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Ubiquitous Design Studio. Using New Technologies to understand the Contemporary City
(2019-04-26)Over the past 5 years the [Team] team at the University of [Institution] has been experimenting with new ways of teaching the studio practice outdoor with direct learning from the interaction with the build environment and ... -
UGC 12732: A Disk Galaxy Lacking High-Velocity Clouds
(1997)We used the Very Large Array to obtain high-sensitivity 21cm synthesis images of the disk galaxy UGC 12732. This object did not show high-velocity wings in Arecibo telescope spectra obtained to search for populations of ... -
UGPS J194310+183851 : an Unusual Optical and X-ray Faint Cataclysmic Variable?
(2022-08-01)The growing number of multi-epoch optical and infrared sky surveys are uncovering unprecedented numbers of new variable stars, of an increasing number of types. The short interval between observations in adjacent near-infrared ... -
UH Ferret : Implementation of a copy-detection tool
(2011)UH Ferret is a fast C++ implementation of a trigram-based copy-detection algorithm. The code forms the base of a graphical user-interface, a web-based server interface, and a ruby gem. -
UK Anti-Slavery at the Border: Humanitarian Opportunism and the Challenge of Victim Consent to Assistance
(2018-12-31)The UK’s Modern Slavery Strategy, launched in 2014, gives Border Force Officers a key role as anti-slavery first responders, identifying and supporting victims at the border. Yet, while an estimated 94 percent of victims ... -
The UK Benchmark Statement for Earth Sciences, Environmental Sciences and Environmental Studies : A Critical Evaluation and Implications for Assessing Quality Criteria
(2002)This article is written by the chairman and a panel member of the UK Benchmarking Group in Earth Science, Environmental Science and Environmental Studies. In it we have discussed the broad “purpose” of benchmarking and the ... -
UK bio pharma : Innovation re invention and capital at risk
(Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland, 2011-07)Small and medium enterprise (SME) bio-pharmas play a significant role in the development of a knowledge-based competitive economy because they act as an incubator of creativity for the development of pharmabased products ... -
UK deaths associated with ‘Z’ drugs (Zopiclone, Zolpidem & Zaleplon)
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UK drug-related mortality – issues in definition and classification
(2008)This article summarises different approaches to defining what constitutes a drug-related death (DRDs) and how they can be classified. DRDs usually fall into two broad categories: (a) those directly attributable to the ... -
The UK Expert Patients Program : lessons learned and implications for cancer survivors’ self-care support programs
(2008)Globally, the enablement of self-care is increasingly being recognised as an essential component of chronic disease management. Within the UK a key self-care policy initiative is the Expert Patients Program. Developed from ... -
UK fatalities associated with caffeine : Annex 3
(Committee on Toxicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment (COT, 2012)Fatalities due to caffeine are not monitored in the UK. Whilst the National Programme on Substance Abuse Deaths is aware of caffeine being used as a 'cutting' agent in street drugs and 'legal highs' (see also Cole et al, ... -
UK National Household Waste Analysis database : Confidential report for the Department of Environment, CR3520(M)
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UK non-medical CD prescribing law: permissive or restrictive?
(2021-03-23)Current guidance on non-medical prescribing of controlled drugs (CDs)is a misinterpretation of the law as written. Over four years after obtaining the legal right to prescribe Schedule 2 and 3 controlled drugs, therapeutic ... -
UK pension funds’ patience and liquidity in the age of market-based finance
(2023-03-02)Pension funds have often failed to meet expectations in terms of providing ‘patient capital’. Explanations for this lapse have ranged over regulatory and ideational factors. We argue that a new ‘impatient’ phenomenon is ... -
UK Renal Registry 11th Annual Report : Chapter 3 : ESRD incident rates in 2007 in the UK : national and centre-specific analyses.
(2009)Introduction: This chapter describes the characteristics of adult patients starting renal replacement therapy (RRT) in the UK in 2007 and the acceptance rate for RRT in Primary Care Trusts (PCT) or equivalent Health Authority ... -
UK Renal Registry 11th Annual Report : Chapter 4 ESRD prevalent rates in 2007 in the UK : national and centre-specific analyses
(2009)Introduction: This chapter describes the demographics of UK RRT patients in 2007. Methods: Complete data were electronically collected from 71 UK centres with the remaining 1 centre submitting summary data. A series of ... -
UK Renal Registry 18th Annual Report : Chapter 12 Epidemiology of Reported Infections amongst Patients Receiving Dialysis for Established Renal Failure in England 2013 to 2014: a Joint Report from Public Health England and the UK Renal Registry
(2016-04-19)From 1st May 2013 to 30th April 2014 there were 35 episodes of Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteraemia in established renal failure patients on dialysis. This is now fairly stable year-on-year equating ...