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Reporting concerns to regulators: A novel analysis of feedback from people harmed by health and social care practitioners
No full textBackground: Health and social care professionals must adhere to the standards of professional conduct of their professional regulator. Regulators can sanction registrants, including limiting their practice and striking them off, through a fitness-to-practice process. In the United Kingdom, there are 13 professional regulators, the largest of which regulates nurses and midwives. Although anyone can raise a concern about a registrant, members of the public are the largest source of raised concerns. These individuals may bring evidence that is crucial to a concern being investigated. Globally, there is scant research regarding the public raising a concern with a regulator.
Purpose: This study examined the expectations, experiences, and support offered to the public who raised a concern in the United Kingdom.
Methods: A survey was completed by 64 people who had raised a concern. The resulting cases were either closed by one of seven regulators before a hearing or were still open with one of two other regulators. Open responses were analyzed using thematic content analysis.
Results: Three overarching themes emerged about participant experiences related to (a) raising a concern, (b) the regulatory process, and (c) the outcome. Serious harm of multiple types was commonly reported by participants. Participants who expressed negative feelings about the process felt that they were not taken seriously or that “justice” was not served. Participants who reported positive outcomes had cases in which a registrant was disciplined in some way or the outcome would prevent repetition of harm to others in the future.
Conclusion: This study adds to the small body of research that may inform interventions to improve the engagement of the public in regulatory processes, enabling them to give their best evidence, and through this process contribute to public safety. Regulators should recognize the key role public referrers have in regulatory processes by welcoming these concerns, communicating what can and cannot be considered and why, keeping referrers informed, offering a point of contact and support if needed, and communicating outcomes personally. Additional research is needed to evaluate whether these interventions would improve the public’s experiences and trust in professional regulation
Religious toleration, peace and the docutube method: integrating filmmaking in religious and moral education
No full textThis article explores an example of how filmmaking can be used as a pedagogic tool in religious and moral education. Considering changing ways in which young people use digital technology to learn and communicate, this article introduces and critically evaluates a pedagogic method and resources developed as part of the RETOPEA (‘Religious Toleration and Peace’) project. This aims to support young people’s active learning about religious diversity in the past and present through the process of making short documentary-style films (so-called ‘docutubes’). This article discusses the findings of the evaluation of this method in a range of formal and informal educational settings in the UK as well as eight other European countries and Jordan. Taking into account practical and ethical considerations, it investigates how the multisensory and collaborative process of filmmaking can actively and critically engage young people in thinking about religious diversity, toleration and peace in the past and present. It explores how educational approaches involving filmmaking can support the development of key skills, including critical thinking, team-working and communication skills, needed to navigate a world in which the way information is shared is increasingly dominated by digital technology
Addressing Sustainability Challenges through Social Innovations and CSR Communication: A Multi-sector and International Exploration
No full textFactors underlying public attitudes towards loneliness among elderly people with chronic illnesses
No full textThe objectives of the study were to examine public attitudes towards the joint incidence of loneliness, old age, and chronic illness and to identify possible influences on stigmatising attitudes towards lonely elderly individuals with chronic illnesses sometimes held by members of the general public. A survey questionnaire methodology was applied involving 604 responses to a questionnaire that queried, among other things, a participant's levels of ableism, ageism, individualism, empathetic disposition, and religiosity. The demographic profile of the sample members matched that of the UK as a whole in terms of key demographics. Findings from the study indicated that ableism, empathy, ageism, and individualism had significant effects on attitudes, as did certain demographic factors (gender, age, and educational background). Religiosity was not significant. Outcomes to the study have implications for the design and execution of anti-stigma campaigns intended to improve public attitudes towards lonely elderly people with chronic illnesses
Breathless BEARS: [O iii ] 88 μm Emission of Dusty Star-Forming Galaxies at z = 3 − 4
No full textWe present [O iii] 88 μm observations towards four Herschel-selected dusty star-forming galaxies (DSFGs; log10μLIR/L⊙ = 13.5 − 14 at z = 2.9 − 4) using the Atacama Compact Array (ACA) in Bands 9 and 10. We detect [O iii] emission in all four targets at >3σ, finding line luminosity ratios ( to 10−3) similar to local spiral galaxies, and an order of magnitude lower when compared with local dwarf galaxies as well as high-redshift Lyman-break galaxies. Using the short-wavelength capabilities of the ACA, these observations bridge the populations of galaxies with [O iii] emission at low redshift from space missions and at high redshift from ground-based studies. The difference in [O iii] emission between these DSFGs and other high-redshift galaxies reflects their more evolved stellar populations (>10 Myr), larger dust reservoirs (Mdust ∼ 109 − 11 M⊙), metal-rich interstellar medium (Z ∼ 0.5 − 2 Z⊙), and likely weaker ionization radiation fields. Ancillary [C ii] emission on two targets provide ratios at 0.3 − 0.9, suggesting that ionized gas represents a smaller fraction of the total gas reservoir in DSFGs, consistent with theoretical models of DSFGs as transitional systems between gas-rich, turbulent disks and more evolved, gas-poor galaxies. Expanding samples of DSFGs with [O iii] emission will be key to place this heterogeneous, poorly-understood galactic phase in its astrophysical context
