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Heavy oil and bitumen are difficult crudes to extract and upgrade, with additional transport and refining costs, because of their viscosity, low API gravity, high asphaltenes, metals (V, Ni), and heteroatoms (N, S). Combining Toe-to-Heel Air Injection (THAI) with its catalytic add-on (CAPRI), a pell...
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Heavy oil and bitumen are difficult crudes to extract and upgrade, with additional transport and refining costs, because of their viscosity, low API gravity, high asphaltenes, metals (V, Ni), and heteroatoms (N, S). Combining Toe-to-Heel Air Injection (THAI) with its catalytic add-on (CAPRI), a pelletized catalyst is incorporated along the outside of the horizontal producer well for in situ catalytic upgrading. This downhole upgrading process is one means to produce and partially upgrade heavy oil and bitumen with a reduced environmental footprint. In this study, the effectiveness of pelletized hydrodesulfurisation (HDS) Ni-Mo/Al2O3 catalyst for downhole catalytic upgrading was investigated at 350-425 °C, 20 bar, and 9h-1 space velocity. The additional upgrading due to the presence of the catalyst was evaluated in terms of API gravity, viscosity, boiling point distribution, and sulfur and metals removals, before and after the experiment. The results indicate that the viscosity of the upgraded oil reduced by 1.7, 3 and 5 times less than the feed oil (0.49 Pa.s) depending on the reaction temperature in the range 350 to 425 °C. The average increase in API gravity was approximately 2 to 5° while the gasoline yield showed an improvement of 2.5 to 13 wt.% above that of the original oil. There was also a modest reduction in the sulfur and metals (Ni+V) content of 2-8% and 1.3-9.2% (Ni+V), respectively. However, a possible limiting factor of the process was that rapid catalyst deactivation occurred due to coking.

The datasets available here are associated with Astronomical Journal article: Atmospheric extinction coefficients in the Ic band for several major international observatories: Results from the BiSON telescopes, 1984 to 2016. The dataset consists of six files, one for each BiSON site: mtwilso...
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The datasets available here are associated with Astronomical Journal article: Atmospheric extinction coefficients in the Ic band for several major international observatories: Results from the BiSON telescopes, 1984 to 2016. The dataset consists of six files, one for each BiSON site: mtwilson_extinction.dat campanas_extinction.dat izana_extinction.dat sutherland_extinction.dat carnarvon_extinction.dat narrabri_extinction.dat Each file consists of nine columns which are defined as: [0] timestamp [1] transmission morning extinction coefficient [2] transmission morning fit uncertainty [3] transmission afternoon extinction coefficient [4] transmission afternoon fit uncertainty [5] scattering morning extinction coefficient [6] scattering morning fit uncertainty [7] scattering afternoon extinction coefficient [8] scattering afternoon fit uncertainty All values have units of magnitudes per airmass. Where data are unavailable, values are replaced with NaN. Two Python scripts produce the extinction figures and tables from the paper based on the content of these data files: % ./plot_all_data % ./getstats Any questions should be directed to the article authors.

Jones-Roberts solitons are the only known class of stable dark solitonic solutions of the non-linear Schr\"odinger equation in two and three dimensions. They feature a distinctive elongated elliptical shape that allows them to travel without change of form. By imprinting a triangular phase pattern, ...
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Jones-Roberts solitons are the only known class of stable dark solitonic solutions of the non-linear Schr\"odinger equation in two and three dimensions. They feature a distinctive elongated elliptical shape that allows them to travel without change of form. By imprinting a triangular phase pattern, we experimentally generate two-dimensional Jones-Roberts solitons in a three-dimensional atomic Bose-Einstein condensate. We monitor their dynamics observing that this kind of solitons is indeed not affected by dynamic (snaking) or thermodynamic instabilities, that instead make other classes of dark solitons unstable in dimensions higher than one. We additionally find signatures of a possible dipole-like interaction between them. Our results confirm the prediction that Jones-Roberts solitons are stable solutions of the non-linear Schr\"odinger equation and promote them for applications beyond matter wave physics, like energy and information transport in noisy and inhomogeneous environments.

Three new materials of composition Fe1-xMgxSb2O4 (x = 0.25, 0.50, 0.75) with the tetragonal schafarzikite structure have been synthesised. Magnetic susceptibility measurements suggest that Fe1-xMgxSb2O4 (x = 0.25, 0.50) are canted antiferromagnets whilst Fe0.25Mg0.75Sb2O4 is paramagnetic. The magnet...
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Three new materials of composition Fe1-xMgxSb2O4 (x = 0.25, 0.50, 0.75) with the tetragonal schafarzikite structure have been synthesised. Magnetic susceptibility measurements suggest that Fe1-xMgxSb2O4 (x = 0.25, 0.50) are canted antiferromagnets whilst Fe0.25Mg0.75Sb2O4 is paramagnetic. The magnetic ordering temperatures decrease as the Mg2+ concentration increases. The materials form oxygen-excess phases when heated in oxygen-rich atmospheres at temperatures of ~ 350 C. 57Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy shows that the oxidation process involves the oxidation of Fe2+ to Fe3+. Powder neutron diffraction confirms the location of the excess oxygen within the structural channels and reveals a change in magnetic order at low temperatures from A-type (magnetic moments along {100}) for Fe1xMgxSb2O4 to C-type (magnetic moments along [001]) for the oxidised materials. The change is attributed to a weakening of the antiferromagnetic exchange interactions between edge-linked FeO6 octahedra for the Fe3+-containing materials.

The archive basu_chaplin_data.tar.gz contains the synthetic data needed to solve the Exercise sets in the book: "Asteroseismic Data Analysis: Foundations and Techniques". The archive basu_chaplin_answers.tar.gz contains a PDF detailing the answers to the Exercise questions that are not open-ended...
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The archive basu_chaplin_data.tar.gz contains the synthetic data needed to solve the Exercise sets in the book: "Asteroseismic Data Analysis: Foundations and Techniques". The archive basu_chaplin_answers.tar.gz contains a PDF detailing the answers to the Exercise questions that are not open-ended. All data files are ASCII format. Here are some notes about the file formats, these can also be read in file README.txt: (1) Unless otherwise mentioned, the files with mode frequencies of modes have the format: l, n, frequency, Inl (2) Files with observed frequencies (or simulated observations) have the format l, n, frequency, uncertainty (3) Files in the archive freq_obs.tar have the formal l, frequency, uncertainty (4) Files Kernels_gs98_c2_rho.txt and Kernels_gs98_rho_c2.txt have the following information: Row 1: R, M Row 2: nr, (radius(i),i=1,nr) Row 3 onwards: l, n, frequency (kernel(i),i=1,nr) (5) The frequency files in the archives frequencies_ov[0-2].tar.gz have the following format l, n, frequency, Inl, np, ng (5) The rotational kernel files have the following format Row 1: R, M Row 2: nr, (radius(i),i=1, nr) Row 3 onwards: l, np, ng, frequency (kernel(i),i=1, nr)

Research data used in the paper 'Effect of Nitrate and Sulphate on Atmospheric Corrosion of 304L and 316L Stainless Steels', A. J. M. C. Cook, C. Padovani, A. J. Davenport, submitted to the Journal of the Electrochemical Society. This data is uploaded as part of the EPSRC Open-Data policy for gra...
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Research data used in the paper 'Effect of Nitrate and Sulphate on Atmospheric Corrosion of 304L and 316L Stainless Steels', A. J. M. C. Cook, C. Padovani, A. J. Davenport, submitted to the Journal of the Electrochemical Society. This data is uploaded as part of the EPSRC Open-Data policy for grant EP/I036397/1. Data is stored on the Research Data Archive and may be requested.

