BACKGROUND The last decade has witnessed a rapid transformation in the role boundaries of the allied health professions, enabled through the creation of new roles and the expansion of existing, traditional roles. A strategy of health care 'modernisation' has encompassed calls for the redrawing of professional boundaries and identities, linked with demands for greater workforce flexibility. Seve...

Wide access to large information collections is of great potential importance in many aspects economic, environmental, health, cultural, social, etc. of everyday life. Historical video documentaries hold by national audiovisual archives, constitute one of the most precious from a historical and cultural viewpoint and less accessible cultural information. This paper presents the ECHO (European C...

Aim We evaluate environmental and historical determinants of modern species composition for upland vegetation types across Cape Cod, Massachusetts, a region that supports numerous uncommon species assemblages that are conservation priorities. Location The study area encompasses the entire peninsula of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA. Methods Historical changes in land-use and land-cover across the...

Wide access to large information collections is of great potential importance in many aspects economic, environmental, health, cultural, social, etc. of everyday life. Historical video documentaries hold by national audiovisual archives, constitute one of the most precious from a historical and cultural viewpoint and less accessible cultural information. This paper presents the ECHO (European C...