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Civil society contributions to local level flood resilience: Before, during and after the 2015 Boxing Day floods in the Upper Calder Valley (2018)
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Forrest, S., Trell, E., & Woltjer, J. (2019). Civil society contributions to local level flood resilience: Before, during and after the 2015 Boxing Day floods in the Upper Calder Valley. Transactions - Institute of British Geographers, 44(2), 422-436. https://doi.org/10.1111/tran.12279

There is an increasing emphasis on the local level as well as growing expectations regarding civil society actors in flood‐risk management in the UK. However, not enough is known about the potential contributions of civil society to flood resilience... Read More about Civil society contributions to local level flood resilience: Before, during and after the 2015 Boxing Day floods in the Upper Calder Valley.

Thermo-economic evaluation of an innovative direct steam generation solar power system using screw expanders in a tandem configuration (2018)
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Li, P., Li, J., Tan, R., Wang, Y., Pei, G., Jiang, B., & Tang, J. (2019). Thermo-economic evaluation of an innovative direct steam generation solar power system using screw expanders in a tandem configuration. Applied thermal engineering, 148, 1007-1017. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2018.11.097

Tandem screw expander (SE) technology is a promising solution for large volume ratio situations. Tandem SE driven direct steam generation (DSG) system is first proposed for distributed solar thermal power generation. Steam accumulator is adopted for... Read More about Thermo-economic evaluation of an innovative direct steam generation solar power system using screw expanders in a tandem configuration.

A novel approach to thermal storage of direct steam generation solar power systems through two-step heat discharge (2018)
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Li, J., Gao, G., Kutlu, C., Liu, K., Pei, G., Su, Y., Ji, J., & Riffat, S. (2019). A novel approach to thermal storage of direct steam generation solar power systems through two-step heat discharge. Applied energy, 236, 81-100. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.11.084

© 2018 Elsevier Ltd Steam accumulators are the only commercial solution for heat storage of direct steam generation (DSG) solar thermal power plants. Current accumulators have low storage capacity as the turbine suffers from inefficient off-design op... Read More about A novel approach to thermal storage of direct steam generation solar power systems through two-step heat discharge.

A new insight into the influence of habitat on the biochemical properties of three commercial sea cucumber species (2018)
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González-Wangüemert, M., Roggatz, C. C., Rodrigues, M. J., Barreira, L., da Silva, M. M., & Custódio, L. (2018). A new insight into the influence of habitat on the biochemical properties of three commercial sea cucumber species. International Aquatic Research, 10(4), 361-373. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40071-018-0210-9

© 2018, The Author(s). This work makes a comparative evaluation of the biochemical profile of three sea commercial cucumber species (Holothuria mammata, H. polii and H. tubulosa) caught from different locations of the Mediterranean Sea (SE Spain). Al... Read More about A new insight into the influence of habitat on the biochemical properties of three commercial sea cucumber species.

Energy performance analysis of a novel solar PVT loop heat pipe employing a microchannel heat pipe evaporator and a PCM triple heat exchanger (2018)
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Diallo, T. M., Yu, M., Zhou, J., Zhao, X., Shittu, S., Li, G., Ji, J., & Hardy, D. (2019). Energy performance analysis of a novel solar PVT loop heat pipe employing a microchannel heat pipe evaporator and a PCM triple heat exchanger. Energy, 167, 866-888. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2018.10.192

This study presents a numerical analysis of the energy efficiency for a novel solar PVT Loop Heat Pipe (PVT-LHP) employing a novel Micro-channel evaporator and a novel PCM heat storage exchanger. It presents a description of the different sub-models... Read More about Energy performance analysis of a novel solar PVT loop heat pipe employing a microchannel heat pipe evaporator and a PCM triple heat exchanger.

On the causes of pulsing in continuous turbidity currents (2018)
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Kostaschuk, R., Nasr-Azadani, M. M., Meiburg, E., Wei, T., Chen, Z., Negretti, M. E., Best, J., Peakall, J., & Parsons, D. R. (2018). On the causes of pulsing in continuous turbidity currents. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 123(11), 2827-2843. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JF004719

Velocity pulsing has previously been observed in continuous turbidity currents in lakes and reservoirs, even though the input flow is steady. Several different mechanisms have been ascribed to the generation of these fluctuations, including Rayleigh‐... Read More about On the causes of pulsing in continuous turbidity currents.

Feminist historical geographies: doing and being (2018)
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McDonagh, B. (2018). Feminist historical geographies: doing and being. Gender, Place and Culture, 25(11), 1563-1578. https://doi.org/10.1080/0966369X.2018.1552122

As part of GPC’s 25-year anniversary celebrations, this article explores possibilities and prospects for feminist historical geographies and geographers. Here I define feminist historical geography as scholarship which asks geographical questions of... Read More about Feminist historical geographies: doing and being.

Performing Values Practices and Grassroots Organizing: The Case of Solidarity Economy Initiatives in Greece (2018)
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Daskalaki, M., Fotaki, M., & Sotiropoulou, I. (2019). Performing Values Practices and Grassroots Organizing: The Case of Solidarity Economy Initiatives in Greece. Organization Studies, 40(11), 1741-1765. https://doi.org/10.1177/0170840618800102

This article discusses solidarity economy initiatives as instances of grassroots organizing, and explores how ‘values practices’ are performed collectively during times of crisis. In focusing on how power, discourse and subjectivities are negotiated... Read More about Performing Values Practices and Grassroots Organizing: The Case of Solidarity Economy Initiatives in Greece.

Wave ripple development on mixed clay-sand substrates: Effects of clay winnowing and armoring (2018)
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Wu, X., Baas, J. H., Parsons, D. R., Eggenhuisen, J., Amoudry, L., Cartigny, M., McLelland, S., Mouazé, D., & Ruessink, G. (2018). Wave ripple development on mixed clay-sand substrates: Effects of clay winnowing and armoring. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 123(11), 2784-2801. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JF004681

Based on bed form experiments in a large‐scale flume, we demonstrate that the rate of development of wave ripples on a mixed sand‐clay bed under regular waves is significantly lower than on a pure‐sand bed, even at clay fractions as low as 4.2%, and... Read More about Wave ripple development on mixed clay-sand substrates: Effects of clay winnowing and armoring.

Morphological effects of vegetation on the tidal-fluvial transition in Holocene estuaries (2018)
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Lokhorst, I. R., Braat, L., Leuven, J. R. F. W., Baar, A. W., Van Oorschot, M., Selaković, S., & Kleinhans, M. G. (2018). Morphological effects of vegetation on the tidal-fluvial transition in Holocene estuaries. Earth surface dynamics European Geosciences Union, 6(4), 883-901. https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-6-883-2018

Vegetation enhances bank stability and sedimentation to such an extent that it can modify river patterns, but how these processes manifest themselves in full-scale estuarine settings is poorly understood. On the one hand, tidal flats accrete faster i... Read More about Morphological effects of vegetation on the tidal-fluvial transition in Holocene estuaries.