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Impact of foreign aid on growth and trade (2016)
Journal Article
Bhattarai, K. (2016). Impact of foreign aid on growth and trade. Journal of economics and development studies, 4(3), https://doi.org/10.15640/jeds.v4n3a4

Foreign aid from the donors may or may not raise growth rates in receiving countries. In general they may increase investment but if the amount of aid is associated with conditionality of exports, that will have negative impacts on growth rates. Simu... Read More about Impact of foreign aid on growth and trade.

Somatostatin analogues compared to placebo and other pharmacological agents in the management of symptoms of inoperable malignant bowel obstruction: a systematic review (2016)
Journal Article
Obita, G. P., Boland, E. G., Currow, D. C., Johnson, M. J., & Boland, J. W. (2016). Somatostatin analogues compared to placebo and other pharmacological agents in the management of symptoms of inoperable malignant bowel obstruction: a systematic review. Journal of pain and symptom management, 52(6), 901-919. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2016.05.032

Context Somatostatin analogues are commonly used to relieve symptoms in malignant bowel obstruction (MBO) but are more expensive than other antisecretory agents. Objectives To evaluate the evidence of effectiveness of somatostatin analogues compared... Read More about Somatostatin analogues compared to placebo and other pharmacological agents in the management of symptoms of inoperable malignant bowel obstruction: a systematic review.

An evaluation of Mesozoic rift-related magmatism on the margins of the Labrador Sea: Implications for rifting and passive margin asymmetry (2016)
Journal Article
Peace, A., McCaffrey, K., Imber, J., Phethean, J., Nowell, G., Gerdes, K., & Dempsey, E. (2016). An evaluation of Mesozoic rift-related magmatism on the margins of the Labrador Sea: Implications for rifting and passive margin asymmetry. Geosphere, 12(6), 1701-1724. https://doi.org/10.1130/GES01341.1

The Labrador Sea is a small (∼900 km wide) ocean basin separating southwest Greenland from Labrador, Canada. It opened following a series of rifting events that began as early as the Late Triassic or Jurassic, culminating in a brief period of seafloo... Read More about An evaluation of Mesozoic rift-related magmatism on the margins of the Labrador Sea: Implications for rifting and passive margin asymmetry.

Effective River Restoration in the 21st Century: From Trial and Error to Novel Evidence-Based Approaches (2016)
Book Chapter
Friberg, N., Angelopoulos, N., Buijse, A., Cowx, I., Kail, J., Moe, T., Moir, H., O’Hare, M., Verdonschot, P., & Wolter, C. (2016). Effective River Restoration in the 21st Century: From Trial and Error to Novel Evidence-Based Approaches. In A. Dumbrell, R. Kordas, & G. Woodward (Eds.), Advances in Ecological Research; Large-Scale Ecology: Model Systems to Global Perspectives (535-611). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.aecr.2016.08.010

© 2016 Elsevier Ltd This paper is a comprehensive and updated overview of river restoration and covers all relevant aspects from drivers of restoration, linkages between hydromorphology and biota, the current restoration paradigm, effects of restorat... Read More about Effective River Restoration in the 21st Century: From Trial and Error to Novel Evidence-Based Approaches.

Computational text analysis: Thoughts on the contingencies of an evolving method (2016)
Journal Article
Marciniak, D. (2016). Computational text analysis: Thoughts on the contingencies of an evolving method. Big Data and Society, 3(2), https://doi.org/10.1177/2053951716670190

Mapping a public discourse with the tools of computational text analysis comes with many contingencies in the areas of corpus curation, data processing and analysis, and visualisation. However, the complexity of algorithmic assemblies and the beauty... Read More about Computational text analysis: Thoughts on the contingencies of an evolving method.

Board gender diversity and sustainability reporting quality (2016)
Journal Article
Al-Shaer, H., & Zaman, M. (2016). Board gender diversity and sustainability reporting quality. Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Economics, 12(3), 210-222. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcae.2016.09.001

Based on the notion that a diverse board will take a more balanced view and pay greater attention to social responsibility and stakeholder concerns, this paper examines the effect of board gender diversity, measured using a range of proxies, on susta... Read More about Board gender diversity and sustainability reporting quality.

