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The Path.Finder NHS consortium consists of ten acute hospitals sharing a common approach to the production and dissemination of local information for primary care, including clinical practice guidelines. Ten local guidelines were studied across four clinical areas: dyspepsia, lipids, eczema, and menorrhagia. Local guideline developers largely appear to be unconvinced that investment of time and resources in “proper” guideline development is cost‐effective. At the same time, primary care professionals’ views about future NICE guidelines may have been coloured by their current much more variable experience. Successful implementation of local guidelines is unlikely to be straightforward.

This paper aims to explore the relationship between modelling and design from a cybernetic perspective.

Cybernetic understandings of the notions “modelling” and “design” are developed initially. The derived understandings are used to define an outline specification for a speculative design project based on an analysis and re‐interpretation of an account from Pliny the Elder. The account is re‐interpreted to address a long tradition of partial appropriation in which only the two‐dimensional representation of three‐dimensions by projection on to a plane is considered. The project seeks to re‐adjust the focus of this account to an activity that employs two‐dimensional representation as a means for subsequent spatial synthesis. It further proposes to make the relationship between model and modelled circular.

There are two findings. First, an understanding that context is constructed by the observer. Second, the need to implement a meta‐model to permit circularity between the model and the modelled.

This paper presents the conceptual underpinning for a project and design strategy that is yet to be investigated.

The design strategy presented suggests the introduction of circularity into the world of built artefacts, allowing the potential for the continual expression of variety over time.

This paper introduces the original notion of the “persistent model” as a design strategy complementary to existing practices. The “persistent model” establishes and maintains circularity between the model and the artefact as constructed, in order that the two continually inform each other.

The general quality of milk supplied by the cows will also affect the question, and in this connection it may be noted that Mr. Lehmann stated to the Departmental Committee that Dutch cows do not produce a milk so rich in fat as these of Switzerland; an examination of the figures given tends to corroborate this view. Dutch milks appear to require concentration to a higher degree in order to provide as large a proportion of fat as Swiss or Norwegian made milk.

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The City University Library has now extended its automation programme to include the subject index to the classified catalogue, the authority files and the press‐cuttings subject index.

Asuccessful business is due to productive employees, especially in the hotel industry. To keep employees productive their needs must be satisfied. Effectively managing wage and hours is one way to do this. However, this can be challenging in the United States due to the decline in travel after September 11th. Further, laws will always be changing and policies must abide by these new rules. If management follows the regulations, it still does not guarantee unions and workers will be content. Hence, a hotels outlook on wage and hours must consider all these factors. Some choose to move workers to departments that are busy, others opt for layoffs. Perhaps the most popular trend is to mirror the competition’s policies. Whatever the method, wage and hours must be constantly analysed to ensure success in the hotel industry.