Rapid analytical determination of glutaraldehyde concentrations

Technique utilizes the iodimetric procedure which adds unknown excess of bisulfite to glutaraldehyde /GA/ then titrates unreacted bisulfite with standard iodine isotope to determine GA concentrations. Technique may interest microscopists, food researchers, biochemical or medical laboratories, and drug manufacturers

Living standards, inequality and poverty

In this Election Briefing Note, we assess what has happened to living standards under Labour, setting out how average incomes, income inequality and poverty have changed since 1996- 97. We compare these changes with what happened under previous governments, and highlight where there have been differences between Labour's first and second terms

Poverty and inequality in Britain: 2005

This Commentary provides an update on trends in poverty and inequality in Great Britain, based on the latest official government statistics. It uses the same approach to measuring incomes and poverty in Great Britain as the government employs in its Households Below Average Income (HBAI) publication

Electrochemical characterization of systems for secondary battery application First quarterly report, May - Jul. 1966

Screening techniques for electrode-electrolyte electrochemical systems for high energy density batterie

Poverty and inequality in Britain: 2006

This Commentary provides an update on trends in poverty and inequality in Great Britain, based on the latest official government statistics. It uses the same approach to measuring incomes and poverty in Great Britain as the government employs in its Households Below Average Income (HBAI) publication

The determinants of receiving social care in later life in England

Demographic change and policy changes in social care provision can affect the type of social care support received by older people, whether through informal, formal state or formal paid-for sources. This paper analyses the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing data (wave 4) in order to examine the relationship between demographic and socio-economic characteristics, and the receipt of support from different sources by older people who report difficulty with daily activities. The research outlines three key results with implications for the future organisation of social care for older people. Firstly, the number of instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs) an older person reports having difficulty with, followed by the number of activities of daily living (ADLs) are the strongest determinants of receiving support from any source. Secondly, there are significant gender differences in the factors associated with receiving support from different sources; for example, physical health is a strong determinant of informal support receipt by men, while mental health status is a strong determinant of informal support receipt by women. Finally, the research shows that different kinds of impediments in everyday life are associated with receiving support from different sources. This ‘link’ between particular types of difficulties and support receipt from particular sources raises questions about the way social care provision can or should be organised in the future

Electrochemical characterization of nonaqueous systems for secondary battery application Quarterly report, Aug. - Oct. 1967

Multisweep cyclic voltammograms for electrochemical characterization of nonaqueous systems for secondary battery application

Electrochemical Characterization of Nonaqueous Systems for Secondary Battery Application Quarterly Report, May - Jul. 1968

Electrochemical characterization of nonaqueous systems for secondary battery applicatio

Measurement as reflection in faith-based social action

The role of faith-based groups in social action in communities has been demonstrated in a significant body of regional publications aimed at community audiences. A systematic review of this literature (Dinham 2007) shows the considerable extent to which faith groups are engaged in social action in communities across England. It also identifies the diversity of language used to describe those activities and research approaches to capturing it. This article examines how this diversity poses challenges to demonstrating the value of faith-based activities to funders who support them and to policy makers who construct the contexts in which they work. It also notes the difficulties posed to discussing and comparing faith based activities in ways which might be helpful to faith groups’ own constructive reflective practice and to the learning they could share with each other and contribute to the wider voluntary and community sector. It considers this in the context of how power accrues around what is measured and therefore valued and recognised. It goes on to reflect upon a process of developing a measurement approach which has been ongoing since summer 2008, examining the problems and challenges involved. A starting point is that faith based social action in communities is both highly valuable and yet currently difficult to measure. We discuss the possibility of moving towards such measureability by rooting it in community development approaches and values. The aim is to balance the demands of accountability and demonstrability with the values of community development, to produce a ‘bottom up’ reflective praxis which can support and empower local faith communities to be heard on their own terms whilst at the same time defining and refining those terms. In these ways, it is intended both for practitioners engaging in faith-based social action and its evaluation, and for policy-makers and funders wishing to engage with its value and contribution