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Opioid painkillers' dependence in a sample of elderly medical inpatients
(2021-02-16)BACKGROUND: Over the past few years there has been a growing concern towards prescription opioid misuse/dependence in the elderly. Thus, our study aimed at investigating the prevalence of previous and current prescribing ... -
Opportunism is not the only reason why firms exist: why an explanatory emphasis on opportunism may mislead management strategies
(2004)The object of the present essay is neither to overturn transaction cost economics nor to deny the reality of opportunism. Instead, it is to question the explanatory role of the concept of opportunism in the transaction ... -
Opportunities and Barriers to Leadership for Female Finance Directors in the United Kingdom: a Qualitative Study
(2023-02-17)Despite progress and legislation, there are relatively few women in finance director roles. Men are still seven times more likely to be finance directors than women (Austin, 2020). This inequity led to the development of ... -
Opportunities and challenges related to cross border mobility and recruitment of the health sector workforce
(European Federation for Public Services Unions, 2012-09)The study and report “Opportunities and challenges related to cross border mobility and recruitment of the health sector workforce” have been commissioned by EPSU and prepared by the University of Hertfordshire between ... -
Opportunities for financing sustainable development using complementary local currencies
(2019-09-02)Financing building retrofit projects that contribute to climate change mitigation has always represented a significant barrier. With 28% of global emissions coming from existing buildings, it is of paramount importance to ... -
Opportunities for Imaging and Spectro-Polarimetry at UKIRT
(Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2005)Near-IR imaging and spectro-polarimetry are offered with the facility instruments UIST and UFTI. Both linear and circular polarimetry are possible, the former from 1-5¹m, the latter from 1-2.5¹m. The IRPOL polarimetry ... -
Opportunities for topical antimicrobial therapy: permeation of canine skin by fusidic acid
(2017-11-21)BACKGROUND: Staphylococcal infection of the canine epidermis and hair follicle is amongst the commonest reasons for antimicrobial prescribing in small animal veterinary practice. Topical therapy with fusidic acid (FA) is ... -
Opportunities for weed manipulation using GMHT row crops
(2003)The herbicides and cultivation systems available in most non-GM crops allow farmers little flexibility as to when they control weeds. However, glyphosate and glufosinate-ammonium, as used in GM herbicide tolerant crops, ... -
Opportunities in china’s nuclear energy programme
(The Energy Industries Council (EIC), 2010-08)Despite a slow start, China has ambitious hopes for its nuclear energy programme with plans to accelerate its installed nuclear power capacity to 80GWe by 2020, up nearly tenfold on current levels. As the industry evolves ... -
Opportunities to constrain astrophysical reaction rates for the s-process via determination of the ground-state cross-sections
(2011-09-10)Modern models of s-process nucleosynthesis in stars require stellar reaction rates of high precision. Most neutron-capture cross-sections in the s-process have been measured, and for an increasing number of reactions the ... -
The opportunity of narrative inquiry for information literacy research: Narrative thinking and storying data
(2024-03-26)This presentation will discuss narrative thinking, transformational moments, and the art of crafting stories from data, all explored in my journey into narrative inquiry research. My study 'Once upon a Narrative' adopts ... -
Opposite-end behaviour of dynamic microtubules
(1991)Microtubules are dynamic polar structures with different kinetic properties at the two ends. The inherent asymmetry of the microtubule lattice determines that the relationship between the addition reaction of tubulin-GTP ... -
Optic-fiber scramblers and a fourier transform lens as a means to tackle the problem on the overlap factor of lidar
(ESA PUBLICATIONS DIVISION C/O ESTEC, 2004)We present an instrumental approach to formation of the light beam in the image space of lidar optical receiver, behind its field stop, aimed at removing some adverse range dependent effects of the lidar overlap factor on ... -
Optical amplifier number and placement in the SuperPON architecture
(2004-01-01)Three alternative optically amplified long reach, wide splitting ratio PON (SuperPON) amplifier placement strategies (i.e architectural configurations) are modelled using the Virtual Photonic Integration (VPI) simulation ... -
Optical and infrared polarimetry and photometry of blazars
(1990)We have carried out a polarization study of 44 blazars and candidate blazars at optical and near-infrared frequencies covering the period 1986 August to 1988 February. The data show flux and polarization properties changing ... -
The optical and infrared-emission of blazars
(1990)A polarization study is presented of 44 blazars and candidate blazars observed at optical and near-IR frequencies. The spectrum of the radiation is discussed in terms of shock acceleration models. Frequency dependence is ... -
Optical and IR light curves of VV Puppis
(1983)Optical (0.36-0.6 micron) light curves with time resolutions of seconds, and infrared (IR) (1.25-2.2 microns) light curves with time resolutions of minutes, are presented for VV Puppis during a high state. The optical light ... -
Optical and lasing properties of fluorophosphate glass
(1980-07)Neodymium-doped fluorophosphate glass is a laser material newly-developed for use in high power laser fusion systems. The low refractive index (n ∼ 1.45) and low dispersion (Abbe number ∼90) of fluorophosphate glasses give ... -
Optical and microphysical characterization of aerosol layers over South Africa by means of multi-wavelength depolarization and Raman lidar measurements
(2016-07-05)Optical and microphysical properties of different aerosol types over South Africa measured with a multi-wavelength polarization Raman lidar are presented. This study could assist in bridging existing gaps relating to aerosol ...