Review: Postmodern Urbanism, the Natural and Built Environment Series 9. Controlling Development: Certainty and Discretion in Europe, the USA and Hong Kong, Cultures of Consumption: Masculinities and Social Space in Late Twentieth-Century Britain, a Tale of Two Cities: Global Change, Local Feeling and Everyday Life in the North of England. A Study in Manchester and Sheffield, Lewis Mumford and Patrick Geddes: The Correspondence, Planning and the Heritage: Policy Procedures, Local Authorities and Regional Policy in the UK: Attitudes, Representations and the Local Economy, Networking Spatial Information Systems, Risk, Understanding Architecture: An Introduction to Architecture and Architectural History, Developments in Housing Management and Ownership, the Internationalization Process: European Firms in Global Competition

1997 ◽  
Vol 24 (5) ◽  
pp. 783-798
Author(s):  
J R Gold ◽  
R Bristow ◽  
P Chatterton ◽  
R Darke ◽  
J Darke ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Space ◽  
Spatial Information ◽  
Local Economy ◽  
The North ◽  
Spatial Information Systems ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Late Twentieth ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Lewis Mumford ◽  
Heritage Policy

scholarly journals Rethinking public value through the lens of sustainability

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (6) ◽  
pp. 618-624
Author(s):  
Christa Breum Amhøj ◽  
John Diamond ◽  
Flemming Olsen
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Local Economy ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Collaborative Process ◽  
Policy Context ◽  
Alternative Approach ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The Uk

This Viewpoint outlines the context within which papers published in this and recent issues of Local Economy were initially presented, developed and then submitted. We suggest in the commentary below that from the outset (at an initial workshop), we were seeking to model an iterative and collaborative process. The policy context is described in more detail but the impetus came from looking at ways in which a policy and practice alliance focussed on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals could be mobilized to promote original thinking in the way in which municipal authorities could work with and learn from NGOs in the development of an alternative approach to sustainable development from that which currently shaped local social and economic policy in Copenhagen. This Viewpoint provides a summary of the papers published in Local Economy over two issues. It concludes by proposing that the approach adopted is in line with current initiatives in the USA and the UK.

scholarly journals Molecular analysis and new records of the invasive polychaete Boccardia proboscidea (Annelida: Spionidae)

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
VASILY I. RADASHEVSKY ◽  
VICTORIA V. PANKOVA ◽  
VASILY V. MALYAR ◽  
TATYANA V. NERETINA ◽  
ROBIN S. WILSON ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
16S Rdna ◽  
Sequence Data ◽  
Haplotype Diversity ◽  
The North ◽  
Rdna Sequences ◽  
The World ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Asian Pacific ◽  
The Uk

The spionid polychaete Boccardia proboscidea Hartman, 1940 is a tube-dweller and shell/stone-borer widely occurring in temperate waters across the world and considered invasive in many areas. It was originally described from California, USA, and later reported from Pacific Canada, the Asian Pacific, Australia, New Zealand, Argentina, South Africa, and northern Europe. The Bayesian inference analysis of sequence data of three gene fragments (836 bp in total) of the mitochondrial 16S rDNA, nuclear 28S rDNA, and Histone 3 has shown that individuals from the Pacific coasts of Canada and the USA, Argentina, Australia, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and Mediterranean France were genetically very similar (maximal average p-distance value, 0.49%, was between 16S rDNA sequences). We consider these individuals to be conspecific and report the earliest records of B. proboscidea from the UK and a possible first Mediterranean record in the Gulf of Lion. The high 16S haplotype diversity of B. proboscidea detected in the north-eastern Pacific suggests a native distribution for the species in the northern Pacific and subsequent introductions through human activities to other parts of the world. The histories of these introductions are reviewed and the hypotheses about times and places of introductions are updated.

