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Galaxy and mass assembly (GAMA): The mass-metallicity relationship (2012)
Journal Article
Foster, C., Hopkins, A. M., Gunawardhana, M., Lara-López, M. A., Sharp, R. G., Steele, O., Taylor, E. N., Driver, S. P., Baldry, I. K., Bamford, S. P., Liske, J., Loveday, J., Norberg, P., Peacock, J. A., Alpaslan, M., Bauer, A. E., Bland-Hawthorn, J., Brough, S., Cameron, E., Colless, M., …Wijesinghe, D. (2012). Galaxy and mass assembly (GAMA): The mass-metallicity relationship. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 547, Article A79. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201220050

Context. The mass-metallicity relationship (MMR) of star-forming galaxies is well-established, however there is still some disagreement with respect to its exact shape and its possible dependence on other observables. Aims.We measure the MMR in the G... Read More about Galaxy and mass assembly (GAMA): The mass-metallicity relationship.

‘Handshakes, BBQs, and bullets’: self-interest, shame and regret in football coaching (2012)
Journal Article
Potrac, P., Jones, R., Gilbourne, D., & Nelson, L. (2012). ‘Handshakes, BBQs, and bullets’: self-interest, shame and regret in football coaching. Sports Coaching Review, 1(2), 79-92. https://doi.org/10.1080/21640629.2013.768418

This autoethnographic story explores the competitive, calculating, and often uncaring world of performance football coaching. Particular attention is given to the dilemmas I (the first author) faced, the choices I made, and the consequences of my act... Read More about ‘Handshakes, BBQs, and bullets’: self-interest, shame and regret in football coaching.

Drugs (2012)
Book
Dalgarno, P., & Hammersley, R. (2012). Drugs. Dunedin Academic Press

D. G. Ritchie on socialism, history and Locke (2012)
Journal Article
Tyler, C. (2012). D. G. Ritchie on socialism, history and Locke. Journal of political ideologies, 17(3), 259-280. https://doi.org/10.1080/13569317.2012.716615

The history of late-19th-century socialism tends to focus on the rise of more extreme forms, especially Marxism. This approach marginalizes the more moderate and yet no less powerful and influential forms of socialism, particularly those developed by... Read More about D. G. Ritchie on socialism, history and Locke.

Calibrating an updated smoothed particle hydrodynamics scheme within GCD+ (2012)
Journal Article
Kawata, D., Okamoto, T., Gibson, B. K., Barnes, D. J., & Cen, R. (2013). Calibrating an updated smoothed particle hydrodynamics scheme within GCD+. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 428(3), 1968-1979. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/sts161

We adapt a modern scheme of smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) to our treeN-body/SPH galactic chemodynamics code GCD+. The applied scheme includes implementations of the artificial viscosity switch and artificial thermal conductivity proposed by M... Read More about Calibrating an updated smoothed particle hydrodynamics scheme within GCD+.

Properties of simulated Milky Way-mass galaxies in loose group and field environments (2012)
Journal Article
Few, C. G., Gibson, B. K., Courty, S., Michel-Dansac, L., Brook, C. B., & Stinson, G. S. (2012). Properties of simulated Milky Way-mass galaxies in loose group and field environments. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 547, Article ARTN A63. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201219649

Aims. We test the validity of comparing simulated field disk galaxies with the empirical properties of systems situated within environments more comparable to loose groups, including the Milky Way's Local Group. Methods. Cosmological simulations of M... Read More about Properties of simulated Milky Way-mass galaxies in loose group and field environments.

How prior realized outcomes affect portfolio decisions (2012)
Journal Article
Duxbury, D., Hudson, R., Keasey, K., Yang, Z., & Yao, S. (2013). How prior realized outcomes affect portfolio decisions. Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, 41(4), 611-629. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11156-012-0325-9

Investors have been shown to have particular preferences when it comes to the characteristics of stock they hold in their portfolios, while prior gains and losses have been shown to impact on individuals' economic decisions, both in an investment con... Read More about How prior realized outcomes affect portfolio decisions.

