽  
The Uk

Abstract Catchment Morphing (CM) is a newly proposed approach to apply fully distributed models for ungauged catchments and has been experimented in several catchments in the UK. As one of the most important input datasets for hydrological models, rainfall spatial variability is influential to the stream variabilities and simulation performance. A homogenous rainfall was utilized in the previous experiments with Catchment Morphing. This study applied a spatially distributed rainfall from CEH-GEAR rainfall dataset in the morphed catchment for ungauged catchments as the follow-on study. Three catchments in the UK were used for rainfall spatial analysis and CEH-GEAR rainfall data were adopted for additional spatial analysis. The results demonstrate the influence of rainfall spatial information to the model performance with CM and illustrate the ability of morphed catchment to tackle with spatially varied information. More spatially distributed information is expected to be introduced for a wider application of CM.

scholarly journals “More Attention than Usual”: A Thematic Analysis of Dog Ownership Experiences in the UK during the First COVID-19 Lockdown

Animals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 240
Author(s):  
Katrina E. Holland ◽  
Sara C. Owczarczak-Garstecka ◽  
Katharine L. Anderson ◽  
Rachel A. Casey ◽  
Robert M. Christley ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cohort Study ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Intervention Strategies ◽  
Free Text ◽  
Electronic Diary ◽  
Dog Ownership ◽  
Daily Exercise ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Impact ◽  
And Training

On 23 March 2020, the UK Government imposed a nationwide lockdown as part of efforts to mitigate the impact of COVID-19. This study aimed to explore how the experience of dog ownership in the UK was impacted during this lockdown. Data for this research came from open-ended survey questions and an electronic diary completed by members of the general public and participants involved in “Generation Pup”, an ongoing longitudinal cohort study of dogs. A total of 10,510 free-text entries were analysed. Three major themes emerged: spending time at home with dog(s), walking practices, and behaviour and training. Owners valued having more time than usual with their dog(s) but also recognised that spending extra time with their dog(s) may negatively impact on the dog’s future ability to cope when left alone. However, very few owners provided alone time for their dog(s) during the lockdown. The opportunity to walk their dog(s) as part of their permitted daily exercise was regarded positively, but walks under the lockdown guidelines were not always felt to be adequate with respect to providing sufficient exercise and opportunities for interaction with other dogs. Owners reported observing new undesirable behaviours in their dog(s) during the lockdown, including barking and dogs being “clingy” or vocalising when briefly left alone. Based on these findings, we suggest intervention strategies to best support dog welfare that include helping dog owners to teach dogs to cope with being alone, even if owners do not need to leave their dogs alone.

scholarly journals 292 Paediatric Dog-Bites: Are ‘Pandemic Puppies’ A Cause for Concern?

2021 ◽  
Vol 108 (Supplement_6) ◽  
Author(s):  
H de Berker ◽  
J Zhao ◽  
A Souéid
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Significance ◽  
Control Period ◽  
Careful Consideration ◽  
Dog Bite ◽  
Dog Bites ◽  
Dog Ownership ◽  
The Us ◽  
Chi Squared ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Serious Injuries

Abstract Introduction There has been a substantial increase in dog ownership during the COVID-19 pandemic, in part due to national lockdowns prompting many to seek canine companionship. Published studies from the US have associated this with increased paediatric presentations with dog-bites to the emergency department (ED). However, this has yet to be elucidated in the UK. Method All attendances to ED and referrals to our regional paediatric plastic surgery service with paediatric dog-bites between 23/03/2020 and 01/06/2020 (UK national lockdown) were compared with the same period in 2019 (control). The location of bites and total ED attendances were also collected. Chi-squared test was used to determine statistical significance, p ≤ 0.05 taken as significant. Results Fewer overall paediatric attendances to ED were noted between the lockdown period compared to control (4429 vs 9620). Similarly, fewer children presented with dog-bites during lockdown compared to control (25 vs 45). Proportionally, this data represents 5.6 bites per 1,000 ED attendances during lockdown vs 4.7 during the control period (p = 0.44). Facial bites were more common during lockdown accounting for 60% vs 47% in the control period (p = 0.28). Conclusions Despite reports of increased dog ownership, our findings do not demonstrate significantly more paediatric dog-bite presentations. Although not statistically significant, more facial bites were noted during lockdown. We speculate this may be due to parents presenting with self-perceived more “serious” injuries. Thorough research and careful consideration are essential prior to bringing a new dog into a home with young children.

scholarly journals Religion, values and knowledge-power in contemporary secular spaces: the case of an English medical centre

2006 ◽  
Vol 19 ◽  
pp. 160-181 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kim Knott
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Analysis ◽  
Alternative Medicine ◽  
Complementary And Alternative Medicine ◽  
Medical Practice ◽  
Controversial Issues ◽  
Patient Relationship ◽  
General Medical Practice ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Opening Up ◽  
The Way

