A tour through Sicily and Malta : in a series of letters to William Beckford, Esq., of Somerly in Suffolk, from P. Brydone, F.R.S.

Mode of access: Internet.

A tour through Sicily and Malta : in a series of letters to William Beckford, Esq. of Somerly in Suffolk /

Mode of access: Internet.

Statement with reference to the knights baronets of Nova Scotia microform : their creations, privileges, and territorial rights of property in that colony, &c. : with an appendix.

Mode of access: Internet.

A tour through Sicily and Malta, in a series of letters to William Beckford, esq. of Somerly in Suffolk.

Mode of access: Internet.

Trial of David Lynn, Jabez Meigs, Elijah Barton, Prince Cain, Nathaniel Lynn, Ansel Meigs, and Adam Pitts, for the murder of Paul Chadwick, at Malta, in Maine, on September 8th, 1809; before the Hon. Theodore Sedgwick ... Hon. Samuel Sewall ... Hon. George Thatcher, Hon. Isaac Parker, justices of the Supreme judicial court, held at Augusta, by adjournment, Nov. 16, 1809.

Mode of access: Internet.

Geoffrey Chaucer's The prologue to the book of the tales of Canterbury : The Knights tale : The nun's priest's tale /

Mode of access: Internet.

The military religious orders of the Middle Ages : the Hospitallers, the Templars, the Teutonic knights, and others. With an appendix of other orders of knighthood: legendary, honorary, and modern.

"Published under the directions of the Tract committee."

Knights Templars' tactics and drill for the use of commanderies, and the burial service of the Orders of Masonic Knighthood /

Mode of access: Internet.

The cabin boy: being the memoirs of an officer in the Civil Department of H.M. Navy, well known by the name of "Billy Pitt", and who died at Malta in the month of August, 1839.

Mode of access: Internet.

Memorials of the Order of the Garter, from its foundation to the present time. Including the history of the order; biographical notices of the knights in the reigns of Edward III. and Richard II., the chronological succession of the members ...

Includes index.

Strange histories, of kings, princes, dukes, earles, lords, ladies, knights and gentlemen ...

Later published with title: The royal garland of delight.

The aldermen of the city of London temp. Henry III.-1908. With notes on the parliamentary representation of the city, the aldermen and the livery companies, the aldermanic veto, aldermanic baronets and knights, etc.,

Vol. II has title: The aldermen of the city of London temp. Henry III.-1912.

UK epidemic strains of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in clinical samples from Malta

Since 1999, the European Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System (EARSS) has monitored the rise in infection due to a number of organisms, including meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). The EARSS reported that MRSA infections within intensive care units account for 25-50% of infections in many central and southern European countries, these included France, Spain, Great Britain, Malta, Greece and Italy. Each country has defined epidemic MRSA (EMRSA) strains; however, the method of spread of these strains from one country to another is unknown. In this current study, DNA profiles of 473 isolates of MRSA collected from the UK and Malta were determined by PFGE. Analysis of the data showed that two countries separated by a large geographical distance had a similar DNA profile pattern. Additionally it was demonstrated that strains of EMRSA normally found in the UK were also found in the Maltese cohort (EMRSA 15 and 16). A distinct DNA profile was found in the Maltese cohort, which may be a local EMRSA, and accounted for 14.4% of all Maltese isolates. The appearance of the same MRSA and EMRSA profiles in two separate countries suggests that MRSA can be transferred out of their country of origin and potentially establish in a new locality or country.

The need for continued monitoring of antibiotic resistance patterns in clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus from London and Malta

Antibiotic resistance is an increasing problem in isolates of Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) worldwide. In 2001 The National Health Service in the UK introduced a mandatory bacteraemia surveillance scheme for the reporting of S. aureus and methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA). This surveillance initiative reports on the percentage of isolates that are methicillin resistant. However, resistance to other antibiotics is not currently reported and therefore the scale of emerging resistance is currently unclear in the UK. In this study, multiple antibiotic resistance (MAR) profiles against fourteen antimicrobial drugs were investigated for 705 isolates of S. aureus collected from two European study sites in the UK (London) and Malta.

The role of SHRM in turning tacit knowledge into explicit knowledge:a cross-national study of the UK and Malta

We propose that strategic human resource management (SHRM) practices nurture a context of knowledge sharing where tacit knowledge can be turned into explicit knowledge and that this type of knowledge sharing promotes innovative behaviours. We draw on the fields of knowledge management and international human resource management to show why organisations need to turn tacit knowledge into explicit knowledge to gain most from their workforce skills and creativity. Findings from a couple of cross-national case studies show how SHRM promotes employees to interact and share knowledge so that there is a conversion of tacit knowledge to explicit knowledge that informs innovative behaviour. In Case Study 1, the focus is on a UK local authority that implemented a bundle of SHRM practices through a people management programme, which resulted in a flattened management structure. In Case Study 2, the focus is on a geriatric hospital in Malta that introduced a management presence to an interdisciplinary team working to improve patient care. The analysis also highlights the methodological contribution of qualitative research for enabling inductive enquiry that yields emergent themes - an approach not typically seen in SHRM innovation studies. © 2013 Taylor & Francis.