Terms used to describe the motor neuron diseases can be confusing ; in the UK " motor neuron disease " ( with " neuron " sometimes spelt " neurone ") refers to both amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ( the most common form of disease ) and to the broader spectrum of motor neuron diseases including progressive muscular atrophy, primary lateral sclerosis, and progressive bulbar palsy.

The use of full stops / periods after most abbreviations can also be found in the UK, although publications generally tend to eschew the use of American punctuation.

For example the United States uses NTSC-M, the UK uses PAL-I, France uses SECAM-L, much of Western Europe and Australia uses PAL-B / G, most of Eastern Europe uses PAL-D / K or SECAM-D / K and so on.

The Movie has now become the most successful movie musical of all time and has been named the number one box office smash of 2008, and the biggest-selling DVD ever in the UK.

Although the disease is not a threat to humans the most vulnerable common domestic ruminants in the UK are cattle, goats and, especially, sheep.

Despite fox hunting being banned by the Hunting Act in 2004, Boxing Day remains the biggest hunt of the year for most hunts in the UK by use of scent drag trails instead of live quarry.

In the UK, cancer and cardiac problems seem to be the most frequent causes of premature death.

* Tasha, a female borzoi belonging to the noted vet Buster Lloyd-Jones ( founder of Denes natural pet foods ), was born in the UK during the Second World War and is the pedigree ancestor of most British borzoi bloodlines.

In the UK today, building societies actively compete with banks for most consumer banking services, especially mortgage lending and savings accounts.

Belfast is one of the most visited cities in the UK, and the second most visited on the island of Ireland.

Due to their status as an overseas territory of the UK, the Cayman Islands have no representation either on the United Nations, or in most other international organizations.

In the most famous case of policy failure, Black Wednesday, George Soros arbitraged the pound sterling's relationship to the ECU and ( after making $ 2 billion himself and forcing the UK to spend over $ 8bn defending the pound ) forced it to abandon its policy.

As an extension of his 6 Music show, Charles regularly takes the Funk and Soul Club to varied venues across the UK and to most major music festivals.

The episode where Alan met his death under the tram gave Coronation Street its highest ever viewing figures of 26. 9 million, and is still the 9th most watched UK broadcast of all time.

Most episodes in the 1960s, 70s, and 80s rated with over 20 million viewers and during the 1990s and early 2000s 15 – 20 million per episode would be typical Like most terrestrial television in the UK, a dramatic decline in viewership has taken place and the show currently posts figures of between 8 and 14 million per episode.

The programme currently rates as one of the most watched programmes on UK television for every day it is aired.

In the UK, most chocolatiers purchase their chocolate from them, to melt, mold and package to their own design.

In a wider sense, most companies in the UK are created under statute since the Companies Act 1985 specifies how a company may be created by a member of the public, but these companies are not called ' statutory corporations '.

Today the Christadelphian body remains divided into " fellowships " ( of which in the UK it is estimated that there are 23 ), the largest being the Central fellowship, named after the now-defunct Birmingham Central ecclesia, once its largest and most influential ecclesia.

Many ecclesias organise holidays for young people, the most popular form in the UK being camping holidays and Youth Weekends such as Swanwick and others locally organised by different ecclesias.

This led to the addition of the number sign (#, sometimes called ' octothorpe ,' ' pound ' or ' diamond ' in this context-' hash ' or ' gate ' in the UK ) and asterisk or " star " (*) keys as well as a group of keys for menu selection: A, B, C and D. In the end, the lettered keys were dropped from most phones, and it was many years before these keys became widely used for vertical service codes such as * 67 in the United States of America and Canada to suppress caller ID.

Lynne's comeback with ELO began in 2000 with the release of a retrospective box set, Flashback, containing three CDs of remastered tracks and a handful of out-takes and unfinished works, most notably a new version of ELO's only UK number one hit " Xanadu ".

The most successful of the first wave was Maximum Speed, which successfully captured the frenetic world of a mod revival scene that was propelling bands like Secret Affair, Purple Hearts and The Chords into the UK charts.

In the UK, most Premier League or Football League football clubs have one or more fanzines which supplement, oppose and complement the club's official magazine or matchday programme.

A 2010 survey of professionals occupying jobs in the construction industry showed that structural engineers in the UK earn an average wage of £ 35, 009.

Certain regions also represent higher average salaries, with structural engineers in the Middle East in all sectors, and of every level of experience, earning £ 45, 083, compared to UK and EU countries where the average is £ 35, 164.

Students pursuing recognised academic courses in civil engineering can join the ICE as student members-many undergraduate civil, structural and environmental degrees in the UK are " accredited by the ICE ".

One of the underlying issues that stand in the way of monetary union is the structural difference between the UK housing market and those of many continental European countries.

This is one of the strongest tremors recorded in the UK for recent times but caused little structural damage.

In addition, they point out that without the rebate, the UK would pay much more into the EU than comparably wealthy countries like France, due to structural differences between their economies.

