scholarly journals Swimming World Championships: Association between Success at the Junior and Senior Level for British Swimmers

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 1237
Author(s):  
Inmaculada Yustres ◽  
Jesús Santos del Cerro ◽  
Stelios Psycharakis ◽  
Fernando González-Mohíno ◽  
José María González-Ravé
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Regression Model ◽  
Swimming Performance ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Elite Status ◽  
Lineal Regression ◽  
Stroke Distance

The present study examines the association between the success at junior and senior level for British swimmers in World Championships (WCs). It also explores the relationships between swimming performance and the swimmers’ gender, swim stroke, distance, status (finalist, semifinalist and heats) and swimming category. Data were collected for swimmers participating in junior and/or senior World Championships (29,000 entries: 5585 swimmers) from 2006–2017. The final filtered database included only swimmers from the United Kingdom (836 entries: 141 swimmers). A descriptive analysis was made to characterize the swimmers who reached elite status in the senior category. A lineal regression model was run by gender to predict the influence of category, swim stroke, and distance in the results reached in the senior category. The results showed that the ratio of conversion from junior to senior was quite low. Females who participated in both junior and senior WCs were likely to reach top positions in the senior category. Overall, few British swimmers participated in a junior category before the senior level, but female swimmers participating in both junior and senior WCs were likely to reach top positions in the senior category.

scholarly journals Resource Utilisation and Costs of Total Hip Arthroplasty in the United Kingdom: A Descriptive Analysis

2013 ◽  
Vol 16 (7) ◽  
pp. A561
Author(s):  
M. Raluy ◽  
R. Burge ◽  
D. Lambrelli ◽  
S. MacLachlan ◽  
N. Wu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Total Hip Arthroplasty ◽  
Hip Arthroplasty ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Resource Utilisation ◽  
Total Hip ◽  
The United Kingdom

scholarly journals USER REQUIREMENTS GATHERING FOR A NATIONAL 3D MAPPING PRODUCT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM

2018 ◽  
Vol IV-4/W6 ◽  
pp. 89-96 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Wong ◽  
C. Ellul
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
User Requirements ◽  
Semantic Features ◽  
3D Mapping ◽  
Additional Information ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Requirements Gathering ◽  
3D Information

<p><strong>Abstract.</strong> One of the main barriers to the uptake of 3D GI is the lack of understanding of what the user requirements are. From the data acquisition and creation perspective – in particular, that of a National Mapping and Cadastral Agency who may need to prepare datasets with national coverage – this is an issue as each new 3D feature type and element within a feature added (such as doors, windows, chimneys, street lights) requires additional processing and cost to create. This paper reports the results of a user requirements gathering exercise for a national 3D mapping product in the United Kingdom. The study focuses on the user perception of ‘usefulness’ of different 3D geometry and semantic features. A web-based questionnaire with Likert-type items was selected as the primary data collection method and was conducted in May 2017. A total of 121 completed responses were from the UK. Descriptive analysis showed that ‘Air quality engineering’, ‘Infrastructure &amp; transport’ and ‘Environmental services’ presented the most positive outlook on the usefulness of 3D. Correlation analysis showed that potential 3D product groups that could be formed in a multi-product approach. Cluster analysis showed that appetite for 3D information not only varies between sectors, but also within sectors between different practitioners. The results from exploratory factor analysis showed that users were more interested in additional information on non-building features rather than additional detail to building geometry. Further continued work is required to incorporate both non-GIS users and 3D users outside the GIS domain.</p>

A 20-year review of National Health Service Resolution Occupational Therapy litigation data in the United Kingdom

2021 ◽  
pp. 030802262110094
Author(s):  
Veronica Soderberg Garcia ◽  
Sara Heritage ◽  
Rebecca Ellen Winter ◽  
Pamela Furness ◽  
Ken Wong
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
National Health Service ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Occupational Therapy ◽  
National Health ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Occupational Therapists ◽  
Freedom Of Information ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Primary Injury

