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Brain swelling and death in children with cerebral malaria
(2015-03-19) - Journal articleCase fatality rates among African children with cerebral malaria remain in the range of 15 to 25%. The key pathogenetic processes and causes of death are unknown, but a combination of clinical observations and pathological ... -
Bread and cinema : Baghdad in al-Nakhla wa-'l-jiran by Gha'ib Tu'ma Farman
(2010) - Journal articleAl-Nakhla wa-'l-jīrān (‘The Palm Tree and the Neighbours', 1966) has been largely neglected outside the Arab world, despite being hailed as ‘the true beginning’ of the Iraqi novel. After an introduction to Farmān and the ... -
Breaking conditional symmetry in automated constraint modelling with CONJURE
(IOS Press, 2014) - Book itemMany constraint problems contain symmetry, which can lead to redundant search. If a partial assignment is shown to be invalid, we are wasting time if we ever consider a symmetric equivalent of it. A particularly important ... -
Breaking Lorentz reciprocity to overcome the time-bandwidth limit in physics and engineering
(2017-06-23) - Journal articleA century-old tenet in physics and engineering asserts that any type of system, having bandwidth Δω, can interact with a wave over only a constrained time period Δt inversely proportional to the bandwidth (Δt·Δω ~ 2π). ... -
Breaking the holding pattern : a new approach to aviation policymaking in the UK : executive summary
(Sustainable Development Commission, 2008-05) - ReportThis document is a summary of 'Breaking the holding pattern : a new approach to aviation policymaking in the UK'. -
Breakthroughs for the twenty-first century
(Sustainable Development Commission, 2009-07-01) - ReportNineteen ‘Breakthrough Ideas’ filtered from 285 submissions spread across the spectrum of sustainable development, with solutions ranging from policy change to grassroots action to technological innovation. They encompass ... -
Breeding limits foraging time : evidence of interrupted foraging response from body mass variation in a tropical environment
(2017-04) - Journal articleBirds should store body reserves if starvation risk is anticipated; this is known as an ‘interrupted foraging response’. If foraging remains unrestricted, however, body mass should remain low to limit the predation risk ... -
Breeding male grey seals exhibit similar activity budgets across varying exposures to human activity
(2015-05-07) - Journal articleHuman-wildlife interactions can be incidental or direct through activities such as wildlife tourism. In the presence of anthropogenic activities, some animals exhibit behavioural alterations such as increased vigilance or ... -
Brevard Childs : the logic of scripture's textual authority
(University of St Andrews, 2009-06-25) - ThesisBrevard Childs argues for the inner logic of scripture’s textual authority as an historical reality that gives rise to the material condition by which the church apprehends and experiences God in Christ. The church’s use ... -
Bridging the gap : attractive 3c-4e interactions in peri-substituted acenaphthylenes
(2014-03) - Journal articleA series of peri-substituted acenaphthylenes that contain mixed halogen-chalcogen functionalities at the 5,6-positions in 1-6 [Acenapyl[X](EPh) (Acenapyl = acenaphthylene-5,6-diyl; X = Br, I; E = S, Se, Te)] and ... -
Bridging the gap in marine and terrestrial studies
(2015-02) - Journal articleEcologists are interested in understanding natural phenomena and strive to make comparisons across systems to better understand broad ecological processes and patterns. Recent reviews showcased how marine and terrestrial ... -
Bridging worlds : movement, relatedness and social change in two communities of Cartagena de Indias Bay
(University of St Andrews, 2015) - ThesisThe island of Barú, located along the Atlantic coast of Colombia, has occupied, since the colonial era, a geographical and social interstitial position. The island was a strategic space in key processes and events of ... -
Brief interventions for reducing violence : a rapid review of evaluations and recommendations
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Briefing 1: The Big Society and Welfare Reform
(University of St Andrews, 2014-07-08) - Report -
Briefing 2 : Localism and New Housing Futures
(University of St Andrews, 2014-08-11) - Report -
Briefing 3: Devolution, localism and social housing
(University of St Andrews, 2015-03-13) - Report -
Briefing No 6. Young people, homeownership and the fallacy of choice
(University of St Andrews, 2015-05-20) - Report -
Briefing No 7. The costs and gains of homebuying
(University of St Andrews, 2015-05-28) - ReportDrawing on 80 interviews with owner-occupiers and on national data on house prices and mortgages, I examine the way in which homes’ meanings are negotiated through the subjective calculation of the financial costs and gains ... -
Briefing No 8. The case for property investment
(University of St Andrews, 2016-03-31) - ReportThe private rental sector (PRS) has seen a steady increase since 2000. This reflects complex societal changes which are taking place across the UK and beyond, not least increased demand from students, mobile professionals, ... -
Bright single photon source based on self-aligned quantum dot-cavity systems
(2014-04-07) - Journal articleWe report on a quasi-planar quantum-dot-based single-photon source that shows an unprecedented high extraction efficiency of 42% without complex photonic resonator geometries or post-growth nanofabrication. This very high ...