R v Disciplinary Committee of the Jockey Club, ex parte Aga Khan [1993] 1 WLR 909, Court of Appeal (Civil Division)

Essential Cases: Public Law provides a bridge between course textbooks and key case judgments. This case document summarizes the facts and decision in R v Disciplinary Committee of the Jockey Club, ex parte Aga Khan [1993] 1 WLR 909, Court of Appeal (Civil Division). This case considered under what circumstances a decision-maker could be considered public, or to be exercising a public law function, for the purposes of determining whether that decision-maker was subject to judicial review. The document also includes supporting commentary from author Thomas Webb.

Development and Evaluation of an Innovative Web-based Training, Learning, and Sharing (i-TLS) Platform for Social Workers: Hong Kong Jockey Club SMART Family-Link Project (Preprint)

BACKGROUND Information and communication technology (ICT) use may enhance social work practice and continuous professional development. Under the Hong Kong Jockey Club SMART Family-Link project, we developed an innovative web-based training, learning, and sharing (i-TLS) platform to support ICT and other learning needs of Hong Kong social workers in family services. OBJECTIVE We developed i-TLS with 3 major components (i-Training, i-Learning, and i-Sharing) and assessed the acceptability and impact on facilitating ICT use in family services. METHODS We described i-TLS development based on a 4-phase model from platform design, development, implementation to maintenance. We evaluated i-TLS via platform database, Google Analytics, a self-administered survey, and individual phone interviews 1 year after launching. RESULTS i-TLS was launched to 26 Integrated Family Service Centers (IFSCs) and Integrated Services Centers (ISCs) operated by 12 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) on 1 July 2019. The outbreak of COVID-19 started in December 2019 limited face-to-face services, which catalyzed the urgent needs of digital transformation in social work practice. By 31 July 2020, 313 social workers (23 supervisors, 290 frontline workers) had registered with i-TLS. The platform database showed 79.6% (249/313) users accessed i-TLS at least once in the last 28 days, with on average 3.2 platform visits per day viewing 4.8 pages per visit. i-Training provided 41 training mini-modules in applying ICT to family services from counseling, program design, implementation to evaluation. Of 730 enrolments in total, 70.0% (511/730) completed the mini-modules and were awarded digital mini-certificates. i-Learning provided 112 items of learning resources centered around ICT use and family services and had nearly 4000 page views recorded from Google Analytics. i-Sharing had a total of 25 discussion threads with 59 posts. 53.7% (168/313) users completed the 1-year evaluation survey, including 12 who participated in the phone interviews. The mean i-TLS satisfaction score (out of 10) increased from light (4.99) to occasional (6.15) and frequent (6.31) users. Frequent users showed higher scores (out of 10) than light users for an increase in knowledge (5.84 versus 4.09; P<.001), self-efficacy (5.23 versus 3.96; P=.02), and knowledge application (6.46 versus 1.91; P<.001). From the phone interviews, users reported increased ICT use in family services, despite some practical barriers. i-TLS was perceived as an acceptable and supportive tool for learning and practice in family services, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. CONCLUSIONS We have first reported the development and evaluation of a newly developed web-based learning platform (i-TLS) for social workers in family services. The results provided preliminary evidence of using i-TLS to support social workers’ continuous learning and ICT-enhanced services. Accessibility to self-directed and collaborative learning is essential for optimizing social workers’ learning. Further research on enhancing web-based platforms is needed to expand participation and capacity building of social workers and other related professionals. CLINICALTRIAL ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04034420; https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04034420

ILHA DO GOVERNADOR: AGREMIAÇÕES ESPORTIVAS E A PRODUÇÃO DO ESPAÇO (1919-1962)

Este estudo se debruça sobre a trajetória de três sociedades esportivas da Ilha do Governador/Rio de Janeiro – Jequiá Futebol Clube/Esporte Clube, Iate Clube Jardim Guanabara e Jockey Club Guanabara –, escolhidas para a investigação por suas experiências permitirem discutir a estruturação da insula antes de seu momento de maior crescimento. O recorte temporal vai de 1919 (data de criação da primeira associação) a 1962 (ano de extinção da última). Para alcance do objetivo, como fontes foram utilizados periódicos publicados na cidade. Desenvolvido na fronteira entre a Geografia dos Esportes e a História do Esporte, espera-se perceber como essas iniciativas atuaram na produção do espaço, dialogaram e foram agentes na configuração de um perfil, uma vocação, um conjunto de representações sobre a Ilha do Governador. Ao fim, conclui-se que as agremiações investigadas participaram ativamente do processo de constituição do território, bem expressando as mudanças societárias pelas quais passou a região pesquisada.

