Bowel cancer screening - Has it made an impact?

The dramatic impact of Coronavirus outbreak on air quality: Has it saved as much as it has killed so far?

The outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) was first reported from Wuhan, China, on December 31st, 2019. As the number of coronavirus infections has exceeded 100,000 with toll deaths of about 5000 worldwide as of early March, 2020, scientists and researchers are racing to investigate the nature of this virus and evaluate the short and long term effects of this disease. Despite it...

Workforce reform in schools: has it made a difference?

This is the fifth report by Ofsted to evaluate the effectiveness of workforce reform. This small-scale study shows that, in the most effective schools visited, workforce reform had made a considerable difference to pupils’ learning because leaders had ensured that all their staff had clear professional status, were well trained, were deployed effectively and were held accountable for contributi...

Student Evaluation of Teaching: Has It Made a Difference?

When I first started doing research in the area of college and university teaching about 35 years ago, it was like being a voice in the wilderness. But I discovered two other voices in the same wilderness doing the same type of research, namely Chris Knapper and Bill McKeachie. I have benefited greatly from my contacts with both of them over the years, and I have also been lucky enough to have ...

Has Debt Relief Made

Diets of elite athletes: has the discipline of sports nutrition made an impact?

Although numerous descriptions exist of special diets and particular foods used by Greek athletes as early as 580 B.C., survey data on diets of Olympians of the modern era are virtually nonexistent. A survey in Helsinki in 1952 reported the diets of Olympic athletes to be high energy, high fat, and high protein. The 1952 Olympians reportedly consumed an average daily energy intake of 18,841 kJ,...