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BLAST : the far-infrared/radio correlation in distant galaxies
(2010)We investigate the correlation between far-infrared (FIR) and radio luminosities in distant galaxies, a lynchpin of modern astronomy. We use data from the Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimetre Telescope (BLAST), ... -
Blazars in the LOFAR Two-Metre Sky Survey First Data Release
(2018-11-19)Historically, the blazar population has been poorly understood at low frequencies because survey sensitivity and angular resolution limitations have made it difficult to identify megahertz counterparts. We used the LOFAR ... -
Blended learning in the campus-based university : a case-study exploring the student experience of technology for enhancing learning
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The Blended Learning Unit, University of Hertfordshire: A Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, Evaluation Report for HEFCE
(HEFCE, 2010-04)The University of Hertfordshire’s Blended Learning Unit (BLU) was one of the 74 Centres for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETLs) funded by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) between 2005 and ... -
Blended Learning: Undergraduate Students' Experiences of Using Technology to Support Their Learning
(2011-03-24)This thesis investigates undergraduate experiences of studying within a blended learning environment at a UK university in the first decade of the 21st century. Blended learning in this context comprises the use of ... -
Blind detections of CO J=1-0 IN 11 H-ATLAS Galaxies at z=2.1-3.5 with the GBT/Zpectrometer
(2012-06-20)We report measurements of the carbon monoxide ground state rotational transition ((CO)-C-12-O-16 J = 1-0) with the Zpectrometer ultrawideband spectrometer on the 100 m diameter Green Bank Telescope. The sample comprises ... -
Blind with Illiteracy : How CRWRC helped me see
(CRWRC, 2011-11-07)The literacy rate in Bangladesh is as low as 27%. This is the story of Champa, a slum dweller in Dhaka who worked as a sweeper. She decided to undergo literacy training because she felt that her life was disadvantaged - ... -
Blink and you'll miss it: The role of blinking in the perception of magic tricks
(2016-04-04)Magicians use several techniques to deceive their audiences, including, for example, the misdirection of attention and verbal suggestion. We explored another potential stratagem, namely the relaxation of attention. ... -
Bloated Dwarfs: The Thickness of the HI Disks in Irregular Galaxies
(Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2002)Somewhat counterintuitively, the gas disks of (dwarf) irregular galaxies, such as the LMC, are thicker than those of normal disk galaxies, both in relative as well as in absolute terms. In retrospect, this is easily ... -
Blockbusters or Bridge-Builders? The Role of Western Trainers in Developing New Entrepreneurialism in Eastern Europe
(2001)Since the start of the transformation in Eastern Europe in late 1989, there has been a marked increase in training programmes and activities designed to modernize human capital in the region. Many of the initiatives are ... -
Blockchain Enabled Quality Management in Short Food Supply Chains
(2022-03-08)Food system (re)localisation involves moving food systems back to local areas and a result are the short food supply chains. Food system (re)localisation is occurring to offset the perceived negative impacts of global food ... -
Bloggers Beware!
(2007-12-07)A consideration of the implications in the case of Sheffield Wednesday Football Club v Neil Hargreaves. -
Blogging and Citizen Journalism
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Blogs in Higher Education : encouraging self-reflective learning in group assessments for Business Students
(2014-03)This article analyses and assesses the inclusion of blogs in higher education learning and teaching, and its use as an enabler for reflective learning, particularly in the context of group work. The research reports on ... -
Blomkvist the Journalist
(2011)Journalists sometimes crop up as detective-style investigators but usually only when investigating high crimes involving politician corruption or else when someone is unjustly facing execution. Mikhail Blomkvist, the lead ... -
Blood Beliefs in Early Modern Europe
(2010-05-25)This thesis focuses on the significance of blood and the perception of the body in both learned and popular culture in order to investigate problems of identity and social exclusion in early modern Europe. Starting from ... -
‘Blood made White’: the relationship between blood and breastmilk in Early Modern England
(Hektoen Institute of Medicine, 2019-11-05)