Investigating requirements for true inclusivity in playgrounds by Hannah Moore

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A novel true random number generator based on a stochastic diffusive memristor by Hao Jiang, Daniel Belkin, Sergey Saveliev, Siyan Lin, Zhongrui Wang, Yunning Li, Saumil Joshi, Rivu Midya, Can Li, Mingyi Rao, Mark Barnell, Qing Wu, J. Joshua Yang, Qiangfei Xia

“…On the other hand, this natural stochasticity can be valuable for hardware security applications. Here we propose and demonstrate a novel true random number generator (TRNG) utilizing the stochastic delay time of threshold switching in a Ag:SiO2 diffusive memristor, which exhibits evident advantages in scalability, circuit complexity and power consumption. …”
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True colors SNARCing: Semantic number processing is highly automatic by Lilly Roth, John Caffier, Ulf-Ditrich Reips, Krzysztof Cipora, Lydia Braun, Hans-Christoph Nuerk

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Effect of various mix parameters on the true tensile strength of concrete by Hamid Reza Azizipesteh Baglo

“…The tensile strength of concrete has traditionally been expressed in terms of its compressive strength (e.g. ft = c × c f ). Based on this premise, extensive laboratory testing was conducted to evaluate the tensile strength of the concretes, including the direct tension test and the indirect cylinder splitting and MOR tests. …”
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True-life storytelling clubs in the UK and the life-expert performer by Kristina Gavran

“…The study demonstrates that the TLS is an art form still developing and in the process of (re)defining itself, so it is crucial to analyse it in its formative years. …”
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Expansionary contractions and fiscal free lunches: Too good to be true? by Richard McManus, Gulcin Ozkan, Dawid Trzeciakiewicz

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An optical investigation of cavitation phenomena in true-scale high-pressure diesel fuel injector nozzles by Benjamin A. Reid

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An investigation of string cavitation in a true-scale fuel injector flow geometry at high pressure by Ben Reid, Graham Hargrave, Colin Garner, Graham Wigley

“…Above a threshold Reynolds number, their formation and appearance during a 2 ms injection event was repeatable and independent of upstream pressure and cavitation number.…”
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True interindividual variability exists in postprandial appetite responses in healthy men but is not moderated by the FTO genotype by Fernanda R. Goltz, Alice Thackray, Greg Atkinson, Lorenzo Lolli, James King, James L. Dorling, Monika Dowejko, Sarabjit Mastana, David Stensel

“…Methods: Using a replicated crossover design, 18 healthy men (mean ± SD 28.5 ± 9.8 years, 27.0 ± 5.0 kg·m-2 ) recruited according to FTO genotype (9 AA, 9 TT) completed two identical control and two identical standardized meal conditions (5025 kJ) in randomized sequences. …”
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Fake news on social media: the impact on society by Femi Olan, Uchitha Jayawickrama, Emmanuel Ogiemwonyi Arakpogun, Jana Suklan, Shaofeng Liu

“…Overall, this study provides a new perspective on how FN on SM is disintegrating societies and replacing TN with FN.…”
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Recording aboriginal rock art using cheap digital cameras and digital photogrammetry by Jim Chandler, J.G. Fryer

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Engineering energy flexibility into buildings: development and evaluation of a model-predictive control strategy for demand response with space-heating by Rami El-Geneidy

“…The houses in the simulations and experiments were typical English dwellings with limited levels of insulation and air-tightness, which led to relatively rapid changes in indoor air temperatures, on average 2.0-2.3\textdegree C in 40-50 minutes, when heating was turned off in the test house experiments. …”
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A statistical analysis of the dynamic response of a railway viaduct by Andre Jesus, Zuzana Dimitrovová, Manuel AG Silva

“…The finite element model of the viaduct is based on the data provided by the Portuguese Railway Company REFER EPE. The train load is simplified by a set of constant moving forces and the range of velocities implemented corresponds to typical velocities of circulation. …”
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What's in a name? - a new hierarchy for question types by J.S. Paterson

