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Sequence Stratigraphy: Guidelines for a Standard Methodology (2017)
Book Chapter
Catuneanu, O. (2017). Sequence Stratigraphy: Guidelines for a Standard Methodology. In M. Montenari (Ed.), Stratigraphy & Timescales (1-57). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.sats.2017.07.003

The interplay of local and global controls on accommodation and sedimentation generates basin-specific sequence stratigraphic frameworks that record cyclicity at multiple scales. There are no temporal or physical standards for the scale of any type o... Read More about Sequence Stratigraphy: Guidelines for a Standard Methodology.

Critical Mutation Rate in a Population with Horizontal Gene Transfer (2017)
Book Chapter
Channon. (2017). Critical Mutation Rate in a Population with Horizontal Gene Transfer. In Proceedings of ECAL 2017: the 14th European Conference on Artificial Life (446-453). https://doi.org/10.7551/ecal_a_074

Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) enables segments of DNA to be transferred between individuals in a population in addition to from parent to child. It is a prominent process in bacterial reproduction. Existing in silico models have succeeded in predict... Read More about Critical Mutation Rate in a Population with Horizontal Gene Transfer.

Monastic Centres of Law? Some evidence from 11th Century Italy (2017)
Book Chapter
Cushing. (2017). Monastic Centres of Law? Some evidence from 11th Century Italy. In From Learning to Love: Schools, Law, and Pastoral Care in the Middle Ages Essays in Honour of Joseph W. Goering (315 - 325)

Aphid population dynamics: from fields to landscapes. (2017)
Book Chapter
Bell, J., Pierre, J., & Dedryver, C. (2017). Aphid population dynamics: from fields to landscapes. In Aphids as crop pests (280-302). (2). Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International (CABI). https://doi.org/10.1079/9781780647098.0280

Cereal aphid studies form the backbone of this chapter and will be discussed at length, but shall also occasionally discuss the dynamics of aphids that use other annual crops and trees as their host. The overall purpose is to outline the components o... Read More about Aphid population dynamics: from fields to landscapes..

Backshoring: Towards International Business and Economic Geography Research Agenda (2017)
Book Chapter
(2017). Backshoring: Towards International Business and Economic Geography Research Agenda. In Breaking up the Global Value Chain (Advances in International Management, Volume 30) (141-155)

Sequence Stratigraphy and Geologic Time (2017)
Book Chapter
Miall, A. D. (2017). Sequence Stratigraphy and Geologic Time. In M. Montenari (Ed.), Stratigraphy & Timescales (59-83). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.sats.2017.06.001

The maturation of sequence stratigraphy and the development of a refined geological timescale have provided the basis for much more detailed stratigraphic reconstructions than were possible as little as a decade ago. Earlier studies showing that meas... Read More about Sequence Stratigraphy and Geologic Time.

'The Conveyance of Thought' in the Wonderful Century of Science (2017)
Book Chapter
(2017). 'The Conveyance of Thought' in the Wonderful Century of Science. In Interventions: Re-thinking the Nineteenth Century

Informing patients, consent, governance, and good clinical practice (2017)
Book Chapter
Wrigley, A., Hughes, J., & Leighton, N. (2017). Informing patients, consent, governance, and good clinical practice. In Introduction to Research Methodology for Specialists and Trainees. Cambridge University Press

A systematic analysis of random forest based social media spam classification (2017)
Book Chapter
(2017). A systematic analysis of random forest based social media spam classification. In Network and System Security. NSS 2017 (427-438)

Recently random forest classification became a popular choice machine learning applications aimed to detect spam content in online social networks. In this paper, we report a systematic analysis of random forest classification for this purpose. We as... Read More about A systematic analysis of random forest based social media spam classification.

Attitudes towards brands and advertisements: Qualitative and thematic analysis of social media data (2017)
Book Chapter
Mogaji, E., & Farinloye, T. (2017). Attitudes towards brands and advertisements: Qualitative and thematic analysis of social media data. In Contemporary Issues in Social Media Marketing. (1). Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315563312-15

This chapter identifies that social media are changing the manner in which brands and consumers relate to one another. Customers are co-creating value and meaning with brands, generating data which can be qualitatively analysed to further enhance our... Read More about Attitudes towards brands and advertisements: Qualitative and thematic analysis of social media data.

