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Ranking the harm of non-medically used prescription opioids in the UK (2015)
Journal Article
van Amsterdam, J., Phillips, L., Henderson, G., Bell, J., Bowden-Jones, O., Hammersley, R., Ramsey, J., Taylor, P., Dale-Perera, A., Melichar, J., van den Brink, W., & Nutt, D. (2015). Ranking the harm of non-medically used prescription opioids in the UK. Regulatory toxicology and pharmacology : RTP, 73(3), 999-1004. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yrtph.2015.09.014

A panel of nine experts applied multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) to determine the relative overall harm to users and harms to others of street heroin (injected and smoked) and eleven non-medically used prescription opioids. The experts assesse... Read More about Ranking the harm of non-medically used prescription opioids in the UK.

Whiplash: the possible impact of context on diagnosis (2015)
Journal Article
Earle, F., Horne, J., & Flynn, J. M. Whiplash: the possible impact of context on diagnosis. Pain and rehabilitation : journal of the Physiotherapy Pain Association, 38(Winter), 4-9

This study explores the importance of context when diagnosing Whiplash Associated Disorders (WAD). Whiplash is a complex injury and there is considerable variation in its diagnosis and treatment. Research has focussed on RTAs, whilst there is a pauci... Read More about Whiplash: the possible impact of context on diagnosis.

'The want of sufficient men': Labour recruitment and training in the British North Sea fisheries, 1850-1950 (2015)
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Wilcox, M. (2015). 'The want of sufficient men': Labour recruitment and training in the British North Sea fisheries, 1850-1950. International Journal of Maritime History, 27(4), 723-742. https://doi.org/10.1177/0843871415610504

Between 1815 and 1950 the British fishing industry underwent fundamental and far-reaching changes. The industry expanded rapidly in the half-century prior to the First World War, before entering a period of stagnation thereafter. The technology of fi... Read More about 'The want of sufficient men': Labour recruitment and training in the British North Sea fisheries, 1850-1950.

Data-driven and adaptive leadership contributing to sustainability: global agri-food supply chains connected with emerging markets (2015)
Journal Article
Akhtar, P., Tse, Y. K., Khan, Z., & Rao-Nicholson, R. (2016). Data-driven and adaptive leadership contributing to sustainability: global agri-food supply chains connected with emerging markets. International journal of production economics, 181(Part B), 392-401. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2015.11.013

Despite numerous promises on the links between data-driven and adaptive leadership, non-financial sustainability and financial sustainability, scholars have not conducted enough empirical research to test the links based on globally and massively con... Read More about Data-driven and adaptive leadership contributing to sustainability: global agri-food supply chains connected with emerging markets.

Optimal operation of MEA-based post-combustion carbon capture for natural gas combined cycle power plants under different market conditions (2015)
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Luo, X., & Wang, M. (2016). Optimal operation of MEA-based post-combustion carbon capture for natural gas combined cycle power plants under different market conditions. International journal of greenhouse gas control, 48(Part 2), 312-320. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijggc.2015.11.014

Carbon capture for fossil fuel power generation attracts an increasing attention in order to address the significant challenge of global climate change. This study aims to explore the optimal operation under different market conditions for an assumed... Read More about Optimal operation of MEA-based post-combustion carbon capture for natural gas combined cycle power plants under different market conditions.

Employability and job performance as links in the relationship between mentoring receipt and career success: a study in SMEs (2015)
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Bozionelos, N., Kostopoulos, K., Van der Heijden, B., Rousseau, D. M., Bozionelos, G., Hoyland, T., Miao, R., Marzec, I., Jędrzejowicz, P., Epitropaki, O., Mikkelsen, A., Scholarios, D., & Van der Heijde, C. (2016). Employability and job performance as links in the relationship between mentoring receipt and career success: a study in SMEs. Group & organization management, 41(2), 135-171. https://doi.org/10.1177/1059601115617086

This study developed and tested a model that posited employability and job performance as intervening variables in the relationship between receipt of mentoring and career success. Participants were 207 information technology (IT) professionals emplo... Read More about Employability and job performance as links in the relationship between mentoring receipt and career success: a study in SMEs.

