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Clinical management and suggested treatment for COVID-19 in the Indian sub-continent: A comparative study
Md Insiat Islam Rabby, Farzad Hossain, Munadi Al Islam, A K. M Sadrul Islam, Israt Jahan Akhi, Syed Nazmul Huda
September-October 2020, 10(5):230-237
DOI:10.4103/cmrp.cmrp_21_20
SARS-CoV-2 is a dangerous virus which first emerged in China in December 2019. Till now, it has affected more than 4215,497 people in 212 countries and territories. No drug or vaccine is currently recommended, but scientists and researchers are trying their best to identify potential medications and clinical management practices for this virus. The aim of this paper is to find and compare clinical management practices and suggest potential treatment options for COVID-19 in highly infected countries of the Indian sub-continent (India, Bangladesh and Pakistan). Necessary information has been collected from various clinical management guidelines for COVID-19, available at the health ministry websites of India, Bangladesh and Pakistan. Although clinical management practices vary from country to country, all of these countries utilise mechanical ventilation. Moreover, some potential drugs have been suggested by all countries that may be utilised for treatment but did not recommend any of the medications yet because all of them are under evaluation in various clinical trials. Hydroxychloroquine has been suggested by all of these countries but in different situations. All countries are trying their best to follow their government guidelines. In addition, it has been found that the recovery rate of patients from Bangladesh, India and Pakistan is 18.08%, 30.76% and 26.58%, respectively. Although all the suggested treatment protocols have potentiality against COVID-19, they can only be recommended in the treatment procedure after necessary experiments and investigations.
A glimpse of unfolding surgical crisis amid the COVID-19 pandemic: Need urgent global attention and universal recommendation
Jitendra Kumar, Rajni Raina
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in serious consequences for all those patients who need treatment for any other routine ailments. The worst sufferers are the patients who need to undergo elective or non-emergency surgical procedures. But globally, no concrete steps have so far been taken to reduce the huge suffering of routine surgical patients either during or the aftermath of the pandemic. The aim of this study is not only to draw global attention by highlighting the magnitude of suffering faced by routine surgical patients but also to put the much-needed proposal for the urgent need of universal guidance to counter the huge challenges waiting ahead. In an attempt to find the scale of problems faced by patients in need of routine surgical procedures and their suggested solutions available to date, we did an extensive search online on different search engines and scientific databases. Unfortunately, no country is tracking or reporting the data of routine surgical patients affected by this pandemic. Whatever estimated data in this regard is projected, is catastrophic. The worst at the global level is that no step has so far been taken to look into any solution for this huge suffering faced by millions of people. The COVID-19 pandemic has posed a huge challenge for routine surgical patients across most of the affected parts of the world, and we cannot turn a blind eye for long time on this issue. All stakeholders at the global level must come forward with uniform guidance to handle this global emergency during and post-pandemic time.
Lockdown versus no lockdown: Strategies for COVID-19 and its impact on mental health and economy
Ramananda Ningthoujam
Artificial intelligence in medical diagnosis
Ronit Jaiswal, Ramesh Lal Sapra, Girish K Jha, Samiran Nundy
The use of artificial intelligence (AI) in medicine made its beginning five decades ago in 1972 when researchers at Stanford University in the USA developed an expert system MYCIN for treating blood infections. Since then, AI-based research in medicine is evolving every day to bring efficiency into medical diagnosis, early prediction of outcome, better clinical treatment and for rapid prognosis and recovery of patients. With the availability of an increasingly growing patients' associated information such as texts, audios, images and videos in structured and unstructured formats, it has become a challenge for computer scientists to process such information and to understand its insights into meaningful conclusions. With the development of powerful algorithms, AI has proven its ability in understanding the insights into data and taking health-related decisions in real time and improving clinical practice. This article provides an overview of various AI techniques in healthcare, especially deep learning used in medical diagnosis. The article also highlights the challenges and concerns of AI implementation.
Remdesivir as a potential antiviral agent for COVID-19: A literature review
Susanna Josey
This novel coronavirus infection was reported in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. It was declared a global pandemic by the WHO in March 2020. The coronavirus is an enveloped positive sense, single-stranded RNA virus. The symptoms of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection ranges from asymptomatic disease to fatal pneumonia. Remdesivir is a broad-spectrum antiviral agent. It is a nucleotide analogue, which targets viral replication. Remdesivir has demonstrated antiviral activity againstin vitro andin vivo animal models against multiple viruses such as Ebola, Middle East respiratory syndrome, and severe acute respiratory syndrome. A literature search was conducted up to 1 July 2020 using search Google Scholar, PubMed, and ClinicalTrials.gov to identify the potential of remdesivir in COVID-19 infection. Remdesivir has demonstrated clinical efficacy in the treatment of COVID-19. On 1 May 2020, the US Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorisation to both suspected and confirmed cases of COVID-19. The use of remdesivir in COVID-19 has shown to be effective in reducing the clinical signs and symptoms. Further studies are required to study effectiveness as well as safety.
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Present status and future forecast of COVID-19 in India using time series modelling
Rohit Patawa, Pramendra Singh Pundir, Puneet Kumar Gupta
Background and Aim: The aim of this study is to analyse and forecast the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases in India, which may help the government and residents of India to mitigate the effect of COVID-19. Material and Methods: Univariate time series modelling has been used to forecast COVID-19 cases in India. The model is built to predict the number of confirmed cases, recovered cases, and death cases based on the data available between 30th June, 2020 and 28th August, 2020. Behaviour of the forecasts has been discussed at each round and also compared with the original values with its error measures such as mean absolute percentage error and root mean squared error. Results: For both the models used for fitting, namely exponential smoothing with multiplicative error and multiplicative trend, the later is found to be more appropriate than others. More importantly, at all stages of the forecast, the overall forecast error was <5%, which seems to be a good forecast. Conclusions: The present study may be valuable for Indian governments in the direction of making policies and accordingly taking suitable actions to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 cases in India.
Laparoscopic posterior rectopexy for complete prolapse of the rectum: Our experience
Ashish Dey, Vinod K Malik, Tarun Mittal, N Abhilash
Background: Total rectal prolapse is a disorder that affects both sexes in all age groups causing debilitating symptoms along with constipation, incontinence or both and results in a poor quality of life (QoL). Aim: We present our experience of laparoscopic rectopexy for procidencia in terms of change in scores of these factors following surgery and the long term results. Materials and Methods: This is a retrospective study with prospectively collected data. Fifteen patients who underwent laparoscopic rectopexy for complete rectal prolapse in our unit from January 2013 to 2016 were included. Preoperative and postoperative constipation, incontinence and QoL scores have been followed up for a period of 18 months following surgery. Other outcomes measured were major and minor complications, length of hospital stay and recurrence. Results: Almost all patients suffered from pre-operative incontinence and had a poor QoL before surgery. Improvement in incontinence following surgery was seen in 86.7% and improvement in constipation was seen in 53% of the patients. There were no major complications. Retrograde ejaculation was seen in two patients in the 20–30 year age group. One patient recovered partially in 6 months and the other was lost to follow-up. There was no incidence of recurrence in the median follow-up period. Conclusions: Laparoscopic rectopexy for rectal prolapse is associated with good post-operative outcome as far as incontinence and constipation is concerned. There is a significant improvement in QoL and associated with a low risk of recurrence. There is a risk of sexual disorders following 'posterior rectopexy' among sexually active males and can be a major source of dissatisfaction.
Robotic surgery: Overview, applications and future trends
Vivek Bindal, Parveen Bhatia, Sudhir Kalhan, Mukund Khetan, Suviraj John
January-February 2012, 2(1):17-27
Robotic technology is the most advanced development in minimally invasive surgery. There are several limitations and drawbacks to conventional laparoscopy, including limited movement, the inability to perform high-precision sutures, unnatural positions for the surgeon, and 2-dimensional vision. Robotic surgery may overcome these limitations and allow extension of minimally invasive surgery to an increasing number of patients. The potential advantages of robotic system include its greater precision, lower error rates, reduced bleeding, shorter hospital stay, patient recovery and reduced pain. It also has ergonomic advantages for the surgeon. The surgeon directs the robotic arms of the system through a console by means of hand controls and pedals, making use of a stereoscopic viewing system providing a 3-dimensional view. Robotic technology is currently being used in general, urological, gynaecological and cardiothoracic surgery. However, many issues are still not resolved, such as the clinical feasibility and safety of robotic surgery in a general surgical context, the length and difficulty of the learning curve, and clinical applications and drawbacks. This article aims to provide an overview of the development of robotic surgery, components of the available da Vinci Surgical System (DVSS), its clinical applications especially in abdominal surgery and future trends.