Abstract: We use a coherent fiber bundle to demonstrate the endoscopic absorption imaging of quantum gases.We show that the fiber bundle introduces spurious noise in the picture mainly due to the strong core-to-core coupling. By direct comparison with free-space pictures, we observe that there is...
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Abstract: We use a coherent fiber bundle to demonstrate the endoscopic absorption imaging of quantum gases.We show that the fiber bundle introduces spurious noise in the picture mainly due to the strong core-to-core coupling. By direct comparison with free-space pictures, we observe that there is a maximum column density that can be reliably measured using our fiber bundle, and we derive a simple criterion to estimate it. We demonstrate that taking care of not exceeding such maximum, we can retrieve exact quantitative information about the atomic system, making this technique appealing for systems requiring isolation form the environment.

This dataset contain questionnaire survey data collected in 2012 and 2013 from 1627 family members of individuals who contracted (and survived) meningitis. The survey data include: (i) living arrangements; (ii) health status of survivors and any subsequent after-effects of meningitis; (iii) informa...
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This dataset contain questionnaire survey data collected in 2012 and 2013 from 1627 family members of individuals who contracted (and survived) meningitis. The survey data include: (i) living arrangements; (ii) health status of survivors and any subsequent after-effects of meningitis; (iii) informal care tasks and caring experience; (iv) socio-demographic information about the family member; (v)health status and quality of life of family member.

Spectrally constrained diffuse optical tomography (SCDOT) is known to improve reconstruction in diffuse optical imaging: constraining the reconstruction by coupling the optical properties across multiple wavelengths and suppressing artefacts in the resulting reconstructed images. In other work, L1-...
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Spectrally constrained diffuse optical tomography (SCDOT) is known to improve reconstruction in diffuse optical imaging: constraining the reconstruction by coupling the optical properties across multiple wavelengths and suppressing artefacts in the resulting reconstructed images. In other work, L1-norm regularization has been shown to be able to improve certain types of image reconstruction problem as its sparsity-promoting properties render it robust against noise and enable preservation of edges in images, but because the L1-norm is non-differentiable, it is not always simple to implement. In this work, we show how to incorporate L1 regularization into SCDOT. Three popular algorithms for L1 regularization are assessed for application in SCDOT: iteratively reweighted least square algorithm (IRLS), alternating directional method of multipliers (ADMM) and fast iterative shrinkage-thresholding algorithm (FISTA). We introduce an objective procedure for determining the regularization parameter in these algorithms and compare their performance in two-dimensional and three-dimensional simulated experiments. Our results show that L1 regularization consistently outperforms Tikhonov regularization in this application, particularly in the presence of noise.

This paper discusses the fluorination characteristics of phases related to FeSb2O4, by reporting the results of a detailed study of Mg0.50Fe0.50Sb2O4 and Co0.50Fe0.50Sb2O4. Reaction with fluorine gas at low temperatures (typically 230 C) results in topotactic insertion of fluorine into the channel...
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This paper discusses the fluorination characteristics of phases related to FeSb2O4, by reporting the results of a detailed study of Mg0.50Fe0.50Sb2O4 and Co0.50Fe0.50Sb2O4. Reaction with fluorine gas at low temperatures (typically 230 C) results in topotactic insertion of fluorine into the channels, which are an inherent feature of the structure. Neutron powder diffraction and solid state NMR studies show that the interstitial fluoride ions are bonded to antimony within the channel walls to form Sb – F – Sb bridges. To date, these reactions have been observed only when Fe2+ ions are present within the chains of edge-linked octahedra (FeO6 in FeSb2O4) that form the structural channels. Oxidation of Fe2+ to Fe3+ is primarily responsible for balancing the increased negative charge associated with the presence of the fluoride ions within the channels. For the two phases studied, the creation of Fe3+ ions within the chains of octahedra modify the magnetic exchange interactions to change the ground-state magnetic symmetry to C-type magnetic order in contrast to the A-type order observed for the unfluorinated oxide parents.

The structure of the mineral schafarzikite, FeSb2O4, has one-dimensional channels with walls comprising Sb3+ cations; the channels are separated by edge-linked FeO6 octahedra that form infinite chains parallel to the channels. Although this structure provides interest with respect to the magnetic an...
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The structure of the mineral schafarzikite, FeSb2O4, has one-dimensional channels with walls comprising Sb3+ cations; the channels are separated by edge-linked FeO6 octahedra that form infinite chains parallel to the channels. Although this structure provides interest with respect to the magnetic and electrical properties associated with the chains and the possibility of chemistry that could occur within the channels, materials in this structural class have received very little attention. Here we show, for the first time, that heating selected phases in oxygen-rich atmospheres can result in relatively large oxygen uptakes (up to ~2% by mass) at low temperatures (ca 350°C) whilst retaining the parent structure. Using a variety of structural and spectroscopic techniques, it is shown that oxygen is inserted into the channels to provide a structure with potential to show high one-dimensional oxide ion conductivity. This is the first report of oxygen-excess phases derived from this structure. The oxygen insertion is accompanied not only by oxidation of Fe2+ to Fe3+ within the octahedral chains but also Sb3+ to Sb5+ in the channel walls. The formation of a defect cluster comprising one 5-coordinate Sb5+ ion (which is very rare in an oxide environment), two interstitial O2- ions and two 4-coordinate Sb3+ ions is suggested and is consistent with all experimental observations. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first example of an oxidation process where the local energetics of the product dictate that simultaneous oxidation of two different cations must occur. This reaction, together with the wide range of cation substitutions that are possible on the transition metal sites, presents opportunities to explore the schafarzikite structure more extensively for a range of catalytic and electrocatalytic applications. The neutron diffraction data are contained in two folders corresponding to the instruments: 1. HRPT with one data file and the instrument parameter file. 2. D20 with one instrument parameter file and five sub-folders containing the datasets for the temperature ranges indicated. The individual file names can be used to deduce the temperature for that particular measurement. For example, the sub-folder 50-145_degC contains 20 datasets for which the first (run 895262) relates to 50\(^o\)C and the last (run 895281) to 145\(^o\)C. All data files have had background due to the quartz tube subtracted. The inclusion of run number in the file name means that they can immediately be used for sequential refinement using seqgsas. The Mössbauer data contain two columns that correspond with the experimental x-axis (mm s-1) and y-axis (−absorption / %) points for the collected raw data. The heating temperature is included in the file name.

It is usually considered that the spectrum of an optical cavity coupled to an atomic medium does not exhibit a normal-mode splitting unless the system satisfies the "strong coupling" condition, meaning the Rabi frequency of the coherent coupling exceeds the decay rates of atom and cavity excitations...
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It is usually considered that the spectrum of an optical cavity coupled to an atomic medium does not exhibit a normal-mode splitting unless the system satisfies the "strong coupling" condition, meaning the Rabi frequency of the coherent coupling exceeds the decay rates of atom and cavity excitations. We show that this need not be the case, but depends on the way in which the coupled system is probed. Measurements of the reflection of a probe laser from the input mirror of an overdamped cavity reveal an avoided crossing in the spectrum which is not observed when driving the atoms directly and measuring the Purcell-enhanced cavity emission. We understand these observations by noting a formal correspondence with electromagnetically-induced transparency of a three-level atom in free space, where our cavity acts as the absorbing medium and the coupled atoms play the role of the control field. --- Two original data files “reflection_20140716.dat” and “flourescence_20150708.dat” corresponding to reflection and fluorescence measurement presented in the paper. Both files are in format of plain text file. The first column is the absolute laser frequency which the microcavity was locked to. The second column is the RF frequency used to drive the double-pass acousto-optic modulator. The columns afterward are the experimental data (APD counts) corresponding to sequential time bins. The numbers are in floating-point format as result of averaging.

