University of Surrey

About: University of Surrey is a education organization based out in Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Context (language use). The organization has 17976 authors who have published 44951 publications receiving 1249993 citations. The organization is also known as: Battersea Polytechnic Institute & Battersea College of Technology.

Fandom : Identities and Communities in a Mediated World

Abstract: AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Why Study Fans? Part I: Fan Texts: From Aesthetic to Legal JudgmentsPart II: Beyond Pop Culture from News to High Culture Part III: Spaces of Fandom: From Place to Performance Part IV: Fan Audiences Worldwide: From the Global to the Local Part V: Shifting Contexts, Changing Fan Cultures: From Concert Halls to Console Games Part VI: Fans and Anti-Fans: From Love to HateBibliographyAbout the ContributorsIndex

An excess of massive stars in the local 30 Doradus starburst.

Abstract: The 30 Doradus star-forming region in the Large Magellanic Cloud is a nearby analog of large star-formation events in the distant universe. We determined the recent formation history and the initial mass function (IMF) of massive stars in 30 Doradus on the basis of spectroscopic observations of 247 stars more massive than 15 solar masses (Embedded Image). The main episode of massive star formation began about 8 million years (My) ago, and the star-formation rate seems to have declined in the last 1 My. The IMF is densely sampled up to 200 Embedded Image and contains 32 ± 12% more stars above 30 Embedded Image than predicted by a standard Salpeter IMF. In the mass range of 15 to 200 Embedded Image, the IMF power-law exponent is Embedded Image, shallower than the Salpeter value of 2.35.

Analysis of an Image-Based Method to Quantify the Size and Shape of Sand Particles

Abstract: Sand response depends on particle morphology (size and shape). In geotechnical research and practice, size is typically assessed by sieve analysis and particle shapes are qualitatively described. Technological developments mean that digital images of sand particles can easily be obtained, enabling shape to be quantified. The complexity associated with many digital image analysis algorithms seems to have restricted their use to fundamental research studies. This study introduces a pragmatic approach for quantitative shape analysis that has the potential to be broadly adopted in geotechnical engineering research and practice. The approach generates three shape measures (convexity, sphericity, and aspect ratio) that can easily be calculated from digital images. Following an analysis of these shape measures and the imaging method used here, a database of 36 sands, including many of the sands commonly used in geotechnical research, is presented. The subjective nature of qualitative description is clear...

Consensus meeting: monosodium glutamate – an update

Abstract: Update of the Hohenheim consensus on monosodium glutamate from 1997: Summary and evaluation of recent knowledge with respect to physiology and safety of monosodium glutamate. Experts from a range of relevant disciplines received and considered a series of questions related to aspects of the topic. University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany. The experts met and discussed the questions and arrived at a consensus. Total intake of glutamate from food in European countries is generally stable and ranged from 5 to 12 g/day (free: ca. 1 g, protein-bound: ca. 10 g, added as flavor: ca. 0.4 g). L-Glutamate (GLU) from all sources is mainly used as energy fuel in enterocytes. A maximum intake of 16.000 mg/kg body weight is regarded as safe. The general use of glutamate salts (monosodium-L-glutamate and others) as food additive can, thus, be regarded as harmless for the whole population. Even in unphysiologically high doses GLU will not trespass into fetal circulation. Further research work should, however, be done concerning the effects of high doses of a bolus supply at presence of an impaired blood brain barrier function. In situations with decreased appetite (e.g., elderly persons) palatability can be improved by low dose use of monosodium-L-glutamate.