This is an electronic version of an article published in the Journal of Mental Health, 18(6), pp.533-542. Journal of Mental Health is available online at: http://informahealthcare.com/journal/jmh., Background: A 12-month study of UK supported employment providers found that 77 (54.6%) of…

The patchwork text approach to learning and assessment is now used widely in UK higher
education; Dalrymple and Smith refer to the form as “one of the most influential assessment innovations in Higher Education in recent years”. During the period…

Two sets of experimental data have been obtained flushing seawater through columns packed with sediment which had been previously in equilibrium with freshwater. The sets of data contain the ion concentrations of the outflow and the physical and chemical parameters…

The precipitation of gypsum during the intrusion of seawater in a coastal aquifer is shown to be a possible cause of the decrease of the sulphate concentration with respect to the conservative freshwater / seawater mixing observed in many field…

A model for simulating transport of reactive multispecies components has been applied to simulate the chemical changes occurring during salt water intrusion in a confined aquifer. One-dimensional reactive flow in permeable media is simulated by means of a numerical method…

The book deals with the topic of Operating Systems from and intuitive perspective and then delves into more technical concepts, which makes it appropriate for a first introductory course on the matter.

The use of evolutionary and swarm intelligence algorithms, has become a very popular option to solve complex real-world optimization problems. However, in their original versions, these algorithms lack a mechanism to handle the constraints of the problem i.e. they were…

The visual and optical anisotropies of metallic and pearlescent samples have been evaluated using a multi-gonio-spectrophotometer and by adapting a gonio-template over the instrument aperture for measuring the relative spectral reflectance factor when the sample is rotated around an axis…

Real-time holographic interferometry has been used to visualize the evolution of the polarization layer during dead-end ultrafiltration of PEG-10000. Several experiments at a constant pressure of 1 bar and varying the feed concentration of PEG-10000 (5–12.5 kg/m3) have been carried…

The PII proteins are found in all three domains of life as key integrators of signals reflecting the balance of nitrogen and carbon. Genetic inactivation of PII proteins is typically associated with severe growth defects or death. However, the molecular…