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Western hypocrisy and the never changing face of financial secrecy jurisdictions: Burying the 1975 UN agenda (2017)
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Young, M. A. (2017). Western hypocrisy and the never changing face of financial secrecy jurisdictions: Burying the 1975 UN agenda. European Law Review, 11-13

In 1975, the characteristics of new and emerging forms of organized crime aptly described those ingredients which in the present day, are directly attributable as enabling criminal money management, in Britain’s Overseas Territories and Crown Depend... Read More about Western hypocrisy and the never changing face of financial secrecy jurisdictions: Burying the 1975 UN agenda.

The financial crisis and financial crime in the United Kingdom: A critical analysis of the response by Financial Regulatory Agencies (2017)
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Ryder, N. (2017). The financial crisis and financial crime in the United Kingdom: A critical analysis of the response by Financial Regulatory Agencies. Company Lawyer, 38(1), 4-14

A previously unattributed factor that contributed towards the most recent financial crisis is financial crime. However, it is important to note and accept that financial crime was not the sole and only cause of the financial crisis. For example, it... Read More about The financial crisis and financial crime in the United Kingdom: A critical analysis of the response by Financial Regulatory Agencies.

Introduction to the special issue on the emergence of sound systems (2017)
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Little, H. (2017). Introduction to the special issue on the emergence of sound systems. Journal of Language Evolution, 2(1), 1-3. https://doi.org/10.1093/jole/lzx014

© The Author 2017. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oup.com How did human sound systems get to be the way they are? Collecting contributions implementing a wealth of method... Read More about Introduction to the special issue on the emergence of sound systems.

Body image and quality of life in adolescents with craniofacial conditions (2017)
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Kazak, A. E., Sarwer, D. B., Crerand, C. E., Clarke, A., & Rumsey, N. (2017). Body image and quality of life in adolescents with craniofacial conditions. Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal, 54(1), 2-12. https://doi.org/10.1597/15-167

© Copyright 2017 American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association. Objective: To evaluate body image in adolescents with and without craniofacial conditions and to examine relationships between body image and quality of life. Design: Case-control desig... Read More about Body image and quality of life in adolescents with craniofacial conditions.

The influence of acoustic field induced by HRT on oscillation behavior of a single droplet (2017)
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Ruan, C., Xing, F., Huang, Y., Yu, X., Zhang, J., & Yao, Y. (2017). The influence of acoustic field induced by HRT on oscillation behavior of a single droplet. Energies, 10(1), 48. https://doi.org/10.3390/en10010048

This paper presents an experimental and theoretical study on the effects of an acoustic field induced by Hartmann Resonance Tube (HRT) on droplet deformation behavior. The characteristics of the acoustic field generated by HRT are investigated. Resul... Read More about The influence of acoustic field induced by HRT on oscillation behavior of a single droplet.

Digital dark matter within product service systems (2017)
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Vendrell-Herrero, F., Myrthianos, V., Parry, G., & Bustinza, O. F. (2017). Digital dark matter within product service systems. Competitiveness Review: An International Business Journal incorporating Journal of Global Competitiveness, 27(1), 62-79. https://doi.org/10.1108/CR-11-2014-0037

© 2017, © Emerald Publishing Limited. Purpose: The unobserved benefits of digital technologies are described as digital dark matter. Product service systems (PSSs) are bundles of products and services that deliver value in use, which is unobserved bu... Read More about Digital dark matter within product service systems.

Servitization and deservitization: Overview, concepts, and definitions (2017)
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Kowalkowski, C., Gebauer, H., Kamp, B., & Parry, G. (2017). Servitization and deservitization: Overview, concepts, and definitions. Industrial Marketing Management, 60, 4-10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indmarman.2016.12.007

© 2016 Elsevier Inc. The topic of servitization has generated a considerable body of research and many conferences, as well as industry engagement. Yet, despite the extensive literature associated with this now-mature discipline, there is no broad-ba... Read More about Servitization and deservitization: Overview, concepts, and definitions.

