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The presence of behavioural and psychological symptoms and progression to dementia in the cognitively impaired older population (2013)
Journal Article
Van Der Linde, R. M., Stephan, B. C., Matthews, F. E., Brayne, C., & Savva, G. M. (2013). The presence of behavioural and psychological symptoms and progression to dementia in the cognitively impaired older population. International journal of geriatric psychiatry, 28(7), 700-709. https://doi.org/10.1002/gps.3873

Objective Behavioural and psychological symptoms (BPS) are common in the older population and may be an indication of early dementia. We explored the predictive effect of the presence of BPS on the 2-year progression to dementia in a cognitively impa... Read More about The presence of behavioural and psychological symptoms and progression to dementia in the cognitively impaired older population.

A novel track-drive mobile robotic framework for conducting projects on robotics and control systems (2013)
Journal Article
Iqbal, J., Riaz un Nabi, S., Attayyab Khan, A., & Khan, H. (2013). A novel track-drive mobile robotic framework for conducting projects on robotics and control systems. Life science journal, 10(3), 130-137

This paper presents a novel robotic framework to help students to practically grasp the concepts of Robotics and Control Systems in a laboratory environment. The framework is centered on a robotic rover having two tank-like tracks which permit locomo... Read More about A novel track-drive mobile robotic framework for conducting projects on robotics and control systems.

Monitoring the generation and evolution of the sediment plume behind towed fishing gears using a multibeam echosounder (2013)
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O'Neill, F. G., Simmons, S. M., Parsons, D. R., Best, J. L., Copland, P. J., Armstrong, F., …Summerbell, K. (2013). Monitoring the generation and evolution of the sediment plume behind towed fishing gears using a multibeam echosounder. ICES journal of marine science : journal du conseil, 70(4), 892-903. https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fst051

O'Neill, F. G., Simmons, S. M., Parsons, D. R., Best, J. L., Copland, P. J., Armstrong, F., Breen, M., and Summerbell, K. 2013. Monitoring the generation and evolution of the sediment plume behind towed fishing gears using a multibeam echosounder. -... Read More about Monitoring the generation and evolution of the sediment plume behind towed fishing gears using a multibeam echosounder.

Co-location of activities and designations: A means of solving or creating problems in marine spatial planning? (2013)
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Christie, N., Smyth, K., Barnes, R., & Elliott, M. (2014). Co-location of activities and designations: A means of solving or creating problems in marine spatial planning?. Marine Policy, 43, 254-261. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2013.06.002

Worldwide demand for energy is growing and predicted to increase by up to three times by 2050. Renewable energy will play a vital role in meeting this demand whilst maintaining global climate change targets. Around the British Isles, development of w... Read More about Co-location of activities and designations: A means of solving or creating problems in marine spatial planning?.

Steps to a sustainable public health surveillance enterprise (2013)
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Mirza, N., Reynolds, T. L., Coletta, M., Suda, K., Soyiri, I., Markle, A., …Streichert, L. (2013). Steps to a sustainable public health surveillance enterprise. Online Journal of Public Health Informatics, 5(2), https://doi.org/10.5210/ojphi.v5i2.4703

More than a decade into the 21st century, the ability to effectively monitor community health status, as well as forecast, detect, and respond to disease outbreaks and other events of public health significance, remains a major challenge. As an issue... Read More about Steps to a sustainable public health surveillance enterprise.

From 'peace by dictation' to international organisation: great power responsibility and the creation of the United Nations (2013)
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Morris, J. (2013). From 'peace by dictation' to international organisation: great power responsibility and the creation of the United Nations. International History Review, 35(3), 511-533. https://doi.org/10.1080/07075332.2013.795497

This article examines the attitudes of US, British, and Soviet policy-makers as they planned for the forthcoming peace during the Second World War. It charts how they moved from planning a ‘peace by dictation' of the great powers, to planning one whi... Read More about From 'peace by dictation' to international organisation: great power responsibility and the creation of the United Nations.