Intelligent system for early diagnosis of paediatric cerebral malaria from an electroencephalogram
Temgoua Nanfack Pélagie Flore, Jean Marie Kuate Fotso, Bénite Isaoura, Patrice Abiama Ele
Background: This work is a part of a new concept. The aim is to study the measurements that can be used as input to an intelligent system for detecting cerebral malaria from an electroencephalogram (EEG). Materials and Methods: The study of brain connectivity through the calculation of the phase lag index, which is an adjacency matrix, allows evaluating the units such as degree, density and strength on each channel. These units were evaluated on 29 EEG recordings, consisting of twenty people suffering from coma and nine healthy individuals. Results: Considering analysis of variance with two factors that are frequency band and group (patient and healthy control), the degree and the density are always higher in healthy children compared to sick children. Nevertheless, the strength is always higher in healthy children compared to sick children with the exception of the delta band on which the values are equal and the alpha band on which the strength is higher in sick children by the report to healthy children. Conclusion: There is a significant difference (P = 0.002) between the strength of sick people compared to healthy people. Such technology could help reduce the death rate from malaria, in general, and cerebral malaria, in particular, especially in sub-Saharan Africa where this rate is very high.
A journey of a successful surgeon
Vinod K Malik
'Raising the bar' under question, even if the 'graph flattens' as front line healthcare workers succumb to COVID-19
Dhrubajyoti Chatterjee, Syandip Jana, Udisha Sarkar, Saptarshi Chatterjee
Clinical evaluation of carcinoembryonic antigen, carbohydrate antigen 125, carbohydrate antigen 199 and neuron-specific enolase in locally advanced-stage non-small cell lung cancer patients with adjuvant chemotherapy
Abrar Ahmed, Chen Dingding
Background: Response markers carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), carbohydrate antigen (CA) 125, CA19-9 and neuron-specific enolase (NSE) constitute the common modulated parameters in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Objective: This study evaluated the pivotal role of biomarkers CEA, CA125, CA19-9 and NSE in the diagnosis and prognosis of NSCLC in both Stage IIIA and IIIB patients undergoing adjuvant chemotherapy. Materials and Methods: We adapted a retrospective design to review 1875 lung cancer patients' medical records from Jiangsu Province Cancer Hospital, Respiratory Department, from 2012 to 2017 who underwent surgery and were currently diagnosed with NSCLC. In total, 168 patients were eligible for final analysis. Blood samples from these patients were taken for CEA, CA125, CA19-9 and NSE analysis before and after each cycle of adjuvant chemotherapy. Results: A high level of CEA, CA125, CA19 9 and NSE was detected in 99 (58.92%), 87 (51.78%), 42 (25%) and 50 (29.76%) cases, respectively. Progression occurred in 56 of 168 patients, and their overall progression free survival (PFS) was 4–6 months. Patients with CEA level elevated and normal had a median PFS of 4 versus 8. Similarly, CA125, CA19 9 and NSE had a median PFS of 4 versus 6 (P = 0.001). In multivariable Cox regression model, treatment (2 vs. 3 drugs), metastasis (yes vs. no), CEA (≤3.5 ng/ml vs. >3.5 ng/ml) and CA125 (≤35 U/ml vs. >35 U/ml) (P = 0.01, P = 0.05, P < 0.0001 and P = 0.001, respectively) were found independent prognostic factors for PFS of NSCLC, and patients using three drug therapy showed prolonged PFS compared to those using two drug therapy (P = 0.001). Conclusions: Conclusively, we found that high pre-treatment levels CEA and CA125 correlated with poor prognosis and progression of the disease also occurred. In addition, in adjuvant chemotherapy, the use of bevacizumab with platinum-based chemotherapy showed a high efficacy in lowering tumour markers level and improved PFS.
Understanding pain abdomen: Anatomical considerations
Ashish Dey, Vinod K Malik
May-June 2011, 1(3):123-127
Although abdominal pain is common and often inconsequential, acute and severe abdominal pain is almost always a symptom of intrabdominal disease. Ascertaining the cause of abdominal pain is quite like solving a puzzle. Putting together the history, clinical findings and the result of investigations into perspective makes the diagnosis apparent. Textbook descriptions of abdominal pain have limitations because people react to and interpret pain differently. Proper understanding of the anatomy and the embryological origin of the abdominal organs is necessary for a proper understanding of the disease process. Referred pain is one particular diagnostic dilemma. Neuroscientists are still trying to understand which anatomical connections are responsible for referred pain. Referred pain is experienced when nerve fibres from regions of high sensory input (such as skin) and nerve fibres from regions of low sensory input (such as the viscera) happen to converge on the same or adjacent levels of the spinal cord. Referred pain can be both somatic and visceral and has to be interpreted judiciously while attempting to reach a diagnosis. This article attempts to understand the anatomical and neurological relationships of the intrabdominal organs and its relevance in various causes of acute abdominal pain.
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Do high LDL levels justify for inclusion in metabolic syndrome criteria?
Anjali Arora, Bobby V Khan, Vrinda Arora, Nitika Setia
March-April 2013, 3(2):82-85
Metabolic syndrome (MetS) includes hypertension, diabetes, abdominal obesity, low high-density lipoprotein (HDL) and high triglyceride (TG) levels. Current guidelines for the criteria used to define MetS include body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) based on the Caucasian population. These parameters seem to differ in the South Asian population. The increased prevalence of MetS and cardiovascular disease (CVD) among South Asians is presented with a lower BMI. Studies have also shown that prevalence of type 2 diabetes is particularly high in South Asians. Patients with hyperlipidaemia are seen in our clinic (with or without MetS). We observed that many patients with hyperlipidaemia presenting with one or two cardiac risk factors were in the process of developing MetS. These patients were at a high risk of CVD as their lipid levels were deranged with very high total and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels. Is it time to take a step further and also include high LDL levels in new MetS criteria for development of CVD?
Patient preference for a particular hospital: A prospective questionnaire-based investigation from India
Srinivas Bojanapu, Mayank Mathur, Jini Jacob, Anju Sharma, Samiran Nundy
Background: The ubiquitous access to media, the Internet, and suggestions from friends relatives have empowered patients not only choose but also make informed decisions about their health needs and how and where to be addressed. Although there are many guides and studies on the main factors which infl choice, particularly in the USA. There are very few from India and also hospitals from the large private sector constantly advertise their strengths. Aim: We studied the factors which influenced a patient's decision to seek medical attention at a not-for-profit tertiary care centre in India. Materials and Methods: Four hundred consecutive patients or their relatives were provided with a printed sheet that contained a total of 15 questions, which included the unit's and hospital's trustworthiness, reputation, infrastructure, affordability and accessibility, among others. SPSS (version 24) was used, and reliability and validity tests were done. Principal component analysis with Varimax rotation method was done. Results: There were four constructs from 15 observed variables with a cumulative variance of 55%. Construct 1 had a variance of 31%, and it included variables such as trust in hospital and doctor, infrastructure, diagnostic facilities and ancillary programmes. Construct 2, with a variance of 8.9%, had accreditation, academics and research. Construct 3, with a variance of 7%, had information seeking through the Internet and easy accessibility. Construct 4 had a variance of 7% with health insurance and a suggestion from a neighbour/family or from a friend. Nearly 64% of the patients in the study group travelled more than 100 km. Conclusion: The most influential factors for choosing a hospital are trust in hospital and doctor, along with infrastructure and ancillary services, followed by certified standards of care and academics and research. Surprisingly, the distance was not a deciding factor in the majority, nor was empanelment with insurance companies.
Accessory middle cerebral artery: An uncommon intracranial vascular anomaly
Sumit Goyal, Ajit Kumar Sinha, HN Agarwal
September-October 2012, 2(5):275-277
Many intracranial variations of middle cerebral artery, which occur infrequently compared to other intracranial vascular anomalies, are described in the literature. We describe a case of incidentally detected accessory middle cerebral artery on digital subtraction angiography. An understanding of such variations is important for those performing intracranial aneurysm surgeries. These variations may also serve as a source of collateral supply in cases of ischaemia.
