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China’s Maritime Economic Development: A Review, the Future Trend, and Sustainability Implications (2018)
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To, W., & Lee, P. (2018). China’s Maritime Economic Development: A Review, the Future Trend, and Sustainability Implications. Sustainability, 10(12), 4844. https://doi.org/10.3390/su10124844

China has experienced unprecedented economic growth and structural change in the past decades. This paper reviews the development of China’s maritime economy for the period of 2002 to 2017. According to official data from China’s government, the tota... Read More about China’s Maritime Economic Development: A Review, the Future Trend, and Sustainability Implications.

The return of Citizenship?: An empirical assessment of legal integration in time of radical socio-legal transformation (2018)
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(2018). The return of Citizenship?: An empirical assessment of legal integration in time of radical socio-legal transformation. International Migration Review,

Intra-EU migrants have traditionally faced few pressures or incentives to formalise their 'permanent' residence or to naturalise in their EU host countries. Focusing on the United Kingdom and combining an analysis of secondary administrative data and... Read More about The return of Citizenship?: An empirical assessment of legal integration in time of radical socio-legal transformation.

A method to analyse velocity structure (2018)
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Arnold, B., Goodwin, S. P., & Goodwin, S. (2019). A method to analyse velocity structure. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 483(3), 3894-3909. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/sty3409

We present a new method of analysing and quantifying velocity structure in star forming regions suitable for the rapidly increasing quantity and quality of stellar position-velocity data. The method can be applied to data in any number of dimensions,... Read More about A method to analyse velocity structure.

A landscape perspective of Holocene organic carbon cycling in coastal SW Greenland lake-catchments (2018)
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Law, A. (2018). A landscape perspective of Holocene organic carbon cycling in coastal SW Greenland lake-catchments. Quaternary Science Reviews, 98 -108. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2018.09.006

Arctic organic carbon (OC) stores are substantial and have accumulated over millennia as a function of changes in climate and terrestrial vegetation. Arctic lakes are also important components of the regional C-cycle as they are sites of OC productio... Read More about A landscape perspective of Holocene organic carbon cycling in coastal SW Greenland lake-catchments.

Palynology and micropalaeontology of the Pliocene - Pleistocene transition in outcrop from the western Caspian Sea, Azerbaijan: Potential links with the Mediterranean, Black Sea and the Arctic Ocean? (2018)
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Austin, W., Cage, A., Wonders, A., Marret, F., Pinnington, C., Richards, K., …Stoica, M. (2018). Palynology and micropalaeontology of the Pliocene - Pleistocene transition in outcrop from the western Caspian Sea, Azerbaijan: Potential links with the Mediterranean, Black Sea and the Arctic Ocean?. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 119-143. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2018.07.018

New palynological, ostracod and foraminiferal data are presented from a long outcrop section in the Jeirankechmez river valley, Azerbaijan, near the western coast of the Caspian Sea. The interval studied includes the upper part of the Psliocene Produ... Read More about Palynology and micropalaeontology of the Pliocene - Pleistocene transition in outcrop from the western Caspian Sea, Azerbaijan: Potential links with the Mediterranean, Black Sea and the Arctic Ocean?.

On the relationship between K concentration, grain size and dose in feldspar (2018)
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(2018). On the relationship between K concentration, grain size and dose in feldspar. Radiation Measurements, 181-187. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radmeas.2018.06.003

Previous work has been unable to establish a relationship between K concentration and De in single-grains of feldspar. Here we use four well-bleached sediments with low external dose rate (typically =1.5 Gy ka-1) to investigate this relationship. Sin... Read More about On the relationship between K concentration, grain size and dose in feldspar.

Evidence for a southward autumn migration of nocturnal noctuid moths in central Europe. (2018)
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Dreyer, D., el Jundi, B., Kishkinev, D., Suchentrunk, C., Campostrini, L., Frost, B. J., …Warrant, E. J. (2018). Evidence for a southward autumn migration of nocturnal noctuid moths in central Europe. Journal of Experimental Biology, https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.179218

Insect migrations are spectacular natural events and resemble a remarkable relocation of biomass between two locations in space. Unlike the well-known migrations of daytime flying butterflies, such as the painted lady (Vanessa cardui) or the monarch... Read More about Evidence for a southward autumn migration of nocturnal noctuid moths in central Europe..

The value of an embedded qualitative study in a trial of a second antidepressant for people who had not responded to one antidepressant: understanding the perspectives of patients and general practitioners (2018)
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Chew-Graham, C., Shepherd, T., Burroughs, H., Dixon, K., & Kessler, D. (2018). The value of an embedded qualitative study in a trial of a second antidepressant for people who had not responded to one antidepressant: understanding the perspectives of patients and general practitioners. BMC Family Practice, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-018-0877-4

BACKGROUND: Depression is the leading cause of disability worldwide, and is a major contributor to the overall global burden of disease. The number of prescriptions for antidepressants has risen dramatically in recent years yet up to 50% of patients... Read More about The value of an embedded qualitative study in a trial of a second antidepressant for people who had not responded to one antidepressant: understanding the perspectives of patients and general practitioners.

