Nottingham Trent University

About: Nottingham Trent University is a education organization based out in Nottingham, United Kingdom. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Context (language use). The organization has 4702 authors who have published 12862 publications receiving 307430 citations. The organization is also known as: NTU & Trent Polytechnic.

The Indeterminacy of Choice: Political, Policy and Organisational Implications

Abstract: Choice has become a central – and much debated – theme of New Labour's approach to the reform of public service. In this article we examine the conditions and consequences of the indeterminacy of choice in political discourse, policy development and organisational dynamics. We suggest that the under-specification of choice in political and policy settings risks devolving the stresses of indeterminacy to service organisations and their interactions with the public. We explore some of the public's ambivalence about choice and public services and conclude by offering two ways of thinking about the indeterminacy of choice – treating choice as a condensate and as a proxy.

Treatment efficacy of a specialized psychotherapy program for Internet Gaming Disorder

Abstract: Background and aimsInternet Gaming Disorder (IGD) has become health concern around the world, and specialized health services for the treatment of IGD are emerging. Despite the increase in such ser...

The speciation and genotyping of Cronobacter isolates from hospitalised patients

Abstract: The World Health Organization (WHO) has recognised all Cronobacter species as human pathogens Among premature neonates and immunocompromised infants, these infections can be life-threatening, with clinical presentations of septicaemia, meningitis and necrotising enterocolitis The neurological sequelae can be permanent and the mortality rate as high as 40–80 % Despite the highlighted issues of neonatal infections, the majority of Cronobacter infections are in the elderly population suffering from serious underlying disease or malignancy and include wound and urinary tract infections, osteomyelitis, bacteraemia and septicaemia However, no age profiling studies have speciated or genotyped the Cronobacter isolates A clinical collection of 51 Cronobacter strains from two hospitals were speciated and genotyped using 7-loci multilocus sequence typing (MLST), rpoB gene sequence analysis, O-antigen typing and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) The isolates were predominated by C sakazakii sequence type 4 (63 %, 32/51) and C malonaticus sequence type 7 (33 %, 17/51) These had been isolated from throat and sputum samples of all age groups, as well as recal and faecal swabs There was no apparent relatedness between the age of the patient and the Cronobacter species isolated Despite the high clonality of Cronobacter, PFGE profiles differentiated strains across the sequence types into 15 pulsotypes There was almost complete agreement between O-antigen typing and rpoB gene sequence analysis and MLST profiling This study shows the value of applying MLST to bacterial population studies with strains from two patient cohorts, combined with PFGE for further discrimination of strains