Currency crises in the European Exchange Rate Mechanism by Piard, Sylviane

“…The empirical analysis suggests that crises are more likely when there is a general election in France, but no conclusive evidence is found that other political factors are a key feature in the determination of the French and Italian crises.…”
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Practical poetics: rhythmic spatiality and the communicative movement between site, architecture and sculpture by Lynch, Patrick

“…Crucially, the revelation of the structure of relationships between site, place, social life, the natural world, etc., which make up the architectural conditions for civic praxis, is the basis also of ornament and decorum in the arts generally. However, when architects confuse their work with sculpture - misunderstood as '(arm' rather than rhythmic spatiality - the philosophical and communicative potential of architecture is diminished. …”
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Generic innovation and social change : the American thriller in the 1970s by Cobley, Paul

“…The thesis will address the problems entailed in such approaches, particularly two central deficiencies: firstly, the inability to give an account of innovation within a generic framework; secondly, the difficulties that arise in analysing the role of readership when genre is theorized as a static structure. It will be argued that generic texts - and innovations across generic texts - are characterized by readings rather than by internal textual characteristics. …”
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Probe request attack detection in wireless LANs using intelligent techniques by Ratnayake, Deepthi N.

“…In infrastructure WLANs, any mobile STA can send a probe request management frame when it needs information from an Access Point (AP). …”
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Establishing and maintaining employee motivation from recruitment through Induction, transition and retirement by Ungemah, Joseph Michael

“…Chapter 4 explores how development programmes can be used for renewing the psychological contract of long-term employees when organisational change occurs. An intervention is presented, wherein a national electric grid operator required support in establishing a new corporate culture amongst employees. …”
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Plasma membrane-derived vesicles: their role in the terminal differentiation of monocytes and in inhibiting the phagocytosis of apoptotic cells by Antwi-Baffour, Samuel

“…Plasma Membrane-derived Vesicles (PMVs) are membrane-coated vesicles of diameter 0.1 to 1 μm, carrying various proteins inherent in their parental cells. PMVs are released when cells undergo activation/apoptosis via blebbing and shedding and have a function in intercellular communication. …”
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The equilibrium exchange rate of the Chinese Renminbi: determinants and misalignments by You, Kefei

“…It carries out for first time an econometric estimation of total factor productivity when rural transformation is taken into account. …”
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Monarchy in the democratic age: the head of state debate in Britain: a constitutional and comparative analysis by Cross, Bernard W.

“…The difficulties begin to look less formidable, however, when the transformation is viewed as a step-by-step process and not as a one-off operation. …”
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Late-quaternary environmental change at Eastbourne, East Sussex by Jennings, Simon C.

“…The history of the vegetation has been traced back to the Lateglacial when, it is argued, an unusually thermophilous community which included Alfids prospered. …”
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A study of aspects of the biology and distribution of freshwater crayfish in the Thames catchment by Hogger, John B.

“…It is intended that this thesis should provide a full and accurate assessment of the status of freshwater crayfish in the Thames Catchment at a time when increasing pressures may result in serious alterations to stocks of both species.…”
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The sedimentology and palaeoecology of the Coralline Crag (Pliocene) of Suffolk by Balson, Peter Steven

“…Calcitic bryozoans are proved to be useful environmental indicators when studied in conjunction with sedimentary evidence. …”
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Relationships between population density feeding and growth of the roach (Ratilus ratilus, L. 1758) and other coarse fish in a gravel-pit lake in Southern England by Barber, William James

“…Gravel-pit lakes are an increasingly common feature of our landscape, particularly on the flood plains of rivers close to large urban or industrial areas e. g. the Thames Valley (see Fig. 1). When sand and gravel are removed from below the water table, lakes are produced by seepage into the excavation (wet diggings). …”
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Application of graph-based technique to identity resolution by Kazemian, Hassan, Amirhosseini, Mohammad-Hossein, Phillips, Michael

“…Identity resolution is the process of semantic reconciliation that determines whether a single identity is the same when being described differently. The importance of identity resolution has been greatly felt these days in the world of online social networking where personal details can be fabricated or manipulated easily. …”
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Micro-dosing psychedelics as a plausible adjunct to psychosexual and couple’s therapy: a qualitative insight by Jacobs, Lucy, Banbury, Samantha, Lusher, Joanne

“…Research has predominated among the therapeutic application of psychedelics for varied psychopathologies and yet remains limited when supporting sexual behaviour intimacy among couples; particularly those who micro-dose. …”
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Molecular responses of iron regulatory proteins to iron overload in human liver by Neonaki, Maria

“…It is not iron per se but rather its implication in the generation of reactive oxygen species that makes the metal harmful when present in excess as seen in iron overload disorders, such as in hereditary haemochromatosis (HH). …”
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Role models: expatriate gender diversity pipeline or pipe-dream? by Shortland, Susan

“…Role models are particularly important to women undertaking unaccompanied assignments and also when assignment periods exceed traditional lengths. …”
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On-chip terahertz antenna array based on amalgamation of metasurface-inspired and artificial magnetic conductor technologies for next generation of wireless electronic devices by Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad, Virdee, Bal Singh, Salekzamankhani, Shahram, Babaeian, Fatemeh, Ali, Syed Mansoor, Iqbal, Amjad, Al-Hasan, Muath

“…The results show that with the proposed antenna array a THz receiver can provide a gain of 25 dB when the antenna is directly matched to low-noise amplifier stage.…”
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A view made unnecessary: questioning a theory of irony-work in architecture by Catina, Alexander

“…Is it a matter, characteristically ironic, of what we expect to talk about and how when we address the strange poetics of irony-work in architecture? …”
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Developing methodologies for creating a textile design collection, based on archive material by Pierce, Gina

“…Recent projects, for example the Awaken Project , and the Shadow Tissue study by Trish Belfield and Philip Sykas, show that there is the potential to produce new work that has power and resonance when based on in-depth absorption and interpretation of the archive material. …”
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The potential for a protective vaccine for rhinovirus infections by Williams, Gareth R., Kubajewska, Ilona, Glanville, Nicholas, Johnston, Sebastian L., McLean, Gary R.

“…In fact, this phenomenon was observed as early as 1965 when immunising with formalin inactivated whole RV and is confirmed by the knowledge that the immunity induced following RV infection does not significantly protect from future infection by different RV serotypes. …”
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