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Joint modelling compared with two stage methods for analysing longitudinal data and prospective outcomes: A simulation study of childhood growth and BP (2017)
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Sayers, A., Heron, J., Smith, A. D. A. C., Macdonald-Wallis, C., Gilthorpe, M. S., Steele, F., & Tilling, K. (2017). Joint modelling compared with two stage methods for analysing longitudinal data and prospective outcomes: A simulation study of childhood growth and BP. Statistical Methods in Medical Research, 26(1), 437-452. https://doi.org/10.1177/0962280214548822

© The Author(s) 2014. There is a growing debate with regards to the appropriate methods of analysis of growth trajectories and their association with prospective dependent outcomes. Using the example of childhood growth and adult BP, we conducted an... Read More about Joint modelling compared with two stage methods for analysing longitudinal data and prospective outcomes: A simulation study of childhood growth and BP.

Financial implications of car ownership and use: A distributional analysis based on observed spatial variance considering income and domestic energy costs (2017)
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Chatterton, T., Anable, J., Cairns, S., & Wilson, R. E. (2018). Financial implications of car ownership and use: A distributional analysis based on observed spatial variance considering income and domestic energy costs. Transport Policy, 65, 30-39. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2016.12.007

This paper presents a new perspective on assessing the financial impacts of private car usage in England and Wales using novel datasets to explore implications of motoring costs (principally Vehicle Excise Duty and road fuel costs) for households as... Read More about Financial implications of car ownership and use: A distributional analysis based on observed spatial variance considering income and domestic energy costs.

Reintroduced large wood modifies fine sediment transport and storage in a lowland river channel (2017)
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Sayer, C. D., Harvey, G. L., Henshaw, A. J., & Parker, C. (2017). Reintroduced large wood modifies fine sediment transport and storage in a lowland river channel. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 42(11), 1693-1703. https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.4123

Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. This paper explores changes in suspended sediment transport and fine sediment storage at the reach and patch scale associated with the reintroduction of partial large wood (LW) jams in an artificially over-w... Read More about Reintroduced large wood modifies fine sediment transport and storage in a lowland river channel.

A necessary and sufficient condition for uniqueness of the trivial solution in semilinear parabolic equations (2017)
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Sierżęga, M., Laister, R., & Robinson, J. C. (2017). A necessary and sufficient condition for uniqueness of the trivial solution in semilinear parabolic equations. Journal of Differential Equations, 262(10), 4979-4987. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jde.2017.01.014

© 2017 Elsevier Inc. In their (1968) paper Fujita and Watanabe considered the issue of uniqueness of the trivial solution of semilinear parabolic equations with respect to the class of bounded, non-negative solutions. In particular they showed that i... Read More about A necessary and sufficient condition for uniqueness of the trivial solution in semilinear parabolic equations.

Qualitatively understanding patients' and health professionals' experiences of the BRECONDA breast reconstruction decision aid (2017)
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Tucker, K., Harcourt, D., Sherman, K. A., Shaw, L. K., Jorgensen, L., Cameron, L., …Kirk, J. (2017). Qualitatively understanding patients' and health professionals' experiences of the BRECONDA breast reconstruction decision aid. Psycho-Oncology, 26(10), 1618-1624. https://doi.org/10.1002/pon.4346

Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Objective: Women diagnosed with breast cancer or ductal carcinoma in situ and those with a genetic susceptibility to developing this disease face the challenging decision of whether or not to undergo breast... Read More about Qualitatively understanding patients' and health professionals' experiences of the BRECONDA breast reconstruction decision aid.

The challenge of preparing teams for the European robotics league: Emergency (2017)
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Ferreira, F., Röning, J., Kauppinen, M., Pitkänen, V., Kemppainen, A., Tikanmäki, A., …Sosa, D. (2017). The challenge of preparing teams for the European robotics league: Emergency. https://doi.org/10.2352/ISSN.2470-1173.2017.9.IRIACV-261

© 2017, Society for Imaging Science and Technology. ERL Emergency is an outdoor multi-domain robotic competition inspired by the 2011 Fukushima accident. The ERL Emergency Challenge requires teams of land, underwater and flying robots to work togethe... Read More about The challenge of preparing teams for the European robotics league: Emergency.

