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Transport Characteristics of a Hierarchical Near-Surface Layer of the Nucleus of Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko
In this paper, we develop previous studies that considered a free molecular gas flow through a dust porous mantle of a cometary nucleus. Before, we considered various types of both homogeneous and heterogeneou...
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Transport Characteristics of the Near-Surface Layer of the Nucleus of Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko
The paper considers the free molecular flow of gas through the dusty porous surface layer of a comet nucleus. The study is based on computer models of generation of a porous medium and Knudsen gas diffusion. W...
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Exploration of Ellsworth Subglacial Lake: a concept paper on the development, organisation and execution of an experiment to explore, measure and sample the environment of a West Antarctic subglacial lake
Antarctic subglacial lakes have, over the past few years, been hypothesised to house unique forms of life and hold detailed sedimentary records of past climate change. Testing this hypothesis requires in situ ...
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Exploration of Ellsworth Subglacial Lake: a concept paper on the development, organisation and execution of an experiment to explore, measure and sample the environment of a West Antarctic subglacial lake
Antarctic subglacial lakes have, over the past few years, been hypothesised to house unique forms of life and hold detailed sedimentary records of past climate change. Testing this hypothesis requires in situ ...
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Women of higher socio-economic status are more likely to be overweight in Karnataka, India
This study explores differences in body mass index (BMI), diet, and lifestyle between women of varying socio-economic status in Karnataka, India, using data from the National Family Health Survey 2 (n=4374), in-d...
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The dual burden household and the nutrition transition paradox
The purpose of this study is to document the prevalence of households with underweight and overweight persons (henceforth referred to as dual burden households) and their association with income and urban resi...
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Marenzelleria cf. wireni (Polychaeta: Spionidae) from the Tay estuary. Metabolic response to severe hypoxia and hydrogen sulphide
The appearance of the spionid polychaete Marenzelleria spp. in the Tay estuary (Scotland) was first reported in 1984. Since estuaries are known as environments where abiotic conditions fluctuate widely, a labo...
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The Colonsay Group
The Colonsay Group is exposed on Colonsay and Islay, two islands in the southern Inner Hebrides of Scotland, which lie at the seaward end of the Firth of Lorne (Fig. 11.1).
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Familial Xanthinuria in a Large Kindred: Purine Metabolites in Plasma and Urine of Xanthinurics, Siblings and Normal Subjects
Xanthinuria is a rare hereditary defect where there is a gross deficiency of the enzyme xanthine oxidase. This results in hypo-uricemia, hypouricosuria and increased serum and urinary xanthine and hypoxanthine...
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The Effect of a High Intake of Tartaric Acid on Urinary and Plasma Oxalate
The metabolism of tartaric acid in man has not yet been fully elucidated. Finkle1 concluded from his studies that parenteral tartrate appears unchanged in the urine. Studies by Chadwick et al2 clearly demonstrate...
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Review of the social situation of paraplegic and tetraplegic patients rehabilitated in the Hexham Regional Spinal Injury Unit in the North of England over the past four years
The social circumstances of newly admitted patients rehabilitated in the North of England Spinal Injury Unit between 1975 and 1979 have been investigated. The following elements of their social circumstances h...
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QSOs of high red shift?
WE have completed a series of observations at Jodrell Bank on the radio structures of a complete sample of QSO candidates identified from the Parkes ±4° equatorial survey. Four sources are of particular intere...
