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Highly Cited
2013
Highly Cited
2013
Duncan Tanner Essay Prize Winner 2012 The Invention of a ‘Secular Society’? Christianity and the Sudden Appearance of Secularization Discourses in the British National Media, 1961–4
Sam Brewitt-Taylor
2013
Corpus ID: 147197558
This essay examines the sudden re-imagination of Britain as a ‘secular society’ in the highbrow British media between 1961 and…
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Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Visual Predictions of Currency Crises Using Self-Organizing Maps
Peter Sarlin
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Dorina Marghescu
IEEE International Conference on Data Mining…
2010
Corpus ID: 17687367
Throughout the 1990s, four global waves of financial turmoil occurred. The beginning of the 21st century has also suffered from…
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Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Mirrors and Microparameters: Phrase Structure Beyond Free Word Order
David Adger
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Daniel Harbour
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Laurel J. Watkins
2009
Corpus ID: 122721591
1. Introduction 2. Nonconfigurationality and polysynthesis 3. The clausal spin 4. Making mirrors 5. Interface properties of…
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Review
2007
Review
2007
Amongst Empires: A Short History of Ireland and Empire Studies in International Context
J. Cleary
2007
Corpus ID: 159949742
This essay begins with a summary overview of emergent intellectual trends that are redefining the study of empire today. It then…
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Review
2004
Review
2004
How Images Think
Ron Burnett
2004
Corpus ID: 60753824
Digital images are an integral part of all media, including television, film, photography, animation, video games, data…
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Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
A robust method to obtain optimal and sub-optimal design and retrofit solutions of water utilization systems with multiple contaminants in process plants
M. Bagajewicz
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M. Rivas
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M. Savelski
2000
Corpus ID: 19406946
Review
1999
Review
1999
CADOM: A Component Agent-based Design-Oriented Model for Collaborative Design
M. Rosenman
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Fujun Wang
1999
Corpus ID: 62692138
Abstract.Information technology is the foundation for collaborative design. This paper reviews the state-of-the-art of the…
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Review
1996
Review
1996
Redefinition of the neotropical genus Anthopterus (Ericaceae: Vaccinieae), including one new species
J. Luteyn
Brittonia
1996
Corpus ID: 23414545
The taxonomic history of Anthopterus as it relates to Themistoclesia is briefly reviewed. Anthopterus is redefined to include…
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Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
The Sunnfjord Melange, evidence of Silurian ophiolite accretion in the West Norwegian Caledonides
T. B. Andersen
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K. P. Skjerlie
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H. Furnes
Journal of the Geological Society
1990
Corpus ID: 11064975
A major composite terrane, the Sunnfjord Melange, has been identified in the West Norwegian Caledonides. The rocks of the melange…
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Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Variations In Task And The Ideal Observer
K. Hanson
Other Conferences
1983
Corpus ID: 51799352
In most previous studies involving the ideal observer, the task considered has been that of simple detection where it is assumed…
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