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Reactions & Debate II: The Ethics of Immigration - Carens and the problem of method (2014)
Journal Article
Cole, P. (2014). Reactions & Debate II: The Ethics of Immigration - Carens and the problem of method. Ethical perspectives / Catholic University of Leuven ; European Centre for Christian Ethics, 21(4), 600-607

This article is part of a special issue looking at Joseph Carens The Ethics of Immigration and includes his replies.

An improved photometric stereo through distance estimation and light vector optimization from diffused maxima region (2014)
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Ahmad, J., Sun, J., Smith, L., & Smith, M. (2014). An improved photometric stereo through distance estimation and light vector optimization from diffused maxima region. Pattern Recognition Letters, 50, 15-22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.patrec.2013.09.005

© 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. Although photometric stereo offers an attractive technique for acquiring 3D data using low-cost equipment, inherent limitations in the methodology have served to limit its practical application, particularly... Read More about An improved photometric stereo through distance estimation and light vector optimization from diffused maxima region.

Micro-porous layer (MPL)-based anode for microbial fuel cells (2014)
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You, J., Santoro, C., Greenman, J., Melhuish, C., Cristiani, P., Li, B., & Ieropoulos, I. (2014). Micro-porous layer (MPL)-based anode for microbial fuel cells. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 39(36), 21811-21818. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2014.07.136

© 2014 Hydrogen Energy Publications, LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Two different anode materials, carbon veil (CV) and carbon cloth (CC), were modified with a micro-porous layer (MPL) in microbial fuel cells (MFCs). When the bi... Read More about Micro-porous layer (MPL)-based anode for microbial fuel cells.

Towards disposable microbial fuel cells: Natural rubber glove membranes (2014)
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Chambers, L. D., Winfield, J., Rossiter, J., Greenman, J., & Ieropoulos, I. (2014). Towards disposable microbial fuel cells: Natural rubber glove membranes. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 39(36), 21803-21810. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2014.09.071

© 2014 Hydrogen Energy Publications, LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Natural rubber from laboratory gloves (GNR) was compared to cation exchange membrane (CEM) in microbial fuel cells (MFCs). GNR-MFCs immediately generated power... Read More about Towards disposable microbial fuel cells: Natural rubber glove membranes.

Pain communication through body posture: The development and validation of a stimulus set (2014)
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Walsh, J., Eccleston, C., & Keogh, E. (2014). Pain communication through body posture: The development and validation of a stimulus set. PAIN, 155(11), 2282-2290. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pain.2014.08.019

Pain can be communicated nonverbally through facial expressions, vocalisations, and bodily movements. Most studies have focussed on the facial display of pain, whereas there is little research on postural display. Stimulus sets for facial and vocal e... Read More about Pain communication through body posture: The development and validation of a stimulus set.

6-DOF extension of memory-based passivation approach for stable haptic interaction (2014)
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Jafari, A., & Ryu, J. H. (2015). 6-DOF extension of memory-based passivation approach for stable haptic interaction. Intelligent Service Robotics, 8(1), 23-34. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11370-014-0161-y

© 2014, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. This paper extends previously proposed memory-based passivity approach (MBPA) to 6 degrees-of-freedom (DOF) haptic interactions. By introducing 6-DOF virtual proxy and virtual object, connected with haptic i... Read More about 6-DOF extension of memory-based passivation approach for stable haptic interaction.

The influence of search components and problem characteristics in early life cycle class modelling (2014)
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Smith, J., & Simons, C. (2015). The influence of search components and problem characteristics in early life cycle class modelling. Journal of Systems and Software, 103, 440-451. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jss.2014.11.034

© 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. This paper examines the factors affecting the quality of solution found by meta-heuristic search when optimising object-oriented software class models. From the algorithmic perspective, we examine the effect... Read More about The influence of search components and problem characteristics in early life cycle class modelling.

Taking asymmetric information seriously: What modern regulators can learn from the structure of the London Stock Exchange in the early twentieth century (2014)
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Sissoko, C. (2015). Taking asymmetric information seriously: What modern regulators can learn from the structure of the London Stock Exchange in the early twentieth century. Capital Markets Law Journal, 10(1), 80-97. https://doi.org/10.1093/cmlj/kmu034

© The Author(s) (2014). Key points • In the early years of the twentieth century the London Stock Exchange (LSE) had a unique structure that, this article argues, was well-designed to promote efficient and liquid securities markets because it strictl... Read More about Taking asymmetric information seriously: What modern regulators can learn from the structure of the London Stock Exchange in the early twentieth century.

Toward a View of Complementarity: Trust and Policy Influence Effects of Corporate Social Responsibility and Corporate Political Activity (2014)
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Liedong, T. A., Ghobadian, A., Rajwani, T., & O’Regan, N. (2015). Toward a View of Complementarity: Trust and Policy Influence Effects of Corporate Social Responsibility and Corporate Political Activity. Group and Organization Management, 40(3), 405-427. https://doi.org/10.1177/1059601114560064

© The Author(s) 2014. The extant literature argues that nonmarket strategies can establish, sustain, or enhance a firm’s competitive advantage. Less clear is how and why effective nonmarket strategies influence a firm’s competitiveness. Moreover, the... Read More about Toward a View of Complementarity: Trust and Policy Influence Effects of Corporate Social Responsibility and Corporate Political Activity.