This software from SB Electronics is being temporarily hosted here so that it can be downloaded by Library Staff. The executable within this zip file replaces one in the original install. It WILL NOT work standalone and contains no configuration information. If you wish to install this client so...
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This software from SB Electronics is being temporarily hosted here so that it can be downloaded by Library Staff. The executable within this zip file replaces one in the original install. It WILL NOT work standalone and contains no configuration information. If you wish to install this client software from scratch, please contact the Digital Library Team for further instructions. The Update process: 1. Rename C:/Program Files (x86)/Telepen/RBClient/RBClient.exe as RBClient.exe.old 2. Download the zip file above and copy the contents into C:/Program Files (x86)/Telepen/RBClient/ If security permissions on your PC do not let you download this file, please open an ITServices Helpdesk call to the Desktop Support Team including the above instructions.

Catalyst deactivation due to coke and metals deposition as a result of cracking presents a challenge in heavy oil recovery and upgrading. This is particularly pronounced for in situ upgrading techniques, in which pelleted catalyst is packed around the perimeter of the horizontal producer well of th...
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Catalyst deactivation due to coke and metals deposition as a result of cracking presents a challenge in heavy oil recovery and upgrading. This is particularly pronounced for in situ upgrading techniques, in which pelleted catalyst is packed around the perimeter of the horizontal producer well of the Toe-to-Heel Air Injection (THAI) process. The fixed bed of catalyst is virtually impossible to regenerate in place, promoting investigation of alternative contacting via the dispersion of nanoparticles. The catalysts studied were finely crushed micro-particulates with average size of 2.6 µm and also a catalyst prepared upon a bacterial support. The latter has advantages in terms of ease of preparation of catalysts from recycled metal sources. Heavy oil of API gravity 13.8o and viscosity 1091mPa.s was used as feed and upgrading was performed in a batch reactor at 425 oC, with a catalyst-to-oil ratio of 0.02 (g/g), and at an initial pressure of 20 bar. The activity of the Pd/biomass catalyst was evaluated against a number of other catalysts: Pd/Al2O3, Pd/C, Al2O3 and Co-Mo/Al2O3. By using the Pd/biomass catalyst, the produced oil gravity increased by 7.8o API, and its viscosity was reduced to 7 mPa.s. This effect corresponded to an increase in the amount of low-boiling distillate (IBP-200oC) from 34.6 vol.% (original feedstock) to 53-62 vol.%, potentially reducing the amount of diluent needed for pipeline transport of bitumen. The coke yields were (wt%): 13.65 (Al2O3), 9.55 (Pd/Al2O3), 6.85 (Pd/C) and 3.87 (Pd/biomass). The Pd/biomass catalyst showed significantly reduced coke yield compared to thermal cracking and upgrading using Pd/C and Pd/Al2O3 catalysts, which could greatly enhance catalyst survivability in the field.

Code associated with the article Testing for Multivariate Normality in Mass Spectrometry Imaging Data: A Robust Statistical Approach for Clustering Evaluation and the Generation of Synthetic Mass Spectrometry Imaging Data Sets A Dexter, AM Race, IB Styles, J Bunch Analytical Chemistry 88 (22), ...
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Code associated with the article Testing for Multivariate Normality in Mass Spectrometry Imaging Data: A Robust Statistical Approach for Clustering Evaluation and the Generation of Synthetic Mass Spectrometry Imaging Data Sets A Dexter, AM Race, IB Styles, J Bunch Analytical Chemistry 88 (22), 10893-10899 (2016)

In situ catalytic upgrading of heavy oil offers significant cost savings and overcomes logistical challenges associated with the high viscosity, low API gravity and high molecular weight fractions of unconventional hydrocarbon resources. The THAI-CAPRI process (toe-to-heel air injection – catalytic ...
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In situ catalytic upgrading of heavy oil offers significant cost savings and overcomes logistical challenges associated with the high viscosity, low API gravity and high molecular weight fractions of unconventional hydrocarbon resources. The THAI-CAPRI process (toe-to-heel air injection – catalytic upgrading process in situ) offers one such route to upgrading through the use of high surface area transition metal cracking catalysts surrounding the production well. Here, we describe the catalytic upgrading of heavy oil in a stirred batch reactor by a biogenic nanoscale magnetite (BnM; Fe2O3). A 97.8% decrease in viscosity relative to the feed oil was achieved and coking was lower compared to thermal cracking alone (6.9 wt% versus 10.2 wt%). The activity of this catalyst was further enhanced by a simple one-step addition of surface associated Pd to achieve loadings of 4.3, 7.1 and 9.5 wt% Pd. This led to significant decreases in viscosity of up to 99.4% for BnM loaded with 9.5 wt% Pd. An increment of 7.8° in API gravity with respect to the feed oil was achieved for 9.5 wt% Pd-BnM, compared with thermal cracking alone (5.3°). Whilst this level of upgrading was comparable to commercially available and previously tested catalysts, significant decreases in the coke content (3 wt% for 9.5 wt% Pd-BnM versus 10 wt% for thermal cracking) and associated increases in liquid content (~90 wt% for 9.5 wt% Pd-BnM versus ~79 wt% for thermal cracking) demonstrate the potential for the use of Pd-augmented biogenic magnetite as a catalyst in the THAI CAPRI process.

This is the online appendix for Olle Fredriksson's PhD thesis titled: "Distributing abstract machines", from 2015. This appendix consists the source code for four compilers, and Agda formalisations of two of them. The most feature-complete compiler (based on DCESH) is in the floskel directory....
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This is the online appendix for Olle Fredriksson's PhD thesis titled: "Distributing abstract machines", from 2015. This appendix consists the source code for four compilers, and Agda formalisations of two of them. The most feature-complete compiler (based on DCESH) is in the floskel directory. The Agda formalisations are in the krivine (formalising DKrivine) and secd (formalising DCESH) directories. The goi and games directories contains compilers based on the Geometry of Interaction and game semantics. For further information, see the README files in the sub-directories.

MnxCo1-xSb2O4 and FexCo1-xSb2O4 have been synthesised for 0 ≤ x ≤ 1 and their structures and magnetic properties examined. For all compounds, neutron powder diffraction (NPD) data reveal a canted AFM structure that changes gradually from C-type (x = 0) to A-type (x = 1). This transition correspond...
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MnxCo1-xSb2O4 and FexCo1-xSb2O4 have been synthesised for 0 ≤ x ≤ 1 and their structures and magnetic properties examined. For all compounds, neutron powder diffraction (NPD) data reveal a canted AFM structure that changes gradually from C-type (x = 0) to A-type (x = 1). This transition corresponds to a gradual rotation of the moments through 90o, from ±[001] to ± [100]. It is primarily caused by a change in the relative magnitudes of the three types of magnetic exchange that exist between cations. Within a given chain, direct exchange promotes an antiferromagnetic ground state for the two cations and 90o superexchange that favours ferromagnetic order. Between chains, antiferromagnetic order is preferred. However, the observed magnetic moments (from NPD) are significantly lower than expected except for the end-members of the series; this suggests that incomplete magnetic order is present. Magnetic susceptibility data also suggest complex magnetic behaviour except for the end-member compounds. The complex magnetic features appear to originate from composition inhomogeneity, local magnetic order in the chains of octahedra being dependent on small clusters of the same transition metal ion and the delicate energy balance that clearly exists between the two ordered configurations in the mid-composition region where x is near to 0.5.

