The Belfast Cookery Book

Published by The Blackstaff Press, 3 Galway Park, Dundonald, Belfast in 1993. First published in hardback in 1967 by Pergamon Press. Line drawings by Kenneth Gilbert. Printed in England by St. Edmundsbury Press. Margaret Bates was a vice-principal of the Belfast College of Domestic Science. Her bestselling \u27Talking About Cakes\u27 was awarded a medal in the international literary contest organised by the German Gastronomic Academy. There is a foreword by Joyce Stewart, Principal, Belfast College of Domestic Science. 230 p., ill., 24 cm.https://arrow.tudublin.ie/irckbooks/1063/thumbnail.jp

Resource efficiency: creating a route to logistics and the circular economy

Resource productivity needs to increase by 30% toward 2030, delivering a purported increase in employment while delivering a net benefit to GDP of 1% (European Commission, 2014). The Europe 2020 strategy will necessitate changes in product and service delivery (lightweighting) and a requirement for systems to support the flows of materials at end of life for collection, separation and re-use. There is a demand for resource efficiency improvements across a range of industrial sectors and a need for whole supply chain cooperation to ensure maximum impact of the circular economy concept. However with current challenges over quality and quantity of products moving through reverse logistics networks (Niknejad & Petrovic, 2014), this will undoubtedly place a need on current infrastructure [logistics] to review working practices. Innovative solutions will be required by industry to deliver sustainable networks that support aligned flows of manufacturing processes delivering supply chain surplus (Zhong, 2009)

Background Memorandum: The Regulation of Atomic Energy for Power Generation

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Aspects of the biology of Trypanorhynch tapeworms and investigations on their use as biological tags

Four hundred papers published in refereed papers during the years 1935-1985 were researched for information on the biology of trypanorhynchs, and a publishable host-parasite list was compiled for this period as a complement to the only previous monograph (published forty-five years ago) on all known members of the order Trypanorhyncha (Platyhelminthes: Cestoda). The theoretical information gained from this initial exercise was then used in carrying out original research on trypanorhynchs found in over 1,000 elasmobranch and teleost fish. This led to a choice of three research topics for more detailed investigations: (i) taxonomic studies on four little-known species and the application of this information to fisheries biology, (ii) life-cycle studies on Grillotia erinaceus (van Beneden, 1858) and (iii) the use of Grillotia smaris-gore (Wagener, 1854) Dollfus, 1946 as a biological tag for commercially important teleosts. A pre-requisite of this last problem was the need to review critically all information on the use of parasites as population indicators. Thus a further 100 papers published in primary journals were researched. The work concludes with a discussion of the above and also brief comments on the need for further research on tapeworms of the order Trypanorhyncha as an aid to our understanding of other basic contemporary problems in parasitology, relating to host-specificity, ecology and phylogeny

Evaluation of Services Our Way

An evaluation of Services Our Way, a NSW Government service model designed to build the capacity of Aboriginal people to have greater access to mainstream and disability services and encourage self-directed support. Overview Services Our Way is a NSW Government service model designed to build the capacity of Aboriginal people to have greater access to mainstream and disability services and encourage self-directed support. The Social Policy Research Centre was commissioned to evaluate the Services Our Way pilot in Nowra, New South Wales, and did so through interviews with families and service providers. Services Our Way had positive impacts on Aboriginal people with disability and their families. The program helped Aboriginal people access a range of services, meeting immediate priorities of the families. The program was successful in engaging with the Aboriginal community using a culturally appropriate approach – an approach which could be shared with other staff and services to improve the appropriateness of service delivery more broadly. Through the program, families were able to access support and services to participate in social, economic and cultural activities, that helped strengthen and support community and social relationships. The evaluation could not determine the degree to which families transitioned to mainstream services – the research found that families had urgent needs to be met prior to transitioning to other services. The Services Our Way program in Nowra was a pilot, which developed from the initial concept in response to local needs. The evaluation identifies a range of issues in providing person centred approaches to Aboriginal people with disability and their families and communities which should influence the future directions under the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).&nbsp