Use of twitter data for waste minimisation in beef supply chain (2016)
Journal Article
Mishra, N., & Singh, A. (2018). Use of twitter data for waste minimisation in beef supply chain. Annals of Operations Research, 270(1-2), 337-359. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10479-016-2303-4

© 2016, The Author(s). Approximately one third of the food produced is discarded or lost, which accounts for 1.3 billion tons per annum. The waste is being generated throughout the supply chain viz. farmers, wholesalers/processors, logistics, retaile... Read More about Use of twitter data for waste minimisation in beef supply chain.

Uses of innovative modeling tools within the implementation of the marine strategy framework directive (2016)
Journal Article
Lynam, C. P., Uusitalo, L., Patrício, J., Piroddi, C., Queirós, A. M., Teixeira, H., Rossberg, A. G., Sagarminaga, Y., Hyder, K., Niquil, N., Möllmann, C., Wilson, C., Chust, G., Galparsoro, I., Forster, R., Veríssimo, H., Tedesco, L., Revilla, M., & Neville, S. (2016). Uses of innovative modeling tools within the implementation of the marine strategy framework directive. Frontiers in Marine Science, 3(SEP), https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2016.00182

© 2016 Lynam, Uusitalo, Patrício, Piroddi, Queirós, Teixeira, Rossberg, Sagarminaga, Hyder, Niquil, Möllmann, Wilson, Chust, Galparsoro, Forster, Veríssimo, Tedesco, Revilla and Neville. In Europe and around the world, the approach to management of t... Read More about Uses of innovative modeling tools within the implementation of the marine strategy framework directive.

Large-Scale Production of V6O13 Cathode Materials Assisted by Thermal Gravimetric Analysis-Infrared Spectroscopy Technology (2016)
Journal Article
Liang, H. P., Du, J., Jones, T. G., Lawrence, N. S., & Meredith, A. W. (2016). Large-Scale Production of V6O13 Cathode Materials Assisted by Thermal Gravimetric Analysis-Infrared Spectroscopy Technology. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 8(39), 25674-25679. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.6b10832

© 2016 American Chemical Society. The kilogram-scale fabrication of V6O13 cathode materials has been notably assisted by in situ thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA)-infrared spectroscopy (IR) technology. This technology successfully identified a resid... Read More about Large-Scale Production of V6O13 Cathode Materials Assisted by Thermal Gravimetric Analysis-Infrared Spectroscopy Technology.

New development : value for money (VFM) in public services - the importance of organisational culture (2016)
Journal Article
Prowle, M., Kalar, M., & Barrow, L. (2016). New development : value for money (VFM) in public services - the importance of organisational culture. Public money & management, 36(7), 547-552. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540962.2016.1237169

VFM has been a key aspect of public service management for several decades and its importance has been raised in recent years as a consequence of austerity. Organizational culture is recognized in research literature as a key driver of organizational... Read More about New development : value for money (VFM) in public services - the importance of organisational culture.

Factors of resilience in informal caregivers of people with dementia from integrative international data analysis (2016)
Journal Article
Joling, K. J., Windle, G., Dröes, R.-M., Meiland, F., van Hout, H. P., MacNeil Vroomen, J., van de Ven, P. M., Moniz-Cook, E., & Woods, B. (2016). Factors of resilience in informal caregivers of people with dementia from integrative international data analysis. Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders, 42(3-4), 198-214. https://doi.org/10.1159/000449131

Background/Aims: Although caring for a person with dementia can be stressful, some caregivers appear to experience few negative consequences to their well-being. This study aimed to examine what proportion of caregivers demonstrates resilience under... Read More about Factors of resilience in informal caregivers of people with dementia from integrative international data analysis.

Director configuration in the twist-bend nematic phase of CB11CB (2016)
Journal Article
Miglioli, I., Bacchiocchi, C., Arcioni, A., Kohlmeier, A., Mehl, G. H., & Zannoni, C. (2016). Director configuration in the twist-bend nematic phase of CB11CB. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 4(41), 9887-9896. https://doi.org/10.1039/c6tc03246j

The director distribution in the nematic phases exhibited by the 100,1100-bis(4-cyanobiphenyl-40-yl)undecane (CB11CB) liquid crystal has been studied in the bulk with the EPR spin probe technique. EPR spectra confirmed the presence of an higher tempe... Read More about Director configuration in the twist-bend nematic phase of CB11CB.

