The National Service Act came into force at the beginning of 1949 and all able bodied men were liable to be called-up. The majority went into the army, fewer into the RAF and the smallest number into the Royal Navy. The last intake was in 1960. At that time they served for two years. I was resigned to doing National Service after completing five-years training to be a dentist followed by a hous...

The murder of George Floyd by police officers in the US 2020 reignited the Black Lives Matter movement and reverberated across the world. In UK, many young people demonstrated their determination to resist structural racism some organisations subsequently acknowledged need take action promote race equality reflect upon historical role colonialism slavery. At the same time, resistance thes...

Background: Traditionally, workers employed in police forces have been found to be exposed to a high risk of distress. Several studies reported that the main stressors were associated more with organizational aspects, whilst other researchers underlined that the main stressor were associated more with operational issues. The aim of this research was to investigate operational and organizational...

BACKGROUND Clinical officers perform much of major emergency surgery in Malawi, in the absence of medical officers. The aim of this study was to validate the advantages and disadvantages of delegation of major obstetric surgery to non-doctors. METHODS During a three month period, data from 2131 consecutive obstetric surgeries in 38 district hospitals in Malawi were collected prospectively. Th...

A predictive and adaptive heating controller, using artificial neural networks to allow the adaptation of the control model to the real conditions (climate, building characteristics, user's behaviour) is described. The choice of a predictive control strategy, combined with the nonlinear modelling of the building, the user's behaviour and the weather prediction, allows the NEUROBAT controller to...

The current research investigated cultural differences in emotional intelligence among top officers on board vessels of multicultural maritime companies. We found that Southeast Asian officers scored higher than European officers on the total Emotional Intelligence scale. When separating the EQ scale in its facets, higher scores for Asian officers were found on "Utilization of emotions", "Handl...