Mapping a product-service-system delivering defence avionics availability (2017)
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Settanni, E., Thenent, N. E., Newnes, L. B., Parry, G., & Goh, Y. M. (2017). Mapping a product-service-system delivering defence avionics availability. International Journal of Production Economics, 186, 21-32. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2017.01.018

© 2017 Elsevier B.V. Long-term support agreements such as availability-based contracts are often associated with the servitization of business models in such sectors as defence aerospace. In practice, there is no unambiguous way of linking availabili... Read More about Mapping a product-service-system delivering defence avionics availability.

BIM-based deconstruction tool: Towards essential functionalities (2017)
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Akinade, O. O., Oyedele, L. O., Omoteso, K., Ajayi, S. O., Bilal, M., Owolabi, H. A., …Looney, J. H. (2017). BIM-based deconstruction tool: Towards essential functionalities. International Journal for Sustainable Built Environment, 6(1), 260-271. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijsbe.2017.01.002

© 2017 The Gulf Organisation for Research and Development This study discusses the future directions of effective Design for Deconstruction (DfD) using BIM-based approach to design coordination. After a review of extant literatures on existing DfD pr... Read More about BIM-based deconstruction tool: Towards essential functionalities.

Measuring embodied carbon dioxide equivalent of buildings: A review and critique of current industry practice (2017)
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De Wolf, C., Pomponi, F., & Moncaster, A. (2017). Measuring embodied carbon dioxide equivalent of buildings: A review and critique of current industry practice. Energy and Buildings, 140, 68-80. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2017.01.075

Lowering the embodied carbon dioxide equivalent (embodied CO2e) of buildings is an essential response to national and global targets for carbon reduction. Globally, construction industry is developing tools, databases and practices for measuring embo... Read More about Measuring embodied carbon dioxide equivalent of buildings: A review and critique of current industry practice.

A novel stochastic method for reconstructing daily precipitation times-series using tree-ring data from the western Canadian Boreal Forest (2017)
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Chun, K. P., Mamet, S. D., Metsaranta, J., Barr, A., Johnstone, J., & Wheater, H. (2017). A novel stochastic method for reconstructing daily precipitation times-series using tree-ring data from the western Canadian Boreal Forest. Dendrochronologia, 44, 9-18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dendro.2017.01.003

Tree ring data provide proxy records of historical hydroclimatic conditions that are widely used for reconstructing precipitation time series. Most previous applications are limited to annual time scales, though information about daily precipitation... Read More about A novel stochastic method for reconstructing daily precipitation times-series using tree-ring data from the western Canadian Boreal Forest.

Challenges and opportunities in the design and construction of a GIS-based emission inventory infrastructure for the Niger Delta region of Nigeria (2017)
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Fagbeja, M. A., Hill, J., Chatterton, T., Longhurst, J., Akpokodje, J. E., Agbaje, G. I., & Halilu, S. A. (2017). Challenges and opportunities in the design and construction of a GIS-based emission inventory infrastructure for the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 24(8), 7788-7808. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-017-8481-z

© 2017, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. Environmental monitoring in middle- and low-income countries is hampered by many factors which include enactment and enforcement of legislations; deficiencies in environmental data reporting and documentatio... Read More about Challenges and opportunities in the design and construction of a GIS-based emission inventory infrastructure for the Niger Delta region of Nigeria.

A framework for implementing formally verified resource-bounded smart space systems (2017)
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Uddin, I., Rakib, A., & Haque, H. M. U. (2017). A framework for implementing formally verified resource-bounded smart space systems. Mobile Networks and Applications, 22(2), 289-304. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11036-017-0808-y

© 2017, Springer Science+Business Media New York. Context-aware computing is a mobile computing paradigm that helps designing and implementing next generation smart applications, where personalized devices interact with users in smart environments. D... Read More about A framework for implementing formally verified resource-bounded smart space systems.

