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A preliminary analysis of team performance in English first-class Twenty-Twenty (T20) cricket
(2012-04)T20 cricket is becoming the most popular and financially valuable form of the game, yet information related to the performances of winning teams is limited. This preliminary study investigated batting and bowling performance ... -
Preliminary assessment of fentanyl and synthetic opioids prevalence among addiction patients by means of hair analysis
(2021-08-10)Background Although the diffusion of novel synthetic opioids has become a worldwide phenomenon, their prevalence of use in Italy seems to be limited. Existing national data is mainly derived by anamnestic surveyslacking ... -
A preliminary database of DENIS point sources
(1999)This paper announces the release at CDS of a substantial set of point sources detected by the DENIS project. DENIS is the first astronomical survey of the Southern sky in two near-infrared bands (J at 1.25 m, and Ks at ... -
A preliminary empirical investigation of the use of evidence based software engineering by under-graduate students.
(British Computer Society, 2006)Recently, Dyba, Jorgensen and Kitchenham have proposed a methodology, Evidence-Based Software Engineering (EBSE), that is intended to help researchers and practitioners evaluate software technologies in practice. We report ... -
Preliminary evaluation of military, commercial and novel skin decontamination products against a chemical warfare agent simulant (methyl salicylate)
(2016-04-02)Rapid decontamination is vital to alleviate adverse health effects following dermal exposure to hazardous materials. There is an abundance of materials and products which can be utilised to remove hazardous materials from ... -
Preliminary evaluation of root disease of winter oilseed rape in the UK
(HGCA, 2003-03-01)During the 2000/1 season, significant variability in the senescence of oilseed rape (OSR) stems was observed in Velcourt-managed fields. These symptoms tend to occur more in the southern part of the country, i.e. Kent and ... -
Preliminary Evidence of the Effects of the Adoption of the Impairment-Only Approach to Goodwill Accounting in Sweden
(University of Hertfordshire, 2006)We examine the effects of the implementation of the impairment-only approach to goodwill accounting on the financial reporting quality in Sweden after the adoption of IFRS. Using accounting data from public companies in ... -
Preliminary explorations into Just-in-Time Teaching
(2006)Accepting that learning is dialogic necessitates the development of teaching and learning activities that support a learning-conversation. Further, Blended Learning requires learning technologies to support the conventional ... -
Preliminary Implementation of the Next Generation Cannulation Simulator
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2019-11-14)Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) is a highly complex/critical lifesaving procedure known to support patients with cardiac and respiratory issues. Patients on ECMO are monitored 24/7 by a team of highly trained ... -
A Preliminary Investigation into the Use of Humor in Sport Psychology Practice
(2018-09-05)‘Creative efforts’, such as the use of humor,have been found to be beneficial to the nurse-patient, teacher-student , and psychologist-patient alliance. Potentially humoruse might benefit the working alliance in applied ... -
Preliminary Observations of Turbulent Flow at Culvert Inlets
(1997)This paper presents the results of preliminary observations of turbulence at the inlet to a pipe culvert using a bidirectional electromagnetic current meter (ECM). Instantaneous longitudinal and vertical components of ... -
Preliminary results for RR Lyrae stars and classical Cepheids from VISTA Magellanic Cloud (VMC) survey
(2012-09)The Vista Magellanic Cloud (VMC, PI M.R. Cioni) survey is collecting K S -band time series photometry of the system formed by the two Magellanic Clouds (MC) and the "bridge" that connects them. These data are used to build ... -
A Preliminary Review of Integrated Farming Standards and Food Eco-Labelling : Interim Report for Project IF0131
(Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), 2007-06-22)This document reports the preliminary findings of a review of integrated farming standards (IFS), food eco-labelling and their role in improving the overall environmental performance of UK agriculture. This review has been ... -
Preliminary studies on the RNA components of three strains of cucumber mosaic virus
(1975-11)In investigations of the causal relationships between disease symptoms and virus infection of plants, three strains of cucumber mosaic virus (viz. N, Price's No. 6 and W) which caused different symptoms in several plant ... -
A preliminary study of learnable pictogram languages
(IADE, 2006)In 1930, Otto Neurath observed that graphic symbols could become a language with defined meanings that could be learned. In the case of English graphic symbols, people could easily learn to understand them. At first, there ... -
A preliminary study of the effect of hyaluronan on the deposition of C-14-labelled diclofenac within human skin using autoradiography
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A preliminary survey of aerial biocontaminants at six London Underground Stations
(1998-03-01)Six London Underground stations and one above ground site were sampled for the bacteria and fungal air spora over a two month period. Results were analysed for counts at different sites and times. Whilst time was found not ...