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The concept of non-international armed conflict (2015)
Book Chapter
Moir, L. (2015). The concept of non-international armed conflict. In A. Clapham, P. Gaeta, & M. Sassòli (Eds.), The 1949 Geneva Conventions: A Commentary (391-414). Oxford: Oxford University Press

Measuring performance of non-profit organisations: evidence from large charities (2015)
Journal Article
Boateng, A., Akamavi, R. K., & Ndoro, G. (2016). Measuring performance of non-profit organisations: evidence from large charities. Business ethics : a European review, 25(1), 59-74. https://doi.org/10.1111/beer.12108

How to measure performance in charitable organisations continues to excite interest among academics and practitioners. Despite the intellectual interest, little consensus has emerged as to what are the best measures of performance in charities. This... Read More about Measuring performance of non-profit organisations: evidence from large charities.

Hayton, East Yorkshire: Archaeological Studies of the Iron Age and Roman Landscapes (2015)
Book
Woodhouse, H., Millett, M., & Halkon, P. (Eds.). (2015). Hayton, East Yorkshire: Archaeological Studies of the Iron Age and Roman Landscapes. Leeds: Yorkshire Archaeological Society

This volume presents the results of fieldwork and artefact research that began in 1993 and continued until 2011. It is the third volume from a long term research programme focussed on East Yorkshire that has also produced two other major publications... Read More about Hayton, East Yorkshire: Archaeological Studies of the Iron Age and Roman Landscapes.

Selective oxidation of cyclohexene through gold functionalized silica monolith microreactors (2015)
Journal Article
Alotaibi, M. T., Taylor, M. J., Liu, D., Beaumont, S. K., & Kyriakou, G. (2016). Selective oxidation of cyclohexene through gold functionalized silica monolith microreactors. Surface science, 646, 179-185. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.susc.2015.10.039

Two simple, reproducible methods of preparing evenly distributed Au nanoparticle containing mesoporous silica monoliths are investigated. These Au nanoparticle containing monoliths are subsequently investigated as flow reactors for the selective oxid... Read More about Selective oxidation of cyclohexene through gold functionalized silica monolith microreactors.

Heartbeat of the Sun from principal component analysis and prediction of solar activity on a millenium timescale (2015)
Journal Article
Zharkova, V. V., Shepherd, S. J., Popova, E., & Zharkov, S. I. (2015). Heartbeat of the Sun from principal component analysis and prediction of solar activity on a millenium timescale. Scientific reports, 5(1), Article ARTN 15689. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep15689

We derive two principal components (PCs) of temporal magnetic field variations over the solar cycles 21–24 from full disk magnetograms covering about 39% of data variance, with σ = 0.67. These PCs are attributed to two main magnetic waves travelling... Read More about Heartbeat of the Sun from principal component analysis and prediction of solar activity on a millenium timescale.

The behaviour and recovery of juvenile lemon sharks Negaprion brevirostris in response to external accelerometer tag attachment (2015)
Journal Article
Bullock, R. W., Guttridge, T. L., Cowx, I. G., Elliott, M., & Gruber, S. H. (2015). The behaviour and recovery of juvenile lemon sharks Negaprion brevirostris in response to external accelerometer tag attachment. Journal of fish biology, 87(6), 1342-1354. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.12808

© 2015 The Fisheries Society of the British Isles. Behavioural responses of lemon sharks Negaprion brevirostris to a fin-mounted tag package (CEFAS G6A tri-axial accelerometer with epoxied Sonotronics PT4 acoustic transmitter) were measured in a cont... Read More about The behaviour and recovery of juvenile lemon sharks Negaprion brevirostris in response to external accelerometer tag attachment.

Spatiotemporal data mining: A computational perspective (2015)
Journal Article
Shekhar, S., Jiang, Z., Ali, R. Y., Eftelioglu, E., Tang, X., Gunturi, V. M., & Zhou, X. (2015). Spatiotemporal data mining: A computational perspective. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 4(4), 2306-2338. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi4042306

Explosive growth in geospatial and temporal data as well as the emergence of new technologies emphasize the need for automated discovery of spatiotemporal knowledge. Spatiotemporal data mining studies the process of discovering interesting and previo... Read More about Spatiotemporal data mining: A computational perspective.

