There is more to do about testing a system that just seeing that it conforms to its specification. A system can conform to its specification and still do what it isn’t supposed to do. To test a software system thoroughly so that it reliability after delivery could be worth its cost, faults lurking in the software should be detected. A look at the problems that make the thorough testing difficul...

STUDY OBJECTIVE To estimate the number of deaths attributable to current alcohol consumption levels in England and Wales by age and sex. DESIGN Epidemiological approach using published relative risks and population data. SETTING England and Wales. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Numbers of deaths by age and sex and years of life lost for alcohol related conditions. RESULTS Because of the cardiopr...

The death rate among infants in the last weeks of pregnancy and the first days of postnatal life has been decreasing steadily as the standards of antenatal and postnatal care have improved and as the general standard of health of the population has become better. There are still, however, regional differences in the risk of perinatal death, and in the Principality of Wales the risk of losing a ...

OBJECTIVES In a bid to promote high-quality postgraduate education and training and support the General Medical Council's (GMC) implementation plan for trainer recognition, the Wales Deanery developed the Educational Supervision Agreement (EdSA). This is a three-way agreement between Educational Supervisors, Local Education Providers and the Wales Deanery which clarifies roles, responsibilities...

1 Consultant Intensivist, Cardiff University and University of Wales Hospital Cardiff 2 Consultant Microbiologist, Cardiff University and Public Health Wales 3 Consultant Intensivist and Honorary Senior Lecturer, Royal Victoria Infirmary and Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne 4 Consultant Intensivist and Acute Physician, University College London NHS Foundation Trust 5 Consultant Haemato...

STUDY OBJECTIVE To assess the size of mortality differentials in men by social class in Scotland as compared with England and Wales, and to analyse the time trends in these differentials. SUBJECTS Men from England and Wales and Scotland around each census from 1951 to 1981. METHODS Poisson regression analysis was used to calculate relative indices of inequality for disease specific and all ...

This study investigates the funding of popular music education (PME) in Wales at a time when Welsh government is examining its current Music Service provision. Our research considers potential impact this move on PME Wales, alongside analysis availability state-funded across four UK nations. curricula and have historically favoured western art (WEAM), with often happening more informal settings...

In 1966 a study was reported (Ashley and Davies, 1966a) which showed an association between mortality from gastric cancer and 'Welshness', which was defined as membership of the genetic pool of Welsh people and was determined by the two parameters of Welsh speaking and the possession of a Welsh surname. The present study is an extension of the previous one and includes an attempt to assess the ...