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Precompetitive achievement goals, stress appraisals, emotions, and coping among athletes (2014)
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Nicholls, A. R., Perry, J. L., & Calmeiro, L. (2014). Precompetitive achievement goals, stress appraisals, emotions, and coping among athletes. Journal of sport & exercise psychology, 36(5), 433-445. https://doi.org/10.1123/jsep.2013-0266

Grounded in Lazarus’ (1991, 1999, 2000) Cognitive-Motivational-Relational theory of emotions, we tested a model of achievement goals, stress appraisals, emotions, and coping. We predicted that pre-competitive achievement goals would be associated wit... Read More about Precompetitive achievement goals, stress appraisals, emotions, and coping among athletes.

What is best value in public sector building construction? (2014)
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Ojiako, U., Park, J. H., Williams, T., Marshall, A., & Chipulu, M. (2014). What is best value in public sector building construction?. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers. Management, procurement, and law, 167(5), 209-219. https://doi.org/10.1680/mpal.13.00026

Although the lowest bid procurement philosophy has formed the basis of procurement in public sector building construction, for a long time it has arguably resulted in low-quality construction work. In response, construction stakeholders have sought t... Read More about What is best value in public sector building construction?.

Preface (2014)
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Johnson, M. L., & Sandell, J. (2014). Preface. Advances in Marine Biology, 69, xxvii-xxix. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-800214-8.10000-3

Energy sovereignty in marine spaces (2014)
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Barnes, R. (2014). Energy sovereignty in marine spaces. International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law, 29(4), 573-599. https://doi.org/10.1163/15718085-12341328

The term “energy sovereignty” is used with differing emphases to describe a State’s rights or assertions over energy resources and supplies. Given the importance of offshore energy developments, particularly in the field of renewables, this article e... Read More about Energy sovereignty in marine spaces.

Diverging strategies to planning an ecologically coherent network of MPAs in the North Sea : The roles of advocacy, evidence and pragmatism in the face of uncertainty (2014)
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Caveen, A. J., Fitzsimmons, C., Pieraccini, M., Dunn, E., Sweeting, C. J., Johnson, M. L., …Polunin, N. V. (2014). Diverging strategies to planning an ecologically coherent network of MPAs in the North Sea : The roles of advocacy, evidence and pragmatism in the face of uncertainty. Advances in Marine Biology, 69, 325-370. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-800214-8.00009-8

The North Sea is one of the most economically important seas in the world due to productive fisheries, extensive oil and gas fields, busy shipping routes, marine renewable energy development and recreational activity. Unsurprisingly, therefore, the u... Read More about Diverging strategies to planning an ecologically coherent network of MPAs in the North Sea : The roles of advocacy, evidence and pragmatism in the face of uncertainty.

Marine ecosystem services: Linking indicators to their classification (2014)
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Hattam, C., Atkins, J. P., Beaumont, N., Börger, T., Böhnke-Henrichs, A., Burdon, D., …Austen, M. C. (2015). Marine ecosystem services: Linking indicators to their classification. Ecological Indicators, 49, 61-75. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2014.09.026

© 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. There is a multitude of ecosystem service classifications available within the literature, each with its own advantages and drawbacks. Elements of them have been used to tailor a generic ecosystem service cla... Read More about Marine ecosystem services: Linking indicators to their classification.

Violations of local stochastic independence exaggerate scalability in Mokken scaling analysis of the Chinese Mandarin SF-36 (2014)
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Watson, R., Wang, W., & Thompson, D. R. (2014). Violations of local stochastic independence exaggerate scalability in Mokken scaling analysis of the Chinese Mandarin SF-36. Health and quality of life outcomes, 12(1), Article ARTN 149. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12955-014-0149-5

Background: Previous work using Mokken scaling analysis with the SF-36 has found subscales appearing to show excellent Mokken scaling properties. However, the values of scalability of the subscales are very large, raising the possibility that these a... Read More about Violations of local stochastic independence exaggerate scalability in Mokken scaling analysis of the Chinese Mandarin SF-36.

