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Politics and the era of uncertainty. (2016)
Other
MARCELLA, R. 2016. Politics and the era of uncertainty. Press and journal: business [online], 21 November 2016. Available from: https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/business/business-opinion/1082017/rita-marcella-politics-era-uncertainty/

And so again this month many of us woke to an unexpected election outcome: and the deep irony is not that you and I did not expect it but that governments, pollsters and political experts all over the world did not expect it. As with Brexit, we woke... Read More about Politics and the era of uncertainty..

In pursuit of the voices within social design discourse. (2016)
Conference Proceeding
BUGALI, H., FAIRBURN, S. and HALSALL, R. 2016. In pursuit of the voices within social design discourse. In Golchehr, S. (ed.) Proceedings of Training art and design researchers for participation in public space (TRADERS): mediations; art and design agency and participation in public space, 21-22 Nov 2016, London, UK. London: TRADERS [online], pages 163-173. Available from: http://tr-aders.eu/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/MEDIATIONS2016-Conference-Proceedings.pdf

Design has expanded its scope towards social change and innovation - this is observed to a great extent in the UK in parallel with the 'Big Society', but is happening globally as well. The existing literature concentrates on practices, approaches and... Read More about In pursuit of the voices within social design discourse..

What influences ethnic entrepreneurs' decision to start-up: some evidence from Aberdeen, Scotland. (2016)
Journal Article
ULLAH, F., RAHMAN, M.Z., SMITH, R. and BELOUCIF, A. 2016. What influences ethnic entrepreneurs' decision to start-up: some evidence from Aberdeen, Scotland. Journal of small business and enterprise development [online], 23(4), pages 1081-1103. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/JSBED-12-2015-0182

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to explore some key factors that influences ethnic entrepreneur's decision in starting-up a new business in Aberdeen, Scotland. Design/methodology/approach - The authors set out to investigate the motives, drive... Read More about What influences ethnic entrepreneurs' decision to start-up: some evidence from Aberdeen, Scotland..

Modular multilevel converter modulation using fundamental switching selective harmonic elimination method. (2016)
Conference Proceeding
NAMPALLY, A. and SINHA, Y. 2016. Modular multilevel converter modulation using fundamental switching selective harmonic elimination method. In Proceedings of the 5th Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) International conference on renewable energy research and applications (ICRERA 2016), 20-23 November 2016, Birmingham, UK. Piscataway: IEEE [online], pages 736-741. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRERA.2016.7884431.

This paper address the issue of low order harmonics in a modular multilevel converter (MMC). Using fundamental switching selective harmonic elimination (SHE), the control angles are calculated from nonlinear equations by Newton-Raphson method. The se... Read More about Modular multilevel converter modulation using fundamental switching selective harmonic elimination method..

Linearized DQ averaged model of modular multilevel converter. (2016)
Conference Proceeding
NAMPALLY, A. and SINHA, Y. 2016. Linearized DQ averaged model of modular multilevel converter. In Proceedings of the 5th Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) International conference on renewable energy research and applications (ICRERA 2016), 20-23 November 2016, Birmingham, UK. Piscataway: IEEE [online], pages 861-866. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRERA.2016.7884458.

This paper proposes a linearized model of Modular Multilevel Converter (MMC) in DQ frame. The proposed MMC model has a modular structure and can be linked with other power elements such as AC and DC subsystems. The main challenge of developing DQ mod... Read More about Linearized DQ averaged model of modular multilevel converter..

Averaged model of modular multilevel converter in rotating DQ frame. (2016)
Conference Proceeding
NAMPALLY, A. and SINHA, Y. 2016. Averaged model of modular multilevel converter in rotating DQ frame. In Proceedings of the 5th Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) International conference on renewable energy research and applications (ICRERA 2016), 20-23 November 2016, Birmingham, UK. Piscataway: IEEE [online], pages 319-324. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRERA.2016.7884559

This paper proposes an average model of Modular Multilevel Converter (MMC) in rotating DQ frame. The proposed MMC model has a modular structure and can be linked with other power elements such as AC and DC subsystems. Modelling in DQ frame has numero... Read More about Averaged model of modular multilevel converter in rotating DQ frame..

Critical evaluation of monitoring strategy for the multi-residue determination of 90 chiral and achiral micropollutants in effluent wastewater. (2016)
Journal Article
PETRIE, B., PROCTOR, K., YOUDAN, J., BARDEN, R. and KASPRZYK-HORDERN, B. 2017. Critical evaluation of monitoring strategy for the multi-residue determination of 90 chiral and achiral micropollutants in effluent wastewater. Science of the total environment [online], 579, pages 569-578. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.11.059

It is essential to monitor the release of organic micropollutants from wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) for developing environmental risk assessment and assessing compliance with legislative regulation. In this study the impact of sampling strateg... Read More about Critical evaluation of monitoring strategy for the multi-residue determination of 90 chiral and achiral micropollutants in effluent wastewater..

