scholarly journals Molecular Detection of Arthropod-Borne Pathogens in Eurasian Badgers (Meles meles) from the United Kingdom

Animals ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 446
Author(s):  
Lisa Guardone ◽  
Valentina Virginia Ebani ◽  
Ranieri Verin ◽  
Simona Nardoni ◽  
Antonio Consolazione ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Great Britain ◽  
Coxiella Burnetii ◽  
Anaplasma Phagocytophilum ◽  
Molecular Detection ◽  
Meles Meles ◽  
Widespread Distribution ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Domestic Carnivores

Arthropod-borne diseases (ABD) are of increasing interest in veterinary and public health. Eurasian badgers (Meles meles) are known to harbor a wide range of pathogens, but information on their role as ABD reservoirs and their potential epidemiological relevance is limited. This study aimed to investigate the occurrence of arthropod-borne pathogens, specifically piroplasmids and the bacteria Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Ehrlichia canis, Coxiella burnetii, Francisella tularensis and Bartonella spp., in badgers from Great Britain (GB). Blood and heart samples from 18 badgers were examined using PCR and sequencing. A neighbour-joining (NJ) phylogram was also produced. Nine animals tested positive for Babesia sp., while none of the samples was positive for the investigated bacteria. The sequences obtained clustered with other sequences of Babesia sp. from badgers from GB and elsewhere, including China, Hungary, Spain and Italy, showing a widespread distribution of this parasite in badgers. Badger-associated Babesia DNA was also found recently in a wild cat in Bosnia Herzegovina, in a wolf in Italy and in dogs in Hungary. Further investigations are needed to understand the epidemiology of this putative pathogen and its impact on the health of wild and domestic carnivores.

scholarly journals Carl Nielsen in the United Kingdom

2012 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paolo Muntoni
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Great Britain ◽  
The Public ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Long Time ◽  
The Times ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Guardian ◽  
British Research

The United Kingdom has always been receptive to the Danish composer Carl Nielsen. For a long time Great Britain was the only country outside Scandinavia to show interest in his works, which met both the favour of the public and the appreciation of critics. No other country has produced such a comprehensive list of articles, studies and reviews about Nielsen’s music. An overview of the commentaries on Nielsen’s most performed works, namely the Fourth and Fifth Symphony, published on two major British newspapers – The Times and The Guardian – documents how the opinion on his music constantly changed. Critiques range from an initial enthusiastic acclaim to a half-hearted appreciation, and later to revaluation and revival. An analysis of a selected work, the Sixth Symphony, sheds light on the breadth and variety of what can be now considered a well-established research tradition. Robert Simpson pioneered such research in the 1950’s, but it was during the last decade of the 20 th century that the most interesting developments unfolded. Despite the wide range of interpretations, it is possible to track within British research on Carl Nielsen some underlying features that, in interplay with other factors, can help to explain the composer’s popularity in the UK.

A tale of two epidemics: drugs harm reduction and tobacco harm reduction in the United Kingdom

2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 203-211 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerry V. Stimson
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Harm Reduction ◽  
Tobacco Harm Reduction ◽  
Public Health Response ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Drug Of Choice ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Health Response ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Hiv Aids

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to compare the response to HIV/AIDS and drug use (drugs harm reduction) with tobacco harm reduction. Design/methodology/approach Analysis of historical and contemporary sources, combined with personal knowledge of key stakeholders in the history and development of both fields. Findings Both drugs harm reduction and tobacco harm reduction share a similar objective – to reduce health risks for people who are unwilling or unable to stop using their drug of choice. Both also share a broader public health aim of helping people to make healthier decisions. Drugs harm reduction – as a response to HIV/AIDS – included the adoption of a wide range of radical harm reduction interventions and was a public health success. It became an established part of the professional Public Health agenda. In contrast the Public Health response to e-cigarettes and tobacco harm reduction has ranged from the negative to the cautious. A recent Public Health England report is exceptional for its endorsement of e-cigarettes. Originality/value Highlights contradictions in Public Health responses to drugs and tobacco; and that public health interventions can be implemented without and despite the contribution of professional Public Health.

scholarly journals MODERN TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION IN THE DEVELOPED EUROPEAN COUNTRIES

2020 ◽  
pp. 45-50
Author(s):  
M. Bliznyuk ◽  
O. Debre
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Great Britain ◽  
Northern Ireland ◽  
Technology Education ◽  
Technological Literacy ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Technological Competence ◽  
Wide Range

