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Merging DNA metabarcoding and ecological network analysis to understand and build resilient terrestrial ecosystems (2016)
Journal Article
Evans, D. M., Kitson, J. J. N., Lunt, D. H., Straw, N. A., & Pocock, M. J. O. (2016). Merging DNA metabarcoding and ecological network analysis to understand and build resilient terrestrial ecosystems. Functional ecology, 30(12), 1904-1916. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.12659

Summary 1. Significant advances in both mathematical and molecular approaches in ecology offer unprecedented opportunities to describe and understand ecosystem functioning. Ecological networks describe interactions between species, the underlying str... Read More about Merging DNA metabarcoding and ecological network analysis to understand and build resilient terrestrial ecosystems.

Early diversion and empowerment policing : evaluating an adult female offender triage project (2016)
Journal Article
Brennan, I. R., Green, S., & Sturgeon-Adams, L. (2018). Early diversion and empowerment policing : evaluating an adult female offender triage project. Policing and Society, 28(5), 570-586. https://doi.org/10.1080/10439463.2016.1187607

This paper provides an evaluation of a police pilot early-diversion scheme for adult females who were arrested for low-severity offences using a natural experiment design. The intervention is novel in that it diverts arrestees to a women’s centre for... Read More about Early diversion and empowerment policing : evaluating an adult female offender triage project.

Thin film thickness measurements using ultrasonic pulse echo technique (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hasan, A., AlAufi, Y., Watson, N., Azzopardi, B., Hewakandamby, B., Dimitrakis, G., & Kalashnikov, A. N. (2016, May). Thin film thickness measurements using ultrasonic pulse echo technique. Presented at ICMF-2016 – 9th International Conference on Multiphase Flow, Firenze

Rethinking green entrepreneurship - fluid narratives of the green economy (2016)
Journal Article
O'Neill, K., & Gibbs, D. (2016). Rethinking green entrepreneurship - fluid narratives of the green economy. Environment & planning. A, 48(9), 1727-1749. https://doi.org/10.1177/0308518X16650453

Green entrepreneurs have been seen as key drivers for a transition to a green economy. However, there has been limited in-depth qualitative empirical research with green entrepreneurs to date, focusing instead on typologies categorising certain ‘type... Read More about Rethinking green entrepreneurship - fluid narratives of the green economy.

Locating project studios and studio projects (2016)
Journal Article
Slater, M. (2016). Locating project studios and studio projects. Journal of the Royal Musical Association, 141(1), 167-202. https://doi.org/10.1080/02690403.2016.1151241

Via a longitudinal case study of a studio project (Middlewood Sessions, 2004–12), this research explores processes of music-making in the increasingly prevalent context of the project studio to give an insight into contemporary music-making practices... Read More about Locating project studios and studio projects.

Erythrocytes in multiple sclerosis – forgotten contributors to the pathophysiology? (2016)
Journal Article
Groen, K., Maltby, V. E., Sanders, K. A., Scott, R. J., Tajouri, L., & Lechner-Scott, J. (2016). Erythrocytes in multiple sclerosis – forgotten contributors to the pathophysiology?. Multiple Sclerosis Journal - Experimental, Translational and Clinical, 2, https://doi.org/10.1177/2055217316649981

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease characterised by lymphocytic infiltration of the central nervous system and subsequent destruction of myelin and axons. On the background of a genetic predisposition to autoimmunity, environmental trig... Read More about Erythrocytes in multiple sclerosis – forgotten contributors to the pathophysiology?.

Dot display affects approximate number system acuity and relationships with mathematical achievement and inhibitory control (2016)
Journal Article
Norris, J. E., & Castronovo, J. (2016). Dot display affects approximate number system acuity and relationships with mathematical achievement and inhibitory control. PLoS ONE, 11(5), e0155543. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0155543

© 2016 Norris, Castronovo. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source a... Read More about Dot display affects approximate number system acuity and relationships with mathematical achievement and inhibitory control.

Long-term landscape trajectory - Can we make predictions about landscape form and function for post-mining landforms? (2016)
Journal Article
Hancock, G., Lowry, J., & Coulthard, T. (2016). Long-term landscape trajectory - Can we make predictions about landscape form and function for post-mining landforms?. Geomorphology, 266, 121-132. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2016.05.014

A significant issue for the application of numerical Landscape Evolution Models (LEMs) is their calibration/parameterisation and validation. LEMs are now at the stage of development where if calibrated, they can provide meaningful and useful results.... Read More about Long-term landscape trajectory - Can we make predictions about landscape form and function for post-mining landforms?.

Determinants of the informal economy of an emerging economy: a multiple indicator, multiple causes approach (2016)
Journal Article
Igudia, E., Ackrill, R., Coleman, S., & Dobson, C. (2016). Determinants of the informal economy of an emerging economy: a multiple indicator, multiple causes approach. International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, 28(2/3), 154. https://doi.org/10.1504/ijesb.2016.076643

Positing the implementation of evidenced-based policies to manage the informal economy, our paper employs, in a novel way, the multiple-indicator, multiple-cause model and primary data, to identify the determinants of the Nigerian informal economy. B... Read More about Determinants of the informal economy of an emerging economy: a multiple indicator, multiple causes approach.

Synthesis, structural properties, electrophilic substitution reactions and DFT computational studies of calix[3]benzofurans (2016)
Journal Article
Islam, M. M., Akther, T., Ikejiri, Y., Matsumoto, T., Tanaka, J., Rahman, S., Georghiou, P. E., Hughes, D. L., Redshaw, C., & Yamato, T. (in press). Synthesis, structural properties, electrophilic substitution reactions and DFT computational studies of calix[3]benzofurans. RSC advances, 6(56), 50808-50817. https://doi.org/10.1039/c6ra06219a

Calix[3]benzofurans have been synthesized by a modified TosMIC coupling reaction, followed by acid treatment and an intramolecular cyclization reaction with TMSI (trimethylsilyl iodide); X-ray analysis established the structures of two samples, both... Read More about Synthesis, structural properties, electrophilic substitution reactions and DFT computational studies of calix[3]benzofurans.

