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Spirituality in the physical and political realms

On Sufi gatherings in London and the impact of a visiting shaykh.

Development and application of soy-protein films to reduce fat intake in deep-fried foods

A soy protein film coating was developed and evaluated to reduce fat transfer in deep-fried foods during frying. Soy protein isolate solutions (10% SPI) with 0.05% gellan gum as plasticizer cooled after being held at 80 degrees C for 20 min provided suitable films. There was a significant fat reduction (55.12(+/-6.03)%db) between fried uncoated and coated discs of doughnut mix. The same films were

The 1978 Truth Criterion Controversy

Automated Resistivity Mapping of Shallow Aquifers

Old and new forms of governance of food technologies in mid-20th century Sweden

Development of a Gender Difference in Voice Onset Time

Building technology

Phonetic evidence for the great Mongolian vowel shift

Cultural Revolution

A Dutch book for group decision-making?

Distribute white and black hats in a dark room to a group of three rational players with each player having a fifty-fifty chance of receiving a hat of one colour or the other. Clearly, the chance that, as a result of this distribution, (A) "Not all hats are of the same colour" is 3/4. The light is switched on and all players can see the hats of the other persons, but not the colour of their own ha

Engaging in the Muddy Fields of Planning in Neo-liberal Times

Linear Increase in Life Expectancy: Past and Present

Non-Rabbinic Jews and Forms of Judaism

Phototoxicity

Lighting Recommendations in Operating Theatres

Gender and Parenthood in West German Family Politics from the 1960s to the 1980s

Cationic polypeptides contribute to the anti-HIV-1 activity of human seminal plasma.

Mucosal surfaces of the reproductive tract as well as their secretions have important roles in preventing sexual transmission of HIV-1. In the current study, the majority of the intrinsic anti-HIV-1 activity of human seminal plasma (SP) was determined to reside in the cationic polypeptide fraction. Antiviral assays utilizing luciferase reporter cells and lymphocytic cells revealed the ability of w

Experiences of a User-Centred Research Approach involving Old People in Early Phases of Design; Reflections from Furniture Manufacturers

The paper concerns the furniture industry’s increased interest in opportunities and challenges to respond to demographic shifts and to meet future senior markets. A central issue discussed is how a user-centred approach in a collaborative design research project benefited the industrial partners. The paper focuses on the perspectives of the participating furniture manufacturers. The most involved

On the semantics and syntax of Scandinavian pronouns and object shift

In this article I argue that weak pronouns in the Scandinvian languages should be analysed as functional heads expressing pure phi-features, and that these heads occur either without complements or copying phi-features expressed in the rest of the extended projection. The description is modelled on a construction in Old and Modern Icelandic, where a pronoun may identify the phi-features of a delet

Systems Analysis of the Impacts of the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami on Energy Supply System in Kamaishi-City

The Great East Japan earthquake and tsunami hit coastal cities in Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima Prefectures of Tohoku Region devastating the energy supply system in the region. Electricity and fuel shortages caused severe problems in the city of Kamaishi varying from lack of mobility, communication, heating to reduced health conditions. This paper, aims to analyze the impacts of the earthquake and t