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Sex in the public square
http://sexinthepublicsquare.org/
Sex in the Public Square is a blog that aims to discuss and comment on contemporary news and attitudes towards sexuality in the public sphere. The writers are committed to exploring issues of sex and social policy, including the de-criminalisation of sex between consenting individuals, contraception and abortion. The blog is divided into sections, including Arts and Culture, Health and Science, Labor, Media and Politics and Law, and Research and Academics. The site contains an events calendar, a forum and comments section. Added: 2009-10-22
Feminist.com
http://www.feminist.com/
Feminist.com focuses on contemporary global feminism: activism as well as academic feminism. The site describes itself as a 'hub for resources and information dedicated to women's equality, justice, wellness and safety' and is based in the United States. The What's New section of the site contains current news and events, and transcripts of interviews with women prominent in public life who identify as feminists. The Resources section includes articles and speeches; the News section provides links to stories from the Women's Media Center; Ask Amy is an advice section for readers; the Activism section gives information on current issues; there are resources on anti-violence and a list of current feminist events, and the marketplace section provides links to woman-focused job opportunities and businesses. The website has a mailing list. There is also an opportunity to obtain membership and donate to the organisation. Added: 2009-10-22
International journal of soft computing applications
http://www.eurojournals.com/IJSCA.htm
The International Journal of Soft Computing Applications is an open access quarterly, peer-reviewed international research journal that encompasses research articles, original research reports, reviews, short communications and scientific commentaries in the field of applied and theoretical soft computing approaches. Added: 2009-10-22
Michelle Obama Watch
http://michelleobamawatch.com/
Michelle Obama Watch is a blog dedicated to collecting media information on Michelle Obama. The site is run by volunteers, including professional journalists, aiming to compile current news information, magazine articles and images, as well as producing opinion pieces relating to relevant news. There are RSS feeds under the heading Michelle Obama Blog Buzz, and a Recent Comments Section. Added: 2009-10-22
Firm migration to Britain in the aftermath of the 1931 emergency tariff
http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/findingData/snDescription.asp?sn=4337
This is a Web page detailing the context, range and availability of the 'Firm Migration to Britain in the Aftermath of the 1931 Emergency Tariff' dataset hosted by the History Data Service (HDS), based at the UK Data Archive University of Essex (formerly part of the Arts and Humanities Data Service - AHDS). The data is available to order from the HDS as tab delimited text files. From this Web page you may download a PDF of images of the study documentation. To make use of this dataset you must first register with the HDS, and further information is supplied giving instructions. The dataset was assembled for a research project on the growth and economic impact of overseas multinational enterprises in Britain during the interwar period. The project examined the impact of protectionism on the expansion of overseas multinationals in Britain, the development of public policy towards in-coming multinationals, the location of new multinational plants, and the Trades Union Congress campaign against employment practices that were perceived to be typical of overseas-based enterprises. The data consists of three tables: CIA provides information on 117 overseas-based manufacturers that made enquiries, between November 1931 and April 1932, about setting up British production and which subsequently established British plants (based on the records of the Office of the Chief Industrial Adviser). BRIT provides information on 19 British firms that made enquiries, between November 1931 and April 1932, about establishing joint ventures with overseas-based manufacturers or importing foreign technology, and subsequently established manufacturing production as a result of these enquiries (based on the records of the Office of the Chief Industrial Adviser). HANSARD contains less detailed information on 275 overseas-based manufacturers that established British production during the 18 months following the Abnormal Importations Act, November 1931 and April 1933 (based on parliamentary answers printed in Hansard). Main variables include: name, country of origin, parent company, product manufactured, 1980 Standard Industrial Classification, employment details, reasons for migrating to Britain, value of capital and machinery imported, location in Britain (available to varying degrees of detail). Added: 2009-10-22
Metropolitan market networks, c.1300-1600
http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/findingData/snDescription.asp?sn=4245
This is a Web page detailing the context, range and availability of the 'Metropolitan Market Networks, c.1300-1600' dataset hosted by the History Data Service (HDS), based at the UK Data Archive University of Essex (formerly part of the Arts and Humanities Data Service - AHDS). The data is available to order from the HDS as tab delimited text. From this Web page you may also download study documentation. To make use of this dataset you must first register with the HDS, and further information is supplied giving instructions. The project sought to further understanding of London's dynamic role within the economy of its region, and of England as a whole, between c.1300 and c.1600. It sought to clarify the parallels between the medieval and early modern periods and to explore the dynamics of change by assembling data relating to the development of trade networks over a 300 year period. Data derived from debt litigation has been used to measure the degree to which different parts of the country were united in a single economy and participated in regular trade with London at different dates. Analysis of 'detailed' debt cases has provided valuable insights into the content of trade and the mechanisms of exchange. Grain price series from London, provincial towns and rural manors have been used to explore the emergence of integrated regional and super-regional markets, and to chart the city's complex interaction with its agrarian hinterland and with other urban markets. The changing relations between London and England's provincial centres and the city's interaction with the dynamic urban and metropolitan economies of the north-west European mainland, have been investigated. Three principle types of information are contained in the data collection: i) data on debt and credit linkages; ii) details of commercial organisation; and iii) wheat price series. The data on debt and credit linkages and the details of commercial organisation are the product of sampling debt litigation contained in the records of England's Court of Common Pleas, for the Michaelmas law terms of 1329, 1424 and 1570, and also include debt cases for the Michaelmas law terms of 1500 and 1602 which detail the commodity or nature of obligation. The data as collected relate principally to London, the ten surrounding counties of Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent, Middlesex, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire and Surrey; and three more distant counties, Yorkshire, Staffordshire and Devon. Data can be analysed at the level of individual locality (village, town etc), county and region, and can be broken down by the occupation or status of debtors or creditors. The strength of this data is its abundance, its suitability for quantitative analysis, and the light it can shed upon patterns of commercial and related interaction between individuals, groups, towns and regions. It is most useful for illustrating the structure of relationships and their changes over time. The datasets do not provide national coverage, although individuals from every county in England are encountered. The wheat price series have been compiled from various manuscript and other unpublished sources and cover London between 1277 and 1640, Exeter between 1317 and 1640, Chester between 1378 and 1503, Canterbury between 1393 and 1502, and for twelve Bishopric of Winchester manors in the Thames valley and adjacent areas of southern England between 1208 and 1454. All these series have gaps of greater or lesser extent within the indicated spans, and there are significant variations in data quality between and within the series, necessitating great caution in their analysis and interpretation. Added: 2009-10-22
