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All mouth and no action
No full textDr Carolyn Hardy, Ian Trueman & Annie MacKown discuss nurses' attitudes to oral care</p
All mouth and no action
No full textDr Carolyn Hardy, Ian Trueman & Annie MacKown discuss nurses' attitudes to oral care</p
Can patients' relatives justify colluding with healthcare staff?
No full textFor centuries philosophers have attempted to answer the fundamental questions about our existence and challenge values for which no argument has been offered. Philosophy has been defined as ‘the use of reason and argument in seeking truth and knowledge of reality’. Ethics, deriving from the Greek word ethikos, is a branch of philosophy which examines the character and conduct of people. Morals are the Latin equivalent of ethics and tend to be used in the same context. Therefore morals relate to standards of behaviour and ethics is the study of those morals. Ian Trueman remains impartial as he explains how two opposing viewpoints can be justified</p
Can patients' relatives justify colluding with healthcare staff?
No full textFor centuries philosophers have attempted to answer the fundamental questions about our existence and challenge values for which no argument has been offered. Philosophy has been defined as ‘the use of reason and argument in seeking truth and knowledge of reality’. Ethics, deriving from the Greek word ethikos, is a branch of philosophy which examines the character and conduct of people. Morals are the Latin equivalent of ethics and tend to be used in the same context. Therefore morals relate to standards of behaviour and ethics is the study of those morals. Ian Trueman remains impartial as he explains how two opposing viewpoints can be justified</p
The effects of rehabilitation management on the vegetation of Fenn’s, Whixall and Bettisfield Mosses National Nature Reserve – a cut-over lowland raised mire
No full textA thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements of the University of Wolverhampton for the degree of Doctor of PhilosophyThe relationship between vegetation change and rehabilitation management is investigated at a severely degraded cut-over lowland raised mire on the Wales/England border, managed by Natural England and The Countryside Council for Wales. Positive responses are confirmed 11 years after rehabilitation commenced, identifying trends towards raised mire as well as bog pool vegetation and water table thresholds associated with these trends have been established. A landscape-scale vegetation survey was carried out three times over 9 years. Species abundance was correlated with average seasonal water table height, time since rehabilitation, cutting type and survey year. Key species maps for the time series confirmed positive vegetation response, but slower than stipulated in the site management plan. There was a clear increase in the target peat-forming species (Sphagnum cuspidatum, Eriophorum angustifolium and E. vaginatum) as a direct response to rehabilitation and correlating positively with a high water table. Permanent quadrat vegetation monitoring was carried out three times at five-year intervals. Uncut areas and areas of recent commercial cuttings were rehabilitated earliest having significant increases in target mire species without the loss of other mire species from excess inundation. In the recent commercial cutting areas, a successional trend was identified, from a low water table to a fluctuating water table characterised by Molinia caerulea-rich vegetation, followed by a transition to stable, inundated conditions supporting Sphagnum cuspidatum/Eriophorum spp pool vegetation. A second successional trend, associated with the achievement of a near-surface, stable water table, saw the development of raised mire vegetation including Sphagna other than S. cuspidatum. This latter trend was primarily found in the uncut areas of the site but was also found to a lesser extent in recently cut-over areas where it was preceded by a fluctuating water table with a Calluna vulgaris- Molinia caerulea vegetation. A new survey related water table residence time calculated from hydrology data with vegetation for each quadrat. Analysis identified a mire pool vegetation type correlated with shallow, above surface flooding. A diverse mire vegetation type was also found which correlated with the water table staying within the upper 10cm of peat. The minimum threshold for establishment of Sphagnum species was found to be an average water table level within the range of 5.1 to 10cm below the peat surface. Higher cover of Sphagnum species was related to shallow flooding – suggesting that these conditions would be most efficient in re-establishing mire vegetation. 3 A base-line vegetation monitoring survey on an area immediately following deforestation and damming identified a subtle but positive response of the mire vegetation to management within one year
Author interview: Q and A with Dr Ian Sanjay Patel on we’re here because you were there: immigration and the end of empire
No full textIn this author interview, we speak to Dr Ian Sanjay Patel about his new book, We’re Here Because You Were There: Immigration and the End of Empire, which explores post-war immigration laws, the afterlives of British imperial citizenship and related attempts to reimagine and rejuvenate British imperialism after 1945. Contributing to transnational histories of decolonisation, the book also explores the interconnections between human rights, post-war migration and international diplomacy. Author Interview with Dr Ian Sanjay Patel, author of We’re Here Because You Were There: Immigration and the End of Empire. Verso. 2021
Providence College Faculty Author Series 2017-2018: Ian Levy
No full textIn this installment of the Faculty Authors Series, Ian Levy (Theology, Providence College) discusses his newest book, Introducing Medieval Biblical Interpretation: The Senses of Scripture in Premodern Exegesis
Providence College Faculty Author Series 2017-2018: Ian Levy
No full textIn this installment of the Faculty Authors Series, Ian Levy (Theology, Providence College) discusses his newest book, Introducing Medieval Biblical Interpretation: The Senses of Scripture in Premodern Exegesis
Author interview: Q and A with Dr Paul Ian Campbell, author of education, retirement and career transitions for ‘black’ ex-professional footballers
No full textIn this author interview, we speak to Dr Paul Ian Campbell about his new book, Education, Retirement and Career Transitions for ‘Black’ Ex-Professional Footballers: ‘From Being Idolised to Stacking Shelves’, which explores black British male ex-professional footballers’ experiences of, and preparations for, retirement and career transition
Ian Bogost at X-Media Lab: serious gaming
No full textVideo games are usually viewed as a form of escapism: pure entertainment and shoot-em-up fantasy. But increasingly, games are being recognised as educational tools, or as deliverers of social or political messages. This evolving medium is taking on complex environments and issues, and providing a platform for people to explore a world or situation in an interactive way. In this talk at the X Media Lab in Sydney, video game theorist and designer Ian Bogost gives an overview of how video games can benefit human existence.
Ian Bogost is author of "Unit Operations: An Approach to Videogame Criticism", recently listed among "50 books for everyone in the game industry". He also wrote "Persuasive Games: The Expressive Power of Videogames", and was co-author of "Racing the Beam: The Atari Video Computer System". He is widely considered an influential thinker and doer in the videogame industry and research community.
 
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