This paper investigates the legitimacy of calling the contemporary community of backpackers a subculture. I will support this position by firstly establishing the criteria necessary for a group to be considered a subculture. ...

Bauxite residue is the alkaline byproduct generated when alumina is extracted from bauxite ores and is commonly deposited in impoundments. These sites represent hostile environments with increased salinity and alkalinity ...

 The low conviction rate for rape is often highlighted as a cause for concern. The typical response is to call for reform of Irish rape law. Although reform is necessary, this article argues that the low conviction rate ...

Objective: The aims of this study were to describe the experiences of senior students using mobile devices in a clinical setting while learning and interacting with clinical teachers, patients and each other, and to ...

Energy consumption has been a critical factor for mobile video applications. The quality of content delivery over wireless mesh networks consist of such devices is also considered important. Existing energy-aware research ...

This paper presents design analysis and insights for a new continuous-time input pipeline (CTIP) analog-to-digital converter (ADC) architecture that has enhanced bandwidth. An all-pass filter-based analog delay in ...

Background: The aim of this study is to review the literature on known barriers and solutions that face educators when developing and implementing online learning programs for medical students and postgraduate trainees. Methods: ...

Agile methodologies such as XP and Scrum are founded upon the four values and twelve principles of agile software development. A software development project is only considered to be truly agile if these values and principles ...

Traceability of software artifacts, from requirements to design and through implementation and quality assurance, has long been promoted by the research and expert practitioner communities. However, evidence indicates ...

Since the onset of the great recession there have been key debates around various aspectsof crisis theory, most notably around the areas of the rate of profit (Brenner 2009; Kliman 2012),under-consumption/overproduction ...