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Exile from Perfection in Iris Murdoch's Philosophical Texts
(2010-01)Iris Murdoch's philosophical texts set out the egocentric dangers of guilt but still endorse an account of original sin. This might seem like an unstable combination as these two are in tension, but I argue that Murdoch ... -
Existence and Possibility
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Existential laughter
(1996)Each of the previous three articles in this series has examined one of the three main traditions of humour theory; those based around incongruity, superiority and the release of energy. We have seen that each of these ... -
EXO 023432-5232.3 - an eclipsing AM Herculis binary
(1988)The authors report observations of the serendipitous EXOSAT source EXO 023432-5232.3 which confirm that the object is an AM Herculis type binary and show the presence of eclipses by the companion star. From high-speed ... -
EXOhSPEC collimator mechanical design
(SPIE, 2019-09-09)The Exoplanet High-Resolution Spectrograph (EXOhSPEC) is a high-resolution spectrograph for the characterisation of exoplanets with the Thai National Telescope. The folded version of this instrument comprises one triplet ... -
EXOhSPEC folded design optimization and performance estimation
(SPIE, 2019-09-09)The EXOplanet high resolution SPECtrograph (EXOhSPEC) instrument is an echelle spectrograph dedicated to the detection of exoplanets by using the radial velocity method using 2m class telescopes. This spectrograph is ... -
An exoplanet in orbit around Tau1 Gruis
(2003-05)We report the detection of a new candidate exoplanet around the metal- rich star 1 Gruis. With M sin i = 1.23±0.18 MJUP, a period of 1326±300 d and an orbit with an eccentricity of 0.14±0.14 it adds to the growing popula- ... -
Exoplanet Transit Follow-Up Tool
(2020-08-12)This thesis describes the development of a website called the Transit Follow Up Tool (https://observatory.herts.ac.uk/exotransitpredict) in order to plan exoplanet transit observations. Website models have been developed ... -
Exosomes serve as tumour markers for personalized diagnostics owing to their important role in cancer metastasis
(2015-06-22)Exosomes, membrane vesicles of 40-100 nm in diameter, are derived from endosomes in various cells. The bioactive molecules specifically packed into exosomes can be horizontally transferred into recipient cells changing ... -
Expanding agoraphobics’ horizons : an investigation of the effectiveness of a personal construct psychotherapy intervention
(2006-06)This article investigated whether a personal construct group intervention would enhance the effectiveness of graduated exposure therapy for agoraphobia more than a supportive group intervention. Fifty-four clients were ... -
Expanding the Active Inference Landscape: More Intrinsic Motivations in the Perception-Action Loop
(2018-08-30)Active inference is an ambitious theory that treats perception, inference, and action selection of autonomous agents under the heading of a single principle. It suggests biologically plausible explanations for many cognitive ... -
Expanding the Bethe/Gauge Dictionary
(2017-11-09)We expand the Bethe/Gauge dictionary between the XXX Heisenberg spin chain and 2d N = (2,2) supersymmetric gauge theories to include aspects of the algebraic Bethe ansatz. We construct the wave functions of off-shell Bethe ... -
Expanding TREC and KREC Utility in Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases Diagnosis
(2020-03-03)Primary immunodeficiency diseases (PID) area heterogeneous group of disorders caused by genetic defects of the immune system, which manifest clinically as recurrent infections, autoimmune diseases or malignancies. Early ... -
Expectation and experience of the ‘nonspecific’ effects of acupuncture: Developing and piloting a set of questionnaires
(2013-09-29)32-item ‘EXPectation of feelings’ questionnaires were developed to explore the expected (EXPre) and reported (EXPost) incidence of ‘nonspecific’ (whole person) feelings in response to acupuncture-type interventions, in ... -
Expectations of efficacy, social influence and age as predictors of helmet-use in a sample of Spanish adolescents
(2010)Despite the proven effectiveness of helmets in avoiding or reducing the severity of brain injuries and the law requiring their compulsory use, both by drivers and passengers of motorcycles, approximately 20% of Spanish ... -
The Experience of being a Qualified Female BME Clinical Psychologist in a National Health Service: An Interpretative Phenomenological and Repertory Grid Analysis
(2018-07-03)This study explores the lived experience of black and minority ethnic (BME) clinical psychologists employed in the U.K. National Health Service (NHS). A mixed method qualitative approach was employed using repertory grids ... -
The Experience of Being a Trainee Clinical Psychologist From a Black and Minority Ethnic Group: A Qualitative Study
(2010-12-22)Aim: The existing evidence-base indicates that the experience of being a Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) trainee clinical psychologist is under-researched. The aim of the current study was to capture the broader training ...