Surgery for rectal prolapse – None fits all
Amanjeet Singh
Adaptive designs of clinical trials: An overview
Anil C Mathew, TK Ponnuswamy, Jenit Osborn
The use of adaptive design methods in clinical research has become popular due to its flexibility. Such methods are very useful in early clinical development. Urn designs and covariate-adaptive designs are specific adaptive designs aimed at balancing the treatment groups in a clinical trial. In this article, we provide a comprehensive review of adaptive design methods in clinical research and development.
Bacillus Calmette Guérin vaccination – An old weapon for a new enemy COVID 19
Mathan Periasamy, M Elanchezhian, Yaramareddy Swapna
Corona warriors under risk during COVID-19 pandemic
Shashi Bahl, Tarun Goyal
Latent iron deficiency in neonates above 34 weeks of gestation
Vivek Choudhury, Arun Soni, Neelam Kler, LM Srivastava, Satish Saluja
November-December 2012, 2(6):332-336
Background: Iron deficiency is the most common nutritional deficiency. A high prevalence of iron deficiency is also seen at birth, indicating in utero iron deficiency. This deficiency during this critical period of brain development can affect multiple developmental processes. Objective: To determine the incidence of in utero iron deficiency as evaluated by cord ferritin levels. Methods: Maternal and cord blood of eligible neonates born between 34 and 42 weeks of gestation were estimated for ferritin concentration. Thirty neonates who fulfilled the enrolment criteria were enrolled in each of three groups: appropiate for gestational age (AGA), small for gestational age (SGA) and infants of diabetic mother (IDM), making a total of 90 study subjects in all. A cut-off value of <75 ng/mL was used to define latent iron deficiency. Results: The mean (SD) gestational age and birth weight were 37.02 (1.91) weeks and 2498 (609.74) g, respectively. The overall incidence of iron deficiency state in our study population was 25.5%; among AGA, SGA and IDM groups it was 13.3%, 26.7% and 36.7%, respectively. The mean (SD) maternal ferritin and cord ferritin concentrations of the study population were 37.75 (21.04) μg/L and 134.03 (83.32) μg/L, respectively. The IDMs had significantly lower cord ferritin levels as compared to AGA infants (p=0.036). The correlation coefficient for maternal and cord ferritin among all subjects was 0.351. The correlation coefficients were also poor among all of the AGA, SGA and IDM groups. Conclusion: Our study suggests that the incidence of latent iron deficiency is significant in neonates, especially in SGA and IDM infants. Future studies can be designed to look at long-term neurodevelopmental outcome of neonates with iron deficiency.
Primary fallopian tube cancer—case report and review of current literature
Mala Srivastava, Mamta Dagar, Sanjay Mittal, I Ganguli
Fallopian tube cancer is a rare entity and only a few case reports of Indian patients are available. It comprises <1% of all cancers of the female genital organs. Fallopian tube cancer and ovarian cancer share major characteristics, such as elevated CA-125 levels and the histopathology. The incidence of both types of cancer is higher among women with BRCA mutations. They are similar also in terms of the response to platinum-based chemotherapy. It is difficult to diagnose a case of primary fallopian tube cancer preoperatively, because the patient presents with non-specific symptoms and there is a lack of definite diagnostic criteria. Our patient presented to us 7 years after menopause with profuse blood-stained vaginal discharge, and the diagnosis of fallopian tube cancer was made only during laparotomy.
Feature extraction for epileptic seizure detection using machine learning
Renuka Mohan Khati, Rajesh Ingle
Background: Epilepsy is a common neurological disorder and affects approximately 70 million people worldwide. The traditional approach used by neurologists for the detection of seizure is time consuming. Aim: An automated approach is required that can assist the neurologists in seizure diagnosis in order to minimise the diagnostic time. Materials and Methods: Electroencephalogram (EEG) signals record the electrical activities of the brain and can be used effectively in seizure diagnosis. We have evaluated our system using Bonn university database. Appropriate feature selection is very important in pattern recognition problems. We used recursive feature elimination (wrapper method), for the selection of best features. In our study, we have used EEG signals to evaluate the performance of seven machine learning algorithms. Results: We obtained a classification accuracy of 99%, which is a significant improvement over the state-of-the-art methods. The classification performance across 10 folds of cross validation of Logistic regression and Adaboost was the highest with an accuracy of 99%. While using naive bayes and random forest, the Area under the ROC curve value obtained was 1. The sensitivity obtained using naive bayes classifier was 100%. Conclusion: Our approach requires minimum feature extraction that makes it an efficient approach. Recursive feature elimination was used to select the features which yield good accuracy results. It was observed that logistic regression and Adaboost performed superior with an accuracy of 99%.
Leg oedema—A diagnostic approach
Taposh Sarkar, Anish Kumar, Kanika Bhatia, Simran Kaur, Narinder Pal Singh
Oedema results from excess accumulation of interstitial fluid and produces palpable swelling. Its major causes include venous obstruction, increased capillary permeability, and increased plasma volume secondary to sodium and water retention. The causes of oedema vary depending upon the age and sex of the patient. The most likely cause of leg oedema in older patients is venous insufficiency. In India, probably the commonest cause of oedema, especially in women, is anaemia. Lifestyle and dietary modification, in conjunction with pharmacotherapy, are useful in long-term management. The treatment includes sodium restriction, the use of diuretics, and appropriate management of the underlying disorder.
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Canadian coffee icon Tim Hortons -Sudbury returns as the Primary Sponsor for Ben Young's #86 Yamaha R6 for his return to the prestigious Daytona 200. The Daytona 200 is the first race of the GEICO AMA Pro Road Racing 2013 season being held at the legendary Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Florida, USA, March 14 - 16th 2013.
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The Treatment of Uncertainty in Performance Assessment and Safety Case Development
D. A. Galson,
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A. Khursheed
Paper No: ICEM2007-7329, pp. 517-524; 8 pages
https://doi.org/10.1115/ICEM2007-7329
Published Online: May 29, 2009
Galson, DA, & Khursheed, A. "The Treatment of Uncertainty in Performance Assessment and Safety Case Development." Proceedings of the The 11th International Conference on Environmental Remediation and Radioactive Waste Management. 11th International Conference on Environmental Remediation and Radioactive Waste Management, Parts A and B. Bruges, Belgium. September 2–6, 2007. pp. 517-524. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/ICEM2007-7329
This paper presents the results of a review of the treatment of uncertainty in performance assessment (PA) and safety-case development, carried out as part of the European Commission (EC) project PAMINA (Performance Assessment Methodologies IN Application to Guide the Development of the Safety Case). Information on the treatment of uncertainties was gathered from PAMINA participants and several other organisations using a questionnaire, and via a limited wider review of the literature. The questionnaire responses obtained represent 16 disposal programmes in 13 countries, including all of the countries with advanced programmes to implement deep geological disposal, allowing the review to give wide coverage of global activity. A two-day workshop was held in Brussels in March 2007, in which PAMINA participants reviewed an initial document which summarised the questionnaire results. Work plans were formulated for the remainder of the PAMINA programme. The 16 programmes represented are at diverse phases of maturity: four are at the conceptual development or feasibility stage, seven are at the site selection or site characterisation stage, two are at the licensing stage, one is at the construction stage, one has an operational repository, and one is at the decommissioning/closure stage. There is also wide variation in the development of regulations concerning the treatment of uncertainty for deep geological disposal of radioactive waste, with several countries having no specific regulations. The review indicates that there is a high level of consensus with respect to the nature of uncertainties in PAs and how they should be classified, although this is sometimes masked by variations in terminology and differences in the way uncertainties are treated in programmes. A system of classification is set out in this review, with reference to the nature of uncertainties. The review discusses how the principal classes of uncertainty are treated in PAs and safety cases. While nearly all programmes treat parameter and scenario uncertainties, some do not treat conceptual model uncertainties explicitly. Respondents expressed familiarity with sensitivity-analysis techniques, and clearly understand the difference between these and uncertainty analysis. It is less clear how widespread the use of sensitivity analysis is, especially formal mathematical schemes. Almost no organisations identified uncertainties that may challenge programmes, suggesting a high level of confidence in their ability to site and design deep geological disposal facilities so as to manage uncertainties effectively. However, respondents variously identified the engineered barrier system, the geosphere, the biosphere, and future human intrusion as key sources of uncertainty that require further investigation. Responses on the issue of communicating uncertainties were patchy: some respondents professed to have little experience in this area, whereas others chose not to answer the question. Some restricted themselves to discussing communication with regulators. Only a few programmes have gone as far as commissioning research into different approaches to communicating uncertainty to a variety of stakeholders.