“…There are two aspects to this. 1. A naming convention that would interest those involved in IMS QTI standards and build on the work already undertaken. …”
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On a conjecture of Tian by Hamid Abban, Ivan Cheltsov, Josef Schicho

“…We show that this is indeed true for d = 4 (the result is well known for d 6 3), and we show that α(Sd, H) < α1(Sd, H) for d > 8 provided that Sd is general enough. …”
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Is a good worker a happy worker?: Solving the productivity puzzle by Louise Cooke, Jonathan Seaton

“…Meanwhile, the recent fear of a ‘hard’ Brexit has raised awareness that we are poorly equipped to sustain our present food consumption levels through domestic agricultural output alone.…”
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A discursive psychology of institutions by Jonathan Potter

“…Over the last decade or so discursive psychology has developed as a distinct perspective within social psychology, psychology and social science more generally (Edwards, 1997; Edwards & Potter, 1992; Potter & Edwards, 2001). …”
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A special Cayley octad by Artie Prendergast

“…A Cayley octad is a set of 8 points in P3 which are the base locus of a net of quadrics. …”
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The problem of a subjective authenticity and the articulation of belonging among the Irish in England-a psychosocial approach by Marc Scully

“…This article presents the question of identity and authenticity as a problematic one, capable of investigation through a psychosocial lens. …”
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Evaluating a living model of knowledge by Paul Parboteeah, Tom Jackson, Gillian Ragsdell

“…However, before this new, biologically grounded model of knowledge can be integrated into new or existing knowledge management theories, it needs to be tested, else it falls into the trap of being conceptual, and remaining that way. …”
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A novel adaptive leakage factor scheme for enhancement of a variable tap-length learning algorithm. by Leilei Li, Jonathon Chambers

“…This analysis also provides a systematic way to select the key parameters in the fractional tap-length (FT) learning algorithm, first proposed by Gong and Cowan, to ensure convergence to permit calculation of the true tap-length of the unknown system and motivates the need for adaptation in the leakage factor during learning. …”
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What is a ‘revolution’?: National commemoration, collective memory and managing authenticity in the representation of a political event by Cristian Tileaga

“…The analysis explores: (a) issues of agency, entitlement and working with regard to actual or possible alternatives; (b) a pattern of recurring categorical incumbency shifts; (c) managing the authenticity and the true nature of the `event' through invoking category-bound knowledge and predicates commonsensically attachable to the notion of `revolution'; and (d) formulating and orienting to the `events of 1989' as `revolution' and `foundational' moment in national history. …”
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Membrane characterisation: the need for a standard by Steve Tarleton, Richard J. Wakeman

“…When the liquid to be treated contains colloidal particles or aggregated molecular structures larger than about 0.01 μm in size, it is appropriate to think of it as a suspension rather than a solution. …”
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A sociology of formal logic? Essay review of Claude Rosental’s ‘Weaving Self-Evidence: A Sociology of Logic' by Christian Greiffenhagen

“…Now that you have accepted A and B … you must accept Z!’ So you’ve no choice, you see. …”
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Addressing the self through the subjectivity of the other: a practice-led investigation of a particular artist-model relationship by Lawrence Buttigieg

“…This undertaking suggests that my representations of her body grow out of a dialectical tension between the feeling that the female other has almost become a metonymic extension of myself, and the awareness that such a feeling is at the same time illusory. …”
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Skimming: a response to Weber and Mejia-Ramos by Matthew Inglis, Lara Alcock

“…Weber and Mejía-Ramos (2013) argued that this was due to a flawed analysis of eye-movement data and that a more fine-grained analysis led to the opposite conclusion. …”
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Normal modes of a small gamelan gong by R. Perrin, Daniel P. Elford, Luke Chalmers, Gerry Swallowe, Thomas R. Moore, Sinin Hamdan, Ben Halkon