Financial characteristics of large British companies, 1898-1918
http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/findingData/snDescription.asp?sn=4244
This is a Web page detailing the context, range and availability of the 'Financial Characteristics of Large British Companies, 1898-1918' dataset hosted by the History Data Service (HDS), based at the UK Data Archive University of Essex (formerly part of the Arts and Humanities Data Service - AHDS). The data is available to order from the HDS as tab delimited text files and Rich Text Format files. From this Web page you may download a PDF of images of the study documentation. To make use of this dataset you must first register with the HDS, and further information is supplied giving instructions. The main aims of the project were twofold: (1) to identify for eleven benchmark years - occurring at five-year intervals starting with 1868 and ending in 1918 - Britain's 125 largest companies (as measured by the market capitalization of their ordinary shares); and (2) to construct a consistent dataset of the key financial characteristics of the identified companies. The project's aims were designed to serve two objectives: (1) to permit detailed measures of profitability for each identified company, embracing both security price appreciation (or depreciation, as the case may be) and payments of dividends and interest; and (2) the creation of a British stock exchange index compatible with the FT-SE 100 in use since 1984. The key financial characteristics of the companies examined by the project were: (1) the monthly closing price of each traded security for each identified company; (2) the number of each traded security outstanding at the end of each month. Multiplied together, characteristics (1) and (2) produce market capitalization by security for each month. Summing all securities issued by a company produces for each month its total market capitalization. The other key financial characteristics were: (3) the paid-up amount for each security, including premiums (if any); (4) the nominal value of each security; (5) the payments (if any) made in each month to holders of the securities. Characteristics (3)-(5) record the flows of funds to companies and the flows of funds from them, thereby permitting measures of financial profitability. The data relate to 'British' companies with London Stock Exchange quotes for their ordinary shares. To be included, companies had: to have their securities quoted in sterling (or at least a preponderance of them in sterling); to pay dividends and interest in sterling; to have a London office; and, to have a preponderance of British directors. Main Topics: This data collection is an interim deposit and further material will subsequently be added to complete it. This, first installment, is presented in two file sets. The first set consists of summary benchmark tables for four years: 1868, 1883, 1898, and 1913. In each of these tables, the largest 125 British companies are ranked according to the size of the market value of their ordinary shares on the last trading day in June of the relevant year. Column (2) shows, for each company, the market value of ordinary shares outstanding - the basis of the rankings. This value was arrived at in the following manner: the closing mid-market price (average of bid-ask) per share on the indicated day, multiplied by the number of shares outstanding. Column (3) reports analogous calculations for debentures (if any). Column (1) reports the sum of Columns (2) and (3), plus the market capitalization of any preference shares outstanding. All traded securities were allocated to one or another of the categories, so that Column (1) represents total market capitalization. The last column, headed dividend rate of return at market, is the total cash dividend paid on ordinary shares in the twelve months ending on the last trading day of June. The first file set also includes the scanned, edited data set from the Investor's Monthly Manual from which the benchmark rankings were taken. The second file set contains the data for individual companies. The data are set out in six columns. Column (1) is the date (by month). Column (2) is the last quoted price of the indicated security in the indicated month. Column (3) is the number of the indicated securities outstanding. Thus (Column 1) multiplied by (Column 2) equals the aggregate market value of the indicated security. Column (4) records the paid-up amount for each security. Column (5) records the nominal value of the security. Any difference between Columns (4) and (5) represents a liability incurred by the registered owner of the security. Column (6) records announced dividends (or interest, as the case may be) per share (or security) as a per cent of nominal value. Thus (Column 6) multiplied by (Column 4) equals the cash dividend (interest) paid on the share (security). Thus (Column 6) multiplied by (Column 4) multiplied by (Column 3) equals total cash dividend (or interest) paid by the company to holders of the indicated security. An integral part of the individual company data is the accompanying company notes, which provide detail on capital structure and dividends. This is especially important when bonus (or deeply discounted) shares are issued. Ignoring these notes may cause dividends in particular to be under-estimated. A directory to the individual companies is also included. Added: 2009-10-22
Name, residence, vote and occupation for the 1852 and 1857 Sheffield general elections
http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/findingData/snDescription.asp?sn=4241
This is a Web page detailing the context, range and availability of the 'Name, Residence, Vote and Occupation for the 1852 and 1857 Sheffield General Elections' dataset hosted by the History Data Service (HDS), based at the UK Data Archive University of Essex (formerly part of the Arts and Humanities Data Service - AHDS). The data is available to order from the HDS as an Access 97 or tab delimited text file. From this Web page you may download a PDF of images of the study documentation. To make use of this dataset you must first register with the HDS, and further information is supplied giving instructions. The research project set out in 1985 to investigate the claim made by Martin J. Wiener in 'English culture and the decline of the industrial spirit: 1850-1980' (Cambridge University Press, 1982) that Tory political support was inimical to the growth of industrial capitalism. An ancillary aim of the project was to explore the political allegiance of the membership of the Sheffield Club. In order to achieve both of these aims information from the poll books for the 1852 and 1857 Sheffield elections were entered into a database and then linked to occupational data from local commercial directories. The material consists of a transcription of the contents of the parliamentary poll books for Sheffield for the general elections of 1852 and 1857. Each record consists of: the voter's name; the ward containing the qualifying property; the address of the qualifying property; the voter's vote; an occupational description of the voter; and an occupational coding. Added: 2009-10-22