Hyperkinetic Syndrome of Childhood: Clinical Characteristics

1984 ◽  
Vol 144 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geoffrey Thorley
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Features ◽  
Brain Pathology ◽  
Marked Contrast ◽  
Hyperkinetic Syndrome ◽  
Conduct Disordered ◽  
Motor Disturbance ◽  
The North ◽  
The Usa ◽  
The Uk ◽  
American Concept

SummaryThe diagnosis of hyperkinetic syndrome is rarely used in the UK, in marked contrast to its counterpart in the USA. Most of the work on hyperkinesis is concerned with the North American concept and relatively little attention has been paid to the British approach. The present paper reviews the development of the UK concept and diagnosis, describes the characteristics of 73 hyperkinetic syndrome children seen at the Bethlem and Maudsley Hospitals over 13 years and compares them to matched psychiatric controls diagnosed as conduct disordered. Results indicate that the two groups are differentiated by a number of symptomatic and clinical features, with the conduct disorder group showing a greater frequency of aggressive, antisocial, emotional and psychosocial disturbance which contrasts with higher frequencies of motor disturbance, inattentive and articulatory disturbance in the hyperkinetic group. No differences were found between the groups in brain pathology or sensory handicap. The findings provide support, at least in terms of symptoms and clinical features, for the concept and diagnosis of hyperkinetic syndrome (ICD 9).

Managing the Removal of Radioactive Materials Found in Public Locations

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Lewcock ◽  
Colette Grundy ◽  
Catherine Shaw ◽  
Paddy Copeland ◽  
Duncan Jackson
Keyword(s):  
Structural Condition ◽  
Radioactive Materials ◽  
Building Roof ◽  
North West ◽  
Railway Line ◽  
The North ◽  
Metal Recycling ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Environment Agency ◽  
The Uk

Managing the removal of Radioactive Materials found in public locations. In January 2006 the Environment Agency for England and Wales requested assistance in preparing a project to plan, collect and safely dispose of radium painted aluminium aircraft hatches, discovered in 3 separate business premises in the UK. These World-War Two aircraft hatches had been marked with radium “luminous” paint, to guide crew in the dark to the escape exits if they needed to bale out. The hatches had been stored since the early 1960s in one location, with some of the inventory being moved two other locations in 2003/2004. The North West Region of the Environment Agency appointed a consortium of Enviros, Safeguard International and Aurora Health Physics to undertake the work, and they funded it from the sealed sources disposal budget. The paper will set out how the project was complicated by an assortment of “real world” problems; preliminary estimates of both the activity per hatch and the number of hatches established the potential for a significant quantity of radium to be disposed of safely. The total number of hatches was not known for sure at the start of the work. Access to retrieve the majority of the frames was hazardous due to the poor structural condition of the building roof. Other difficulties included constrained access under a railway line, and bird-related biohazards. The sites involved in the collections were not intended to house radioactive materials, so physical security was another important issue. Some of the hatches were known to be in poor condition, with a very high probability of radium contamination being spread to the surrounding areas. The hatches had to be removed from the sites before the full extent of contamination of other materials could be established. As it was difficult to identify a disposal route in the UK at the time for the estimated inventory, a novel metal recycling option, using a facility in the USA, was proposed as a solution. This was a new approach for dealing with such radioactive materials in the UK. The hatches were successfully recovered, sectioned appropriately and packaged for transport by road and air to the USA for metal recycling in June 2007. Subsequently approximately 0.75 tonnes of other contaminated materials were finally removed from the premises later in the year for authorised waste disposal in the UK.

scholarly journals Analyses of the effectiveness of management of national educational systems by the example of the experience of leading countries

2019 ◽  
Vol 69 ◽  
pp. 00092
Author(s):  
Svetlana Pryadko ◽  
Boris Tkhorikov ◽  
Alina Vinnik ◽  
Nikolai Dolinsky
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
North American ◽  
Government Spending ◽  
Educational Systems ◽  
Continuous Increase ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
The North ◽  
The Usa ◽  
High Government ◽  
The Uk

The article presents the results of a study of the effectiveness of management of national educational systems by the example of the North American, European and Scandinavian models of higher education as the most successful in accordance with the data of leading world rankings. The study took place in two stages. At the first stage, the main factors affecting the efficiency and competitiveness of the educational system were ranked, such as: high government spending on the education system, continuous increase in accessibility of higher education for the population, ensuring high quality educational services, export orientation, and others. At the second stage of the study, a system of indicators was formed to evaluate the effectiveness of managing national educational systems, which are presented by the example of the leading countries - representatives of the North American, European and Scandinavian models of higher education (the USA, the UK and Sweden). In addition to quantitative indicators, such as the number of students or government spending on education, which may have a rather large variation of values, since they are related to objective parameters: the total population of a country or occupied territories. We also identified quality indicators: mobility ratios, enrollment in higher education, etc.