Israeli democracy and the rights of its Palestinian citizens (2015)
Journal Article
Cohen-Almagor, R. (2015). Israeli democracy and the rights of its Palestinian citizens. Ragion pratica, 45(2), 351-368. https://doi.org/10.1415/81523

The litmus test for assessing the democratization of any given society is the status of its minorities. The more minorities are integrated into society and receive equal treatment, respect and concern, the more light that society would shed unto othe... Read More about Israeli democracy and the rights of its Palestinian citizens.

Managed realignment for habitat compensation: Use of a new intertidal habitat by fishes (2015)
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Nunn, A., Clifton-Dey, D., & Cowx, I. (2016). Managed realignment for habitat compensation: Use of a new intertidal habitat by fishes. Ecological engineering, 87, 71-79. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2015.11.009

Managed realignment has become an increasingly common mechanism to increase the efficiency and sustainability of flood defences, reduce defence costs or compensate for habitat losses. This study investigated the use by fishes of a new intertidal habi... Read More about Managed realignment for habitat compensation: Use of a new intertidal habitat by fishes.

Group Dynamics in Organisations: A Core Literacy for Innovation Leaders in the NHS (2015)
Journal Article
Penlington, C., & Marshall, P. (2016). Group Dynamics in Organisations: A Core Literacy for Innovation Leaders in the NHS. Journal of Health and Medical Economics, 2(1), 1-6

Purpose: Individuals attempting to lead change in the NHS are often thwarted in their efforts by complex and powerful group dynamics, many of which operate seemingly unpredictably, actively resisting any alteration to the status quo. If clinicians ar... Read More about Group Dynamics in Organisations: A Core Literacy for Innovation Leaders in the NHS.

Are generalist Aphidiinae (Hym. Braconidae) mostly cryptic species complexes? (2015)
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Derocles, S. A. P., Plantegenest, M., Rasplus, J.-Y., Marie, A., Evans, D. M., Lunt, D. H., & Le Ralec, A. (2016). Are generalist Aphidiinae (Hym. Braconidae) mostly cryptic species complexes?. Systematic Entomology, 41(2), 379--391. https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.12160

Aphidiinae are mostly composed of specialist parasitoids and the few species described as generalist are suspected to be composed of cryptic specialists, almost indistinguishable based on morphological characteristics. The use of molecular markers ha... Read More about Are generalist Aphidiinae (Hym. Braconidae) mostly cryptic species complexes?.

Metastability of the Ising model on random regular graphs at zero temperature (2015)
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Dommers, S. (2017). Metastability of the Ising model on random regular graphs at zero temperature. Probability theory and related fields, 167(1-2), 305-324. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00440-015-0682-0

We study the metastability of the ferromagnetic Ising model on a random r-regular graph in the zero temperature limit. We prove that in the presence of a small positive external field the time that it takes to go from the all minus state to the all p... Read More about Metastability of the Ising model on random regular graphs at zero temperature.

Rebuttal to the comment on article "poly(3-hydroxybutyrate)-functionalised multi-walled carbon nanotubes/chitosan green nanocomposite membranes and their application in pervaporation" (2015)
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Ong, Y. T., Ahmad, A. L., Zein, S. H. S., Sudesh, K., & Tan, S. H. (2016). Rebuttal to the comment on article "poly(3-hydroxybutyrate)-functionalised multi-walled carbon nanotubes/chitosan green nanocomposite membranes and their application in pervaporation". Separation and purification technology, 158, 94-95. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seppur.2015.11.042

Corrigendum to "A 35-item version of the caring dimensions inventory (CDI-35): Multivariate analysis and application to a longitudinal study involving student nurses" [Int. J. Nurs. Stud. 38 (5) (2001) 511-521] (2015)
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Watson, R., Deary, I. J., & Hoogbruin, A. L. (2016). Corrigendum to "A 35-item version of the caring dimensions inventory (CDI-35): Multivariate analysis and application to a longitudinal study involving student nurses" [Int. J. Nurs. Stud. 38 (5) (2001) 511-521]. International journal of nursing studies, 55, 138. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2015.10.021