Polymerisable octahedral rhenium cluster complexes as precursors for photo/electroluminescent polymers (2014)
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Efremova, O. A., Brylev, K. A., Kozlova, O., White, M. S., Shestopalov, M. A., Kitamura, N., …Sutherland, A. J. (2014). Polymerisable octahedral rhenium cluster complexes as precursors for photo/electroluminescent polymers. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2(40), 8630-8638. https://doi.org/10.1039/c4tc01643b

New polymerisable photoluminescent octahedral rhenium cluster complexes trans-[{Re₆Q₈}(TBP)₄VB)₂] (Q = S or Se; TBP – p-tert-butylpyridine; VB – vinyl benzoate) have been synthesised, characterised and used to construct rhe-nium cluster-organic polym... Read More about Polymerisable octahedral rhenium cluster complexes as precursors for photo/electroluminescent polymers.

Novel conducting polymer current limiting devices for low cost surge protection applications (2014)
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Jabarullah, N. H., Verrelli, E., Mauldin, C., Navarro, L. A., Golden, J., Madianos, L., …Kemp, N. T. (2014). Novel conducting polymer current limiting devices for low cost surge protection applications. Journal of applied physics, 116(16), 164501. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4899246

We report on the development of novel intrinsic conducting polymer two terminal surge protection devices. These resettable current limiting devices consist of polyaniline nanofibres doped with methane sulphonic acid electrochemically deposited betwee... Read More about Novel conducting polymer current limiting devices for low cost surge protection applications.

Laser induced magnetization reversal for detection in optical interconnects (2014)
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Azim, Z. A., Fong, X., Ostler, T., Chantrell, R., & Roy, K. (2014). Laser induced magnetization reversal for detection in optical interconnects. IEEE Electron Device Letters, 35(12), 1317-1319. https://doi.org/10.1109/LED.2014.2364232

Optical interconnect has emerged as the front-runner to replace electrical interconnect especially for off-chip communication. However, a major drawback with optical interconnects is the need for photodetectors and amplifiers at the receiver, impleme... Read More about Laser induced magnetization reversal for detection in optical interconnects.

Full scale field study of sound transmission across plenum windows (2014)
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Tong, Y. G., Tang, S. K., Kang, J., Fung, A., & Yeung, M. K. (2015). Full scale field study of sound transmission across plenum windows. Applied acoustics. Acoustique appliqué. Angewandte Akustik, 89, 244-253. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apacoust.2014.10.003

A full scale field measurement of the acoustical insertion loss of plenum windows was carried out in the present investigation. Two identical mock-up test rooms with dimensions the same as those commonly adopted for Hong Kong public housing were buil... Read More about Full scale field study of sound transmission across plenum windows.

Constraining the Galaxy's dark halo with RAVE stars (2014)
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Piffl, T., Binney, J., McMillan, P. J., Steinmetz, M., Helmi, A., Wyse, R. F. G., …Zwitter, T. (2014). Constraining the Galaxy's dark halo with RAVE stars. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 445(3), 3133-3151. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stu1948

© 2014 The Authors Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society. We use the kinematics of ~200 000 giant stars that lie within ~1.5 kpc of the plane to measure the vertical profile of mass density near the Sun. We... Read More about Constraining the Galaxy's dark halo with RAVE stars.

Stellar neutron capture cross sections of ²⁰ ²¹ ²²Ne (2014)
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Heil, M., Plag, R., Uberseder, E., Gallino, R., Bisterzo, S., Juseviciute, A., …Pignatari, M. (2014). Stellar neutron capture cross sections of ²⁰ ²¹ ²²Ne. Physical Review C, 90(4), 045804-1-045804-11. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.90.045804

The stellar (n,γ) cross sections of the Ne isotopes are important for a number of astrophysical quests, i.e., for the interpretation of abundance patterns in presolar material or with respect to the s-process neutron balance in red giant stars. This... Read More about Stellar neutron capture cross sections of ²⁰ ²¹ ²²Ne.

Green synthesis of highly concentrated aqueous colloidal solutions of large starch-stabilised silver nanoplatelets (2014)
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Cheng, F., Betts, J. W., Kelly, S. M., & Hector, A. L. (2015). Green synthesis of highly concentrated aqueous colloidal solutions of large starch-stabilised silver nanoplatelets. Materials Science and Engineering: C, 46, 530-537. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msec.2014.10.041

© 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. A simple, environmentally friendly and cost-effective method has been developed to prepare a range of aqueous silver colloidal solutions, using ascorbic acid as a reducing agent,water-soluble starch as a comb... Read More about Green synthesis of highly concentrated aqueous colloidal solutions of large starch-stabilised silver nanoplatelets.