Using e-assessment to support flipped-style teaching (2017)
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Henderson, K. (2017). Using e-assessment to support flipped-style teaching. MSOR Connections, 15(2), 34-41

We show how weekly formative e-assessments are used to support flipped-style teaching of a module delivered to all first year Mathematics students at the University of the West of England, Bristol (UWE). The flip lecture approach places students at t... Read More about Using e-assessment to support flipped-style teaching.

Optimal placement of relay nodes over limited positions in wireless sensor networks (2017)
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Bagaa, M., Chelli, A., Djenouri, D., Taleb, T., Balasingham, I., & Kansanen, K. (2017). Optimal placement of relay nodes over limited positions in wireless sensor networks. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 16(4), 2205-2219. https://doi.org/10.1109/TWC.2017.2658598

This paper tackles the challenge of optimally placing relay nodes (RNs) in wireless sensor networks given a limited set of positions. The proposed solution consists of: 1) the usage of a realistic physical layer model based on a Rayleigh block-fading... Read More about Optimal placement of relay nodes over limited positions in wireless sensor networks.

The experience of foot problems and decisions to access foot care in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: A qualitative study (2017)
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Kirwan, J., Wilson, O., Dures, E., Quest, E., & Hewlett, S. (2017). The experience of foot problems and decisions to access foot care in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: A qualitative study. Journal of Foot and Ankle Research, 10(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s13047-017-0188-3

© 2017 The Author(s). Background: Although foot problems are common in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), the consequences of foot problems from the patient perspective have not been fully explored. The aims of this study were to explore the experience of fo... Read More about The experience of foot problems and decisions to access foot care in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: A qualitative study.

A novel flexible model for lot sizing and scheduling with non-triangular, period overlapping and carryover setups in different machine configurations (2017)
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Mahdieh, M., Clark, A., & Bijari, M. (2018). A novel flexible model for lot sizing and scheduling with non-triangular, period overlapping and carryover setups in different machine configurations. Flexible Services and Manufacturing Journal, 30(4), 884-923. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10696-017-9279-5

© 2017, Springer Science+Business Media New York. This paper develops and tests an efficient mixed integer programming model for capacitated lot sizing and scheduling with non-triangular and sequence-dependent setup times and costs incorporating all... Read More about A novel flexible model for lot sizing and scheduling with non-triangular, period overlapping and carryover setups in different machine configurations.

Tomorrow will be too late: Fidel Castro's environmental legacy (2017)
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Bell, K. (2017). Tomorrow will be too late: Fidel Castro's environmental legacy

A discussion of the work of Fidel Castro in relation to sustainability in Cuba. When Fidel Castro became President of Cuba in 1959, the country's environment was in ruins as a result of hundreds of years of US and Spanish colonial exploitation of nat... Read More about Tomorrow will be too late: Fidel Castro's environmental legacy.

Examining the epistemology of impact and success of educational interventions using a reflective case study of university bursaries (2017)
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Harrison, N., & McCaig, C. (2017). Examining the epistemology of impact and success of educational interventions using a reflective case study of university bursaries. British Educational Research Journal, 43(2), 290-309. https://doi.org/10.1002/berj.3263

This paper engages with the continuing emphasis given to evidence-based policy and ‘what works’ approaches in educational research, highlighting some of the continuing epistemological challenges from a post-positivist perspective. To illustrate thes... Read More about Examining the epistemology of impact and success of educational interventions using a reflective case study of university bursaries.

Parenting and the adjustment of children born to gay fathers through surrogacy (2017)
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Golombok, S., Blake, L., Slutsky, J., Raffanello, E., Roman, G. D., & Ehrhardt, A. (2018). Parenting and the adjustment of children born to gay fathers through surrogacy. Child Development, 89(4), 1223-1233. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.12728

Findings are presented on a study of 40 gay father families created through surrogacy and a comparison group of 55 lesbian mother families created through donor insemination with a child aged 3–9 years. Standardized interview, observational and quest... Read More about Parenting and the adjustment of children born to gay fathers through surrogacy.