DEFRA Clothing Action Plan

As part of Defra’s Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) programme, a voluntary clothing industry initiative was co-ordinated by Defra with the aim to improve the environmental and ethical performance of clothing. The Sustainable Clothing Roadmap aims to improve the environmental and social performance of clothing, building on existing initiatives and by co-ordinating action by key clothing supply chain stakeholders. Although organisations in the clothing supply chain have already taken significant steps to reduce adverse environmental and social impacts, further industry-wide co-operation and agreed commitments will enable that process to accelerate. That is the rationale behind the collaborative nature of the roadmap. The DEFRA initiative is now a WRAP (Waste Resources Action Plan) initiative. Centre for Sustainable Fashion participate on the WRAP steering group and the sub groups on design and recycling. Dilys Williams advised this report's lead author

Portfolio pointers: Preparing and presenting high quality teaching portfolios

This goal of this project was to develop a set of guidelines for creating teaching portfolios for the Tertiary Teaching Excellence Awards or for other purposes. It includes key pointers to “getting started”, collecting evidence, interrogating practice, editing, and protecting the unique “voice” of the nominee and their student body. The guidelines consist of general principles and practical examples from both successful academic developers and award recipients and some examples from award-winning portfolios to illustrate good practice

Development of a second-generation lentiviral vector to reduce COGM while meeting both vector and CAR T cell CQAs

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The Curriculum Development Processes of the Papua New Guinea Institute of Public Administration

The Papua New Guinea Institute of Public Administration (PNGIPA) has been involved in offering training to the bulk of the workforce, in particular the public sector for over thirty years. In spite of its years of service, the Institute has been the subject of much criticisms asserting that the courses delivered were irrelevant, out-dated and misguided. These criticisms prompted this study to investigate one aspect of the PNGIPA's training cycle, its vocational curriculum development cycle of PNGIPA. The four main objectives of the this study were: 1. To investigate and establish the actual curriculum development model that PNGIPA used in developing its courses; 2. To establish what the intended curriculum development model was for PNGIPA; 3. To identify and consolidate the perceptions of both the academic and the managerial staff with regard to the strengths and weaknesses of the actual curriculum development practices of PNGIPA; and 4. To identify the similarities and the difference: between the actual practice and the intended practice

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Timrud, David. Brain Fever. Prose. 3-5. X, Mister. Shadows. Poetry. 6. Fox, Thomas. Purgatory of The Gods. Prose. 7-8. Deeds, Ed. The Messiah. Prose. 9-10. Maxwell, Robert. Haunted. Poetry. 10. Maxwell, Bob. Fortune Teller. Prose. 11-12. Russell, Mark. Illustration. Picture. 6. Thomas, Roland. \u27Tween Classes. Picture. 2. Bailey, Bernard. Boy and Instructor. Prose. 15. Gratza, Margaret. Three Poets. Poetry. 16. Phillips, Alison. Nasturtiums. Poetry. 16. B.J.W. Restlessness. Poetry. 16. Russell, Mark. Still Life. Picture. 16. Martindale, Virginia. The Boat In The Bayou. Prose. 17-18. Deane, Dorothy. Review of New Books. 19. Deane, Dorothy. Review of New Recordings. 19. Koos, Betty. Still Life. Picture. 20. Bonnett, Elizabeth. Portrait of Betty Jeager. Picture. 20. Franke, Ruth. Still Life. Picture. 20. Pritchard, Dorothy. Portrait of Jean Ebaugh. Picture. 21. Martindale, Virginia. Study of Lilies. Picture. 21

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Metcalf, Caroline. Master of the World. Prose. 3-5. Phillips, Alison. Eulogies. Poetry. 6. Chadeayne, Robert O. Oak Street. Picture. 6. Bethune, Don. Denisonism. Prose. 7-8. Maxwell, Bob. My Star. Prose. 9-11. V_______, S_______. Poet Philosopher. Poetry. 12. Ewart, Alison. Pious Fraud. Prose. 13-15. Beckham, Adela. Reflections. Poetry. 16. Velicka, Edward. Portrait. Picture. 16. Deane, Dorothy. Review of New Books. Prose. 17. Smith, Bob. Review of New Recordings. Prose. 17. Franke, Ruth. Original Designs. Picture. 18. Black, Jim. Drama. Prose. 19-20. Nadel, Norman S. Initial Plunge. Prose. 23-24