“…Studies have been made of the normal modes of a 20.7 cm diameter steel gamelan gong. A finite-element model has been constructed and its predictions for normal modes compared with experimental results obtained using electronic speckle pattern interferometry. …”
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Liminal space: a performance with RaveNET by Rachel Freire, Valentin Martinez-Missir, Courtney Reed, Paul Strohmeier

“…Three bespoke wearable nodes modulate the performance through control voltages (CV) and interface with specific technical aspects of our instruments and techniques: 1) an anti-corset that measures the expansion and resistance of Reed's abdomen while singing, 2) an augmented glove that assists Strohmeier's bass/guitar signal routing across his pedal board and modular setup, and 3) a cap-like device that captures Martinez-Missir's subtle facial expressions as he manipulates his modular synthesizer and drum machine setup. …”
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Solving DEA models in a single optimization stage: Can the non-Archimedean infinitesimal be replaced by a small finite epsilon? by Victor Podinovski, Tatiana Bouzdine-Chameeva

“…Single-stage DEA models aim to assess the input or output radial efficiency of a decision making unit and potential mix inefficiency in a single optimization stage. …”
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A comparison of modelling methods for electronic interconnect structures by Adebayo Oluyinka Ogunjimi, David Whalley, David Williams

“…A comparison has been made between the use of 2-dimensional, axisymmetric and 3-dimensional geometry in the finite element analysis of a die attach assembly using conductive adhesives. …”
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Women and conflict a case study of Sri Lanka by Zinthiya Ganeshpanchan

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Product modularity: a multi-objective configuration approach by Michael J. Lee

“…The framework consists of four main steps: 1) product decomposition; 2) interaction analysis; 3) formation of modular architectures and; 4) scenario analysis. …”
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Psychometric tests as a measure of personality: A critical assessment of Trait versus situationalist positions and the NEO Personality Inventory (NEO-PI-R) by Dominic Willmott, Dara Mojtahedi, Saskia Ryan, Nicole Sherretts, Olivia Simpson, Tim Dlamini

“…However, despite researchers implementing psychometric tests such as the NEO Personality Inventory [1] reporting high levels of construct validity for the measure [2], criticism surrounding the reliability of findings obtained from applications of the tool, resulting from the general lack of agreement around the trait dimensions that underpin psychometric testing, remain important. …”
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A consideration of methods of determining the radiative characteristics of jet fires by Geoff Hankinson, Barbara J. Lowesmith

“…The radiative characteristics of jet fires is usually expressed through the use of a fraction of heat radiated, which is primarily a property of the fuel being considered. …”
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A preliminary investigation into the effect of nauseogenic vection and whole-body heating on motion sickness severity: a combined and individual stressors approach [Abstract] by Josh Arnold, Kate O'Keeffe, Giuseppe Raccuglia, Chloe McDaniel, Simon Hodder, George Havenith, Alex Lloyd

“…Results: FMS and SSQ ratings indicate a significant main effect for vection, increasing sickness severity (Δ in FMS, 3.7 ± 2.6 and SSQ, 8.7 ± 7.3; p0.1). …”
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Beyond lockdown? The ethics of global movement in a new era by Guy Aitchison

“…While some commentators have claimed that the coronavirus pandemic sounded the death knell for the ideal of open borders, its true import is to highlight our mutual vulnerability and the need for effective global co-ordination of migration and asylum. …”
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Industrial energy optimisation: a laser cutting case study by Nick Goffin, Lewis Jones, John Tyrer, Jinglei Ouyang, Paul Mativenga, Lin Li, Elliot Woolley

“…This paper demonstrates the methodology for identifying operating states in a production environment and Specific Energy Consumption and Scope 2 CO2 emissions results are analysed. …”
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A coupled LES-APE approach for jet noise prediction by Miguel Moratilla-Vega, Hao Xia, Gary Page

