Search Results - "D, Thomson"
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Silicon optical modulators
Published in Nature photonics (01-08-2010)“…Optical technology is poised to revolutionize short-reach interconnects. The leading candidate technology is silicon photonics, and the workhorse of such an…”
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Flowering phenology, fruiting success and progressive deterioration of pollination in an early-flowering geophyte
Published in Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B. Biological sciences (12-10-2010)“…Spatio-temporal patterns of snowmelt and flowering times affect fruiting success in Erythronium grandiflorum Pursh (Liliaceae) in subalpine western Colorado,…”
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An examination of synchrony between insect emergence and flowering in Rocky Mountain meadows
Published in Ecological monographs (01-08-2011)“…One possible effect of climate change is the generation of a mismatch in the seasonal timing of interacting organisms, owing to species-specific shifts in…”
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Defining and measuring acculturation: A systematic review of public health studies with Hispanic populations in the United States
Published in Social science & medicine (1982) (01-10-2009)“…In this systematic review we sought to identify how the public health literature focusing on Hispanic populations in the United States defined and measured the…”
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Gun Violence and Psychopathy Among Female Offenders
Published in Frontiers in psychology (09-06-2022)“…Research exploring risk factors of gun violence is limited, especially research involving women as perpetrators of violence. Yet, women account for 18-21% of…”
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Getting better – health profession knowledge is key to improving deceased donation practices in South Africa
Published in The Southern African journal of critical care (01-11-2019)“…The early identification and referral of potential organ donors is essential to the organ donation process. Without recognition of the potential for donation…”
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Heterostyly promotes disassortative pollination and reduces sexual interference in Darwin's primroses: evidence from experimental studies
Published in Functional ecology (01-12-2014)“…Different strategies to reduce selfing and promote outcrossing have evolved in hermaphroditic flowers. Heterostyly, a complex floral polymorphism that occurs…”
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Assessment of requirements for selenium and adequacy of selenium status: a review
Published in European journal of clinical nutrition (01-03-2004)“…Objective: The intent of this review is to evaluate the scientific evidence for the assessment of adequacy of selenium status and of the requirements for…”
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Terahertz white-light pulses from an air plasma photo-induced by incommensurate two-color optical fields
Published in Optics express (25-10-2010)“…We demonstrate plasma-THz generation in ambient air with two-color (ω-2ω) optical excitation using input pulses with a bandwidth supporting sub-20-fs duration,…”
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Low Loss MMI Couplers for High Performance MZI Modulators
Published in IEEE photonics technology letters (15-10-2010)“…Optical splitters and combiners which can provide precise splitting with low loss, high thermal stability, large optical bandwidth, high compactness, and…”
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Trade‐off mitigation: a conceptual framework for understanding floral adaptation in multispecies interactions
Published in Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society (01-10-2021)“…ABSTRACT Explanations of floral adaptation to diverse pollinator faunas have often invoked visitor‐mediated trade‐offs in which no intermediate, generalized…”
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Fur versus Feathers: Pollen Delivery by Bats and Hummingbirds and Consequences for Pollen Production
Published in The American naturalist (01-06-2010)“…One floral characteristic associated with bat pollination (chiropterophily) is copious pollen production, a pattern we confirmed in a local comparison of…”
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Kidney transplant utilising donors after circulatory death: The first report from the African continent
Published in South African medical journal (01-03-2024)“…At Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa, the number of deceased organ donors has declined over the past 2 decades, necessitating a more liberal…”
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Developing a National Infrastructure for Proton Beam Therapy Trials
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Factors associated with mortality in patients with COVID‐19 admitted to intensive care: a systematic review and meta‐analysis
Published in Anaesthesia (01-09-2021)“…Summary Identification of high‐risk patients admitted to intensive care with COVID‐19 may inform management strategies. The objective of this meta‐analysis was…”
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Pollination Syndromes and Floral Specialization
Published in Annual review of ecology, evolution, and systematics (01-01-2004)“…Floral evolution has often been associated with differences in pollination syndromes. Recently, this conceptual structure has been criticized on the grounds…”
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40 Gb/s silicon photonics modulator for TE and TM polarisations
Published in Optics express (06-06-2011)“…A key device in future high speed short reach interconnect technology will be the optical modulator. These devices, in silicon, have experienced dramatic…”
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Explaining evolutionary shifts between bee and hummingbird pollination: convergence, divergence, and directionality
Published in International journal of plant sciences (01-01-2008)“…In certain angiosperm genera, closely related species have diverged from one another to converge on different pollination syndromes, whereas species with…”
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Organ donation after circulatory death – legal in South Africa and in alignment with Chapter 8 of the National Health Act and Regulations relating to organ and tissue donation
Published in South African Journal of Bioethics and Law (23-04-2024)“…Organ donation after a circulatory determination of death is possible in selected patients where consent is given to support donation and the patient has been…”
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