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The Cardiff paediatric laryngoscope blade: a comparison with the Miller size 1 and Macintosh size 2 laryngoscope blades
No full textThe Cardiff paediatric laryngoscope blade is a single blade that has been designed for use in children from birth to adolescence. This open, randomised, crossover study compared the Cardiff blade with the straight, size 1, Miller laryngoscope blade in 39 infants under 1 years of age and the curved, size 2, Macintosh blade in 39 children aged 1-16 years. The same laryngoscopic view was obtained with the Cardiff and Miller blades in 26 patients; the view was better with the Cardiff blade in seven patients and better with the Miller blade in six (median (IQR [range]) grade of laryngoscopy 1 (1-2 [1-3]) vs. 1 (1-2 [1-3]), respectively; p = 0.405). The Cardiff blade was faster at gaining a view than the Miller blade (mean (SD) time 8.5 (2.9) s vs. 10.2 (3.5) s, respectively; 95% CI for difference -2.8 to -0.4; p = 0.009). The Cardiff and Macintosh blades produced the same view in 32 patients; the view was better with the Cardiff blade in seven patients (median (IQR [range]) grade of laryngoscopy 1 (1-1 [1-3]) vs. 1 (1-2 [1-3]), respectively; p = 0.008). There was no difference in time to gain these views: mean (SD) 8.7 (3.0) s vs. 9.3 (2.7) s, respectively (95% CI for difference -1.58 to 0.40; p = 0.237). The Cardiff paediatric laryngoscope blade compares favourably with these two established laryngoscope blades in children
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Cardiff Bay Barrage: planning and design
No full textIn 1986 Mr Peter Walker, Secretary of State for Wales, accepted the view that the Cardiff Bay area was in urgent need of urban renewal. The government, with support from the Vale of Glamorgan, the county of South Glamorgan and the City of Cardiff, created the Cardiff Bay Development Corporation (CBDC). Its remit was to regenerate some 1100 ha in this area of south Cardiff. The keystone to this strategy was the construction of the Cardiff Bay Barrage, to impound the estuaries of the rivers Taff and Ely, creating a 200 ha fresh water lake and about 12 km of attractive waterfront. Works of this magnitude and scope on tidal waters at that time required an Act of Parliament. The 1000 m long barrage includes sluices, locks, an outer harbour, fish pass, embankment and bridges. The sluices have a capacity of 2300 m(3)/s, to discharge combined flood flows from the Taff and Ely. The gates close to exclude the highest tides, allowing bay water levels to be controlled even in extreme conditions. A large fish pass allows migratory fish to move easily between the rivers and the sea. The paper describes the overall objectives of the Cardiff Bay Barrage, and the design of the barrage. (c) ICE Publishing 2002. http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/content/serial/wame117-12
The evolution of networks and interaction in the co-creation of value : a case study of the development of a city museum
No full textVargo and Lusch (2004) proposed that marketing is moving to a new dominant logic where service is exchanged for service. Central to their proposal were eight foundational premises (Vargo and Lusch, 2004), subsequently extended to ten (Vargo and Lusch, 2008a). Key amongst them are: service is deemed to be the fundamental basis of exchange (FP1); operant resources are the fundamental source of competitive advantage (FP4); the customer is always a co-creator of value (FP6); the enterprise can only offer value propositions, it cannot deliver value (FP7); value creation occurs in networks through actors who are resource integrators (FP9); and value itself is ‘idiosyncratic, experiential, contextual and meaning-laden’ (FP10) (Vargo and Lusch, 2008a, p.375). Much discussion on S-D logic has focused on developing this theoretical context (see for example: Lusch and Vargo, 2006, 2009; Vargo and Lusch, 2008b, 2008c; Gummesson, Lusch, Vargo, 2010; Brodie et al., 2011). Alongside this, the debate has developed through studies which explore how the tenets of S-D logic operate in practical contexts such as financial services (Auh et al., 2007), art experiences (White, Hede and Rentschler, 2009), opera (Lund, 2010), the travel industry (Fyrberg and Juriado, 2009), electronic services (Blazevic and Lievens, 2008) and the Harry Potter phenomenon (Brown and Patterson, 2009) amongst others. Central to much of this work is the effort to understand how value is cocreated within varying contexts. Of particular interest to the current research is the work of Fryberg and Juriado (2009) who highlight the importance of networks in the co-creation of value, paying particular attention to the importance of interaction between network actors. Further, defining value and value propositions has received increasing attention (Gronroos, 2008; Kowalkowski, 2011). Through a case study of the Cardiff Story, a new museum for the people of Cardiff, this paper builds on previous work on S-D logic by exploring how networks and interaction evolve over time and the role they play in the evolving nature of value co-creation. The unique site of the work, the development from inception of a city museum, allows us to explore S-D logic in the public sector while taking into consideration the specific nature of arts and heritage in that context. The paper begins by reviewing pertinent S-D logic constructs to provide context for the current work. The methods section details the research position adopted before providing a justification for the single case study nature of this work. Context for the Cardiff Story is provided before the data collection methods are outlined. Findings are subsequently discussed before a conclusion is offered and areas for future research outlined