Revisiting the humanisation of international law : limits and potential : obligations erga omnes, hierarchy of rules and the principle of due diligence as the basis for further humanisation (2013)
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Tzevelekos, V. P. (2013). Revisiting the humanisation of international law : limits and potential : obligations erga omnes, hierarchy of rules and the principle of due diligence as the basis for further humanisation. Erasmus Law Review, 6(1), 62-76

The article critically evaluates the theory of the humanisation of international law. First, it argues that despite human rights having impact on (other areas of) international law, this trend has in the past been somewhat inflated. A number of examp... Read More about Revisiting the humanisation of international law : limits and potential : obligations erga omnes, hierarchy of rules and the principle of due diligence as the basis for further humanisation.

Dispositional coping, coping effectiveness, and cognitive social maturity among adolescent athletes (2013)
Journal Article
Nicholls, A. R., Perry, J. L., Jones, L., Morley, D., & Carson, F. (2013). Dispositional coping, coping effectiveness, and cognitive social maturity among adolescent athletes. Journal of sport & exercise psychology, 35(3), 229-238. https://doi.org/10.1123/jsep.35.3.229

It is accepted among scholars that coping changes as people mature during adolescence, but little is known about the relationship between maturity and coping. The purpose of this paper was to assess a model, which included dispositional coping, copin... Read More about Dispositional coping, coping effectiveness, and cognitive social maturity among adolescent athletes.

Non-stationary regimes of surface gravity wave turbulence (2013)
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Bedard, R., Lukaschuk, S., & Nazarenko, S. (2013). Non-stationary regimes of surface gravity wave turbulence. JETP Letters, 97(8), 459-465. https://doi.org/10.1134/S0021364013080055

We present experimental results about rising and decaying gravity wave turbulence in a large laboratory flume. We consider the time evolution of the wave energy spectral components in ω- and k-domains and demonstrate that emerging wave turbulence can... Read More about Non-stationary regimes of surface gravity wave turbulence.

An exploratory study of a research culture development by administrators, lecturers and clinical specialists in nursing (2013)
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Loke, J. C. F., Noor, A. M., Mohd Noor, A., Lee, K. W., Laurenson, M., & Loke, J. (2013). An exploratory study of a research culture development by administrators, lecturers and clinical specialists in nursing. Open journal of social science research, 1(3), 68. https://doi.org/10.12966/ojssr.06.02.2013

Context: Escalating healthcare demands combined with diminishing resources underline the importance of ensuring nurses in leading roles, having the capacity to conduct evidence-based research to inform practice. Aims: This study explored the percepti... Read More about An exploratory study of a research culture development by administrators, lecturers and clinical specialists in nursing.

DynaLearn - An intelligent learning environment for learning conceptual knowledge (2013)
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Bredeweg, B., Liem, J., Beek, W., Linnebank, F., Gracia, J., Lozano, E., …Mioduser, D. (2013). DynaLearn - An intelligent learning environment for learning conceptual knowledge. AI Magazine, 34(4), 46-65. https://doi.org/10.1609/aimag.v34i4.2489

Articulating thought in computerbased media is a powerful means for humans to develop their understanding of phenomena. We have created DynaLearn, an intelligent learning environment that allows learners to acquire conceptual knowledge by constructin... Read More about DynaLearn - An intelligent learning environment for learning conceptual knowledge.

Evaluating medico-legal decisional competency criteria (2013)
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Whiting, D. (2015). Evaluating medico-legal decisional competency criteria. Health care analysis, 23(2), 181-196. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10728-013-0258-z

In this paper I get clearer on the considerations that ought to inform the evaluation and development of medico-legal competency criteria-where this is taken to be a question regarding the abilities that ought to be needed for a patient to be found c... Read More about Evaluating medico-legal decisional competency criteria.

