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Forging partnerships for mental health: The case of a prefecture in crisis ravaged Greece (2013)
Journal Article
Triliva, S., Fragkiadaki, E., & Balamoutsou, S. (2013). Forging partnerships for mental health: The case of a prefecture in crisis ravaged Greece. European Journal of Psychotherapy and Counselling, 15(4), 375-390. https://doi.org/10.1080/13642537.2013.849275

Public health and in particular mental health have been severely affected by the multitude of socioeconomic crises experienced by people in Greece. The severe austerity programmes, have reduced access to health services and increased demand for publi... Read More about Forging partnerships for mental health: The case of a prefecture in crisis ravaged Greece.

Review of rational (total) nonlinear dynamic system modelling, identification, and control (2013)
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Zhu, Q., Wang, Y., Zhao, D., Li, S., & Billings, S. A. (2015). Review of rational (total) nonlinear dynamic system modelling, identification, and control. International Journal of Systems Science, 46(12), 2122-2133. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207721.2013.849774

© 2013 Taylor & Francis. This paper is a summary of the research development in the rational (total) nonlinear dynamic modelling over the last two decades. Total nonlinear dynamic systems are defined as those where the model parameters and input (c... Read More about Review of rational (total) nonlinear dynamic system modelling, identification, and control.

Computation of the travelling salesman problem by a shrinking blob (2013)
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Jones, J., & Adamatzky, A. (2014). Computation of the travelling salesman problem by a shrinking blob. Natural Computing, 13(1), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11047-013-9401-x

The travelling salesman problem (TSP) is a well known and challenging combinatorial optimisation problem. Its computational intractability has attracted a number of heuristic approaches to generate satisfactory, if not optimal, candidate solutions. S... Read More about Computation of the travelling salesman problem by a shrinking blob.

The role of fieldwork in rock decay research: Case studies from the fringe (2013)
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Paradise, T. R., Groom, K. M., Dixon, J. C., Allen, C. D., Gordon, S. J., Dorn, R. I., …Turkington, A. V. (2013). The role of fieldwork in rock decay research: Case studies from the fringe. Geomorphology, 200, 59-74. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2012.12.012

Researchers exploring rock decay hail from chemistry, engineering, geography, geology, paleoclimatology, soil science, and other disciplines and use laboratory, microscopic, theoretical, and field-based strategies. We illustrate here how the traditio... Read More about The role of fieldwork in rock decay research: Case studies from the fringe.

The affective atmospheres of surveillance (2013)
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Ellis, D., Tucker, I., & Harper, D. (2013). The affective atmospheres of surveillance. Theory and Psychology, 23(6), 716-731. https://doi.org/10.1177/0959354313496604

The spaces that surveillance produces can be thought of as ambiguous, entailing elements that are ethereal yet material, geographical yet trans-geographical. Contemporary surveillance systems form numerous connections that involve multiple times, spa... Read More about The affective atmospheres of surveillance.

The cost of land title formalisation in Ghana (2013)
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Lamond, J. E., Awuah, K. G. B., Hammond, F. N., & Lamond, J. (2013). The cost of land title formalisation in Ghana. Property Management, 31(5), 389-403. https://doi.org/10.1108/PM-01-2013-0004

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to assess cost of land title formalisation in Ghana from the standpoint of individual land/property owners with the view to suggesting a cost-effective means for title formalisation in the country. Design/methodo... Read More about The cost of land title formalisation in Ghana.

Attentional sampling of multiple wagon wheels (2013)
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Macdonald, J. S., Macdonald, J. S. P., Cavanagh, P., & VanRullen, R. (2014). Attentional sampling of multiple wagon wheels. Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics, 76(1), 64-72. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13414-013-0555-5

Attending to a periodic motion stimulus can induce illusory reversals of the direction of motion. This continuous wagon wheel illusion (c-WWI) has been taken to reflect discrete sampling of motion information by visual attention. An alternative view... Read More about Attentional sampling of multiple wagon wheels.

Comparative assessment of the ELBA coarse-grained model for water (2013)
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Orsi, M. (2014). Comparative assessment of the ELBA coarse-grained model for water. Molecular Physics, 112(11), 1566-1576. https://doi.org/10.1080/00268976.2013.844373

The ELBA force field for water consists of a single spherical site embedded with a point dipole. This coarse-grained model is assessed here through the calculation of fundamental properties of bulk liquid water and the water-vapour interface. Accurac... Read More about Comparative assessment of the ELBA coarse-grained model for water.

Metric assessment of autonomous capabilities in unmanned maritime vehicles (2013)
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Insaurralde, C. C., & Lane, D. L. (2014). Metric assessment of autonomous capabilities in unmanned maritime vehicles. Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, 30, 41-48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engappai.2013.09.003

Autonomous capabilities in Unmanned Maritime Vehicles (UMVs) have been pushing the technology beyond imaginable limits in order to deal with more and more complex ocean and sea missions. However, there is still no agreement on the aspects that should... Read More about Metric assessment of autonomous capabilities in unmanned maritime vehicles.

An integrative review of the impact of indirect trauma exposure in health professionals and potential issues of salience for midwives (2013)
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Sheen, K., Slade, P., & Spiby, H. (2014). An integrative review of the impact of indirect trauma exposure in health professionals and potential issues of salience for midwives. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 70(4), 729-743. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.12274

Aims: To explore responses to indirect trauma reported by health professionals and to identify issues of potential salience for midwives. Background: Indirect exposure to a traumatic event can lead to the development of distressing and potentially en... Read More about An integrative review of the impact of indirect trauma exposure in health professionals and potential issues of salience for midwives.

