| neurotoxic envenoming by an immigrant spider (steatoda nobilis) in southern england. | a young woman was bitten on the shoulder by a female steatoda nobilis spider, in worthing on the south coast of england. she noticed intense radiating pain, local sweating (indicating parasympathetic stimulation) and feverishness. this immigrant species from the canary islands has established itself along the south coast of england in recent years. like the related mediterranean species s. paykulliana, s. nobilis may be of medical importance and deserves further study. | 1991 | 1801319 |
| "shattered illusions--the thiepval barracks bombing, 7 october 1996". | the provisional ira's ceasefire ended abruptly with the canary wharf bombing in london in february 1996. hopes that violence would not return to northern ireland were shattered by the explosion of two car bombs in the headquarters of the british army in ulster in october 1996. the second bomb specifically targeted medical staff treating casualties from the first explosion. this article describes the medical aspects of this incident, including the extensive use of critical incident stress debrief ... | 1997 | 9089545 |
| canary to sparrow; what is in a name? | | 2000 | 11026898 |
| space use optimisation and sustainability-environmental comparison of international cases. | as a follow-up to our first paper in this journal, this paper discusses projects involving intensive and multiple use of space recently completed or still being developed around railway stations in london (broadgate and canary wharf), paris (seine rive gauche and la défense) and amsterdam (zuidas and bijlmer). the cases were compared on the basis of spatial, functional and environmental indicators, as treated in our first paper. the environmental performance of each of the cases was determined t ... | 2004 | 15380314 |
| exercise tiger: assessing the bcm impact of the 2012 olympics on canary wharf. | in this paper, collective corporate resilience is studied to see how a culture of sharing information and planning may assist other business communities to prepare for future events. the london 2012 summer olympic games will see huge opportunity for businesses in london, and across europe, but not without cost. canary wharf lies in the heart of london's docklands and less than three miles from the olympic park at stratford. purpose-built as a business district, it accommodates a working populati ... | 2011 | 21482513 |
| j. m. despréaux' lichens from the canary islands and west africa: an account of a 19th century collection found in an english archive. | this is an historical and descriptive account of 28 herbarium specimens, 27 lichens and an alga, found in the archives of charles chalcraft, a descendant of the bedford family, who were dye manufacturers in leeds, england, in the 19th century. the lichens comprise 13 different morphotypes collected in the canary islands and west africa by the french botanist j. m. despréaux between 1833 and 1839. the collections include samples of "roccella fuciformis", "r. phycopsis" and "r. tinctoria" (includi ... | 2011 | 21941694 |