Sensitivity of the mussel Mytilus edulis to substrate‑borne vibration in relation to anthropogenically generated noise (2015)
Journal Article
Roberts, L., Cheesman, S., Breithaupt, T., & Elliott, M. (2015). Sensitivity of the mussel Mytilus edulis to substrate‑borne vibration in relation to anthropogenically generated noise. Marine ecology progress series, 538, 185-195. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps11468

© 2015 Inter-Research. Many anthropogenic activities in the oceans involve direct contact with the seabed (for example pile driving), creating radiating particle motion waves. However, the consequences of these waveforms to marine organisms are large... Read More about Sensitivity of the mussel Mytilus edulis to substrate‑borne vibration in relation to anthropogenically generated noise.

Bodily crises in skilled performance: Considering the need for artistic habits (2015)
Journal Article
Toner, J., Jones, L., & Moran, A. (2016). Bodily crises in skilled performance: Considering the need for artistic habits. Performance enhancement & health, 4(1-2), 50-57. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.peh.2015.10.001

Empirical evidence demonstrates that performing artists are confronted by a variety of ‘bodily crises’ (e.g., injury, attrition of habits induced by ageing) over the course of their careers (Wainwright, Williams, & Turner, 2005). Such crises may pres... Read More about Bodily crises in skilled performance: Considering the need for artistic habits.

Implementing health promotion programmes in schools: A realist systematic review of research and experience in the United Kingdom (2015)
Journal Article
Pearson, M., Chilton, R., Wyatt, K., Abraham, C., Ford, T., Woods, H., & Anderson, R. (2015). Implementing health promotion programmes in schools: A realist systematic review of research and experience in the United Kingdom. Implementation Science, 10(1), Article 149. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13012-015-0338-6

Background Schools have long been viewed as a good setting in which to encourage healthy lifestyles amongst children, and schools in many countries aspire to more comprehensive, integrated approaches to health promotion. Recent reviews have identifie... Read More about Implementing health promotion programmes in schools: A realist systematic review of research and experience in the United Kingdom.

An update on transcriptional and post-translational regulation of brain voltage-gated sodium channels (2015)
Journal Article
Beltran-Alvarez, P., & Onwuli, D. O. (2016). An update on transcriptional and post-translational regulation of brain voltage-gated sodium channels. Amino acids, 48(3), 641-651. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00726-015-2122-y

Voltage-gated sodium channels are essential proteins in brain physiology, as they generate the sodium currents that initiate neuronal action potentials. Voltage-gated sodium channels expression, localisation and function are regulated by a range of t... Read More about An update on transcriptional and post-translational regulation of brain voltage-gated sodium channels.

Why Confronting the Internet’s Dark Side? (2015)
Journal Article
Cohen-Almagor, R. (2017). Why Confronting the Internet’s Dark Side?. Philosophia, 45(3), 919-929. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11406-015-9658-7

Raphael Cohen-Almagor, the author of Confronting the Internet’s Dark Side, explains his motivation for exploring the dangerous side of the world wide web. This new book is the first comprehensive book on social responsibility on the Internet.

Experimental investigation of the impact of macroalgal mats on the wave and current dynamics (2015)
Journal Article
Tambroni, N., Figueiredo da Silva, J., Duck, R., McLelland, S., Venier, C., & Lanzoni, S. (2016). Experimental investigation of the impact of macroalgal mats on the wave and current dynamics. Advances in Water Resources, 93(B), 326-335. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2015.09.010

Macroalgal mats of Ulva intestinalis are becoming increasingly common in many coastal and estuarine intertidal habitats, thus it is important to determine whether they increase flow resistance, promote bed stability and therefore reduce the risk of e... Read More about Experimental investigation of the impact of macroalgal mats on the wave and current dynamics.