Synergistically enhanced electrocatalytic performance of an N-doped graphene quantum dot-decorated 3D MoS2–graphene nanohybrid for oxygen reduction reaction. (2016)
Journal Article
VINOTH, R., PATIL, I.M., PANDIKUMAR, A., KAKADE, B.A., HUANG, N.M., DIONYSIOS, D.D. and NEPPOLIAN, B. 2016. Synergistically enhanced electrocatalytic performance of an N-doped graphene quantum dot-decorated 3D MoS2–graphene nanohybrid for oxygen reduction reaction. ACS omega [online], 1(5), pages 971-980. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.6b00275

Nitrogen-doped graphene quantum dots (N-GQDs) were decorated on a three-dimensional (3D) MoS2–reduced graphene oxide (rGO) framework via a facile hydrothermal method. The distribution of N-GQDs on the 3D MoS2–rGO framework was confirmed using X-ray p... Read More about Synergistically enhanced electrocatalytic performance of an N-doped graphene quantum dot-decorated 3D MoS2–graphene nanohybrid for oxygen reduction reaction..

Bioindicators assessing water quality and environmental impacts of water treatment plant sludge. (2016)
Journal Article
ABREU DA COSTA, T.R.A., WEBER, O.B., PESTANA, C.J. and CAPELO-NETO, J. 2017. Bioindicators assessing water quality and environmental impacts of water treatment plant sludge. International journal of environment and sustainable development [online], 16(1), pages 25-42. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1504/IJESD.2017.10001350

This study had as objectives to assess water quality using macroinvertebrate communities in Gaviao artificial reservoir (Brazil), used to supply potable water to 2.5 million people, and to evaluate how these organisms responded to the discharge of wa... Read More about Bioindicators assessing water quality and environmental impacts of water treatment plant sludge..

Ghana: energy policy. (2016)
Book Chapter
ABBEY, K. and MANTE, J. 2016. Ghana: energy policy. In Tiess, G., Majumder, T. and Cameron, P. (eds.) Encyclopedia of mineral and energy policy. Berlin: Springer [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-40871-7_155-1

This contribution provides a general overview of Ghana's context and energy policy.

Under-resourced, inadequately staffed, and little used: some issues facing many school libraries, seen through the lens of an exploration of the situation in Iraq. (2016)
Journal Article
JOHNSON, I.M. 2016. Under-resourced, inadequately staffed, and little used: some issues facing many school libraries, seen through the lens of an exploration of the situation in Iraq. Library trends [online], 65(2), pages 217-250. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1353/lib.2016.0032

This paper discusses why many school libraries may not have been seen as an essential element of education, and supported and used accordingly. It reviews the international agencies' advice and encouragement for the development of literacy, education... Read More about Under-resourced, inadequately staffed, and little used: some issues facing many school libraries, seen through the lens of an exploration of the situation in Iraq..

Neoclassical and behavioral finance: a synergy of approaches in current debates and in contemporary financial research. (2016)
Journal Article
GAJDKA, J. and BRZESZCZYNSK, J. 2016. Neoclassical and behavioral finance: a synergy of approaches in current debates and in contemporary financial research. Emerging markets finance and trade [online], 52(12), pages 2685-2686. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/1540496X.2016.1246331

One of the most prominent changes in the development of finance as a scientific discipline at the turn of the 21st century has been a rapidly increasing interest in behavioral finance: the field of study that combines the knowledge of finance with ps... Read More about Neoclassical and behavioral finance: a synergy of approaches in current debates and in contemporary financial research..

High-intensity interval training versus moderate-intensity steady-state training in UK cardiac rehabilitation programmes (HIIT or MISS UK): study protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trial and economic evaluation. [Protocol] (2016)
Other
MCGREGOR, G., NICHOLS, S., HAMBORG, T. et al. 2016. High-intensity interval training versus moderate-intensity steady-state training in UK cardiac rehabilitation programmes (HIIT or MISS UK): study protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trial and economic evaluation. [Protocol]. BMJ open [online], 6(11), article number e012843. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-012843

Current international guidelines for cardiac rehabilitation (CR) advocate moderate-intensity exercise training (MISS, moderate-intensity steady state). This recommendation predates significant advances in medical therapy for coronary heart disease (C... Read More about High-intensity interval training versus moderate-intensity steady-state training in UK cardiac rehabilitation programmes (HIIT or MISS UK): study protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trial and economic evaluation. [Protocol].

Networks of attribution: the cultural origins of meaning. (2016)
Journal Article
HAMLYN, J. 2016. Networks of attribution: the cultural origins of meaning. International journal of social, political and community agendas in the arts [online], 12(1), pages 23-28. Available from: http://ijaspc.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.233/prod.119

Despite the fact that we commonly refer to artworks as 'meaningful' things, this is not to say that meaning is a property analogous to size or shape. If meaning is not a property, then it seems reasonable to suppose that it can only be a way of using... Read More about Networks of attribution: the cultural origins of meaning..