From the 4Ps to COM-SM: Reconfiguring the social marketing mix (2013)
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Gordon, R., Tapp, A., & Spotswood, F. (2013). From the 4Ps to COM-SM: Reconfiguring the social marketing mix. Journal of Social Marketing, 3(3), 206-222. https://doi.org/10.1108/JSOCM-01-2013-0011

In this paper, the authors aim to contend that the 4Ps of social marketing have been stretched beyond breaking point. Originally designed for social marketing mixes that contained products and prices, the social marketing 4Ps are no longer fit for pu... Read More about From the 4Ps to COM-SM: Reconfiguring the social marketing mix.

Waste to real energy: The first MFC powered mobile phone (2013)
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Ieropoulos, I. A., Ieropoulos, I., Ledezma, P., Stinchcombe, A., Papaharalabos, G., Melhuish, C., & Greenman, J. (2013). Waste to real energy: The first MFC powered mobile phone. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 15(37), 15312-15316. https://doi.org/10.1039/c3cp52889h

This communication reports for the first time the charging of a commercially available mobile phone, using Microbial Fuel Cells (MFCs) fed with real neat urine. The membrane-less MFCs were made out of ceramic material and employed plain carbon based... Read More about Waste to real energy: The first MFC powered mobile phone.

Learning from and with early years and KS1 (2013)
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Jones, M., & Whitehouse, S. (2013). Learning from and with early years and KS1. Teaching Geography, 38(3), 110-113

This article suggests that secondary school geography teachers and PGCE Secondary geography trainee teachers should look to make connections with younger children in partner priimary schools to better understand early years practice.

Pharmacological strategies for detoxification (2013)
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Diaper, A. M., Law, F. D., & Melichar, J. K. (2014). Pharmacological strategies for detoxification. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 77(2), 302-314. https://doi.org/10.1111/bcp.12245

Detoxification refers to the safe discontinuation from a substance of dependence and is distinct from relapse prevention. Detoxification usually takes between a few days and a few weeks to complete, depending on the substance being misused, the sever... Read More about Pharmacological strategies for detoxification.

The relative risk of aortic aneurysm in patients with giant cell arteritis compared with the general population of the UK (2013)
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Robson, J. C., Kiran, A., Maskell, J., Hutchings, A., Arden, N., Dasgupta, B., …Luqmani, R. A. (2015). The relative risk of aortic aneurysm in patients with giant cell arteritis compared with the general population of the UK. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 74(1), 129-135. https://doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2013-204113

Objectives: To evaluate the risk of aortic aneurysm in patients with giant cell arteritis (GCA) compared with age-, gender- and location-matched controls. Methods: A UK General Practice Research Database (GPRD) parallel cohort study of 6999 patien... Read More about The relative risk of aortic aneurysm in patients with giant cell arteritis compared with the general population of the UK.

The inclusive library: An investigation into provision for students with dyslexia within a sample group of academic libraries in England and Wales (2013)
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Belger, J. (2013). The inclusive library: An investigation into provision for students with dyslexia within a sample group of academic libraries in England and Wales. Library and Information Research, 37(115), 7-32

The aim of this research was to investigate how the term inclusion can be applied to the support of dyslexic students within higher education in England and Wales. It explored the additional support services offered to dyslexic students by academic l... Read More about The inclusive library: An investigation into provision for students with dyslexia within a sample group of academic libraries in England and Wales.

Approaching the internet of things (IoT): A modelling, analysis and abstraction framework (2013)
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Ikram, A., Anjum, A., Hill, R., Antonopoulos, N., Liu, L., & Sotiriadis, S. (2015). Approaching the internet of things (IoT): A modelling, analysis and abstraction framework. Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience, 27(8), 1966-1984. https://doi.org/10.1002/cpe.3131

The evolution of communication protocols, sensory hardware, mobile and pervasive devices, alongside social and cyber-physical networks, has made the Internet of things (IoT) an interesting concept with inherent complexities as it is realised. Such co... Read More about Approaching the internet of things (IoT): A modelling, analysis and abstraction framework.

Perceptual bias in pain: A switch looks closer when it will relieve pain than when it won't (2013)
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Tabor, A., Catley, M. J., Gandevia, S., Thacker, M. A., & Lorimer Moseley, G. (2013). Perceptual bias in pain: A switch looks closer when it will relieve pain than when it won't. PAIN, 154(10), 1961-1965. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pain.2013.05.024

Pain is fundamental to survival, as are our perceptions of the environment. It is often assumed that we see our world as a read-out of the sensory information that we receive; yet despite the same physical makeup of our surroundings, individuals perc... Read More about Perceptual bias in pain: A switch looks closer when it will relieve pain than when it won't.

Degree of monopoly and class struggle: Political aspects of Kalecki’s pricing and distribution theory (2013)
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Rugitsky, F. (2013). Degree of monopoly and class struggle: Political aspects of Kalecki’s pricing and distribution theory. Review of Keynesian Economics, 1(4), 447-464. https://doi.org/10.4337/roke.2013.04.06

The aim of this paper is to analyse the concept of class struggle in Michal Kalecki’s writings. First, his inclusion of trade unions’ strength as one of the determining elements of the degree of monopoly is examined, taking into consideration Abba Le... Read More about Degree of monopoly and class struggle: Political aspects of Kalecki’s pricing and distribution theory.