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Mammalian lineages and the biostratigraphy and biochronology of Cenozoic faunas from the Riversleigh World Heritage Area, Australia (2015)
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Arena, D., Travouillon, K., Beck, R., Black, K., Gillespie, A., Myers, T., …Hand, S. (2015). Mammalian lineages and the biostratigraphy and biochronology of Cenozoic faunas from the Riversleigh World Heritage Area, Australia. Lethaia, 49(1), 43-60. https://doi.org/10.1111/let.12131

Lineage zones within nine contemporaneous mammalian lineages represented in the Cenozoic fossil vertebrate record from the Riversleigh World Heritage Area in northern Australia are used to resolve a series of faunal intervals from the Late Oligocene... Read More about Mammalian lineages and the biostratigraphy and biochronology of Cenozoic faunas from the Riversleigh World Heritage Area, Australia.

Remarkably divergent regions punctuate the genome assembly of the Caenorhabditis elegans Hawaiian strain CB4856 (2015)
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Thompson, O., Snoek, L., Nijveen, H., Sterken, M., Volkers, R., Brenchley, R., …Waterston, R. (2015). Remarkably divergent regions punctuate the genome assembly of the Caenorhabditis elegans Hawaiian strain CB4856. Genetics, 200(3), 975-989. https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.115.175950

The Hawaiian strain (CB4856) of Caenorhabditis elegans is one of the most divergent from the canonical laboratory strain N2 and has been widely used in developmental, population and evolutionary studies. To enhance the utility of the strain, we have... Read More about Remarkably divergent regions punctuate the genome assembly of the Caenorhabditis elegans Hawaiian strain CB4856.

A comprehensive review of swarm optimization algorithms (2015)
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Ab Wahab, M., Nefti-Meziani, S., & Atyabi, A. (2015). A comprehensive review of swarm optimization algorithms. PLoS ONE, 10(5), e0122827. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0122827

Many swarm optimization algorithms have been introduced since the early 60’s, Evolutionary Programming to the most recent, Grey Wolf Optimization. All of these algorithms have demonstrated their potential to solve many optimization problems. This pap... Read More about A comprehensive review of swarm optimization algorithms.

Calculating association indices in captive animals : controlling for enclosure size and shape (2015)
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Chadwick, C., Springate, D., Rees, P., Armitage, R., & O’Hara, S. (2015). Calculating association indices in captive animals : controlling for enclosure size and shape. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 169, 100-106. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applanim.2015.05.001

Indices of association are used to quantify and evaluate social affiliation among animals living in groups. Association models assume that physical proximity is an indication of social affiliation; however, individuals seen associating might simply b... Read More about Calculating association indices in captive animals : controlling for enclosure size and shape.

Political capabilities for democratisation in Uganda : good governance or popular organisation building? (2015)
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King, S. (2015). Political capabilities for democratisation in Uganda : good governance or popular organisation building?. Third World Quarterly, 36(4), 741-757. https://doi.org/10.1080/01436597.2015.1024436

Opinion is divided about the capacity of civil society organisations (CSOs) to enhance the political capabilities of disadvantaged groups in neopatrimonial contexts, and particularly through a hegemonic paradigm which seeks to advance poverty reducti... Read More about Political capabilities for democratisation in Uganda : good governance or popular organisation building?.

DNA barcoding and morphological identification of neotropical ichthyoplankton from the Upper Paraná and São Francisco (2015)
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Becker, R., Sales, N. G., Santos, G., Santos, G., & Carvalho, D. (2015). DNA barcoding and morphological identification of neotropical ichthyoplankton from the Upper Paraná and São Francisco. Journal of Fish Biology, 87(1), 159-168. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.12707

The identification of fish larvae from two neotropical hydrographic basins using traditional morphological taxonomy and DNA barcoding revealed no conflicting results between the morphological and barcode identification of larvae. A lower rate (25%) o... Read More about DNA barcoding and morphological identification of neotropical ichthyoplankton from the Upper Paraná and São Francisco.