Ultradispersed particles of size less than 100 nm for in situ catalytic upgrading have been reported to outperform the augmented catalytic upgrading achieved by incorporating pelleted refinery catalyst to the horizontal production well of the THAI process. Hydroconversion of heavy oil was carried ou...
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Ultradispersed particles of size less than 100 nm for in situ catalytic upgrading have been reported to outperform the augmented catalytic upgrading achieved by incorporating pelleted refinery catalyst to the horizontal production well of the THAI process. Hydroconversion of heavy oil was carried out in a stirred batch reactor at 425˚C, 50 bar (initial H2 pressure), 900 rpm and 60 min reaction time using a range of unsupported transition metal (Mo, Ni and Fe) catalysts. The effect of metal nanoparticles (NPs) was evaluated in terms of product distribution, physical properties and product quality. The produced coke and recovered catalysts were also studied. The levels of API gravity and viscosity of the upgraded oils observed with the NPs was approximately 21˚API and 108 cP compared with thermal cracking alone (24˚API and 53.5 cP), this moderate upgrade with NPs is due to the lack of cracking functionality offered by supports such as zeolite, alumina or silica. However, it was found that the presence of dispersed NPs significantly suppressed coke formation 4.4 wt% (MoS2), 5.7 wt% (NiO) and 6.8 wt% (Fe2O3) compared to 12 wt% obtained with thermal cracking alone. The results also showed that with dispersed unsupported metal NPs in sulfide form the middle distillate (177-343 ˚C) of the upgraded oil was improved particularly MoS2 which gave 50 wt% relative to 43 wt% (thermal cracking) and 28 wt% (feed oil). The middle distillate yields for Fe2O3 and NiO are 47 wt% and 49 wt%, respectively. Hence, iron and nickel-based unsupported NPs showed similar activity when compared to MoS2. The cost and availability of iron-based catalysts compared to Ni and Mo counterpart for heavy oil upgrading are advantages that may justify its preference. Furthermore, the X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) analysis showed that introducing dispersed catalysts to the upgrading helped to produce sponge-type coke which could be used as industrial fuel compared to shot-type obtained upon thermal cracking.

The incorporation of catalysts to enhance downhole upgrading in the Toe-to-Heel Air Injection (THAI) process is limited by deactivation due to coking arising from the cracking of heavy oil. This study aims to reduce the catalyst deactivation problems that can occur with upgrading of heavy oils. Ult...
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The incorporation of catalysts to enhance downhole upgrading in the Toe-to-Heel Air Injection (THAI) process is limited by deactivation due to coking arising from the cracking of heavy oil. This study aims to reduce the catalyst deactivation problems that can occur with upgrading of heavy oils. Ultradispersed catalysts particles could potentially replace pelleted catalysts which may be difficult to regenerate once deactivated during the THAI operation. The dispersed particles could potentially be applied once through, down-hole for in situ upgrading of heavy oil. The catalyst studied was finely crushed pelleted Ni-Mo/Al2O3 catalyst (2.4 µm). The product distribution of liquid, coke and gas may be influenced by the presence of a suitable hydrogen source which promotes hydroconversion reactions rather than simple cracking. In order to improve liquid yield while suppressing coke formation, the effect of cyclohexane as hydrogen-donor solvent was studied in a stirred batch reactor (100 mL) at temperature 425 oC, initial pressure 17.5 bar, agitation 500 rpm, and a short reaction time of 10 minutes. The use of cyclohexane was evaluated against that of hydrogen gas. The reaction under hydrogen atmosphere significantly reduced coke yield by 41.3 % compared with a nitrogen environment under the same conditions. Also, the coke decreased by 6.2-45.4 % as the cyclohexane:oil ratio increased from 0.01 to 0.08 (g.g-1) relative to 4.67 wt.% of coke observed without added cyclohexane in ultradispersed catalytic upgrading under nitrogen environment. As the cyclohexane:oil ratio increases, the produced oil API gravity and middle distillate fractions (200 – 343 oC) increases while the viscosity decreases. An estimated - 0.073 CH:oil ratio was found to suppress coke formation in a similar manner to upgrading under hydrogen atmosphere at the same conditions.

This study investigated the influence of personality characteristics and gender on adolescents’ perception of risk and their risk-taking behaviour. Male and female participants (157:116M, aged 13-20) completed self-report measures on risk perception, risk-taking and personality. Male participants pe...
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This study investigated the influence of personality characteristics and gender on adolescents’ perception of risk and their risk-taking behaviour. Male and female participants (157:116M, aged 13-20) completed self-report measures on risk perception, risk-taking and personality. Male participants perceived behaviours as less risky, reportedly took more risks, were less sensitive to negative outcomes and less socially anxious than female participants. Path analysis identified a model in which age, behavioural inhibition and impulsiveness directly influenced risk perception, while age, social anxiety, impulsiveness, sensitivity to reward, behavioural inhibition and risk perception itself were directly or indirectly associated with risk-taking behaviour. Age and behavioural inhibition had direct relationships with social anxiety, and reward sensitivity was associated with impulsiveness. The model was representative for the whole sample and male and female groups separately. The observed influence of age on social anxiety and its association with risk-taking behaviour may be key for reducing adolescent risk-taking behaviour.

Data associated with this article: Hale, S.J., et al. Performance of the Birmingham Solar-Oscillations Network (BiSON) Solar Physics, 291 (1), pp 1-28 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11207-015-0810-0 The dataset consists of two files: 1. A FITS file containing data from the Birmingham Solar Os...
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Data associated with this article: Hale, S.J., et al. Performance of the Birmingham Solar-Oscillations Network (BiSON) Solar Physics, 291 (1), pp 1-28 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11207-015-0810-0 The dataset consists of two files: 1. A FITS file containing data from the Birmingham Solar Oscillations Network (BiSON) covering the period 1995 January 1 to 2014 December 31. These data were used to produce the figures in the "Whole Network Performance" section of the article. 2. A gzipped tar-archive containing the ASCII "control" metadata files that define the data availability per BiSON-site. These metadata were used to produce the figures in the "Site Performance" section of the article.

Supplementary data for: Carbon Dioxide Separation from Nitrogen/Hydrogen Mixtures over Activated Carbon Beads: Adsorption Isotherms and Breakthrough Studies Simon J. Caldwell, Bushra Al-Duri, Nannan Sun, Cheng-gong Sun, Colin E. Snape, Kaixi Li, and Joseph Wood Energy & Fuels, 2015, 29 (6), pp...
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Supplementary data for: Carbon Dioxide Separation from Nitrogen/Hydrogen Mixtures over Activated Carbon Beads: Adsorption Isotherms and Breakthrough Studies Simon J. Caldwell, Bushra Al-Duri, Nannan Sun, Cheng-gong Sun, Colin E. Snape, Kaixi Li, and Joseph Wood Energy & Fuels, 2015, 29 (6), pp 3796–3807 DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.5b00164 Publication Date (Web): May 26, 2015

This is an XML file of the synopsis of manuscripts created for the 'Vetus Latina Iohannes Electronic Edition' by the Verbum Project. The synopsis was published online as part of the electronic edition version 2.0 on 30.4.2015. An XSL transformation file is included to improve the display of t...
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This is an XML file of the synopsis of manuscripts created for the 'Vetus Latina Iohannes Electronic Edition' by the Verbum Project. The synopsis was published online as part of the electronic edition version 2.0 on 30.4.2015. An XSL transformation file is included to improve the display of the data when viewed directly in the repository; non-technical users, however, are encouraged to view the online edition at http://www.iohannes.com/vetuslatina/edition/

Reconstruction of mouse cerebellar oligodendrocyte precursor cells. Cells in cultured brain slices were labeled using a recombinant viral vector encoding membrane targeted GFP. Cells were imaged using a spinning disk confocal microscope, and confocal images were then traced in 3D using NeuronStudio ...
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Reconstruction of mouse cerebellar oligodendrocyte precursor cells. Cells in cultured brain slices were labeled using a recombinant viral vector encoding membrane targeted GFP. Cells were imaged using a spinning disk confocal microscope, and confocal images were then traced in 3D using NeuronStudio software.

