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On Virtuality and the aesthetics of spectacle: Nationalist Imaginations of Mthwakazi and its passions of semblance : Nationalist Imaginations of Mthwakazi and its passions of semblance
(2017-08-14)Abstract Social networking and the individuated privacy of the virtual space have emerged as new forms of conflating social identities and free speech for most subaltern communities. While it is clearly accepted that the ... -
On what we may infer from artistic and scientific representations of time
(2012)We consider the extent to which artistic and scientific representations can give us knowledge of how things are or could be. Focusing on representations of time, we take two case studies: simultaneity and temporal order; ... -
On your marks, get stereotyped, go! Novice coaches and black stereotypes in sprinting
(2003-04)Racial stereotypes in sport remain largely unchallenged. It is often assumed that Black individuals are inherently superior in physical ability due to over-representation in some sports, such as sprinting. The purpose of ... -
On-Board Trajectory Generation for Collision Avoidance in Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
(2011)This paper addresses the problem of collision avoidance with moving obstacles for unmanned aerial vehicles. It is assumed that obstacle detection and tracking can be achieved 60 seconds prior to collision. Such a time ... -
On-farm risk assessment of agricultural pesticides
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On-Going Galaxy Formation
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‘Once they pass you, They may be gone forever': Humanitarian Duties and Professional Tensions in Safeguarding and Anti-Trafficking at the Border
(2017-07-01)Border crossings are considered sites of unique opportunity to identify and protect victims of trafficking. UK government reforms have given Border Officers new roles and responsibilities as humanitarian first responders. ... -
Oncogenic KRAS Regulates Tumor Cell Signaling via Stromal Reciprocation
(2016-05-05)Oncogenic mutations regulate signaling within both tumor cells and adjacent stromal cells. Here, we show that oncogenic KRAS (KRAS(G12D)) also regulates tumor cell signaling via stromal cells. By combining cell-specific ... -
The Oncological and Functional Prognostic Value of Unconventional Histology of Prostate Cancer in Localized Disease Treated with Robotic Radical Prostatectomy: An International Multicenter 5-Year Cohort Study
(2024-01-06)Background and objective The impact of prostate cancer of unconventional histology (UH) on oncological and functional outcomes after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) and adjuvant radiotherapy (aRT) receipt is ... -
One eye of the future, one eye on the past: the UK General Optical Council’s approach to fitness to practise
(2017-10-09)Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to assess if the GOC considers relevant factors at all stages of its deliberations into misconduct, as required by the determinations in the cases of Cohen, Zygmunt, and Azzam, and to ... -
One Fell Swoop : Small Red Book Historicism Before and After Davidson
(2015-12-31)In this essay I revisit some anti-causalist arguments relating to reason-giving explanations of action put forth by numerous philosophers writing in the late ‘50s and early ‘60s in what Donald Davidson dismissively described ... -
One needs to be reminded and motivated: Mediating role of digital nudging for food waste reduction
(2023-05-29)Purpose: The global food waste and food scarcity paradox is steadfastly increasing. This study aims to examine the effects of digital nudging as forms of positive and negative reinforcement to change food waste behavior ... -
''One Passion, One Vision and One World’’- Reflections on the 9th Council of International Neonatal Nurses Conference (COINN) 2016
(2016-12-01)This report presents our reflections and feedback of the 9th Council of International Neonatal Nurses (COINN) conference 2016 that took place at the Westin hotel, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada from August 13th to ... -
One year follow-up of a randomized trial with a dilemma-focused intervention for depression: Exploring an alternative to problem-oriented strategies
(2018-12-13)Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is aimed to counteract cognitions and behaviours that are considered as dysfunctional. The aim of the study is to test whether the inclusion of a non-counteractive approach (dilemma-focused ... -
One-step hydrothermal synthesis of fluorescence carbon quantum dots with high product yield and quantum yield
(2019-01-02)A one-step hydrothermal synthesis of nitrogen and silicon co-doped fluorescence carbon quantum dots (N,Si-CQDs), from citric acid monohydrate and silane coupling agent KH-792 with a high product yield (PY) of 52.56% and ... -
One-Step Preparation of High Performance TiO 2 /CNT/CQD Nanocomposites Bactericidal Coating with Ultrasonic Radiation
(2023-01-11)As an environmental semiconductor material, TiO2 has important applications in the fields of environmental protection and water treatment. The preparation of P25 particles into nano-functional material films with a high ... -
One-year observations of particle lidar ratio over the tropical Indian Ocean with Raman lidar
(2001-12-15)Observations of the extinction-to-backscatter ratio (lidar ratio) of South and Southeast Asian aerosol particles are presented for the wavelength of 532 nm. Raman lidar measurements were performed in the Maldives (4.1 ... -
Ongoing astrometric microlensing events from VVV and Gaia
(2019-07)We extend predictive microlensing event searches using the Vista Variables in the Via Lactea survey and the second Gaia data release. We identify two events with maxima in 2019 that require urgent follow-up. First, we ...