Search Results - "Philip, Brown"
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International Financial Reporting Standards: what are the benefits?
Published in Accounting and business research (01-08-2011)“…When countries have announced plans to adopt IFRS in lieu of the standards that had applied previously, they have referred to a number of benefits, mostly to…”
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Mechanically durable, superoleophobic coatings prepared by layer-by-layer technique for anti-smudge and oil-water separation
Published in Scientific reports (03-03-2015)“…Superoleophobic surfaces are of interest for anti-fouling, self-cleaning, anti-smudge, low-drag, anti-fog and oil-water separation applications. Current…”
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Bioinspired, roughness-induced, water and oil super-philic and super-phobic coatings prepared by adaptable layer-by-layer technique
Published in Scientific reports (10-09-2015)“…Coatings with specific surface wetting properties are of interest for anti-fouling, anti-fogging, anti-icing, self-cleaning, anti-smudge and oil-water…”
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Mechanism of action of methotrexate in rheumatoid arthritis, and the search for biomarkers
Published in Nature reviews. Rheumatology (01-12-2016)“…Key Points Methotrexate shows good efficacy in a proportion of patients: 40% of treated patients with rheumatoid arthritis achieve an ACR50 response The…”
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Bioinspired materials for water supply and management: water collection, water purification and separation of water from oil
Published in Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series A: Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences (06-08-2016)“…Access to a safe supply of water is a human right. However, with growing populations, global warming and contamination due to human activity, it is one that is…”
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Natural disasters, social protection, and risk perceptions
Published in World development (01-04-2018)“…•A cyclone is used to identify the impact of disasters on subjective expectations.•Affected Indo-Fijians anticipate larger and more frequent future…”
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Durable, superoleophobic polymer–nanoparticle composite surfaces with re-entrant geometry via solvent-induced phase transformation
Published in Scientific reports (15-02-2016)“…Superoleophobic plastic surfaces are useful in a wide variety of applications including anti-fouling, self-cleaning, anti-smudge and low-drag. Existing…”
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Measuring Country Differences in Enforcement of Accounting Standards: An Audit and Enforcement Proxy
Published in Journal of business finance & accounting (01-01-2014)“…In this paper we present an index designed to capture differences between countries in relation to the institutional setting for financial reporting,…”
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Impact of the particulate matter from wastewater discharge on the abundance of antibiotic resistance genes and facultative pathogenic bacteria in downstream river sediments
Published in The Science of the total environment (01-02-2019)“…Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are point sources for both, the release of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) and the discharge of antibiotics (ABs) into…”
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Mechanically durable, superomniphobic coatings prepared by layer-by-layer technique for self-cleaning and anti-smudge
Published in Journal of colloid and interface science (15-10-2015)“…[Display omitted] Superomniphobic surfaces are of interest for anti-fouling, self-cleaning, anti-smudge and low-drag applications. Many bioinspired surfaces…”
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Radar Scattering from Ice Aggregates Using the Horizontally Aligned Oblate Spheroid Approximation
Published in Journal of applied meteorology and climatology (01-03-2012)“…The assumed relationship between ice particle mass and size is profoundly important in radar retrievals of ice clouds, but, for millimeter-wave radars, shape…”
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Predator-Free New Zealand: Conservation Country
Published in Bioscience (01-05-2015)“…Eradications of invasive species from over 1000 small islands around the world have created conservation arks, but to truly address the threat of invasive…”
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Fabrication techniques for bioinspired, mechanically-durable, superliquiphobic surfaces for water, oil, and surfactant repellency
Published in Advances in colloid and interface science (01-03-2017)“…Nature provides inspiration for liquid-repellant and low-adhesive surfaces, such as the lotus leaf and pitcher plant. While water-repellency is frequently…”
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Ammonia-oxidizing archaea use the most energy-efficient aerobic pathway for CO₂ fixation
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (03-06-2014)“…Archaea of the phylum Thaumarchaeota are among the most abundant prokaryotes on Earth and are widely distributed in marine, terrestrial, and geothermal…”
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Liquid-impregnated porous polypropylene surfaces for liquid repellency
Published in Journal of colloid and interface science (01-02-2017)“…[Display omitted] Polypropylene is a popular plastic material used in consumer packaging. It would be desirable if such plastic containers were liquid…”
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What is the abdomen? Rationalising clinical and anatomical perspectives using formal semantics
Published in Journal of anatomy (01-06-2021)“…The meaning of the term ‘abdomen’ has become increasingly ambiguous, as it has to satisfy the contemporary requirements of natural language discourse,…”
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Phase 3 Trials of Tapinarof Cream for Plaque Psoriasis
Published in The New England journal of medicine (09-12-2021)“…In two identical trials of treatment for psoriasis with the topical aryl hydrocarbon receptor–modulating agent tapinarof, clearance or near-clearance of…”
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Optimal Mechanisms for Robust Coordination in Congestion Games
Published in IEEE transactions on automatic control (01-08-2018)“…Uninfluenced social systems often exhibit suboptimal performance; specially designed taxes can influence agent choices and thereby bring aggregate social…”
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The structure of turbulence and mixed-phase cloud microphysics in a highly supercooled altocumulus cloud
Published in Atmospheric chemistry and physics (20-02-2020)“…Observations of vertically resolved turbulence and cloud microphysics in a mixed-phase altocumulus cloud are presented using in situ measurements from an…”
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The Effectiveness of Subsidies and Tolls in Congestion Games
Published in IEEE transactions on automatic control (01-06-2022)“…Are rewards or penalties more effective in influencing user behavior? This article compares the effectiveness of subsidies and tolls in incentivizing user…”
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