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Price based demand side management: A persuasive smart energy management system for low/medium income earners (2015)
Journal Article
Ogunjuyigbe, A., Monyei, C., & Ayodele, T. (2015). Price based demand side management: A persuasive smart energy management system for low/medium income earners. Sustainable Cities and Society SCC, 17, 80-94. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2015.04.004

This paper presents a persuasive smart energy management system (PSEMS) which incorporates the peculiarities of the developing economies, for low/medium income earners, under the flat pricing regime. The PSEMS uses an algorithm based on mild modified... Read More about Price based demand side management: A persuasive smart energy management system for low/medium income earners.

Identifying structural breaks in stochastic mortality models (2015)
Journal Article
O’Hare, C., & Li, Y. (2015). Identifying structural breaks in stochastic mortality models. ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems, Part B: Mechanical Engineering, 1(2), Article 021001. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4029740

In recent years, the issue of life expectancy has become of utmost importance to pension providers, insurance companies, and government bodies in the developed world. Significant and consistent improvements in mortality rates and hence life expectanc... Read More about Identifying structural breaks in stochastic mortality models.

Service users' experiences of a brief intervention service for children and adolescents : a service evaluation (2015)
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Gallagher, J., & Schlösser, A. (2015). Service users' experiences of a brief intervention service for children and adolescents : a service evaluation. Child Care in Practice, 21(4), 374-391. https://doi.org/10.1080/13575279.2015.1028894

Ten per cent of young people experience mental health difficulties at any one time. Prevention and early intervention leads to better prognosis for young people's mental well-being in the short and long term. Child and Adolescent Mental Health Servic... Read More about Service users' experiences of a brief intervention service for children and adolescents : a service evaluation.

Price discovery in the dual-platform US Treasury market (2015)
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Sun, Z., Dunne, P. G., & Li, Y. (2015). Price discovery in the dual-platform US Treasury market. Global finance journal, 28, 95-110. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfj.2015.02.001

Inter-dealer trading in US Treasury securities is almost equally divided between two electronic trading platforms that have only slight differences in terms of their relative liquidity and transparency. BrokerTec is more active in the trading of 2-,... Read More about Price discovery in the dual-platform US Treasury market.

Resistance to teamworking in a UK research and development laboratory (2015)
Journal Article
Thursfield, D. (2015). Resistance to teamworking in a UK research and development laboratory. Work, employment & society : a journal of the British Sociological Association, 29(6), 989-1006. https://doi.org/10.1177/0950017014559967

This article presents an ethnographic exploration of resistance to teamworking in a UK research and development laboratory named RDL. It focuses on the nature of autonomy and responsibility and the implications for resistance. It finds that resistanc... Read More about Resistance to teamworking in a UK research and development laboratory.

What affects authors' and editors' use of reporting guidelines? Findings from an online survey and qualitative interviews (2015)
Journal Article
Fuller, T., Pearson, M., Peters, J., & Anderson, R. (2015). What affects authors' and editors' use of reporting guidelines? Findings from an online survey and qualitative interviews. PLoS ONE, 10(4), e0121585. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0121585

Objectives
To identify and understand, through data from multiple sources, some of the factors that affect authors’ and editors’ decisions to use reporting guidelines in the publication of health research.

Design
Mixed methods study comprising an on... Read More about What affects authors' and editors' use of reporting guidelines? Findings from an online survey and qualitative interviews.

Synthesis, structural studies, kinetic stability, and oxidation catalysis of the late first row transition metal complexes of 4,10-dimethyl-1,4,7,10-tetraazabicyclo[6.5.2]pentadecane (2015)
Journal Article
Matz, D. L., Jones, D. G., Roewe, K. D., Gorbet, M.-J., Zhang, Z., Chen, Z., Prior, T. J., Archibald, S. J., Yin, G., & Hubin, T. J. (2015). Synthesis, structural studies, kinetic stability, and oxidation catalysis of the late first row transition metal complexes of 4,10-dimethyl-1,4,7,10-tetraazabicyclo[6.5.2]pentadecane. Dalton Transactions : an international journal of inorganic chemistry, 44(27), 12210-12224. https://doi.org/10.1039/c5dt00742a

© The Royal Society of Chemistry 2015. Synthetic details for 4,11-dimethyl-1,4,8,11-tetraazabicyclo[6.5.2]pentadecane, the dimethyl ethylene cross-bridged homocyclen ligand are presented for the first time. Its novel Mn 2+ , Fe 2+ , Mn 3+ , and Fe 3+... Read More about Synthesis, structural studies, kinetic stability, and oxidation catalysis of the late first row transition metal complexes of 4,10-dimethyl-1,4,7,10-tetraazabicyclo[6.5.2]pentadecane.

