“Silly girls” and “nice young lads”: vilification and vindication in the perceptions of medico-legal practitioners in rape cases [PDF]
In this article, we explore perceptions and presumptions in relation to rape, raped women, and rapists, among medico-legal professionals who perform forensic medical examinations in rape cases.
McMillan, Lesley, White, Deborah
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Accelerator Memory Reuse in the Dark Silicon Era [PDF]
Accelerators integrated on-die with General-Purpose CPUs (GP-CPUs) can yield significant performance and power improvements. Their extensive use, however, is ultimately limited by their area overhead; due to their high degree of specialization, the ...
Carloni, L.P. +4 more
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Using a smartphone app to identify signs of pre-eclampsia and/or worsening blood pressure [PDF]
Background Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy complicate 10% of pregnancies and can have serious consequences. Aims To explore the experiences of pregnant women with a history of hypertension using an innovative home blood pressure monitoring ...
Kay, L., Khalil, A., Sheehan, E.
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Acoustic investigation on nozzles with different types of six lobed chevrons [PDF]
This paper deals with a few aspects of the notion of chevron and the process that helps reducing the noise pollution. Based on the gas dynamic and geometrical parameters of a single flow jet engine a model of CFD data processing is made.
Grigore CICAN, Daniel-Eugeniu CRUNTEANU
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Mobilisation of distributional data for vascular plants of Murmansk Region, Russia: Digital representation of the Flora of Murmansk Region [PDF]
The present-day demand for digital availability of distributional data in biodiversity studies requires a special effort in assembling and editing the data otherwise scattered in paper literature and herbarium collections, which can be poorly accessible ...
Mikhail Kozhin +2 more
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Initial results on fuzzy floating point computation for multimedia processors [PDF]
During the recent years, the market of mid/low-end portable systems such as PDAs or mobile digital phones have experimented a revolution in both selling volume and features as handheld devices incorporate Multimedia applications.
Corbal San Adrián, Jesús +3 more
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En los préstamos pactados a interés revisable, el prestatario asume el riesgo de subidas deltipo de interés. Dada la importancia de este riesgo, se trata de un tema recurrente en la prensa económica-financiera.
de Andrés Sánchez, Jorge
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La creencia religiosa y la forma de vida del creyente
Con apoyo en las observaciones de L. Wittgenstein sobre la magia y la religión, se examina críticamente la idea de que las creencias religiosas, como las empíricas, versan acerca de cuestiones de hecho; entendidas así, ellas serían, según Wittgenstein ...
Raúl Meléndez
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First records of Utricularia breviscapa C. Wright ex Griseb. (Lentibulariaceae) for Maranhão state, northeastern Brazil [PDF]
We report the first record of Utricularia breviscapa from the state of Maranhão, northeastern Brazil. We collected this species in the municipality of Chapadinha, eastern Maranhão, within the Cerrado domain.
Mateus C.A. Pestana +7 more
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A case for resource-conscious out-of-order processors [PDF]
Modern out-of-order processors tolerate long-latency memory operations by supporting a large number of in-flight instructions. This is achieved in part through proper sizing of critical resources, such as register files or instruction queues. In light of
Cristal Kestelman, Adrián +3 more
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