Designing safer health care through responsive regulation

• Self-regulation by the health professions, while improving, is no longer enough; external drivers for safer health care include governments, funders and consumers. • Enforced self-regulation is often more promising than a "command and control" stra

Microfluidic chip development for an autonomous field deployable water quality analyser

This work presents the ongoing development of a microfluidic chip for a low cost field deployable phosphate analyser for water. The phosphate analyser is a fully integrated system incorporating fluid handling, microfluidic technology, colorimetric chemical detection, and real time wireless communications in a compact and rugged portable device

The Components of the Crit in Art and Design Education

The design jury, design critique, or crit is a common teaching and learning strategy within art and design, and architecture education. The crit dates from the nineteenth century Beaux-Arts school of architecture education and has since evolved into a variety of different formats within contemporary art and design education. A number of authors have focused on the educational value, or lack thereof, for students who are assessed by a crit process and this is an on-going debate within art and design education. This work considers the existing literature, highlighting the component parts of the design crit with the aim of moving towards a shared understanding of the components of the crit. In doing so it is anticipated that this can be of use to design educators looking to implement the crit or considering the format of existing approaches. The research found eight components to be considered when implementing a crit and four other factors which may affect a successful implementation

Schisms of Swami Muktananda’s Siddha Yoga

Although Swami Muktananda’s Siddha Yoga is a relatively new movement it has had a surprising amount of offshoots and schismatic groups claiming connection to its lineage. This paper discusses two schisms of Swami Muktananda’s Siddha Yoga, Nityananda’s Shanti Mandir and Shankarananda’s Shiva Yoga. These are proposed as important schisms from Siddha Yoga because both swamis held senior positions in Muktananda’s original movement. The paper discusses the main episodes that appeared to cause the schism within Swami Muktananda’s Siddha Yoga and the subsequent growth of Shanti Mandir and Shiva Yoga. Nityananda’s Shanti Mandir and Shankarananda’s Shiva Yoga may be considered as schisms developing from a leadership dispute rather than doctrinal differences. These groups may also present a challenge to Gurumayi’s Siddha Yoga as sole holder of the lineage of Swami Muktananda. Because of movements such as Shanti Mandir and Shiva Yoga, Muktananda’s Siddha Yoga Practice continues and grows, although, it is argued in this paper that it now grows through a variety of organisations