“…Two different solvers are used. The LES is performed with a density based, second order finite volume solver with the σ-subgrid-scale model. …”
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The audience as critic: a study of audience responses to popular theatre by Jennifer E. Pinchen

“…The three major productions studied are A Day in the Death of Joe Egg by Peter Nichols, Bloody Poetry by Howard Brenton, and Blood Brothers by Willy Russell. …”
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Robust surface abnormality detection for a robotic inspection system by Sara Sharifzadeh, Istvan Biro, Niels Lohse, Peter Kinnell

“…The detection of surface abnormalities on large complex parts represents a significant automation challenge. This is particularly true when surfaces are large (multiple square metres) but abnormalities are small (less than one mm square), and the surfaces of interest are not simple flat planes. …”
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Characterisation of the unsteady wake of a square-back road vehicle by Giancarlo Pavia

“…An extensive experimental campaign consisting of balance, pressure tapping, particle image velocimetry and single point velocity measurements has been carried out in order to characterise the dynamic behaviour of the wake developing downstream of a simplified square-back geometry. Tests have been performed considering the Windsor body, at a Reynolds number (based on the model height) of ReH = 7.7 × 10^5. …”
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A new Bayesian test to test for the intractability-countering hypothesis by Dalia Chakrabarty

“…We present a new test of hypothesis in which we seek the probability of the null conditioned on the data, where the null is a simplification undertaken to counter the intractability of the more complex model, that the simpler null model is nested within. …”
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Using autopoiesis theory to give knowledge management a theoretical foundation by Paul Parboteeah

“…This was done using a matching methodology: a two step process used to align the theories from two or more domains with the aim of creating a new lexis. …”
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The insignificance of David Bowie: Latin America’s refusal of a “world icon” by Jorge Saavedra Utman, Toby Miller

“…How can this be true of an artist who is routinely labelled a world icon? …”
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Literary rebels: A history of creative writers in Anglo-American universities by Lise Jaillant

“…Those who reject the creative/critical discourse of academia are the true rebels, condemned to live (or survive) in a tough literary marketplace. …”
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Integrating reinforcement in digital fabrication with concrete: A review and classification framework by Viktor Mechtcherine, Richard Buswell, Harald Kloft, Freek P. Bos, Norman Hack, Rob Wolfs, Jay Sanjayan, Behzad Nematollahi, Egor Ivaniuk, Tobias Neef

“…While the functionalities of various types of reinforcement are briefly addressed, the major focus is on the integration process as such, i.e., on its technological aspects. On this basis a generic classification and process description outline has been developed for reinforcement integration, which is regarded as an extension of the RILEM process classification framework for Digital Fabrication with Concrete (DFC). …”
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Sociocultural risk factors for compulsive exercise: a prospective study of adolescents by Huw Goodwin, Emma Haycraft, Caroline Meyer

“…This study aims to explore longitudinal sociocultural risk factors for compulsive exercise, using a 12-month prospective design. A sample of 332 male and female adolescents (aged 13–15 years at baseline) completed self-report measures of sociocultural risk factors and compulsive exercise at baseline and eating disorder psychopathology and compulsive exercise at 12-month follow-up assessment. …”
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Library education in Japan, Republic of Korea and Taiwan : a comparative study by Young A. Um

“…The hypotheses the research tries to verify are as follows: i) Japan, Korea and Taiwan have shared a similar cultural background and have adopted the same American educational system for librarians, so there will be similarities in library education in the three countries; ii) if differences exist, they will reveal the national characteristics including the priorities given to national development, economic development and educational standards in each country; iii) if the three countries share similarities in library education, they will also have similar trends, problems and future prospects resulting from the similarities The hypotheses have been verified as being true through the comparisons of such variables as the objectives of library education, teaching staff, students, curriculum, special requirements for the course, textbooks, research, facilities, relationships with outside libraries and incorporation of information science. …”
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