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Oriental philosophy in western every-day life. Buddhist groups in Rome (2012)
Journal Article
Fois, F., & Sesto, C. (2012). Oriental philosophy in western every-day life. Buddhist groups in Rome

During the last twenty years the Buddhism of Nichiren Daishonin, coming from Japan, has
spread all around Europe, and in particularly in Italy, which has the largest number of members in
the continent. The base approach of this eastern philosophy/r... Read More about Oriental philosophy in western every-day life. Buddhist groups in Rome.

Localization of military bases and opposition movements : the case of Vicenza’ (2012)
Journal Article
Paragano, D., & Fois, F. (2012). Localization of military bases and opposition movements : the case of Vicenza’. Rivista Geografica Italiana (Testo stampato), 119(4), 373-399

Localization of military bases and opposition movements: the case of Vicenza. – What happens if local people oppose an apparently unquestionable military decision? This paper examines the structure and the spatiality of social movements in opposition... Read More about Localization of military bases and opposition movements : the case of Vicenza’.

Arabic rhetorical relations extraction for answering "Why" and "How to" questions (2012)
Book Chapter
Sadek, J., Chakkour, F., & Meziane, F. (2012). Arabic rhetorical relations extraction for answering "Why" and "How to" questions. In Natural Language Processing and Information Systems (385-390). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31178-9_52

In the current study we aim at exploiting discourse structure of Arabic text to automatically finding answers to non-factoid questions (”Why” and ”How to”). Our method is based on Rhetorical Structure Theory (RST) that many studies have shown to be a... Read More about Arabic rhetorical relations extraction for answering "Why" and "How to" questions.

Mercaptocarborane-capped gold nanoparticles : electron pools and ion traps with switchable hydrophilicity (2012)
Journal Article

A simple single-phase method for the preparation of ca. 2 nm gold nanoparticles capped with mercaptocarborane ligands is introduced. The resultant monolayer protected clusters (MPCs) exhibit redox-dependent solubility and readily phase transfer betwe... Read More about Mercaptocarborane-capped gold nanoparticles : electron pools and ion traps with switchable hydrophilicity.

Attenuated Virulence and Biofilm Formation in Staphylococcus aureus following Sublethal Exposure to Triclosan (2012)
Journal Article
Latimer, J., Forbes, S., & McBain, A. (2012). Attenuated Virulence and Biofilm Formation in Staphylococcus aureus following Sublethal Exposure to Triclosan. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 56(6), 3092-3100. https://doi.org/10.1128/AAC.05904-11

Subeffective exposure of Staphylococcus aureus to the biocide triclosan can reportedly induce a small-colony variant (SCV) phenotype. S. aureus SCVs are characterized by low growth rates, reduced pigmentation, and lowered antimicrobial susceptibility... Read More about Attenuated Virulence and Biofilm Formation in Staphylococcus aureus following Sublethal Exposure to Triclosan.

The provision of ecosystem services at the local scale along a rural-urban gradient : a case study of a typical UK metropolitan city (2012)
Thesis

The process of urbanisation has resulted in the degradation of the ecosystem services
provided by the natural environment within cities. Conserving and enhancing these
ecosystem services improves the sustainability of cities, and the health and wel... Read More about The provision of ecosystem services at the local scale along a rural-urban gradient : a case study of a typical UK metropolitan city.

Implementation of automatic gas monitoring in a domestic energy management system (2012)
Journal Article
Liu, Q., Linge, N., & Lynch, V. (2012). Implementation of automatic gas monitoring in a domestic energy management system. IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, 58(3), 781-786. https://doi.org/10.1109/TCE.2012.6311318

A domestic energy management system provides effective positive behaviour change by offering end users direct and ambient feedback based on their monitored energy consumption and experiences. DEHEMS, as a wide scale domestic energy monitoring and man... Read More about Implementation of automatic gas monitoring in a domestic energy management system.

Are homeowners willing to adapt to and mitigate the effects of climate change? (2012)
Journal Article
Bichard, E., & Kazmierczak, A. (2012). Are homeowners willing to adapt to and mitigate the effects of climate change?. Climatic Change, 112(3-4), 633-654. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-011-0257-8

The need to adapt to climate change impacts, whilst simultaneously limiting greenhouse gas emissions, requires that the government’s efforts are joined by public action. In England and Wales, housing contributes significantly to the emissions and man... Read More about Are homeowners willing to adapt to and mitigate the effects of climate change?.