Nationwide trophic cascades: changes in avian community structure driven by ungulates (2015)
Journal Article
Palmer, G., Stephens, P. A., Ward, A. I., & Willis, S. G. (2015). Nationwide trophic cascades: changes in avian community structure driven by ungulates. Scientific reports, 5(1), Article 15601. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep15601

In recent decades, many ungulate populations have changed dramatically in abundance, resulting in cascading effects across ecosystems. However, studies of such effects are often limited in their spatial and temporal scope. Here, we contrast multi-spe... Read More about Nationwide trophic cascades: changes in avian community structure driven by ungulates.

What about leadership?; Comment on “cultures of silence and cultures of voice: The role of whistleblowing in healthcare organisations” (2015)
Journal Article
Blenkinsopp, J., & Snowden, N. (2016). What about leadership?; Comment on “cultures of silence and cultures of voice: The role of whistleblowing in healthcare organisations”. International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 5(2), 125-127. https://doi.org/10.15171/ijhpm.2015.193

In their valuable discussion of whistleblowing in healthcare organisations Mannion and Davies highlight the importance of organisational culture in influencing whether people raise concerns, and whether these concerns are listened to and acted upon.... Read More about What about leadership?; Comment on “cultures of silence and cultures of voice: The role of whistleblowing in healthcare organisations”.

Blinded patient preference for morphine compared to placebo in the setting of chronic refractory breathlessness – an exploratory study (2015)
Journal Article
Ferreira, D. H., Silva, J. P., Quinn, S., Abernethy, A. P., Johnson, M. J., Oxberry, S. G., & Currow, D. C. (2016). Blinded patient preference for morphine compared to placebo in the setting of chronic refractory breathlessness – an exploratory study. Journal of pain and symptom management, 51(2), 247-254. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2015.10.005

Context Patients’ preference for morphine therapy has received little attention in the setting of chronic refractory breathlessness. However, this is one important factor in considering longer term therapy. Objectives The aim of this secondary analys... Read More about Blinded patient preference for morphine compared to placebo in the setting of chronic refractory breathlessness – an exploratory study.

Social activity, cognitive decline and dementia risk: A 20-year prospective cohort study Chronic Disease epidemiology (2015)
Journal Article
Marioni, R. E., Proust-Lima, C., Amieva, H., Brayne, C., Matthews, F. E., Dartigues, J. F., & Jacqmin-Gadda, H. (2015). Social activity, cognitive decline and dementia risk: A 20-year prospective cohort study Chronic Disease epidemiology. BMC public health, 15(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-015-2426-6

Background: Identifying modifiable lifestyle correlates of cognitive decline and risk of dementia is complex, particularly as few population-based longitudinal studies jointly model these interlinked processes. Recent methodological developments allo... Read More about Social activity, cognitive decline and dementia risk: A 20-year prospective cohort study Chronic Disease epidemiology.

Effect of a non-dieting lifestyle randomised control trial on psychological well-being and weight management in morbidly obese pre-menopausal women (2015)
Journal Article
Borkoles, E., Carroll, S., Clough, P., & Polman, R. C. (2016). Effect of a non-dieting lifestyle randomised control trial on psychological well-being and weight management in morbidly obese pre-menopausal women. Maturitas, 83, 51-58. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.maturitas.2015.09.010

© 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ireland Ltd. This is an open access article under the CCBY-NC-ND license. Objective This study examined the effects of a non-dieting lifestyle intervention approach for morbidly obese women designed in the fr... Read More about Effect of a non-dieting lifestyle randomised control trial on psychological well-being and weight management in morbidly obese pre-menopausal women.

Handedness in fiddler crab fights (2015)
Journal Article
Perez, D. M., Heatwole, S. J., Morrell, L. J., & Backwell, P. R. Y. (2015). Handedness in fiddler crab fights. Animal behaviour, 110(December), 99-104. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2015.09.012

Asymmetric weapons are common in bilateral animals and, in some species, they can occur on either the left- or the right-hand side of the body (lateralization). Fiddler crabs (Uca spp, Decapoda: Ocypodidae) have an enlarged claw that is used in male–... Read More about Handedness in fiddler crab fights.