Second Life or Second Thoughts? Exploring the Role and Future of Retail Brands in Virtual Worlds by Reynolds, J

Second Language Speech Learning by Handley, Z

“…My research focuses on perceptual approaches to second language speech learning, or pronunciation training. …”

On the Parameterised Intractability of Monadic Second−Order Logic by Kreutzer, S

Second Order Logic and the Weak Exponential Hierarchies by Gottlob, G, Leone, N, Veith, H

Decision problems for second-order holonomic sequences by Neumann, E, Ouaknine, J, Worrell, J

“…We study decision problems for sequences which obey a second-order holonomic recurrence of the form f(n + 2) = P(n)f(n + 1) + Q(n)f(n) with rational polynomial coefficients, where P is non-constant, Q is non-zero, and the degree of Q is smaller than or equal to that of P. …”

Existential Second−Order Logic over Strings by Eiter, T, Gottlob, G, Gurevich, Y

On the Efficiency of Equilibria in Generalized Second Price Auctions by Caragiannis, I, Kaklamanis, C, Kanellopoulos, P, Kyropoulou, M

On positivity and minimality for second-order holonomic sequences by Kenison, G, Klurman, O, Lefaucheux, E, Luca, F, Moree, P, Ouaknine, J, Whiteland, MA, Worrell, J

“…<br> In this paper we give a Turing reduction of the problem of deciding positivity of second-order holonomic sequences to that of deciding minimality of such sequences. …”

A twin study of speech perception and production in first and second language among Chinese children learning English as a second language. by Wong, S, Bishop, D, Ho, C

“…This study examines the genetic and environmental effects on the individual differences on L1 and L2 speech perception and production among Chinese children learning English as a second language. By employing a twin-study design, 150 pairs of monozygotic and 150 pairs of same-sex dizygotic twins aged from 4 to 11 were tested. …”

Second-order Fermi acceleration as the origin of the Fermi bubbles by Mertsch, P, Sarkar, S

“…We explore the alternative possibility that the relativistic electrons undergo stochastic second-order Fermi acceleration in the entire volume of the bubbles by plasma wave turbulence. …”

Second-order Fermi acceleration as the origin of the Fermi bubbles by Mertsch, P, Sarkar, S

“…We explore the alternative possibility that the relativistic electrons undergo stochastic second-order Fermi acceleration in the entire volume of the bubbles by plasma wave turbulence. …”

SLD-resolution reduction of second-order horn fragments by Tourret, S, Cropper, A

“…We study the reducibility of various fragments of second-order Horn logic with particular applications in Inductive Logic Programming. …”

Second order cone programming in modeling incremental deformation by Raithatha, A, Duncan, S, Jackson, K, Allwood, J, IEEE

On the decidability of monadic second-order logic with arithmetic predicates by Berthé, V, Karimov, T, Nieuwveld, J, Ouaknine, J, Vahanwala, M, Worrell, J

“…We investigate the decidability of the monadic second-order (MSO) theory of the structure ❬N; <, P1, … , Pk❭, for various unary predicates P1, …, Pk ⊆ N. …”

The design of a second beamline for the CLEAR user facility at CERN by Dyks, LA, Burrows, PN, Korysko, P, Corsini, R

“…However, with its current optical layout, the beams available to users are not able to cover every request. To overcome this, a second experimental beamline has been proposed. In this paper we discuss the potential optics of the new line as well as detailing the hardware required for its construction. …”

Second time around: re-editing Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru by Hawke, A

MUSE: A second-generation integral-field spectrograph for the VLT by McDermid, R, Bacon, R, Bauer, S, Boehn, P, Boudon, D, Brau-Nogue, S, Caillier, P, Capoani, L, Carollo, C, Champavert, N, Contini, T, Daguise, E, Delabre, B, Devriendt, J, Dreizler, S, Dubois, J, Dupieux, M, Dupin, J, Emsellem, E, Ferruit, P, Franx, M, Callou, G, Gerssen, J, Guiderdoni, B, Hahn, T

“…The Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) is a second-generation instrument in development for the Very Large Telescope (VLT) of the European Southern Observatory (ESO), due to begin operation in 2011/12. …”

Rapid, selective and dose-dependent elevation of the second messenger NAADP by Yamasaki, M, Churchill, G, Patel, S, Cancela, J, Galione, A

Constraints on Corporatising Second-tier Accounting and Business Advisory Firms by Morris, T, Pinnington, A

Global Stereo Reconstruction under Second-Order Smoothness Priors by Woodford, O, Torr, P, Reid, I, Fitzgibbon, A