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Oracular consultation, fate and the concept of the individual (2013)
Book Chapter
Eidinow, E. (2013). Oracular consultation, fate and the concept of the individual. In V. Rosenberger (Ed.), Divination in the Ancient World: Religious Options and the Individual. Franz Steiner Verlag

This chapter examines the significance of the conception of the self for our understanding of the ritual practice of oracular consultation in ancient Greece, focusing primarily on the evidence of the question tablets from the sanctuary at Dodona, aug... Read More about Oracular consultation, fate and the concept of the individual.

Early stage health technology assessment (HTA) of biomedical devices: the MATCH experience (2013)
Book Chapter
Pecchia, L., & Craven, M. P. (2013). Early stage health technology assessment (HTA) of biomedical devices: the MATCH experience. In M. Long (Ed.), World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, May 26-31 2012, Beijing, China. Springer

Early stage Health Technology Assessment (HTA) of biomedical devices requires different methods than those usually employed for pharmaceuticals. This paper reviews widely used methods for HTA, discusses their limits for early stage evaluation of biom... Read More about Early stage health technology assessment (HTA) of biomedical devices: the MATCH experience.

Forming metal powders by electrolysis (2013)
Book Chapter
Chen, G. Z. (2013). Forming metal powders by electrolysis. In I. Chang, & Y. Zhao (Eds.), Advances in Powder Metallurgy: Properties, Processing and Applications (19-41). Woodhead Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1533/9780857098900.1.19

Fossil fuels will eventually be replaced by renewables. Currently, the most feasible and efficient way of utilising renewable energy is to convert it to electricity. In response to this change, fossil energy-based pyrometallurgical processes will ine... Read More about Forming metal powders by electrolysis.

An Overview of Small Specimen Creep Testing (2013)
Book Chapter
Hyde, T. H., Sun, W., & Hyde, C. J. (2013). An Overview of Small Specimen Creep Testing. In Advanced Materials Modelling for Structures (201-216). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35167-9_19

© 2013, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. In this paper, some commonly used small specimen creep testing methods, including sub-sized uniaxial creep testing, impression creep testing, small punch creep testing, small ring creep testing and small two... Read More about An Overview of Small Specimen Creep Testing.

The owl spreads its wings: Global and international education within the local from critical perspectives (2013)
Book Chapter
Swanson, D. (2013). The owl spreads its wings: Global and international education within the local from critical perspectives. In Y. Hébert, & A. A. Abdi (Eds.), Critical Perspectives on International Education (333-347). SensePublishers

Within an era of a New Knowledge Society, assumptions abound regarding the ‘goodness’ and justice of global interconnections and distributions of knowledge through international educational organizations and structures worldwide. Just as George Bush... Read More about The owl spreads its wings: Global and international education within the local from critical perspectives.

The regulation of human papillomavirus gene expression by the E2 protein: keeping a finger in every pie (2012)
Book Chapter
Graham, S. V., & Gaston, K. L. (2012). The regulation of human papillomavirus gene expression by the E2 protein: keeping a finger in every pie. In K. Gaston (Ed.), Small DNA tumour viruses, 37--53. Caister Academic Press

The human papillomavirus (HPV) genome is around 8000 base pairs in length and it encodes only eight proteins, a limited number of protein isoforms and no known microRNAs. Despite this relative paucity of genes and gene products these viruses are high... Read More about The regulation of human papillomavirus gene expression by the E2 protein: keeping a finger in every pie.

David K. E. Bruce, 1961–69 (2012)
Book Chapter
Young, J. W. (2012). David K. E. Bruce, 1961–69. In J. S. Rofe, & A. R. Holmes (Eds.), The Embassy in Grosvenor Square: American Ambassadors to the United Kingdom, 1938–2008 (153-170). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137295576_9

According to his diary, David Bruce virtually selected the London Embassy for himself: before his inauguration as President, John F. Kennedy told the veteran diplomat and Democratic Party supporter that he could have any post he wanted and Bruce had... Read More about David K. E. Bruce, 1961–69.

International politics, anti-trafficking measures and sex work in Cambodia (2012)
Book Chapter
Sandy, L. (2012). International politics, anti-trafficking measures and sex work in Cambodia. In M. Ford, L. Lyons, & W. van Schendel (Eds.), Labour Migration and Human Trafficking in Southeast Asia : Critical Perspectives (41-56). Routledge

Cambodia has long been identified as a human trafficking ‘hotspot’ (see Molland in this volume) and, after sustained pressure from the US and other governments, in February 2008 the Royal Government of Cambodia promulgated its Law on the Suppression... Read More about International politics, anti-trafficking measures and sex work in Cambodia.

Introduction: What difference do sex and gender make? (2012)
Book Chapter
Coen, S., & Banister, E. (2012). Introduction: What difference do sex and gender make?. In S. Coen, & E. Banister (Eds.), What a Difference Sex and Gender Make: A Gender, Sex and Health Research Casebook. CIHR Institute of Gender and Health

In this collection, you will find examples from a diversity of disciplines and health foci where accounting for sex and gender in health research has advanced what we know, improved how we do research and made the products of health research more use... Read More about Introduction: What difference do sex and gender make?.

Intelligence techniques in computer security and forensics: At the boundaries of ethics and law (2012)
Book Chapter
Stahl, B., Carroll-Mayer, M., Elizondo, D., Wakunuma, K., & Zheng, Y. (2012). Intelligence techniques in computer security and forensics: At the boundaries of ethics and law. In D. A. Elizondo, A. Solanas, & A. Martinez-Balleste (Eds.), Computational Intelligence for Privacy and Security. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-25237-2_14

Computational Intelligence (CI) techniques have been widely used in the domains of computer security and computer forensics. One problem that normative discussions of technologies face is that the technical capabilities under investigation tend to be... Read More about Intelligence techniques in computer security and forensics: At the boundaries of ethics and law.