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The 'new beginning' : the Italian Communist Party under Achille Occhetto (1990)
Journal Article
Bull, M., & Daniels, P. (1990). The 'new beginning' : the Italian Communist Party under Achille Occhetto. Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics, 6(3), 22-43. https://doi.org/10.1080/13523279008415035

This article analyses the ongoing transformation of the Italian Communist Party into a non-communist party of the left under the leadership of Achille Occhetto following the collapse of communist regimes in central and eastern Europe. The article ana... Read More about The 'new beginning' : the Italian Communist Party under Achille Occhetto.

Risk-sensitive foraging in bitterlings Rhodeus sericus: effects of food requirement and breeding site quality (1990)
Journal Article
Young, R., Clayton, H., & Barnard, C. (1990). Risk-sensitive foraging in bitterlings Rhodeus sericus: effects of food requirement and breeding site quality. Animal Behaviour, 40(2), 288-297. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0003-3472%2805%2980923-6

Risk-sensitive foraging preferences in bitterlings were examined in relation to changing food deprivation and intake relative to estimated requirement. When running above estimated requirement and presented with a choice of constant and variable feed... Read More about Risk-sensitive foraging in bitterlings Rhodeus sericus: effects of food requirement and breeding site quality.

Spatial solitary-wave optical memory (1990)
Journal Article
Mcdonald, G., & Firth, W. (1990). Spatial solitary-wave optical memory. Journal of the Optical Society of America B, 7(7), 1328-1335. https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAB.7.001328

We consider some features of spatial solitary-wave switching in a unidirectional ring cavity that is partially filled with a fast and saturably self-focusing nonlinear medium. Large (part-beam switched) solitary arrays are considered. It is found tha... Read More about Spatial solitary-wave optical memory.

The political economy of inequality : poverty, drought and aid programmes in Botswana, c. 1982 - 1988 (1990)
Thesis
Lyons, S. The political economy of inequality : poverty, drought and aid programmes in Botswana, c. 1982 - 1988. (Thesis). University of Salford

Botswana's pattern of economic growth during its first
two decades of Independence has been hailed by many
economists as representing a model for successful
development in Sub-Saharan Africa. From the 1970s the
development of the diamond industry... Read More about The political economy of inequality : poverty, drought and aid programmes in Botswana, c. 1982 - 1988.

The identification of Trypanosoma brucei subspecies using repetitive DNA sequences (1990)
Journal Article
Hide, G., Cattand, P., LeRay, D., Barry, J., & Tait, A. (1990). The identification of Trypanosoma brucei subspecies using repetitive DNA sequences. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology, 39(2), 213-225. https://doi.org/10.1016/0166-6851%2890%2990060-y

We describe the use of repetitive DNA probes to characterise the relationships between different stocks of African trypanosomes representing the subspecies of Trypanosoma brucei. Probes derived from the ribosomal RNA genes (coding region and non-tran... Read More about The identification of Trypanosoma brucei subspecies using repetitive DNA sequences.

Translation quality assessment : an application of a rhetorical model (1990)
Thesis
Barghout, M. Translation quality assessment : an application of a rhetorical model. (Thesis). University of Salford, UK

Translation quality assessment is a fast growing sub-field of
Translation Studies. It focuses on the inter-relationships between the
text translated from (ST) and the text translated into (TT). These
inter-relationships involve the lexis, grammar,... Read More about Translation quality assessment : an application of a rhetorical model.

Subsonic intake duct flows (1990)
Thesis
Ho, S. Subsonic intake duct flows. (Thesis). University of Salford

Here both S-shaped and singly curved (here classified as S-shaped) duct diffusers for intakes in aeronautical propulsion systems are studied. The results are applicable in other situations where similar ducts occur; for example on V/STOL aircraft emp... Read More about Subsonic intake duct flows.

The Barrack Street well: images of a Cape Town household in the nineteenth century (1990)
Journal Article
Hall, M., Halkett, D., Klose, J., Ritchie, G., & Poggenpoel, C. (1990). The Barrack Street well: images of a Cape Town household in the nineteenth century. South African archaeological bulletin, 45(152), 73-92

This paper describes the results of excavation of well deposits from Barrack Street, Cape Town. The sequence starts with an assemblage dated to the late eighteenth century and continues, with a clear stratigraphy, until the late nineteenth century. A... Read More about The Barrack Street well: images of a Cape Town household in the nineteenth century.

A stone wall out of the earth that thundering cannon cannot destroy: bastion and moat at the Castle, Cape Town (1990)
Journal Article
Hall, M., Halkett, D., Vanbeek, P., & Klose, J. (1990). A stone wall out of the earth that thundering cannon cannot destroy: bastion and moat at the Castle, Cape Town. Social Dynamics, 16(1), 22-37. https://doi.org/10.1080/02533959008458483

Although the urgency with which the Dutch East India Company administration at the Cape built defensive works was a direct result of their fear of attack from both land and sea, there was an additional imperative, for the Castle at Cape Town stood as... Read More about A stone wall out of the earth that thundering cannon cannot destroy: bastion and moat at the Castle, Cape Town.

Active control of V/STOL aircraft (1990)
Thesis
Hopper, D. Active control of V/STOL aircraft. (Thesis). University of Salford

Vertical/Short Take-Off arid Landing (V/STOL) fighter aircraft are
characterised by increased control complexity caused by the extra degree
ol freedom. This can result in a high pilot workload which may be
alleviated with the careful application o... Read More about Active control of V/STOL aircraft.

Towards a sociology of cartoons : a framework for sociological investigation with special reference to Playboy sex cartoons (1990)
Thesis
Dines-Levy, G. Towards a sociology of cartoons : a framework for sociological investigation with special reference to Playboy sex cartoons. (Thesis). University of Salford

This thesis attempts to develop a framework for the
sociological investigation of cartoons by drawing on theories and
concepts developed within related areas of sociology. A literature
review of past research into cartoons demonstrates that to dat... Read More about Towards a sociology of cartoons : a framework for sociological investigation with special reference to Playboy sex cartoons.

Rape : a feminist analysis of recent public service provisions with particular reference to the Sexual Assault Referral Centre (1990)
Thesis
Foley, M. Rape : a feminist analysis of recent public service provisions with particular reference to the Sexual Assault Referral Centre. (Thesis). University of Salford

The starting point of this thesis is an examination of recent changes
in public service provision of services for women who have
experienced rape. I focus on the Sexual Assault Referral Centre
(SARC) in Manchester, using this case to open up discu... Read More about Rape : a feminist analysis of recent public service provisions with particular reference to the Sexual Assault Referral Centre.

An experimental study of heat driven absorption cooling systems (1990)
Thesis
Best Y Brown, R. An experimental study of heat driven absorption cooling systems. (Thesis). University of Salford

The great need for cooling combined with Mexico's large availability of low
enthalpy energy from non conventional energy resources such as geothermal
energy, solar heat and waste heat from industrial processes, makes it very
attractive to utilize... Read More about An experimental study of heat driven absorption cooling systems.