Understanding What Influences the Health-Related Quality of Life of Hemodialysis Patients: A Collaborative Study in England and Ireland (2015)
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Lowney, A. C., Myles, H. T., Bristowe, K., Lowney, E. L., Shepherd, K., Murphy, M., O'Brien, T., Casserly, L., McQuillan, R., Plant, W. D., Conlon, P. J., Vinen, C., Eustace, J. A., & Murtagh, F. E. (2015). Understanding What Influences the Health-Related Quality of Life of Hemodialysis Patients: A Collaborative Study in England and Ireland. Journal of pain and symptom management, 50(6), 778-785. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2015.07.010

Context: The international cohort of hemodialysis patients is aging and increasing in number. Nephrologists have a therapeutic relationship with their patients that may span decades. Often overlooked components of chronic disease management include s... Read More about Understanding What Influences the Health-Related Quality of Life of Hemodialysis Patients: A Collaborative Study in England and Ireland.

Liquidity and market efficiency in the world's largest carbon market (2015)
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Ibikunle, G., Gregoriou, A., Hoepner, A. G. F., & Rhodes, M. (2016). Liquidity and market efficiency in the world's largest carbon market. The British accounting review, 48(4), 431-447. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bar.2015.11.001

We investigate liquidity and market efficiency on the world's largest carbon exchange, IntercontinentalExchange Inc.’s European Climate Exchange (ECX), by using intraday short-horizon return predictability as an inverse indicator of market efficiency... Read More about Liquidity and market efficiency in the world's largest carbon market.

Jellyfish: The origin and distribution of extreme ram-pressure stripping events in massive galaxy clusters (2015)
Journal Article
McPartland, C., Ebeling, H., Roediger, E., & Blumenthal, K. (2016). Jellyfish: The origin and distribution of extreme ram-pressure stripping events in massive galaxy clusters. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 455(3), 2994-3008. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv2508

We investigate the observational signatures and physical origin of ram-pressure stripping (RPS) in 63 massive galaxy clusters at z = 0.3–0.7, based on images obtained with the Hubble Space Telescope. Using a training set of a dozen ‘jellyfish’ galaxi... Read More about Jellyfish: The origin and distribution of extreme ram-pressure stripping events in massive galaxy clusters.

Diamagnetic repulsion of particles for multilaminar flow assays (2015)
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Tarn, M. D., Elders, L. T., Peyman, S. A., & Pamme, N. (2015). Diamagnetic repulsion of particles for multilaminar flow assays. RSC advances, 5(126), 103776-103781. https://doi.org/10.1039/c5ra21867e

© The Royal Society of Chemistry. We demonstrate diamagnetic repulsion forces for performing continuous multilaminar flow assays on particles based on their intrinsic properties and with a simple setup. The platform could be applied to sandwich assay... Read More about Diamagnetic repulsion of particles for multilaminar flow assays.

The effect of size on the failure probabilities of SMEs : an empirical study on the US market using discrete hazard model (2015)
Journal Article
El Kalak, I., & Hudson, R. (2016). The effect of size on the failure probabilities of SMEs : an empirical study on the US market using discrete hazard model. International review of financial analysis, 43(January), 135-145. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2015.11.009

This paper investigates the extent to which the size affects the SME probabilities of bankruptcy. Using a dataset of (11,117) US non-financial firms, of which (465) filed for insolvency under chapters 7/11 between 1980 and 2013. We forecast the bankr... Read More about The effect of size on the failure probabilities of SMEs : an empirical study on the US market using discrete hazard model.

Body visual discontinuity affects feeling of ownership and skin conductance responses (2015)
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Tieri, G., Tidoni, E., Pavone, E. F., & Aglioti, S. M. (2015). Body visual discontinuity affects feeling of ownership and skin conductance responses. Scientific reports, 5(1), Article 17139. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep17139

When we look at our hands we are immediately aware that they belong to us and we rarely doubt about the integrity, continuity and sense of ownership of our bodies. Here we explored whether the mere manipulation of the visual appearance of a virtual l... Read More about Body visual discontinuity affects feeling of ownership and skin conductance responses.