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U-dualities in Type II string theories and M-theory.
(Queen Mary University of London, 2013-10)In this thesis the recently developed duality covariant approach to string and Mtheory is investigated. In this formalism the U-duality symmetry of M-theory or Tduality symmetry of Type II string theory becomes manifest ... -
U.S. and EU Engagement with Islamists in the Middle East and North Africa
(Transatlantic Academy, 2015-08-25)The Arab uprisings have reminded U.S. and EU diplomats that they need to communicate with Islamist actors in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Western diplomacy has undergone a modest yet nonetheless significant ... -
UCLCHEM: A Gas-grain Chemical Code for Clouds, Cores, and C-Shocks
(IOP Publishing, 2017-07-01)We present a publicly available, open source version of the time-dependent, gas-grain chemical code UCLCHEM. UCLCHEM propagates the abundances of chemical species through a large network of chemical reactions in a variety ... -
Ugi multicomponent reaction to prepare peptide-peptoid hybrid structures with diverse chemical functionalities
(Royal Society of Chemistry, 2017-12)Monodisperse sequenced peptides and peptoids present unique nano-structures based on their self-assembled secondary and tertiary structures. However, the generation of peptide and peptoid hybrid oligomers in a sequence-defined ... -
UHD Video Super-Resolution using Low-Rank and Sparse Decomposition
(International Conference on Computer Vision, Robust Subspace Learning and Applications in Computer Vision, 2017)Sparse coding-based algorithms have been successfully applied to the single-image super resolution problem. Conventional multi-image super-resolution (SR) algorithms incorporate auxiliary frames into the model by a ... -
UK academic general practice and primary care
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UK Biobank's cardiovascular magnetic resonance protocol.
(2016)BACKGROUND: UK Biobank's ambitious aim is to perform cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) in 100,000 people previously recruited into this prospective cohort study of half a million 40-69 year-olds. METHODS/DESIGN: We ... -
UK Company Law and Company Governance in a Warming World
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UK guideline on transition of adolescent and young persons with chronic digestive diseases from paediatric to adult care.
(2017-02-21)The risks of poor transition include delayed and inappropriate transfer that can result in disengagement with healthcare. Structured transition care can improve control of chronic digestive diseases and long-term health-related ... -
The UK medical education database (UKMED) what is it? Why and how might you use it?
(BioMed Central, 2018-01-05)BACKGROUND: Educating doctors is expensive and poor performance by future graduates can literally cost lives. Whilst the practice of medicine is highly evidence based, medical education is much less so. Research on medical ... -
UK policy on social networking sites and online health: From informed patient to informed consumer?
(SAGE Publications, 2015-06-22)Background Social networking sites offer new opportunities for communication between and amongst health care professionals, patients and members of the public. In doing so, they have the potential to facilitate public ... -
The UK Regulation on Alternative Investment Fund Managers: A Difficult Compromise between two Different Legislative Approaches
(Palgrave Macmillan, 2017-09-18)The transposition of the AIFMD in the domestic systems of the EU Member States has changed significantly the legal framework of reference for alternative investment fund managers. In transposing the Directive, however, the ... -
The UKCAT-12 study: educational attainment, aptitude test performance, demographic and socio-economic contextual factors as predictors of first year outcome in a cross-sectional collaborative study of 12 UK medical schools.
(BioMed Central, 2013-11-14)BACKGROUND: Most UK medical schools use aptitude tests during student selection, but large-scale studies of predictive validity are rare. This study assesses the United Kingdom Clinical Aptitude Test (UKCAT), and its four ... -
UKPID Registry: 2014 Update
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ULF foreshock under radial IMF: THEMIS observations and global kinetic simulation Vlasiator results compared
(Wiley, 2015-10)For decades, monochromatic large-scale ultralow frequency (ULF) waves with a period of about 30 s have been observed upstream of the quasi-parallel bow shock. These waves typically propagate obliquely with respect to the ... -
Ultra wideband gigabit powerline communication
(2009)Powerline Communication (PLC) has long been established for low data rate applications by the electric supply companies. Since 1991, the European CENELEC standard EN 50065 has ruled the use of 3 - 148.5KHz frequency ... -
Ultra Wideband Wearable Sensors for Motion Tracking Applications
(Queen Mary University of London, 2015-09-21)The increasing interest and advancements in wearable electronics, biomedical applications and digital signal processing techniques have led to the unceasing progress and research in novel implementations of wireless ... -
Ultra-high temperature spark plasma sintering of α-SiC
(Elsevier, 2015-01)Ultra High Temperature SPS (UHTSPS) was used to sinter pure α-SiC at 2450 ᵒC. Such a high temperature and partial vacuum conditions promoted SiC sublimation and condensation reactions. In the presence of an electric field, ... -
Ultrafast all-polymer electrically tunable silicone lenses
(2015-01-21)© 2015 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA.Dielectric elastomer actuators (DEA) are smart lightweight flexible materials integrating actuation, sensing, and structural functions. The field of DEAs has been progressing rapidly, ...