Waveform lidar over vegetation : An evaluation of inversion methods for estimating return energy (2015)
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Hancock, S., Armston, J., Li, Z., Gaulton, R., Lewis, P., Disney, M., …Gaston, K. (2015). Waveform lidar over vegetation : An evaluation of inversion methods for estimating return energy. Remote Sensing of Environment, 164, 208-224. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2015.04.013

Full waveform lidar has a unique capability to characterise vegetation in more detail than any other practical method. The reflectance, calculated from the energy of lidar returns, is a key parameter for a wide range of applications and so it is vita... Read More about Waveform lidar over vegetation : An evaluation of inversion methods for estimating return energy.

Influence of dielectric environment on exciton and bi-exciton properties in colloidal, type II quantum dots (2015)
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Miloszewski, J., Walsh, T., & Tomic, S. (2015). Influence of dielectric environment on exciton and bi-exciton properties in colloidal, type II quantum dots. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 609, 012003. https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/609/1/012003

We present theoretical calculations of type II CdSe/CdTe quantum dots systems. We use an 8-band k.p Hamiltonian that includes spin-orbit interaction, strain, and first order piezoelectric effects. Exciton and bi-exciton states are found using the con... Read More about Influence of dielectric environment on exciton and bi-exciton properties in colloidal, type II quantum dots.

Durable high-performance anti-reflection coatings via atmospheric pressure processing (2015)
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atmospheric pressure processing. physica status solidi (a), 212(7), 1544-1549. https://doi.org/10.1002/pssa.201532286

Anti-reflection layers are critical to the performance of many optical systems, including large area, cost sensitive products such as displays, architectural glazing, photovoltaics, and solar thermal collectors. The action of such layers is a prod... Read More about Durable high-performance anti-reflection coatings via atmospheric pressure processing.

Exploring relation types for literature-based discovery (2015)
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Preiss, J., Stevenson, M., & Gaizauskas, R. (2015). Exploring relation types for literature-based discovery. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 22(5), 987-992. https://doi.org/10.1093/jamia/ocv002

Objective Literature-based discovery (LBD) aims to identify “hidden knowledge” in the medical literature by: (1) analyzing documents to identify pairs of explicitly related concepts (terms), then (2) hypothesizing novel relations between pairs of un... Read More about Exploring relation types for literature-based discovery.

Can soap be a sustainable alternative to petroleum based thermal insulation? (2015)
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Read, L., & Arayici, Y. (2015). Can soap be a sustainable alternative to petroleum based thermal insulation?. Structural survey, 33(2), https://doi.org/10.1108/SS-01-2014-0003

Thermal insulation is important to achieve energy efficiency in a buildings' lifespan while maintaining comfort. Traditionally, the majority of insulation in buildings is man-made petroleum based products with limited or no-end life usage. However, f... Read More about Can soap be a sustainable alternative to petroleum based thermal insulation?.

Asymmetric synthesis of diarylmethane derivatives by dynamic kinetic resolution (2015)
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kinetic resolution. Tetrahedron Letters, 56(26), 4025-4027. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tetlet.2015.05.006

Asymmetric allylation of ortho-methoxydiphenylmethane has been carried out with high yields and ee of up to 94% using the chiral ligand (−)-sparteine as an additive. Results of reactions performed under various conditions suggest that a dynamic kinet... Read More about Asymmetric synthesis of diarylmethane derivatives by dynamic kinetic resolution.

Effect of correlation and dielectric confinement on 1S1/2(e)nS3/2(h)Excitons in CdTe/CdSe and CdSe/CdTe Type-II quantum dots (2015)
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Tyrrell, E., & Tomic, S. (2015). Effect of correlation and dielectric confinement on 1S1/2(e)nS3/2(h)Excitons in CdTe/CdSe and CdSe/CdTe Type-II quantum dots. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 119(22), 12720-12730. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b02789

Controlled reduction of graphene oxide is an alternative and promising method to tune the electronic and optically active energy gap of this two-dimensional material in the energy range of the visible light spectrum. By means of ab initio calculation... Read More about Effect of correlation and dielectric confinement on 1S1/2(e)nS3/2(h)Excitons in CdTe/CdSe and CdSe/CdTe Type-II quantum dots.

