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Between a rock and a hard place : the shaping of employment in a global economy
(2010-05-13)
Introducing this volume, this article discusses how employment practices are shaped in a global economy, asking to what extent national policies and institutions still play a role and the importance of other social, economic, ...
Limits on radioactive powered emission associated with a short-hard GRB 070724A in a star-forming galaxy
(2010-05-11)
We present results of an extensive observing campaign of the short-duration, hard spectrum gamma-ray burst (GRB) 070724A, aimed at detecting the radioactively powered emission that might follow from a binary merger or ...
A Herschel study of YSO evolutionary stages and formation timelines in two fields of the Hi-GAL survey
(2010-05-11)
We present a first study of the star-forming compact dust condensations revealed by Herschel in the two 2 \times 2 \degr Galactic Plane fields centered at [l;b] = [30\degr; 0 \degr] and [l;b] = [59\degr; 0 \degr], respectively, ...
Ludwig Wittgenstein: Later Works
(Oxford University Press (OUP), 2010-05-10)
The work of Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951) continues to influence philosophers working in fields such as language, morality, religion, and culture. Biographers often separate his work into periods, and the early period ...
Speaker Verification
(2010-05-06)
A speaker verification method is proposed that first builds a general model of user utterances using a set of general training speech data. The user also trains the system by providing a training utterance, such as a ...
Insecticide resistance in Bemisia tabaci biotype Q (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) from China
(2010-05)
Dispersion of invasive biotypes of the tobacco whitefly, Bemisia tabaci, has led to protracted crop protection constraints in numerous countries over recent decades. These polyphagous, highly efficient vectors of plant ...
The visualisation of vitreous using surface modified poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) microparticles
(2010-05)
Aims To demonstrate the potential use of in vitro poly (lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) microparticles in comparison with triamcinolone suspension to aid visualisation of vitreous during anterior and posterior vitrectomy. ...
The Herschel ATLAS
(2010-05-01)
The Herschel ATLAS is the largest open-time key project that will be carried out on the Herschel Space Observatory. It will survey 570 deg2 of the extragalactic sky, 4 times larger than all the other Herschel extragalactic ...
Snacking patterns according to location among Northern Ireland children
(2010-05)
Objective:To examine the influence of location on snack intake among Northern Ireland (NI) children aged 5-8 years. Methods: Dietary intake was assessed by 7-day weighed dietary records. Parents/children self defined type ...