Alistair Jones

2 weeks ago | racingpost.com | Alistair Jones

One week on from the Randox Grand National at Aintree, the Scottish equivalent takes place at Ayr with Willie Mullins set to have a strong hand as he chases a second British trainers' championship. We've taken a look at previous runnings and picked out the key factors to help you find the winner.

3 weeks ago | leicester.news | Alistair Jones

Central government has come up with a plan for local government (again). Larger local authorities (again). And unitary authorities (again). There is a clear fixation on making local councils bigger, but do the reasons why hold up? If we go back to the Redcliffe-Maud Report into local government, from 1969, the plan was to introduce unitary local authorities, with a maximum population of around 250,000.

3 weeks ago | racingpost.com | Alistair Jones

Jump racing's most famous contest, the Randox Grand National (4.00), takes place this weekend. We've taken a look at previous runnings and picked out the key factors to help you find the winner. ExperienceNo fewer than 23 of the last 29 winners were making their National debuts. Since the days of Red Rum in the 1970s, only ten winners had contested the previous year (finishing P4F9F3FF01).

1 month ago | racingpost.com | Alistair Jones

Bangor2.15: Too Cool ForshruleThe sudden improvement that TOO COOL FORSHRULE found last week was over fences but it was his first handicap and he didn't go unbacked. He's off the very same mark for this return to hurdles. Regal And Royal has presumably been waiting for the forecast drier ground and fitness might not hold him back after a lengthy absence. Speiriuil and handicap debutant Yhprum's Law are preferred of the remainder.

1 month ago | eurekalert.org | Alistair Jones

By Alistair JonesSMU Office of Research – Even by the standards of medical terminology, photoplethysmography (PPG) is a mouthful. Yet it is widely used in clinical settings as a non-invasive, optical technique for measuring the oxygen saturation level in the blood, and the pulse rate, as vital signs of a patient. It is commonly encountered as a clip-on oximeter attached to a finger. First developed in the 1930s, PPG emits light to illuminate the microvascular bed of the skin.