scholarly journals Ecocriticism in Poland: Then and Now

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 34-41
Author(s):  
Wojciech Małecki ◽  
Jarosław Woźniak
Keyword(s):  
21St Century ◽  
Current State ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
The Usa ◽  
New Methodologies ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Literature And Environment ◽  
In The Beginning ◽  
Generic Sense

      The aim of this paper is to present a synoptic picture of the development and current state of ecocriticism in Poland. Understood in the generic sense of the study of literature and environment, ecocriticism had begun in Poland already in 1970s and has since then generated its own original tradition. Understood in the specific historical sense of a field devoted to the study of literature and environment that was consolidated in the 1990s in the USA and the UK and has then expanded both in disciplinary and national terms, ecocriticism was imported to Poland only in the beginning of the 21st century, but has managed do generate its own tradition as well. For a while, both these currents of Polish ecocriticism had run in parallel to one another, but have recently merged, stimulating new exciting developments. The paper will delineate these historical trajectories and recent developments alike. And it will also show how today’s Polish ecocriticism contributes to ecocriticism globally, not only by offering its own culturally unique perspective and archives, but also by proposing new methodologies, including so-called empirical ecocriticism, an emerging field that originates in part from Poland.

scholarly journals Online grocery shopping: promise and pitfalls for healthier food and beverage purchases

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (18) ◽  
pp. 3360-3376 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephanie B Jilcott Pitts ◽  
Shu Wen Ng ◽  
Jonathan L Blitstein ◽  
Alison Gustafson ◽  
Mihai Niculescu
Keyword(s):  
Grocery Shopping ◽  
Nutrition Labelling ◽  
Current State ◽  
Food And Beverage ◽  
Brick And Mortar ◽  
Environment Domain ◽  
Impulse Purchases ◽  
The Usa ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Psychosocial Domain

AbstractObjectives(i) To determine the current state of online grocery shopping, including individuals’ motivations for shopping for groceries online and types of foods purchased; and (ii) to identify the potential promise and pitfalls that online grocery shopping may offer in relation to food and beverage purchases.DesignPubMed, ABI/INFORM and Google Scholar were searched to identify published research.SettingTo be included, studies must have been published between 2007 and 2017 in English, based in the USA or Europe (including the UK), and focused on: (i) motivations for online grocery shopping; (ii) the cognitive/psychosocial domain; and (iii) the community or neighbourhood food environment domain.SubjectsOur search yielded twenty-four relevant papers.ResultsFindings indicate that online grocery shopping can be a double-edged sword. While it has the potential to increase healthy choices via reduced unhealthy impulse purchases, nutrition labelling strategies, and as a method to overcome food access limitations among individuals with limited access to a brick-and-mortar store, it also has the potential to increase unhealthy choices due to reasons such as consumers’ hesitance to purchase fresh produce online.ConclusionsAdditional research is needed to determine the most effective ways to positively engage customers to use online grocery shopping to make healthier choices.

The ‘Sexting’ Quagmire: Criminal Justice Responses to Adolescents’ Electronic Transmission of Indecent Images in the UK and the USA

Youth Justice ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 266-281 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nigel Stone
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Electronic Communication ◽  
Child Pornography ◽  
The United States ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
The Usa ◽  
The Uk

Adolescent embrace of electronic communication with peers often involves sharing indecent images of each other, sometimes with abusive consequences. How should the criminal justice system respond? Use of conventional child pornography legislation can be inappropriately heavy-handed and draconian. This article considers recent developments in the United States and considers how this mode of juvenile indiscretion fits with law, policy and practice in England and Wales.

scholarly journals Electronic theses: some recent developments

2013 ◽  
Vol 24 (77) ◽  
pp. 35-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Copeland
Keyword(s):  
Digital Library ◽  
New Ventures ◽  
The Past ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Humboldt University ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Theses And Dissertations

The Autumn 1999 edition - LIRN 75 - included an article by the author which examined activities relating to the production and use of electronic theses in the UK and the USA. Since that review was written there have been several significant developments in terms of progress with existing projects and enthusiasm for new ventures. This article considers the expansion of the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD) over the past two years, UNESCO support for developments in this area, the 'Digital Dissertations' project at Humboldt University in Berlin, the Australian DigitaiTheses project,and related activities in the UK.

An overview of translanguaging

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 103-118 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna M. Beres
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Bilingual Education ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Bilingual Children ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
The Us ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Language And Education ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Traditional Approaches

Over the last two decades, with the increasing bilingual population across the globe, it has become clear that we need to develop new approaches to language and education. Translanguaging is a term that was originally coined in Wales to describe a kind of bilingual education in which students receive information in one language, for example English, and produce an output of their learning in their second language, for example Welsh. Since then, scholars across the globe have developed this concept and it is now argued it is the best way to educate bilingual children in the 21st century. The present article offers an overview of translanguaging from its origins in Wales to recent developments in the UK and the US. It first presents the traditional approaches to bilingualism in education, which viewed the first and second language as separate entities. Next, it explores how bilingual education can be transformed through the use of translanguaging and outlines current research in the UK. Finally, it proposes some avenues for future studies.

Section I. Recent developments and summary of the forecast

1999 ◽  
Vol 170 ◽  
pp. 8-14
Author(s):  
Garry Young
Keyword(s):  
Current State ◽  
Inflation Rates ◽  
Misery Index ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
The Uk

The current state of the UK economy is arguably as good as it has been for thirty years. Unemployment and inflation are each at their lowest levels for several years. A ‘misery’ index, derived simply by adding the unemployment and inflation rates is at its lowest point since the late 1960s.