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Measure to Stop Gun Sale to Turkey Cleared for House Vote
Rep. Dave Trott (R-MI): "We need to block this arms sale and once and for all point a finger in Erdogan's chest and tell him that a strategic location does not place Turkey above the law."
"We need to block this arms sale and once and for all point a finger in Erdogan's chest and tell him that a strategic location does not place Turkey above the law." – Rep. Dave Trott (R-MI)
WASHINGTON—The House Committee on Rules has cleared Congressional Armenian Caucus Co-Chair Dave Trott's (R-MI) Turkey sanctions amendment for vote this week by the full House of Representatives, with three more measures, presented by Representatives Don Beyer (D-VA), David Cicilline (D-RI) and Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) set for consideration by the panel, reported the Armenian National Committee of America .
The Trott Amendment opposes the $1.2 million sale of U.S. semi-automatic handguns to Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's security detail, in response to their May 16th attack on peaceful protesters in Washington, DC.
"Over the past few months, we've seen our NATO allies take extraordinary steps against Turkey, and it's time for the State Department to do the same," said Rep. Trott. "We need to block this arms sale and once and for all point a finger in Erdogan's chest and tell him that a strategic location does not place Turkey above the law."
Rep. Trott went on to note that, "just two months ago, Erdogan's henchmen, with him complacently observing just feet away, launched a brutal attack on peaceful protesters exercising their first amendment rights. A notorious oppressor of basic human rights and freedom, Erdogan imported his nefarious attitudes to our nation's capital. While Erdogan's thugs may run unchecked in Ankara, this is the United States of America and this is totally unacceptable."
The ANCA welcomed the House Rules Committee decision. "We are pleased to see the Trott Amendment approved for U.S. House consideration this week and look forward to the Rules Committee providing all of their House colleagues with the opportunity for an up or down vote on additional Turkey sanctions proposed by Reps. Cicilline, Rohrabacher, and Beyer," said ANCA Executive Director Aram Hamparian."
"Up on Capitol Hill, across the Washington, DC foreign policy community, and even among career Department of State and Pentagon officials, it's increasingly clear that May 16th marked a watershed moment in U.S.-Turkey relations – a defining, clarifying, deeply troubling anti-American episode that will, in the months and years to come, continue to inform key areas of engagement by U.S. policymakers with their Turkish counterparts."
The House Rules Committee is set to convene at 3:00pm today (July 12th) to consider the other Turkey sanctions measures as part of the over 300 amendments submitted to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA – H.R.2810). The full House will be considering and voting on the measure on July 13th and 14th.
Rep. Beyer's amendment would ban Erdogan's security forces who took part in the May 16th attack from securing U.S. visas for future travel to the United States. Rep. Beyer has been outspoken in condemning the brutal beatings, calling for the expulsion of the Turkish Ambassador to the U.S. and signing multiple Congressional letters condemning the attacks.
Rep. Cicilline's proposal would block a pending sale of F-35 jets to Turkey "until the President of the United States certifies that the Government of Turkey is cooperating with the criminal investigation and prosecution of Turkish Government employees involved in the assault on civilians in Washington, DC." Rep. Cicilline has been outspoken in condemning the attacks, noting that "this was a particularly brazen act, on the heels of a highly publicized meeting with our President, and one has to wonder why President Erdogan felt so emboldened, that in the bright D.C. sunshine, in front of cameras and hundreds of people, he sent his attack dogs out. As Secretary Tillerson said, this is simply unacceptable."
Rep. Rohrabacher's amendment would prohibit the transfer of U.S. defense articles to Turkey and, instead, make them available to Kurdish Peshmerga forces, who have played an instrumental role in the battle against the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL). Rep. Rohrabacher, who serves as Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe, presided over the hearings spotlighting the Erdogan-ordered attacks in May.
The ANCA has launched an online campaign calling on Rules Committee members and the broader House membership to support passage of the measures. As part of that campaign ANCA Leo Sarkisian Internship team members reached out to constituents of House Rules Committee members encouraging them to share their concerns with their legislators. To take action, visit anca.org/sanctions.
The ANCA's Hamparian captured live videotape at the scene of the May 16th attack, which took place in front of the Turkish Ambassador's residence, where President Erdogan was scheduled to have a closed-door meeting with representatives of The Atlantic Council, a think tank in Washington, DC which receives Turkish funding. Hamparian's video served as source footage for CNN, AP and other news outlets, transforming a violent incident into a global spotlight on Turkey's violence, intolerance, and aggression.
Hamparian testified before a May 25th Foreign Affairs Subcommittee hearing on this matter. Joining him at the hearing were Ms. Lusik Usoyan, Founder and President of the Ezidi Relief Fund; Mr. Murat Yusa, a local businessman and protest organizer; and Ms. Ruth Wedgwood, Edward B. Burling Professor of International Law and Diplomacy, at Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies. Usoyan and Yusa were victims of the brutal assault on May 16th by President Erdogan's bodyguards.
On June 6th, with a vote of 397 to 0, the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously condemned Turkey's attack, taking a powerful stand against Ankara's attempts to export its violence and intolerance to America's shores. H.Res.354, spearheaded by House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA), Ranking Democrat Eliot Engel (D-NY), House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD), has received the public backing of House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI). A companion measure has been introduced in the Senate by Senator Ed Markey (D-MA).
The House vote followed broad-based Congressional outrage expressed by over 100 Senate and House members through public statements, social media, and a series of Congressional letters.
On June 16th, US law enforcement issued 18 arrest warrants – including a dozen against Turkish President Recep Erdogan's bodyguards – in connection to the May 16th attacks. Two Turkish-Americans have already been arrested for assault, and two Turkish Canadians have also been charged. During a June 15th press conference, Washington DC Mayor Muriel Bowser and Police Chief Peter Newsham detailed the exhaustive investigation carried out by the Metropolitan Police Department and other law enforcement agencies leading to the arrest warrants.
Mayor Bowser condemned the attacks, calling them an "affront to our values as Washingtonians and as Americans and it was a clear assault on the first amendment."
Chief Newsham explained, "We have dignitaries that are in and out of this city on a daily basis. Rarely have I seen, in my almost 28 years of policing, the type of thing that I saw on Sheridan Circle on that particular day. You had peaceful demonstrators that were physically assaulted and the message to folks who are going to come to our city either from another state or from another country is that's not going to be tolerated in Washington, DC."
In response to a question from The Armenian Weekly, Chief Newsham acknowledged that investigators are looking into the role of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the May 16th attack, but indicated that, despite the available video and other evidence, there is not yet sufficient probable cause to seek his arrest.
krikor Tertzakian - July 12, 2017 said:
Very small sale in terms of dollar figure. Congress should do much more to have a meaningful result
Raffi - July 12, 2017 said:
The video shows clearly how Erdogan was watching while his bodyguards were beating innocent US citizens on US land.


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How immigration contributes to the labor shortage
KANSAS CITY — There is a huge labor shortage affecting our economy and small businesses. One of the problems, according to the U.S. Census, is the lack of an estimated 2 million workers due to a slowdown in immigration.
"There's a shortage in many industries, and as Americans, we are feeling it," said Carlos Gomez, the president and CEO of the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Kansas City. "Stores not being opened as much, restaurants not being full as far as filling half capacity and limited hours, but we're also feeling it at the cash register with prices going up."
Kansas City is known as a growing and thriving immigrant community, with people from all over the world moving to the area to start a better life for themselves and their families.
"My family came in the states in 1984 from Mexico," said Enrique Gutierrez, who owns Teocali Mexican Restaurant in Kansas City. "We got all our paperwork lined up, and it took a while for us to come here legally. But we came here for a better source of life."
"I'm actually a DACA recipient," said Alexis Contreras, who owns Don Antonio's, a market and restaurant. "This is the United States of America; it's made by immigrants. It's one of the key factors, and it impacts a lot. We're not here to take jobs. We're here just for opportunity."
Some economic experts said what makes this country thrive are the small farms and small businesses utilizing immigrants as employees.
