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Suffering and Contentment
(McFarland, 2010)In what follows, I will focus primarily upon Iris Murdoch's philosophical texts and more occasionally draw from her novels. Section one will set out the marginalisation of contentment within the former and argue that Murdoch ... -
Sugar beet contains a large CONSTANS-LIKE gene family including a CO homologue that is independent of the early-bolting (B) gene locus
(2008)Floral transition in the obligate long-day (LD) plant sugar beet (Beta vulgaris ssp. vulgaris) is tightly linked to the B gene, a dominant early-bolting quantitative trait locus, the expression of which is positively ... -
Sugar Beet Production Under Changing Climate: Opportunities and Challenges
(Springer Nature, 2022-08-22)Sugar has formed an essential part of human diets for a long time and is an important raw material for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries. It is a common name for sucrose and can be extracted from two field ... -
Sugar Beet Root Storage Properties Are Unaffected by Cercospora Leaf Spot
(2023-06-26)Cercospora leaf spot (CLS; causal agent Cercospora beticola Sacc.) is endemic in many sugar beet production regions due to the widespread distribution of C. beticola and the inability of current management practices to ... -
Suggestive Therapeutic Pathways Using Hyper-Heuristics
(2012)Therapeutic decision support can be used to promptly assist clinical decision making process. This paper presents a novel approach to interpreting multiple data streams in intensive care environments, the resulting model ... -
Suicidality in patients with obsessive-compulsive and related disorders (OCRDs): A meta-analysis
(2021-07-01)Introduction Previous meta-analyses showed that OCD is associated with a substantial risk of suicidal behaviours. Conclusive rates of suicidal ideation (current and lifetime) and suicide attempts based on pooled prevalence ... -
Suicide among drug addicts in the UK
(1999)The extent of suicide among addicts in the UK has not been sufficiently examined. -
Suicide attempts and suicidal ideation in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder : A systematic review and meta-analysis
(2020-11-01)Introduction: There is controversy on the magnitude of suicide risk in OCD and on the psychopathological features that raise the risk. This systematic review and meta-analysis aims to estimate the pooled prevalence of ... -
Suicide verdicts as opposed to accidental deaths in substance-related fatalities (UK, 2001–2007)
(2011)Background : Substance-related deaths account for a great number of suicides. Aim : To investigate levels and characteristics of suicide verdicts, as opposed to accidental deaths, in substance misusers. Methods : Psychological ... -
A suite of evaluation resources for Dementia Friendly Communities: Development and guidance for use
(2022-11-30)Objectives: In the context of a growing number of dementia friendly communities (DFCs) globally, a need remains for robust evaluation, and for tools to capture relevant evidence. This paper reports the development of a ... -
Sulayman Al-Bassam: Portrait of a Contemporary Arab Theatre
(Physica-Verlag, 2013-12)An analytic account of the impact of Al-Bassam's work on theatre in the Arab world and around the globe. -
Sulforaphane protects cortical neurons against 5-S-cysteinyl-dopamine-induced toxicity through the activation of ERK1/2, Nrf-2 and the upregulation of detoxification enzymes
(2010-04)The degeneration of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra has been linked to the formation of the endogenous neurotoxin 5-S-cysteinyl-dopamine. Sulforaphane (SFN), an isothiocyanate derived from the corresponding ... -
Sum-Rate and Power Scaling of Massive MIMO Systems with Channel Aging
(2015-10-26)This paper investigates the achievable sum-rate of massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems in the presence of channel aging. For the uplink, by assuming that the base station (BS) deploys maximum ratio combining ... -
Sunlands irrigation scheme headworks upgrading, hydraulics of the water distribution system.
(Institution of Engineers, 1984-09-01)High salinity levels on the River Murray have caused damage to irrigated crops due to salt toxicity. The toxic effects can be mitigated by irrigating at night only. On Sunlands irrigation scheme (700 hectares) the pumping ... -
Sunset in the West : Outsourcing editorial work from the UK to India - a case study of the impact on workers
(2007)This paper presents a case study carried out in a large academic publishing and printing house. Interviews were carried out in both locations with senior and middle management, workers and trade unionsto gain their ...