The Presbyterian Exception? The Illegal Education of Enslaved Blacks by South Carolina Presbyterian Churches, 1834-1865

The study of literacy among enslaved people in South Carolina is often limited to legal literature, enslaver and enslaved autobiographies, and Northern accounts of education from teachers sent to the South. The use of these types of sources to describe literacy and education of enslaved people leaves out a major contributor to the enslaved literacy movement, the churches. Using documentation from two Presbyterian churches in South Carolina, this thesis expands upon the enslaved literacy movements in South Carolina to look at the roles ministers, missionaries, and congregations played in teaching enslaved blacks how to read religious literature, why these institutions are often overlooked, and why their impact on the education of enslaved people was so important. Salem Black River Presbyterian Church kept meticulous records of their education and examination of enslaved blacks to admit them into the congregation, and The Presbyterian Church on Edisto Island provides material culture evidence of enslaved blacks in the congregation despite not mentioning them in their written records. This thesis also examines why anti-literacy laws were seldom followed in South Carolina and the minimal consequences for breaking various anti-literacy legislations

Methods of isolation and identification of pathogenic and potential pathogenic bacteria from skins and tannery effluents

Currently there is no standard protocol available within the leather industry to isolate and identify pathogenic bacteria from hides, skins or tannery effluent. This study was therefore carried out to identify simple but effective methods for isolation and identification of bacterial pathogens from the effluent and skins during leather processing. Identification methods based on both phenotypic and genotypic characteristics were investigated. Bacillus cereus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa were used as indicator bacteria to evaluate the isolation and identification methods. Decontaminated calfskins were inoculated with a pure culture of the above mentioned bacterial species followed by a pre-tanning and chromium tanning processes. Effluent samples were collected and skins were swabbed at the end of each processing stage. Bacterial identification was carried out based on the phenotypic characteristics; such as colony appearance on selective solid media, cell morphology following a standard Gram-staining and spore staining techniques, and biochemical reactions, e.g., the ability of a bacterial species to ferment particular sugars and ability to produce certain enzymes. Additionally, an identification system based on bacterial phenotypic characteristics, known as Biolog® system was applied. A pulsed-filed gel electrophoresis (PFGE) method for bacterial DNA fingerprinting was also evaluated and used for the identification of the inoculated bacteria. The methods described in the study were found to be effective for the identification of pathogenic bacteria from skins and effluent

Background Memorandum: The Regulation of Atomic Energy for Power Generation

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The social activities of patients referred to an out-patient psychiatric clinic compared with those of a control group

In this enquiry an attempt has been made to assess social activity enjoyed by a group of psychiatric outpatients and a control group. A review has been made of some sociological work: (a) comparing the behaviour patterns of various societies and sub-groups within societies, (b) concerned with factors in Western society which appear to lead to social ill-health, (c) concerned with social factors which are claimed to be associated with mental illness. The results are presented of the study of 51 outpatients at the time of their referral to a Psychiatric Out-Patient Clinic, and of 51 controls matched in several ways. The two groups were studied (by means of a written questionnaire and interviews) in relation to household make-up, contacts with the extended family, work, friends, leisure-time activities both organised and unorganised. Histories were obtained relating to limited areas; absence from home; changes of residence in the past 5 years; work and service life; membership of social groups. Subjects were also asked for details of school and training. Similarity between the two groups was noticeable in several areas: size of family, housing, work history, membership of social groups. Differences occurred in the number of contacts with the extended family, possession of close friends, attendance at social groups, membership of evening classes, and in the level of education and training. An important difference between the groups lay in the relative social 'rigidity' of patients compared with controls in several areas of choice. This "rigidity" is seen as a function of illness and is contrasted with the flexibility more often displayed by controls. The conclusion drawn is that the groups are not differentiated significantly by the amount of social activity enjoyed but by a more complex factor, centering on the ability or inability to make and keep satisfactory social relationships.<p