"I've seen a lot of business close up specifically because of the lack of labor in Kansas City," Gomez said. "Small businesses are not lacking because of a lack of business, they're hurting because they don't have enough people working to maintain a level that is profitable."
"You know it's been a struggle; we use to have 35 employees both part-time and full-time," Gutierrez said. "We are currently down to 16 employees."
Over the past three years, the country has been hurting by a labor shortage and struggling to find employees to fill vacant jobs.
The immigration debate has been reignited because of a surge at the US-Mexico border. In March 2020, president trump invoked title 42, a law enacted during the pandemic to prevent the spread of covid that has kept migrants and would-be asylum seekers out of the country.
The action sparked a shortfall of immigrants that's worsening a widespread labor shortage with more than 10 million jobs remaining unfilled, particularly in low-paying industries like hospitality agriculture, and construction.
According to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, there are 10 million job openings but only around 6 million unemployed workers. And because of the slowdown in immigration, the U.S. Census Bureau said there's an estimated loss of 2 million immigrant workers. That is why businesses are needing to adjust to the lack of employees.
"What I have noticed is that there's a lot more restaurants out there and a lot more industries hiring these people so the demand in pay has gone up through the roof," Gutierrez said. "It's been hard to adapt to the same life that you had before, like having both floors in my restaurant open. Now, you must minimize the amount of people that you have just to work. I just incentivize them as much as I can to give them the hours that they want to work, and the hourly wages are a little more than what the base pay is."
"We need both sides of the aisle to say what is our plan, because we knew this labor shortage was coming," Gomez said. "We have a problem. And the plan has to be a national plan, our solution is not going to be solved on a local level."
Now, some solutions are coming into play to try and close this labor gap. The American Farm Bureau Federation, along with 350 other agricultural groups, called on the Senate to pass an agricultural reform bill already passed by the House to address the farm labor crisis to add more H2-A visas.
There's also been discussion in Congress about creating a pathway to citizenship for Dreamers in exchange for $25 billion to strengthen border security, but there's no information on whether that will happen.
But experts say immigration reform needs to happen to address this issue.
"Our country and our economy rely on jobs only immigrants are going to do and that's a reality," Gomez said. "Let's find a way so these folks can legally participate in the American system and the American dream. Because they're here to contribute they're not here to take away."
But there's more than just closing that labor shortage gap when it comes to immigration, and that's the power of spending they have.
Some small businesses are feeling the weight of a lack of immigrant consumers. For Contreras, a good amount of his business comes from immigrant workers.
"We have seen that drop little by little as far as people coming in," Contreras said. "The waves are not as good; we still get two or three waves at lunchtime but not as big. At least 70 people in line and we built an outdoor patio to compensate for the capacity. We had 75 people coming in waves. Now, give or take, it's about 35-45 people, so you definitely see it."
According to U.S. Chamber of Commerce, in 2019, immigrants wield $1.3 trillion in spending power.
"Every year, more states are allowing undocumented to get driver's license. There's now 13 or 14 states," Gomez said. "Every year, more states are passing those laws, but the majority of the 50 states, somebody undocumented can't get insurance. Imagine if we have comprehensive reform, the car insurance industry would get a huge bump and that's just one industry."
As of right now, the country will have to wait and see what type of federal action will happen when it comes to immigration reform that makes economic sense. But experts say immigrants pay more than $90 billion in taxes every year and take on the many jobs that are currently vacant and contribute around a trillion dollars in spending.
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'Hardware Australia' and industry leaders congratulate stars of the future
Australian hardware industry leaders, including HBT Chief Executive Officer Greg Benstead, Independent Hardware Group (IHG) General Manager for Marketing Karen Fahey and Natbuild Chief Executive Officer Peter Way came together, alongside prominent industry retailers and suppliers, to celebrate the official presentation and luncheon of the 2019 National Hardware Australia Rising Stars.
Held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on March 29, the luncheon was a true reflection of unity within the industry with prominent hardware leaders, including Barry Fagg from the iconic Fagg's Mitre 10, Barry Rosenberg from Provan's Mitre 10 and Steven Iser from Hume and Iser, coming together to celebrate the accomplishments of 'Hardware Australia' Rising Stars.
It was also during the lunch that the six proud Rising Stars were officially presented with their accreditations, after being announced as state winners of the awards over the last few months.
The luncheon also signified the conclusion of a busy tour in Melbourne for the Rising Stars, where they came together for an action packed week of training, development and mentoring.
Beginning on March 25, the week began with two days of training within the 'Hardware Australia' Future Leaders Industry Program, which focused specifically on developing the Rising Stars' management skills to be utilised in the future.
The group also had the opportunity to meet with industry leaders who worked closely with the award winners to identify their career ambitions and develop specific strategies to assist in the implementation of their goals into the future.
The week of inspiration continued with an industry tour, which saw the Rising Stars enjoy an excursion throughout the IHG distribution centre in Derrimut, as well as the Dulux Innovation Centre in Clayton, and key hardware stores throughout Melbourne.
The week finished off with the Rising Stars given the exclusive opportunity to receive 12 months of mentoring to assist with their career goals throughout the year.
Industry young guns share advice
Throughout the week, the Rising Stars were interviewed on many important aspects of their career, with their responses presented in a video presentation during the industry luncheon.
The Rising Stars communicated what they enjoyed the most about working within the hardware industry.
Several of the Rising Stars pointed out that working in an industry that offers so many avenues to choose from, is what makes them love and appreciate their roles.
One Rising Star said he had, "learned so much from being a part of this industry, from the manual jobs I have had to do on the floor to now managing up to 15 staff. This is sometimes a real challenge but it has also allowed me to really grow as a person."
Another Rising Star said his passion was problem solving when it comes to customer service instore, as well as taking advantage of the continual abundance of opportunities that are available throughout the industry.
"No matter what a drives a young person within the hardware industry, there are so many opportunities to strive for to build a successful career," another Rising Star said.
The Rising Stars were also given the opportunity to offer their advice to other young people in the industry on how to further their careers, including learning how to continually push themselves out of their comfort zone, as well as finding a business mentor they can shadow and learn from.
The Rising Stars also presented their ideas on how to build a successful hardware store, which included ensuring there is an exceptional service offer in place, along with a knowledgeable and passionate team, backed with the right amount of stock. One Rising Star said building a successful hardware store was also about remaining innovative and adapting to different climates.
"Retailers need to ensure innovative marketing is in place as well as a great layout and products instore, backed by a good team," another Rising Star said.
Heading into the future
When asked where they would like to be in the next 10 years, the Rising Stars spoke of their dreams for the future, which included becoming a store manager or general manager of chain of stores, as well as landing roles in IHG's head office to assist other stores in realising their business goals.
The Rising Stars were then invited on-stage to receive their official accolades. Rising Star, Damien Stanoevski of Versatile Mitre 10, spoke on behalf of all Rising Stars, saying it had been an exceptionally beneficial week of not only bouncing ideas around, but also developing long lasting friendships.
"It is so important to ensure there are plenty of young people working within the Australian hardware industry. This can be done through the promotion of youth within the business, through the Rising Stars program and through our sponsors," Mr Stanoevski said.
During the luncheon, special guest speaker and HIA Chief Economist, Tim Reardon, presented his insights on the current state of the hardware industry and his predictions for the future.
Mr Reardon also presented his latest economic forecast and trends retailers can expect within the market, to help make better business decisions.
Mr Reardon also spoke on the three 'C's' that have led to the quietening of the building industry dynamic, including credit, consumption and confidence.
Mr Reardon's three key messages during the presentation included pointing out how, "in the past five years residential home building has driven growth in Australia and for the next five years the home building industry will need the rest of the economy to step up to the plate and pull home building activity up."
"The second is that the home building industry is currently experiencing the fastest down turn in activity that we have ever seen, to what will be the shallowest down turn, meaning the lowest point will still be fairly high by historical standards."
"The third point is that whilst the last decade of economic growth has been achieved in spite of politicians, the next decade will be achieved because of them. Housing affordability will be another top three issue for the next election, above immigration and the environment. This is because it is so important for home owners to own their home when they retire," he said.
Mr Reardon also pointed out that in the past five years the Australian building industry has built more than it ever has and also experienced a boom that has lasted longer than any of the previous booms.
"Over 187,000 homes per year was the record number of homes built set in 1994, which was beaten in 2016 with 233,000 new homes being built. This cycle came to an end quite quickly at the end of 2018."