T. M. Charles-Edwards, Morfydd E. Owen, D. B. Walters. Lawyers and Laymen. Cardiff, University of Wales Press, 1986
No full textFleuriot Léon. T. M. Charles-Edwards, Morfydd E. Owen, D. B. Walters. Lawyers and Laymen. Cardiff, University of Wales Press, 1986. In: Etudes Celtiques, vol. 24, 1987. p. 347
T. M. Charles-Edwards, Morfydd E. Owen, D. B. Walters. Lawyers and Laymen. Cardiff, University of Wales Press, 1986
No full textFleuriot Léon. T. M. Charles-Edwards, Morfydd E. Owen, D. B. Walters. Lawyers and Laymen. Cardiff, University of Wales Press, 1986. In: Etudes Celtiques, vol. 24, 1987. p. 347
Inj Prev
No full textObjectives:Violence is a major public health problem in the United States. In 2016, more than 1.6 million assault-related injuries were treated in U.S. emergency departments. Unfortunately, information about the magnitude and patterns of violent incidents is often incomplete and underreported to law enforcement (LE). In an effort to identify more complete information on violence for the development of prevention programs, a cross-sectoral Cardiff Violence Prevention Programme (Cardiff Model) partnership was established at a large, urban emergency department (ED) with a level I trauma designation and local metropolitan LE agency in the Atlanta, Georgia metropolitan area. The Cardiff Model is a promising violence prevention approach that promotes combining injury data from hospitals and LE. The objective was to describe the Cardiff Model implementation and collaboration between hospital and law enforcement partners.Methods:The Cardiff Model was replicated in the United States. A process evaluation was conducted by reviewing project materials, nurse surveys and interviews, and ED-LE records.Results:Cardiff Model replication centered around four activities: (1) collaboration between the hospital and LE to form a community safety partnership locally called the United States Injury Prevention Partnership; (2) building hospital capacity for data collection; (3) data aggregation and analysis; and (4) developing and implementing violence prevention interventions based on the data.Conclusions:The Cardiff Model can be implemented in the U.S. for sustainable violent injury data surveillance and sharing. Key components include building a strong ED-LE partnership, communicating with each other and hospital staff, engaging in capacity building, and sustainability planning.CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States
Building capacity for injury prevention: a process evaluation of a replication of the Cardiff Violence Prevention Programme in the Southeastern USA
No full textObjectives Violence is a major public health problem in the USA. In 2016, more than 1.6 million assault-related injuries were treated in US emergency departments (EDs). Unfortunately, information about the magnitude and patterns of violent incidents is often incomplete and underreported to law enforcement (LE). In an effort to identify more complete information on violence for the development of prevention programme, a cross-sectoral Cardiff Violence Prevention Programme (Cardiff Model) partnership was established at a large, urban ED with a level I trauma designation and local metropolitan LE agency in the Atlanta, Georgia metropolitan area. The Cardiff Model is a promising violence prevention approach that promotes combining injury data from hospitals and LE. The objective was to describe the Cardiff Model implementation and collaboration between hospital and LE partners. Methods The Cardiff Model was replicated in the USA. A process evaluation was conducted by reviewing project materials, nurse surveys and interviews and ED–LE records. Results Cardiff Model replication centred around four activities: (1) collaboration between the hospital and LE to form a community safety partnership locally called the US Injury Prevention Partnership; (2) building hospital capacity for data collection; (3) data aggregation and analysis and (4) developing and implementing violence prevention interventions based on the data. Conclusions The Cardiff Model can be implemented in the USA for sustainable violent injury data surveillance and sharing. Key components include building a strong ED–LE partnership, communicating with each other and hospital staff, engaging in capacity building and sustainability planning
Cultural constructions of infancy : an anthropological study of infant care in Cardiff.
