Robert Lee

Nov 11, 2024 | tandfonline.com | Robert Lee |Ross Pinder |David Haydon |Lachlan Winter

ABSTRACTIn Paralympic sport, athletes, coaches and administrators seek medal-winning outcomes. Research in the fields of biomechanics and motor control can support the quantification of performance measures and injury risk. The aim of this article is to review the state of existing research and identify gaps offering researchers and practitioners targeted paths for creating competitive advantages.

Feb 26, 2024 | briefingsforbritain.co.uk | Robert Lee

The BoE should start reducing Bank Rate at the next MPC meetingBank of England (BoE) Chief Economist Huw Pill has stated that the Bank can’t yet reduce interest rates because there is “only modest and tentative” evidence that UK inflation is coming back to target. Two of the nine members of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) voted at the January meeting to raise interest rates.

Jan 29, 2024 | digitalrepository.unm.edu | Robert Nelson |Robert Lee

The activity of extracellular coagulase, deoxyribonuclease, acid phosphatase, alkaline phosphatase and lipase for 10 strains of Staphylococcus aureus was investigated. The enzymatic activities were also tested for the presence of a specific enzyme inactivator. The relationship of EH and cell density to the five enzymes was also studied. The extracellular enzymes used in these experiments were prepared by removing cells by centrifugation from the broth of O, 6, 12, 24, 36, 48, and 60 hr cultures.

Jan 12, 2024 | briefingsforbritain.co.uk | Robert Lee

History And TimelineWhen the UK voted to Leave the EU in June 2016 it had not been an independent trading nation for more than forty years. All trade policy and any Free Trade agreements (FTAs) with non-EU countries were managed by the EU with minimal UK input. Consequently, our trade negotiating expertise had dwindled almost to nothing. Thus, when in July 2016 PM Theresa May appointed Liam Fox to set up the new Department for International Trade (DIT) he was literally starting from scratch.

Nov 30, 2023 | briefingsforbritain.co.uk | Robert Lee

Two hikers in the Rockies come face to face with a huge bear. One of the hikers quickly swops his boots for trainers. The other gasps out “you can’t outrun a bear”, to which the first replies “I can’t outrun him, but I can outrun YOU”. This story may be familiar to you but provides a neat introduction to the outlandish notion – at least to regular BBC News viewers – that the UK may grow faster than the EU and the US in 2024 and 2025.