Brazil's role in institutions of global economic governance : the WTO and G20 (2015)
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Doctor, M. (2015). Brazil's role in institutions of global economic governance : the WTO and G20. Global Society, 29(3), 286-300. https://doi.org/10.1080/13600826.2015.1025041

The article evaluates the extent to which Brazil's foreign policy actions, negotiating positions and diplomatic strategies in global governance institutions contribute to supporting its national interest and foreign policy aims. It compares Brazil's... Read More about Brazil's role in institutions of global economic governance : the WTO and G20.

Ebullition of methane from peatlands: does peat act as a signal shredder? (2015)
Journal Article
Ramirez, J. A., Baird, A. J., Coulthard, T. J., & Waddington, J. M. (2015). Ebullition of methane from peatlands: does peat act as a signal shredder?. Geophysical research letters, 42(9), 3371-3379. https://doi.org/10.1002/2015gl063469

Bubbling (ebullition) of greenhouse gases, particularly methane, from peatlands has been attributed to environmental forcings, such as changes in atmospheric pressure. However, observations from peat soils suggest that ebullition and environmental fo... Read More about Ebullition of methane from peatlands: does peat act as a signal shredder?.

Living with contradictions: the dynamics of senior managers in relation to sustainability (2015)
Journal Article
Allen, S., Marshall, J., & Easterby-Smith, M. (2015). Living with contradictions: the dynamics of senior managers in relation to sustainability. Organization & environment, 28(3), 328-348. https://doi.org/10.1177/1086026615575048

In this article, we investigate how senior managers located in Northern Europe in the energy and power industry coordinate their recognition of sustainability challenges with other things they say and do. Identity theory is used to examine the fine-g... Read More about Living with contradictions: the dynamics of senior managers in relation to sustainability.

Commodity futures returns: more memory than you might think! (2015)
Journal Article
Coakley, J., Kellard, N., & Wang, J. (2016). Commodity futures returns: more memory than you might think!. The European journal of finance, 22(14), 1457-1483. https://doi.org/10.1080/1351847X.2015.1025989

© 2015 Taylor & Francis. This paper investigates long-range dependence in 14 commodity and 3 other financial futures returns series from 1993 to 2009 and shows that long memory is a pervasive phenomenon in contrast to the extant evidence. Utilizing... Read More about Commodity futures returns: more memory than you might think!.

A Critical Analysis of Learning Styles and Multiple Intelligences and their Contribution to Inclusive Education. (2015)
Journal Article
Glazzard, J. (2015). A Critical Analysis of Learning Styles and Multiple Intelligences and their Contribution to Inclusive Education. Journal of Global Research in Education and Social Science, 2(3), 107-113

This paper will discuss learning style theory and Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences. These theories have been influential on educational practice in recent years and they have offered potential solutions to educators in addressing issues of... Read More about A Critical Analysis of Learning Styles and Multiple Intelligences and their Contribution to Inclusive Education..

Tracking Cluster Debris (TraCD) – I. Dissolution of clusters and searching for the solar cradle (2015)
Journal Article
Moyano Loyola, G. R., Flynn, C., Hurley, J. R., & Gibson, B. K. (2015). Tracking Cluster Debris (TraCD) – I. Dissolution of clusters and searching for the solar cradle. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 449(4), 4443-4457. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv550

The capability to reconstruct dissolved stellar systems in dynamical and chemical space is a key factor in improving our understanding of the evolution of the Milky Way. Here we concentrate on the dynamical aspect and given that a significant portion... Read More about Tracking Cluster Debris (TraCD) – I. Dissolution of clusters and searching for the solar cradle.

Sheikh Hasina Government’s India policy: a three-level game? (2015)
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Chakma, B. (2015). Sheikh Hasina Government’s India policy: a three-level game?. Journal of Asian security and international affairs, 2(1), 27-51. https://doi.org/10.1177/2347797014565291

This article seeks to analyze the sources of the Sheikh Hasina government’s India-positive foreign policy approach from theoretical and empirical standpoints. Theoretically, it engages three broad schools of thought and their competing claims about s... Read More about Sheikh Hasina Government’s India policy: a three-level game?.

