Double copper sheath multiconductor instrumentation cable is durable and easily installed in high thermal or nuclear radiation area

Multiconductor instrumentation cable in which the conducting wires are routed through two concentric copper tube sheaths, employing a compressed insulator between the conductors and between the inner and outer sheaths, is durable and easily installed in high thermal or nuclear radiation area. The double sheath is a barrier against moisture, abrasion, and vibration

The Artemis European Tools for Estimating the Transport Pollutant Emissions

International engagements as well as impact studies require accurate and agreed methods for assessing pollutant emissions from the road transport. This ARTEMIS project - with 40 European research laboratories and a budget of about 9 M¿ was initiated for the setting-up and improvement of the European inventorying tools for application at different spatial and temporal scales and which should enable objectives comparisons and evaluations. These tools rely on experimental works and integrate most of the European related knowledge. They concern all transports modes in Europe, their pollutant emissions and fuel consumption as well as their characteristics of use. The ARTEMIS project resulted in many important scientific results and in a unique state of the art on the topic in Europe. We recapitulate the main lines of the project and its results: emission measurements, principles of the modelling, street-scale approach based on the definition of traffic situations, and the resulting tools. The tools application requires detailed and reliable data describing the traffic (vehicle fleets and activity, driving conditions, etc.). We highlight this aspect through the ARTEMIS application in Sweden, first country to implement the tools for emissions reporting, and through a road network based approach envisaged in Lille for impact studies at a city level.JRC.H.4-Transport and air qualit

The stop and search of minors: A 'vital police tool'?

Police stop and search powers have been widely criticized for the disproportionate manner in which members of black and ethnic minority communities are targeted. However, the use of such powers on minors in England and Wales has largely escaped comment, despite good evidence that such practices are harmful and counter-productive. Whilst data on the stop and search of under-10s and even toddlers has been reasonably widely reported by the mass media, there has been little interest in the welfare of older children who are subject to such police powers. Drawing on police data, qualitative research and information obtained through Freedom of Information requests, this article considers the relationship between potentially corrosive stop and search practices, young people’s use of public space and the question of vulnerability. It is concluded that policy and practice around the use of such powers should be amended to take account of the specific needs of individuals under the age of 18, and that children’s welfare should be a central consideration

Ready, steady, learn: school readiness and children’s voices in English early childhood settings

Internationally, school readiness is increasingly the rationale for early childhood education and care. This is the case in England, yet the statutory English Early Years Foundation Stage framework for children 0-5 years also requires practitioners to listen to children’s voices: discourse indicates dissonance between school readiness and listening to children’s voices so this paper discusses an intrinsic case study that investigated beliefs and practices of 25 practitioners in the English midlands regarding school readiness and listening to children’s voices. In survey responses and semi-structured interviews, practitioners indicated they listen to – and act on – children’s voices but are confused about school readiness; their beliefs and practices align more strongly with social pedagogy than pre-primary schoolification. Findings carry messages for policymakers regarding the need for coherent policy concerning the purpose of early childhood education and care, with practitioner training and a framework aligned fully with that policy. A larger study is indicated

Differences in access to Emergency Paediatric Intensive Care and care during Transport (DEPICT): study protocol for a mixed methods study

Introduction Following centralisation of UK paediatric intensive care, specialist retrieval teams were established who travel to general hospitals to stabilise and transport sick children to regional paediatric intensive care units (PICUs). There is national variation among these PICU retrieval teams (PICRTs) in terms of how quickly they reach the patient’s bedside and in the care provided during transport. The impact of these variations on clinical outcomes and the experience of stakeholders (patients, families and healthcare staff) is however unknown. The primary objective of this study is to address this evidence gap. Methods and analysis This mixed-methods project involves the following: (1) retrospective analysis of linked data from routine clinical audits (2014–2016) to assess the impact of service variations on 30-day mortality and other secondary clinical outcomes; (2) a prospective questionnaire study conducted at 24 PICUs and 9 associated PICRTs in England and Wales over a 12-month period in 2018 to collect experience data from parents of transported children as well as qualitative analysis of in-depth interviews with a purposive sample of patients, parents and staff to assess the impact of service variations on patient/family experience; (3) health economic evaluation analysing transport service costs (and other associated costs) against lives saved and longer term measurements of quality of life at 12 months in transported children and (4) mathematical modelling evaluating the costs and potential impact of different service configurations. A final work stream involves a series of stakeholder workshops to synthesise study findings and generate recommendations. Ethics and dissemination The study has been reviewed and approved by the Health Research Authority, ref: 2 18 569. Study results will be actively disseminated through peer-reviewed journals, conference presentations, social media, print and broadcast media, the internet and stakeholder workshops

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L’intervention en contexte de crise économique : le travail social avec les mineurs non accompagnés en Espagne

Dans le cadre d’un stage international de maîtrise réalisé à Grenade, Espagne, nous avons eu l’occasion de nous pencher sur la problématique des jeunes mineurs non accompagnés et de repenser le rôle du travailleur social dans un contexte de crise économique avec une population vulnérable. La question des mineurs se pose avec beaucoup d’acuité pour les travailleurs sociaux de divers pays d’Europe à l’heure actuelle, surtout si l’on considère l’impact des mesures d’austérité dans tous les domaines des politiques sociales du social. Le présent article documente cette expérience de stage et soulève des questions pour la pratique du service social qui sont valables tant pour le Québec que pour d’autres sociétés où de plus en plus les populations immigrantes se voient reléguées à une position marginale dans les sociétés d’accueil.This paper discusses an international field placement at the Master’s level that occurred with unaccompanied minors in Granada, Spain. The experience allowed us to rethink the role of the social worker in a context of economic crisis with a vulnerable population. The issue of unaccompanied minors is an important one for social workers at the present time in different countries of Europe, especially considering the impact of austerity measures in all domains of social life. This article documents this field experience and raises questions for social work practice that are valuable as much for Québec as for other societies where increasingly migrant populations are being relegated to the margins of the host society