Search Results - "Bailey, M. R."
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An early modern human presence in Sumatra 73,000–63,000 years ago
Published in Nature (London) (17-08-2017)“…Morphological analysis of teeth found at Lida Ajer shows that these belong to Homo sapiens , indicating that modern humans were in Sumatra between 73,000 and…”
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Using artificial neural networks to predict future dryland responses to human and climate disturbances
Published in Scientific reports (07-03-2019)“…Land degradation and sediment remobilisation in dryland environments is considered to be a significant global environmental problem. Given the potential for…”
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Synergistic interactions among growing stressors increase risk to an Arctic ecosystem
Published in Nature communications (07-12-2020)“…Oceans provide critical ecosystem services, but are subject to a growing number of external pressures, including overfishing, pollution, habitat destruction,…”
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Late Pleistocene Human Skull from Hofmeyr, South Africa, and Modern Human Origins
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (12-01-2007)“…The lack of Late Pleistocene human fossils from sub-Saharan Africa has limited paleontological testing of competing models of recent human evolution. We have…”
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Modelling particle retention in the alveolar-interstitial region of the human lungs
Published in Journal of radiological protection (01-09-2010)“…Better information is available now on long-term particle retention in the human lungs than there was in 1994, when the human respiratory tract model (HRTM)…”
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The Early to Middle Stone Age Transition and the Emergence of Modern Human Behaviour at site 8-B-11, Sai Island, Sudan
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Understanding linear dune chronologies: Insights from a simple accumulation model
Published in Geomorphology (Amsterdam, Netherlands) (15-08-2010)“…Dunefields are today often found in regions where environmental conditions are no longer conducive to widespread aeolian transport and deposition, and are thus…”
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Further investigations of the quartz optically stimulated luminescence components using linear modulation
Published in Radiation measurements (01-08-2003)“…The optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) from quartz is known to be the sum of several components with different rates of charge loss, originating from…”
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Towards a general kinetic model for optically and thermally stimulated luminescence of quartz
Published in Radiation measurements (01-02-2001)“…An attempt to produce a self-consistent general model of quartz luminescence behaviour (thermally and optically stimulated) is presented. Results from a…”
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Paper I—simulation of dose absorption in quartz over geological timescales and its implications for the precision and accuracy of optical dating
Published in Radiation measurements (01-06-2004)“…A theoretical model of quartz luminescence is presented and used to simulate luminescence response to environmental dose rates over geological timescales…”
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Spatial and temporal signatures of fragility and threshold proximity in modelled semi-arid vegetation
Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society. B, Biological sciences (07-04-2011)“…Understanding the behaviour of complex environmental systems, particularly as critical thresholds are approached, is vitally important in many contexts. Among…”
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IMBA Professional Plus: a flexible approach to internal dosimetry
Published in Radiation protection dosimetry (01-01-2007)“…IMBA (Integrated Modules for Bioassay Analysis) is a suite of software modules that implement the current ICRP biokinetic and dosimetric models for estimation…”
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Focusing of high power ultrasound beams and limiting values of shock wave parameters
Published in Acoustical physics (01-10-2009)“…In this work, the influence of nonlinear and diffraction effects on amplification factors of focused ultrasound systems is investigated. The limiting values of…”
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Separation of quartz optically stimulated luminescence components using green (525 nm) stimulation
Published in Radiation measurements (01-08-2011)“…It is well known that estimates of total absorbed ionizing radiation dose can be made using the Optically Stimulated Luminescence (OSL) signal of natural…”
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Physical mechanisms of the therapeutic effect of ultrasound (a review)
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Component-resolved bleaching spectra of quartz optically stimulated luminescence: preliminary results and implications for dating
Published in Radiation measurements (01-02-2004)“…Bleaching spectra of the ‘fast’ and ‘medium’ optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) components of quartz are reported. A dependence of photoionization…”
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Biodiversity baselines, thresholds and resilience: testing predictions and assumptions using palaeoecological data
Published in Trends in ecology & evolution (Amsterdam) (01-10-2010)“…Fossil records are replete with examples of long-term biotic responses to past climate change. One particularly useful set of records are those preserved in…”
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The measured dependence of laboratory beta dose rates on sample grain size
Published in Radiation measurements (01-02-2005)“…The dependence of laboratory beta dose rate on grain size was measured using a Risø TL-DA-15 reader with the latest model of source housing (Radiat. Meas…”
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Optical dating of aeolian dynamism on the West African Sahelian margin
Published in Geomorphology (Amsterdam) (02-04-2004)“…The Sahelian Margin of West Africa is widely recognised as an area of recent environmental catastrophe and human suffering arising from food shortage and land…”
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Improved recovery of active recombinant laccase from maize seed
Published in Applied microbiology and biotechnology (2004)“…Lignolytic enzymes such as laccase have been difficult to over-express in an active form. This paper describes the expression, characterization, and…”
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