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Misleading ‘quality’ measures in Higher Education : problems from combining diverse indicators that include subjective ratings and academic performance and costs
(2007)Quality indicators are often derived from weighted sums of diverse items, including ordinal Likert items. This procedure can be dangerously misleading because it takes no account of correlations among indicators. It also ... -
Miss Donnithorne's Maggot
(The Artists Recording Company, 2012-06)The 2012 St. Magnus International Festival commissioned me to produce and direct the first film version of Sir Peter Maxwell Davies’s opera ‘Miss Donnithorne’s Maggot’ (1974). An “iconic work (Miss Donnithorne’s Maggot) ... -
Miss Donnithorne's Maggot
(Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, 2012-06-30)The 2012 St. Magnus International Festival commissioned me to produce and direct the first film version of Sir Peter Maxwell Davies’s opera ‘Miss Donnithorne’s Maggot’ (1974). An “iconic work (Miss Donnithorne’s Maggot) ... -
The missing link : merging neutron stars naturally produce jet-like structures and can power short gamma-ray bursts
(2011)Short gamma-ray Bursts (SGRBs) are among the most luminous explosions in the universe, releasing in less than one second the energy emitted by our Galaxy over one year. Despite decades of observations, the nature of their ... -
The missing M dwarfs
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Missing Mass in Collisional Debris from Galaxies
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Missing Men in Education
(Trentham Books, 2006)This book reports on the ten years' research by the authors into men in teaching. There is much concern about boys' underachievement in schools compared to girls. But attributing this to the dearth of men in teaching is ... -
Missing steps in a staircase : a qualitative study of the perspectives of key stakeholders on the use of adaptive designs in confirmatory trials
(2015-09-28)Despite the promising benefits of adaptive designs (ADs), their routine use, especially in confirmatory trials, is lagging behind the prominence given to them in the statistical literature. Much of the previous research ... -
Misuse of anticholinergic medications: a systematic review.
(2022-02-01)(1) Background: Over the last decade, misuse and diversion of medications has appeared to be increasingly concerning phenomena, including a range of different molecules. As current knowledge on the abuse of centrally acting ... -
The Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001: A case study in poor legislative drafting
(2022-07-11)The Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001 (MDRs) create exemptions to the offences of possession, production, supply, and administration of controlled drugs (CDs), which are necessary to allow healthcare professionals to treat ... -
Misuse of prescription and over-the-counter drugs to obtain illicit highs: how pharmacists can prevent abuse
(2020-11-18)There have been increasing reports of misuse of a range of prescription and over-the-counter (OTC) drugs for recreational purposes. The use of psychoactive pharmaceuticals and ‘pharming’ are new, widespread phenomena ... -
The misuse of the NASA metrics data program data sets for automated software defect prediction
(Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), 2011)Background: The NASA Metrics Data Program data sets have been heavily used in software defect prediction experiments. Aim: To demonstrate and explain why these data sets require significant pre-processing in order to be ... -
Mitigating Modal Noise in Multimode Circular Fibres by Optical Agitation using a Galvanometer
(2024-01-02)Modal noise appears due to the non-uniform and unstable distribution of light intensity among the finite number of modes in multimode fibres. It is an important limiting factor in measuring radial velocity precisely by ... -
The mitigating role of ecological health assets in adolescent cyberbullying victimization
(2019-04-01)Over the last decade, cyberbullying has emerged as a public health concern among young people. Cyberbullying refers to intentional harmful behaviors and communication carried out repeatedly using electronic media. Considerable ... -
Mitigation effects of silicon on maize plants grown at high zinc
(2009)The effects of exogenous silicon (Si) on key growth parameters and mineral nutrients were investigated in maize grown at high zinc (Zn). Four treatments with three replicates were investigated consisting of a control (basal ... -
Mitigation of Harmonics and Inter-Harmonics with LVRT and HVRT Enhancement in Grid-Connected Wind Energy Systems Using Genetic Algorithm-Optimized PWM and Fuzzy Adaptive PID Control
(2021-03-28)The growing installed wind capacity over the last decade has led many energy regulators to define specific grid codes for wind energy generation systems connecting to the electricity grid. These requirements impose strict ... -
Mitigation of surfactant erythrocyte toxicity by egg phosphatidylcholine
(2000-10)Polyoxyethylene alkyl ether surfactants have been shown to have excellent penetration enhancing abilities although they are associated with a high level of local toxicity. We have compared the toxicity of a range of ... -
Mitochondrial DNA, a Powerful Tool to Decipher Ancient Human Civilization from Domestication to Music, and to Uncover Historical Murder Cases
(2019-05-09)Mitochondria are unique organelles carrying their own genetic material, independent from that in the nucleus. This review will discuss the nature of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) and its levels in the cell, which are the key ... -
Mitochondrial donation or the Reality of the Myth of 'Three parents, One Baby'
(2015-06)In February 2015, MP’s debated a motion in the House of Commons to approve the Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Mitochondrial Donation) Regulations 2015. Having passed that hurdle, the Regulations still require approval ...