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Body Image, Disordered Eating and Emotional Processing in Adolescent Females
(2008-10-20)
Eating disorders can be viewed on a continuum, with disordered eating not reaching clinical diagnostic criteria but having potentially negative effects including increasing the risk of an eating disorder or obesity. This ...
Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation MAC Protocols for Gigabit-Capable Passive Optical Networks
(2008-10-20)
The research initiatives addressed in this thesis are geared towards improving the performance of passive optical networks (PONs) through the development of advanced dynamic bandwidth allocation (DBA) protocols. In particular, ...
Infrared Polarimetry and Integral Field Spectroscopy of Post-Asymptotic Giant Branch Stars
(2008-10-20)
In this thesis, I present the properties of IRAS 19306+1407 central source and its sur-
rounding circumstellar envelope (CSE), from the analysis of near-infrared (near-IR)
polarimetry and integral field spectroscopy ...
Public Involvement in Environmental Matters and the Funding Constraints in Securing Access to Justice
(2008-10-20)
This thesis brings together six works published between 2003 and 2007 which consider public involvement in environmental matters. The later works focus on access to justice, one of three elements of public involvement. The ...
Adjoints for time-dependent optimal control
(Springer Nature, 2008-10-20)
The use of discrete adjoints in the context of a hard time-dependent optimal control problem is considered. Gradients required for the steepest descent method are computed by code that is generated automatically by the ...
On the enhancement of speaker identification accuracy using weighted bilateral scoring
(2008-10-16)
This paper presents investigations into an effective bilateral scoring method in open-set speaker identification. The approach is based on the fact that two different speakers usually are not reciprocal. A difficulty in ...
Glial metabolism of quercetin reduces its neurotoxic potential
(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 ...
Fluid-borne Particle Analysers
(2008-10-14)
This invention describes an improved method and apparatus for the analysis of fluid borne particles and which is especially suitable for the detection of airborne biological particles. In one aspect of the invention provides ...
Iron 60 evidence for early injection and efficient mixing of stellar debris in the protosolar nebula
(2008-10-10)
Among extinct radioactivities present in meteorites, Fe-60 (t(1/2) = 1.49 Myr) plays a key role as a high-resolution chronometer, a heat source in planetesimals, and a fingerprint of the astrophysical setting of solar ...
Investigations into the formulation of metered dose inhalers of salmeterol xinafoate and fluticasone propionate microcrystals
(2008-10)
Purpose. To investigate the aerosolization and behaviour of microparticles of salmeterol xinafoate (SX) and fluticasone propionate (FP) suspended in hydrofluoroalkane (HFA) propellant. Methods. Microcrystals of SX and FP ...