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Evaluating the digital divide : the Silver Surfer's perspective
(2010)
The aim of this paper is to explore and ascertain using an information systems perspective evaluation framework, the factors encouraging the adoption and usage of online products and services, namely, in this case, broadband, ...
Cleaning house: the courtly and the popular in 'The Merry Wives of Windsor’
(2010)
This paper explores the controversy as to whether The Merry Wives of Windsor is a celebration of royal and aristocratic power and of an imagined national community, or a suburban comedy whose viewpoint is that of the ...
Introduction
(Palgrave Macmillan, 2010)
Whole blood pumping with a microthrottle pump
(2010)
We have previously reported that microthrottle pumps (MTPs) display the capacity to pump solid phase suspensions such as polystyrene beads which prove challenging to most microfluidic pumps. In this paper we report employing ...
Multiobjective Optimization Applied to the Eradication of Persistent Pathogens
(2010)
In scenarios such as therapeutic modeling or pest control, one aims to suppress infective agents or maximize crop yields while minimizing the side-effects of interventions, such as cost, environmental impact, and toxicity. ...
Lives in the hands of economists : a critical review of the main methodologies used to derive the value of a statistical life
(2010)
This paper aims at describing the notion of the value of a statistical life and its use for conducting cost-benefit analyses relevant to policies that affect health and safety. The distinction between statistical and ...
Introduction : Gender and Power in Shrew-Taming Narratives
(Palgrave Macmillan, 2010-01-01)
A decade ago materialist-feminist and historicist criticism of Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew had reached something of an impasse. In 1996, summarising the fortunes of the shrew over the previous ten years, Paul ...
Efficiency, scale economies and valuation effects : evidence from bank mergers in India
(2010)
This paper examines two important issues related to bank mergers in India. First, we estimate potential economic gains of state owned banks if they undergo consolidation. Scale economies, returns to scale and profit ...
Gas in the protoplanetary disc of HD 169142: Herschel's view
(2010)
In an effort to simultaneously study the gas and dust components of the disc surrounding the young Herbig Ae star HD 169142, we present far-IR observations obtained with the PACS instrument onboard the Herschel Space ...
Mathematical models of excitability in biological membranes, cells and networks.
(Oxford University Press (OUP), 2010)