Sewer system design moving into the 21st century – a UK perspective

2007 ◽  
Vol 55 (4) ◽  
pp. 273-281 ◽  
Author(s):  
R.M. Ashley ◽  
S.J. Tait ◽  
E. Styan ◽  
A. Cashman ◽  
B. Luck ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
21St Century ◽  
External Factors ◽  
Sewer System ◽  
Integrated Water Management ◽  
Industry Research ◽  
Current State ◽  
Sewer Systems ◽  
New Ideas ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Levels Of Service

Change in external factors, such as environmental legislation and climate change, will mean the future of sewerage systems is likely to be different from the past. Combined sewerage systems comprise the vast majority of existing sewers in countries such as the UK. A study funded by UK Water Industry Research Ltd has reviewed the current state of sewerage within the UK, the likely drivers for change and the consequent future impacts over a 75 year timescale. Potential responses to address the anticipated changes have also been considered. It is concluded that due to the wide extent and value of existing sewer systems, these will continue to be used for the foreseeable future. However, in order to meet the major challenges as a result of changing external factors, these need to be operated more effectively, new ideas need to be explored and moves to develop better and more integrated water management systems need to be started if sewer systems in the UK are to provide the anticipated required levels of service well into the 21st Century.

The challenges of generalism

2013 ◽  
Vol 6 (11) ◽  
pp. 725-730
Author(s):  
John CM Gillies ◽  
George K Freeman
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Training Practice

This article summarises recent developments in thinking about generalism, setting out definitions and exploring its relevance to primary health care in the UK in the 21st century. We summarise important key documents of relevance to AiTs and suggest ways in which you can learn about relevant aspects of generalism through individual reflection, in your training practice and in educational release programmes.

Transparency in the German real estate market

2005 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 90-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karl‐Werner Schulte ◽  
Nico Rottke ◽  
Christoph Pitschke
Keyword(s):  
Real Estate ◽  
Real Estate Market ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Real Estate Industry ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Real Estate Markets ◽  
Current State ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
The Uk

PurposeGerman real estate markets used to show little transparency in the past. This has changed over the last 15 years. The purpose of this study therefore is to examine the current state of transparency.Design/methodology/approachThe study investigates and discusses the concept of transparency in general, availability of private and public market data, major real estate investment products, performance measurement, changes in the regulatory environment and the emergence of organizations and publications. The findings of this study are obtained in a comparative manner: The transparency status of the 1990s in the different areas researched is compared to the current German and other international standards. The authors describe the relatively opaque German real estate market as it was at the beginning of the 1990s and show how it has improved to date.FindingsThe results show that transparency in the German real estate market has noticeably improved in all researched areas. But still, compared with the USA or the UK, the German real estate industry and real estate market still lack transparency and are characterized by information asymmetries and opaqueness.Originality/valueThe results indicate that the German real estate market and industry become more mature and bit by bit converge with their US and UK archetype.

Communication – a culture of open dialogue

2015 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Val Jackson ◽  
Alex Perry
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Close Collaboration ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The World ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Open Dialogue ◽  
The Uk

Purpose – Open dialogue (OD) is an innovative approach to mental health crises based on close collaboration between services and an individual’s family and social network. The approach was originally designed by Jaakko Seikkula and his colleagues in Tornio, Finland and is now being developed in many countries around the world, in particular Denmark, Germany, Norway and the USA. OD describes both a way of being with families and also a way of organising services aimed at maximising communication and connection. The purpose of this paper is to describe the principles of OD, it’s development in Finland and here in the UK. Design/methodology/approach – This paper is a description of the principles and outcomes of OD as practised in Western Finland. It also describes the recent developments in the UK using the approach. Findings – This paper is descriptive of the model and is not of a research project. Originality/value – Whilst care must be taken in assuming that these remarkable results are transferable to the UK, other countries and several Mental Health trusts in England are actively engaged with developing an OD approach.

scholarly journals EP.WE.551Killings Fields of the 21st Century- a price of social messaging gone wrong

2021 ◽  
Vol 108 (Supplement_7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Raghvinder Gambhir ◽  
Shruti Bodapati
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Hospital Admissions ◽  
Primary Treatment ◽  
Exact Science ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Uk ◽  
In The Beginning ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Social Messaging

Abstract Aim To assess the impact of public health messaging on the COVID-19 deaths Methods Review of all government, Public Health England, NHS England messages during the pandemic to see how they influenced public activity and thereby influenced hospital admissions and death. Results The one thing that has been consistent in the government messages has been to follow the rules “To save the NHS’. This came in from seeing the Italian health system in Lombardy being overwhelmed in the beginning of the year. Repeatedly public asked on the role of the masks and every time they were told that science did not support its use. It took 6 months for science to catch up with common sense but the message remained “To save the NHS” and not “To save your life”. 76% of the 100,000 deaths occurred in the hospitals making them the killing fields of the 21st Century as primary care shut its door to primary treatment of these patients. The patients got advice form online call centres and waited to get seriously ill before reporting to emergency departments. In the hospitals more deaths occurred on the wards then on ITU as patients were triaged or care rationed. Conclusion The government and Public Health England failed to act on the lessons from previous respiratory viruses world over and waited for exact science to be available before changing their social messaging. This in part contributed to lack of public compliance and over 100000 deaths in the UK.

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