Intersex in scrobicularia plana: transcriptomic analysis reveals novel genes involved in endocrine disruption (2012)
Journal Article
Ciocan, C. M., Cubero-Leon, E., Peck, M. R., Langston, W. J., Pope, N., Minier, C., & Rotchell, J. M. (2012). Intersex in scrobicularia plana: transcriptomic analysis reveals novel genes involved in endocrine disruption. Environmental Science and Technology, 46(23), 12936-12942. https://doi.org/10.1021/es302948g

Intersex, the appearance of female characteristics in male gonads, has been identified in a wide range of aquatic species worldwide, yet the underpinning molecular etiology remains uncharacterised. The presence of intersex has been shown to be a wide... Read More about Intersex in scrobicularia plana: transcriptomic analysis reveals novel genes involved in endocrine disruption.

Oocyte developmental failure in response to elevated nonesterified fatty acid concentrations: mechanistic insights (2012)
Journal Article
Van Hoeck, V., Leroy, J. L. M. R., Arias Alvarez, M., Rizos, D., Gutierrez-Adan, A., Schnorbusch, K., Bols, P. E. J., Leese, H. J., & Sturmey, R. G. (2013). Oocyte developmental failure in response to elevated nonesterified fatty acid concentrations: mechanistic insights. Reproduction, 145(1), 33-44. https://doi.org/10.1530/REP-12-0174

Elevated plasma nonesterified fatty acid (NEFA) concentrations are associated with negative energy balance and metabolic disorders such as obesity and type II diabetes. Such increased plasma NEFA concentrations induce changes in the microenvironment... Read More about Oocyte developmental failure in response to elevated nonesterified fatty acid concentrations: mechanistic insights.

Harvest years? Reconfigurations of empire in Jamaica, 1756-1807 (2012)
Journal Article
Burnard, T. (2012). Harvest years? Reconfigurations of empire in Jamaica, 1756-1807. Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History, 40(4), 533-555. https://doi.org/10.1080/03086534.2012.724234

At the end of the Seven Years' War, Jamaican planters were in an extremely strong position within the British Empire. Immensely wealthy, geopolitically important and constitutionally assertive, Jamaican planters used their strong position to win a se... Read More about Harvest years? Reconfigurations of empire in Jamaica, 1756-1807.

Serum carcinoembryonic antigen correlates with severity of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (2012)
Journal Article
Fahim, A., Crooks, M., Wilmot, R., Campbell, A. P., Morice, A., & Hart, S. (2012). Serum carcinoembryonic antigen correlates with severity of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Respirology : official journal of the Asian Pacific Society of Respirology, 17(8), 1247-1252. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1843.2012.02231.x

Background and objective: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is the commonest idiopathic interstitial pneumonia and carries a poor prognosis. Epidemiological evidence suggests that patients with IPF have an increased risk of developing lung cancer.... Read More about Serum carcinoembryonic antigen correlates with severity of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.

Do Keiretsu Really Hinder FDI into Japanese Manufacturing? (2012)
Journal Article
Kimino, S., Driffield, N., & Saal, D. (2012). Do Keiretsu Really Hinder FDI into Japanese Manufacturing?. International journal of the economics of business, 19(3), 377-395. https://doi.org/10.1080/13571516.2012.715273

This paper examines an issue that has received considerable comment but little analysis. It has often been argued that the presence of the keiretsu in Japan has been instrumental in deterring multinational firms from entering Japan, though evidence f... Read More about Do Keiretsu Really Hinder FDI into Japanese Manufacturing?.

Project Governance: Getting Investments Right (2012)
Book
Williams, T. M., & Samset, K. (Eds.). (2012). Project Governance: Getting Investments Right. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137274618

Provides essential insight into what it takes to turn an initial idea into a project with successful outcome in the long term. Fills a gap in current literature on project management and is thoroughly grounded in the latest research in this field.