Mr Reardon also pointed out there continues to be a lot to
like about the Australian economy with the mining boom bust cycle now over and expectations from mining companies now positive.
"Public sector investment in civil engineering projects undertaken by state governments is continuing to grow. It is for this reason concerns that the home building industry is going to pull the rest of the economy into a recession is probably over stated," he said.
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We finally made the decision to purchase our first boat. Since this will hopefully be our last duty station in the military we went ahead and bought our first boat to take around North Carolina and along the East Coast. Maybe even as far as the Bahamas if we can get a couple weeks off work.
After looking online for about a month we narrowed the field down to six boats from 29' to 40'. Most were in the 32-36 range but we wanted to throw in a couple outliers that looked promising. The 40' was almost 20 years old but the online photos made it seem like a good deal. Unfortunately that was ruled out after our inspection. The 29' was a 2000 Hunter 290 and actually was our number 2 pick. It was well kept and had a lot of upgrades. Three of the boats we inspected were in average condition at best.
When all was said and done though we settled on "Fortune's Fool". It was a well maintained 2002 Hunter 326 living in New Bern, NC. It was about $10,000 more than the 290 but, it came with the extra 3 feet and you could feel it onboard. I would say the 290 was actually just a tad better maintained and had a couple more extras. However, the extra room of the 326 won out since the upkeep and extras were very close.
We have secured payment, insurance and slip to keep her in. Unfortunately we won't be able to sail for a couple weeks though due to work schedules and the Annapolis Spring Sail boat show that we already had paid for.
I can't wait to report on our first sail from New Bern, NC to her new home in Oriental, NC. But until then I'll leave you with a few pictures and stats on our first boat.


Visits to the UK by overseas residents, visits abroad by UK residents and spending by travellers, using quarterly provisional passenger traffic data.
There were 10.9 million visits to the UK by overseas residents in Quarter 2 (Apr to June) 2017. This was an increase of 8.9% compared with the corresponding period a year earlier. The number of nights spent in the UK by overseas residents grew by 6.7%, while the amount spent in the UK on these visits increased by 12.4% to £6.5 billion.
Visits abroad by UK residents during Quarter 2 2017 increased by 4.8% compared with Quarter 2 2016, to 19.8 million. The number of nights spent abroad by UK residents rose by 2.7% and expenditure during these visits increased by 4.9% to £11.5 billion.
Overseas travel and tourism quarterly estimates are revised during the processing of the annual dataset. The most up-to-date and accurate estimates for the previous year's published quarters can be found in the latest edition of Travel trends.
There were more international visits to the UK by overseas residents in the second quarter (Apr to June) of 2017 than a year previously. An estimated 10.9 million visits were made in Quarter 2 2017: an increase of 8.9% when compared with the number of visits made during the same period in 2016.
Q1 stands for Quarter 1 (January to March); Q2 for Quarter 2 (April to June); Q3 for Quarter 3 (July to September); Q4 for Quarter 4 (October to December).
Holidays were the most popular reason for overseas residents' visits to the UK in Quarter 2 2017, with 4.7 million visits. This was an increase of 19.6% when compared with Quarter 2 2016. Business visits increased by 1%, while visits for miscellaneous purposes increased by 6.7% (although the numbers are smaller).
Visits from residents of North America increased by 33.4%, visits from residents of "other countries" (countries outside of Europe and North America) rose by 21.6%, while visits from European residents increased by 3.1%.
An estimated total of 71.7 million nights were spent in the UK by overseas residents this quarter, an increase of 6.7% compared with Quarter 2 in 2016. The number of nights spent in the UK by overseas visitors from "other countries" increased by 16%, nights spent by visitors from North America increased by 27.4% and the number of nights spent by residents of Europe decreased by 1% in Quarter 2 2017 when compared with the same period a year earlier.
Overnight visits to London increased in Quarter 2 2017 by 10.5% to 5.5 million, as did overnight visits to the rest of England, which saw an increase of 8.1% when compared with the same period in 2016. The number of overnight visits to Scotland increased by 21.6% and the number to Wales was unchanged.
Estimated spending in the UK by overseas visitors rose by 12.4% to £6.5 billion in Quarter 2 2017 when compared with Quarter 2 2016. Spending by residents of "other countries" during their visits to the UK saw the largest increase in Quarter 2 2017, rising by 24.9% to £1.9 billion. Spending by residents of North America grew similarly, by 24.7%, while spending by residents of Europe increased by 2.1%.
UK residents made 19.8 million visits abroad in Quarter 2 (Apr to June) 2017; this was a rise of 4.8% when compared with the same quarter in 2016. Visits to "other countries" (countries outside Europe and North America) saw the largest increase, of 13.5% to 2.8 million; visits to Europe also increased, by 4.2%. However, visits to North America fell by 7.5% when compared with Quarter 2 2016.
Holiday visits continued to be the most common reason for UK residents' visits abroad. In Quarter 2 2017, there were 13.1 million holidays, an increase of 7.6% compared with the same quarter a year previously. Visits to friends or relatives increased by 5.8% in this quarter, but miscellaneous visits decreased by 22.2% and business visits decreased by 5.8% during this quarter.
In Quarter 2 2017, UK residents spent 183.8 million nights abroad, an increase of 2.7% compared with Quarter 2 2016. The number of nights spent in Europe rose by 6.3% and nights spent in "other countries" increased by 1.1%. However, the number of nights spent in North America by UK residents decreased by 19.3%.
UK residents spent £11.5 billion during visits abroad in Quarter 2 2017, an increase of 4.9% compared with £11 billion spent in the same period of 2016. Expenditure in Europe rose by 9.1% to £7.5 billion while spending in North America decreased by 11.9% to £1.3 billion.
monthly Overseas travel and tourism, latest release July 2017 (published in September 2017); next release August 2017 (to be published 20 October 2017).
Travel trends, provides more detailed analysis of visits and spending, including analysis by demographics, towns in the UK visited and countries visited by residents or different parts of the UK. Latest release Travel trends 2016 (published May 2017); next release Travel trends 2017 (to be published spring 2018).
Travelpac is a dataset that allows you to conduct your own analysis of quarterly and annual data on important variables. The datasets are provided in SPSS and Excel. Latest release Travelpac Quarter 2 2017 published 12 October 2017.
Note that estimates are subject to revision between the monthly statistical bulletin and the quarterly publication and again when Travel trends is published. Revisions result from more accurate passenger figures being made available. More information about the International Passenger Survey (IPS) revisions policy is available in the Quality and Methodology Information.
Note that, although data by the International Passenger Survey (IPS) also feeds into the calculation of migration statistics, the Overseas travel and tourism publications do not provide any information relating to International migration.
The historical "Table 5: Overseas earnings and expenditure at constant (1995) prices" has been removed from Quarters 1 (Jan to Mar) and 2 (Apr to June) 2016 while we update the methodology used to create the estimates.
Table 6: Nights spent abroad by UK residents includes cruises allocated to "other areas" (see Note 8 under " Sample methodology").
Table 10: Spending by overseas residents by area and purpose of visit. See notes 10, 11 and 12 under " Definitions".
The following tables have been removed from the quarterly publication from Quarter 2 2016. These tables are not updated quarterly and currently show only annual data figures for 2013, 2014 and 2015. These tables are available in the latest annual publication.
Tables 17 and 18: Number of overseas visits to the UK by country of residence and mode of travel.
Tables 26 and 27: Number of visits abroad by UK residents by country visited and mode of travel.
Trippers who cross the Channel or the North Sea but do not alight from the boat.
Migrants and persons travelling overseas to take up prearranged employment, together with military or diplomatic personnel, merchant seamen and airline personnel on duty.
Overseas residents passing through the UK en route to other destinations (often known as transit passengers) but who do not stay overnight (however any spending whilst here is included in the figures for earnings).
Please note: Due to rounding, constituent items in the tables may not add exactly to totals.
The figures relate to the number of completed visits, not the number of visitors. Anyone entering or leaving more than once in the same period is counted on each visit. The count of visits relates to UK residents returning to this country and to overseas residents leaving it.
