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Steady state simulation and exergy analysis of supercritical coal-fired power plant with CO₂ capture (2015)
Journal Article
Olaleye, A. K., Wang, M., & Kelsall, G. (2015). Steady state simulation and exergy analysis of supercritical coal-fired power plant with CO₂ capture. Fuel, 151, 57-72. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2015.01.013

Integrating a power plant with CO₂ capture incurs serious efficiency and energy penalty due to use of energy for solvent regeneration in the capture process. Reducing the exergy destruction and losses associated with the power plant systems can impro... Read More about Steady state simulation and exergy analysis of supercritical coal-fired power plant with CO₂ capture.

Challenges in fisheries management in the Zambezi, one of the great rivers of Africa (2015)
Journal Article
Tweddle, D., Cowx, I. G., Peel, R. A., & Weyl, O. L. F. (2015). Challenges in fisheries management in the Zambezi, one of the great rivers of Africa. Fisheries Management and Ecology, 22(1), 99-111. https://doi.org/10.1111/fme.12107

© 2015 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Almost all fisheries in the Zambezi River system have experienced severe declines in catch rates, loss of larger, most valuable fish species, and increased use of environmentally damaging active fishing gears. The fish... Read More about Challenges in fisheries management in the Zambezi, one of the great rivers of Africa.

Parental expectations and school enrolment decisions: Evidence from rural Ghana (2015)
Journal Article
Ahiakpor, F., & Swaray, R. (2015). Parental expectations and school enrolment decisions: Evidence from rural Ghana. Review of development economics, 19(1), 132-142. https://doi.org/10.1111/rode.12122

We use field data to investigate factors which influence parents’ decision to enrol children in schools in rural Ghana. The empirical results identified a host of socio-economic and household-level factors including remittances parents expect from in... Read More about Parental expectations and school enrolment decisions: Evidence from rural Ghana.

The effect of aortic morphology on peri-operative mortality of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (2015)
Journal Article
IMPROVE Trial Investigators. (2015). The effect of aortic morphology on peri-operative mortality of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm. European Heart Journal, 36(21), 1328-1334. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehu521

Aims To investigate whether aneurysm shape and extent, which indicate whether a patient with ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (rAAA) is eligible for endovascular repair (EVAR), influence the outcome of both EVAR and open surgical repair. Methods an... Read More about The effect of aortic morphology on peri-operative mortality of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm.

Sulfur isotopic compositions of submicrometer SiC grains from the Murchison meteorite (2015)
Journal Article
Xu, Y., Zinner, E., Gallino, R., Heger, A., Pignatari, M., & Lin, Y. (2015). Sulfur isotopic compositions of submicrometer SiC grains from the Murchison meteorite. The Astrophysical journal, 799(2), 156. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/799/2/156

We report C, Si, N, S, Mg-Al, and Ca-Ti isotopic compositions of presolar silicon carbide (SiC) grains from the SiC-rich KJE size fraction (0.5-0.8 μm) of the Murchison meteorite. One thousand one hundred thirteen SiC grains were identified based on... Read More about Sulfur isotopic compositions of submicrometer SiC grains from the Murchison meteorite.

The influence of red spiral galaxies on the shape of the local K-band luminosity function (2015)
Journal Article
Bonne, N. J., Brown, M. J. I., Jones, H., & Pimbblet, K. A. (2015). The influence of red spiral galaxies on the shape of the local K-band luminosity function. The Astrophysical journal, 799(2), Article ARTN 160. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/799/2/160

We have determined K-band luminosity functions for 13,325 local universe galaxies as a function of morphology and color (for Ktot ≤ 10.75). Our sample is drawn from the Two Micron All Sky Survey Extended Source Catalog, with all sample galaxies havin... Read More about The influence of red spiral galaxies on the shape of the local K-band luminosity function.

Effects of candesartan, an angiotensin II receptor type I blocker, on atrial remodeling in spontaneously hypertensive rats (2015)
Journal Article
Choisy, S. C., Kim, S.-J., Hancox, J. C., Jones, S. A., & James, A. F. (2015). Effects of candesartan, an angiotensin II receptor type I blocker, on atrial remodeling in spontaneously hypertensive rats. Physiological Reports, 3(1), e12274. https://doi.org/10.14814/phy2.12274

Hypertension-induced structural remodeling of the left atrium (LA) has been suggested to involve the renin–angiotensin system. This study investigated whether treatment with an angiotensin receptor blocker, candesartan, regresses atrial remodeling in... Read More about Effects of candesartan, an angiotensin II receptor type I blocker, on atrial remodeling in spontaneously hypertensive rats.