A Comparison of Distance Metrics in Semi-supervised Hierarchical Clustering Methods (2017)
Book Chapter
Aljohani, A., Lai, D. T. C., Bell, P. C., & Edirisinghe, E. A. (2017). A Comparison of Distance Metrics in Semi-supervised Hierarchical Clustering Methods. . Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63315-2_63

Rotation of Planet-Hosting Stars (2017)
Book Chapter
Maxted, P. (2017). Rotation of Planet-Hosting Stars. In Handbook of Exoplanets. Springer

The rotation rate of a star has important implications for the detectability, characterization, and stability of any planets that may be orbiting it. This chapter gives a brief overview of stellar rotation before describing the methods used to measur... Read More about Rotation of Planet-Hosting Stars.

From a Long Way Away: New York and London in The Clash's 'Red Angel Dragnet' (2017)
Book Chapter
Peacock, J. (2017). From a Long Way Away: New York and London in The Clash's 'Red Angel Dragnet'.

Spain and renewable energy promotion. Europeanization upside down. (2017)
Book Chapter
Solario, I., & Fernandez, R. (2017). Spain and renewable energy promotion. Europeanization upside down. In A Guide to EU Renewable Energy Policy. Comparing Europeanization and domestic policy change in EU member states (141–161). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781783471560.00018

Spain’s renewable energy policy can be traced back to the 1970s, with the first legislation outlining a specific support scheme for renewable electricity issued early in the following decade. From then onwards Spain became a European forerunner in th... Read More about Spain and renewable energy promotion. Europeanization upside down..

Compass Orientation (2017)
Book Chapter
Kishkinev, D. (2017). Compass Orientation. . Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47829-6_877-1

Compass orientation, in zoology, is the ability of animals to choose and maintain a particular direction using natural cues. Compass orientation should be contrasted with navigation. The latter is a behavior of higher complexity when an animal first... Read More about Compass Orientation.

The Role of the Visual in the Restoration of Social Order (2017)
Book Chapter
Kearon, T. (2017). The Role of the Visual in the Restoration of Social Order. In Routledge International Handbook of Visual Criminology (255-267). Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315713281-20

This chapter takes as its central theme the processes of re-imposition of social order in the aftermath of a series of high-profile riots that occurred in several English cities in 2011. The focus here is not on the possible motivations of the rioter... Read More about The Role of the Visual in the Restoration of Social Order.

Dockworkers’ Resistance and Union Reform within China’s Globalised Seaport Industry (2017)
Book Chapter
Cao, X., & Meng, Q. (2017). Dockworkers’ Resistance and Union Reform within China’s Globalised Seaport Industry. In Chinese Labour in the Global Economy (13). Taylor and Francis

This study examines the prominent 2013 Yantian dock strike in China and analyses the main factors contributing to the dockers’ successful campaign. It finds that the dockers’ capacity to take strike action mainly derives from their bargaining power,... Read More about Dockworkers’ Resistance and Union Reform within China’s Globalised Seaport Industry.

Reporting Statistical Validity and Model Complexity in Machine Learning based Computational Studies (2017)
Book Chapter
(2017). Reporting Statistical Validity and Model Complexity in Machine Learning based Computational Studies. In EASE '17: Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering (EASE'17) (128-133). https://doi.org/10.1145/3084226.3084283

Background:: Statistical validity and model complexity are both important concepts to enhanced understanding and correctness assessment of computational models. However, information about these are often missing from publications applying machine lea... Read More about Reporting Statistical Validity and Model Complexity in Machine Learning based Computational Studies.

Politics, Pastiche, Parody and Polemics: The DIY Educational Inspiration of the Clash (2017)
Book Chapter
(2017). Politics, Pastiche, Parody and Polemics: The DIY Educational Inspiration of the Clash. In The Clash takes on the World: Transnational Perspectives on The Only Band That Matters

The Clash, for many of us growing up in the 1970s outwith the metropolitan dominance of London, offered if not the only at least the most consistent and concerted experience of the explicit politics of punk, as well as a critical transnational and mu... Read More about Politics, Pastiche, Parody and Polemics: The DIY Educational Inspiration of the Clash.

12. The Challenge of the Environment, Energy, and Climate Change (2017)
Book Chapter
Vogler, J. (2017). 12. The Challenge of the Environment, Energy, and Climate Change. In International Relations and the European Union (3rd edn). Oxford University Press (OUP). https://doi.org/10.1093/hepl/9780198737322.003.0012

This chapter examines the European Union's external environmental policy, with particular emphasis on the challenge faced by the EU in exercising leadership in global environmental governance and in the development of the climate change regime. It fi... Read More about 12. The Challenge of the Environment, Energy, and Climate Change.