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Improved understanding of the vertical distribution of simulated dust distribution in the Saharan Air Layer during the ICE-D field campaign with the WRF-CHEM model
(2016-01-11)
During the period of 4-27 August of 2015, the UK Ice in dust clouds experiment will take place in Cape Verde. UK_ICE-D will characterize aerosol particles and their ability to act as ice nuclei (IN) and cloud condensation ...
How sickle cell disease patients experience, understand and explain their pain : An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis study
(2016-01-08)
Objectives Sickle cell disease (SCD) is the UK's most common blood disorder causing sickle shaped red blood cells to block small blood vessels inducing both acute and chronic pain. A crucial factor in determining quality ...
Assess Compassion in Higher Education? Why and How would we do that?
(2016-01-08)
Abstract: This article reports the effects (on students' social and learning experiences) of supporting students in the use of explicitly compassionate interactional strategies during their weekly seminar interactions. ...
Innovative pedagogies: 'It's all about the shoes' - exploring the perspectives of others and ourselves in teacher education
(2016-01-08)
This pedagogical approach aims to facilitate the development of professional empathy through exploring different perspectives. Our ‘walking in different shoes’ approach is drawn from years of experience and is appropriate ...
Comparing Neuromorphic Solutions in Action : Implementing a Bio-Inspired Solution to a Benchmark Classification Task on Three Parallel-Computing Platforms
(2016-01-08)
Neuromorphic computing employs models of neuronal circuits to solve computing problems. Neuromorphic hardware systems are now becoming more widely available and "neuromorphic algorithms" are being developed. As they are ...
The Failures of Audio Described Striptease : How visually impaired viewers are deprived opportunities for voyeurism
(2016-01-07)
Ofcom/ITC guidelines on audio description recommend the prioritisation of the actions of the protagonist. While this approach may be appropriate in many cases, it may also deprive partially-sighted viewers of an experience ...
Does cancer research focus on areas of importance to patients?
(2016-01-07)
The majority of research ideas are proposed by clinicians or scientists and little is currently known about which areas of research patients feel are important. We performed a 4 week pilot patient survey at the Royal Marsden ...
Managing diabetes in people with dementia : protocol for a realist review
(2016-01-07)
Worldwide, the prevalences of diabetes and dementia are both increasing, particularly in older people. Rates of diabetes in people with dementia are between 13 and 20 %. Diabetes management and diabetic self-care may be ...
Can chunk size differences explain developmental changes in lexical learning?
(2016-01-07)
In three experiments, we investigated Hebb repetition learning (HRL) differences between children and adults, as a function of the type of item (lexical vs. sub-lexical) and the level of item-overlap between sequences. In ...
A Critical Assessment of Transaction Cost Theory and Governance of Public Services with Special Reference to Water and Sanitation
(2016-01-06)
This paper aims to provide a critical assessment of Oliver Williamson’s work on the choice between public and private governance by focusing on his central proposition that public governance should be considered as an ...