The riddle of the sands: How population dynamics explains causes of high bivalve mortality (2013)
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Callaway, R., Burdon, D., Deasey, A., Mazik, K., & Elliott, M. (2013). The riddle of the sands: How population dynamics explains causes of high bivalve mortality. The journal of applied ecology, 50(4), 1050-1059. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.12114

Large-scale bivalve mortalities in estuarine and coastal habitats are a major environmental and economic concern. They may have obvious causes such as extremely cold winter temperatures, but in the absence of an apparent chain of cause and effect, a... Read More about The riddle of the sands: How population dynamics explains causes of high bivalve mortality.

Tri-substituted hexahomotrioxacalix[3]arene derivatives bearing imidazole units: Synthesis and extraction properties for cations and chromate anions (2013)
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Ni, X. L., Jin, C. C., Jiang, X. K., Takimoto, M., Rahman, S., Zeng, X., …Yamato, T. (2013). Tri-substituted hexahomotrioxacalix[3]arene derivatives bearing imidazole units: Synthesis and extraction properties for cations and chromate anions. Organic & biomolecular chemistry, 11(33), 5435-5442. https://doi.org/10.1039/c3ob40601f

The article describes the synthesis and extraction properties of the new hexahomotrioxacalix[3]arene-based derivatives cone- and partial-cone-2 bearing 1-methyl-1H-imidazole moieties at the lower rim. It has been demonstrated that O-alkylation of the... Read More about Tri-substituted hexahomotrioxacalix[3]arene derivatives bearing imidazole units: Synthesis and extraction properties for cations and chromate anions.

Gypsum addition to soils contaminated by red mud: implications for aluminium, arsenic, molybdenum and vanadium solubility (2013)
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Lehoux, A. P., Lockwood, C. L., Mayes, W. M., Stewart, D. I., Mortimer, R. J. G., Gruiz, K., & Burke, I. T. (2013). Gypsum addition to soils contaminated by red mud: implications for aluminium, arsenic, molybdenum and vanadium solubility. Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 35(5), 643-656. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10653-013-9547-6

Red mud is highly alkaline (pH 13), saline and can contain elevated concentrations of several potentially toxic elements (e.g. Al, As, Mo and V). Release of up to 1 million m3 of bauxite residue (red mud) suspension from the Ajka repository, western... Read More about Gypsum addition to soils contaminated by red mud: implications for aluminium, arsenic, molybdenum and vanadium solubility.

To Dash or to Dawdle: Verb-Associated Speed of Motion Influences Eye Movements during Spoken Sentence Comprehension (2013)
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Lindsay, S., Scheepers, C., & Kamide, Y. (2013). To Dash or to Dawdle: Verb-Associated Speed of Motion Influences Eye Movements during Spoken Sentence Comprehension. PLoS ONE, 8(6), Article e67187. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0067187

In describing motion events verbs of manner provide information about the speed of agents or objects in those events. We used eye tracking to investigate how inferences about this verb-associated speed of motion would influence the time course of att... Read More about To Dash or to Dawdle: Verb-Associated Speed of Motion Influences Eye Movements during Spoken Sentence Comprehension.

Open education resources and higher education academic practice (2013)
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Bradshaw, P., Younie, S., & Jones, S. (2013). Open education resources and higher education academic practice. Campus-Wide Information Systems, 30(3), 186-193. https://doi.org/10.1108/10650741311330366

Purpose: This paper aims to report on an externally-funded project and forms part of its dissemination. Design/methodology/approach: The objectives are achieved through a theoretical framing of the project and an alignment of these with the contexts... Read More about Open education resources and higher education academic practice.

The question-and-answer logic of historical context (2013)
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Fear, C. (2013). The question-and-answer logic of historical context. History of the Human Sciences, 26(3), 68-81. https://doi.org/10.1177/0952695113491757

Quentin Skinner has enduringly insisted that a past text cannot be 'understood' without the reader knowing something about its historical and linguistic context. But since the 1970s he has been attacked on this central point of all his work by author... Read More about The question-and-answer logic of historical context.