Skip to main content

Research Repository

Advanced Search

All Outputs (823)

Microbial community structure mediates response of soil C decomposition to litter addition and warming (2014)
Journal Article
decomposition to litter addition and warming. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 80, 175-188. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2014.10.008

Microbial activity has been highlighted as one of the main unknowns controlling the fate and turnover of
soil organic matter (SOM) in response to climate change. How microbial community structure and
function may (or may not) interact with increasi... Read More about Microbial community structure mediates response of soil C decomposition to litter addition and warming.

A new simplified allometric approach for predicting the biological half-life of radionuclides in reptiles (2014)
Journal Article
Beresford, N., & Wood, M. (2014). A new simplified allometric approach for predicting the biological half-life of radionuclides in reptiles. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 138, 116-121. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2014.08.012

A major source of uncertainty in the estimation of radiation dose to wildlife is the prediction of internal radionuclide activity concentrations. Allometric (mass-dependent) relationships describing biological half-life (T1/2b) of radionuclides in or... Read More about A new simplified allometric approach for predicting the biological half-life of radionuclides in reptiles.

Incorporating the flow duration curve method within the digital filtering algorithms to estimate the base flow contribution to total runoff (2014)
Journal Article
Al-Faraj, F., & Scholz, M. (2014). Incorporating the flow duration curve method within the digital filtering algorithms to estimate the base flow contribution to total runoff. Water Resources Management, 28(15), 5477-5489. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11269-014-0816-7

The urgent need for rational use of water resources and the intense competition among most of the riparian countries with respect to the use of shared water sources have raised the importance of examining the contribution of base flow to total stream... Read More about Incorporating the flow duration curve method within the digital filtering algorithms to estimate the base flow contribution to total runoff.

Capital structure of internet companies : case study (2014)
Journal Article
Miglo, A., Lee, Z., & Liang, S. (2014). Capital structure of internet companies : case study. Journal of Internet Commerce, 13(3-4), 253-281. https://doi.org/10.1080/15332861.2014.961348

The financing decisions and capital structure of Internet companies are analyzed, and observed findings are related to the common capital structure theories. Large Internet companies usually have low debt, and small Internet companies have high debt.... Read More about Capital structure of internet companies : case study.

China’s Responses to External Pressures on Its WMD-related Exports after 2004: Reactive and Proactive (2014)
Journal Article

China, although a member of most of the international non-proliferation and multilateral export control regimes and having a law-based comprehensive export control system, has not fully complied with its non-proliferation obligations, which is eviden... Read More about China’s Responses to External Pressures on Its WMD-related Exports after 2004: Reactive and Proactive.

Two-to-one color-response mapping and the presence of semantic conflict in the Stroop task (2014)
Journal Article
Hasshim, N., & Parris, B. A. (2014). Two-to-one color-response mapping and the presence of semantic conflict in the Stroop task. Frontiers in Psychology, 5, 1157. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01157

A series of recent studies have utilized the two-to-one mapping paradigm in the Stroop task. In this paradigm, the word red might be presented in blue when both red and blue share the same-response key (same-response trials). This manipulation has be... Read More about Two-to-one color-response mapping and the presence of semantic conflict in the Stroop task.

Male body size and parental relatedness but not nuptial colouration influence paternity success during scramble competition in Rana arvalis (2014)
Journal Article
Rausch, A., Sztatecsny, M., Jehle, R., Ringler, E., & Hoedl, W. (2014). Male body size and parental relatedness but not nuptial colouration influence paternity success during scramble competition in Rana arvalis. Behaviour, 151, 1869-1884. https://doi.org/10.1163/1568539X-00003220

Female mate choice promotes the development of male secondary sexual traits such as nuptial colouration, whereas scramble competition favours male traits which enhance their ability for access to females. In the explosively breeding moor frog (Rana a... Read More about Male body size and parental relatedness but not nuptial colouration influence paternity success during scramble competition in Rana arvalis.

Advancing performability in playable media : a simulation-based interface as a dynamic score (2014)
Journal Article
Choi, I. (2014). Advancing performability in playable media : a simulation-based interface as a dynamic score. EAI endorsed transactions on creative technologies, 14(1), e5. https://doi.org/10.4108/ct.1.1.e5

When designing playable media with non-game orientation, alternative play scenarios to gameplay scenarios must be accompanied by alternative mechanics to game mechanics. Problems of designing playable media with non-game orientation are stated as... Read More about Advancing performability in playable media : a simulation-based interface as a dynamic score.

Triage: line or nets? Early intervention and the youth justice system (2014)
Journal Article
Soppitt, S., & Irving, A. (2014). Triage: line or nets? Early intervention and the youth justice system. Safer Communities, 13(4), 147-160. https://doi.org/10.1108/sc-08-2014-0013

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to present a discussion of the value of early diversion schemes, underpinned by the principles of restorative justice (RJ), for First Time Entrants (FTEs) into the criminal justice system (CJS).

Design/methodo... Read More about Triage: line or nets? Early intervention and the youth justice system.

