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    • Glaciohydraulic supercooling 

      Cook, Simon J.; Knight, Peter G. (2009-10)
      In this progress report we review recent work which has investigated the process of glaciohydraulic supercooling and its significance for a range of glaciological and geological phenomena. Since our last report (Knight and ...

    • The Glass Ceiling : Gender Differences in Perceptions of Managers in the UK Travel and Tourism Sector 

      Smith, Paul; Crimes, Brandon; Forson, Cynthia (2011)

    • Glass ceiling in the Nigerian Banking sector: evidence from senior male and female employees 

      Pepple, Dennis; Oseghale, Raphael; Nmecha, Elly; Nwagu, Joyce (2024-03-31)
      The banking and finance sector is a major employer in many countries, especially in emerging economies.Decisions made in the sector have significant implication on the economy. There is evidence that decisionmaking has ...

    • Glass encapsulated minerals for self-healing in cement based composites 

      Kanellopoulos, A.; Qureshi, T. S.; Al-Tabbaa, A. (2015-11-15)
      This study presents the encapsulation of mineral compounds as healing materials for cement-based composites. Three liquid (sodium silicate, colloidal silica and tetraethyl orthosilicate) and one powdered (magnesium oxide) ...

    • Glass Fiber/Polypropylene composites with Potential of Bone Fracture Fixation Plates: Manufacturing Process and Mechanical Characterization 

      Kabiri, Ali; Liaghat, Gholamhossein; Alavi, Fatemeh; Saidpour, Hossein; Hedayati, Seyyed Kaveh; Ansari, Mehdi; Chizari, Mahmoud (2020-07-08)
      Mechanical properties and manufacturing processes of Glass Fiber/Polypropylene (GF/PP) composites for application of flexible internal long bone fracture fixation plates have been investigated. PP/Short Chopped Glass Fiber ...

    • Glass-ceramic joining of Fe22Cr porous alloy to Crofer22APU: interfacial issues and mechanical properties 

      D' Isanto, Fabiana; Salvo, Milena; Molin, Sebastian; Koszelow, Damian; Javed, Hassan; Akram, Sufyan; Chrysanthou, Andreas; Smeacetto, Federico (2022-10-01)
      This work deals with the joining of porous Fe22Cr ferritic stainless steel to a dense Crofer22APU plate by using a silica-based, Ba-containing glass-ceramic. The chemical and interfacial stability and the mechanical ...

    • Glass-ceramic sealant for solid oxide fuel cells application: Characterization and performance in dual atmosphere 

      Sabato, A. G.; Cempura, G.; Montinaro, D.; Chrysanthou, A.; Salvo, M.; Bernardo, E.; Secco, M.; Smeacetto, F. (2016-10-01)
      Glass-ceramic composition was designed and tested for use as a sealant in solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) planar stack design. The crystallization behaviour was investigated by calculating the Avrami parameter (n) and the ...

    • GLEAM : The GaLactic and Extragalactic All-sky MWA survey 

      Wayth, R. B.; Lenc, E.; Bell, M. E.; Callingham, J. R.; Dwarakanath, K. S.; Franzen, T. M. O.; For, B. -Q.; Gaensler, B.; Hancock, P.; Hindson, L.; Hurley-Walker, N.; Jackson, C. A.; Johnston-Hollitt, M.; Kapinska, A. D.; McKinley, B.; Morgan, J.; Offringa, A. R.; Procopio, P.; Staveley-Smith, L.; Wu, C.; Zheng, Q.; Trott, C. M.; Bernardi, G.; Bowman, J. D.; Briggs, F.; Cappallo, R. J.; Corey, B. E.; Deshpande, A. A.; Emrich, D.; Goeke, R.; Greenhill, L. J.; Hazelton, B. J.; Kaplan, D. L.; Kasper, J. C.; Kratzenberg, E.; Lonsdale, C. J.; Lynch, M. J.; McWhirter, S. R.; Mitchell, D. A.; Morales, M. F.; Morgan, E.; Oberoi, D.; Ord, S. M.; Prabu, T.; Rogers, A. E. E.; Roshi, A.; Shankar, N. Udaya; Srivani, K. S.; Subrahmanyan, R.; Tingay, S. J.; Waterson, M.; Webster, R. L.; Whitney, A. R.; Williams, A.; Williams, C. L. (2015-06-22)
      GLEAM, the GaLactic and Extragalactic All-sky MWA survey, is a survey of the entire radio sky south of declination +25 deg at frequencies between 72 and 231 MHz, made with the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) using a drift ...

    • Gli Psiconauti: navigatori della mente o sperimentatori chimici? 

      Orsolini, Laura; Vecchiotti, Roberta; Papanti, Duccio; Valchera, Alessandro; Corkery, John; Schifano, Fabrizio (2016-06-01)
      Recentemente, all’interno delle comunità online (forum, blog, social network), si sta diffondendo una nuova generazione di consumatori di sostanze, altamente informati ed esperti nel campo delle nuove sostanze psicoattive ...