Food safety and quality
http://www.fao.org/ag/agn/agns/
This is the website of the FAO's Food Quality and Standards Service (AGNS) which sets out the objectives of the service as enhancing and promoting food safety and quality throughout along the food chain at international, regional and national levels, with the aim of protecting consumers and promoting the production and trade of safe, quality food. The site lists its major activities including regulation, risk analysis, qulaity assurance, crisis management, micro-organisms in food, biotechnology (GM food), and training and e-learning tools. Added: 2009-10-22
Sheffield club membership book, 1873-1970
http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/findingData/snDescription.asp?sn=4239
This is a Web page detailing the context, range and availability of the 'Sheffield Club Membership Book, 1873-1970' dataset hosted by the History Data Service (HDS), based at the UK Data Archive University of Essex (formerly part of the Arts and Humanities Data Service - AHDS). The data is available to order from the HDS as Microsoft Excel 97 or tab delimited text files. From this Web page you may download a PDF of images of the study documentation. To make use of this dataset you must first register with the HDS, and further information is supplied giving instructions. The data was originally collected as background material to a PhD which investigated the claim made by Martin J. Wiener in 'English culture and the decline of the industrial spirit: 1850-1980' (Cambridge University Press, 1982) that Tory political support was inimical to the growth of industrial capitalism. An ancillary aim was to explore the political allegiance of the membership of the Sheffield Club. The data were computerised between September 1998 and April 1999. The dataset consists of the records of all candidates for membership to the Sheffield Club in the period 1873-1970, which have been transcribed from the Club's Membership Book. Each record provides a numeric identifier, the date the election was voted on, the name of the candidate, the occupation of the candidate, the name of the candidate's proposer and seconder, whether or not the candidate was 'elected', and any additional comments regarding the candidate and the success of his application. Added: 2009-10-22
Census enumerators' books for Downham, Cambridgeshire, 1851 and 1891
http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/findingData/snDescription.asp?sn=4212
This is a Web page detailing the context, range and availability of the 'Census Enumerators' Books for Downham, Cambridgeshire, 1851 and 1891' dataset hosted by the History Data Service (HDS), based at the UK Data Archive University of Essex (formerly part of the Arts and Humanities Data Service - AHDS). The data is available to order from the HDS as data files with lookup tables. From this Web page you may download a PDF of images of the study documentation. To make use of this dataset you must first register with the HDS, and further information is supplied giving instructions. The aim of this project was to investigate the working population of Downham, an agricultural fen parish in north Cambridgeshire, using information derived from the census enumerators' books for 1851 and 1891. This project originated as part of the course of study for an Open University Course (Studying family and community history: nineteenth and twentieth centuries). The data consists of a partial transcription of the 1851 and 1891 census enumerators' books for Downham, Cambridgeshire. The variables are: enumeration district; folio number; schedule number; address; surname; relationship to head of household; marital status; gender; age; occupation; employment status (1891 only); place of birth; birth county or country; disabilities (1891 only). Added: 2009-10-22
1881 census for Scotland
http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/findingData/snDescription.asp?sn=4178
This is a Web page detailing the context, range and availability of the '1881 Census for Scotland' dataset hosted by the History Data Service (HDS), based at the UK Data Archive University of Essex (formerly part of the Arts and Humanities Data Service - AHDS). The data is available to order from the HDS as a Microsoft Access 97 or Access 2000 (number of files dependent on order, total of 1.3 GB) or tab delimited text. From this Web page you may download a PDF of images of the study documentation. To make use of this dataset you must first register with the HDS, and further information is supplied giving instructions. This computerised transcription of the census enumerators' books for the 1881 Census for England, Scotland and Wales, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man is a by-product of a project to create a microfiche index of the population of Great Britain for genealogists. Covering the entire enumerated population of England, Scotland and Wales, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man in 1881, it is the largest collection of historical source material to be made available in computerised form. The data consists of the name, address, relationship to the head of household, marital status, age, occupation and birthplace of some 26 million individuals, together with information about disabilities. In 1999 the Genealogical Society of Utah published a version of this computerised transcription as a CD-ROM product suitable for genealogical research (Genealogical Society of Utah (1999) 1881 British census and national index. [25 CDs]. Salt Lake City, Utah: GSU). This study is an enriched version of these data. This study (SN:4178) comprises the returns for Scotland; those for England, Wales, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man are available separately. Added: 2009-10-22
Marine ecosystems and management
http://depts.washington.edu/meam/index.html
Marine Ecosystems and Management is a bi-monthly online publication from Marine Affairs Research and Education (MARE), University of Washington. The main focus of the newsletter includes ecosystem-based fisheries management, the marine and coastal environment and the economics of fish resources and aquatic ecosystems. Added: 2009-10-22
1881 Census for England and Wales, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man (enhanced version)
http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/findingData/snDescription.asp?sn=4177
This is a Web page detailing the context, range and availability of the '1881 Census for England and Wales, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man (Enhanced Version)' dataset hosted by the History Data Service (HDS), based at the UK Data Archive University of Essex (formerly part of the Arts and Humanities Data Service - AHDS). The data is available to order from the HDS as a Microsoft Access 97 or Access 2000 or tab delimited text. From this Web page you may download a PDF of images of the study documentation. To make use of this dataset you must first register with the HDS, and further information is supplied giving instructions. This computerised transcription of the census enumerators' books for the 1881 Census for England, Scotland and Wales, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man is a by-product of a project to create a microfiche index of the population of Great Britain for genealogists. Covering the entire enumerated population of England, Scotland and Wales, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man in 1881, it is the largest collection of historical source material to be made available in computerised form. The data consists of the name, address, relationship to the head of household, marital status, age, occupation and birthplace of some 26 million individuals, together with information about disabilities. In 1999 the Genealogical Society of Utah published a version of this computerised transcription as a CD-ROM product suitable for genealogical research (Genealogical Society of Utah (1999) 1881 British census and national index. [25 CDs]. Salt Lake City, Utah: GSU). This study is an enriched version of these data. This study (SN:4177) comprises the returns for England, Wales, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. Added: 2009-10-22