The article analyses the state of technology education integration in economically developed foreign countries in accordance with today’s requirements. The world’s leading trends in the context of providing comprehensive, equitable, and quality technology education as one of the leading goals of sustainable development, approved by the United Nations, are considered. The structure of technology education in Germany and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is described; features of technology education integration in France are considered. The importance of technological literacy and technological competence for the development of modern education, in general, is substantiated. The experience of such economically developed countries as Germany, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, France, and others shows that professional training for work in various fields is carried out today with the help of various educational disciplines. The content of these disciplines is a synthesis of new knowledge about nature, technology, and human activity in all spheres of life. Different terms of technology education are considered as synonyms of one universal goal of labour training by the world scientific and pedagogical community. It is the formation of students’ technological literacy through the development of knowledge and understanding of technology, developing technical skills, and understanding the links between technology and society. The main purpose of primary pupils’ technology education in these countries is the formation of technological literacy and technological competence. A characteristic trend of the studied countries is that the previously existing labor training in school, based only on the study of materials, tools, and technological processes of materials processing, is considered insufficient and outdated. Thus, the educational process in economically developed countries means primarily students who study changes in technology, and knowledge in this area should be flexible and provide a wide range of applications. Specific emphasis in the curriculum is made on practical activities, which include the following methods: work with means of labour; design product research; excursions and observations; project development; practical assessment; and history of technology development.

Edward Battersby Bailey, 1881-1965

1965 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
pp. 1-21 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Great Britain ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Geological Survey ◽  
Metamorphic Rocks ◽  
Surface Mapping ◽  
Major Work ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The University

Edward Battersby Bailey was a former Director of the Geological Survey of Great Britain and the Museum of Practical Geology, also for a time Professor of Geology in the University of Glasgow. He was born on 1 July 1881 and died on 19 March 1965, having dedicated his life to geological thinking and exposition. Though his studies extended beyond the confines of the United Kingdom and over a wide range of geology, his major work was interpretation, into three-dimensional concepts, of the phenomena observed by surface mapping of mainly igneous and metamorphic rocks in the mountains, hills and islands of western Scotland. His work was marked by physical and mental fearlessness and enthusiasm, reinforced by a flair or instinct for arriving at a novel explanation of his own or others’ observations.

scholarly journals Coronavirus legislative responses in the UK: regression to panic and disdain of constitutionalism

2021 ◽  
Vol 72 (S1) ◽  
pp. 1-36
Author(s):  
Rebecca Moosavian ◽  
Clive Walker ◽  
Andrew Blick
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
Health Risks ◽  
Individual Rights ◽  
Health Control ◽  
Public Health Risks ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Selection Of

The United Kingdom has considerable prowess in handling emergencies, not just in counterterrorism but also in a wide range of other real or imagined disasters, including public health risks. Core legislation has been installed, including the all-encompassing Civil Contingencies Act (CCA) 2004 and the more specialist Public Health (Control of Disease) Act (PHA) 1984. Despite these finely honed models, the UK state regressed to panic mode when faced with the COVID-19 pandemic. Rather than turning to the laws already in place, Parliament fast-tracked the Coronavirus Act 2020, with scant debate of its shabbily drafted contents. In addition, the UK Government has relied heavily, with minimal scrutiny, on regulations under the PHA 1984. The article analyses the competing legal codes and how they have been deployed to deal with COVID-19. It then draws out the strengths and weaknesses of the choices in terms of the key themes of: the choice of sectoral versus general emergency legislation; levels of oversight and accountability; effectiveness; and the protection of individual rights. Following this survey, it will be suggested that the selection of legal instruments and the design of their contents has been ill-judged. In short, the emergency code which is the most suitably engineered for the purpose, the CCA 2004, has been the least used for reasons which should not be tolerated.

