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Conjuring a Universe: James Wan, Creepy Dolls and Demon Nuns
(2021-11-03)
The Conjuring franchise has dominated mainstream horror cinema in the twenty-first century. The success of The Conjuring inspired sequels and spin-offs (Annabelle and The Nun), each beginning further franchise strands. ...
Indexing structures for the PLS blockchain
(2021-11-02)
This paper studies known indexing structures from a new point of view: minimisation of data exchange between an IoT device acting as a blockchain client and the blockchain server running a protocol suite that includes two ...
‘I am friends wt you & do Entertain no malice’: discord, disputes and defamation in Ulster Presbyterian church courts, c. 1700-1838.
(Palgrave Macmillan, 2021-11-02)
Following the example of its parent church in Scotland, the Presbyterian church courts in Ireland exercised control over all aspects of its members’ lives. The making of marriage, sexual conduct, family feuds, alcohol ...
Evaluation of a Humanoid Robot’s Emotional Gestures for Transparent Interaction
(Springer Nature, 2021-11-02)
Effective and successful interactions between robots and people are possible only when they both are able to infer the other’s intentions, beliefs, and goals. In particular, robots’ mental models need to be transparent to ...
Remote delivery of alcohol and/or substance misuse interventions for adults: A systematic review protocol
(2021-11-02)
Introduction: Alcohol and substance misuse are a public health priority. The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that harmful alcohol use accounts for 5.1% of the global burden of disease and that 35.6 million people ...
Doing and feeling together in older age: self-worth and belonging through social creative activities
(2021-11-02)
The potential for art activities to help in alleviating loneliness is explored through a focus on older women's regular attendance at creative social activities. We apply the concept of perceived emotional synchrony to ...
Computational optimization of CH4/H2/CO blends in a spark-ignition engine using quasi-dimensional combustion model
(2021-11-01)
Recent research has proven that computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modeling in combination with a genetic algorithm (GA) algorithm is an effective methodology to optimize the design of internal combustion (IC) engines. ...
Temperature oscillation of a dual compensation chamber loop heat pipe under acceleration conditions
(2021-11-01)
Loop heat pipe has a wide application in the fields of airborne electronics cooling and thermal management. However, the pertinent temperature oscillation of the loop heat pipe could lead to adverse effects on the electronics. ...
Recreational ketamine-related deaths notified to the National Programme on Substance Abuse Deaths, England, 1997-2019
(2021-11-01)
Background: Ketamine is a phencyclidine derivative with dissociative anaesthetic properties. Increasing numbers of individuals in England take ketamine recreationally. Information on deaths arising from such use in England ...
An electronic textile embedded smart cementitious composite
(2021-11-01)
Structural health monitoring (SHM) using self‐sensing cement‐based materials has been reported before, where nano‐fillers have been incorporated in cementitious matrices as functional sensing elements. A percolation threshold ...