Early studies have focused on the synthesis of palladium nanoparticles within the periplasmic layer or on the outer membrane of Desulfovibrio desulfuricans and on the S-layer protein of Bacillus sphaericus. However, it has remained unclear whether the synthesis of palladium nanoparticles also takes ...
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Early studies have focused on the synthesis of palladium nanoparticles within the periplasmic layer or on the outer membrane of Desulfovibrio desulfuricans and on the S-layer protein of Bacillus sphaericus. However, it has remained unclear whether the synthesis of palladium nanoparticles also takes place in the bacterial cell cytoplasm. This study reports the use of high-resolution scanning transmission electron microscopy with a high angle annular dark field detector and energy dispersive X-ray spectrometry attachment to investigate the intracellular synthesis of palladium nanoparticles (Pd NPs). We show the intracellular synthesis of PdNPs within cells of two anaerobic strains of D. desulfuricans and an aerobic strain of B. benzeovorans using hydrogen and formate as electron donors. The Pd nanoparticles were small and largely monodispersed, between 0.2 and 8 nm, occasionally from 9 to 12 nm with occasional larger nanoparticles. With D. desulfuricans NCIMB 8307 (but not D. desulfuricans NCIMB 8326) and with B. benzeovorans NCIMB 12555, the NPs were larger when made at the expense of formate, co-localizing with phosphate in the latter, and were crystalline, but were amorphous when made with H2, with no phosphorus association. The intracellular Pd nanoparticles weremainly icosahedrons with surfaces comprising {111} facets and about 5 % distortion when compared with that of bulk palladium. The particles were more concentrated in the cell cytoplasm than the cell wall, outer membrane, or periplasm. We provide new evidence for synthesis of palladium nanoparticles within the cytoplasm of bacteria, which were confirmed to maintain cellular integrity during this synthesis.

ABSTRACT: It has previously been shown that in situ upgrading of heavy oil by Toe-to-Heel Air Injection (THAI) can be augmented by surrounding the horizontal production well with an annulus of pelleted catalyst. Despite the further upgrading achieved with this configuration, the accumulation of coke...
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ABSTRACT: It has previously been shown that in situ upgrading of heavy oil by Toe-to-Heel Air Injection (THAI) can be augmented by surrounding the horizontal production well with an annulus of pelleted catalyst. Despite the further upgrading achieved with this configuration, the accumulation of coke and metals deposits on the catalyst and pore sites, resulting from cracking of the heavy oil, have a detrimental effect on the catalyst activity, life span and process. An alternative contacting pattern between the oil and nanoparticulate catalysts was investigated in this study, to mitigate the above mentioned challenges. The Taguchi method was applied to optimize the effect of reaction factors and select the optimum values that maximize level of heavy oil upgrading while suppressing coke yield. The reaction factors evaluated were reaction temperature, H2 initial pressure, reaction time, iron metal loading and speed of mixing. An orthogonal array, analysis of mean of response, analysis of mean signal to noise ratio (S/N) and ANalysis Of VAriance (ANOVA) were employed to analyze the effect of these reaction factors. Detailed optimization of the reaction conditions with iron oxide dispersed nanoparticles (≤ 50 nm) for in situ catalytic upgrading of heavy oil was carried out at the following ranges; temperature 355 – 425 oC, reaction time 20 – 80 min, agitation 200 – 900 rpm, initial hydrogen pressure 10 – 50 bar, and iron metal loading 0.03 – 0.4 wt%. It was found that the optimum combinations of reaction factors are temperature 425 oC, initial hydrogen pressure 50 bar, reaction time 60 min, agitation 400 rpm and iron-metal loading 0.1 wt%. The properties of upgraded oil at the optimum condition are API gravity 21.1o, viscosity 105.75 cP, sulfur reduced by 37.54 %, metals (Ni + V) reduced by 68.9 %, and naphtha plus middle distillate fractions (IBP – 343 oC) 68 wt% relative to the feed oil (12.8oAPI, 1482 cP, sulfur content 3.09 wt%, metals (Ni+V) content 0.0132 wt%, and naphtha plus middle distillate fractions 28.86 wt%).

Sperm traverse their microenvironment through viscous fluid by propagating flagellar waves; the waveform emerges as a consequence of elastic structure, internal active moments, and low Reynolds number fluid dynamics. Engineered microchannels have recently been proposed as a method of sorting and man...
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Sperm traverse their microenvironment through viscous fluid by propagating flagellar waves; the waveform emerges as a consequence of elastic structure, internal active moments, and low Reynolds number fluid dynamics. Engineered microchannels have recently been proposed as a method of sorting and manipulating motile cells; the interaction of cells with these artificial environments therefore warrants investigation. A numerical method is presented for the geometrically nonlinear elastohydrodynamic interaction of active swimmers with domain features. This method is employed to examine hydrodynamic scattering by a model microchannel backstep feature. Scattering is shown to depend on backstep height and the relative strength of viscous and elastic forces in the flagellum. In a parameter regime corresponding to human sperm in cervical mucus analogue, this hydrodynamic contribution to scattering is comparable in magnitude to recent data on contact effects, being of the order of 5-10 degrees. Scattering can be positive or negative depending on the relative strength of viscous and elastic effects, emphasising the importance of viscosity on the interaction of sperm with their microenvironment. The modulation of scattering angle by viscosity is associated with variations in flagellar asymmetry induced by the elastohydrodynamic interaction with the boundary feature.

Fibre-laden fluids are found in a variety of situations, whilst Couette devices are used for flow spectroscopy of long biological molecules, such as DNA and proteins in suspension. The presence of these fibres can significantly alter the rheology of the fluid, and hence must be incorporated in any ...
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Fibre-laden fluids are found in a variety of situations, whilst Couette devices are used for flow spectroscopy of long biological molecules, such as DNA and proteins in suspension. The presence of these fibres can significantly alter the rheology of the fluid, and hence must be incorporated in any modelling undertaken. A transversely-isotropic fluid treats these suspensions as a \chn{continuum} with an evolving preferred direction, through a modified stress tensor incorporating four viscosity-like parameters. We consider the axisymmetric linear stability of a transversely-isotropic viscous fluid, contained between two rotating co-axial cylinders, and determine the critical wave and Taylor numbers for varying gap width and inner cylinder velocity (assuming the outer cylinder is fixed). Through the inclusion of transversely isotropic effects, the onset of instability is delayed, increasing the range of stable operating regimes. This effect is felt most strongly through incorporation of the anisotropic shear viscosity, although the anisotropic extensional viscosity also contributes. The changes to the rheology induced by the presence of the fibres therefore significantly alter the dynamics of the system, and hence should not be neglected.

Hyperactivation is an important phenomenon exhibited by mammalian sperm during the process of acquiring fertilisation capacity. The majority of studies have focused on incubation-induced hyperactivation in non-human species, which typically differ in size, shape, and are more homogeneous than human ...
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Hyperactivation is an important phenomenon exhibited by mammalian sperm during the process of acquiring fertilisation capacity. The majority of studies have focused on incubation-induced hyperactivation in non-human species, which typically differ in size, shape, and are more homogeneous than human sperm. We develop an alternative approach via drug-induction, utilising high speed imaging and analysis of same-cell changes in the flagellar movement of adhered cells. Following stimulation with 4-aminopyridine, approximately two thirds (21/34) of the cells analysed exhibited a waveform with a single characteristic frequency; in all cases the frequency was lower than before stimulation. The remaining cells (13/34) exhibited a more complex motility with multiple frequency modes. The lowest mode in all cases was lower than the frequency prior to stimulation. Flagellar bending increased in all cells following stimulation, and was significantly greater in the multiple-frequency responders. Despite the increased bending, time-averaged hydrodynamic power dissipation decreased significantly when assessed across all cells, the effect being significantly greater in the multiple-frequency responders than single-frequency. These results reveal the heterogeneity of responses of human sperm to a hyperactivating stimulus, the methodology being potentially useful for assessing dynamic responses to stimuli in human sperm, and physiological selection of cells for assisted reproduction.