The Performance of Business Incubators and their Potential Development in the North East Region of England

2005 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 205-220 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pooran Wynarczyk ◽  
Arnold Raine
Keyword(s):  
New Technology ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
Local Economy ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
East Region ◽  
Potential Development ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Enterprise Creation

The creation of incubators is viewed by many local and regional strategic bodies in the UK and abroad as an effective way of nurturing and facilitating the success of new technology-based companies. Drawing on a survey of 17 incubators operating in the North East of England, based on original findings, this paper empirically examines the crucial role of existing incubators in the local economy in enterprise creation and attempts to identify areas of good practice that can be used as benchmarks for the creation of future Incubators.

scholarly journals 446. COVID 19 Pandemicity: a global situation report as of June 9, 2020

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S291-S291
Author(s):  
Adekunlle Sanyaolu ◽  
Chuku Okorie ◽  
Zaheeda Hosein ◽  
Risha Patidar ◽  
Priyank Desai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
World Health ◽  
African Region ◽  
Geographic Scale ◽  
The North ◽  
The World ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Hospital Systems ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Spread Of Infection

Abstract Background The World Health Organization (WHO) declared severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) a pandemic on March 11, 2020. This report takes a closer look at the cases, fatalities, and recoveries in different regions of the world with details regarding the geographic scale of SARS-CoV-2 spread, risks, and the subsequent impact on the countries affected. Also, this report discusses some effective measures that were carried out by some countries that helped them to mitigate the pandemic and flatten the curve of COVID-19 spread as early as possible. Methods Our research was conducted via an electronic literature review on PubMed, Google Scholar, and MedLine Plus. Data were then collected from peer-reviewed articles that included applicable keywords and published between January 1, 2020, and June 9, 2020 Results The rapid spread of infection has impacted over 200 countries and territories to date. As of June 9, 2020, there were 7,039,918 confirmed cases and 404,396 deaths globally. The USA is the North American country with the highest number of confirmed COVID 19 cases with 1,993,560. In South America, total confirmed cases in Brazil are 691,758. The most affected country in the African region is South Africa with 50,879. In Europe, the Russian Federation top with 485,253 confirmed cases. China with 84,638 is still the Western Pacific country with the most confirmed COVID 19 cases. India had 266,598 total confirmed cases and Australia reported 7,265 confirmed cases. Fatalities recorded similar patterns regionally except in Europe where the UK recorded the highest number of fatalities with 40,597 deaths and Iran had the highest number of fatalities with 5,957 cases in Asia. The goal of the practice “slowing the spread” is to prevent hospital systems from being strained beyond their capacity, thus resulting in less mortality. Countries yet to see the peak would benefit substantially by implementing aggressive social distancing, self-isolation, closure of schools and other institutions, encouraging working from home, and/or placing hard limits on the size of crowds at events. Confirmed cases of COVID-19 globally, as of June 9, 2020. Confirmed fatalities due to COVID-19 globally, as of June 9, 2020. Conclusion As the number of cases increases, an immediate need to “flatten the curve” is essential to avoid catastrophic overwhelming of hospital systems across the affected countries. Disclosures All Authors: No reported disclosures

scholarly journals Molecular analysis and new records of the invasive polychaete Boccardia proboscidea (Annelida: Spionidae)

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
VASILY I. RADASHEVSKY ◽  
VICTORIA V. PANKOVA ◽  
VASILY V. MALYAR ◽  
TATYANA V. NERETINA ◽  
ROBIN S. WILSON ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
16S Rdna ◽  
Sequence Data ◽  
Haplotype Diversity ◽  
The North ◽  
Rdna Sequences ◽  
The World ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Asian Pacific ◽  
The Uk

