Contemporary medical television and crisis in the NHS

This article maps the terrain of contemporary UK medical television, paying particular attention to Call the Midwife as its centrepiece, and situating it in contextual relation to the current crisis in the NHS. It provides a historical overview of UK and US medical television, illustrating how medical television today has been shaped by noteworthy antecedents. It argues that crisis rhetoric surrounding healthcare leading up to the passing of the Health and Social Care Act 2012 has been accompanied by a renaissance in medical television. And that issues, strands and clusters have emerged in forms, registers and modes with noticeable regularity, especially around the value of affective labour, the cultural politics of nostalgia and the neoliberalisation of healthcare

Improved Establishment of Arrowleaf Clover Using Fungicide-Coated Seed

Last updated: 6/12/200

Early Planting Enhances Arrowleaf Clover Forage Production

Last updated: 6/12/200

Combining Tolerance to Bean Yellow Mosaic Virus and Pythium U!timum Diseases in Arrowleaf Clover

Last updated: 6/12/200

Breeding Italian Annual Ryegrass for Tolerance to \u3ci\u3ePythium ultimum\u3c/i\u3e

This study was conducted in an attempt to improve tolerance of annual ryegrass to Pythium ultimum Trow. Improved tolerance of ryegrass as measured in laboratory experiments was confirmed in greenhouse studies. This tolerance was defined as improved emergence and increased root length of seedlings in the presence of P. ultimum, using rolled germination paper in the laboratory, and sand in the greenhouse. Further experimentation will be required to determine usefulness of this selected trait under field conditions

Response of Sod-Seeded Annual Clover to Herbicide Residue

Last updated: 6/9/200

New sweetclovers for Texas

Last updated: 6/1/200

Recyclable structural composites for marine renewable energy

The InterReg SeaBioComp project will develop and deliver demonstrators using innovative bio-based thermoplastic composite materials with mechanical properties comparable to conventional oil-based composites, durability tailored to the specific application (2 to >20 years), recycling potential, reduced CO2 emissions and reduced microplastic and ecotoxic impact in the marine environment. The University of Plymouth is investigating to use of manufacture by monomer infusion under flexible tooling (MIFT) with in situ polymerisation to produce natural, or glass, fibre reinforced structural composites. Following an extensive literature survey, the monomer selection has suggested two potential matrix materials: poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) and poly(L-lactide) (PLA). The conference paper will present the progress in measurement of the composite mechanical properties and correlation to models predicting the material performance