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What has happened today? Memory visualisation of a robot companion to assist user’s memory
(2015-12-21)
Purpose – Memory deterioration is one of the most common cognitive issues associated with ageing. Not being able to remember daily routines (e.g. taking medicine) poses a serious threat to personal independence. Smart homes ...
Spectral ageing in the lobes of cluster-centre FR II radio galaxies
(2015-12-21)
Recent investigations have shown that many parameters and assumptions made in the application of spectral-ageing models to FR II radio galaxies (e.g. injection index, uniform magnetic field, non-negligible cross-lobe age ...
Discovery of a brown dwarf companion to the A3V star β Circini
(2015-12-21)
We report the discovery of an L dwarf companion to the A3V star β Circini. VVV J151721.49−585131.5, or β Cir B, was identified in a proper motion and parallax catalogue of the VISTA Variables in the Vía Láctea survey as ...
Strengthening emergency nursing in sub-Saharan Africa : Emergency nursing curriculum
(2015-12-19)
Emergency nursing across Africa is delivered in a range of acute clinical and community based public health contexts with national variation in the regulation, education and clinical competence infrastructure. Increasing ...
Pretence: Role of Representations and Intersubjectivity?
(2015-12-18)
This thesis investigates the role of representations and intersubjectivity in explaining pretend play of young children. Its goal is to show that basic forms of pretending can be explained without recourse to mental ...
Did the Solar system form in a sequential triggered star formation event?
(2015-12-18)
The presence and abundance of the short-lived radioisotopes (SLRs) 26Al and 60Fe during the formation of the Solar system is difficult to explain unless the Sun formed in the vicinity of one or more massive star(s) that ...