The determination of traces of inorganic anions by kinetochromic spectrophotometry

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Who Are the Givers? Briefing Paper on British Social Attitudes to Charitable Giving

This Institute for Philanthropy paper summarizes the findings of the annual British Social Attitudes Survey on the attitudes and values of Britons regarding charitable giving and philanthropy, and on their behavior. The authors differentiate the target group by age, education, religion, income, political affiliation, and newspaper readership, and determines that there are broadly three groups in British society: contributors, bystanders, and investors

Constituents of Kousso Flowers

An extract of the flowers of the Kousso tree has been used in Abyssinia for several centuries as a specific against tapeworm. This tree (Hagenia Abyssinica Willd. or Brayera AntheIminthica Kunth) grows to a height of about 60 feet and is found over the entire table-land of Abyssinia between 3,000 and 8,000 feet above sea level. It belongs to the family Rosaceae, and the flowers, from which the active anthelmintic extract is prepared, grow in broad panicles of 10-12 inches in length. The stalk of the panicle from which the flowers branch is clothed with hairs and dotted with small glandsFor the preparation of pharmacologically active extracts, the whole panicle is dried and extracted, although it is known that in the case of Rottlera Tinctoria, which is also used as an anthelmintic, the active principle is concentrated in the hairs an4 glands. No information is, however, available as to the distribution of the active principle in Kousso flowers. Although their medicinal properties had been known for two centuries in the East, Kousso flowers were first introduced into Europe by a Frenchman about 1850. In 1854 an official preparation of Kousso was included in the j British Pharmacopoeia.Chemical investigation of Kousso flowers was first undertaken by Yi/ittstein (1) who, by extraction with various solvents, found the usual constituents, chlorophyll, fat, wax, and also a bitter substance which however he failed to isolate

Ulnar variance and load transfer in the forearm during maximal grip: a finite element study

The aim of the study was to simulate the effects, ulnar variance has on the load distribution to the radius and ulna during maximal gripping and compare to previously published measurements, which used load cells placed on the forearm bones to measure the load ratio

Critical heritage studies, cultural heritage and the current political context in the UK: supporting critical practice?

This paper was conceived of as a brief and fairly straightforward survey of some of the current, imminent and potential shifts in policy and personnel, which might shape ‘heritage practice’ and which might become the basis for further analysis within critical heritage studies. It proposed a brief survey of the Culture White Paper and of the broad focus – if focus isn’t too flattering a term – of current government policy; the actual and potential implications of changes in governance in a number of heritage organisations, from the splitting up of English Heritage to the move to trust status by many local authority museums, and the inevitable impact of reductions in public funding. Instead, it was shaped by the events of late June and early July 2016: the EU Referendum, the 100th anniversary of the battle of the Somme, games of football, Chilcot, and the Museum of the Year Award