This is an XML file of the negative apparatus of the Majuscule Manuscripts of John created by Ulrich Schmid for the International Greek New Testament Project. The apparatus was published online as part of the IGNTP Majuscule edition version 2.0 on 11.6.2013. An XSL transformation file is inclu...
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This is an XML file of the negative apparatus of the Majuscule Manuscripts of John created by Ulrich Schmid for the International Greek New Testament Project. The apparatus was published online as part of the IGNTP Majuscule edition version 2.0 on 11.6.2013. An XSL transformation file is included to improve the display of the data when viewed directly in the repository; non-technical users, however, are encouraged to view the online edition at http://www.iohannes.com/majuscule/

Quantitative data and collateral documents of the AHRC-funded project ‘Beyond the Book: Mass Reading Events and Contemporary Cultures of Reading in the UK, USA and Canada’, (2005-2008, grant number: 112166), a three-year interdisciplinary project. The study researched a selection of 21st-century rea...
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Quantitative data and collateral documents of the AHRC-funded project ‘Beyond the Book: Mass Reading Events and Contemporary Cultures of Reading in the UK, USA and Canada’, (2005-2008, grant number: 112166), a three-year interdisciplinary project. The study researched a selection of 21st-century reading events which employ mass media (TV and radio) and city-wide reading projects which employ the ‘One Book, One Community’ model. The primary aims of the transnational study were to investigate how mass reading events configure contemporary practices of reading and the cultural meanings of reading at local, national and international levels; to explain the uses and complexities of reading communities in different locations; to identify and analyse trans-national trends and differences in contemporary reading cultures and reading practices; and, to critique the popular function of literary fiction. The file contains the merged data collected from a series of 9 online surveys of readers in Bristol, Birmingham, Liverpool, Chicago, Huntsville (Ala), Seattle, Vancouver, and across Canada and the UK. Convenience sampling was employed. The surveys were advertised through adverts in newspapers, on-line advertisements; flyers and bookmarks distributed through public library systems and cultural centres; via email through the research team’s formal and informal social and professional networks. The data includes reading choice, habits and practices; participation in broadcast and community book programming; and, basic demographic information (anonymised). The statistical data is deposited in .sav .csv and .por formats. NB. The data from a pilot study conducted in Kitchener-Waterloo-Cambridge (Canada) in September-October 2004 (funded by the British Academy) does not form part of the deposited dataset but this material does inform the published results of the ‘Beyond the Book’ project. Collateral material includes: Codebook Content was created between ca. 2005-10-01 and 2008-08-25. Content was saved 2008-10-31. http://www.beyondthebookproject.org/

The Big Read, Birmingham Book Festival, Bristol's Great Reading Adventure, Canada Reads, Liverpool Reads, National Endowment for the Arts , One Book, One Community, One Book One Chicago, One Book, One...
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The Big Read, Birmingham Book Festival, Bristol's Great Reading Adventure, Canada Reads, Liverpool Reads, National Endowment for the Arts , One Book, One Community, One Book One Chicago, One Book, One Huntsville, One Book, One Vancouver, Richard and Judy's Book Club, Small Island Read, Seattle Reads Books and reading--Canada, Books and reading--England, Books and reading—Research, Books and reading--Sociological aspects, Books and reading --Great Britain, Books and reading--United States, Book clubs (Discussion groups) --United States, Book clubs (Discussion groups) --Canada, Book clubs (Discussion groups) --Great Britain, Library outreach programs--United States, Library outreach programs--Canada, Library outreach programs--Great Britain, Literature and society--United States, Literature and society--Canada, Literature and society--Great Britain, Reading groups, Reading interests, Reading programs--Great Britain, Reading programs (Literacy), Reading promotion, Reading promotion—Canada, Reading promotion--European Union countries--Congresses, Reading promotion--United States, Reading public, Reading public (Library users)

Quantitative data and collateral documents of the Birmingham portion of the AHRC-funded project ‘Beyond the Book: Mass Reading Events and Contemporary Cultures of Reading in the UK, USA and Canada’, (2005-2008, grant number: 112166), a three-year interdisciplinary project. The study researched a sel...
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Quantitative data and collateral documents of the Birmingham portion of the AHRC-funded project ‘Beyond the Book: Mass Reading Events and Contemporary Cultures of Reading in the UK, USA and Canada’, (2005-2008, grant number: 112166), a three-year interdisciplinary project. The study researched a selection of 21st-century reading events which employ mass media (TV and radio) and city-wide reading projects which employ the ‘One Book, One Community’ model. The primary aims of the transnational study were to investigate how mass reading events configure contemporary practices of reading and the cultural meanings of reading at local, national and international levels; to explain the uses and complexities of reading communities in different locations; to identify and analyse trans-national trends and differences in contemporary reading cultures and reading practices; and, to critique the popular function of literary fiction. The file contains the data collected from an online survey of readers in Birmingham. Convenience sampling was employed. The survey was advertised through adverts in newspapers, on-line advertisements; flyers and bookmarks distributed through public library systems and cultural centres; via email through the research team’s formal and informal social and professional networks. The data includes reading choice, habits and practices; participation in broadcast and community book programming; and, basic demographic information (anonymised). The statistical data is deposited in .sav .csv and .por formats. Collateral material includes: Codebook and the Survey. Content was created between ca. 2006-09-25 and 2008-08-25. Content was saved 2008-10-31. http://www.beyondthebookproject.org/

Birmingham Book Festival, One Book, One Community, Books and reading--England, Books and reading—Research, Books and reading--Sociological aspects, Books and reading --Great Britain, Book clubs (Discu...
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Birmingham Book Festival, One Book, One Community, Books and reading--England, Books and reading—Research, Books and reading--Sociological aspects, Books and reading --Great Britain, Book clubs (Discussion groups)--Great Britain, Library outreach programs--Great Britain, Literature and society--Great Britain., Reading groups, Reading interests, Reading programs--Great Britain, Reading programs (Literacy), Reading promotion, Reading promotion--European Union countries--Congresses, Reading public, Reading public (Library users)

Quantitative data and collateral documents of the Bristol portion of the AHRC-funded project ‘Beyond the Book: Mass Reading Events and Contemporary Cultures of Reading in the UK, USA and Canada’, (2005-2008, grant number: 112166), a three-year interdisciplinary project. The study researched a select...
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Quantitative data and collateral documents of the Bristol portion of the AHRC-funded project ‘Beyond the Book: Mass Reading Events and Contemporary Cultures of Reading in the UK, USA and Canada’, (2005-2008, grant number: 112166), a three-year interdisciplinary project. The study researched a selection of 21st-century reading events which employ mass media (TV and radio) and city-wide reading projects which employ the ‘One Book, One Community’ model. The primary aims of the transnational study were to investigate how mass reading events configure contemporary practices of reading and the cultural meanings of reading at local, national and international levels; to explain the uses and complexities of reading communities in different locations; to identify and analyse trans-national trends and differences in contemporary reading cultures and reading practices; and, to critique the popular function of literary fiction. The file contains the data collected from an online survey of readers in Bristol. Convenience sampling was employed. The survey was advertised through adverts in newspapers, on-line advertisements; flyers and bookmarks distributed through public library systems and cultural centres; via email through the research team’s formal and informal social and professional networks. The data includes reading choice, habits and practices; participation in broadcast and community book programming; and, basic demographic information (anonymised). The statistical data is deposited in .sav .csv and .por formats. Collateral material includes: Codebook and the Survey. Content was created between ca. 2006-01-06 and 2008-08-25. Content was saved 2008-10-31. http://www.beyondthebookproject.org/