A major structural feature of the O. 600 was that the dry-liner cylinder block and crank-case were cast as a unit, the first production UK heavy vehicle engine to feature this, although by 1945 Leyland had detail drawings of a similar but smaller engine design commissioned by the UK Government during Wartime from Napier which was to become the Leyland 300.

At the time it was the tallest artwork in the UK, but after suffering structural problems was dismantled in 2009.

Originally, dubstep releases had some structural similarities to other genres like drum and bass and UK garage.

In the UK, mechanical engineers working in the areas of Medical Engineering, Bioengineering or Biomedical engineering can gain Chartered Engineer status through the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.

Apparently his work remained largely unknown to engineers in the UK and US until much later, although at least IBM was aware of it as it financed his post-war startup company in 1946 in return for an option on Zuse's patents.

A team of US / UK construction engineers, led by Huw Thomas, is currently planning ways to save the building and the tomb.

In the UK, the British Computer Society licenses software engineers and members of the society can also become Chartered Engineers ( CEng ), while in some areas of Canada, such as Alberta, Ontario, and Quebec, software engineers can hold the Professional Engineer ( P. Eng ) designation and / or the Information Systems Professional ( I. S. P.

To become a full member of CIBSE, and so also to be registered by the Engineering Council UK as a chartered engineer, engineers must also attain an Honours Degree and a Masters Degree in a relevant engineering subject.

The Formula Fast Karting centre, a kart racing circuit itself designed by former Formula One race engineers, was established in 2009 as a leisure facility for the public, as well as offering training and technical support to drivers competing in karting across the UK.

Many trade occupations in the UK are loosely called engineers ; some examples-an aircraft riveter may be called an aeronautical engineer, an automotive car mechanic may be called an automobile engineer or a TV satellite dish installer may be called a satellite engineer, plumbers are heating engineers.

Other famous scientists, engineers, theorists and inventors from the UK include: Sir Francis Bacon, Richard Trevithick ( Train ), Thomas Henry Huxley, Francis Crick ( DNA ), Rosalind Franklin ( Photo 51 ), Robert Hooke, Humphry Davy, Robert Watson-Watt, J. J. Thomson ( discovered Electron ), James Chadwick ( discovered Neutron ), Frederick Soddy ( discovered Isotope ), John Cockcroft, Henry Bessemer, Edmond Halley, Sir William Herschel, Charles Parsons ( Steam turbine ), Alan Blumlein ( Stereo sound ), John Dalton ( Colour blindness ), James Dewar, Alexander Parkes ( celluloid ), Charles Macintosh, Ada Lovelace, Peter Durand, Alcock & Brown ( first non-stop transatlantic flight ), Henry Cavendish ( discovered Hydrogen ), Francis Galton, Sir Joseph Swan ( Incandescent light bulb ), Sir William Gull ( Anorexia nervosa ), Frank Pantridge, George Everest, Edward Whymper ( first ascent of Matterhorn ), Daniel Rutherford, Arthur Eddington ( luminosity of stars ), Lord Rayleigh ( why sky is blue ), Norman Lockyer ( discovered Helium ), Julian Huxley ( formed WWF ), Adam Smith ( pioneer of modern economics and capitalism ), John Herschel, Bertrand Russell ( analytic philosophy pioneer ), Jim Marshall ( guitar amplification pioneer ), Richard Dawkins, Stephen Hawking, Joseph Priestly and others.

He set up the Sainsbury Management Fellowship scheme in 1987 to develop UK engineers into leaders in industry.

UK engineering technologists have always been designated as " engineers ".

Prior to the title Incorporated Engineer UK technologists where known as " technician engineers ".

The term " professional engineer " has no legal meaning in the UK and there are no restrictions on practice, in fact anyone in the UK can call themselves an " Engineer " or professional engineer without any qualifications or proven competencies, and most UK skilled trades are referred to as " professional " or " accredited " engineers.

They do not need to support engineers because they are acknowledged as full Engineers in the UK but not in Canada or the USA.

In 1991 the Vickers Hardness Machinery business was bought by the then field engineers, and continues today as UK Calibrations Limited based in Kidderminster.

Building codes are generally intended to be applied by architects and engineers although this is not the case in the UK where Building Control Surveyors act as verifiers both in the public and private sector ( Approved Inspectors ), but are also used for various purposes by safety inspectors, environmental scientists, real estate developers, contractors and subcontractors, manufacturers of building products and materials, insurance companies, facility managers, tenants, and others.

In 1930 the General Post Office ( GPO ), later British Telecom ( BT ), had built its main telephone engineers ' college on the corner of Forrest Road and Westbourne Road where engineers from all over the UK attended basic and advanced residential courses lasting up to eight weeks.

Olver also chairs the Academy ’ s Development Advisory Board which is committed to raising the recognition of the contribution engineering and engineers make to the health and wealth of UK society.