Nirex to appeal after permission refused for 'rock lab' at Sellafield

Risks to Ireland from incidents at Sellafield.

OAUC at CLEF2016 SBS Lab: Using Appeal Elements to Improve Automatic Book Recommendation - Proof of Concept

In this article we describe the OAUC’s participation in the CLEF 2016 SBS Search Suggestion track. We are trying to represent appeal elements, used in readers’ advisory theory and practice, to see if they can be used in an automatic retrieval and recommendation context. We are still working with the pace appeal element, used in fiction to capture how quickly the buildup of the story or the plot...

NIREX Internet Resource EXchange

This paper describes NIREX, a dynamic, distributed system that provides the framework for building an open system of services for users over the Internet. NIREX is built on Jini technology. In Jini, a service is any executable code that adheres to the service protocols defined by the Jini specifications. The NIREX architecture is described along with two example applications: one, involving a g...

How to Ask for Permission

Application platforms provide applications with access to hardware (e.g., GPS and cameras) and personal data. Modern platforms use permission systems to protect access to these resources. The nature of these permission systems vary widely across platforms. Some platforms obtain user consent as part of installation, while others display runtime consent dialogs. We propose a set of guidelines to ...

Germline minisatellite mutations in workers occupationally exposed to radiation at the Sellafield nuclear facility.

Germline minisatellite mutation rates were investigated in male workers occupationally exposed to radiation at the Sellafield nuclear facility. DNA samples from 160 families with 255 offspring were analysed for mutations at eight hypervariable minisatellite loci (B6.7, CEB1, CEB15, CEB25, CEB36, MS1, MS31, MS32) by Southern hybridisation. No significant difference was observed between the pater...