Soroprevalência de leptospirose em cavalos de corrida: um estudo observacional descritivo

Este estudo teve como objetivo determinar a soroprevalência de leptospirose em cavalos de corrida hospedados no Jockey Club de Pelotas (JCP) e avaliar os fatores de risco relacionados a essa doença. Foram incluídos 84 equinos da Raça Puro Sangue Inglês. Os animais foram submetidos à avaliação clínica geral e a colheita de sangue para obtenção de amostras de soro. Para detecção de anticorpos anti-leptospiras foi realizado o teste de soroaglutinação microscópica (MAT) para os seguintes sorovares de L. interrogans: Australis, Autumnalis, Batavie, Bratislava, Copenhageni, Grippothyphosa, Hardjoprajitno, Icterohaemorrhagiae, Pomona, Pyrogenes e Patoc, sendo considerado reagente quando a aglutinação foi ≥ 1:100. Posteriormente, um único entrevistador aplicou um questionário epidemiológico aos responsáveis pelos equinos para determinar a presença de fatores de risco para leptospirose no local. Dentre os 84 equinos, apenas nove (10,7%) apresentaram titulação para L. interrogans. As titulações variaram entre 1:100 e 1:400, sendo que três equinos apresentaram titulação para mais de um sorovar. Os sorovares identificados neste estudo foram Canicola (33,3%), Grippotyphose (33,3%), Icterohaemorrhagiae (22,2%), Australis (22,2%), Pyrogenes (11,1%), Bratislava (11,1%), Copenhageni (11,1%), Autumnalis (11,1%) e Hardjoprajitno (11,1%). Não houve associação entre os resultados do teste sorológico e os dados obtidos através do questionário epidemiológico (p > 0,05). Através deste estudo verificou-se que a soroprevalência para L. interrogans em equinos do JCP é baixa. Estudos epidemiológicos em outros hipódromos são necessários para determinar fatores de risco que estejam associados à infecção por L. interrogans em cavalos de corrida.

Ação de capacitação de boas práticas de manejo e bem-estar animal aos profissionais do Turfe do Jockey Club de Pelotas

Este estudo traz a importância de ações educativas constantes aos profissionais do turfe do Jockey Club de Pelotas (JCP). O projeto de extensão “ClinEq - Grupo de Ensino, Pesquisa e Extensão em Medicina de Equino da Faculdade de Veterinária da UFPEL em parceria com o JCP realizou capacitação profissional com o objetivo de oferecer conhecimento e avaliar a percepção dos profissionais sobre boas-práticas de manejo com cavalos de corrida. Foram realizados seis encontros com exposição dos principais temas de manejo e três questionários referente a percepção dos treinadores em relação ao assunto abordado. Observou-se durante as capacitações que os profissionais demonstraram grande interesse nos conteúdos e aproveitaram todos os tópicos abordados, entendendo como um ganho na sua atuação profissional e melhorando seu entendimento sobre os conteúdos. Conseguindo durante o período que transcorreu a capacitação, colocar em prática algumas das sugestões apresentadas para melhorar as boas-práticas de manejo com os cavalos no JCP.

British Invasion

Chapter Five discusses the origins of the International Race and the British contestants' transatlantic voyage to America. August Belmont II, chairman of the powerful Jockey Club in New York, convinced Benjamin Irish, the farmer and caterer of relatively modest means who owned Epsom Derby winner Papyrus, to agree to a match race against a to-be-determined American horse. Kentucky Derby champion Zev was the likeliest choice. Admiral Cary T. Grayson, friend and physician to former president Woodrow Wilson, owned the other leading American candidate, My Own. But Hildreth and Sinclair manipulated the selection process. Newspaper coverage of the procedural gamesmanship helped to hype the event. Sportswriters' profiles of the men associated with the English horse -- including jockey Steve Donoghue, who had risen from a rough industrial town to become the most famous rider in the world, and a modest second-generation Newmarket trainer named Basil Jarvis -- spread the ballyhoo nationwide.