Financial deepening and economic growth in advanced and emerging economies (2015)
Journal Article
Bhattarai, K. (2015). Financial deepening and economic growth in advanced and emerging economies. Review of development economics, 19(1), 178-195. https://doi.org/10.1111/rode.12133

While over-…financing caused crises and slow growth in advanced economies including Germany, France and the UK after 2008, more prudent …financial deepening sustained higher economic growth in China and India - two major emerging economies in the wor... Read More about Financial deepening and economic growth in advanced and emerging economies.

Help seeking for cancer 'alarm' symptoms: A qualitative interview study of primary care patients in the UK (2015)
Journal Article
Whitaker, K. L., Macleod, U., Winstanley, K., Scott, S. E., & Wardle, J. (2015). Help seeking for cancer 'alarm' symptoms: A qualitative interview study of primary care patients in the UK. The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners, 65(631), e96-e105. https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp15X683533

©British Journal of General Practice Background: Delay in help seeking for cancer 'alarm' symptoms has been identified as a contributor to delayed diagnosis. Aim: To understand people's help-seeking decision making for cancer alarm symptoms, without... Read More about Help seeking for cancer 'alarm' symptoms: A qualitative interview study of primary care patients in the UK.

Social norms information for alcohol misuse in university and college students (2015)
Journal Article
Foxcroft, D. R., Moreira, M. T., Almeida Santimano, N. M., & Smith, L. A. (2015). Social norms information for alcohol misuse in university and college students. The Cochrane database of systematic reviews, 2015(12), Article CD006748. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD006748.pub4

Background: Drinking is influenced by youth perceptions of how their peers drink. These perceptions are often incorrect, overestimating peer drinking norms. If inaccurate perceptions can be corrected, young people may drink less. Objectives: To deter... Read More about Social norms information for alcohol misuse in university and college students.

Sporopollenin as an efficient green support for covalent immobilization of a lipase (2015)
Journal Article
de Souza, S. P., Bassut, J., Marquez, H. V., Junior, I. I., Miranda, L. S. M., Huang, Y., Mackenzie, G., Boa, A. N., & de Souza, R. O. M. A. (2015). Sporopollenin as an efficient green support for covalent immobilization of a lipase. Catalysis science & technology, 5(6), 3130-3136. https://doi.org/10.1039/c4cy01682c

Sporopollenin exine capsules (SECs), derived from the spores of Lycopodium clavatum, have been functionalised with 1,n-diamines and the resulting aminoalkyl microcapsules used to immobilize Candida antarctica lipase B (Cal B) via a glutaradehyde-base... Read More about Sporopollenin as an efficient green support for covalent immobilization of a lipase.

Mere observation of body discontinuity affects perceived ownership and vicarious agency over a virtual hand (2015)
Journal Article
Tieri, G., Tidoni, E., Pavone, E. F., & Aglioti, S. M. (2015). Mere observation of body discontinuity affects perceived ownership and vicarious agency over a virtual hand. Experimental Brain Research, 233(4), 1247-1259. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-015-4202-3

The mental representation of one’s body typically implies the continuity of its parts. Here, we used immersive virtual reality to explore whether mere observation of visual discontinuity between the hand and limb of an avatar could influence a person... Read More about Mere observation of body discontinuity affects perceived ownership and vicarious agency over a virtual hand.

Application of palaeoecology for peatland conservation at Mossdale Moor, UK (2015)
Journal Article
McCarroll, J., Chambers, F., Webb, J., & Thom, T. (2017). Application of palaeoecology for peatland conservation at Mossdale Moor, UK. Quaternary International, 432, 39-47. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2014.12.068

© 2015 Elsevier Ltd and INQUA In a recent discussion of research priorities for palaeoecology, it was suggested that palaeoecological data can be applied and used to inform nature conservation practice. The present study exemplifies this approach and... Read More about Application of palaeoecology for peatland conservation at Mossdale Moor, UK.