Sensitivity of surface runoff to drought and climate change : application for shared river basins (2014)
Journal Article
Al-Faraj, F., Scholz, M., & Tigkas, D. (2014). Sensitivity of surface runoff to drought and climate change : application for shared river basins. Water, 6(10), 3033-3048. https://doi.org/10.3390/w6103033

This study quantifies the sensitivity of surface runoff to drought and climate change in the Diyala watershed shared between Iraq and Iran. This was achieved through a combined use of a wide range of changes in the amount of precipitation (a decline... Read More about Sensitivity of surface runoff to drought and climate change : application for shared river basins.

Indoor thermal comfort in urban courtyard block dwellings in the Netherlands (2014)
Journal Article
Taleghani, M., Tenpierik, M., & van den Dobbelsteen, A. (2014). Indoor thermal comfort in urban courtyard block dwellings in the Netherlands. Building and Environment, 82(Dec 14), 566-579. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2014.09.028

Global warming and elevated temperatures in the Netherlands will increase the energy demand for cooling. Studying passive strategies to cope with the consequences of climate change is inevitable. This paper investigates the thermal performance of cou... Read More about Indoor thermal comfort in urban courtyard block dwellings in the Netherlands.

Simulating radiation damage cascades in graphite (2014)
Journal Article
Christie, H., Robinson, M., Roach, D., Ross, D., Suarez-Martinez, I., & Marks, N. (2015). Simulating radiation damage cascades in graphite. Carbon, 81, 105-114. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2014.09.031

Molecular dynamics simulation is used to study radiation damage cascades in graphite. High statistical precision is obtained by sampling a wide energy range (100–2500 eV) and a large number of initial directions of the primary knock-on atom. Chemical... Read More about Simulating radiation damage cascades in graphite.

Does IQ measure ability for complex cognition? (2014)
Journal Article
Richardson, K., & Norgate, S. (2014). Does IQ measure ability for complex cognition?. Theory and Psychology, 24(6), 795-812. https://doi.org/10.1177/0959354314551163

A popular conception of the “intelligence,” or g, thought to be measured by IQ tests, is that of
a cognitive “strength” variable that facilitates complex cognition such as reasoning and problem
solving. Yet test items seem remarkably un-complex w... Read More about Does IQ measure ability for complex cognition?.

Gold nanorods for optimized photothermal therapy : the influence of irradiating in the first and second biological windows (2014)
Journal Article

The light-to-heat conversion efficiency of gold nanorods (GNRs) with surface plasmon resonances in the first (700-950 nm) and second (1000-1350 nm) biological windows has been studied by Quantum Dot based Fluorescence Nanothermometry. It has been fou... Read More about Gold nanorods for optimized photothermal therapy : the influence of irradiating in the first and second biological windows.

Knowledge intensive regeneration for knowledge societies and economies (2014)
Journal Article
and economies. Global built environment review (Online), 9(1), 68-85

Regeneration is deemed as the enabler to transform for societies from industrial age to knowledge. Knowledge intensive regeneration is one of the latest urban regeneration models, called “Ideopolises”, to make
progress and achieve the transformatio... Read More about Knowledge intensive regeneration for knowledge societies and economies.

Does the practice of care planning live up to the theory for mental health nursing students? (2014)
Journal Article
Rylance, R., & Graham, P. (2014). Does the practice of care planning live up to the theory for mental health nursing students?. Mental Health Practice, 2(18), 30-36. https://doi.org/10.7748/mhp.18.2.30.e917

Care planning should be a collaboration between the service user, caregivers and the relevant professionals. It is based on recovery principles, where clients identify their goals and how to work to reach them, rather than concentrating on illness, s... Read More about Does the practice of care planning live up to the theory for mental health nursing students?.

Biogeography of squirrel monkeys (genus Saimiri): South-central Amazon origin and rapid pan-Amazonian diversification of a lowland primate (2014)
Journal Article

The squirrel monkey, Saimiri, is a pan-Amazonian Pleistocene radiation. We use statistical phylogeographic methods to create a mitochondrial DNA-based timetree for 118 squirrel monkey samples across 68 localities spanning all Amazonian centers of end... Read More about Biogeography of squirrel monkeys (genus Saimiri): South-central Amazon origin and rapid pan-Amazonian diversification of a lowland primate.

Who's responsible and who's accountable? You are! (2014)
Journal Article
Stonehouse, D. (2014). Who's responsible and who's accountable? You are!. British Journal of Healthcare Assistants, 8(10), 511-513. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjha.2014.8.10.511

This article examines what it means for the support worker to be responsible for the care they deliver and to be accountable for their actions and omissions. Both terms will be defined and discussed, before moving on to identify the five different ar... Read More about Who's responsible and who's accountable? You are!.

Exploring key antecedents of purchase intentions within different services (2014)
Journal Article
Ha, H., K. Akamavi, R., Kitchen, P., & Janda, S. (2014). Exploring key antecedents of purchase intentions within different services. Journal of Services Marketing, 28(7), 595-606. https://doi.org/10.1108/JSM-01-2013-0025

Purpose

– The purpose of this research is to investigate the direct and indirect effects of these determinants on purchase intentions. Competitive environments such as those in retail and banking industries impose increased pressure on managers to... Read More about Exploring key antecedents of purchase intentions within different services.