Quantification of priority-OR gates in temporal fault trees (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Edifor, E., Walker, M., & Gordon, N. Quantification of priority-OR gates in temporal fault trees

Fault Tree Analysis has been used in reliability engineering for many decades and has seen various modifications to enable it to analyse fault trees with dynamic and temporal gates so it can incorporate sequential failure in its analysis. Pandora is... Read More about Quantification of priority-OR gates in temporal fault trees.

Zonation in a cryptic Antarctic intertidal macrofaunal community (2012)
Journal Article
Waller, C. L. (2013). Zonation in a cryptic Antarctic intertidal macrofaunal community. Antarctic science / Blackwell Scientific Publications, 25(1), 62-68. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102012000867

Despite the general view that the Antarctic intertidal conditions are too extreme to support obvious signs of macrofaunal life, recent studies have shown that intertidal communities can survive over annual cycles. The current study investigates distr... Read More about Zonation in a cryptic Antarctic intertidal macrofaunal community.

A potential value of familiarity and experience: can informal fieldwork have a lasting impact upon literacy? (2012)
Journal Article
Scott, G. W., & Boyd, M. (2014). A potential value of familiarity and experience: can informal fieldwork have a lasting impact upon literacy?. Education 3-13, 42(5), 517-527. https://doi.org/10.1080/03004279.2012.731418

This paper demonstrates that an informal field trip can have a lasting impact upon aspects of learning in a primary school context. Specifically, we consider the longer term impact of an informal trip to a rocky shore upon scores achieved in literacy... Read More about A potential value of familiarity and experience: can informal fieldwork have a lasting impact upon literacy?.

Ethylene polymerization by 2-iminopyridylnickel halide complexes: Synthesis, characterization and catalytic influence of the benzhydryl group (2012)
Journal Article
Sun, W. H., Song, S., Li, B., Redshaw, C., Hao, X., Li, Y. S., & Wang, F. (2012). Ethylene polymerization by 2-iminopyridylnickel halide complexes: Synthesis, characterization and catalytic influence of the benzhydryl group. Dalton Transactions : an international journal of inorganic chemistry, 41, 11999-12010. https://doi.org/10.1039/c2dt30989k

A series of 2-(2-benzhydrylbenzenamino)pyridine ligands (L1-L13) was synthesized and used as bidentate N^N ligands with nickel halides to afford the corresponding nickel dihalide complexes L2Ni2Cl 4C1-C13 and L2NiBr2D1-D13. All ligands and complexes... Read More about Ethylene polymerization by 2-iminopyridylnickel halide complexes: Synthesis, characterization and catalytic influence of the benzhydryl group.

The role of stellar mass and environment for cluster blue fraction, AGN fraction and star formation indicators from a targeted analysis of Abell 1691 (2012)
Journal Article
Pimbblet, K. A., & Jensen, P. C. (2012). The role of stellar mass and environment for cluster blue fraction, AGN fraction and star formation indicators from a targeted analysis of Abell 1691. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 426(2), 1632-1646. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.21855.x

We present an analysis of the galaxy population of the intermediate X-ray luminosity galaxy cluster, Abell 1691, from Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) and Galaxy Zoo data to elucidate the relationships between environment and galaxy stellar mass for a... Read More about The role of stellar mass and environment for cluster blue fraction, AGN fraction and star formation indicators from a targeted analysis of Abell 1691.

Implementing health promotion in schools: Protocol for a realist systematic review of research and experience in the United Kingdom (UK) (2012)
Journal Article
Pearson, M., Chilton, R., Woods, H. B., Wyatt, K., Ford, T., Abraham, C., & Anderson, R. (2012). Implementing health promotion in schools: Protocol for a realist systematic review of research and experience in the United Kingdom (UK). Systematic reviews, 1(1), Article 48. https://doi.org/10.1186/2046-4053-1-48

Background: School-based interventions and campaigns are used to promote health and address a wide variety of public health problems. Schools are considered to be key sites for the implementation of health promotion programmes for their potential to... Read More about Implementing health promotion in schools: Protocol for a realist systematic review of research and experience in the United Kingdom (UK).