As with any other healthcare professional in today’s medicolegal climate, the Occupational Therapist is at a risk of litigious claims being made against them. Through a Freedom of Information request, litigation claims data between 2000 and 2020 against National Health Service Occupational Therapists in the United Kingdom were obtained from National Health Service (NHS) Resolution. We perform a descriptive analysis of the results and review the literature around litigation involving Occupational Therapists. 79 claims were registered over this period, of which 37 were settled with damages. The most common primary injury for successful claims was fracture. The most common primary causes for successful claims were equipment malfunction and lack of assistance/care. The total cost for successful claims was £1,655,771. These data demonstrate that Occupational Therapy is a trusted profession, with a low rate of claims. We frame these findings in context and discuss lessons behind the data.

scholarly journals Public Attitudes and Factors of COVID-19 Testing Hesitancy in the United Kingdom and China: Comparative Infodemiology Study

10.2196/26895 ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. e26895
Author(s):  
Leesa Lin ◽  
Yi Song ◽  
Qian Wang ◽  
Jialu Pu ◽  
Fiona Yueqian Sun ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Driving Forces ◽  
Public Attitudes ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Mainland China ◽  
World Health ◽  
Vaccine Hesitancy ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Wide Testing

Background Massive community-wide testing has become the cornerstone of management strategies for the COVID-19 pandemic. Objective This study was a comparative analysis between the United Kingdom and China, which aimed to assess public attitudes and uptake regarding COVID-19 testing, with a focus on factors of COVID-19 testing hesitancy, including effectiveness, access, risk perception, and communication. Methods We collected and manually coded 3856 UK tweets and 9299 Chinese Sina Weibo posts mentioning COVID-19 testing from June 1 to July 15, 2020. Adapted from the World Health Organization’s 3C Model of Vaccine Hesitancy, we employed social listening analysis examining key factors of COVID-19 testing hesitancy (confidence, complacency, convenience, and communication). Descriptive analysis, time trends, geographical mapping, and chi-squared tests were performed to assess the temporal, spatial, and sociodemographic characteristics that determine the difference in attitudes or uptake of COVID-19 tests. Results The UK tweets demonstrated a higher percentage of support toward COVID-19 testing than the posts from China. There were much wider reports of public uptake of COVID-19 tests in mainland China than in the United Kingdom; however, uncomfortable experiences and logistical barriers to testing were more expressed in China. The driving forces for undergoing COVID-19 testing were personal health needs, community-wide testing, and mandatory testing policies for travel, with major differences in the ranking order between the two countries. Rumors and information inquiries about COVID-19 testing were also identified. Conclusions Public attitudes and acceptance toward COVID-19 testing constantly evolve with local epidemic situations. Policies and information campaigns that emphasize the importance of timely testing and rapid communication responses to inquiries and rumors, and provide a supportive environment for accessing tests are key to tackling COVID-19 testing hesitancy and increasing uptake.

The Rise and Fall of Terrorism

2019 ◽  
pp. 460-477
Author(s):  
Erin Miller ◽  
Susan Fahey
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
El Salvador ◽  
Political Violence ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Individual Group ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Over Time

This chapter examines the rise and fall of terrorism, beginning with consideration of the challenges of effectively measuring the dynamics of terrorism. This includes commonly used sources of information about terrorism, the use of technology for disseminating and processing these sources, and links between terrorism and other forms of political violence. The authors then discuss literature relevant to the empirical understanding of individual, group, country, and region-level mechanisms by which terrorism increases and decreases. The chapter concludes with descriptive analysis of patterns of terrorism over time in selected countries as illustrative examples, including the United Kingdom and Spain; Colombia, Peru and El Salvador; and Afghanistan and Iraq.

A comparison of the United Kingdom Clinical Aptitude Test (UK-CAT) with a traditional admission selection process

2009 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nishan Fernando ◽  
Gordon Prescott ◽  
Jennifer Cleland ◽  
Kathryn Greaves ◽  
Hamish McKenzie
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Selection Process ◽  
Aptitude Test ◽  
The United Kingdom

Research on Schizophrenia: A View From the United Kingdom

1990 ◽  
Vol 35 (8) ◽  
pp. 800-801
Author(s):  
Michael F. Pogue-Geile
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
The United Kingdom
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