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Is social media challenging the authority of the judiciary? Rethinking the effectiveness of anonymised and super injunctions in the age of the internet
(2016-12-30)While freedom of expression has a long and well-established constitutional foundation as a self-governing concept, the right to privacy is a relatively recent norm in the constitutional orientation of the United Kingdom. ... -
Is susceptibility to perceptual migration and fusion modality-specific or multimodal?
(2006)A previous paper reported high susceptibility to spatial migration (allochiria) of tactile stimuli in about 25% of healthy individuals (High Error subjects). When synchronous stimuli touched the two hands, if the unattended ... -
Is sympathy for certain topics influencing SSHRC doctoral awards?
(2012-07-25)How else to explain the different rates of success for different topic categories -
Is teaching systemically frail in universities and if so what can we do about it?
(2018-03-20)This article explores the idea of ‘pedagogic frailty’ in relation to teaching systems in higher education. Using a model developed by Kinchin (2015) it explores four interconnected concepts: regulative discourse around ... -
Is the digital rectal exam any good as a prostate cancer screening test?
(2024-02-29)There is no shortage of references in popular culture to the prostate examination, with many a laugh built on the punchline of the finger up the bum. Interestingly, while cervical, breast, or bowel screening share barriers ... -
Is the end of time in sight for Doctor Who?
(2016-12-22)In the universe of Doctor Who, silence rarely signifies a lack of activity. When the 2016 Christmas Special, ‘The Return of Doctor Mysterio’, airs among mince pies and mistletoe on 25th December, it will have been over a ... -
Is the IMF in ellipticals bottom-heavy? Clues from their chemical abundances
(2019-02)We tested the implementation of different initial mass functions (IMFs) in our model for the chemical evolution of ellipticals, with the aim of reproducing the observed relations of [Fe/H] and [Mg/Fe] abundances with galaxy ... -
Is the Law Doing Enough to Curb Excessive Directors’ Pay?
(2015)Reflects on whether existing powers given to shareholders by the Companies Act 2006 to control directors' excessive pay are adequate, or whether further reforms are needed. Highlights the grey areas surrounding the requirement ... -
Is the Outflow from RT Vir Bipolar or Rotating
(Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2000)We present high angular resolution observations of H2O maser proper motions in the circumstellar envelope of the semi-regular variable RT Vir. The MERLIN observations, at 12-mas angular resolution, were used to map H2O ... -
Is the Rapid Decay Phase from High Latitude Emission?
(2009)There is good observationnal evidence that the Steep Decay Phase (SDP) that is observed in most Swift GRBs is the tail of the prompt emission. The most popular model to explain the SDP is Hight Latitude Emission (HLE). ... -
Is the Rapid Decay Phase from High Latitude Emission?
(American Institute of Physics (AIP), 2009)There is good observationnal evidence that the Steep Decay Phase (SDP) that is observed in most Swift GRBs is the tail of the prompt emission. The most popular model to explain the SDP is Hight Latitude Emission (HLE). ... -
Is the Urine Cannabinoid Level Measured via a Commercial Point-of-Care Semiquantitative Immunoassay a Cannabis Withdrawal Syndrome Severity Predictor?
(2020-12-03)Background: For cannabis-dependent subjects, the relationship between cannabis withdrawal syndrome (CWS) severity and the urine cannabinoid concentrations are unclear; we investigated this using a commercial point-of-care ... -
Is there a common mechanism underlying word-form learning and the Hebb repetition effect? : Experimental data and a modelling framework
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Is there a difference between the ability to kneel after unilateral and bilateral total knee replacement?
(2006)This study investigates the difference between the ability to kneel in patients after unilateral and bilateral total knee replacement. We used the Oxford knee questionnaire to assess knee function, and an additional question ... -
Is there a link between overactive bladder and the metabolic syndrome in women? : A systematic review of observational studies
(2015-01-28)To conduct a systematic review to determine whether there is an association between metabolic syndrome (MetS) and lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) or overactive bladder (OAB) in women. We systematically reviewed English ...