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Clinical evaluation of a range of autorefractors (1993)
Journal Article
McCaghrey, G. E., & Matthews, F. E. (1993). Clinical evaluation of a range of autorefractors. Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics, 13(2), 129-137. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-1313.1993.tb00441.x

A practice‐based study of nine autorefractors was undertaken lo assess reliability and validity. Various statistical methods were used to test aspects of validity of the machines compared with one another. In routine optometric practice the autorefra... Read More about Clinical evaluation of a range of autorefractors.

Rural population mixing and childhood leukaemia: Effects of the North Sea oil industry in Scotland, including the area near Dounreay nuclear site (1993)
Journal Article
Kinlen, L. J., O'Brien, F., Clarke, K., Balkwill, A., & Matthews, F. (1993). Rural population mixing and childhood leukaemia: Effects of the North Sea oil industry in Scotland, including the area near Dounreay nuclear site. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.306.6880.743

Objective - To determine if any excess of childhood leukaemia and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma was associated with certain striking examples of population mixing in rural Scotland produced by the North Sea oil industry. Design - Details were traced for ove... Read More about Rural population mixing and childhood leukaemia: Effects of the North Sea oil industry in Scotland, including the area near Dounreay nuclear site.

Religion, politics and the secular state in India (1993)
Thesis
Ranganathan, C. S. (1993). Religion, politics and the secular state in India. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4213920

India has been declared to be a 'Secular State' since 1976, by an amendment to the Constitution, although its supporters claim that it has been one since 1950 when the Constitution was first adopted. From its inception the weaknesses of secularism as... Read More about Religion, politics and the secular state in India.

The 'ruralization' of the city : with special reference to Baghdad (1993)
Thesis
Alneamy, F. J. A. (1993). The 'ruralization' of the city : with special reference to Baghdad. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4212632

This study is an investigation of the influence of traditional values on urban life in Iraq, with special reference to Baghdad, the capital of Iraq. Very much has been said about the function of the city as a social form exerting an independent causa... Read More about The 'ruralization' of the city : with special reference to Baghdad.

Nonlinear identification of the Pco2control system in man (1993)
Journal Article
Noshiro, M., Furuya, M., Linkens, D., & Goode, K. (1993). Nonlinear identification of the Pco2control system in man. Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, 40(3), 189-202. https://doi.org/10.1016/0169-2607%2893%2990057-R

Two approaches to identification of the Pco 2 system in man are described. The first uses a nonlinear 'black box' NARMAX identification package, while the second method uses a structured two-compartment Belville model. The data were obtained from vol... Read More about Nonlinear identification of the Pco2control system in man.

Line generalisation by repeated elimination of points (1993)
Journal Article
Visvalingam, M., & Whyatt, J. D. (1993). Line generalisation by repeated elimination of points. The Cartographic journal, 30(1), 46-51. https://doi.org/10.1179/000870493786962263

This paper presents a new approach to line generalisation which uses the concept of ‘effective area’ for progressive simplification of a line by point elimination. Two coastlines are used to compare the performance of this, with that of the widely us... Read More about Line generalisation by repeated elimination of points.