The spionid polychaete Boccardia proboscidea Hartman, 1940 is a tube-dweller and shell/stone-borer widely occurring in temperate waters across the world and considered invasive in many areas. It was originally described from California, USA, and later reported from Pacific Canada, the Asian Pacific, Australia, New Zealand, Argentina, South Africa, and northern Europe. The Bayesian inference analysis of sequence data of three gene fragments (836 bp in total) of the mitochondrial 16S rDNA, nuclear 28S rDNA, and Histone 3 has shown that individuals from the Pacific coasts of Canada and the USA, Argentina, Australia, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and Mediterranean France were genetically very similar (maximal average p-distance value, 0.49%, was between 16S rDNA sequences). We consider these individuals to be conspecific and report the earliest records of B. proboscidea from the UK and a possible first Mediterranean record in the Gulf of Lion. The high 16S haplotype diversity of B. proboscidea detected in the north-eastern Pacific suggests a native distribution for the species in the northern Pacific and subsequent introductions through human activities to other parts of the world. The histories of these introductions are reviewed and the hypotheses about times and places of introductions are updated.

Right Wing Populist Civic Movements: Western Experience and the Situation in Russia

2021 ◽  
Vol 65 (3) ◽  
pp. 120-129
Author(s):  
A. Mitrofanova ◽  
O. Mikhailenok
Keyword(s):  
Western Europe ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Komi Republic ◽  
Local Elections ◽  
Right Wing ◽  
The North ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Western Experience ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Right

The article aims at identifying the characteristics shared by the right-wing populist civil movements of Western Europe and the USA and evaluating the possibility to use them for researching right-wing nationalist organizations in Russia. The movements selected for the comparison range from party-like electoral actors to unorganized protesters. They include as follows: The Five-star Movement (Italy), PEGIDA and the like (Germany), the English Defence League (the UK), the Tea Party Movement (the US). The authors identified several interrelated characteristics shared by these movements: (1) dealing with local, usually social, issues, (2) network-like structure of autonomous local groups building the agenda from below, (3) ideological ambivalence leading to replacing ideology with subculture, (4) digitalization of activism. Although in Russia there are no civic movements structurally or functionally identical to Western right-wing populists, the authors demonstrate that local social issues and civic responsibility have become important topics for some Russian nationalists (right-wing radicals) since the mid 2000s. The trends of deideologization and dealing with non-political local issues are researched mainly on the example of the “Frontier of the North” (Komi Republic). The authors conclude that some of the radical Russian nationalists are gradually declining their own independent agenda, following local protests instead. This opens up the possibility for right-wing organizations to become local civil society institutions and to participate successfully in local elections, similar to the “electoral break-through” of right-wing populists in the West. Although it is too early to speak about the deideologization of Russian nationalism, the article suggests that some nationalists are ready to mitigate ideological tensions to secure expanded social support. At the moment, nationalist organizations in Russia remain frozen between right-wing radicalism and emulating Western right-wing populism.

Historical and conceptual perspectives on urban regeneration: a prolog to a special issue

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos Balsas
Keyword(s):  
Urban Regeneration ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Historical Perspectives ◽  
The North ◽  
Economic Transformations ◽  
Management And Development ◽  
The Usa ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Uk

Purpose This paper aims to review multiple historical perspectives on urban regeneration interventions while also serving as a prologue to and the rationale for a special issue of the Journal of Place Management and Development (JPMD) on Placemaking and Sustainable Urban Regeneration in Japan. Design/methodology/approach The paper reviews the literature on city center regeneration, with particular attention to the USA and the UK contexts. The emphasis is on comparing and contrasting what have become known as the North American and European regeneration models. This background is helpful to place the Special Issue in a broad international context. Findings The key finding is that the history of planning city centers appears to be largely a response to urbanization and the problems it has brought forward. The papers in this JPMD’s special issue exemplify this finding with cases from Toyama, Kanazawa and Tokyo. Originality Cities are transformed as their centers grow and develop. City centers represent important anchor points in every community. However, evolving functional decentralization has occurred mostly due to changes in flows of capital, people, materials and other socio-economic transformations. The review shows how urban regeneration programs tend to be implemented to correct and or improve physical, socio-economic and environmental problems associated with functional and programmatic decentralization.

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