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Bhaskar and Sen: Two foundations on which to build a new approach to career guidance and life planning (2017)
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Robertson, P. J. (2018). Bhaskar and Sen: Two foundations on which to build a new approach to career guidance and life planning. Indian Journal of Career and Livelihood Planning, 6(1), 22-28

This paper argues for a new perspective on guidance and life planning that is informed, but not dominated, by pre-existing Western conceptions of career. Two scholars are highlighted as providing potential foundations for a new approach. Firstly, the... Read More about Bhaskar and Sen: Two foundations on which to build a new approach to career guidance and life planning.

The Lady of Shalott: insights gained from using visual methods and interviews exploring the lived experience of codependency (2017)
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Bacon, I., McKay, E. A., Reynolds, F., & McIntyre, A. (2017). The Lady of Shalott: insights gained from using visual methods and interviews exploring the lived experience of codependency. Qualitative Methods in Psychology Bulletin,

Codependency is a complex human experience with many meanings. The experiences of self-identified codependent individuals, who attend 12 steps groups are largely missing from the literature. In this article, we present how a combination of a visual m... Read More about The Lady of Shalott: insights gained from using visual methods and interviews exploring the lived experience of codependency.

Physiological characteristics and performance in elite enduro mountain biking (2017)
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Kirkwood, L., Ingram, L., Cunningham, J., Malone, E., & Florida-James, G. (2017). Physiological characteristics and performance in elite enduro mountain biking. Journal of Science and Cycling, 6(2), 13-21. https://doi.org/10.28985/171231.jsc.09

Enduro mountain bike racing is composed of several timed predominantly downhill race stages linked by time restricted, non-competitive transition stages. This study aimed to 1) detail and compare the laboratory assessed physiological characteristics... Read More about Physiological characteristics and performance in elite enduro mountain biking.

Estimating pollinator performance of visitors to the self-incompatible crop-plant Brassica rapa by single visit deposition and pollen germination: a comparison of methods (2017)
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Patchett, R., Ballantyne, G., & Willmer, P. (2017). Estimating pollinator performance of visitors to the self-incompatible crop-plant Brassica rapa by single visit deposition and pollen germination: a comparison of methods. Journal of Pollination Ecology,

Estimating the pollen-deposition effectiveness of flower visitors is fundamental to understanding their performance as pollinators. While estimates of visitation rates, pollen loads, and single visit deposition (SVD) are all useful proxies for perfor... Read More about Estimating pollinator performance of visitors to the self-incompatible crop-plant Brassica rapa by single visit deposition and pollen germination: a comparison of methods.

Visualization of Online Datasets (2017)
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Peng, T., & Downie, C. (2017). Visualization of Online Datasets. International Journal of Networked and Distributed Computing, 6(1), 11-23. https://doi.org/10.2991/ijndc.2018.6.1.2

As computing technology advances, computers are being used to orchestrate and advance wide spectrums of commercial and personal life, information visualization becomes even more significant as we immerse ourselves into the era of big data, leading to... Read More about Visualization of Online Datasets.

Cardiac Rehabilitation: Unraveling the Complexity of Referral and Current Models of Delivery (2017)
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Astley, C. M., Neubeck, L., Gallagher, R., Berry, N., Du, H., Hill, M. N., & Clark, R. A. (2017). Cardiac Rehabilitation: Unraveling the Complexity of Referral and Current Models of Delivery. Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 32(3), 236-243. https://doi.

Evidence-based guidelines recommend strategies for reducing risk factors for secondary prevention of acute coronary syndromes, yet referral to and completion of programs to deliver this advice are poor. In this article we describe the complexity of f... Read More about Cardiac Rehabilitation: Unraveling the Complexity of Referral and Current Models of Delivery.

A holistic framework to embed good company practice for customer retention (2017)
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McCrory, B., Pilcher, N., & McMillan, J. (2017). A holistic framework to embed good company practice for customer retention. The TQM magazine, 29(2), 257-275. https://doi.org/10.1108/TQM-11-2015-0139

Purpose: To detail a holistic practice based guiding framework for improving customer retention, which helps companies instil a customer service culture through encouraging them to concentrate on the three key areas of culture, continuous improvement... Read More about A holistic framework to embed good company practice for customer retention.

Smart manufacturing based on cyber-physical systems and beyond (2017)
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Yao, X., Zhou, J., Lin, Y., Li, Y., Yu, H., & Liu, Y. (2019). Smart manufacturing based on cyber-physical systems and beyond. Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, 30(8), 2805-2817. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10845-017-1384-5

Cyber-physical systems (CPS) have gained an increasing attention recently for their immense potential towards the next generation smart systems that integrate cyber technology into the physical processes. However, CPS did not initiate either smart fa... Read More about Smart manufacturing based on cyber-physical systems and beyond.

