This work seeks to explicate the ontological assumptions that underpin the development of Conservative Party welfare policy from 2005 to 2010. The assumptions will be discussed in four themes: structure/agency, social change, human nature and gender. The work shall begin by discussing the ontological assumptions of neoliberalism through the work of Hayek, Friedman, Mead and Murray, using exampl...

Viral infections of poultry can be catastrophic in terms of both welfare and economics, and although vaccines have been very successful in combating these diseases, new forms of viruses have evolved which present increasing difficulties for vaccine control. Differences in genetic susceptibility are known to exist for many of the major viral pathogens of poultry. Consequently, an increase in the...

Modern composite materials based on non-metallic continuous fibres are increasingly used in civil engineering to strengthen building structures. In the strengthening of reinforced concrete (RC) structures, utilisation externally bonded fibre-reinforced polymer (FRP) composites is only up 35% because pilling-off failure mechanism. This problem can be solved using pre-tensioned laminates. Due mor...

ment of ultrashort laser systems is creating exciting possibilities for very precise localization of laser energy in time and space. These achievements have triggered novel laser applications based on nonlinear interaction processes. A promising three-dimensional microfabrication method that has recently attracted considerable attention is based on twophoton polymerization with ultrashort laser...

act — In this paper we describe two tools that form an ed environment which can be successfully used for ment and exploitation of linguistic resources. Both the d the resources were developed within the University of e Human Language Technology Group. The tools we are WS4LR, a software tool that has been developed d for solving different tasks within the Group, and a lication named WS4QE, accom...