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Sexual offending and autism spectrum disorders (2016)
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Allely, C., & Creaby-Attwood, A. (2016). Sexual offending and autism spectrum disorders. Journal of Intellectual Disabilities and Offending Behaviour, 7(1), 35-51. https://doi.org/10.1108/JIDOB-09-2015-0029

Purpose – Studies have found innate vulnerabilities which potentially may increase the risk of an individual with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) finding themselves involved with the criminal justice system as a result of being charged with a sexual... Read More about Sexual offending and autism spectrum disorders.

An experimental investigation into the bond-slip behaviour between CFRP composite and lightweight concrete (2016)
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Mustafa, A., Weekes, L., Augusthus Nelson, L., & Leach, P. (2016). An experimental investigation into the bond-slip behaviour between CFRP composite and lightweight concrete. Construction and Building Materials, 113, 15-27. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2016.03.032

Epoxy bonded fibre reinforced polymer (FRP) composites are widely used for the retrofit of ailing reinforced concrete structures, for both shear and flexure. The behaviour of retrofitted concrete structures is governed by the bond strength and the ma... Read More about An experimental investigation into the bond-slip behaviour between CFRP composite and lightweight concrete.

A study of real estate student satisfaction in Australia (2016)
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Poon, J. (2016). A study of real estate student satisfaction in Australia. Pacific Rim Property Research Journal, 21(3), 215-233. https://doi.org/10.1080/14445921.2016.1140859

The paper aims to establish an overall review of satisfaction of real estate students in Australia. The Course Experience Questionnaire within the Australian Graduate Survey is used for this paper. Dimensionality reduction was used to prepare the inf... Read More about A study of real estate student satisfaction in Australia.

Real estate investments and financial stability : evidence from regional commercial banks in China (2016)
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Zhang, D., Cai, J., Liu, J., & Kutan, A. (2018). Real estate investments and financial stability : evidence from regional commercial banks in China. European Journal of Finance, 24(16), 1388-1408. https://doi.org/10.1080/1351847X.2016.1154083

The 2008 United States subprime mortgage crisis demonstrated how developments in real estate markets can cause instability in the banking sector and raised concerns in many emerging economies with significant real estate development and a rapidly... Read More about Real estate investments and financial stability : evidence from regional commercial banks in China.

A Bayesian method for model selection in environmental noise prediction (2016)
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Martin-Fernandez, L., Ruiz, D., Torija Martinez, A., & Miguez, J. (2016). A Bayesian method for model selection in environmental noise prediction. Journal of Environmental Informatics, 27(1), 31-42. https://doi.org/10.3808/jei.201500295

Environmental noise prediction and modeling are key factors for addressing a proper planning and management of urban sound environments. In this paper we propose a maximum a posteriori (MAP) method to compare nonlinear state-space models that descr... Read More about A Bayesian method for model selection in environmental noise prediction.

Manual therapy student handbook : assessment & treatment of the knee - part 6 (2016)
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Hatcher, J. (2016). Manual therapy student handbook : assessment & treatment of the knee - part 6. Co-kinetic, 35-39

This article is the sixth in a series from our Manual Therapy Student Handbook (see the class 'Contents panel’ for further details) and it describes how to assess and treat common knee complaints. As well as listing a comprehensive assessment procedu... Read More about Manual therapy student handbook : assessment & treatment of the knee - part 6.

Untangling creativity and art for policy purposes : ethnographic insights on Manchester International Festival and Manchester Day Parade (2016)
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Symons, J. (2018). Untangling creativity and art for policy purposes : ethnographic insights on Manchester International Festival and Manchester Day Parade. International Journal of Cultural Policy, 24(2), 205-219. https://doi.org/10.1080/10286632.2016.1150268

This paper draws on anthropological fieldwork of a civic parade in Manchester from 2010 to 2012 to argue for engaging with creativity as a process rather than an attribute of a particular sector or individual. It shows how the focus on funding and... Read More about Untangling creativity and art for policy purposes : ethnographic insights on Manchester International Festival and Manchester Day Parade.

'It pushed me back into the human race' : evaluative findings from a community Christmas event (2016)
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Collins, T., Kenney, C., & Hesk, G. (2016). 'It pushed me back into the human race' : evaluative findings from a community Christmas event. Health and Social Care in the Community, 25(5), 1601-1606. https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.12342

Many older people in Britain spend Christmas day alone. The Christmas period may be especially difficult for older people who are socially isolated, living with dementia or who have physical impairments, and may feel particularly marginalised at this... Read More about 'It pushed me back into the human race' : evaluative findings from a community Christmas event.

Artefacts and agile method tailoring in large-scale offshore software development programmes (2016)
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Bass, J. (2016). Artefacts and agile method tailoring in large-scale offshore software development programmes. Information and Software Technology, 75, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infsof.2016.03.001

Context: Large-scale offshore software development programmes are complex, with challenging deadlines and a high risk of failure. Agile methods are being adopted, despite the challenges of coordinating multiple development teams. Agile processes are... Read More about Artefacts and agile method tailoring in large-scale offshore software development programmes.

