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Marginalisation of End-User Stakeholder’s in Public Private Partnership Road Projects in Nigeria
(2020-05-19)
The operational phase of public private partnership (PPP) projects in Nigeria has consistently witnessed serious challenges. Researches by various authors suggest that the major factors militating against the successful ...
The Intuitive Invalidity of the Pain-in-Mouth Argument
(2020-05-18)
In a recent paper, Reuter, Sienhold and Sytsma (2019) put forward an implicature account to explain the intuitive failure of the pain-in-mouth argument. They argue that utterances such as ‘there is tissue damage/a pain/an ...
Scenario-Based Meta-Scheduling for Energy-Efficient, Robust and Adaptive Time-Triggered Multi-Core Architectures
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2020-05-18)
Complex electronic systems are used in safety-critical applications (e.g., aerospace, nuclear stations), for which the certification standards demand the use of assured design methods and tools. Meta-scheduling is a way ...
Technological Change and Catching-Up in the Indian Banking Sector: A Time-Dependent Nonparametric Frontier Approach
(2020-05-18)
This paper investigates whether there has been any improvement in efficiency convergence of banks in India during the post-reform period considering bank ownership structures, using a balanced panel for 73 banks over the ...
Identification and validation of the mode of action of the chalcone anti-mycobacterial compounds
(2020-05-18)
Objectives: The search for new TB drugs has become one of the great challenges for modern medicinal chemistry. An improvement in the outcomes of TB chemotherapy can be achieved by the development of new, shorter, cheap, ...
Communication between therapists and nurses working in inpatient interprofessional teams: Systematic review and meta-ethnography
(2020-05-16)
Purpose: The aim of the synthesis was to develop new understanding about the influences on communication in interprofessional teams from therapist and nurse perspectives. Methods: Six electronic databases were searched, ...
Indirect Detection of Composite (Asymmetric) Dark Matter
(2020-05-15)
Dark Matter can form bound states upon the emission of quanta of energy equal to the binding energy. The rate of this process is large for strongly-interacting Dark Matter, and further enhanced by long distance effects. ...
Population Study of Ovarian Cancer Risk Prediction for Targeted Screening and Prevention
(2020-05-15)
Unselected population-based personalised ovarian cancer (OC) risk assessment combining genetic/epidemiology/hormonal data has not previously been undertaken. We aimed to perform a feasibility study of OC risk stratification ...
Performance of the Safer Nursing Care Tool to measure nurse staffing requirements in acute hospitals: a multi-centre observational study
(2020-05-15)
Objectives The best way to determine nurse staffing requirements on hospital wards is unclear. This study explores the precision of estimates of nurse staffing requirements made using the Safer Nursing Care Tool (SNCT) ...
FADIC School of Antimicrobial Stewardship
(2020-05-15)
The FADIC School of Antimicrobial Stewardship, established in 2018, aims to combat antimicrobial resistance (AMR) through innovative education and strategic interventions. Utilising an evidence-based approach, FADIC offers ...