Borrelia miyamotoiin host-seekingIxodes ricinusticks in England

2014 ◽  
Vol 143 (5) ◽  
pp. 1079-1087 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. M. HANSFORD ◽  
M. FONVILLE ◽  
S. JAHFARI ◽  
H. SPRONG ◽  
J. M. MEDLOCK
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Disease Transmission ◽  
Anaplasma Phagocytophilum ◽  
Borrelia Burgdorferi Sensu Lato ◽  
Borrelia Miyamotoi ◽  
Infection Rates ◽  
Public Health Importance ◽  
Widespread Distribution ◽  
Risk Areas ◽  
Neoehrlichia Mikurensis

SUMMARYThis paper reports the first detection ofBorrelia miyamotoiin UKIxodes ricinusticks. It also reports on the presence and infection rates ofI. ricinusfor a number of other tick-borne pathogens of public health importance. Ticks from seven regions in southern England were screened forB. miyamotoi, Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato(s.l.),Anaplasma phagocytophilumandNeoehrlichia mikurensisusing qPCR. A total of 954I. ricinusticks were tested, 40 were positive forB. burgdorferi s.l., 22 positive forA. phagocytophilumand three positive forB. miyamotoi, with noN. mikurensisdetected. The three positiveB. miyamotoiticks came from three geographically distinct areas, suggesting a widespread distribution, and from two separate years, suggesting some degree of endemicity. Understanding the prevalence ofBorreliaand other tick-borne pathogens in ticks is crucial for locating high-risk areas of disease transmission.

British Council as an Instrument of Public Diplomacy of Great Britain

2017 ◽  
pp. 305-312
Author(s):  
Mykola Trofymenko
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Great Britain ◽  
Public Diplomacy ◽  
Cultural Diplomacy ◽  
Foreign Minister ◽  
Cultural Relations ◽  
British Council ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
The World ◽  
The Government

Public diplomacy of Great Britain is one of the most developed in the EU and in the world. The United Kingdom has developed an extremely efficient public diplomacy mechanism which includes BBC World Service (which due to its popularity boosts the reputation and the image of Great Britain), Chevening Scholarships (provides outstanding foreign students with opportunity to study in Great Britain and thus establishes long-lasting relations with public opinion leaders and foreign countries elite) and the British Council, which deals with international diplomatic ties in the field of culture. The British Council is a unique organization. Being technically independent, it actively and efficiently works on consolidating Great Britain’s interests in the world and contributes to the development of public diplomacy in Great Britain.   The author studies the efforts of the British Council as a unique public diplomacy tool of the United Kingdom. Special attention is paid to the role of British Council, which is independent of the governing board and at the same time finds itself under the influence of the latter due to the peculiarities of the appointment of Board’s officials, financing etc. The author concludes that the British Council is a unique organization established in 1934, which is a non-departmental state body, charitable organization and public corporation, technically independent of the government. The British Council, thanks to its commercial activities covers the lack of public funding caused by the policy of economy conducted by the government. It has good practices in this field worth paying attention by other countries. It is also worth mentioning that the increment in profit was getting higher last year, however the issue of increasing the influence of the government on the activities of British Council is still disputable. Although the Foreign Minister officially reports to the parliament on the activities of the British Council, approves the appointment of the leaders of organizations, the British Council preserves its independence of the government, which makes it more popular abroad, and makes positive influence on the world image of Great Britain. The efficiency of the British Council efforts on fulfillment of targets of the United Kingdom public diplomacy is unquestionable, no matter how it calls its activities: whether it is a cultural relations establishment or a cultural diplomacy implementation. Keywords: The British Council, public diplomacy, cultural diplomacy, cultural relations, Foreign Office, Her Majesty’s Government, official assistance for development

Occupational and Environmental Health

2017 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Occupational Health ◽  
Environmental Health ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Practical Experience ◽  
Global Perspective ◽  
Clear Understanding ◽  
Practical Case ◽  
Environmental Sciences ◽  
Wide Range

This thoroughly updated seventh edition is a comprehensive, clearly written, and practical textbook that includes information on both occupational health and environmental health, providing the necessary foundation for recognizing and preventing work-related and environmentally induced diseases and injuries. National and international experts share their knowledge and practical experience in addressing a wide range of issues and evolving challenges in their fields. A multidisciplinary approach makes this an ideal textbook for students and practitioners in public health, occupational and environmental medicine, occupational health nursing, epidemiology, toxicology, occupational and environmental hygiene, safety, ergonomics, environmental sciences, and other fields. Comprehensive coverage provides a clear understanding of occupational and environmental health and its relationships to public health, environmental sciences, and government policy. Practical case studies demonstrate how to apply the basic principles of occupational and environmental health to real-world challenges. Numerous tables, graphs, and photographs reinforce key concepts. Annotated Further Reading sections at the end of chapters provide avenues for obtaining further infomation. This new edition of the book is thoroughly updated and also contains new chapters on climate change, children’s environmental health, liver disorders, kidney disorders, and a global perspective on occupational health and safety.

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