Brits in Spain: four broad Brexit narratives (though sometimes it's best to avoid the topic)

At least 300,000 Britons live in Spain. Joel Busher (Coventry University) has spoken to a number of those in Mallorca and the Costa Blanca about their views and feelings for a British Academy-funded project about their Brexit journeys. He identifies four main narratives, which range from optimism and confidence about life post-Brexit to dismay and anger. Many are careful about what they ..

Understanding the English Defence League: living on the front line of a ‘clash of civilisations’

Joel Busher reflects on what his 16 months of ethnographic fieldwork with the English Defence League tells us about what distinguishes them from the ‘ordinary English people’ that they claim to represent. His research highlights the importance of linking the attitudes and ideology of EDL activists with their lived experience, and questions what role society at large plays in shaping that experience

Diagnosis and Treatment of Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD) In Interventional Radiography

Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD) is a narrowing of the peripheral arteries which supply blood to the legs, arms, stomach, and heart. This narrowing occurs due to atherosclerosis, which is the buildup of plaque or fat on the walls of the blood vessels. Atherosclerosis results in the restriction of blood flow to the desired site, which is most often the legs. The most common symptoms for PAD are cramps or pain in the leg when walking, which subsides during periods of rest. A brachial-ankle index test can be administered to monitor the blood pressures in the upper and lower limbs to evaluate any abnormalities. The most likely risk factors for being diagnosed with PAD are smokers, diabetes, and high blood pressure or high cholesterol. PAD is diagnosed through a lower extremity angiogram, typically through the femoral or iliac arteries. Contrast is administered through the vasculature to identify areas that are blocked or narrowed. Balloon catheters are inserted into blood vessels to open blockages and stenting can be placed to ensure further issues do not occur. Prevention of PAD includes frequent exercise to reduce claudication, dietary changes to reduce cholesterol, administration of medications, and quitting smoking.https://digitalcommons.misericordia.edu/medimg_seniorposters/1010/thumbnail.jp

Introduction

The introduction in 2015 of a legal duty requiring that all providers of compulsory education in Britain pay ‘due regard to the need to prevent people from being drawn into terrorism’ prompted extensive policy, academic and public debate. To date however we still have a limited understanding of how this ‘Prevent Duty’ is playing out on the ground in schools, colleges and early years provision. This chapter sets out how this volume contributes towards addressing this gap in the literature. We draw attention in particular to the volume’s emphasis on detailed empirical analysis, introduce the concept of ‘policy enactment’ (Ball, S., Maguire, M., & Braun, A., How schools do policy: Policy enactments in secondary schools. Routledge, Abingdon, 2012) and discuss how this concept has informed the broad analytical approach adopted in this volume

What do ‘middle class’ terrorists tell us about the link between poverty and terrorism?

Introduced in 2006, the Prevent workstream of the UK’s counter-terrorism strategy (CONTEST) has provided a focus for often heated debates about what drives people to support or take part in violent extremism and terrorism in the UK. Six months after the new Conservative – Liberal Democrat coalition government announced an extensive review of Prevent, David Cameron used his speech to the Munich Security Conference 2011 [1]to set out his position in relation to these debates. He distanced himself from what he referred to as the ‘hard right’ and the ‘soft left’.Publisher PD

Effects of reduced disruptive behavior upon academic performance in the classroom

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between disruptive behavior and academic performance. Using an ABA design the experimenter trained a teacher of a disruptive class to use precision teaching technique to reduce the incidence of out-of-seat and talking-out behaviors. The experiment was conducted during the history period. The effects of the experiment upon academic performance in history were measured by equivalent weekly history tests. Students participated in goal setting and selection of reinforcement. Students reached their behavioral goals during 4 of the 5 weeks of treatment. Percentage of occurrence of target behaviors was reduced by 4:1 for talking-out, and 17:1 for out-of-seat, as recorded by outside observers. The mean percentage of correct responses on weekly history tests increased by 36% under treatment conditions. During the reversal phase a slight increase in target behaviors occurred. Single subject analysis showed that all students improved in performance during the treatment phases. A return to baseline conditions brought an incomplete reversal; 19 decreased slightly in academic performance, 12 continued to improve. Results suggest that the children who will benefit most from such interventions are those who, in a disruptive class, have a low or moderate level of academic performance