How does a decision aid help people decide whether to disclose a mental health problem to employers? Qualitative interview study (2014)
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Lassman, F., Henderson, R. C., Dockery, L., Clement, S., Murray, J., Bonnington, O., …Thornicroft, G. (2015). How does a decision aid help people decide whether to disclose a mental health problem to employers? Qualitative interview study. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, 25(2), 403-411. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10926-014-9550-5

Background Decisions about whether to disclose mental health problems to employers are complex, with potential personal, employment and legal implications. Decision aids are evidence based tools, designed to help individuals make specific choices bet... Read More about How does a decision aid help people decide whether to disclose a mental health problem to employers? Qualitative interview study.

Global economic crisis and corruption (2014)
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Ivlevs, A., & Hinks, T. (2015). Global economic crisis and corruption. Public Choice, 162(3-4), 425-445. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11127-014-0213-z

© 2014, Springer Science+Business Media New York. We study the effects of the 2008–2009 global economic crisis on the household experience of bribing public officials. The data come from the Life in Transition-2 survey, conducted in 2010 in 30 post-s... Read More about Global economic crisis and corruption.

Neutral space analysis for a Boolean network model of the fission yeast cell cycle network (2014)
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Ruz, G. A., Timmermann, T., Barrera, J., & Goles, E. (2014). Neutral space analysis for a Boolean network model of the fission yeast cell cycle network. Biological Research, 47(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/0717-6287-47-64

Background Interactions between genes and their products give rise to complex circuits known as gene regulatory networks (GRN) that enable cells to process information and respond to external stimuli. Several important processes for life, depend of... Read More about Neutral space analysis for a Boolean network model of the fission yeast cell cycle network.

Towards the evolution of vertical-axis wind turbines using supershapes (2014)
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Preen, R., & Bull, L. (2014). Towards the evolution of vertical-axis wind turbines using supershapes. Evolutionary Intelligence, 7(3), 155-167. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12065-014-0116-4

© 2014, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. We have recently presented an initial study of evolutionary algorithms used to design vertical-axis wind turbines (VAWTs) wherein candidate prototypes are evaluated under fan generated wind conditions after... Read More about Towards the evolution of vertical-axis wind turbines using supershapes.

Patients and nursing staff views of using the education needs assessment tool in rheumatology clinics: A qualitative study (2014)
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Hardware, B., Johnson, D., Hale, C., Ndosi, M., & Adebajo, A. (2015). Patients and nursing staff views of using the education needs assessment tool in rheumatology clinics: A qualitative study. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 24(7-8), 1048-1058. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.12733

© 2014 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Aims and objectives: To evaluate the usability of the educational needs assessment tool in clinical practice, from a practitioner and patient perspective and to establish whether patients perceive that they are getting... Read More about Patients and nursing staff views of using the education needs assessment tool in rheumatology clinics: A qualitative study.

Institutional logics and interorganizational learning in technological arenas: Evidence from standard-setting organizations in the mobile handset industry (2014)
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Vasudeva, G., Alexander, E. A., & Jones, S. L. (2015). Institutional logics and interorganizational learning in technological arenas: Evidence from standard-setting organizations in the mobile handset industry. Organization Science, 26(3), 830-846. https://doi.org/10.1287/orsc.2014.0940

© 2015, INFORMS. Conceptualizing standard-setting organizations (SSOs) as technological arenas within which firms from different countries interact and learn, we offer insights into the interplay between firms' institutional logics and their interorg... Read More about Institutional logics and interorganizational learning in technological arenas: Evidence from standard-setting organizations in the mobile handset industry.

Stereoselective syntheses of substituted succinic acid derivatives of the iron chiral auxiliary [(η5-C5H5)Fe(CO)(PPh3)] (2014)
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Davies, S. G., Bashiardes, G., Bodwell, G. J., Collingwood, S. P., Costello, J. F., Fletcher, A. M., …Thomson, J. E. (2014). Stereoselective syntheses of substituted succinic acid derivatives of the iron chiral auxiliary [(η5-C5H5)Fe(CO)(PPh3)]. Tetrahedron, 70(46), 8938-8951. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2014.09.049

© 2014 Elsevier Ltd. A range of alkyl- or aryl-substituted iron succinoyl complexes, incorporating the iron chiral auxiliary [(η5-C5H5)Fe(CO)(PPh3)], were prepared in high regio- and diastereoselectivities by employing four successful strategies: (i)... Read More about Stereoselective syntheses of substituted succinic acid derivatives of the iron chiral auxiliary [(η5-C5H5)Fe(CO)(PPh3)].

Protein arginine methyltransferase 5 is a key regulator of the MYCN oncoprotein in neuroblastoma cells (2014)
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Malik, K., Deery, M. J., Brown, K. W., Heesom, K. J., Melegh, Z., Vieira, G. C., …Malik, K. T. (2015). Protein arginine methyltransferase 5 is a key regulator of the MYCN oncoprotein in neuroblastoma cells. Molecular Oncology, 9(3), 617-627. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molonc.2014.10.015

© 2014 The Authors. Approximately half of poor prognosis neuroblastomas (NBs) are characterized by pathognomonic MYCN gene amplification and MYCN over-expression. Here we present data showing that short-interfering RNA mediated depletion of the prote... Read More about Protein arginine methyltransferase 5 is a key regulator of the MYCN oncoprotein in neuroblastoma cells.

Disabled children’s childhood studies: A distinct approach? (2014)
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Curran, T., & Runswick-Cole, K. (2014). Disabled children’s childhood studies: A distinct approach?. Disability and Society, 29(10), 1617-1630. https://doi.org/10.1080/09687599.2014.966187

© 2014, © 2014 Taylor & Francis. This paper suggests that the emergence of disabled children’s childhood studies as an area of study offers a distinct approach to inquiry; it represents a significant shift away from the long-standing deficit discou... Read More about Disabled children’s childhood studies: A distinct approach?.