Parliamentary poll books of Sandwich, Kent, 1831-1868
http://ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/collection.htm?uri=hist-4170-1
This is a Web page detailing the context, range and availability of the 'Parliamentary Poll Books of Sandwich, Kent, 1831-1868' dataset hosted by the History Data Service (HDS), based at the UK Data Archive University of Essex (formerly part of the Arts and Humanities Data Service - AHDS). The data is available to order from the HDS as compressed (zip) files. The main aim of the project was to examine the inter-relations between politics and economics in Sandwich. The intention was to trace the voting history of each voter, and to associate any changes with external circumstances (e.g. change of occupation, change of residence, etc.) and to identify patterns of change among the voters' political preferences. This data collection consists of a transcription of the poll books for the parliamentary constituency of Sandwich, Kent for the nine general elections and four by-elections between 1831 and 1868. Each voter is identified by name, occupation and qualifying property (where appropriate and available) and details are given of the way his two votes were cast. Where the vote was split, or was a plumper vote, details are given as to which candidates were supported. Non-voters who appear on the electoral roll and not in the poll books are included, but voters enfranchised under the terms of the 1867 Act are not included. The main variables are: surname; forenames; voter type (freeman or elector); votes cast; occupation; electors' residential qualification; freemen's parish of residence. Added: 2009-10-22
Budget simulator tool
http://www.budgetsimulator.com/
The Budget simulator tool is a piece of web 2.0 technology which has been developed by Delib Limited to enable citizens to use the internet to make understand and consult with government authorities about economic budgetary issues. Typical users create their own budgets allocating funds to specific departments and then seeing the outcome. This is then intended to inform 'real' budgetary decisions. The website provides information on the software and links to examples of its usage, many of which include local authorities. Added: 2009-10-22
Social history of alcohol in East Africa, 1850-1998
http://ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/collection.htm?uri=hist-4169-1
This is a Web page detailing the context, range and availability of the 'Social History of Alcohol in East Africa, 1850-1998' dataset hosted by the History Data Service (HDS), based at the UK Data Archive University of Essex (formerly part of the Arts and Humanities Data Service - AHDS). The data is available to order from the HDS as a compressed (zip) file. The main aims of this project were: To re-examine the historical patterns of change in the making and drinking of alcohol in East Africa, and to use this history of change as a tool for studying wider debates concerning control of resources within the household, and for exploring ideas of what constitutes proper 'moral' behaviour; to improve the current understanding of economic change in East Africa, with particular regard to conflicts over resources, along lines of gender and age; to explore changing notions of obligation and morality, and of the family; to produce new data on current patterns of domestic alcohol production and consumption in East Africa. The study was undertaken within the context that newspapers, officials and religious leaders in East Africa often talked of how the consumption of alcohol had increased, and changed in the last 150 years. They described a past of 'integrated' alcohol consumption in which liquor was given and consumed in limited, culturally-defined settings and in which drinking was not problematic. They compared this with a present which they characterised as one of widespread excess and moral breakdown, in which alcohol had become a commodity and social relationships had been fractured. This image of change has been taken up by several academic writers. This 'crisis' model has developed alongside a quite different school of academic literature on alcohol in Africa as a whole, which has been largely the work of historians and which has, for the colonial period in particular, been built around a simple control-resistance model which celebrates the sale of locally-made alcohol as a field for economic and social challenges to state and capital. This project involved detailed field studies in three East African countries and employed both quantitative and qualitative methods. The data obtained can be divided as follows: the results of a small-scale quantitative survey concerning the making and drinking of alcohol; transcripts of in-depth tape-recorded vernacular interviews, translated into English; a field journal kept during the research period, giving details of the circumstances of the interviews, as well as general background information; a set of photographs taken during the fieldwork. Added: 2009-10-22
Constitutional Court of the Republic of Montenegro
http://www.ustavnisudcg.co.me/
Official website of the Constitutional Court of Montenegro. The site has historical information on the Court since its establishment in 1963 and information on its jurisdiction, organisation and judges. There is a full text copy of the Constitution (in Croatian only) and legislation relating to the Constitutional Court. A selection of resolutions of the Court can be viewed in English. These deal with the status of religious organisations, the election of municipal delegates and changes to the labour law. More case law is available to view in Croatian. A page of web links provides access to other Montenegrin legal resources and to other constitutional courts. Added: 2009-10-22
Housing Market Analysis Tool
http://www.housingmarkets.audit-commission.gov.uk/
The Market Analysis Tool created by the Audit Commission enables researchers, students and members of the public to increase their understanding of housing market issues and trends in local areas and regions of the UK. Users may search for a specific postcode or region and download statistical data and information on local population demographics, housing markets (Type and tenure of housing House price change for all house types and affordability ratios, long term vacant properties for all tenures, Homelessness, housing supply and demand and house building); local economies, levels of local deprivation and local environment (cleanliness and condition of the area). It is possible to view tables for specific areas and conduct comparisons with national areas. Charts and graphs may be downloaded. Methodological, technical and copyright information is displayed on the website. Added: 2009-10-22
Non-wood news
http://www.fao.org/forestry/nwfp/23947/en/
Non-Wood News is a newsletter produced twice yearly by FAO's Forest Products Service providing information on the potential of "non-wood forest products" and their sustainable use. Products covered in news items and reports in the publication include foods, medicinal plants, spices, resins, gums, and latexes. Added: 2009-10-22
Judiciary and Supreme Court of the Netherlands
http://www.rechtspraak.nl/default.htm
