Search Results - "Roberts, D. E."
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A figure of merit for selective absorbers in flat plate solar water heaters
Published in Solar energy (01-12-2013)“…•We express the relative efficiency of a flat plate heater as ηR=α−Aε−B.•We then derive a figure of merit for the heater, FM=α−Aε.•We show that A can be…”
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Biodiversity in saline coastal lagoons: patterns of distribution and human impacts on sponge and ascidian assemblages
Published in Diversity & distributions (01-11-2013)“…AIM: Estuaries are common focal points for industry and development, but often little is known of their biology or ecology, particularly for sessile taxa. We…”
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An analytical expression for the instantaneous efficiency of a flat plate solar water heater and the influence of absorber plate absorptance and emittance
Published in Solar energy (01-05-2012)“…► We expand the Hottel–Whillier–Bliss efficiency relation as η=η0−a1x−a2Gx2. ► We express each coefficient as an algebraic function of physical solar thermal…”
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Neuron numbers in the hypothalamus of the normal aging rhesus monkey: Stability across the adult lifespan and between the sexes
Published in Journal of comparative neurology (1911) (15-04-2012)“…Normal aging is accompanied by changes in hypothalamic functions including autonomic and endocrine functions and circadian rhythms. The rhesus monkey provides…”
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Pulsed laser coating removal by detachment and ejection
Published in Applied physics. A, Materials science & processing (01-09-2004)“…The pulsed laser removal of paint coatings from substrates by detachment and ejection of the entire layer has been studied. The dependence of the removal…”
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Laser removal of loose uranium compound contamination from metal surfaces
Published in Applied surface science (15-04-2007)“…Pulsed laser removal of surface contamination of uranyl nitrate and uranium dioxide from stainless steel has been studied. Most of the loosely bound…”
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Prehospital analgesia: systematic review of evidence
Published in Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps (01-12-2010)“…The purpose of this systematic review is to investigate current evidence for analgesic use in the prehospital environment using expert military and civilian…”
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Experimental manipulation of shade, silt, nutrients and salinity on the temperate reef sponge Cymbastela concentrica
Published in Marine ecology. Progress series (Halstenbek) (24-01-2006)“…Discharge of sewage effluent into the ocean has been shown to cause changes in the structure and distribution of a range of biological assemblages, including…”
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Effects of the green macroalga Enteromorpha intestinalis on macrobenthic and seagrass assemblages in a shallow coastal estuary
Published in Marine ecology. Progress series (Halstenbek) (30-01-2004)“…A common symptom of eutrophication in temperate estuaries is the proliferation of ephemeral, floating macroalgae. Information on the effects of blooms on…”
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Dynamic response simulation through system identification
Published in Journal of sound and vibration (22-08-2006)“…Nonlinear dynamic systems, such as those associated with structural testing of vehicles, are considered. The vehicle, or a substructure, is mounted in a test…”
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Dynamic response simulation for a nonlinear system
Published in Journal of sound and vibration (22-03-2005)“…Laboratory simulation testing has for many years contributed significantly to the durability and quality of motor vehicles. Most sophisticated test rigs use an…”
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Analysis of fluctuations induced by a scale hierarchy of interacting particles
Published in Theoretical and computational fluid dynamics (01-10-2010)“…We investigate the two-point averaging over space of fluctuations arising from a multiscale hierarchy of interacting particles. We assume this will satisfy a…”
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Structure and dynamics of sponge-dominated assemblages on exposed and sheltered temperate reefs
Published in Marine ecology. Progress series (Halstenbek) (08-09-2006)“…There have been few studies on the structure and dynamics of sponge-dominated assemblages, despite the fact that such assemblages are vulnerable to…”
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XPS and SIMS study of aluminium native oxide modifications induced by Q-switched Nd:YAG laser treatment
Published in Surface and interface analysis (01-04-2006)“…During laser cleaning of aluminium in ambient atmosphere, modifications of the metal surface can be induced by transient thermal effects. This work aims to…”
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Femtosecond laser ablation of silver foil with single and double pulses
Published in Applied surface science (2010)“…The average ablation depth per pulse of silver foil by 130 fs laser pulses has been measured in vacuum over a range of three orders of magnitude of pulse…”
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Sampling patchily distributed taxa: a case study using cost–benefit analyses for sponges and ascidians in coastal lakes of New South Wales, Australia
Published in Marine ecology. Progress series (Halstenbek) (18-08-2006)“…Estuaries worldwide are under increasing threat from human impacts. Because much of their fauna remains unstudied and in many cases undescribed, these systems…”
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Oxidative stress in humans during work at moderate altitude
Published in The Journal of nutrition (01-11-1999)“…Increased oxidative stress has been associated with work at high altitude; however, it is not known whether oxidative stress is a significant problem at…”
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Retention of visible implant and visible implant elastomer tags in brown trout in an English chalk stream
Published in Journal of fish biology (01-02-2006)“…Retention of both rigid and new soft standard size visible implant (VI) tags in brown trout Salmo trutta after 6 months varied between 42 and 97% for different…”
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Early and early disseminated phases of Lyme disease in the rhesus monkey: a model for infection in humans
Published in Infection and Immunity (01-07-1993)“…Classifications Services IAI Citing Articles Google Scholar PubMed Related Content Social Bookmarking CiteULike Delicious Digg Facebook Google+ Mendeley Reddit…”
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Pathogenesis of Lyme Neuroborreliosis in the Rhesus Monkey: The Early Disseminated and Chronic Phases of Disease in the Peripheral Nervous System
Published in The Journal of infectious diseases (01-09-1998)“…The histopathologic and immunohistochemical features of early and late neuroborreliosis of the peripheral nervous system were investigated in rhesus macaques…”
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