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Architectural Generosity: : A Preliminary Attempt at a Qualitative Definition
(2017-08-01)Although in several forms and in different terms, the notion of generosity in architecture has recently received increased attention in contemporary debates, definitions of generosity and its cognates remain sparse and ... -
Architectural practice and academic research
(2008)This paper examines one possible relationship of academic research and professional practice. It notes that this issue arises from particular national conditions that are not necessarily shared in different countries. As ... -
Architectural Strategies for Flood Mitigation in Urban Environments: A Study of Traditional Elements and Contemporary Resilience
(2024-04-19)Natural disasters cause extensive losses worldwide annually. Flood events are responsible for economic and life-threatening damages[1]. To mitigate flood risks and resulting damages, particularly in the construction of ... -
The Architecture and Performance of a Stochastic Competitive Evolutionary Neural Tree Network
(2000)A new dynamic tree structured network - the Stochastic Competitive Evolutionary Neural Tree (SCENT) is introduced. The network is able to provide a hierarchical classification of unlabelled data sets. The main advantage ... -
The Archivist
(2010)I was one of four artists invited by curator Paul Gravett to take part in "Hypercomics: The Shape Of Comics To Come." This was a major exhibit of experimental comics work at the Pumphouse Gallery in London. My piece, The ... -
Arctic haze over Central Europe
(2003-07)An extraordinary aerosol situation over Leipzig, Germany in April 2002 was investigated with a comprehensive set of ground-based volumetric and columnar aerosol data, combined with aerosol profiles from lidar, meteorological ... -
Are all Young Stars Disc Accretors
(Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2002)We demonstrate the importance of Ha spectro-polarimetry in constraining the geometry of Herbig Ae/Be stars. We find that discs are common in Herbig Ae and Be stars, although different polarization signatures may imply ... -
Are ancient dwarf satellites the building blocks of the Galactic halo?
(2016-05-21)According to the current cosmological cold dark matter paradigm, the Galactic halo could have been the result of the assemblage of smaller structures. Here we explore the hypothesis that the classical and ultra-faint dwarf ... -
Are bank stocks sensitive to risk management?
(2009)This paper attempts to summarize the information contained in bank financial statements on the risk management capabilities of banks and then ascertains the sensitivity of bank stocks to risk management. -
Are corticosteroid injections more beneficial than anaesthetic injections alone in the management of rotator cuff-related shoulder pain? A systematic review.
(2018-04-01)Objective To compare the effectiveness of corticosteroid injections to local anaesthetic injections in the management of rotator cuff-related shoulder pain (RCRSP). Design Systematic review with best evidence synthesis. ... -
Are dietary fatty acid intakes associated with arterial stiffness and blood pressure?
(2011-01)CVD is the major cause of death in Western societies. Arterial stiffness is a key factor in cardiovascular physiology, reflecting the alterations to the mechanical properties of the blood vessels(1). It can be measured ... -
Are digital interventions for smoking cessation in pregnancy effective? A systematic review and meta-analysis
(2018-10-02)Smoking in pregnancy remains a global public health issue due to foetal health risks and potential maternal complications. The aims of this systematic review and meta-analysis were to explore: (1) whether digital interventions ... -
Are Discrete Emotions Useful in Human-Robot Interaction? : Feedback from Motion Capture Analysis
(IEEE COMPUTER SOC, 2013)We have conducted a study analyzing motion capture data of bodily expressions of human emotions towards the goal of building a social expressive robot that interacts with and supports hospitalized children. Although modeling ... -
Are finasteride-related penile curvature/Peyronie’s disease Adverse Event Reports worthy of further clinical investigation? Disproportionality analysis based on both the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the European Medicines Agency (EMA) pharmacovigilance databases
(2022-05-05)A limited number of studies have described patients on finasteride showing findings which were consistent with Peyronie’s disease (PD). We aimed to detect a pharmacovigilance signal of possible association between finasteride ... -
Are foreign banks always the best? Comparison of state-owned, private and foreign banks in India
(2006)Researchers have used different approaches and techniques to measure bank performance but most of these studies have been restricted to developed economies. Among the few papers that exist for developing economies, either ... -
Are green islands red herrings? : Significance of green islands in plant interactions with pathogens and pests
(2008)The term green island was first used to describe an area of living, green tissue surrounding a site of infection by an obligately biotrophic fungal pathogen, differentiated from neighbouring yellowing, senescent tissue. ... -
Are low erythropoietin and 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D levels indicative of tubulo-interstitial dysfunction in diabetes without persistent microalbuminuria?
(2009)Aims: To investigate the relationship between Erythropoietin (EPO) and 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D levels, and tubular damage in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) without persistent microalbuminuria. Methods: We measured ... -
Are mega-events a solution to address physical inactivity? Interrogating the London 2012 Paralympic sport participation legacies among people with disabilities
(2020-07-25)Understanding why non-active people with disabilities have not participated in more sport since the London 2012 Paralympic Games is the focus of this paper. This research reviews the constraints preventing people with ...