scholarly journals Dying to Go Green: The Introduction of Resomation in the United Kingdom

Religions ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 97
Author(s):  
Georgina M. Robinson
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Carbon Footprint ◽  
Human Body ◽  
Alkaline Hydrolysis ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Religious Perspectives ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Hydrolysis Of

In an age where concern for the environment is paramount, individuals are continuously looking for ways to reduce their carbon footprint—does this now extend to in one’s own death? How can one reduce the environmental impact of their own death? This paper considers various methods of disposing the human body after death, with a particular focus on the environmental impact that the different disposal techniques have. The practices of ‘traditional’ burial, cremation, ‘natural’ burial, and ‘resomation’ will be discussed, with focus on the prospective introduction of the funerary innovation of the alkaline hydrolysis of human corpses, trademarked as ‘Resomation’, in the United Kingdom. The paper situates this process within the history of innovative corpse disposal in the UK in order to consider how this innovation may function within the UK funeral industry in the future, with reference made to possible religious perspectives on the process.

Volunteering in hospice and palliative care in the United Kingdom

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ros Scott
Keyword(s):  
Palliative Care ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
Care Services ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Strategic Direction ◽  
Palliative Care Services ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Hospice And Palliative Care ◽  
Changing Role

This chapter explores the history of volunteers in the founding and development of United Kingdom (UK) hospice services. It considers the changing role and influences of volunteering on services at different stages of development. Evidence suggests that voluntary sector hospice and palliative care services are dependent on volunteers for the range and quality of services delivered. Within such services, volunteer trustees carry significant responsibility for the strategic direction of the organiszation. Others are engaged in diverse roles ranging from the direct support of patient and families to public education and fundraising. The scope of these different roles is explored before considering the range of management models and approaches to training. This chapter also considers the direct and indirect impact on volunteering of changing palliative care, societal, political, and legislative contexts. It concludes by exploring how and why the sector is changing in the UK and considering the growing autonomy of volunteers within the sector.

The pre-history of health psychology in the United Kingdom: From natural science and psychoanalysis to social science, social cognition and beyond

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 472-491 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Murray
Keyword(s):  
Health Psychology ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
Social Cognition ◽  
Social Science ◽  
20Th Century ◽  
Natural Science ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Theoretical Perspectives ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Uk

Health psychology formally came of age in the United Kingdom in the 1980s, but it was prefigured by much discussion about challenges to the dominance of biomedicine in healthcare and debates. This articles focuses on what could be termed the pre-history of health psychology in the UK. This was the period in the earlier 20th century when psychological approaches were dominated by psychoanalysis which was followed by behaviourism and then cognitivism. Review of this pre-history provides the backdrop for the rise of health psychology in the UK and also reveals the tensions between the different theoretical perspectives.

Introduction

Extreme Asia ◽  
2015 ◽  
pp. 1-21
Author(s):  
Daniel Martin
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
Far East ◽  
Critical Reception ◽  
Film Distribution ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Distribution Company ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Comprehensive History

This book is a study of the Asia Extreme brand, a DVD and theatrical release label created by British film distribution company Metro-Tartan/Tartan Films. Specifically, this book offers a comprehensive history of the marketing and critical reception of this series of films from Japan, South Korea, Thailand and Hong Kong, focusing on releases in the United Kingdom between 2000 and 2005. The strategies and marketing campaigns used by Tartan Films to promote these films to a wide British audience will be examined, as will the critical and journalistic reception of the films. The following analysis seeks to account for the rise in visibility of this cycle of Japanese horror, Hong Kong action and Korean cult film in the UK, and to chart the changing contexts of their reception. In the process, this research identifies the cinematic debates, assumptions and prejudices that inform the British critical reception of ‘cult’ cinema from the Far East....

Organochlorine Pesticide Residues in Human Fat in the United Kingdom 1982-1983

1985 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 435-445 ◽  
Author(s):  
D.C. Abbott ◽  
R. Goulding ◽  
D.C. Holmes ◽  
R.A. Hoodless
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Organochlorine Pesticides ◽  
Organochlorine Pesticide ◽  
Body Fat ◽  
Human Body ◽  
Pesticide Residues ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Organochlorine Pesticide Residues ◽  
Comparison Of The Results ◽  
The Uk

Between December 1982 and October 1983 samples of human body fat were taken during routine necropsies carried out on 187 persons aged over 5 years and four infants aged under 4 months. Comparison of the results of analysis with those from the previous studies in 1976-1977, and earlier, shows a continuing decline in residues of p,p'-dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethone (p,p'-DDT) and dieldrin (HEOD) and a reduction in the amounts of p,p'dichlorodiphenyldichloroethene (p,p'-DDE, a metabolite of p,p'-DDT] and hexachlorobenzene. The concentrations of other compounds were similar to those observed in the previous studies. The results show that the amounts of organochlorine pesticides and polychlorobiphenyl compounds contained in human fat samples from residents in the UK compare favourably with data obtained in other countries.