No full textThis thesis is about infancy, independence, and how
medicalisation shapes mothers' perceptions of their
infants. It draws on ethnographic research in Cardiff,
undertaken during a period of heightened concern about the
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), and funded by the
Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths.
Three "cultural constructions" of infancy are juxtaposed:
the vulnerable and constantly accompanied Bangladeshi
infant, the Welsh or English infant encouraged towards
independence, and the autonomous infant of epidemiological
analysis.
The thesis shows how the processes of medicalisation
brought contrasting perceptions of infancy to light,
suggesting that Bangladeshi women taking part in an
"English for Pregnancy" project were not only learning
language, but also learning about medicalised infant care.
It argues too that health professionals shape the way in
which mothers perceive their infants through the
introduction of the language of "risk factors".
The infant body itself emerged at the boundary of powerful
systems of meaning. If the boundaries of the Bangladeshi
infant body were blurred through constant contact, those of
the Welsh or English infant were marked intermittently
through alternating periods of solitude with "attention".
Some Welsh and English mothers spoke of infants and their
care in terms of the care of domestic animals, and the
mothers' own ambivalence about their own animality, while
some Bangladeshi mothers spoke of the spiritual power and
vulnerability of infants, and in doing so articulated their
links with Bangladesh. For health professionals the
infant body was a site for demonstrating expertise through
both research (which constructed ethnic minorities as
'natural') and recommendations for action.
The thesis discusses the location of contemporary
anthropology at cultural boundaries. Juxtaposing
contrasting beliefs about infancy revealed very different
perceptions of independence, marked in particular by
contrasting perceptions of time, space, and the infant body
itself
A Structural Study of a Series of Conformationally Restricted Hexapeptides
No full textM. Chorev and T. K. Sawyer Eds., American Peptide Society, Cardiff, CA, 2004, pp. 445-446
Wellcome Witnesses to Twentieth Century Medicine: Volume 1
No full textAnnotated and edited transcript of four Witness Seminars. Introduction by E M Tansey First published by the Wellcome Trust, 1997. ©The Trustee of the Wellcome Trust, London, 1997.In Volume One (Occasional Publication no. 4, 1997).All volumes are freely available online at: www.history.qmul.ac.uk/research/modbiomed/wellcome_witnesses/Annotated and edited transcript of four Witness Seminars. Introduction by E M Tansey.Annotated and edited transcript of four Witness Seminars. Introduction by E M Tansey.Annotated and edited transcript of four Witness Seminars. Introduction by E M Tansey.Annotated and edited transcript of four Witness Seminars. Introduction by E M Tansey.Four Witness Seminar transcripts of meetings held between 1993 and 1996: ‘Technology Transfer in Britain: The case of Monoclonal Antibodies’ (E M Tansey and P P Catterall, eds); ‘Self and Non-Self: A History of Autoimmunity’ (E M Tansey, S V Willhoft and D A Christie, eds); ‘Endogenous Opiates’ (E M Tansey and D A Christie, eds); ‘The Committee on Safety of Drugs’ (E M Tansey and L A Reynolds, eds). Introduction by E M Tansey, ‘What is a Witness Seminar’, separate index for each meeting. Tansey E M, Catterall P P, Christie D A, Willhoft S V, Reynolds L A. (eds) (1997) Wellcome Witnesses to Twentieth Century Medicine, volume 1. London: The Wellcome Trust.The Wellcome Trust is a registered charity, no. 210183
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