Leadership style of sustainability professionals in the UK construction industry (2015)
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Opoku, A., Ahmed, V., & Cruickshank, H. (2015). Leadership style of sustainability professionals in the UK construction industry. Built Environment Project and Asset Management, 5(2), 184 -201. https://doi.org/10.1108/BEPAM-12-2013-0075

Purpose– Leadership is a significant success factor in promoting sustainability practices in the construction industry. Sustainability is an integral part of the construction industry and affects all aspects of construction business operations. The p... Read More about Leadership style of sustainability professionals in the UK construction industry.

Prediction of Losses in Small Scale Axial Air Turbine Based on CFD Modelling (2015)
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Bahr Ennil, A., Al-Dadah, R., Mahmoud, S., Al-Jubori, A., & Rahbar, K. (2015). Prediction of Losses in Small Scale Axial Air Turbine Based on CFD Modelling. Energy Procedia, 75, 3271-3276. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2015.07.702

Efficient small scale axial air turbines play a major role in determining the overall conversion efficiency in certain energy cycles using renewable energy sources. Loss predictions are vital for the development and optimization of such small scale t... Read More about Prediction of Losses in Small Scale Axial Air Turbine Based on CFD Modelling.

Symptomatic social science : reflexivity, recognition and redistribution in the Great British class survey (2015)
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May, T. (2015). Symptomatic social science : reflexivity, recognition and redistribution in the Great British class survey. Sociological Review, 63(2), 400-414. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-954X.12288

The article examines methodological and theoretical issues related to the GBCS. It acknowledges its importance for the public profile of sociology, whilst arguing that it needs to develop a better sense of what it stands for not only in terms of unde... Read More about Symptomatic social science : reflexivity, recognition and redistribution in the Great British class survey.

A 2500-yr late holocenemulti-proxy record of vegetation and hydrologic changes from a cave guano-clay sequence in SW Romania (2015)
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Onac, B., Hutchinson, S., Geantă, A., Forray, F., Wynn, J., Giurgiu, A., & Coroiu, I. (2015). A 2500-yr late holocenemulti-proxy record of vegetation and hydrologic changes from a cave guano-clay sequence in SW Romania. Quaternary Research, 83(3), 437-448. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yqres.2015.01.007

We provide sedimentological, geochemical, mineral magnetic, stable carbon isotope, charcoal, and pollen-based evidence froma guano/clay sequence in Gaura cuMuscă Cave (SWRomania), fromwhichwe deduced that from ~1230 BC to ~AD 1240 climate oscillate... Read More about A 2500-yr late holocenemulti-proxy record of vegetation and hydrologic changes from a cave guano-clay sequence in SW Romania.

Organizational leadership role in the delivery of sustainable construction projects in UK (2015)
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Opoku, A., Cruickshank, H., & Ahmed, V. (2015). Organizational leadership role in the delivery of sustainable construction projects in UK. Built Environment Project and Asset Management, 5(2), 154-169. https://doi.org/10.1108/BEPAM-12-2013-0074

Purpose – Sustainable construction project delivery should be supported by committed and inspirational leadership, with a clear understanding of the sustainability challenge. Construction organizations need intra-organizational leadership that pro... Read More about Organizational leadership role in the delivery of sustainable construction projects in UK.

Implementation barriers of mobile environmental system for environmental surveillance on construction sites (2015)
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Harun, A., & Bichard, E. (2015). Implementation barriers of mobile environmental system for environmental surveillance on construction sites. International journal of innovative research in science engineering and technology (Print), 4(5), 3139-3146. https://doi.org/10.15680/IJIRSET.2015.0405092

The use of Mobile Environmental Information System (MEIS) which integrates the use of mobile web, devices and wireless sensor networks has the potential to enhance environmental information management and communication processes among users and pla... Read More about Implementation barriers of mobile environmental system for environmental surveillance on construction sites.