George Frideric Handel: Collected Documents. Volume 5: 1750-1755
No full textThe life and career of George Frideric Handel, one of the most frequently performed Baroque composers, are thoroughly documented in a wide variety of contemporary sources. This multi-volume publication, the most up-to-date, fully annotated collection of these documents, presents them chronologically, providing an essential resource for anyone interested in Handel and his music. The collection also gives insights into broader topics such as court life, theatre history, public concerts, and music publishing. Volume 5 begins with the composition of Handel's last original scores for his London oratorio seasons – The Choice of Hercules and Jephtha. The death of the Prince of Wales curtailed his 1751 season and deteriorating eyesight delayed the completion of Jephtha. Nevertheless, his annual Lenten oratorios and Messiah performances at the Foundling Hospital continued. At the same time, his music was increasingly heard in the provinces and referred to in the new literary genre of the novel
Luminescent core-isolated solvent-free liquids as a soft material platform for optical gas sensing
No full textSolvent-free functional molecular liquids have attracted great interest as a new class of stimuli-responsive soft materials, yet their potential as optical gas sensors remains unexplored. Conventionally, luminescent organic molecules are employed in combination with a solid support or matrix. However, their performance in chemical sensing and optoelectronic devices is often hindered by adverse phenomena such as aggregation, concentration quenching, and photodegradation. In this study, we employ a strategy to isolate and wrap a phosphorescent Pt(ii)-porphyrin core with bulky yet flexible branched alkyl chains, resulting in a solvent-free liquid at room temperature that demonstrates excellent properties for sensing oxygen (O2) gas. Compared to reference material composed of Pt(ii)-tetraphenylporphyrin and a highly gas-permeable polymer matrix, our Pt(ii)-porphyrin liquid shows comparable sensitivity (I0/I100 = 75 ∼ 90), better linearity, and greater photostability in its O2-responsive phosphorescence. This is attributed to the high homogeneity and gas solubility of the liquids, as well as to the shielding of luminescent-core units by bulky alkyl chains. The liquid nature of the materials allows for ratiometric sensing, where the compatibility of a phosphorescent Pt(ii)-porphyrin liquid (O2-sensitive) and a fluorescent alkyl-pyrene liquid (O2-insensitive) enables reproducible monitoring of O2 concentration without specific calibration. Indeed, these results highlight the significant benefits of core-isolated luminescent liquids in diverse sensing applications
Life, Loss and Legacy
No full textThis introductory chapter sets the scene for the book by exploring how life, loss and legacy are central to criminology and indeed to criminological research. Yet these are concepts that remain on the periphery of debate and discussions, with academics seldom reflecting (openly at least) on the losses they experience. This chapter therefore argues the need to consider loss – and indeed the stories of those or that which have been lost – to highlight their/its legacy. It contends that telling the stories of those/that, which have been lost enables us, as criminologists, researchers and members of society, to better understand their significance and symbolism. We do this by employing a critical lens, which presents loss as the outcome of the structural violence permeating society, which ultimately results in death and destruction. Yet the legacy of The Lost continues with those of us who experience this during our research, and how we respond, interact with and utilize this loss says a lot about the discipline of criminology and the wider environment of academic capitalism
Rationalising the effect of post-additive manufacturing heat treatment on the deformation behaviour in Ti-34Nb-13Ta-5Zr-0.3O alloy using synchrotron diffraction
No full textβ-Ti alloys have been recognised as promising candidates for variety of applications such as biomedical implants and aerospace morphing wings. Alloy systems such as Ti-Nb-Ta-Zr manufactured by Laser Powder Bed Fusion offer great opportunities for custom parts and design optimisation to best fit the application. In this study, in-situ tensile testing of built Ti-34Nb-13Ta-5Zr-0.3O samples was conducted with the aid of Synchrotron X-ray diffraction to investigate the effect of heat treatment on the deformation behaviour. The analysis of β-phase in different conditions showed increasing elastic moduli for each lattice plane. This modulus variations are related to elimination of segregated elements and the increasing alloy homogeneity during solution treatment. Also, α-needles developed during aging had a hardening effect. Aged condition showed stress partitioning between α and β planes where the β phase failed while α phase kept up to higher stress levels. The analysis showed the high amount of dislocation in the as-built samples due to the high residual strains, which were relieved by solution treatment, explaining the increased macro-ductility of the solution treated samples. The study highlights the role of the heat treatment in controlling the macro scale mechanical behaviour through impacting both the microstructure and sub-structure