Peri-conceptual and mid-pregnancy drinking: a cross-sectional assessment in two Scottish health board areas using a 7-day Retrospective Diary (2016)
Journal Article
Symon, A., Rankin, J., Sinclair, H., Butcher, G., Barclay, K., Gordon, R., MacDonald, M., & Smith, L. (2017). Peri-conceptual and mid-pregnancy drinking: a cross-sectional assessment in two Scottish health board areas using a 7-day Retrospective Diary. Journal of advanced nursing, 73(2), 375-385. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.13112

Aims: The aim of this study was to evaluate the use of a 7-day Retrospective Diary to assess peri-conceptual and mid-pregnancy alcohol consumption. Background: Alcohol consumption among women has increased significantly and is of international concer... Read More about Peri-conceptual and mid-pregnancy drinking: a cross-sectional assessment in two Scottish health board areas using a 7-day Retrospective Diary.

Looking for imprints of the first stellar generations in metal-poor bulge field stars (2016)
Journal Article
Chiappini, C., Freeman, K., Ness, M., Depagne, E., Cantelli, E., Hirschi, R., Frischknecht, U., Maeder, A., Pignatari, M., Barbuy, B., Cantelli, E. W. C., Chiappini, C., Depagne, É., Freeman, K., Frischknecht, U., Hirschi, R., Maeder, A., Meynet, G., Ness, M., & Siqueira-Mello, C. (2016). Looking for imprints of the first stellar generations in metal-poor bulge field stars. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 593, A79-1-A79-16. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201628104

© 2016 ESO. Context. Efforts to look for signatures of the first stars have concentrated on metal-poor halo objects. However, the low end of the bulge metallicity distribution has been shown to host some of the oldest objects in the Milky Way and hen... Read More about Looking for imprints of the first stellar generations in metal-poor bulge field stars.

Governance and bank characteristics in the credit and sovereign debt crises – the impact of CEO power (2016)
Journal Article
Mollah, S., & Liljeblom, E. (2016). Governance and bank characteristics in the credit and sovereign debt crises – the impact of CEO power. Journal of Financial Stability, 27(December), 59-73. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfs.2016.09.003

The global financial sector recently suffered from two interrelated crises: the credit crisis and the sovereign debt crisis. A common question is whether the recent experience with the credit crisis has helped in dealing with the sovereign debt crisi... Read More about Governance and bank characteristics in the credit and sovereign debt crises – the impact of CEO power.

Development of an optical thermal history coating sensor based on the oxidation of a divalent rare earth ion phosphor (2016)
Journal Article
Yáñez-González, Á., Ruiz-Trejo, E., van Wachem, B., Skinner, S., Beyrau, F., & Heyes, A. (2016). Development of an optical thermal history coating sensor based on the oxidation of a divalent rare earth ion phosphor. Measurement Science and Technology, 27(11), Article 115103. https://doi.org/10.1088/0957-0233/27/11/115103

The measurement of temperatures in gas turbines, boilers, heat exchangers and other components exposed to hot gases is essential to design energy efficient systems and improve maintenance procedures. When on-line measurements, such as those performed... Read More about Development of an optical thermal history coating sensor based on the oxidation of a divalent rare earth ion phosphor.

Sensorimotor network crucial for inferring amusement from smiles (2016)
Journal Article
Paracampo, R., Tidoni, E., Borgomaneri, S., di Pellegrino, G., & Avenanti, A. (2017). Sensorimotor network crucial for inferring amusement from smiles. Cerebral Cortex, 27(11), 5116-5129. https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhw294

Understanding whether another's smile reflects authentic amusement is a key challenge in social life, yet, the neural bases of this ability have been largely unexplored. Here, we combined transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) with a novel empathic... Read More about Sensorimotor network crucial for inferring amusement from smiles.