Multi-year assessment of coastal planktonic fungi reveals environmental drivers of diversity and abundance (2016)
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Taylor, J., & Cunliffe, M. (2016). Multi-year assessment of coastal planktonic fungi reveals environmental drivers of diversity and abundance. ISME Journal, 10, 2118-2128. https://doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2016.24

Mycoplankton have so far been a neglected component of pelagic marine ecosystems, having been poorly studied relative to other plankton groups. Currently, there is a lack of understanding of how mycoplankton diversity changes through time, and the id... Read More about Multi-year assessment of coastal planktonic fungi reveals environmental drivers of diversity and abundance.

Forensic investigation of OneDrive, Box, GoogleDrive and Dropbox applications on Android and iOS devices (2016)
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and iOS devices. Australian Journal of Forensic Sciences, 48(6), 615-642. https://doi.org/10.1080/00450618.2015.1110620

In today’s Internet-connected world, mobile devices are increasingly used to access cloud storage services, which allow users to access data anywhere, anytime. Mobile devices have, however, been known to be used and/or targeted by cyber criminals... Read More about Forensic investigation of OneDrive, Box, GoogleDrive and Dropbox applications on Android and iOS devices.

Assessing the performance of domestic heating controls in a whole house test facility (2016)
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Fitton, R., Swan, W., Benjaber, M., Hughes, T., & Todd, S. (2016). Assessing the performance of domestic heating controls in a whole house test facility. Building Services Engineering Research and Technology, 37(5), 539-554. https://doi.org/10.1177/0143624416634070

The energy consumed by domestic space heating systems represents a considerable share of the energy consumed in the UK. At the same time up to a quarter of English homes have inadequate controls on the central heating systems. Current modelling tool... Read More about Assessing the performance of domestic heating controls in a whole house test facility.

Relationships between unilateral horizontal and vertical drop jumps and 20 metre sprint performance (2016)
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Schuster, D., & Jones, P. (2016). Relationships between unilateral horizontal and vertical drop jumps and 20 metre sprint performance. Physical Therapy in Sport, 21, 20-25. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ptsp.2016.02.007

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to compare the relationships between horizontal (HDJ) and vertical drop jumps (VDJ) to sprint performance. Design: Exploratory Study. Setting: Laboratory. Participants: Nineteen male collegiate participant... Read More about Relationships between unilateral horizontal and vertical drop jumps and 20 metre sprint performance.

Charge dynamics at heterojunctions for PbS/ZnO colloidal quantum dot solar cells probed with time-resolved surface photovoltage spectroscopy (2016)
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Spencer, B., Leontiadou, M., Clark, P., Williamson, A., Silly, M., Sirotti, F., …Flavell, W. (2016). Charge dynamics at heterojunctions for PbS/ZnO colloidal quantum dot solar cells probed with time-resolved surface photovoltage spectroscopy. Applied Physics Letters, 108(9), 091603. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4943077

Time-resolved laser-pump X-ray-photoemission-probe spectroscopy of a ZnO (101 ⎯ ⎯ 0 101¯0 ) substrate with and without PbS quantum dots (QDs) chemically linked to the surface is performed, using laser photon energies resonant with and below the b... Read More about Charge dynamics at heterojunctions for PbS/ZnO colloidal quantum dot solar cells probed with time-resolved surface photovoltage spectroscopy.

Extracting Arabic causal relations using linguistic patterns (2016)
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Sadek, J., & Meziane, F. (2016). Extracting Arabic causal relations using linguistic patterns. ACM transactions on Asian language information processing, 15(3), 14:1-14:20. https://doi.org/10.1145/2800786

Identifying semantic relations is a crucial step in discourse analysis and is useful for many applications in both language and speech technology. Automatic detection of Causal relations therefore has gained popularity in the literature within differ... Read More about Extracting Arabic causal relations using linguistic patterns.

Phylogenetic relationships of the New World titi monkeys (Callicebus) : first appraisal of taxonomy based on molecular evidence (2016)
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Byrne, H., Rylands, A., Carneiro, J., Lynch Alfaro, J., Bertuol, F., da Silva, M., …Boubli, J. (2016). Phylogenetic relationships of the New World titi monkeys (Callicebus) : first appraisal of taxonomy based on molecular evidence. Frontiers in Zoology, 13(10), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12983-016-0142-4

Background: Titi monkeys, Callicebus, comprise the most species-rich primate genus—34 species are currently recognised, five of them described since 2005. The lack of molecular data for titi monkeys has meant that little is known of their phylogeneti... Read More about Phylogenetic relationships of the New World titi monkeys (Callicebus) : first appraisal of taxonomy based on molecular evidence.

Windows Instant Messaging App Forensics : Facebook and Skype as case studies (2016)
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Yang, T., Dehghantanha, A., Choo, K., & Muda, Z. (2016). Windows Instant Messaging App Forensics : Facebook and Skype as case studies. PLoS ONE, 11(3), e0150300. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0150300

Instant messaging has changed the way people communicate with each other. However, the interactive and instant nature of these messaging applications made them an attractive choice for malicious cyber activities such as phishing. Forensic study of th... Read More about Windows Instant Messaging App Forensics : Facebook and Skype as case studies.