Official website of the judiciary and the Supreme Court of the Netherlands. The site is in Dutch with an English interface. There is information on the Dutch judicial system looking at the roles and functions of the various courts including the Courts of Appeal, the District Courts and the Supreme Court. There is an outline of the role of the Council for the Judiciary, a copy of the 2002 Constitution and legislation relating to the judiciary. A selection of publications by the Dutch judiciary are provided in English and made freely available in PDF. A page of links gives access to other Dutch legal resources. A more detailed version of the site is available in Dutch. Additional information covers sources of law, legal practice, the role of the law in Dutch society, court forms and the role of various legal authorities. Added: 2009-10-22
Crime and social control data resources
http://www.esds.ac.uk/themes/crime/
This excellent guide has been created by the ESDS (Economic and Social Data service) to provide guidance on the main data relating to crime and social control which it can make available to students and researchers. Crime and social control is defined widely to include crime, serious crime, identity theft, anti-social behaviour and alcohol-related disorder. It highlights key datasets, offers advice on accessing and using ESDS resources and lists forthcoming training events. Another useful feature of the site are case studies which give practical examples of the types of data that can be found and how it might be used. These include: Using ESDS data to explore violent crime among young people ; Using government survey evidence to explore fear of crime ; Using international microdata to explore country differences in people's attitudes towards governmental control of crime. Information on how to access the full text data is offered on the website. Added: 2009-10-22
Supreme Court of Norway
http://www.domstol.no/DAtemplates/Article.aspx?id=9705&epslanguage=NO
Official website of the Supreme Court of Norway whose role is to ensure uniformity, clarity and development in the law. The site is provided in Norwegian with English and Sami interfaces. There is background and historical information about the Court and information about the Supreme Court building. The names of the judges are given along with summaries of Supreme Court decisions back to 1999. Additional information, given in Norwegian only, includes full text decisions, an outline of Court procedures, a selection of articles and a page of related web links. Added: 2009-10-22
Voyage to the mystery moon
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/titan/
In this companion website to the NOVA television programme "Voyage to the Mystery Moon", astrophysicist Carolyn Porco talks about Enceladus, a moon of Saturn that might harbour life. Other educational resources available include learning how a planet acquires an atmosphere, viewing an anatomy of Saturn's rings, and hearing the sounds of Saturn's largest moon, Titan. The site also includes a programme description and transcript, and links to related websites. Added: 2009-10-22
Energy and Climate Change Committee
http://www.parliament.uk/parliamentary_committees/ecc.cfm
A select Committee of the Uk House of Commons which was created in 2009 to examine the expenditure, administration and policy of the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) and its associated public bodies. Its website provides information on its aims, members and activities. It includes free access to all press releases, minutes of meetings and published reports from 2009 onwards. Added: 2009-10-22
Electoral performance of the British National Party (BNP) in the UK
http://www.parliament.uk/commons/lib/research/briefings/SNSG-05064.pdf
This site provides free access to a House of Commons Library briefing note SN/SG/5064 which was published in May 2009. The 19 page report offers detailed statistics on the performance of the BNP in UK general elections from 1992-2005, local elections from 2002-9, European parliament elections and London Mayor elections. It also includes ward-by-ward BNP electoral data for 2008 local election. Added: 2009-10-22
Parliamentary Conservative Party: the leadership Elections of William Hague and Iain Duncan Smith
http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/741/
his site provides free access to the full text of a doctoral thesis submitted by Michael Hill, University of Huddersfield in 2007. It examines the history of the post 1997 British Conservative party, focusing specifically on the nature of the leadership elections of William Hague and Iain Duncan Smith, to highlight changes in contemporary British Conservatism. Added: 2009-10-22
LCROSS : Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LCROSS/main/
LCROSS is a NASA mission with the objective of confirming the presence or absence of water ice in a permanently shadowed crater near a Lunar polar region. LCROSS was launched on 18 June 2009 and impacted the Cabeus crater on the Moon's surface on 9 October 2009 with the LCROSS instruments successfully capturing the phases of the impact. This mission website provides a mission overview, information about the search for water on the Moon's surface, details of the launch, images, videos, and information about the spacecraft and its instruments. Added: 2009-10-22
Assessing the scale and impact of illicit drug markets in Scotland
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2009/10/06103906/16
A resource on drug abuse, published by the Scottish Government in October 2009. The report provides initial estimates of the size and value of the illicit drugs market, and estimates the social and economic cost of illicit drug use in Scotland in 2006. The 105-page report includes an executive summary, introduction, background to previous UK studies, and the prevalence of illicit drug use and the size and value of the market. Among illicit recreational drugs involved are heroin, cocaine, crack cocaine, methadone, amphetamines, ecstasy, cannabis and benzodiazepines. In the section on economic and social costs are included costs for health care, social care, criminal justice, the economy, and the wider costs to society. References, graphics, tables and appendices are also included. Added: 2009-10-22
Politics of personal identity
http://www2.lse.ac.uk/videoAndAudio/research/thePoliticsOfPersonalIdentity.aspx
In this short film (6 minutes 35 seconds) Dr Edgar Whitley from LSEs (London School of Economics) Information Systems and Innovation Group discusses the politics of the proposal for introducing identity cards (ID cards) for UK citizens. He warns that in their proposed form, ID cards fail to distinguish the separate tasks of authentication and identification. The film was released in August 2009. Copyright and technical information available from the website. Added: 2009-10-22
Vitamin supplementation in pregnancy
http://www.rcog.org.uk/files/rcog-corp/SACPaper16VitaminSupplementation.pdf
Published by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists in August 2009 this 6-page Scientific Advisory Committee Opinion Paper examines the evidence for supplementation with vitamins in pregnancy in the UK. It discusses supplementation with multivitamins and folic acid, vitamin A, vitamin B6 (pyridoxine), other B vitamins, vitamin C, vitamin D, vitamin E, and vitamin K. It offers an overall opinion, and an extensive list of references. The document is due for revision in 2012. Added: 2009-10-22
Drinking water safety : guidance to health and water professionals
http://www.hpa.org.uk/webw/HPAweb&HPAwebStandard/HPAweb_C/1252660061777?p=115894
A document developed jointly by the Drinking Water Inspectorate and the Health Protection Agency and published in September 2009. It is intended to inform consultants in communicable disease control and other health professionals about the structure and legal framework of the water industry in England and Wales. The 105-page document includes a foreword, introduction, sections on the regulation of drinking water quality, testing and safety, protecting the public when something goes wrong, notable learning points from significant incidents, public information about drinking water quality, dissemination of warning advice, alternative sources of supply, improving drinking water quality, consumer complaints, other UK drinking water regulators, research and emerging issues, and appendices. Added: 2009-10-22