Bristol's Great Reading Adventure, One Book, One Community, Books and reading--England, Books and reading—Research, Books and reading--Sociological aspects, Books and reading --Great Britain, Book clu...
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Bristol's Great Reading Adventure, One Book, One Community, Books and reading--England, Books and reading—Research, Books and reading--Sociological aspects, Books and reading --Great Britain, Book clubs (Discussion groups)--Great Britain, Library outreach programs--Great Britain, Literature and society--Great Britain, Reading groups, Reading interests, Reading programs--Great Britain, Reading programs (Literacy), Reading promotion, Reading promotion--European Union countries--Congresses, Reading public, Reading public (Library users)

Quantitative data and collateral documents for the Canada Reads portion of the AHRC-funded project ‘Beyond the Book: Mass Reading Events and Contemporary Cultures of Reading in the UK, USA and Canada’, (2005-2008, grant number: 112166), a three-year interdisciplinary project. The study researched a ...
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Quantitative data and collateral documents for the Canada Reads portion of the AHRC-funded project ‘Beyond the Book: Mass Reading Events and Contemporary Cultures of Reading in the UK, USA and Canada’, (2005-2008, grant number: 112166), a three-year interdisciplinary project. The study researched a selection of 21st-century reading events which employ mass media (TV and radio) and city-wide reading projects which employ the ‘One Book, One Community’ model. The primary aims of the transnational study were to investigate how mass reading events configure contemporary practices of reading and the cultural meanings of reading at local, national and international levels; to explain the uses and complexities of reading communities in different locations; to identify and analyse trans-national trends and differences in contemporary reading cultures and reading practices; and, to critique the popular function of literary fiction. The file contains the merged data collected from an online survey of readers across Canada. Convenience sampling was employed. The survey was advertised through adverts in newspapers, on-line advertisements; flyers and bookmarks distributed through public library systems and cultural centres; via email through the research team’s formal and informal social and professional networks. The data includes reading choice, habits and practices; participation in broadcast and community book programming; and, basic demographic information (anonymised). The statistical data is deposited in .sav .csv and .por formats. Collateral material includes: Codebook and the Survey. Content was created between ca. 2006-04-10 and 2008-08-25. Content was saved 2008-10-31. http://www.beyondthebookproject.org/

Canada Reads, One Book, One Community, Books and reading--Canada, Books and reading—Research, Books and reading--Sociological aspects, Book clubs (Discussion groups) --Canada, Library outreach program...
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Canada Reads, One Book, One Community, Books and reading--Canada, Books and reading—Research, Books and reading--Sociological aspects, Book clubs (Discussion groups) --Canada, Library outreach programs--Canada, Literature and society--Canada, Reading groups, Reading interests, Reading programs (Literacy), Reading promotion, Reading promotion—Canada, Reading public, Reading public (Library users)

Quantitative data and collateral documents for the Liverpool portion of the AHRC-funded project ‘Beyond the Book: Mass Reading Events and Contemporary Cultures of Reading in the UK, USA and Canada’, (2005-2008, grant number: 112166), a three-year interdisciplinary project. The study researched a sel...
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Quantitative data and collateral documents for the Liverpool portion of the AHRC-funded project ‘Beyond the Book: Mass Reading Events and Contemporary Cultures of Reading in the UK, USA and Canada’, (2005-2008, grant number: 112166), a three-year interdisciplinary project. The study researched a selection of 21st-century reading events which employ mass media (TV and radio) and city-wide reading projects which employ the ‘One Book, One Community’ model. The primary aims of the transnational study were to investigate how mass reading events configure contemporary practices of reading and the cultural meanings of reading at local, national and international levels; to explain the uses and complexities of reading communities in different locations; to identify and analyse trans-national trends and differences in contemporary reading cultures and reading practices; and, to critique the popular function of literary fiction. The file contains the merged data collected from an online survey of readers in Liverpool. Convenience sampling was employed. The survey was advertised through adverts in newspapers, on-line advertisements; flyers and bookmarks distributed through public library systems and cultural centres; via email through the research team’s formal and informal social and professional networks. The data includes reading choice, habits and practices; participation in broadcast and community book programming; and, basic demographic information (anonymised). The statistical data is deposited in both .csv and .por formats. Collateral material includes: Codebook; Data Notes; Meta Data Information Sheet and the Survey. Content was created between ca. 2007-02-19 and 2008-08-25. Content was saved 2008-10-31. http://www.beyondthebookproject.org/

Liverpool Reads, One Book, One Community, Small Island Read, Books and reading--England, Books and reading—Research, Books and reading--Sociological aspects, Books and reading --Great Britain, Book cl...
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Liverpool Reads, One Book, One Community, Small Island Read, Books and reading--England, Books and reading—Research, Books and reading--Sociological aspects, Books and reading --Great Britain, Book clubs (Discussion groups) --Great Britain, Library outreach programs--Great Britain, Literature and society--Great Britain, Reading groups, Reading interests, Reading programs--Great Britain, Reading programs (Literacy), Reading promotion, Reading promotion--European Union countries--Congresses, Reading public, Reading public (Library users)

Quantitative data and collateral documents Chicago portion of the AHRC-funded project ‘Beyond the Book: Mass Reading Events and Contemporary Cultures of Reading in the UK, USA and Canada’, (2005-2008, grant number: 112166), a three-year interdisciplinary project. The study researched a selection of ...
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Quantitative data and collateral documents Chicago portion of the AHRC-funded project ‘Beyond the Book: Mass Reading Events and Contemporary Cultures of Reading in the UK, USA and Canada’, (2005-2008, grant number: 112166), a three-year interdisciplinary project. The study researched a selection of 21st-century reading events which employ mass media (TV and radio) and city-wide reading projects which employ the ‘One Book, One Community’ model. The primary aims of the transnational study were to investigate how mass reading events configure contemporary practices of reading and the cultural meanings of reading at local, national and international levels; to explain the uses and complexities of reading communities in different locations; to identify and analyse trans-national trends and differences in contemporary reading cultures and reading practices; and, to critique the popular function of literary fiction. The file contains the data collected from a series of an online survey of readers in Chicago. Convenience sampling was employed. The survey was advertised through adverts in newspapers, on-line advertisements; flyers and bookmarks distributed through public library systems and cultural centres; via email through the research team’s formal and informal social and professional networks. The data includes reading choice, habits and practices; participation in broadcast and community book programming; and, basic demographic information (anonymised). The statistical data is deposited in .sav .csv and .por formats. Collateral material includes: Codebook and the Survey. Content was created between ca. 2006-10-13 and 2008-08-25. Content was saved 2008-10-31. http://www.beyondthebookproject.org/

One Book, One Community, One Book One Chicago, Books and reading—Research, Books and reading--Sociological aspects, Books and reading--United States, Book clubs (Discussion groups) --United States, Li...
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One Book, One Community, One Book One Chicago, Books and reading—Research, Books and reading--Sociological aspects, Books and reading--United States, Book clubs (Discussion groups) --United States, Library outreach programs--United States, Literature and society--United States, Reading groups, Reading interests, Reading programs (Literacy), Reading promotion, Reading promotion--United States, Reading public, Reading public (Library users)

Quantitative data and collateral documents for the Huntsville (Alabama) portion of the AHRC-funded project ‘Beyond the Book: Mass Reading Events and Contemporary Cultures of Reading in the UK, USA and Canada’, (2005-2008, grant number: 112166), a three-year interdisciplinary project. The study resea...
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Quantitative data and collateral documents for the Huntsville (Alabama) portion of the AHRC-funded project ‘Beyond the Book: Mass Reading Events and Contemporary Cultures of Reading in the UK, USA and Canada’, (2005-2008, grant number: 112166), a three-year interdisciplinary project. The study researched a selection of 21st-century reading events which employ mass media (TV and radio) and city-wide reading projects which employ the ‘One Book, One Community’ model. The primary aims of the transnational study were to investigate how mass reading events configure contemporary practices of reading and the cultural meanings of reading at local, national and international levels; to explain the uses and complexities of reading communities in different locations; to identify and analyse trans-national trends and differences in contemporary reading cultures and reading practices; and, to critique the popular function of literary fiction. The file contains the data collected from an online survey of readers in Huntsville (Ala). Convenience sampling was employed. The survey was advertised through adverts in newspapers, on-line advertisements; flyers and bookmarks distributed through public library systems and cultural centres; via email through the research team’s formal and informal social and professional networks. The data includes reading choice, habits and practices; participation in broadcast and community book programming; and, basic demographic information (anonymised). The statistical data is deposited in .sav .csv and .por formats. Collateral material includes: Codebook and the Survey. Content was created between ca. 2007-04-02 and 2008-08-25. Content was saved 2008-10-31. http://www.beyondthebookproject.org/