Viscoelastically prestressed polymeric matrix composites: An overview (2016)
Journal Article
Fancey, K. S. (2016). Viscoelastically prestressed polymeric matrix composites: An overview. Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites, 35(17), 1290-1301. https://doi.org/10.1177/0731684416649036

Elastically prestressed polymeric matrix composites exploit the principles of prestressed concrete, i.e. fibres are stretched elastically during matrix curing. On matrix solidification, compressive stresses are created within the matrix, counterbalan... Read More about Viscoelastically prestressed polymeric matrix composites: An overview.

'Fire hardening' spear wood does slightly harden it, but makes it much weaker and more brittle (2016)
Journal Article
Ennos, A. R., & Chan, T. L. (2016). 'Fire hardening' spear wood does slightly harden it, but makes it much weaker and more brittle. Biology Letters, 12(5), Article 20160174. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2016.0174

It is usually assumed that 'fire hardening' the tips of spears, as practised by hunter-gatherers and early Homo spp., makes them harder and better suited for hunting. This suggestion was tested by subjecting coppiced poles of hazel to a fire-hardenin... Read More about 'Fire hardening' spear wood does slightly harden it, but makes it much weaker and more brittle.

Magnetic cylindrical colloids at liquid interfaces exhibit non-volatile switching of their orientation in an external field (2016)
Journal Article
Newton, B. J., & Buzza, D. M. A. (2016). Magnetic cylindrical colloids at liquid interfaces exhibit non-volatile switching of their orientation in an external field. Soft matter, 12(24), 5285-5296. https://doi.org/10.1039/c6sm00136j

We study the orientation of magnetic cylindrical particles adsorbed at a liquid interface in an external field using analytical theory and high resolution finite element simulations. Cylindrical particles are interesting since they possess multiple l... Read More about Magnetic cylindrical colloids at liquid interfaces exhibit non-volatile switching of their orientation in an external field.

Model Study of Enhanced Oil Recovery by Flooding with Aqueous Solutions of Different Surfactants: How the Surface Chemical Properties of the Surfactants Relate to the Amount of Oil Recovered (2016)
Journal Article
Fletcher, P. D. I., Clarke, A., Savory, L. D., & Howe, A. M. (2016). Model Study of Enhanced Oil Recovery by Flooding with Aqueous Solutions of Different Surfactants: How the Surface Chemical Properties of the Surfactants Relate to the Amount of Oil Recovered. Energy and Fuels, 30(6), 4767-4780. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.6b00797

© 2016 American Chemical Society. The main aim of this work is to establish how the fraction of oil recovered from an oil-filled calcite powder packed column by injection of aqueous surfactant solution depends on the phase behavior and surface chemic... Read More about Model Study of Enhanced Oil Recovery by Flooding with Aqueous Solutions of Different Surfactants: How the Surface Chemical Properties of the Surfactants Relate to the Amount of Oil Recovered.

Stem cells and the role of ETS transcription factors in the differentiation hierarchy of normal and malignant prostate epithelium (2016)
Journal Article
Archer, L. K., Frame, F. M., & Maitland, N. J. (2017). Stem cells and the role of ETS transcription factors in the differentiation hierarchy of normal and malignant prostate epithelium. Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 166, 68-83. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsbmb.2016.05.006

Prostate cancer is the most common cancer of men in the UK and accounts for a quarter of all new cases. Although treatment of localised cancer can be successful, there is no cure for patients presenting with invasive prostate cancer and there are les... Read More about Stem cells and the role of ETS transcription factors in the differentiation hierarchy of normal and malignant prostate epithelium.

Improving the Reporting of Health and Psychological Research (2016)
Journal Article
Fuller, T. E., Pearson, M., & Peters, J. (2016). Improving the Reporting of Health and Psychological Research. Australian Psychologist, 51(3), 182-187. https://doi.org/10.1111/ap.12135

A growing body of empirical evidence has consistently demonstrated that much publically and privately funded research is reported in a way that makes it difficult for the findings to be included in evidence syntheses or used by researchers, clinician... Read More about Improving the Reporting of Health and Psychological Research.

Virus-Templated Near-Amorphous Iron Oxide Nanotubes (2016)
Journal Article
Shah, S. N., Khan, A. A., Espinosa, A., Garcia, M. A., Nuansing, W., Ungureanu, M., …Bittner, A. M. (2016). Virus-Templated Near-Amorphous Iron Oxide Nanotubes. Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids, 32(23), 5899-5908. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b04491

© 2016 American Chemical Society. We present a simple synthesis of iron oxide nanotubes, grown under very mild conditions from a solution containing Fe(II) and Fe(III), on rod-shaped tobacco mosaic virus templates. Their well-defined shape and surfac... Read More about Virus-Templated Near-Amorphous Iron Oxide Nanotubes.

Who gets caught for corruption when corruption is pervasive? Evidence from China’s anti-bribery blacklist (2016)
Journal Article
Jin, Z., Zhou, L., & Wang, Z. (2017). Who gets caught for corruption when corruption is pervasive? Evidence from China’s anti-bribery blacklist. Applied Economics Letters, 24(4), 258-263. https://doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2016.1181826

© 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This article empirically investigates why in a corruption-pervasive country only a minority of the firms get caught for bribery while the majority get away with it. By matching manufactu... Read More about Who gets caught for corruption when corruption is pervasive? Evidence from China’s anti-bribery blacklist.