Large-scale commercial farming in South East England, 1941, 1978, 1981 and 1998-1999
http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/findingData/snDescription.asp?sn=4154
This is a Web page detailing the context, range and availability of the 'Large-scale commercial farming in South East England, 1941, 1978, 1981 and 1998-1999' dataset hosted by the History Data Service (HDS), based at the UK Data Archive University of Essex (formerly part of the Arts and Humanities Data Service - AHDS). The data is available to order from the HDS in Microsoft Access 2003 format (3 files, containing 5 tables) as tab delimited text files (5 files), or CSV files (5 files). From this Web page you may download a PDF of images of the study documentation. To make use of this dataset you must first register with the HDS, and further information is supplied giving instructions. The overall aim of the research was to assess the influence of changes in agricultural policy and regulation on those farms which, during the productivist era, their operators had successfully navigated to a position of dominance in the industry. Four specific objectives arose from this broad aim, which sought to examine large-scale commercial farming overall and to track development and succession on individual matched farms: to investigate how farms, which were relatively large in 1977, subsequently developed during the period of agricultural policy adjustment in the 1980s/1990s; to examine the dynamics of agricultural production systems in relation to the development of large-scale farm businesses between 1941 and the late 1990s; to investigate the opinions and responses of these large-scale farmers to agricultural policy adjustment with the intention of establishing their level of engagement with post-productivity policy measures; to contribute to the development of large-scale farm businesses in the light of the post-productivist transition model of farm business adjustment and agri-environmental change. The dataset comprises a series of files relating to large-scale farms in the South East of England, which are defined by reference to their total area as either 182 hectares or more in 1941 and/or 300 hectares or more in 1978. One data file comprises a transcription of mainly quantitative elements of the National Farm Survey records of 1941-1943, and includes information relating to farm area, crop and livestock production, labour and machinery usage and an assessment of the physical and managerial condition of the farm. The data file for the 1978 and 1981 surveys cover a similar range of information relating to farm area, crop and livestock production, and labour and machinery usage, though the 1981 survey is more limited. The data file for the most recent survey, carried out between November 1998 and April 1999, also includes a similar range of agricultural variables together with information about farmer involvement with a range of non-agricultural activities and other contemporary issues affecting agriculture. These cover government conservation schemes, diversification, contracting, succession and use of information technology. The 1998-1999 survey includes both factual and attitudinal responses. Added: 2009-10-22
Antiviral prophylaxis : guidance on the use of prophylaxis with antiviral medicines during the H1N1 (swine flu) pandemic
http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolic
Published by the UK Department of Health in October 2009, this guidance sets out the circumstances in which it may be appropriate to offer a course of prophylactic antiviral medicine to patients who are pregnant or who have a serious underlying medical condition during the swine flu (H1N1 influenza) pandemic. The 11-page document considers issues such as the purpose of prophylaxis and when to consider prophylaxis or repeated doses of prophylaxis, prophylaxis in relation to intended travel, authorising supply and distribution of antivirals for prophylaxis, choice of medicine (oseltamivir or zanamivir), dose, and use in children aged under one year. Added: 2009-10-22
Information materials to support the swine flu vaccination programme
http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publichealth/Flu/Swineflu/InformationandGuidance/Vaccina
A collection of documents issued by the UK Department of Health in October 2009 in relation to the vaccination programme for swine flu (influenza H1N1). Included are key facts and a 14-page question and answer document about the vaccination programme, template consent forms, template GP letters to be adapted for local use, datasets for collection of uptake figues (for GPs and other healthcare workers), training tools for vaccinators, Read codes, and a template for patient group direction. Most of these documents are presented as PDF files. Added: 2009-10-22
Keeping current in : assessing language in young children by using parent report and prelinguistic measures: an important way to involve families
http://www.canchild.ca/en/canchildresources/assessinglanguage.asp
Produced by McMaster University, this document is from a resource collection entitled 'Keeping Currents'. The 'Keeping Currents' 'provide an overview and summary of research evidence of what is known about a topic related to children with disabilities and their families. The topics are often based on a "hot" issue in children's rehabilitation and the need for a 'Keeping Current' may come from questions that CanChild receives from parents and service providers'. This document covers the involvement of families in assessing language in young children. Added: 2009-10-22
International classification of functioning, disability, and health (ICF) a global model to guide clinical thinking and practice in childhood disability
http://www.canchild.ca/en/canchildresources/internationalclassificationoffunctio
Produced by McMaster University, this document covers the ICF model (International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health) and aims to discuss the use of it in guiding clinical thinking, practice, education and research in the field of childhood disability. Added: 2009-10-22
Keeping current in : an update on constraint therapy in children with hemiplegia
http://www.canchild.ca/en/canchildresources/constrainttherapy.asp
Produced by McMaster University, this document is from a resource collection entitled 'Keeping Currents'. The 'Keeping Currents' 'provide an overview and summary of research evidence of what is known about a topic related to children with disabilities and their families. The topics are often based on a "hot" issue in children's rehabilitation and the need for a 'Keeping Current' may come from questions that CanChild receives from parents and service providers'. This document provides an update on the use of constraint therapy in children with hemiplegia. Added: 2009-10-22
Keeping current in : alternative and complementary therapies for children and youth with acquired brain injury : part 2 : finding and evaluating the evidence
http://www.canchild.ca/en/canchildresources/evidencealternativetreatment.asp
Produced by McMaster University, this document is from a resource collection entitled 'Keeping Currents'. The 'Keeping Currents' 'provide an overview and summary of research evidence of what is known about a topic related to children with disabilities and their families. The topics are often based on a "hot" issue in children's rehabilitation and the need for a 'Keeping Current' may come from questions that CanChild receives from parents and service providers'. This document provides an overview of how to appraise and evaluation evidence in relation to the use of alternative and complementary therapies in children with acquired brain injury. Added: 2009-10-22