scholarly journals A history of the development of the mathematics and statistics support community in the United Kingdom. Part 1: From alpha to sigma

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-12
Author(s):  
Duncan Lawson
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
History Of Mathematics ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Centre Of Excellence ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Short Time ◽  
Key Events ◽  
Formal Feature

In terms of the history of mathematics higher education, mathematics and statistics support (MSS) is a very recent development, existing as a formal feature for less than 50 years.  However, in this short time, MSS has displayed its own characteristics.  A particularly notable feature of MSS in the United Kingdom (and in other countries) has been the way in which practitioners have collaborated with each other, almost from the outset.  This collaboration has led to the creation of a community (the sigma network) with a written constitution and formal membership.  This two-part article traces the history of the development of the MSS community in the UK from its earliest incarnations to the present day.  The first part of the article reviews the period from the early 1990s to 2005 during which time the key events were the rise and demise of the Mathematics Support Association and the creation of sigma, Centre of Excellence in University-wide Mathematics and Statistics Support. 

scholarly journals THE COOPERATION BETWEEN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION AND THE UNITED KINGDOM IN THE FIELD OF FISHERIES: LAW AND POLICY

Fisheries ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (2) ◽  
pp. 24-28
Author(s):  
Kamil Bekyashev ◽  
Damir Bekyashev
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Legal Aspects ◽  
The European Union ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Fisheries Law ◽  
The Eu

On January 31, 2020, Great Britain left the European Union (EU) and was given the opportunity to pursue an independent fishing policy. In this regard, the article considers the legal and political aspects of possible cooperation between the Russian Federation and the United Kingdom in the field of fisheries. An information on the state of the UK fishing industry is provided; the legal aspects of the UK exit from the EU in the context of fisheries are analyzed; the history of relations as well as the prospects for cooperation between Russia and the UK in the field of fisheries is considered. The authors have developed recommendations on the political and legal support of the fishery interests of the Russian Federation in relations with the UK.

scholarly journals The end of the television licence fee? Applying the German household levy model to the United Kingdom

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 430-444 ◽  
Author(s):  
Phil Ramsey ◽  
Christian Herzog
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Policy Option ◽  
Policy Transfer ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Comparative Media ◽  
German Model ◽  
History Of ◽  
Royal Charter ◽  
The Uk

While the United Kingdom (UK) government has renewed the BBC Royal Charter until 2027 and confirmed that the television licence fee will last for this period, a medium-term shift from the television licence fee to a household levy is still a policy option. Drawing on the German experience, we discuss the probable difficulties, possible benefits and the overall implications of such a shift in the UK. The article employs a comparative media policy analysis. After a brief history of public service broadcasting funding in the UK, we provide an outline of the recent German public service media funding reform. We point out the difficulties from the German model to predict the future total revenues and elaborate on the suitability of it in the UK context, contrasting the possibilities of policy transfer and policy failure.

11. The Changing Relations of the UK with the EU

2021 ◽  
pp. 397-422
Author(s):  
Nigel Foster
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
Complete Separation ◽  
The European Union ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Political Relationship ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Eu

The history of the relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union from its beginning has been, if nothing else, a very vacillating one, and even at the beginning, the UK was a ‘reluctant’ partner in the European project. This chapter will outline the changing legal and political relationship before, during, and after ‘Brexit’, as the negotiations for the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union (EU) came to be known. The departure, on 31 January 2020, and complete separation on 31 December 2020, placed the UK as a third country to the EU as regards its new trading relationship, is also considered.

7. The structure of the United Kingdom and devolution

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neil Parpworth
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Northern Ireland ◽  
Constitutional History ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
The People ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Uk Government ◽  
The Uk

This chapter discusses the structure and devolution of the UK. It first sketches the constitutional history of the UK, presenting a brief outline of events that led to the creation of the UK, i.e. the union of England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. The chapter then examines the issue of devolution, which has been particularly important to the people of Scotland and Wales. The key provisions of the devolution legislation enacted in 1998 and more recent legislative developments are reviewed. The chapter concludes by considering the ‘English Question’ and the agreements between the UK Government and the devolved administrations in Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.

scholarly journals Extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation for severe respiratory failure in the UK

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 247-255
Author(s):  
Adam Czapran ◽  
Matthew Steel ◽  
Nicholas A Barrett
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Respiratory Failure ◽  
Current System ◽  
Severe Respiratory Failure ◽  
Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation ◽  
Membrane Oxygenation ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Uk

An overview of the current system for referrals and management of severe respiratory failure in the United Kingdom. We outline the history of severe respiratory failure centres, the process of retrieving a patient for veno-venous extra corporeal membrane oxygenation and highlight some common difficulties and pitfalls when referring these critically unwell patients

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