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Fabrication of single-crystal semiconductor optical waveguides by solid-state diffusion
(1972)Optical surface waveguides have been fabricated by diffusing selenium into single-crystal CdS substrates to produce graded-composition CdS Se crystals. Planar guides which confine a beam in one dimension and guides produced ... -
Face De-Identification with Perfect Privacy Protection
(2014-05-26)The rising concern for privacy protection and the associated legal and social responsibilities have led to extensive research into the field of face de-identification over the last decade. To date, the most successful ... -
Facebook Intrusion as a Mediator Between Positive Capital and General Distress: A Cross-Cultural Study
(2021-06-17)Background: Social networking sites (SNSs) play an important role in many aspects of life nowadays, and it seems to be crucial to explore their impact on human well-being and functioning. The main aim of the study was to ... -
Facebook – friend or foe?
(2010-07-31)There has been much written in the past few days about the responsibility and the possible liability of the Internet site Facebook for postings which may appear to incite violence or hatred against others following the ... -
Facet joint injections for people with persistent non-specific low back pain (Facet injection study) : A feasibility study for a randomised controlled trial
(2017-05-31)Background: The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) 2009 guidelines for persistent low back pain (LBP) do not recommend the injection of therapeutic substances into the back as a treatment for LBP ... -
Faceting for direction-dependent spectral deconvolution
(2018-03-01)The new generation of radio interferometers is characterized by high sensitivity, wide fields of view and large fractional bandwidth. To synthesize the deepest images enabled by the high dynamic range of these instruments ... -
Facial Discoid Dermatosis: A cosmetically disfiguring and challenging condition to treat
(2021-06-24)Facial discoid dermatosis (FDD) is a recently described condition comprising discrete facial papulo-squamous lesions. We report three cases that clinically and histologically resemble FDD, and demonstrate its resistance ... -
Facial emotion processing in schizophrenia : a non-specific neuropsychological deficit?
(2010)Background: Identification of facial emotions has been found to be impaired in schizophrenia but there are uncertainties about the neuropsychological specificity of the finding. Method: Twenty-two patients with schizophrenia ... -
Facial Expression Recognition using Transfer Learning
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2018-12-24)In this paper, we investigate Deep Learning architectures for the recognition of facial expressions. In particular, we consider the concept of Transfer Learning whereby features learnt from generic images of large scale ... -
Facilitating conversations about equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI): Guidance booklet
(University of Hertfordshire, 2021-07-06)Developed with the University of Hertfordshire School of Education Student Success & Engagement Team (SSET) and Senior Technical Officers to accompany a set of cards developed by the SSET -
Facilitating reflection: a review and synthesis of the factors enabling effective facilitation of reflective practice
(2022-08-30)Reflective practice is an inherently personal and relational process, occurring privately within people, and publicly, between people. Consequently, given it positively impacts on professional practice, it has become a ... -
Facilitating values awareness through the education of health professionals: Can web based decision making technology help?
(2016-03-01)Recent events in the health care landscape have focused nursing's collective mind on the role of values in health care delivery. For example, in England, the government has issued a mandate to health educators that places ... -
Facilitation of learning and modulation of frontal cortex acetylcholine by ventral pallidal injection of heparin glucosaminoglycan
(2002)We examined the effects of heparin on learning and frontal cortex acetylcholine parameters following injection of the glucosaminoglycan into the ventral pallidum. In Experiment 1, possible mnemoactive effects of intrapallidal ... -
Facing loss and finding hope in narrating together: Accounts of parenthood following the death of a child to muscular dystrophy
(2021-07-20)Muscular dystrophy is a terminal muscle-wasting condition, whereby families face continuous challenges as their child’s health deteriorates. This research explored accounts of parenthood following bereavement of their child ... -
Facing the Abyss
(2021-01-14)The images that are reflected in the visor of a space-helmet present a god’s eye view of the world and everyone who inhabits it. In this way, the helmet is a reminder of the insignificance of the individual human wearer ... -
Facing the “new normal”: How adjusting to the easing of COVID-19 lockdown restrictions exposes mental health inequalities
(2021-09-01)BACKGROUND: Re-establishing societal norms in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic will be important for restoring public mental health and psychosocial wellbeing as well as economic recovery. We investigated the impact on ... -
Fact and Artifact : Reification and Drift in the History and Growth of Interactive Software Systems
(2001)We discuss the processes and forces informing artifact design and the subsequent drift in requirements and interests in the long-term growth of reified systems. We describe, following Latour, the strategies of technoscience ... -
The factitious/malingering continuum and its burden on public health costs: a review and experience in an Italian neurology setting
(2021-08-04)Abstract: Factitious disorder is classified as one of the five aspects of somatic symptom disorders. The fundamental element of factitious disorder is deception, i.e., pretending to have a medical or psychiatric disorder, ... -
The factor structure of the Forms of Self-Criticising/Attacking & Self-Reassuring Scale in thirteen distinct populations
(2018-12-01)There is considerable evidence that self-criticism plays a major role in the vulnerability to and recovery from psychopathology. Methods to measure this process, and its change over time, are therefore important for research ...