The aim of this article is to examine the way in which knowledge-power is exercised in contemporary controversies in healthcare, and what this flexing of discursive muscles shows about the nature of secularity and its relationship to religion. The discussion is focused on two controversial issues at the heart of general medical practice in the UK: the doctor–­patient relationship and complementary and alternative medicine. As will become clear, participation in these debates is not restricted to doctors alone, but increasingly to government departments, professional medical and scientific bodies, therapists beyond the medical mainstream, and patients themselves. What is interesting for scholars of religion is the way in which the debates (which are not confined only to discourse, but are also reflected in physical and social spaces) reveal deep-seated but dynamic values. The debates themselves, and many of the values and opinions expressed in association with them, are ostensibly ‘secular’, but, as we shall see, ‘religion’ has an interesting place within them. It variously enters the scene as a crit­ical tool, the butt of jokes, the enemy or a potentially fruitful partner (particularly in its nascent guise as ‘spirituality’). The author suggests that there are two important outcomes of this examination: first, the opening up of a secular organisation and exposure of the heterogeneity of value and knowledge positions within it, and, secondly, the recognition that methodological tools from within the study of religions (in this case a spatial analysis for locating religion) can be put to use in such an examination, in pursuit of a fuller understanding of secularity.

scholarly journals “The Limits of My Language Mean the Limits of My World”: Translated Migrations in Xiaolu Guo’s Novels

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martina Codeluppi
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Analysis ◽  
Female Body ◽  
English Language ◽  
Chinese Literature ◽  
Literary Text ◽  
Comparative Approach ◽  
Contemporary Chinese Literature ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Contemporary Chinese

In the case of migrant writers, the representation of the female body can be considered the most intimate expression of individuality, as well as an expression of the dislocation that often transpires from their stories. In the context of contemporary Chinese literature, which has now become transnational, Xiaolu Guo is a representative example of féminité migrante. Raised in China, she emigrated to the UK as an adult, and relies mainly on the English language to codify her literary creativity. This study focuses on the analysis of the relationship between space and language, and between body and translation. It will explore two novels by Xiaolu Guo through a linguistic/comparative approach and a spatial analysis of the literary text.

scholarly journals SPATIAL ANALYSIS OF RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COVID-19 CASES AND GLOBALISATION IN EUROPE

2020 ◽  
pp. 255-265
Author(s):  
Yılmaz Toktaş
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Analysis ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Global Scale ◽  
Error Model ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Spatial Error Model ◽  
Spatial Error ◽  
The World ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Positive Effect

With the globalisation process, economic, social and political structures have become more and more intertwined. Due to the current Covid-19 pandemic, it has been observed that epidemics such as Covid-19 are globalising and that they turn into pandemics on a global scale. In this study, it is suggested that, along with Covid-19’s distinctive abilities such as spreading rapidly, the fact that the world has become more mobile and integrated due to globalisation is considered to have an impact on the pandemic; thus, the effect of globalisation on Covid-19 cases in European countries was investigated through spatial analysis methods. The results of Moran’s I test carried out on Covid-19 cases in European countries suggest that there is positive autocorrelation. According to the LISA analysis results, it was found that the UK, the Netherlands, France, and Belgium not only have a higher number of Covid-19 cases, but also have been affected by the countries with a number of cases above the European mean. According to the results of Spatial Error Model designed to examine the effect of globalisation, it was found that globalisation had a slight but positive effect on Covid-19 cases in Europe.

scholarly journals Metabolic suburbs, or the virtue of low densities

2012 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susannah Hagan
Keyword(s):  
Energy Analysis ◽  
Recycle Water ◽  
City Region ◽  
Compact City ◽  
Car Use ◽  
The Us ◽  
Open Land ◽  
City Model ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Suburban Landscape

The ‘Compact City’ model of sustainable development relies almost exclusively on transport energy analysis to justify the raising of low residential densities by the insertion of higher density dwellings within them. Higher densities mean more people per hectare, which makes public transport more economically viable, which cuts down on car use, which saves transport energy. Suburbs are very popular, however - over 80% of the populations of the UK and the US would prefer to live in them - and they can't all be bulldozed or ‘densified’. Turning the Compact City model on its head frees us to ask what environmental advantages low densities might have. Most suburbs have abundant open land, and land can perform: grow food and fuel, collect and recycle water, modify harsh microclimates, save and generate energy. The ‘performative’ potential of the suburban landscape can transform it into a grown infrastructure contributing to the reduction of the overall environmental impact of a city region, justifying its relatively low densities.

Identifying the employment effect of invoking and changing the minimum wage: A spatial analysis of the UK.

2015 ◽  
Vol 37 ◽  
pp. 54-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Dolton ◽  
Chiara Rosazza Bondibene ◽  
Michael Stops
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Analysis ◽  
Minimum Wage ◽  
Employment Effect ◽  
The Uk
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