Aqueous morpholine pre-treatment in cellulose nanofibril (CNF) production: comparison with carboxymethylation and TEMPO oxidisation pre-treatment methods (2017)
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Onyianta, A. J., Dorris, M., & Williams, R. (2017). Aqueous morpholine pre-treatment in cellulose nanofibril (CNF) production: comparison with carboxymethylation and TEMPO oxidisation pre-treatment methods. Cellulose, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-017-16

In this study, pulped cellulose fibres were pre-treated with aqueous morpholine prior to mechanical disruption in the production of cellulose nanofibrils (CNF). The properties of the morpholine pre-treated CNF (MCNF) were closely compared with CNF ob... Read More about Aqueous morpholine pre-treatment in cellulose nanofibril (CNF) production: comparison with carboxymethylation and TEMPO oxidisation pre-treatment methods.

An analysis of suicide trends in Scotland 1950–2014: comparison with England & Wales (2017)
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Dougall, N., Stark, C., Agnew, T., Henderson, R., Maxwell, M., & Lambert, P. (2017). An analysis of suicide trends in Scotland 1950–2014: comparison with England & Wales. BMC Public Health, 17(1), Article 970. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-017-4956-6

Background Scotland has disproportionately high rates of suicide compared with England. An analysis of trends may help reveal whether rates appear driven more by birth cohort, period or age. A ‘birth cohort effect’ for England & Wales has been previ... Read More about An analysis of suicide trends in Scotland 1950–2014: comparison with England & Wales.

Occupational therapists in emergency departments: A qualitative study (2017)
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James, K., Jones, D., Kempenaar, . L., Preston, J., & Kerr, S. (2018). Occupational therapists in emergency departments: A qualitative study. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 81(3), https://doi.org/10.1177/0308022617744510

Introduction Globally, occupational therapists are establishing their role in emergency care, especially in emergency departments. This practice development merits investigation due to its nascence and the challenges that face emergency department p... Read More about Occupational therapists in emergency departments: A qualitative study.

Social network analysis and the hunt for homophily: diversity and equality within festival communities (2017)
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Jarman, D. (2017). Social network analysis and the hunt for homophily: diversity and equality within festival communities. Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1080/19407963.2018.1414987

Diversity and equality at a Scottish volunteer run arts festival are explored in this paper, through survey based social network analysis and follow-up interviews. Together they provide an overview of the festival’s network structure, and rich eviden... Read More about Social network analysis and the hunt for homophily: diversity and equality within festival communities.

Hybrid life cycle assessment (LCA) will likely yield more accurate results than process-based LCA (2017)
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Pomponi, F., & Lenzen, M. (2017). Hybrid life cycle assessment (LCA) will likely yield more accurate results than process-based LCA. Journal of Cleaner Production, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.12.119

We analyse the comparative investigation into truncation vs. aggregation errors of process-based and hybrid LCA by Yang et al. 2017. We analyse the validity of their findings when the hypothetical five-sector economy is altered to account for realist... Read More about Hybrid life cycle assessment (LCA) will likely yield more accurate results than process-based LCA.

A novel cost-optimizing demand response control for a heat pump heated residential building (2017)
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Arabzadeh, V., Alimohammadisagvand, B., Jokisalo, J., & Siren, K. (2018). A novel cost-optimizing demand response control for a heat pump heated residential building. Building Simulation, 11(3), 533-547. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12273-017-0425-5

The present article describes the integration of a data-driven predictive demand response control for residential buildings with heat pump and on-site energy generation. The data driven control approach schedules the heating system of the building. I... Read More about A novel cost-optimizing demand response control for a heat pump heated residential building.

Transfer Functions of Infinite-Dimensional Systems: Positive Realness and Stabilization (2017)
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Guiver, C., Logemann, H., & Opmeer, M. R. (2017). Transfer Functions of Infinite-Dimensional Systems: Positive Realness and Stabilization. Mathematics of Control, Signals, and Systems, 29, Article 20 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00498-017-0203-z

We consider a general class of operator-valued irrational positive-real functions with an emphasis on their frequency-domain properties and the relation with stabilization by output feedback. Such functions arise naturally as the transfer functions o... Read More about Transfer Functions of Infinite-Dimensional Systems: Positive Realness and Stabilization.

The abundance of nitrogen cycle genes and potential greenhouse gas fluxes depends on land use type and little on soil aggregate size (2017)
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Blaud, A., van der Zaan, B., Menon, M., Lair, G. J., Zhang, D., Huber, P., …Banwart, S. (2018). The abundance of nitrogen cycle genes and potential greenhouse gas fluxes depends on land use type and little on soil aggregate size. Applied Soil Ecology, 1

Soil structure is known to influence microbial communities in soil and soil aggregates are the fundamental ecological unit of organisation that support soil functions. However, still little is known about the distribution of microbial communities and... Read More about The abundance of nitrogen cycle genes and potential greenhouse gas fluxes depends on land use type and little on soil aggregate size.