Return of Thoroughbred Racing Horses to the Races after Treating Slab Fractures of the Third Carpal Bone with PRP and Stem Cells

Background: Despite the fact that slab fracture of the third carpal bone is an event of great worldwide relevance in racehorses, the third carpal fracture doesn’t have data on treatments and return to racing in Brazil. The search for efficient treatments and which provide recovery providing horses return to racing is an objective of sports equine medicine. Regenerative therapies like Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) and Stem Cells (MSc) have demonstrated a great potential in the treatment of several injuries. For the treatment of three Thoroughbred racing horses at Brazilian Jockey Club, with sagittal plane slab fractures of the third carpal bone, we used the association of PRP and Stem Cells for reduction of the rest and good return to conditions athletics of these horses.Cases: Three Thoroughbred racing horses, males, 4 and 5 years old, showed slab fracture third carpal bone in different moments of their activity at Brazilian Jockey Club. Usually, the treatment for this type of fracture is the arthroscopic repair and the conservative management. We performed after initial radiographic evaluation dorsoproximal-dorsodistal oblique (DPr-DDiO) “skyline”, intra-articular applications of PRP and MSCs. The treatments were performed according to the radiographic follow-up of the lesion evolution. No other treatment was performed concomitantly with cell therapy in the 3 treated patients. Three treatments were performed in the first patient and 2 in the second and third patients. Before each treatment for all patients, we performed radiography dorsoproximal-dorsodistal oblique (DPr-DDiO) ‘skyline’ of the carpus. After this step, the animal was sedated with 10% xylazine hydrochloride at a dose of 0.5 mg/kg intravenously. Antisepsis of the carpus was performed and applied with radiographic monitoring of the needle positioning, first the PRP in the volume of 2 mL and in sequence, 20 million cells MSCs suspended in autologous plasma from the cell bank of the Cellen veterinary stem cell laboratory, totalizing 4 mL. The 3 horses returned to their training routines and continued to be monitored by clinical examinations and radiography, there were no post-treatment complications and all ran again in the median time of 253 days after the first application of PRP and stem cells. Everyone won the first race after treatment.Discussion: The 3 patients suffered the fractures after running at the Brazilian Jockey Club. All fractures were simple- no comminuted slab fractures of the third carpal. In our study, we chose to carry out the treatments with PRP and MSCs by intra-articular application. The regenerative medicine occupies a prominent place in recovery from injuries and the association of PRP and MSCs have played an important role in the treatment of athlete horses in tendons, bones and joint injuries and our work, the treatment was effective, without complications, helped to reduce local inflammation, perceptually reducing the pain observed before the application and the animals started running again with a quality equivalent to that observed before the occurrence of injuries. This way, our results demonstrated that the association PRP and MSCs was effective in recovering the 3 patients, all of them ran after injury. The median time for racing was 253 days and the horses won their first races after fractures occurred. These results encourage the use of the association of PRP and MSCs also for no comminuted sagittal plane slab fractures of the third carpal in Thoroughbred Racing horses.

The young Paulo Mendes da Rocha: Jockey Club of Goiás and a modernity project

The Jockey Club of Goiás, located in the city of Goiânia, in the interior of Brazil, was the first building to adopt the language of exposed concrete in this city, in addition to other attributes of architectural and urban relevance. This discussion aims to analyze the design approach, the tectonics, the urban setting, and its transcendence in the architect’s career. It examines the conception of the project and identifies similarities between this project and his future work

R v Disciplinary Committee of the Jockey Club, ex parte Aga Khan [1993] 1 WLR 909, Court of Appeal (Civil Division)

Essential Cases: Public Law provides a bridge between course textbooks and key case judgments. This case document summarizes the facts and decision in R v Disciplinary Committee of the Jockey Club, ex parte Aga Khan [1993] 1 WLR 909, Court of Appeal (Civil Division). This case considered under what circumstances a decision-maker could be considered public, or to be exercising a public law function, for the purposes of determining whether that decision-maker was subject to judicial review. The document also includes supporting commentary from author Thomas Webb.