Midwives across the UK have been undertaking the discharge examination of newborn babies
for more than ten years. The perception is that many have the examination of the newborn
qualification but do not use it. An audit was undertaken of…

Objective: To explore the opinions of stakeholders on the potential of taxes or subsidies, as measures for tackling obesity in Europe. Design: Structured interviews using Multi-criteria Mapping, a computer based decision support tool. Subjects/Setting: 189 interviewees, drawn from 21 different…

It is shown experimentally that free shear flows can be substantially altered through direct control of the large coherent vortices present in the flow.

The analytical approximate technique developed by Wu et al. for conservative oscillators with odd nonlinearity is used to construct approximate frequency-amplitude relations and periodic solutions to the relativistic oscillator. By combining Newton's method with the method of harmonic balance, analytical…

CeO2 and Ce–Zr mixed oxides with different Ce:Zr ratios were prepared; characterised by Raman
spectroscopy, XRD, TEM, N2 adsorption at −196 ◦C, and H2-TPR; and tested for soot oxidation under
NOx/O2. Among the different mixed oxides, Ce0.76Zr0.24O2 provided the best…

Changes in the presynaptic inhibition of spinal alpha-motoneurons were studied in
athletes during motor activities of different types. In the state where muscles were at
relative rest, the presynaptic inhibition of spinal alpha-motoneurons of the m. soleus
was stronger in…

We study stability properties of a proximal point algorithm for solving the inclusion 0 ∈ T (x) when T
is a set-valued mapping that is not necessarily monotone. More precisely we show that the convergence of
our algorithm is uniform,…

Fianoniella stenognatha sp. n. from the Columbretes Islands (Castellón, Spain) is described and illustrated. The new species is distinguished by its longer and narrower mandibles with parallel or divergent rims in the apical half, wider clypeus, hind ocelli more separated…

In this work we present a reactive autonomous robot navigation system based only on omnidirectional vision. It does not rely on any prior knowledge about the environment apart from assuming a structured one, like indoor corridors or outdoor avenues. The…

Prediction capacity of three main shoot population dynamics methods (age structure, net shoot recruitment per plagiotropic rhizome and shoot census) have been tested for a period of four years (2002–2006) on a Posidonia oceanica meadow. Accuracy of each method was…