The Big Read, National Endowment for the Arts, One Book, One Community, One Book, One Huntsville, Books and reading—Research, Books and reading--Sociological aspects, Books and reading--United States,...
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The Big Read, National Endowment for the Arts, One Book, One Community, One Book, One Huntsville, Books and reading—Research, Books and reading--Sociological aspects, Books and reading--United States, Book clubs (Discussion groups) --United States, Library outreach programs--United States, Literature and society--United States, Reading groups, Reading interests, Reading programs (Literacy), Reading promotion, Reading promotion--United States, Reading public, Reading public (Library users)

Quantitative data and collateral documents for the Vancouver portion of the AHRC-funded project ‘Beyond the Book: Mass Reading Events and Contemporary Cultures of Reading in the UK, USA and Canada’, (2005-2008, grant number: 112166), a three-year interdisciplinary project. The study researched a sel...
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Quantitative data and collateral documents for the Vancouver portion of the AHRC-funded project ‘Beyond the Book: Mass Reading Events and Contemporary Cultures of Reading in the UK, USA and Canada’, (2005-2008, grant number: 112166), a three-year interdisciplinary project. The study researched a selection of 21st-century reading events which employ mass media (TV and radio) and city-wide reading projects which employ the ‘One Book, One Community’ model. The primary aims of the transnational study were to investigate how mass reading events configure contemporary practices of reading and the cultural meanings of reading at local, national and international levels; to explain the uses and complexities of reading communities in different locations; to identify and analyse trans-national trends and differences in contemporary reading cultures and reading practices; and, to critique the popular function of literary fiction. The file contains the merged data collected from an online survey of readers in Vancouver. Convenience sampling was employed. The survey was advertised through adverts in newspapers, on-line advertisements; flyers and bookmarks distributed through public library systems and cultural centres; via email through the research team’s formal and informal social and professional networks. The data includes reading choice, habits and practices; participation in broadcast and community book programming; and, basic demographic information (anonymised). The statistical data is deposited in .sav .csv and .por formats. Collateral material includes: Codebook and the Survey. Content was created between ca. 2006-04-15 and 2008-08-25. Content was saved 2008-10-31. http://www.beyondthebookproject.org/

One Book, One Community, One Book, One Vancouver, Books and reading--Canada, Books and reading—Research, Books and reading--Sociological aspects, Book clubs (Discussion groups) --Canada, Library outre...
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One Book, One Community, One Book, One Vancouver, Books and reading--Canada, Books and reading—Research, Books and reading--Sociological aspects, Book clubs (Discussion groups) --Canada, Library outreach programs--Canada, Literature and society--Canada, Reading groups, Reading interests, Reading programs (Literacy), Reading promotion, Reading promotion—Canada, Reading public, Reading public (Library users)

Quantitative data and collateral documents for the Richard and Judy’s Book Club portion of the AHRC-funded project ‘Beyond the Book: Mass Reading Events and Contemporary Cultures of Reading in the UK, USA and Canada’, (2005-2008, grant number: 112166), a three-year interdisciplinary project. The stu...
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Quantitative data and collateral documents for the Richard and Judy’s Book Club portion of the AHRC-funded project ‘Beyond the Book: Mass Reading Events and Contemporary Cultures of Reading in the UK, USA and Canada’, (2005-2008, grant number: 112166), a three-year interdisciplinary project. The study researched a selection of 21st-century reading events which employ mass media (TV and radio) and city-wide reading projects which employ the ‘One Book, One Community’ model. The primary aims of the transnational study were to investigate how mass reading events configure contemporary practices of reading and the cultural meanings of reading at local, national and international levels; to explain the uses and complexities of reading communities in different locations; to identify and analyse trans-national trends and differences in contemporary reading cultures and reading practices; and, to critique the popular function of literary fiction. The file contains the merged data collected from an online surveys of readers across the UK. Convenience sampling was employed. The survey was advertised through adverts in newspapers, on-line advertisements; flyers and bookmarks distributed through public library systems and cultural centres; via email through the research team’s formal and informal social and professional networks. The data includes reading choice, habits and practices; participation in broadcast and community book programming; and, basic demographic information (anonymised). The statistical data is deposited in .sav .csv and .por formats. Collateral material includes: Codebook and the Survey. Content was created between ca. 2007-01-08 and 2008-08-25. Content was saved 2008-10-31. http://www.beyondthebookproject.org/

Richard and Judy's Book Club Books and reading--England, Books and reading—Research, Books and reading--Sociological aspects, Books and reading --Great Britain, Book clubs (Discussion groups) --Great ...
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Richard and Judy's Book Club Books and reading--England, Books and reading—Research, Books and reading--Sociological aspects, Books and reading --Great Britain, Book clubs (Discussion groups) --Great Britain, Library outreach programs--Great Britain, Literature and society--Great Britain, Reading groups, Reading interests, Reading programs--Great Britain, Reading programs (Literacy), Reading promotion, Reading promotion--European Union countries--Congresses, Reading public, Reading public (Library users)

Quantitative data and collateral documents for the Seattle portion of the AHRC-funded project ‘Beyond the Book: Mass Reading Events and Contemporary Cultures of Reading in the UK, USA and Canada’, (2005-2008, grant number: 112166), a three-year interdisciplinary project. The study researched a selec...
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Quantitative data and collateral documents for the Seattle portion of the AHRC-funded project ‘Beyond the Book: Mass Reading Events and Contemporary Cultures of Reading in the UK, USA and Canada’, (2005-2008, grant number: 112166), a three-year interdisciplinary project. The study researched a selection of 21st-century reading events which employ mass media (TV and radio) and city-wide reading projects which employ the ‘One Book, One Community’ model. The primary aims of the transnational study were to investigate how mass reading events configure contemporary practices of reading and the cultural meanings of reading at local, national and international levels; to explain the uses and complexities of reading communities in different locations; to identify and analyse trans-national trends and differences in contemporary reading cultures and reading practices; and, to critique the popular function of literary fiction. The file contains the data collected from as online surveys of readers in Seattle. Convenience sampling was employed. The survey was advertised through adverts in newspapers, on-line advertisements; flyers and bookmarks distributed through public library systems and cultural centres; via email through the research team’s formal and informal social and professional networks. The data includes reading choice, habits and practices; participation in broadcast and community book programming; and, basic demographic information (anonymised). The statistical data is deposited in .sav .csv and .por formats. Collateral material includes: Codebook and the Survey. Content was created between ca. 2007-05-12 and 2008-08-25. Content was saved 2008-10-31. http://www.beyondthebookproject.org/

One Book, One Community, Seattle Reads Books and reading—Research, Books and reading--Sociological aspects, Books and reading--United States, Book clubs (Discussion groups) --United States, Library ou...
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One Book, One Community, Seattle Reads Books and reading—Research, Books and reading--Sociological aspects, Books and reading--United States, Book clubs (Discussion groups) --United States, Library outreach programs--United States, Literature and society--United States, Reading groups, Reading interests, Reading programs (Literacy), Reading promotion, Reading promotion--United States, Reading public, Reading public (Library users)