Returns to buying upward revision and selling downward revision stocks: evidence from Canada. (2016)
Journal Article
HOU, T.C.-T., MCKNIGHT, P. and WEIR, C. 2016. Returns to buying upward revision and selling downward revision stocks: evidence from Canada. Managerial finance [online], 42(11), pages 1110-1124. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/MF-10-2015-0282

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate the role of earnings forecast revisions by equity analysts in predicting Canadian stock returns Design/methodology/approach: The sample covers 420 Canadian firms over the period 1998-2009. It analy... Read More about Returns to buying upward revision and selling downward revision stocks: evidence from Canada..

Electrochemical determination of chemical oxygen demand using Ti/TiO2 electrode. (2016)
Journal Article
GE, Y., ZHAI, Y., NIU, D., WANG, Y., FERNANDEZ, C., RAMAKRISHNAPPA, T., HU, X. and WANG, L. 2016. Electrochemical determination of chemical oxygen demand using Ti/TiO2 electrode. International journal of electrochemical science [online], 11(12), pages 9812-9821. Available from: https://doi.org/10.20964/2016.12.05

To overcome the shortcomings of the conventional potassium dichromate method (PDM) for monitoring chemical oxygen demand (COD) of waters, many efforts have been made on developing quick and environment-friendly techniques. Among all alternatives, ele... Read More about Electrochemical determination of chemical oxygen demand using Ti/TiO2 electrode..

Harnessing background knowledge for e-learning recommendation. (2016)
Conference Proceeding
MBIPOM, B., CRAW, S. and MASSIE, S. 2016. Harnessing background knowledge for e-learning recommendation. In Bramer, M. and Petridis, M. (eds.) 2016. Research and development in intelligent systems XXXIII: incorporating applications and innovations in intelligent systems XXIV: proceedings of the 36th SGAI nternational conference on innovative techniques and applications of artificial intelligence (SGAI 2016), 13-15 December 2016, Cambridge, UK. Cham: Springer [online], pages 3-17. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47175-4_1

The growing availability of good quality, learning-focused content on the Web makes it an excellent source of resources for e-learning systems. However, learners can find it hard to retrieve material well-aligned with their learning goals because of... Read More about Harnessing background knowledge for e-learning recommendation..

Emotion-corpus guided lexicons for sentiment analysis on Twitter. (2016)
Conference Proceeding
BANDHAKAVI, A., WIRATUNGA, N. and MASSIE, S. 2016. Emotion-corpus guided lexicons for sentiment analysis on Twitter. In Bramer, M. and Petridis, M. (eds.) 2016. Research and development in intelligent systems XXXIII: incorporating applications and innovations in intelligent systems XXIV: proceedings of the 36th SGAI nternational conference on innovative techniques and applications of artificial intelligence (SGAI 2016), 13-15 December 2016, Cambridge, UK. Cham: Springer [online], pages 71-86. Available from: https://doi.org/10.10007/978-3-319-47175-4_5

Research in Psychology have proposed frameworks that map emotion concepts with sentiment concepts. In this paper we study this mapping from a computational modelling perspective with a view to establish the role of an emotion-rich corpus for lexicon-... Read More about Emotion-corpus guided lexicons for sentiment analysis on Twitter..

Generalised median of a set of correspondences based on the hamming distance. (2016)
Conference Proceeding
MORENO-GARCÍA, C.F., SERRATOSA, F. and CORTÉS, X. 2016. Generalised median of a set of correspondences based on the hamming distance. In: Robles-Kelly A., Loog M., Biggio B., Escolano F., Wilson R. (eds.) Structural, syntatic and statistical pattern recognition: proceedings of the 2016 Joint International Association of Pattern Recognition (IAPR) structural, syntatic and statistical pattern recognition international workshop (S+SSPR 2016), 29 November - 2 December 2016, Mérida, Mexico. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 10029. Cham: Springer, pages 507-518. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49055-7_45

A correspondence is a set of mappings that establishes a relation between the elements of two data structures (i.e. sets of points, strings, trees or graphs). If we consider several correspondences between the same two structures, one option to defin... Read More about Generalised median of a set of correspondences based on the hamming distance..

Graph edit distance or graph edit pseudo-distance? (2016)
Conference Proceeding
SERRATOSA, F., CORTÉS, X., and MORENO, C.-F. 2016. Graph edit distance or graph edit pseudo-distance? In Robles-Kelly, A., Loog, M., Biggio, B., Escolano, F. and Wilson, R. (eds.). Structural, syntactic, and statistical pattern recognition: proceedings of the 2016 Joint International Association of Pattern Recognition (IAPR) International workshops on Statistical techniques in pattern recognition (SPR) and Structural and syntactic pattern recognition (SSPR) (S+SSPR 2020), 29 November - 2 December 2016, Merida, Mexico. Lecture notes in computer science, 10029. Cham: Springer [online], pages 530-540. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49055-7_47

Graph Edit Distance has been intensively used since its appearance in 1983. This distance is very appropriate if we want to compare a pair of attributed graphs from any domain and obtain not only a distance, but also the best correspondence between n... Read More about Graph edit distance or graph edit pseudo-distance?.