Dignity as honour-wound: An experiential and relational view (2014)
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Galvin, K., & Todres, L. (2015). Dignity as honour-wound: An experiential and relational view. Journal of evaluation in clinical practice, 21(3), 410-418. https://doi.org/10.1111/jep.12278

© 2014 The Authors. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. In this paper, we draw on a phenomenological-philosophical foundation to clarify the meaning of dignity as a coherent phenomenon. Consistent with an... Read More about Dignity as honour-wound: An experiential and relational view.

Mg/Ca ratios in freshwater microbial carbonates: Thermodynamic, kinetic and vital effects (2014)
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Saunders, P., Rogerson, M., Wadhawan, J., Greenway, G., & Pedley, H. (2014). Mg/Ca ratios in freshwater microbial carbonates: Thermodynamic, kinetic and vital effects. Geochimica et cosmochimica acta, 147, 107-118. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2014.10.014

The ratio of magnesium to calcium (Mg/Ca) in carbonate minerals in an abiotic setting is conventionally assumed to be predominantly controlled by (Mg/Ca)solution and a temperature dependant partition coefficient. This temperature dependence suggests... Read More about Mg/Ca ratios in freshwater microbial carbonates: Thermodynamic, kinetic and vital effects.

Design of the ORC (organic Rankine cycle) condensation temperature with respect to the expander characteristics for domestic CHP (combined heat and power) applications (2014)
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Li, J., Pei, G., Ji, J., Bai, X., Li, P., & Xia, L. (2014). Design of the ORC (organic Rankine cycle) condensation temperature with respect to the expander characteristics for domestic CHP (combined heat and power) applications. Energy, 77, 579-590. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2014.09.039

Domestic CHP (combined heat and power) generation is one new application of the ORC (organic Rankine cycle). An environment temperature fluctuation of 40°C through the year is common in many areas, where the consumer's demand on heat follows a season... Read More about Design of the ORC (organic Rankine cycle) condensation temperature with respect to the expander characteristics for domestic CHP (combined heat and power) applications.

A spatio-temporal hybrid neural network-Kriging model for groundwater level simulation (2014)
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Tapoglou, E., Karatzas, G. P., Trichakis, I. C., & Varouchakis, E. A. (2014). A spatio-temporal hybrid neural network-Kriging model for groundwater level simulation. Journal of hydrology, 519(PD), 3193-3203. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.10.040

Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) and Kriging have both been used for hydraulic head simulation. In this study, the two methodologies were combined in order to simulate the spatial and temporal distribution of hydraulic head in a study area. In order... Read More about A spatio-temporal hybrid neural network-Kriging model for groundwater level simulation.

Solar absorbers using 1D and 2D periodic nanostructured nickel films (2014)
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Ahmad, N., Stokes, J., & Cryan, M. J. (2014). Solar absorbers using 1D and 2D periodic nanostructured nickel films. Journal of Optics, 16(12), Article 125003. https://doi.org/10.1088/2040-8978/16/12/125003

This paper presents results obtained from finite difference time domain and transfer matrix method modelling of nickel thin films. It is shown that by adding a periodic 1D grating to the surface of the nickel its optical absorption over the 300 nm–10... Read More about Solar absorbers using 1D and 2D periodic nanostructured nickel films.

Increased platelet reactivity in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is mediated by a plasma factor (2014)
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Crooks, M. G., Fahim, A., Naseem, K. M., Morice, A. H., & Hart, S. P. (2014). Increased platelet reactivity in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is mediated by a plasma factor. PLoS ONE, 9(10), Article ARTN e111347. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0111347

Introduction Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) is a progressive, incurable fibrotic interstitial lung disease with a prognosis worse than many cancers. Its pathogenesis is poorly understood. Activated platelets can release pro-fibrotic mediators th... Read More about Increased platelet reactivity in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is mediated by a plasma factor.