Although quarrying is often cited as a potential threat to wetland systems, there is a lack of relevant, quantitative case studies in the literature. The impact of pumped groundwater discharged from a quarry into a wetland area was assessed relative to reference conditions in an adjacent fen wetland that receives only natural runoff. Analysis of vegetation patterns at the quarry wetland site, u...

Quick and efficient traversal of learned routes is critical to the survival of many animals. Routes can be defined by both the ordering of navigational epochs, such as continued forward motion or execution of a turn, and the distances separating them. The neural substrates conferring the ability to fluidly traverse complex routes are not well understood, but likely entail interactions between f...

The exceptional flood of the river Odra in July/August 1997 caused severe damage, especially on the Polish side of the Odra valley. An additional 5 km3 of water were discharged during the flood. This represents about a third of the normal annual Odra discharge of 17 km3. Large agricultural and industrial areas were submerged, as well as towns and villages. However, as regards the Odra lagoon an...

This study examined how patients experience transitions to community from hospitals, inclusive of daily living problems and medical concerns. Analysing qualitative data from interviews with 36 individuals including 17 high-risk older adults with multiple chronic health conditions recently discharged from hospital, and 19 family members who provided the patients with ongoing care, we asked (1) W...

This paper analyzes the effect of systems to manage environmental aspects on environmental performance at individual polluting facilities. Regulated polluting facilities are increasingly embracing pollution minimization strategies that involve the adoption of broadly defined systems to manage environmental aspects. Despite a meaningful empirical literature, whether or not these systems lead to ...

DURING the six-year period 1932 to 1937 there were thirty-five cases of primary carcinoma of the lung which came to autopsy from the Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast. It is felt that a clinico-pathological review of these cases may be of interest as representing an account of iocal experience. In some of the data, four addlitional cases are included which were discharged from hospital after the...

Hospital, between February and July 1897, no patient, except one who deserted on the twentythird day, was discharged until the temperature had remained normal for at least four days. Those discharged in less than ten days from the hospital had either been kept under observation for some time previous to actual entry of their names in the admission and discharge book, or had had plague outside a...

THE LANGLEY HOUSE TRUST was formed in 1957 by members of Christian Teamwork who were concerned about the reform and rehabilitation of discharged prisoners. The Trustees are a solicitor, a barrister and three company directors, who had previously been concerned with prison visiting, membership of Discharged Prisoners Aid committees and helping individual ex-prisoners. They decided that the great...

BACKGROUND Previous research has shown that sicker patients are less satisfied with their healthcare, but specific effects of adverse health outcomes have not been investigated. The present study aimed to assess whether patients who experience adverse outcomes, in hospital or after discharge, differ in their evaluation of quality of care compared with patients without adverse outcomes. METHOD...

The activities of a whole-time consultant psychiatrist with clinical, teaching, and administrative responsibilities were analysed over six weeks. With the exclusion of time spent on call at night and weekends he worked an average of 57.4 hours a week. Altogether 42.3% of his time was spent on clinical work, 25.5% on general administration, and 24.0% on tutorial activities. Although he discharge...