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Ewart, Alison. Revenge. Prose. 3-4. Maxwell, Bob. Christ in Cleats. Prose. 5. Martindale, Virginia. Somnolence. Poetry. 6. Frey, Erwin F. Isolt. Picture. 6. Puffer, Harriet. Thirteenth Hour. Prose. 7-8. Cox, James. Selling Denison. Prose. 9-10. Beckham, Adela. Admonition. Poetry. 12. Homer, Winslow. Watching the Breakers. Picture. 12. Varney, Chester. The Snake Tree. Prose. 13-16. Smith, Bob. Review of New Recordings. Prose. 17. Deane, Dorothy. Review of New Books. Prose. 17. Taylor, Dave. An Artist Prepares. Prose. 19. Gratza, Margaret. Poems. Poetry. 20. Reeder, Lydia. Landscape. Picture. 20. Royce, Joe. Youth Hostels. Prose. 21-28

Characterization of Knots and Links Arising From Site-specific Recombination on Twist Knots

We develop a model characterizing all possible knots and links arising from recombination starting with a twist knot substrate, extending previous work of Buck and Flapan. We show that all knot or link products fall into three well-understood families of knots and links, and prove that given a positive integer $n$, the number of product knots and links with minimal crossing number equal to $n$ grows proportionally to $n^5$. In the (common) case of twist knot substrates whose products have minimal crossing number one more than the substrate, we prove that the types of products are tightly prescribed. Finally, we give two simple examples to illustrate how this model can help determine previously uncharacterized experimental data.Comment: 32 pages, 7 tables, 27 figures, revised: figures re-arranged, and minor corrections. To appear in Journal of Physics

Time to Treat: A System Redesign Focusing on Decreasing the Time from Suspicion of Lung Cancer to Diagnosis

IntroductionMultiple investigations often result in a lengthy process from the onset of lung cancer–related symptoms until diagnosis. An unpublished chart audit indicated suboptimal delays in patients' courses from onset of symptoms until diagnosis of cancer.MethodsThe Time to Treat Program was designed for patients with clinical or radiographic suspicion of lung cancer. Pre- and postimplementation data on median wait times were compared.ResultsFrom April 2005 to January 2007, 430 patients were referred. After Time to Treat Program implementation, the median time from suspicion of lung cancer to referral for specialist consultation decreased from 20 days to 6 days, and the median time from such referral to the actual consultation date decreased from 17 days to 4 days. The median time from specialist consultation to computed tomography scan decreased from 52 days to 3 days, and the median time from computed tomography scan to diagnosis decreased from 39 days to 6 days. Overall, the median time from suspicion of lung cancer to diagnosis decreased from 128 days to 20 days. Of all patients in the Time to Treat Program, 33% were eventually diagnosed with lung cancer.ConclusionsTime to Treat Program was effective in shortening the time from suspicion of lung cancer to diagnosis and reduced time intervals at each step in the process. Earlier diagnosis of lung cancer may allow increased treatment options for patients and may improve outcomes

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Benson, Virginia. Rejected. Prose. 3. Phillips, Alison. Lure in April. Poetry. 6. Shields, Margaret. Wedding Morning. Prose. 7. Willett, Thelma. Ex Libris: G.K.W. Poetry. 8. Benson, Virginia. High Note. Poetry. 8. Maxwell, Bob. Discovery. Poetry. 8. Eschman, Karl. The Case for Modern Music. Prose. 8-9. Wyman, John. Dissonance. Prose. 10-11. Hart, Dorothy. The Origin of Memorial Day. Prose. 12. Reed, Roger. Notes on the Drama. Prose. 13. Parker, Mab. Black Girl. Picture. 14. Mather, William. The Pasquin. Prose. 15. Hammer, John. Over the Green Grass. Prose. 16. Maxwell, Bob. Genesis... Poetry. 19. Maxwell, Bob. We Three. Poetry. 19. Stransky, Ed. Concerning The Well-Known \u27Butch.\u27 Prose. 20. Seagrave, Leslie. Memory. Prose. 21