    • Gli1 confers profound phenotypic changes upon lncap prostate cancer cells that include the acquisition of a hormone independent state 

      Nadendla, Sandeep K.; Hazan, Allon; Ward, Matt; Harper, Lisa J.; Moutasim, Karwan; Bianchi, Lucia S.; Naase, Mahmoud; Ghali, Lucy; Thomas, Gareth J.; Prowse, David M.; Philpott, Michael P.; Neill, Graham W. (2011-05-30)
      The GLI (GLI1/GLI2) transcription factors have been implicated in the development and progression of prostate cancer although our understanding of how they actually contribute to the biology of these common tumours is ...

    • Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor concentration dependently improves disability and motor activity in MPTP-treated common marmosets 

      Costa, S.; Iravani, Mahmoud M.; Pearce, R. K. B.; Jenner, P. (2001-01-19)
      Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) has previously reduced motor deficits and preserved nigral dopamine neurones in rhesus monkeys with a unilateral MPTP-induced lesion of substantia nigra. We now report on ...

    • Glial metabolism of quercetin reduces its neurotoxic potential 

      Vafeiadou, Katerina; Vauzour, David; Rodriguez-Mateos, Ana; Whiteman, Matthew; Williams, Robert J.; Spencer, Jeremy P. E. (2008-10-15)
      The neuroprotective effects of flavonoids will ultimately depend on their interaction with both neuronal and glial cells. In this study, we show that the potential neurotoxic effects of quercetin are modified by glial cell ...

    • The Gliese 86 Binary System: A Warm Jupiter Formed in a Disk Truncated at ≈2 au 

      Zeng, Yunlin; Brandt, Timothy D.; Li, Gongjie; Dupuy, Trent J.; Li, Yiting; Brandt, G. Mirek; Farihi, Jay; Horner, Jonathan; Wittenmyer, Robert A.; Butler, R. Paul.; Tinney, Christopher G.; Carter, Bradley D.; Wright, Duncan J.; Jones, Hugh R. A.; O’Toole, Simon J. (2022-10-12)
      Gliese 86 is a nearby K dwarf hosting a giant planet on a ≈16 day orbit and an outer white dwarf companion on a ≈century-long orbit. In this study we combine radial velocity data (including new measurements spanning more ...

    • (glm, gln)-dualities in gaudin models with irregular singularities 

      Vicedo, Benoit; Young, Charles (2018-05-03)
      We establish (gl M, gl N)-dualities between quantum Gaudin models with irregular singularities. Specifically, for any M,N ∈ ℤ ≥1 we consider two Gaudin models: the one associated with the Lie algebra gl M which has a double ...

    • Global and Feature Based Gender Classification of Faces: A Comparison of Human Performance and Computational Models 

      Buchala, S.; Davey, N.; Gale, T.M.; Frank, R. (2005)
      Most computational models for gender classification use global information (the full face image) giving equal weight to the whole face area irrespective of the importance of the internal features. Here, we use a global and ...

    • Global Challenges in Continuity of Critical Care. A Mixed-Methods Study 

      Casarin, Annalisa (2019-09-30)
      Integrated health services are embedded in a process that provides a continuum of care and have been advocated by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as the vehicle to improve health outcomes worldwide (Regional Office for ...

    • Global Challenges in Triage and Discharge Services Available to Intensive Care Patients. A Mixed-Methods Study. 

      Casarin, Annalisa (2019-04-11)
      Introduction Integrated care improves patients’ outcome. Integration of services to provide care for the critically ill includes appropriate triage processes and delivery of post intensive care treatment in order to promote ...

    • A global compilation of diatom silica oxygen isotope records from lake sediment – trends and implications for climate reconstruction 

      Meister, P.; Alexandre, A.; Bailey, H.; Barker, P.; Biskaborn, B. K.; Broadman, E.; Cartier, R.; Chapligin, B.; Couapel, M.; Dean, J. R.; Diekmann, B.; Harding, P.; Henderson, A. C. G.; Hernandez, A.; Herzschuh, U.; Kostrova, S. S.; Lacey, J.; Leng, M. J.; Lücke, A.; Mackay, A. W.; Magyari, E. K.; Narancic, B.; Porchier, C.; Rosqvist, G.; Shemesh, A.; Sonzogni, C.; Swann, G. E. A.; Sylvestre, F.; Meyer, H. (2024-02-26)
      Oxygen isotopes in biogenic silica (δ 18OBSi) from lake sediments allow for quantitative reconstruction of past hydroclimate and proxy-model comparison in terrestrial environments. The signals of individual records have ...

    • Global Convergence of a Curvilinear Search for Non-Convex Optimization 

      Bartholomew-Biggs, Michael; Beddiaf, Salah; Christianson, Bruce (2022-08-26)
      For a non-convex function f : R^n → R with gradient g and Hessian H, define a step vector p(μ,x) as a function of scalar parameter μ and position vector x by the equation (H(x) + μI)p(μ, x) = −g(x). Under mild conditions ...

    • Global convergence using de-linked Goldstein or Wolfe linesearch conditions 

      Christianson, B. (2009)
      Goldstein or Wolfe conditions can be imposed on a linesearch to ensure convergence of an iterative nonlinear optimization algorithm to a stationary point. However it is actually not necessary to find a single step which ...