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The COMBS Survey II: Distinguishing the Metal-Poor Bulge from the Halo Interlopers
(2021-03-01)
The metal-poor stars in the bulge are important relics of the Milky Way's formation history, as simulations predict that they are some of the oldest stars in the Galaxy. In order to determine if they are truly ancient ...
The Local, the ‘Indigenous’ and the Limits of Rethinking Peacebuilding
(2021-03-01)
Recent critical perspectives on peacebuilding have sought to shed light on experiences so far marginalized by mainstream approaches. In particular, critics have pushed peacebuilding towards radically different ways of ...
Factors associated with severity of sanctions among pharmacy professionals facing disciplinary proceedings
(2021-03-01)
Background The outcome of disciplinary proceedings against a pharmacy professional can strongly impact their career. The severity of outcomes at tribunal is often attributed to specific factors outside the control of the ...
“It was really good, she sort of took some words what happened, like what I would say”: Adapting dyadic interview techniques to capture the stories of marginalised voices in research
(2021-03-01)
Qualitative research continues to rely heavily on verbal language from solely the participant, which often omits the lived experiences of many people across a range of populations. This paper describes adaptations to an ...
A Socio-technical experiment with a resource efficient Product Service System
(2021-03-01)
This paper describes a socio-technical experiment relating to a sustainable innovation project conducted in a protected niche or “living lab” and evaluates the ability of the experiment to generate learning and strategic ...
AstroVaDEr: Astronomical Variational Deep Embedder for Unsupervised Morphological Classification of Galaxies and Synthetic Image Generation
(2021-03-01)
We present AstroVaDEr (Astronomical Variational Deep Embedder), a variational autoencoder designed to perform unsupervised clustering and synthetic image generation using astronomical imaging catalogues. The model is a ...
Low-cost MIMO-RoF-PON architecture for next-generation integrated wired and wireless access networks
(2021-03-01)
Next-generation integrated fiber-wireless access networks will require low-cost and high-capacity deployment to meet customer demand. A new configuration of radio over fiber--passive optical network (RoF-PON) architecture, ...
Evolutionary conservation of human ketodeoxynonulosonic acid production is independent of sialoglycan biosynthesis
(2021-03-01)
Human metabolic incorporation of nonhuman sialic acid (Sia) N-glycolylneuraminic acid into endogenous glycans generates inflammation via preexisting antibodies, which likely contributes to red meat-induced atherosclerosis ...
Professional Regulatory Entanglement: the Curious Case of Project Management in Italy
(2021-03-01)
Growth in the internationalization of economic activity has favoured an increase in institutional control at a supranational level. A typical example of such institutions that wield this control is corporate professions ...
Strategic Engagement: Exploring student buy-in across a formative and summative online assessment
(2021-02-28)
Assessment greatly influences the approaches students take in their learning. The nature of the assessment task, its educational value, outcomes and perceived importance can influence student engagement. PeerWise, a freely ...