Keeping current in : alternative and complementary therapies: for children and youth with brain injury - part 1: controversies
http://www.canchild.ca/en/canchildresources/alternativetreatment.asp
Produced by McMaster University, this document is from a resource collection entitled 'Keeping Currents'. The 'Keeping Currents' 'provide an overview and summary of research evidence of what is known about a topic related to children with disabilities and their families. The topics are often based on a "hot" issue in children's rehabilitation and the need for a 'Keeping Current' may come from questions that CanChild receives from parents and service providers'. This document covers the use of alternative and complementary therapies in children with traumatic brain injury, specifically examining the controversial apsects of it. Added: 2009-10-22
CanChild : centre for childhood disability research
http://www.canchild.ca/en/
Produced by McMaster University, Canada, CanChild is a centre for education and research on childhood disability. The centre provides 'evidence-based information to improve the lives of children and youth with disabilities and their families' and works in close partnership with a large number of organisations and individuals around the world. The website provides full details of its aims and partnerships, information for families and children, details of completed and ongoing research, measurement tools for research with children, and links to other related information resources. Added: 2009-10-22
1861 census : Southwark parishes of Christ Church, St Thomas and St Saviour
http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/findingData/snDescription.asp?sn=1853
This is a Web page detailing the context, range and availability of the '1861 Census, Southwark; Parishes of Christ Church, St. Thomas and St. Saviour' dataset hosted by the History Data Service (HDS), based at the UK Data Archive University of Essex (formerly part of the Arts and Humanities Data Service - AHDS). To provide information on individuals and families to people engaged in family history research. The data is available to order from the HDS as a SPSS portable file or a tab delimited text file. From this Web page you may download a PDF of images of the study documentation. To make use of this dataset you must first register with the HDS, and further information is supplied giving instructions. The data consists of names, position in family, age, marital status, area of birth, reference to RG9 piece number and folio number. Added: 2009-10-22
Oil and gas community
http://www.oilandgascommunity.com
This site includes magazine articles and news stories relevant to the oil and gas industry.
There are discussion forums for members. Links to related group sites are provided. A directory of members is available. Industry job vacancies are listed. Added: 2009-10-22
icademic : civil engineering resources
http://www.icademic.org/97445/Civil-Engineering
This site includes lists of links to civil engineering related resources under the headings: university departments; news sites; journals and books; societies; job listings; research institutes and events.
There are links to relevant news stories. Added: 2009-10-22
Value of a university education as perceived by students and their families before the war
http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/findingData/snDescription.asp?sn=4148
This is a Web page detailing the context, range and availability of the 'Value of a University Education As Perceived by Students and Their Families Before the War' dataset hosted by the History Data Service (HDS), based at the UK Data Archive University of Essex (formerly part of the Arts and Humanities Data Service - AHDS). The data is available to order from the HDS in either a Microsoft Excel 97 or tab delimited ASCII text formats. From this Web page you may download a PDF of images of the study documentation. To make use of this dataset you must first register with the HDS, and further information is supplied giving instructions. This study aimed to explore the ways in which male students calculated the costs and benefits of higher education in England in the 1930s, before the establishment of mandatory grants and awards; together with an analysis of the strategies used for meeting the costs of this investment. It was designed to complement the researcher's earlier study of women graduates of the same period, which was carried out in 1995 with support from the Spencer Foundation in Chicago. A total of 1085 four page questionnaires were distributed to men who had graduated from eight English universities and university colleges before 1939. Respondents were asked to give information about their social background and the ways in which they had met the expense of their years at college. They were also asked about their subsequent careers. A total of 577 completed questionnaires were obtained. This database contains only that material, extracted from the completed questionnaires, which could be effectively anonymised. Entries give information about family of origin and family of destination. They give some indication of reasons for going to university. The bulk of the information relates to family support and type of funding. Main variables: institution, father's occupation, mother's occupation, family of origin size, reasons for going to university, arts or sciences, subject, degree result, extent of family funding, state scholarship, local authority scholarship, board of education grant, school scholarship, university/college scholarship, loans taken out, other sources of support, teaching qualification, place of residence, vacation work, first occupation, other occupations, marital status, number of children, wife's occupation before marriage, wife's employment status after marriage, notes.The original questionnaires remain in the possession of the depositor and access is embargoed. Added: 2009-10-22
Deaths in Scotland, 1861-1911
http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/findingData/snDescription.asp?sn=4147
This is a Web page detailing the context, range and availability of the 'Deaths in Scotland, 1861-1911' dataset hosted by the History Data Service (HDS), based at the UK Data Archive University of Essex (formerly part of the Arts and Humanities Data Service - AHDS). The data is available to order from the HDS as Microsoft Excel 97 or tab delimited ASCII text files. From this Web page you may download a PDF of images of the study documentation. To make use of this dataset you must first register with the HDS, and further information is supplied giving instructions. This data-set was one of several used to estimate emigration from and migration within Scotland between 1861 and 1911. The data consists of a transcription of total deaths in Scotland between 1861 and 1911, taken from the 7th-56th Detailed Annual Reports of the Registrar General for Scotland. The variables are: numeric code for county as used in the Scottish Census; name of registration county; gender; year of death; number of deaths of all ages; and then number of deaths divided into age groups. Added: 2009-10-22
Births in Scotland, 1861-1911
http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/findingData/snDescription.asp?sn=4146