The rich are different: evidence from the RAVE survey for stellar radial migration (2015)
Journal Article
Kordopatis, G., Binney, J., Gilmore, G., Wyse, R. F. G., Belokurov, V., McMillan, P. J., Hatfield, P., Grebel, E. K., Steinmetz, M., Navarro, J. F., Seabroke, G., Minchev, I., Chiappini, C., Bienaymé, O., Bland-Hawthorn, J., Freeman, K. C., Gibson, B. K., Helmi, A., Munari, U., Parker, Q., …Zwitter, T. (2015). The rich are different: evidence from the RAVE survey for stellar radial migration. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 447(4), 3526-3535. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stu2726

Using the RAdial Velocity Experiment fourth data release (RAVE DR4), and a new metallicity calibration that will be also taken into account in the future RAVE DR5, we investigate the existence and the properties of super-solar metallicity stars ([M/H... Read More about The rich are different: evidence from the RAVE survey for stellar radial migration.

Forensic hypnosis (2015)
Book Chapter
Mazzoni, G., Green, J. P., Kirsch, I., Lemons, P., Lilienfeld, S. O., & Lynn, S. J. Forensic hypnosis. In Encyclopedia of Clinical Psychology (1-3). https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118625392.wbecp363

Hypnosis has long generated controversy as a recall enhancement method. Concerns about hypnosis are warranted by findings of a tradeoff between the number of memories recalled and memory accuracy. Moreover, witnesses often express confidence in hypno... Read More about Forensic hypnosis.

Influence of substituent position on thermal properties, photoluminescence and morphology of pyrene-fluorene derivatives (2015)
Journal Article
Feng, X., Hu, J.-Y., Wei, X.-F., Redshaw, C., & Yamato, T. (2015). Influence of substituent position on thermal properties, photoluminescence and morphology of pyrene-fluorene derivatives. Journal of molecular structure, 1086(April), 216-222. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molstruc.2015.01.018

New position-dependent conjugated hydrocarbon dyes containing a pyrene core and multi-fluorene moieties 3 have been synthesized and characterized by ¹H/¹³C NMR spectroscopy, as well as by optical and theoretical studies. The solubility of mono-, bis-... Read More about Influence of substituent position on thermal properties, photoluminescence and morphology of pyrene-fluorene derivatives.

ABC triblock copolymer micelles: Spherical versus worm-like micelles depending on the preparation method (2015)
Journal Article
Ghasdian, N., Buzza, D. M. A., Fletcher, P. D. I., & Georgiou, T. K. (2015). ABC triblock copolymer micelles: Spherical versus worm-like micelles depending on the preparation method. Macromolecular rapid communications, 36(6), 528-532. https://doi.org/10.1002/marc.201400621

Well-defined ABC triblock copolymers based on two hydrophilic blocks, A and C, and a hydrophobic block B are synthesized and their self-assembly behaviour is investigated. Interestingly, at the same solvent concentration, pH, and temperature, differe... Read More about ABC triblock copolymer micelles: Spherical versus worm-like micelles depending on the preparation method.

Time scheduling and optimization of industrial robotized tasks based on genetic algorithms (2015)
Journal Article
Baizid, K., Yousnadj, A., Meddahi, A., Chellali, R., & Iqbal, J. (2015). Time scheduling and optimization of industrial robotized tasks based on genetic algorithms. Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, 34, 140-150. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rcim.2014.12.003

Today's industrial manipulators are more and more demanding in terms of productivity. This goal could be achieved by increasing speed of the robot manipulator and/or by optimizing the trajectories followed by manipulators while performing manufacturi... Read More about Time scheduling and optimization of industrial robotized tasks based on genetic algorithms.

Using the relational event model (REM) to investigate the temporal dynamics of animal social networks (2015)
Journal Article
Tranmer, M., Marcum, C. S., Morton, F. B., Croft, D. P., & de Kort, S. R. (2015). Using the relational event model (REM) to investigate the temporal dynamics of animal social networks. Animal behaviour, 101, 99-105. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2014.12.005

Social dynamics are of fundamental importance in animal societies. Studies on nonhuman animal social systems often aggregate social interaction event data into a single network within a particular time frame. Analysis of the resulting network can pro... Read More about Using the relational event model (REM) to investigate the temporal dynamics of animal social networks.