The effect of internal and external determinants of electricity projects in Libya (2017)
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Mpofu, B., Ochieng, E. G., Elsahati, K., Zuofa, T., & Ruan, X. (2017). The effect of internal and external determinants of electricity projects in Libya. International Journal of Energy Sector Management, 11(1), 158-176. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJESM-11-2015-0002

© 2017, © Emerald Publishing Limited. Purpose: In recent times, electricity as one of the most important energy sources has witnessed considerable decreases in consumption figures. These cutbacks have been mainly due to the growing increasing living... Read More about The effect of internal and external determinants of electricity projects in Libya.

Integration of Platinum Group Metal-Free Catalysts and Bilirubin Oxidase into a Hybrid Material for Oxygen Reduction: Interplay of Chemistry and Morphology (2017)
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Atanassov, P., Calabrese Barton, S., Mirabal, A., Workman, M. J., Artyushkova, K., Serov, A., …Santoro, C. (2017). Integration of Platinum Group Metal-Free Catalysts and Bilirubin Oxidase into a Hybrid Material for Oxygen Reduction: Interplay of Chemistry and Morphology. ChemSusChem, 10(7), 1534-1542. https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.201601822

© 2017 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim Catalytic activity toward the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) of platinum group metal-free (PGM-free) electrocatalysts integrated with an enzyme (bilirubin oxidase, BOx) in neutral media was studied... Read More about Integration of Platinum Group Metal-Free Catalysts and Bilirubin Oxidase into a Hybrid Material for Oxygen Reduction: Interplay of Chemistry and Morphology.

The resource curse without natural resources: Expectations of resource booms and their impact (2017)
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Frynas, J. G., Wood, G., & Hinks, T. (2017). The resource curse without natural resources: Expectations of resource booms and their impact. African Affairs, 116(463), 233-260. https://doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adx001

© The Author 2016. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Royal African Society. All rights reserved. Many resource-rich countries have experienced a range of negative economic and political effects from natural resource extraction, often... Read More about The resource curse without natural resources: Expectations of resource booms and their impact.

Speech, language, and reading in 10-year-olds with cleft: Associations with teasing, satisfaction with speech, and psychological adjustment (2017)
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Særvold, T. K., Feragen, K. B., Aukner, R., & Stock, N. M. (2017). Speech, language, and reading in 10-year-olds with cleft: Associations with teasing, satisfaction with speech, and psychological adjustment. Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal, 54(2), 153-165. https://doi.org/10.1597/14-242

© 2017 American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association. Background: Despite the use of multidisciplinary services, little research has addressed issues involved in the care of those with cleft lip and/or palate across disciplines. The aim was to inves... Read More about Speech, language, and reading in 10-year-olds with cleft: Associations with teasing, satisfaction with speech, and psychological adjustment.

Privacy-preserving recommendations in context-aware mobile environments (2017)
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Stiakakis, E., Georgiadis, C. K., Polatidis, N., & Pimenidis, E. (2017). Privacy-preserving recommendations in context-aware mobile environments. Information and Computer Security, 25(1), 62-79. https://doi.org/10.1108/ICS-04-2016-0028

© Emerald Publishing Limited. Purpose - This paper aims to address privacy concerns that arise from the use of mobile recommender systems when processing contextual information relating to the user. Mobile recommender systems aim to solve the informa... Read More about Privacy-preserving recommendations in context-aware mobile environments.

The influence of supply chain quality management practices on quality performance: an empirical investigation (2017)
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Soares, A., Soltani, E., & Liao, Y. Y. (2017). The influence of supply chain quality management practices on quality performance: an empirical investigation. Supply Chain Management, 22(2), 122-144. https://doi.org/10.1108/SCM-08-2016-0286

© 2017, © Emerald Publishing Limited. Purpose: The extant literature highlights the notable lack of a consensus among operations and supply chain management scholars regarding the theoretical underpinnings and associated empirical evidence for the pe... Read More about The influence of supply chain quality management practices on quality performance: an empirical investigation.

