Objective: This exploratory, clinical study aimed to explore the effect of an activated charcoal silver dressing (intervention) with cleansing and debridement (control) in reducing the level of bacteria in chronic wounds with no clinical signs of local infection. Method: Patients…

The effect of bulk and surface excitations to inelastic scattering in low-energy electron beam irradiation of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) is studied using the dielectric formalism. Calculations are based on a semiempirical dielectric response function for MWCNTs determined by means…

This paper is a translation of the first part of an article published in Cahiers de propriété intellectuelle
(2003).

As a Research Ethics Committee (REC) Chair in the National Health Service (NHS), one of
the commonest amendments submitted for consideration by RECs relates to the need to
manage poor participant recruitment and the failure to meet recruitment targets. This

A statistical model is used to study the formation of noise gratings in holograms and the mechanism that causes radiation scattering in them. The theoretical model presented describes noise scattering in terms of diffraction due to the high number of…

The araneofauna of the extreme Southern Hemisphere is highly impoverished and disharmonic. Four dead anthropogenic immigrant spiders have been collected from Antarctica while only 115 verified species from 26 families are reported on the islands of the Southern Ocean. Cluster…

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to consider the extent to which recent changes in the UK's higher education sector are likely to increase the level of competition and change the behaviour of UK higher education institutions.

Numerical calculation of Fresnel patterns through fast Fourier transforms usually requires an extremely large number of samples in order to fulfil the Nyquist sampling condition. In many applications, the cut-off frequency of the system is much below the limit fixed…

Current modeling of endothelial cell mechanics does not account for the network of F-actin that permeates the
cytoplasm. This network, the distributed cytoplasmic structural actin (DCSA), extends from apical to basal membranes, with
frequent attachments. Stress fibers are intercalated within…

Mixed-species foraging flocks were studied at Kichwa Tembo Camp on the edge the
Masia Mara National Reserve in Kenya between July and September 2004.
Observations were made on 29 mixed-species flocks, in which 24 species participated.
African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone…