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Non-identity, sufficiency and exploitation (2011)
Journal Article
Rendall, M. (2011). Non-identity, sufficiency and exploitation. Journal of Political Philosophy, 19(2), https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9760.2010.00378.x

In this article I advance a solution to the non-identity problem based on distributive justice. Drawing on a seminal article by Gregory Kavka, I argue that in our everyday decisions about creating people, we widely recognize three principles. First,... Read More about Non-identity, sufficiency and exploitation.

Climate change and the threat of disaster: the moral case for taking out insurance at our grandchildren's expense (2011)
Journal Article
Rendall, M. (2011). Climate change and the threat of disaster: the moral case for taking out insurance at our grandchildren's expense. Political Studies, 59(4), https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9248.2010.00877.x

Is drastic action against global warming essential to avoid impoverishing our descendants? Or does it mean robbing the poor to give to the rich? Alas, we don’t yet know. Yet most of us can agree on the importance of minimizing expected deprivation. B... Read More about Climate change and the threat of disaster: the moral case for taking out insurance at our grandchildren's expense.

Fault propagation modelling for fluid system health monitoring (2011)
Journal Article
Remenyte-Prescott, R., & Andrews, J. (2011). Fault propagation modelling for fluid system health monitoring. International Journal of Performability Engineering, 7(11),

Fault diagnostics systems are incorporated to determine the health of the system they monitor. There are however times when the diagnostics system reports faults which do not exist. This situation commonly arises at system start-up when high vibrat... Read More about Fault propagation modelling for fluid system health monitoring.

Fibre laser cutting of thin section mild steel: an explanation of the 'striation free' effect (2011)
Journal Article
Powell, J., Al-Mashikhi, S., Kaplan, A., & Voisey, K. (2011). Fibre laser cutting of thin section mild steel: an explanation of the 'striation free' effect. Optics and Lasers in Engineering, 49(8), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optlaseng.2011.03.011

This paper presents the results of an experimental and theoretical investigation into the phenomenon of 'striation free cutting', which is a feature of fibre laser/oxygen cutting of thin section mild steel. The paper concludes that the creation of ve... Read More about Fibre laser cutting of thin section mild steel: an explanation of the 'striation free' effect.

Remote Health Monitoring of heart failure with data mining via CART method on HRV features (2011)
Journal Article
Pecchia, L., Melillo, P., & Marcello, B. (2011). Remote Health Monitoring of heart failure with data mining via CART method on HRV features. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 58(3), https://doi.org/10.1109/TBME.2010.2092776

Disease Management Programs (DMPs), which use no advanced ICT, are as effective as telemedicine but more efficient because less costly. We proposed a platform to enhance effectiveness and efficiency of home monitoring using data mining for early dete... Read More about Remote Health Monitoring of heart failure with data mining via CART method on HRV features.

Use of the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) for examining healthcare professionals’ assessments of the relative importance of risk factors for falls in community-dwelling older people (2011)
Journal Article
Pecchia, L., Bath, P. A., Pendleton, N., & Bracale, M. (2011). Use of the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) for examining healthcare professionals’ assessments of the relative importance of risk factors for falls in community-dwelling older people. Methods of Information in Medicine, 50(5), https://doi.org/10.3414/ME10-01-0028

Background: a gap exists between evidence-based medicine and clinical-practice. Every day, healthcare professionals (HCPs) combine empirical evidence and subjective experience in order to maximise the effectiveness of interventions. Consequently, it... Read More about Use of the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) for examining healthcare professionals’ assessments of the relative importance of risk factors for falls in community-dwelling older people.

Active ignoring in early visual cortex (2011)
Journal Article
Payne, H., & Allen, H. A. (2011). Active ignoring in early visual cortex. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 23(8), https://doi.org/10.1162/jocn.2010.21562

Selective attention is critical for controlling the input to mental processes. Attentional mechanisms act not only to select relevant stimuli but also to exclude irrelevant stimuli. There is evidence that we can actively ignore irrelevant information... Read More about Active ignoring in early visual cortex.

The Roman centuriated landscape: conception, genesis and development as inferred from the Ager Tarraconensis case (2011)
Journal Article
Palet Martínez, J. M., & Orengo, H. A. (2011). The Roman centuriated landscape: conception, genesis and development as inferred from the Ager Tarraconensis case. American Journal of Archaeology, 115(3), https://doi.org/10.3764/aja.115.3.0383

Although centuriation was only one system of Roman land division, its impact on the landscape and its visibility in modern field arrangements make it the most commonly recognized expression of Roman landscapes. Centuriated grid systems are usually an... Read More about The Roman centuriated landscape: conception, genesis and development as inferred from the Ager Tarraconensis case.