Trips that do not involve an overnight stay abroad by UK residents as well as day trips to the UK by overseas residents are included in the figures for visits and expenditure. Details of such visits are shown separately in Tables 7 to 10 and 18 to 21 under the heading "day visits". Please note they do not cover day visits to or from the Republic of Ireland across the land border, although they are included in total visits. For overseas residents in transit through the UK see the note on Length of stay.
A person who, being permanently resident in a country outside the UK, visits the UK for a period of less than 12 months. UK citizens resident overseas for 12 months or more coming home on leave are included in this category. Visits abroad are visits for a period of less than 12 months by people permanently resident in the UK (who may be of foreign nationality).
When a resident of the UK has visited more than one country the entire visit, expenditure and stay are allocated to the country stayed in for the longest time.
Visits for miscellaneous purposes include those for study; to attend sporting events; for shopping; health; religious; or for other purposes; together with visits for more than one purpose when none predominates (for example, visits that are both for business and holiday purposes). Overseas visitors staying overnight in the UK en route to other destinations are also included in miscellaneous purposes.
Estimates relating to tourist flows across the land border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland are, for convenience, included in the figures for sea. Where not shown separately, flows through the Channel Tunnel are also included under the figures for sea.
The information relating to visitors using the land border from the Republic of Ireland is not collected and so is excluded from the table. Also excluded (except from the "total" section) are all visits that did not include an overnight stay in the UK. Visits by overseas residents to Northern Ireland although included in the "total" column are not separately analysed. More than one region can be visited by an individual while in the UK and so the total of the visits to all regions will therefore sometimes be greater than the total number of visits to the UK.
Adjustments are made to the reported cost of an inclusive tour so that only the amount earned by the country of visit (for example, accommodation costs, car hire and so on) is included. This estimate is then added to an individual's spending to give the total spending in the country of visit.
For UK residents, this covers the time spent, including the journey, outside the UK, while for overseas residents it refers to the time spent within the UK.
This refers to spending in the UK by overseas residents, whereas expenditure refers to spending abroad by UK residents.
Earnings and expenditure figures cover the same categories of travellers as do the number of visits, except that the earnings figures include the expenditure by same day transit passengers and the foreign exchange earnings and expenditure due to travel relating to the Channel Islands. They exclude payments for air, sea and rail travel to and from the UK. For any traveller on an inclusive tour an estimate of the return fare is deducted from the total tour price.
Earnings do not include the personal export of cars that have been purchased in the UK by overseas residents. Similarly spending excludes the personal import of cars by UK residents.
An estimate for purchases by overseas visitors at airport duty free shops is included in the figures for earnings. Such purchases on British carriers are still excluded.
The question to identify whether the cost of fares and accommodation can be separated was simplified in the 2014 questionnaire. Up to December 2013 the question read: "Was your accommodation abroad paid for as part of an inclusive tour or holiday where fares and accommodation cannot be separated?" From January 2014 the question read: "Can you separate the cost of your fares and accommodation?" The routing to this question has remained constant and all respondents are routed to this question, regardless of purpose of visit. If they answer "yes" they are then asked to supply the breakdown of costs. Respondents whose purpose for visits was not "holiday" are still able to answer that they cannot separate fare and accommodation costs. This change should improve the cost breakdown of information collected.
Canada (including Greenland and St Pierre et Miquelon) and the USA (including Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands).
All countries listed within the European Union (see "European Union" for listing) plus the following central and eastern European countries; North Cyprus; Gibraltar; Iceland (including Faroe Islands); Norway; Switzerland (including Liechtenstein); Turkey; the former USSR; and the states of former Yugoslavia.
All countries that joined the European Union before 1 January 2004; Austria; Belgium; Denmark; France (including Monaco); Finland; Germany; Greece; Republic of Ireland; Italy (including San Marino and Vatican City); Luxembourg; Netherlands; Portugal (including Azores and Madeira); Spain (including Canary Islands; the Balearic Islands and Andorra); and Sweden. Note that the UK is among the 15 countries that formed the European Union prior to January 2004, but due to the nature of the data displayed in the IPS datasets data for the UK is excluded.
All countries that are current members of the European Union; Austria; Belgium; Bulgaria; Croatia*; Cyprus**; Czech Republic; Denmark; Estonia; France (including Monaco); Finland; Germany; Greece; Hungary; Republic of Ireland; Italy (including San Marino and Vatican City); Latvia; Lithuania; Luxembourg; Malta; Netherlands; Poland; Portugal (including Azores and Madeira); Romania; Spain (including Canary Islands; the Balearic Islands and Andorra); Slovakia; Slovenia and Sweden. Note that the UK is a member of the European Union but due to the nature of the data displayed in the IPS datasets data for the UK is excluded.
All countries that joined the European Union from 1 January 2004 onwards; Bulgaria; Croatia*; Cyprus**; Czech Republic; Estonia; Hungary; Latvia; Lithuania; Malta; Poland; Romania; Slovakia and Slovenia.
Algeria; Libya; Morocco and Sudan.
Bahrain; Iran; Iraq; Jordan; Kuwait; Lebanon; Oman; Qatar; Saudi Arabia; Syria; and the Yemen.
Argentina; Belize; Bolivia; British Antarctica; Brazil; Chile; Colombia; Costa Rica; Ecuador; El Salvador; the Falkland Islands; French Guiana; Guatemala; Guyana; Honduras; Mexico; Nicaragua; Panama (including Canal Zone); Paraguay; Peru; Surinam; Uruguay; and Venezuela.
Antigua; Bahamas; Bermuda; British Virgin Islands; Cayman Islands; Cuba; Dominica; the Dominican Republic; Grenada; Haiti; Martinique; Montserrat; St Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla; St. Lucia; St. Vincent and the Grenadines; Trinidad and Tobago; Turks and the Caicos Islands.
*Croatia joined the European Union on 1 July 2013 and data relating to Croatia collected from that date onwards has been included in the "European Union", "Other EU" and "Europe" categories. Data relating to Croatia collected prior to 1 July 2013 is included in the "Europe" category only.
Holiday: Holiday or pleasure, to play amateur sport, cruise.
Business: Business, trade fair and conference.
Visit friends or relatives: Visit family, visit friends.
Miscellaneous: Other reasons or cases where the respondent is not able to give a single purpose as the main reason for visit.
People migrating (to or from the UK) or travelling as crew of aircraft, ships or trains are excluded from analysis in this publication.
The International Passenger Survey (IPS) produces estimates that are based on interviews with a stratified random sample of passengers entering and leaving the UK on the principal air, tunnel and sea routes. The main features of the stratification are: mode of transport (that is, air, tunnel or sea), port and time of day.
The frequency of sampling within each stratum depends mainly on the variation of tourist expenditure and on the volume of migrants, for which the survey is also used to collect statistics. To collect overseas travel and tourism information, travellers passing through passport control are randomly selected for interview and some 295,000 interviews were conducted in 2012. Only interviews carried out at the end of a visit are used to generate estimates of expenditure and stay. Of these interviews around 45,000 provided the published information on foreign visitors to the UK and around 59,000 were used for the estimate of UK residents travelling abroad. The interviews were conducted on a purely voluntary and anonymous basis.
Despite the introduction in April 1999 of interviewing on air and sea routes to and from the Republic of Ireland the results from the IPS are still supplemented with estimates of travel between UK and the Republic of Ireland over the land border where no IPS interviewing takes place. Estimates for travel by land are based on information provided by the Central Statistics Office of the Republic of Ireland. Estimates of earnings and expenditure are also supplemented with figures from the Economic Advisor's Office of the States of Jersey, who provide information about the Channel Islands.
Over 90% of passengers entering and leaving the UK (excluding those travelling by land to and from the Republic of Ireland) travel on routes covered by the survey. The remainder are either passengers travelling at night when interviewing is suspended, or on those routes too small in volume to be covered. For those passengers, estimates are made and input into the main results of the survey.
At the major airports, a sample of half days is taken and a fixed proportion of passengers are interviewed, whilst the smaller airports are sampled occasionally with the number of visits depending on the number of international passengers.
On the sea routes either particular cross-channel sailings are sampled and a fixed proportion of passengers interviewed on board, or a sample of days is taken and the passengers interviewed on the quay side.
In all, approximately 335,500 travellers were interviewed in 2015; the proportion varies from port to port.
