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Preliminary evaluation of a thin organic film coating Final report
High temperature and humidity resistance of thin siloxane films on metal substrate
Hysterectomy, endometrial destruction, and levonorgestrel releasing intrauterine system (Mirena) for heavy menstrual bleeding : systematic review and meta-analysis of data from individual patients
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School-based intervention to reduce anxiety in children: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial (PACES)
This is the final version of the article. Available from the publisher via the DOI in this record.BACKGROUND: Emotional problems such as anxiety and low mood in children are common, impair everyday functioning and increase the risk of severe mental health disorders in adulthood. Relatively few children with emotional health problems are identified and referred for treatment indicating the need to investigate preventive approaches. METHODS/DESIGN: The study is designed to be a pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial evaluating the effectiveness of an efficacious school-based cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) prevention program (FRIENDS) on symptoms of anxiety and low mood in children 9 to 10 years of age. The unit of allocation is schools which are assigned to one of three conditions: school-led FRIENDS, health-led FRIENDS or treatment as usual. Assessments will be undertaken at baseline, 6 months and 12 months. The primary outcome measure is change on the Revised Child Anxiety and Depression Scale. Secondary outcome measures assess changes in self-esteem, worries, bullying and life satisfaction. An economic evaluation will be undertaken. DISCUSSION: As of September 2011, 41 schools have been recruited and randomized. Final 12-month assessments are scheduled to be completed by May 2013. TRIAL REGISTRATION: ISRCTN23563048.The project is funded by the NIHR Public Health Research Programme
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Have you a little fairy in your home?
Gift of Dr. Mary Jane Esplen.Piano vocal [instrumentation]Fancy the dusk of the [first line]Have you a little fairy, in your home, sweet home [first line of refrain]F [key]Tempo di valse [tempo]Popular song [form/genre]Elves in forest ; photograph of girl [illustration]J.H. Thomson [graphic artist]Publisher's advertisement on inside front and back cover [note]Title by permission of the N. K. Fairbank Co. [note
The prevention of anxiety in children through school-based interventions: study protocol for a 24-month follow-up of the PACES project
This is the final version of the article. Available from the publisher via the DOI in this record.BACKGROUND: Anxiety in children is common and incapacitating and increases the risk of mental health disorders in adulthood. Although effective interventions are available, few children are identified and referred for specialist treatment. Alternative approaches in which prevention programmes are delivered in school appear promising. However, comparatively little is known about the best intervention leader (health care-led vs. school-led), long-term effects or the primary preventive value of such programmes. METHODS/DESIGN: Preventing Anxiety in Children through Education in Schools, or PACES, is a pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial evaluating the effectiveness of a cognitive-behavioural therapy prevention programme (FRIENDS) on symptoms of anxiety and low mood in 9- to 10-year-old children. Forty-one schools were randomly assigned to one of three conditions: school-led FRIENDS, health care-led FRIENDS or treatment as usual. Assessments were undertaken at baseline, 6 months and 12 months, with the primary outcome measure being the Revised Child Anxiety and Depression Scale score at 12 months. Secondary outcome measures are changes in self-esteem, worries, bullying and life satisfaction. DISCUSSION: This protocol summarises the procedure for the 24-month follow-up of this cohort. The study will determine the medium-term effectiveness of an anxiety prevention programme delivered in schools. TRIAL REGISTRATION: ISRCTN23563048.The project is funded by the NIHR Public Health Research Programme
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Size of Outbreaks Near the Epidemic Threshold
The spread of infectious diseases near the epidemic threshold is
investigated. Scaling laws for the size and the duration of outbreaks
originating from a single infected individual in a large susceptible population
are obtained. The maximal size of an outbreak n_* scales as N^{2/3} with N the
population size. This scaling law implies that the average outbreak size
scales as N^{1/3}. Moreover, the maximal and the average duration of an
outbreak grow as t_* ~ N^{1/3} and ~ ln N, respectively.Comment: 4 pages, 5 figure
Have you a little fairy in your home?
Gift of Dr. Mary Jane Esplen.Piano vocal [instrumentation]Fancy the dusk of the [first line]Have you a little fairy, in your home, sweet home [first line of refrain]F [key]Tempo di valse [tempo]Popular song [form/genre]Elves in forest ; photograph of girl [illustration]J.H. Thomson [graphic artist]Publisher's advertisement on inside front and back cover [note]Title by permission of the N. K. Fairbank Co. [note
Bimodal distribution function of a 3d wormlike chain with a fixed orientation of one end
We study the distribution function of the three dimensional wormlike chain
with a fixed orientation of one chain end using the exact representation of the
distribution function in terms of the Green's function of the quantum rigid
rotator in a homogeneous external field. The transverse 1d distribution
function of the free chain end displays a bimodal shape in the intermediate
range of the chain lengths (). We present also
analytical results for short and long chains, which are in complete agreement
with the results of previous studies obtained using different methods.Comment: 6 pages, 3 figure
Scharnhorst effect at oblique incidence
We consider the Scharnhorst effect (anomalous photon propagation in the
Casimir vacuum) at oblique incidence, calculating both photon speed and
polarization states as functions of angle. The analysis is performed in the
framework of nonlinear electrodynamics and we show that many features of the
situation can be extracted solely on the basis of symmetry considerations.
Although birefringence is common in nonlinear electrodynamics it is not
universal; in particular we verify that the Casimir vacuum is not birefringent
at any incidence angle. On the other hand, group velocity is typically not
equal to phase velocity, though the distinction vanishes for special directions
or if one is only working to second order in the fine structure constant. We
obtain an ``effective metric'' that is subtly different from previous results.
The disagreement is due to the way that ``polarization sums'' are implemented
in the extant literature, and we demonstrate that a fully consistent
polarization sum must be implemented via a bootstrap procedure using the
effective metric one is attempting to define. Furthermore, in the case of
birefringence, we show that the polarization sum technique is intrinsically an
approximation.Comment: 11 pages double-column format, 2 figures, RevTeX 4.0 (beta 2). Final
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Revealing Repton: bringing landscape to life at Sheringham Park
The year 2012 marked 200 years since Humphry Repton (1752–1818) produced his design for Sheringham Park in north Norfolk, bound as one of his Red Books. On paper, Repton is England’s best-known and most influential landscape gardener. On the ground, his work is much harder to identify, focused as it was on light touches that equated more to landscape makeover than the landscape making of his predecessor Lancelot “Capability” Brown. This paper documents and evaluates a project that celebrated this bicentenary through a temporary exhibition within the visitor centre of Sheringham Park, whilst also making reference to the commemoration of his work in other places and on paper. In attempting to reveal Repton at Sheringham, we explore the context of the 1812 commission and the longer landscape history of the site, as well as the different methods of representing Repton on site that are open to site owners and managers
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