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‘I’m just doing it because it’s what the club wants’: exploring the (mis)alignment between policy compliance and preferred practice among English football youth academy coaches
No full textThis article explores the various ways that coaches receive and enact policy-informed organisational expectations of practice. Semi-structured interviews were undertaken with 14 male English football academy coaches to explore their experiences of aligning practice to broader policy-led goals. Goffman’s dramaturgy theory (1959) is used to frame these experiences, with policy compliance often prompting impression management “performances” of practice. Findings suggest that the process of adopting the “role” of a policy compliant coach can cause varying degrees of misalignment between a coach’s expected practice and how they prefer to coach. This in turn shapes the extent to which coaches feel compelled to “fabricate” their practice. The paper advocates for greater recognition of how policy can shape coaching practice in varied ways. Policy makers should consider the consequences that may arise from a misalignment between a coach’s preferred practice and that which is expected of them when performing policy compliance
Water Vapor Vertical Distribution on Mars After Six Years of TGO/NOMAD Solar Occultations: 2. Cross‐Validation Within TGO and Comparison With MPCM
No full textThis is the second part of an investigation of water vapor in the Martian atmosphere using solaroccultation observations by the Nadir and Occultation for MArs Discovery (NOMAD) spectrometer on boardthe ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter. Following the analysis of six Earth years of NOMAD observations performedin the first part, a cross‐validation between NOMAD and ACS results is presented, showing global as well asprofile‐by‐profile comparisons. The results reveal an overall good agreement between different teams andinstruments, taking into account the different retrieval methodologies. In order to compare with modelpredictions, we perform an exhaustive analysis of the water vapor simulated by Mars Planetary Climate Model(MPCM). It shows that the MPCM reproduces most of the water vapor climatological features observed in theatmosphere. However, several discrepancies between model and observations are noticed. Some of these arepossibly related to the vertical distribution of dust and its effect on the global circulation and on the water vaporvertical transport. Other data‐model differences found at 60 km seem to be related to discrepancies on the waterice cloud formation in the MPCM. We include a cluster analysis of Martian water vapor vertical profiles for thefirst time. This technique applied to MPCM and NOMAD water vapor retrievals reveal distinct groups ofprofiles being representative of specific seasons and latitudinal regions, similarly distributed in both model andobservations. Moreover, it allows us to provide a simplified water vapor climatology, useful to detect out‐of‐season events and biases in the retrieval processes
Isolator/glovebox technical challenges for the curation of samples returned from Mars
No full textMars sample return (MSR) is classified by COSPAR as a Class V restricted science mission because of the non-zero risk that selected rock and regolith may contain an unknown extra-terrestrial microbiology. Once returned to Earth, the samples will be initially curated in a specialized high-containment sample receiving facility (SRF), using isolators that meet or exceed the containment standards of a Class III biosafety cabinet (BSC). A key challenge in designing such a facility is integrating biological containment with ultra-clean cabinet operations for curation. A double-walled isolator (DWI) concept is often discussed as a containment solution to this challenge. To support planetary protection (PP) requirements of the mission, a DWI breadboard (DWI BB) model has been developed in the UK to demonstrate and test the double-wall concept. Its multi-barrier technology enables the safe handling/movement, analysis and curation of precious samples in a pristine environment. This article explores the technical challenges of sample curation under high containment and how the double-wall design, incorporating a tertiary pressure barrier, supports enhanced Class III BSC development within a biosafety level (BSL) 3 or 4 (BSL-3/4) laboratory. This article is part of the theme issue ‘Planetary Protection for sustainable space exploration’
Surviving care: care work and migrant women of colour in the UK
No full textThis chapter examines the intersecting inequalities and marginalisation experienced by women of colour working in private care homes. Despite a growing body of literature on care work in gender and feminist scholarship, the experiences of migrant women of colour in private residential care homes remain underexplored. Using an intersectionality framework, this study investigates how the intersections of gender, race, and migration status create systems of oppression affecting the work and lives of racialised care workers. Drawing on interviews with 40 care workers, this chapter highlights the impact of racism on working and life conditions. The findings of this study contribute to a deeper understanding of the ways in which intersectional inequalities shape care work and have implications for policy and practice aimed at promoting greater equality and racial justice for care workers
Rather an unpleasant subject”: a historical perspective on father/daughter sexual abuse in England
No full textChild sexual abuse in the home is a persistent, but largely hidden, form of violence against children and it is only in the very recent past that its impacts have been acknowledged. In this chapter I aim to give a broad historical perspective on how the sexual abuse of children in the home in England came to be reluctantly acknowledged; first as a problem of abhorrent individuals and then as a social phenomenon associated with the squalor and the degeneracy of ‘the lower orders’ and, only very recently, as a much wider problem based on familial power imbalances and affecting all social classes. Based on an examination of news pamphlets and newspaper reports from the 17th to the 20th century, this chapter will focus on the incestuous abuse of girls by their fathers and the social reactions to it within this timeframe. In doing so, it will show how patterns of distance, denial and distaste have continued and been reinforced across the centuries
Historic Floodplain Meadows in the Landscape: Investigating Anthropogenic Habitats Important for Nature Conservation, Carbon Sequestration and Flood Attenuation
No full textIn contemporary river valley floors, floodplain meadows are associated with rare grassland plant communities that are important for their conservation value. This article outlines a desk-based method to identify, map and record floodplain meadows as historic features in the landscape, based on physical forms embodying agricultural practices dating back to the medieval period. Mapping the former location, extent and distribution of floodplain meadows independently of the survival of habitat provides transparent, place-based evidence of the decline of floodplain meadow habitats. It also supports restoration of floodplain meadows based on former locations that date back many centuries. The article summarises catchment-based studies carried out across England and Wales between 2017 and 2024. The methodology is GIS-based and uses a variety of base layers, historic landscape sources such as maps and lidar, and non-mappable documentary and published sources, all of which are readily accessible to users. In total, 373 historic floodplain meadows in seven catchments were identified, recorded, and added to a freely available online map. The results show that floodplain meadows were present in the historic landscape in many parts of England and Wales and suggest that even where meadows were situated on the riverine peripheries of manors or parishes, they were central to the structure of agricultural societies and the landscapes to which they gave rise. The approach that has been developed is relevant throughout the geographic range of floodplain meadows, reflecting at least the extent of medieval open field agriculture in Europe. However, the methodology may also be relevant to the restoration of anthropogenic habitats across the globe that are of high importance for nature conservation, climate mitigation and adaptation, where traces interpretable from the historic landscape are more extensive than the survival of the habitat itself
Exploring Role, Actions, and Influence of Industry Associations in Politics of Health innovation in India
No full textThis paper explores the politics related to the development of innovative healthcare technology industries in low-middle income countries. The focus is on industry associations’ role, influence, and actions in the development of the Indian medical device industry. Our analysis highlights a critical role in shaping the government’s industrial and regulatory policies, promoting entrepreneurship and bridging knowledge gaps between the government and the health industry. We also reveal differences inherent in industry associations’ politics and public policy agendas, which lead to a generative ‘dance’ of cooperation and competition, creating positive public policy contestations and coalitions, but can also cause some detrimental impact on development outcomes. However, the ability of industry associations to reduce transaction costs makes them an indispensable part of innovation systems and impactful actors in health politics
No full textThe 5th in a series of bulletins from the social work and IPA research network featuring research summarie