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The relationship between Kolb's experiential learning styles and Big Five personality traits in international managers (2015)
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Li, M., & Armstrong, S. J. (2015). The relationship between Kolb's experiential learning styles and Big Five personality traits in international managers. Personality and individual differences, 86, 422-426. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2015.07.001

This study investigates the relationship between learning style and personality in international managers. Two-hundred-and-sixty-nine managers completed the NEO Five Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI) and Kolb’s Learning Style Inventory (KLSI 3.1). Regressio... Read More about The relationship between Kolb's experiential learning styles and Big Five personality traits in international managers.

Mercury anomalies associated with three extinction events (Capitanian Crisis, Latest Permian Extinction and the Smithian/Spathian Extinction) in NW Pangea (2015)
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Grasby, S. E., Beauchamp, B., Bond, D. P., Wignall, P. B., & Sanei, H. (2016). Mercury anomalies associated with three extinction events (Capitanian Crisis, Latest Permian Extinction and the Smithian/Spathian Extinction) in NW Pangea. Geological magazine, 153(2), 285-297. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0016756815000436

Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2015. Strata of Permian - Early Triassic age that include a record of three major extinction events (Capitanian Crisis, Latest Permian Extinction and the Smithian/Spathian Extinction) were examined at the Festni... Read More about Mercury anomalies associated with three extinction events (Capitanian Crisis, Latest Permian Extinction and the Smithian/Spathian Extinction) in NW Pangea.

Convergence in a dynamic Heckscher–Ohlin model with land (2015)
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Guilló, M. D., & Pérez-Sebastián, F. (2015). Convergence in a dynamic Heckscher–Ohlin model with land. Review of development economics, 19(3), 725-734. https://doi.org/10.1111/rode.12158

Convergence among nations that share the same preferences and technologies is a key result of the closed-economy neoclassical growth framework that has received substantial support in the data. However, Heckscher–Ohlin versions of the two-sector neoc... Read More about Convergence in a dynamic Heckscher–Ohlin model with land.

Nuns' Literacies in Medieval Europe: The Kansas City Dialogue (2015)
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Blanton, V., O’Mara, V., & Stoop, P. (Eds.). (2015). Nuns' Literacies in Medieval Europe: The Kansas City Dialogue. Turnhout: Brepols. https://doi.org/10.1484/M.MWTC-EB.5.108474

The present volume is the second in a series of three integrated publications, the first produced in 2013 as Nuns' Literacies in Medieval Europe: The Hull Dialogue. Like that volume, this collection of essays, focused on various aspects of nuns' lite... Read More about Nuns' Literacies in Medieval Europe: The Kansas City Dialogue.

Women, ‘usury’ and credit in early modern England: the case of the maiden investor (2015)
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Spicksley, J. M. (2015). Women, ‘usury’ and credit in early modern England: the case of the maiden investor. Gender and history, 27(2), 263-292. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-0424.12125

© 2015 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. In the transition from medieval notions of usury to modern notions of interest, single women appear to have enjoyed a special role.While probate documents confirm that an increasing number were engaged in interest-bear... Read More about Women, ‘usury’ and credit in early modern England: the case of the maiden investor.

UHT metamorphism on Seram, eastern Indonesia: reaction microstructures and P–T evolution of spinel-bearing garnet–sillimanite granulites from the Kobipoto Complex (2015)
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Pownall, J. M. (2015). UHT metamorphism on Seram, eastern Indonesia: reaction microstructures and P–T evolution of spinel-bearing garnet–sillimanite granulites from the Kobipoto Complex. Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 33(9), 909-935. https://doi.org/10.1111/jmg.12153

The island of Seram, part of the northern limb of the Banda Arc in eastern Indonesia, exposes an extensive Mio‐Pliocene granulite facies migmatite complex (the Kobipoto Complex) comprising voluminous leucosome‐rich diatexites and scarcer Al–Fe‐rich r... Read More about UHT metamorphism on Seram, eastern Indonesia: reaction microstructures and P–T evolution of spinel-bearing garnet–sillimanite granulites from the Kobipoto Complex.

Characterization of the aggregation-induced enhanced emission of N,N'-bis(4-methoxysalicylide)benzene-1,4-diamine (2015)
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Wu, F., Xu, G., Zeng, X., Mu, L., Redshaw, C., & Wei, G. (2015). Characterization of the aggregation-induced enhanced emission of N,N'-bis(4-methoxysalicylide)benzene-1,4-diamine. Journal of fluorescence, 25(5), 1183-1189. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10895-015-1605-2

© 2015 Springer Science+Business Media New York. N,N′-bis(4-methoxysalicylide)benzene-1,4-diamine (S1) was synthesized from 4-methoxysalicylaldehyde and p-phenylenediamine and it was found to exhibit interesting aggregation-induced emission enhanceme... Read More about Characterization of the aggregation-induced enhanced emission of N,N'-bis(4-methoxysalicylide)benzene-1,4-diamine.

Microparasites and placental invasiveness in eutherian mammals (2015)
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Capellini, I., Nunn, C. L., & Barton, R. A. (2015). Microparasites and placental invasiveness in eutherian mammals. PLoS ONE, 10(7), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0132563

© 2015 Capellini et al. 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 are... Read More about Microparasites and placental invasiveness in eutherian mammals.

An environmentally benign antimicrobial nanoparticle based on a silver-infused lignin core (2015)
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Richter, A. P., Brown, J. S., Bharti, B., Wang, A., Gangwal, S., Houck, K., …Velev, O. D. (2015). An environmentally benign antimicrobial nanoparticle based on a silver-infused lignin core. Nature nanotechnology, 10(9), 817-823. https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2015.141

Silver nanoparticles have antibacterial properties, but their use has been a cause for concern because they persist in the environment. Here, we show that lignin nanoparticles infused with silver ions and coated with a cationic polyelectrolyte layer... Read More about An environmentally benign antimicrobial nanoparticle based on a silver-infused lignin core.