Forming norms: informing diagnosis and management in sports medicine (2015)
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Baldwin, J. N., McKay, M. J., Hiller, C. E., Nightingale, E. J., Moloney, N., Vanicek, N., Ferreira, P., Simic, M., Refshauge, K., & Burns, J. (2015). Forming norms: informing diagnosis and management in sports medicine. British journal of sports medicine, 49(19), 1226-1227. https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2014-094489

Clinicians aim to identify abnormalities, and distinguish harmful from harmless abnormalities. In sports medicine, measures of physical function such as strength, balance and joint flexibility are used as diagnostic tools to identify causes of pain a... Read More about Forming norms: informing diagnosis and management in sports medicine.

Progressive environmental deterioration in northwestern Pangea leading to the latest Permian extinction (2015)
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Bond, D. P. G., Beauchamp, B., Blomeier, D., Galloway, J. M., Grasby, S. E., Piepjohn, K., Reinhardt, L., Talavera, C., & Wignall, P. (2015). Progressive environmental deterioration in northwestern Pangea leading to the latest Permian extinction. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 127(9-10), 1331-1347. https://doi.org/10.1130/b31197.1

Stratigraphic records from northwestern Pangea provide unique insight into global processes that occurred during the Latest Permian Extinction (LPE). We examined a detailed geochemical record of the Festningen Section, Spitsbergen. A stepwise extinct... Read More about Progressive environmental deterioration in northwestern Pangea leading to the latest Permian extinction.

An abrupt extinction in the Middle Permian (Capitanian) of the Boreal Realm (Spitsbergen) and its link to anoxia and acidification (2015)
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Bond, D. P. G., Beauchamp, B., Blomeier, D. P. G., Grasby, S. E., Joachimski, M. M., Savov, I., Sun, Y., & Wignall, P. B. (2015). An abrupt extinction in the Middle Permian (Capitanian) of the Boreal Realm (Spitsbergen) and its link to anoxia and acidification. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 127(9-10), 1411-1421. https://doi.org/10.1130/B31216.1

The controversial Capitanian (Middle Permian, 262 Ma) extinction event is only known from equatorial latitudes, and consequently its global extent is poorly resolved. We demonstrate that there were two, severe extinctions amongst brachiopods in north... Read More about An abrupt extinction in the Middle Permian (Capitanian) of the Boreal Realm (Spitsbergen) and its link to anoxia and acidification.

Aspirating during the intramuscular injection procedure: a systematic literature review (2015)
Journal Article
Sisson, H. (2015). Aspirating during the intramuscular injection procedure: a systematic literature review. Journal of clinical nursing, 24(17-18), 2368-2375. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.12824

© 2015 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Aims and objectives: To review the available evidence on aspirating when administering intramuscular injections and suggest recommendations for practice. Background: The process of aspiration has been ingrained in the... Read More about Aspirating during the intramuscular injection procedure: a systematic literature review.

Alpha-synucleinopathy and neuropsychological symptoms in a population-based cohort of the elderly (2015)
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Zaccai, J., Brayne, C., Matthews, F. E., & Ince, P. G. (2015). Alpha-synucleinopathy and neuropsychological symptoms in a population-based cohort of the elderly. Alzheimer's Research and Therapy, 7(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s13195-015-0101-x

Introduction: Studies with strong selection biases propose that alpha-synucleinopathy (AS) spreads upwards and downwards in the neuraxis from the medulla, that amygdala-dominant AS is strongly associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD), and that a more... Read More about Alpha-synucleinopathy and neuropsychological symptoms in a population-based cohort of the elderly.

Abuse in care? A research project to identify early indicators of concern in residential and nursing homes for older people (2015)
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Marsland, D., Oakes, P., & White, C. (2015). Abuse in care? A research project to identify early indicators of concern in residential and nursing homes for older people. The journal of adult protection, 17(2), 111-125. https://doi.org/10.1108/JAP-08-2014-0027

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the prevention of the abuse of older people in residential and nursing homes, through the identification of "early indicators of concern". Such indicators support practitioners in identifying ser... Read More about Abuse in care? A research project to identify early indicators of concern in residential and nursing homes for older people.