Discovery and characterization of novel CYP1B1 inhibitors based on heterocyclic chalcones: Overcoming cisplatin resistance in CYP1B1-overexpressing lines (2017)
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Horley, N. J., Beresford, K. J., Chawla, T., McCann, G. J., Ruparelia, K. C., Gatchie, L., …Chaudhuri, B. (2017). Discovery and characterization of novel CYP1B1 inhibitors based on heterocyclic chalcones: Overcoming cisplatin resistance in CYP1B1-overexpressing lines. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 129, 159-174. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejmech.2017.02.016

© 2017 Elsevier Masson SAS The structure of alpha-napthoflavone (ANF), a potent inhibitor of CYP1A1 and CYP1B1, mimics the structure of chalcones. Two potent CYP1B1 inhibitors 7k (DMU2105) and 6j (DMU2139) have been identified from two series of syn... Read More about Discovery and characterization of novel CYP1B1 inhibitors based on heterocyclic chalcones: Overcoming cisplatin resistance in CYP1B1-overexpressing lines.

A new terminal converging adaptive control for 6-degree-of-freedom parallel robotic manipulators with bounded control inputs (2017)
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Spurgeon, S. K., Zhao, D., Liang, H., Li, S., & Zhu, Q. (2017). A new terminal converging adaptive control for 6-degree-of-freedom parallel robotic manipulators with bounded control inputs. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part I: Journal of Systems and Control Engineering, 231(4), 271-281. https://doi.org/10.1177/0959651817698333

© IMechE 2017. In this study, a new terminal converging adaptive control approach with bounded control inputs is developed for the 6-degree-of-freedom parallel robot manipulator. The non-smooth feedback control principle is combined with particular b... Read More about A new terminal converging adaptive control for 6-degree-of-freedom parallel robotic manipulators with bounded control inputs.

Rational imitation for robots: the cost difference model (2017)
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Winfield, A., & Vanderelst, D. (2017). Rational imitation for robots: the cost difference model. Adaptive Behavior, 25(2), 60-71. https://doi.org/10.1177/1059712317702950

© 2017, © The Author(s) 2017. Infants imitate behaviour flexibly. Depending on the circumstances, they copy both actions and their effects or only reproduce the demonstrator’s intended goals. In view of this selective imitation, infants have been cal... Read More about Rational imitation for robots: the cost difference model.

Modelling and reasoning about context-aware agents over heterogeneous knowledge sources (2017)
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Ul Haque, H. M., Rakib, A., & Uddin, I. (2017). Modelling and reasoning about context-aware agents over heterogeneous knowledge sources. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, 193, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56357-2_1

© ICST Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering 2017. This paper presents a conceptual framework and multi-agent model for context-aware decision support in dynamic smart environments based on heterogeneo... Read More about Modelling and reasoning about context-aware agents over heterogeneous knowledge sources.

A review of evidence on the cost-effectiveness of local authority activities to reduce exposure to air pollution from road traffic (2017)
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Barnes, J., & Williams, B. (2017). A review of evidence on the cost-effectiveness of local authority activities to reduce exposure to air pollution from road traffic. WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment, 211, 3-13. https://doi.org/10.2495/AIR170011

© 2017 WIT Press. This paper presents a systematic review of evidence of the cost-effectiveness of local authority activities to reduce exposure to air pollution from road traffic. The work was undertaken as part of an evidence review for the Nationa... Read More about A review of evidence on the cost-effectiveness of local authority activities to reduce exposure to air pollution from road traffic.

System dynamics approach to malicious insider cyber-threat modelling and analysis (2017)
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Fagade, T., Spyridopoulos, T., Albishry, N., & Tryfonas, T. (2017). System dynamics approach to malicious insider cyber-threat modelling and analysis. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, 10292 LNCS, 309-321. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58460-7_21

© Springer International Publishing AG 2017. Enforcing cybersecurity controls against malicious insiders touches upon complex issues like people, process and technology. In large and complex systems, addressing the problem of insider cyber threat inv... Read More about System dynamics approach to malicious insider cyber-threat modelling and analysis.