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When interactions are interruptions: An ethnographic study of information-sharing by speech and language therapists and nurses on stroke units
(2021-01-17)
Purpose: To explore how the information-sharing context influences how speech and language therapy (SLT) and nursing staff interact on stroke units and what they discuss. Methods: Ethnographic methodology was used, with ...
Attribution of Autonomy and its Role in Robotic Language Acquisition
(2021-01-16)
The false attribution of autonomy and related concepts to artificial agents that lack the attributed levels of the respective characteristic is problematic in many ways. In this article we contrast this view with a positive ...
Unlocking the Love-Lock : The history and heritage of a contemporary custom
(Berghahn Books, 2021-01-15)
A padlock is a mundane object, designed to fulfil a specific – and secular – purpose. A contemporary custom has given padlocks new significance. This custom is ‘love-locking’, where padlocks are engraved with names and ...
Reactivity controlled compression ignition engine: Pathways towards commercial viability
(2021-01-15)
Reactivity-controlled compression ignition (RCCI) is a promising energy conversion strategy to increase fuel efficiency and reduce nitrogen oxide (NOx) and soot emissions through improved in-cylinder combustion process. ...
Dark-matter-deficient dwarf galaxies form via tidal stripping of dark matter in interactions with massive companions
(2021-01-15)
In the standard Lambda-CDM paradigm, dwarf galaxies are expected to be dark-matter-rich, as baryonic feedback is thought to quickly drive gas out of their shallow potential wells and quench star formation at early epochs. ...
“Long ball” and “balls deep”: a critical reading of female coach-learners’ experiences of the UEFA A licence
(2021-01-15)
In this article we present a critical reading of female coachlearners’ experiences of the Union of European Football Association’s Advanced Licence (UEFA A), which at the time of writing have been largely ignored. It comes ...
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 ...
The influence of oily vehicle composition and vehicle-membrane interactions on the diffusion of model permeants across barrier membranes
(2021-01-14)
In many instances, one or more components of a pharmaceutical or cosmetic formulation is an oil. The aims of this study were two-fold. First, to examine the potential of preferential uptake of one oily vehicle component ...
Experimental investigation on heat recovery from flue gas using falling film method
(2021-01-13)
The discharge of the flue gas is rich in water vapor and its latent heat, which leads to the main heat and moisture loss for the natural gas. In this article, based on the falling film spray technology, a new test rig was ...
The benzydamine experience: A systematic review of Benzydamine abuse
(2021-01-13)
Background: Both prescription and over-the-counter (OTC) drugs recently emerged among novel psychoactive substances (NPS) being reported as ingested for recreational purposes. Among them, benzydamine (BZY), normally ...