A systematic review and meta-analysis of systemic intraoperative anticoagulation during arteriovenous access formation for dialysis (2015)
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Smith, G. E., Souroullos, P., Cayton, T., Harwood, A., Carradice, D., & Chetter, I. C. (2016). A systematic review and meta-analysis of systemic intraoperative anticoagulation during arteriovenous access formation for dialysis. The journal of vascular access, 17(1), 1-5. https://doi.org/10.5301/jva.5000484

Purpose: Surgical arteriovenous fistula (AVF) or graft (AVG) is preferred to a central venous catheter for dialysis access. Surgical access may suffer thrombosis early after placement and systemic anticoagulation during surgical access formation may... Read More about A systematic review and meta-analysis of systemic intraoperative anticoagulation during arteriovenous access formation for dialysis.

Cediranib or placebo in combination with cisplatin and gemcitabine chemotherapy for patients with advanced biliary tract cancer (ABC-03): a randomised phase 2 trial (2015)
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Valle, J. W., Wasan, H., Lopes, A., Backen, A. C., Palmer, D. H., Morris, K., …Bridgewater, J. A. (2015). Cediranib or placebo in combination with cisplatin and gemcitabine chemotherapy for patients with advanced biliary tract cancer (ABC-03): a randomised phase 2 trial. The lancet oncology, 16(8), 967-978. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1470-2045%2815%2900139-4

© 2015 Valle et al. Open Access article distributed under the terms of CC BY. Background: Cisplatin and gemcitabine is the standard first-line chemotherapy regimen for patients with advanced biliary tract cancer; expression of VEGF and its receptors... Read More about Cediranib or placebo in combination with cisplatin and gemcitabine chemotherapy for patients with advanced biliary tract cancer (ABC-03): a randomised phase 2 trial.

Immigration and early life stages recruitment of the European flounder (Platichthys flesus) to an estuarine nursery: the influence of environmental factors (2015)
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Amorim, E., Elliott, M., Ramos, S., & Bordalo, A. A. (2016). Immigration and early life stages recruitment of the European flounder (Platichthys flesus) to an estuarine nursery: the influence of environmental factors. Journal of Sea Research, 107(1), 56-66. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2015.07.005

Connectivity between coastal spawning grounds and estuarine nurseries is a critical step in the life cycle of many fish species. Larval immigration and transport-associated physical–biological processes are determinants of recruitment success to nurs... Read More about Immigration and early life stages recruitment of the European flounder (Platichthys flesus) to an estuarine nursery: the influence of environmental factors.

Synthesis, structural studies, and oxidation catalysis of the manganese(II), iron(II), and copper(II) complexes of a 2-pyridylmethyl pendant armed side-bridged cyclam (2015)
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Shircliff, A. D., Wilson, K. R., Cannon-Smith, D. J., Jones, D. G., Zhang, Z., Chen, Z., …Hubin, T. J. (2015). Synthesis, structural studies, and oxidation catalysis of the manganese(II), iron(II), and copper(II) complexes of a 2-pyridylmethyl pendant armed side-bridged cyclam. Inorganic Chemistry Communications, 59, 71-75. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inoche.2015.07.002

Abstract The first 2-pyridylmethyl pendant armed structurally reinforced cyclam ligand has been synthesized and successfully complexed to Mn2 +, Fe2 +, and Cu2 + cations. X-ray crystal structures were obtained for the diprotonated ligand and its Cu2... Read More about Synthesis, structural studies, and oxidation catalysis of the manganese(II), iron(II), and copper(II) complexes of a 2-pyridylmethyl pendant armed side-bridged cyclam.

X-ray diffraction from bone employing annular and semi-annular beams (2015)
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Dicken, A. J., Evans, J. P., Rogers, K. D., Stone, N., Greenwood, C., Godber, S. X., …Zioupos, P. (2015). X-ray diffraction from bone employing annular and semi-annular beams. Physics in Medicine and Biology, 60(15), 5803-5812. https://doi.org/10.1088/0031-9155/60/15/5803

There is a compelling need for accurate, low cost diagnostics to identify osteo-tissues that are associated with a high risk of fracture within an individual. To satisfy this requirement the quantification of bone characteristics such as 'bone qualit... Read More about X-ray diffraction from bone employing annular and semi-annular beams.

Fluvio-deltaic avulsions during relative sea-level fall. (2015)
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Nijhuis, A. G., Edmonds, D. A., Caldwell, R. L., Cederberg, J. A., Slingerland, R. L., Best, J. L., …Robinson, R. A. J. (2015). Fluvio-deltaic avulsions during relative sea-level fall. Geology, 43(8), 719-722. https://doi.org/10.1130/g36788.1

Understanding river response to changes in relative sea level (RSL) is essential for predicting fluvial stratigraphy and source-to-sink dynamics. Recent theoretical work has suggested that rivers can remain aggradational during RSL fall, but field da... Read More about Fluvio-deltaic avulsions during relative sea-level fall..

Personalisation of power, neoliberalism and the production of corruption (2015)
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Khair, A. H. A., Haniffa, R., Hudaib, M., & Karim, M. N. A. (2015). Personalisation of power, neoliberalism and the production of corruption. Accounting Forum, 39(3), 225-235. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.accfor.2015.06.001

© 2015. This paper utilises a political lens in considering the cause for the production of corruption and the role of political leadership. Specifically, the notion of personalisation of power as advocated by Slater (2003) is adopted to portray how... Read More about Personalisation of power, neoliberalism and the production of corruption.