This is a Web page detailing the context, range and availability of the 'Births in Scotland, 1861-1911' dataset hosted by the History Data Service (HDS), based at the UK Data Archive University of Essex (formerly part of the Arts and Humanities Data Service - AHDS). The data is available to order from the HDS as a Microsoft Excel 97 file or tab delimited ASCII text. From this Web page you may download a PDF of images of the study documentation. To make use of this dataset you must first register with the HDS, and further information is supplied giving instructions. This data-set was one of several used to estimate emigration from and migration within Scotland between 1861 and 1911. The data consist of a transcription of total births in Scotland between 1861 and 1911, taken from the 7th-56th Detailed Annual Reports of the Registrar General for Scotland. The variables are: numeric code for county as used in the Scottish Census; name of registration county; year; number of male births; number of female births; total number of births. Added: 2009-10-22
Thame, Oxfordshire in the seventeenth century
http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/findingData/snDescription.asp?sn=4132
This is a Web page detailing the context, range and availability of the 'Thame, Oxfordshire in the Seventeenth Century' dataset hosted by the History Data Service (HDS), based at the UK Data Archive University of Essex (formerly part of the Arts and Humanities Data Service - AHDS). The data is available to order from the HDS as Access 97 or text files. From this Web page you may download a PDF of images of the study documentation.To make use of this dataset you must first register with the HDS, and further information is supplied giving instructions. The aim of this project was to produce a social and economic history of the town of Thame, Oxfordshire in the seventeenth century, with special emphases on the way in which local families controlled the town's economy and on the connections between agriculture and the trades of the town. A biographical dictionary is being prepared in addition to the database and this has involved some family reconstitution. The Thame History Research Group has its origins in a local history class organised by Oxford University Department for Continuing Education. The Thame History Group has transcribed and made available a range of documents for seventeenth century Thame including wills, inventories, parish registers, hearth tax records, rentals, Civil War assessments, school accounts, lay subsidy returns, frankpledge court rolls, poor rate books, quarter session records and monumental inscriptions in the parish church. The database consists of a series of tables corresponding to the different sources used, a table holding surnames with information on spelling variations and family groupings, a table holding surnames, occupations and occupation codes, one holding status and status codes, and a table holding bibliographic information about the sources used. Added: 2009-10-22
Decline of infant mortality in England and Wales, 1871-1948 : a medical conundrum
http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/findingData/snDescription.asp?sn=4127
This is a Web page detailing the context, range and availability of the 'Decline of Infant Mortality in England and Wales, 1871-1948: a Medical Conundrum' dataset hosted by the History Data Service (HDS), based at the UK Data Archive University of Essex (formerly part of the Arts and Humanities Data Service - AHDS). The data is available to order from the HDS as an excel file. From this Web page you may download a PDF of images of the study documentation. To make use of this dataset you must first register with the HDS, and further information is supplied giving instructions. This study aimed to provide a more individual, micro-level appreciation of infant mortality data. Previously, the focus of these data had been aggregative, at a fairly high level of aggregation - the country, county registration district. To that end, a team of research students at the Open University has examined vaccination registers at the sub-registration district level for 22 such districts. In 1853 vaccination was made compulsory and in 1871 legislation was introduced requiring all poor law unions to appoint vaccination officers and to set up a system of registration; this system, with only minor alterations, lasted until 1948. Under the 1871 Act, vaccination officers took over all the functions of the local registrars except for giving parents the statutory notice of compulsory vaccination. The vaccination registrar recorded the following: the registration number in the civil birth register; date of birth; place of birth; name of child; sex; name of father, or if illegitimate, mother; occupation of father or if illegitimate, mother; date of notice to vaccinate given to parent; date of successful vaccination, postponement or insusceptibility to vaccination; name of medical man who signed the certificate; date of death of any child who died before vaccination; reference number in vaccination officer's report book on problem cases. From the monthly information on infant deaths, the vaccination officer compiled an infant death register on children dying under the age of one year. Medical historians have begun to recognise the historical importance of the compulsory provisions of Victorian vaccination legislation, which entailed the growth of a complex administrative structure necessary for its implementation. This can been seen as a forerunner of the Welfare State, particularly as regards the development of the public health movement. It is generally agreed that civil registration had reached a high standard of reliability by 1872, and as the vaccination birth registers and infant death registers are copies of the civil registers for the period 1872-1948, they constitute an unrivalled source of information on infant mortality for the period. The data consists of transcriptions from a sample of English vaccination registers, at the sub-registration district level, for selected years within the period 1871-1913. The variables differ slightly due to local custom and the transcribing methods employed but broadly, for each district, they consist of number in birth register; date of birth; address; gender; legitimacy; parents' occupation; date of vaccination; date of exception; date of death. Added: 2009-10-22
Digest of Welsh historical statistics : religion, 1669-1974
http://ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/collection.htm?uri=hist-4105-1
This is a Web page detailing the context, range and availability of the 'Digest of Welsh Historical Statistics: Religion, 1669-1974' dataset hosted by the History Data Service (HDS), based at the UK Data Archive University of Essex (formerly part of the Arts and Humanities Data Service - AHDS). The data is available to download as a compressed (zip) file. This is a machine-readable version of part of John Williams' ‘Digest of Welsh Historical and is intended to provide a service for those working on the history of modern Wales. The main tables are: Church of England. Number of incumbents, by diocese, 1832, 1879-1890; Church in Wales (before 1920 Church of England). Number of incumbents, baptisms, Easter communicants and Sunday scholars, by diocese, 1885-1974; Church in Wales. Number of churches, by diocese, 1832-1973; Nonconformist congregations, by county, 1672, 1716 and 1742; Baptists. Number of churches, members and Sunday scholars, by association, 1839-1865; Baptists. a) Members, 1669-1860; b) number of churches, chapels, pastors, members, Sunday school scholars and baptisms, by county, 1861-1972; Calvinistic Methodists. Number of chapels, churches, ministers, lay preachers, communicants, Sabbath scholars and adherents, by county, 1860, 1885-1973; Methodists. Number of members, by districts, 1767-1968; Congregationalists and Welsh Independents. Number of churches, ministers, members and Sabbath scholars, by county, 1861-1891 and 1897-1975; Roman Catholics. Number of clergy and churches (from 1838), schools, Catholics, baptisms, marriages and conversions (from 1911), by diocese, 1838-1974; Religious Census of 1851, summary table for Wales; Communicants, by county and denomination, 1905; Marriages, by type of rite, quinquennially, 1839-1972. Added: 2009-10-22
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