Following Roman waterways from a computer screen: GIS-based approaches to the analysis of Barcino’s aqueducts (2011)
Book Chapter
Orengo, H. A., & Miró, C. (2011). Following Roman waterways from a computer screen: GIS-based approaches to the analysis of Barcino’s aqueducts. In J. Verhagen, A. Posluschny, & A. DanielisovÃ�Â�Ã�¡ (Eds.), Go your own least cost path: spatial technology and archaeological interpretation: proceedings of the GIS session at EAA 2009, Riva del Garda. Archaeopress

From the 1950's until today the Roman colony of Barcino (modern Barcelona) has been believed to posses two aqueducts. One was transporting water from the Montcada mountains and the other one from the Collserola range. In this article, GIS-based least... Read More about Following Roman waterways from a computer screen: GIS-based approaches to the analysis of Barcino’s aqueducts.

Non-linear great deluge with reinforcement learning for university course timetabling (2011)
Book Chapter
Obit, J. H., Landa-Silva, D., Sevaux, M., & Ouelhadj, D. (2011). Non-linear great deluge with reinforcement learning for university course timetabling. In M. Caserta, & S. Voss (Eds.), Metaheuristics: intelligent decision making. Springer

This paper describes a non-linear great deluge hyper-heuristic incorporating a reinforcement learning mechanism for the selection of low-level heuristics and a non-linear great deluge acceptance criterion. The proposed hyper-heuristic deals with comp... Read More about Non-linear great deluge with reinforcement learning for university course timetabling.

Public health sans frontières: human rights NGOs and "stewardship on a global scale" (2011)
Journal Article
Murphy, T. (2011). Public health sans frontières: human rights NGOs and "stewardship on a global scale". Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly, 62(5),

Part of a special issue: 'A symposium with Professor Roger Brownsword: super-stewardship in the context of public health', guest edited by Dr Mark Flear, and featuring papers by both Flear and Brownsword, as well as Dr John Coggon, Professor Soren Ho... Read More about Public health sans frontières: human rights NGOs and "stewardship on a global scale".

Reducing the gradient artefact in simultaneous EEG-fMRI by adjusting the subject’s axial position (2011)
Journal Article
Mullinger, K. J., Yan, W. X., & Bowtell, R. W. (2011). Reducing the gradient artefact in simultaneous EEG-fMRI by adjusting the subject’s axial position. NeuroImage, 54(3), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2010.09.079

Large artefacts which compromise EEG data quality are generated when electroencephalography (EEG) and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) are carried out concurrently. The gradient artefact produced by the time-varying magnetic field gradien... Read More about Reducing the gradient artefact in simultaneous EEG-fMRI by adjusting the subject’s axial position.

The failure of democracy in Turkey: a comparative analysis (2011)
Journal Article
McLaren, L. M., & Cop, B. (2011). The failure of democracy in Turkey: a comparative analysis. Government and Opposition, 46(4), https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1477-7053.2011.01344.x

Although Turkey took its initial steps toward establishing democracy in 1950, it has thus far failed to become a fully functioning democracy. Using the comparison cases of Spain and Greece, this paper discusses two related variables that are likely t... Read More about The failure of democracy in Turkey: a comparative analysis.

After Nehru, What? Britain, the United States, and the Other Transfer of Power in India, 1960–64 (2011)
Journal Article
McGarr, P. M. (2011). After Nehru, What? Britain, the United States, and the Other Transfer of Power in India, 1960–64. International History Review, 33(1), https://doi.org/10.1080/07075332.2011.555381

In November 1959, India's Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, turned seventy. Having led his country since Britain's departure from South Asia in August 1947, Nehru's seventieth birthday stimulated debates, both inside and outside the Indian subcontine... Read More about After Nehru, What? Britain, the United States, and the Other Transfer of Power in India, 1960–64.

"India's Rasputin"?: V.K. Krishna Menon and Anglo–American misperceptions of Indian foreign policymaking, 1947–1964 (2011)
Journal Article
McGarr, P. M. (2011). "India's Rasputin"?: V.K. Krishna Menon and Anglo–American misperceptions of Indian foreign policymaking, 1947–1964. Diplomacy and Statecraft, 22(2), https://doi.org/10.1080/09592296.2011.576536

From 1947 until his political demise in late 1962, Vengalil Krishanan Krishna Menon stood at the forefront of India's international relations. One of Indian Premier Jawaharlal Nehru's closest political confidantes, Menon served variously as India's H... Read More about "India's Rasputin"?: V.K. Krishna Menon and Anglo–American misperceptions of Indian foreign policymaking, 1947–1964.