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Astrometric and photometric initial mass functions from the UKIDSS Galactic Clusters Survey - II. The Alpha Persei open cluster
(2012-11-11)
We present the results of a deep (J = 19.1mag) infrared (ZYJHK) survey over the full α Per open cluster extracted from the Data Release 9 of the United Kingdom Infrared Telescope Infrared Deep Sky Survey Galactic Clusters ...
Astrometric and photometric initial mass functions from the UKIDSS Galactic Clusters Survey - III. Praesepe
(2012-11-11)
Over the past decades open clusters have been the subject of many studies. Such studies are crucial considering that the universality of the initial mass function is still a subject of current investigations. Praesepe is ...
Constraints on the ubiquity of coronal X-ray cycles
(2012-11-10)
Stellar activity cycles are known to be a widespread phenomenon amongst moderately active solar- and late-type stars from long-term periodic variations in chromospheric Ca II H and K emission lines, yet to date, only a ...
In Search of Time, Eli Broad Art Museum, USA : Exhibition [Video and photographic installation]
(2012-11-09)
In Search of Time (ISOT) was a curatorial project at the new Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, conceived by the international writer and curator Michael Rush of (‘Video Art’ 2007, ‘New Media in Art’ 2005 and ‘New Media in ...
National Vocational Qualifications and Workplace Learning: Staff Perspectives in a Social Care Organisation
(2012-11-08)
The demands upon the social care workforce in the UK are only likely to increase over the next decades. The social care sector is heavily reliant on NVQs and this is regulated through the Care Standards Act (2000). It is ...
Shifting westerlies and precipitation patterns during the Late Pleistocene in southern Africa determined using glacier reconstruction and mass balance modelling
(2012-11-08)
South Africa experiences a range of different climatic regimes and is thus an ideal region to investigate Late Pleistocene environmental and climate change. However, detailed quantifiable palaeoclimate data are sparse in ...
Drug-related deaths in the UK: Annual Report 2011 [January-December 2010] : Drug-related deaths reported by Coroners in England, Wales, Northern Ireland, Guernsey, Jersey and the Isle of Man; Police forces in Scotland; & the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency
(International Centre for Drug Policy, 2012-11-07)
This twelfth annual report presents information on drug-related deaths that occurred during 2010 and for which Coronial inquests and similar formal investigations have been completed. The main purpose of the Annual Report ...
Presence of metals in herbal extracts
(2012-11-06)
Do metals from raw herbs transport into herbal preparations during manufacture? Amira Guirguis and colleagues take a look at the issue using St John’s wort as an example.
The family of DOF transcription factors in Brachypodium distachyon : Phylogenetic comparison with rice and barley DOFs and expression profiling
(2012-11-05)
Background: Transcription factors (TFs) are proteins that have played a central role both in evolution and in domestication, and are major regulators of development in living organisms. Plant genome sequences reveal that ...
Framework for Assessment of the 12 Lead ECG in Transient Loss of Consciousness
(2012-11-05)
Following the introduction of pre-hospital thrombolysis, the acquisition and interpretation of the 12 lead ECG has become a routine part of UK paramedic practice. Although there is a growing body of evidence that confirms ...