UK residents who left a cruise boat at a foreign port and returned home on a scheduled air or sea service (for example, fly-cruises) are included in the IPS. Information on the number of passengers on cruises finishing in the UK is estimated in terms of the number of visits, length of stay and expenditure. These estimates are added to the cruise data collected from the IPS and included under the headings for "other areas", "holiday", and "sea". In 2010, a review took place of the methodology used to estimate the number of such visits. This review has led to more accurate methodology for estimating these visits and has resulted in an annual increase from approximately 20,000 to 200,000 such visits. The new estimates have been included since the publication Travel trends 2010, published in late July 2011.
A complex weighting procedure is used in the survey results taking account of passengers' movement statistics produced by the CAA plc and AGS Airports Limited for air traffic, by the Department for Transport for sea traffic, EuroTunnel and EuroStar for tunnel traffic. In addition, for the monthly travel and tourism estimates, air passenger movement statistics from Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh and East Midlands Airports are also incorporated where final CAA statistics are not yet available. For Heathrow, Gatwick and Manchester, allowances are made for passengers in transit who do not pass through passport control and hence do not cross the IPS counting line. The organisations, previously mentioned, that carried out the original collection and analysis of the passenger flow data, bear no responsibility for the further analysis or production of outputs and interpretation.
For further information please read the IPS Methodology Report.
Figures for the most recent quarter are provisional and subject to revision in light of additional passenger data obtained at the end of each year.
International Passenger Survey (IPS) quarterly estimates are revised in line with the IPS revisions policy. The revisions policy is available in the IPS Quality and Methodology Information paper to help users understand the cycle and frequency of data revisions. Users of this report are strongly advised to read this policy before using this data for research or policy related purposes.
Planned revisions usually arise from either the receipt of revised passenger traffic data or the correction of errors to existing data identified later in the annual processing cycle. Those of significant magnitude will be highlighted and explained.
Revisions to published quarterly IPS estimates can be expected in the publication of the annual overseas travel and tourism report (Travel trends).
All other revisions will be regarded as unplanned and will be dealt with by non-standard releases. All revisions will be released in compliance with the same principles as other new information. Please refer to our ONS guide to statistical revisions.
The main series are seasonally adjusted. This aids interpretation by identifying seasonal patterns and calendar effects and removing them from the unadjusted data. The resulting figures give a more accurate indication of underlying movements in the series.
The estimates produced from the IPS are subject to sampling errors that result because not every traveller to or from the UK is interviewed on the survey. Sampling errors are determined both by the sample design and by the sample size; generally speaking, the larger the sample supporting a particular estimate, the proportionately smaller is its sampling error. The survey sample size is approximately 70,000 per quarter.
Table 1 shows the 95% confidence intervals for the main quarterly estimates of the total number of visits, nights and expenditure for both overseas residents visiting the UK and UK residents going abroad. These represent the interval in which there is a 19 out of 20 chance that the true figure (had all travellers been surveyed) would lie.
If, for example, the relative 95% confidence interval relating to an estimate of 10,000 was 5.0%, there would be a 19 out of 20 chance that the true figure (if all travellers had been surveyed) would lie in the range 9,500 to 10,500.
Sampling errors relating to visits, nights and expenditure across regions of the world and purpose groups together with countries visited or visits from and region of the UK visited are provided within the Confidence intervals, Quarter 1 2017 tables.
Further guidance for readers is provided about the quality of Overseas travel and tourism estimates.
Additional datasets giving details of how the revisions have affected the provisional monthly and quarterly estimates are available in the data section of the monthly statistical bulletin.
Traffic at all airports and seaports is monitored regularly to assess if they should be included in the International Passenger Survey (IPS) sample. As a consequence, Liverpool and Prestwick airports were introduced into the sample at the beginning of 2005. Between 2000 and 2004, traffic through Liverpool had quadrupled to over 2.5 million international passengers, while at Prestwick there was a five-fold increase to nearly 1.5 million passengers over the same period. The inclusion of these ports in the IPS sample were shown to cause a discontinuity in regional results and methodology was modified to account for this. Similarly in early 2008, Doncaster, Bournemouth, Southampton and Heathrow Terminal 5 were added to the sample. In 2009 Aberdeen and Belfast International airports were added. Heathrow Terminal 2 was added to the sample from August 2014. Newhaven to Dieppe crossing was added to the sample from October 2014. Heathrow Terminal 1 ceased operation in July 2015 and was therefore removed from the International Passenger Survey sample. An optimisation exercise was carried out in 2015 and as result the following ports were removed from the IPS sample in April 2016: Bournemouth and Prestwick airports, Plymouth docks and the Eurostar stations Ebbsfleet and Ashford.
From January 2009, certain elements of the International Passenger Survey (IPS) have been revised to address recommendations put forward by the Interdepartmental Task Force on Migration Statistics, 2006. The changes involve revision to sample design, weighting and imputation methodology. These changes resulted in some discontinuity in estimates. An analysis was conducted and published in 2009. More details are available from the IPS team.
The model used to produce seasonal adjustment estimates is reviewed approximately every two years. A review was conducted in late 2009 and the new model was used for the first time to produce the seasonally adjusted estimates used in the December 2009 "statistical bulletin" publication. Details of the seasonal adjustment model can be obtained from the IPS team using the contact details accompanying this release.
Statistical series are affected by special events. However, as explained in our special events policy, it is not possible to make an estimate of the effect of particular events only on the basis of information collected in those series. However, we publish a special events calendar which may help you put some context on reported estimates.
There were a number of special events in 2012. The Diamond Jubilee celebrations saw changes to the normal pattern of bank holidays in May and June, and an additional day's holiday in June; all of these changes affected estimates for Quarter 2 (Apr to June) of 2012, and the article gave more information on how estimates were compiled over this period. The Olympics took place from 27 July to 12 August 2012 (with a few events starting on 25 July), and Paralympics from 29 August to 9 September. The direct effect of the Olympics and Paralympics were reflected in the estimates for the months of Quarter 3 (July to Sept) of 2012. More details of how certain series were expected to be affected were given in an Information Note. A detailed article describing possible effects on GDP and comparing with earlier Olympic Games, was published by us on 25 October 2012. Wider effects, for example, the presence of the Olympics influencing the number of non-Olympic tourist visits, may of course have affected any of the summer months.
The result of these special events in 2012 has been the introduction of additional uncertainty in the interpretation of movements between Quarter 2 and Quarter 3 and between Quarter 3 and Quarter 4. You should therefore consider all information available when interpreting the statistics.
International Passenger Survey (IPS) data for the years 1993 onwards are available online. Travelpac is a free and simple to use dataset for those wishing to make further analyses of IPS data. It contains files provided in Excel and SPSS formats. More details can be found at Travelpac, Quarter 2 2017.
These are published in the Overseas travel and tourism statistical bulletin.
More detailed statistics covering 1980 to 2014 may be found in our annual report, Travel trends A copy can be downloaded at Travel trends 2016.


Outdoor activities and fellowship are the main focus of the event according to the Arkansas Chapter's Facebook page. The COA is a non-profit organization that received its charter on March 4th, 2003, for the encouragement and opportunity of organized outdoor activities among challenged outdoorsmen as well as disadvantaged youth. COA believes in giving the challenged outdoorsmen and youth the pride of belonging to a group where fellowshipping, working hard and serving others is rewarded by improving the quality of life through outdoor activities.
COA spends time organizing and assisting hunts and fishing derbies. They enjoy hikes and picnics; even their fundraisers are fun, offering fellowship along with events such as dinners and auctions. COA goes even further than that, though. They teach participants about the sports and required gear, gun safety, hiking and general outdoor safety, nature, and nature conservation. In the process, they develop friendships and provide mentoring for many youth.
If you would like to contact the COA Arkansas Chapter, here is their information. They would love to hear from you.
The national level Challenged Outdoorsmen of America (COA), chartered in February of 2002, includes a main chapter headquartered in Texarkana as well as chapters in Arkansas, Texas (two additional chapters), Illinois, and Nebraska. The brainchild of Chris Alford, the COA originated in Texarkana, Texas. Mr. Alford had previously participated in The Wheeling Sportsman in another state and wanted the same opportunity in Texarkana. So, in 2001, he simply decided he would create his own group: The Texarkana Challenged Outdoorsmen. In the process, he joined forces with Donna Turner who helped organize events. After the first big hunt in January of 2002, the group became a formal nonprofit, chartered in February of that same year. Over time, the organization expanded into multiple states and changed its name to the Challenged Outdoorsmen of America.


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