The value of Supporter Liaison Officers (SLOs) in fan dialogue, conflict, governance and football crowd management in Sweden (2018)
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Stott. (2018). The value of Supporter Liaison Officers (SLOs) in fan dialogue, conflict, governance and football crowd management in Sweden. Soccer and Society, https://doi.org/10.1080/14660970.2018.1553777

Evidence of the value of increased supporter involvement in football governance is limited and existing work focuses primarily on the boardroom, rather than on managing problems associated with fan behaviour (e.g. violence, pyrotechnics). Moreover, r... Read More about The value of Supporter Liaison Officers (SLOs) in fan dialogue, conflict, governance and football crowd management in Sweden.

Association of Medication Intensity and Stages of Airflow Limitation With the Risk of Hospitalization or Death in Patients With Heart Failure and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (2018)
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Mamas. (2018). Association of Medication Intensity and Stages of Airflow Limitation With the Risk of Hospitalization or Death in Patients With Heart Failure and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Journal of the American Medical Association, https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2018.5489

IMPORTANCE In heart failure (HF), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) increases the risk of poor outcomes, but the effect of COPD severity is unknown. This information is important for early intervention tailored to the highest-risk groups.... Read More about Association of Medication Intensity and Stages of Airflow Limitation With the Risk of Hospitalization or Death in Patients With Heart Failure and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.

Auditory stimulation improves motor function and caretaker burden in children with cerebral palsy-A randomized double blind study (2018)
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(2018). Auditory stimulation improves motor function and caretaker burden in children with cerebral palsy-A randomized double blind study. PloS one, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0208792

Aim To investigate the impact of auditory stimulation on motor function in children with cerebral palsy (CP) and disabling hypertonia. Method 9 matched pairs (age: 7y5m, SD 4y1m; 13 boys; gross-motor-functional-classification-scale: median 4; manual-... Read More about Auditory stimulation improves motor function and caretaker burden in children with cerebral palsy-A randomized double blind study.

Factors affecting local regrowth after watch and wait for patients with a clinical complete response following chemoradiotherapy in rectal cancer (InterCoRe consortium): an individual participant data meta-analysis. (2018)
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(2018). Factors affecting local regrowth after watch and wait for patients with a clinical complete response following chemoradiotherapy in rectal cancer (InterCoRe consortium): an individual participant data meta-analysis. The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology, 825 - 836. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468-1253%2818%2930301-7

BACKGROUND: In patients with rectal cancer who achieve clinical complete response after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy, watch and wait is a novel management strategy with potential to avoid major surgery. Study-level meta-analyses have reported wide v... Read More about Factors affecting local regrowth after watch and wait for patients with a clinical complete response following chemoradiotherapy in rectal cancer (InterCoRe consortium): an individual participant data meta-analysis..

T Tauri stars in the SuperWASP and NSVS surveys (2018)
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Hambalek, L., Vanko, M., Paunzen, E., & Smalley, B. (2019). T Tauri stars in the SuperWASP and NSVS surveys. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 483(2), 1642 - 1654. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/sty3151

We present a study of the long-term optical variability of young T Tauri stars using previously unpublished data from the Super-Wide Angle Search for Planets (SuperWASP) project. Other publicly available photometry from the Northern Sky Variability S... Read More about T Tauri stars in the SuperWASP and NSVS surveys.

ERa PvuII and XbaI polymorphisms in postmenopausal women with posterior tibial tendon dysfunction: a case control study. (2018)
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(2018). ERa PvuII and XbaI polymorphisms in postmenopausal women with posterior tibial tendon dysfunction: a case control study. Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research, 316 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13018-018-1020-x

BACKGROUND: Posterior tibial tendon (PTT) insufficiency is considered as the main cause of adult acquired flat foot and is three times more frequent in females. High estrogen levels exert a positive effect on the overall collagen synthesis in tendons... Read More about ERa PvuII and XbaI polymorphisms in postmenopausal women with posterior tibial tendon dysfunction: a case control study..

The VMC Survey. XXXII. Pre-main-sequence populations in the Large Magellanic Cloud (2018)
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Van Loon, J., & Oliveira, J. (2018). The VMC Survey. XXXII. Pre-main-sequence populations in the Large Magellanic Cloud. Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series, https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833951

Context Detailed studies of intermediate- and low-mass pre-main-sequence (PMS) stars outside the Galaxy have so far been conducted only for small targeted regions harbouring known star formation complexes. The VISTA Survey of the Magellanic Clouds (... Read More about The VMC Survey. XXXII. Pre-main-sequence populations in the Large Magellanic Cloud.

Biocatalysis Using Immobilized Enzymes in Continuous Flow for the Synthesis of Fine Chemicals (2018)
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Thompson, M. P., Peñafiel, I., Cosgrove, S. C., & Turner, N. J. (2019). Biocatalysis Using Immobilized Enzymes in Continuous Flow for the Synthesis of Fine Chemicals. Organic Process Research and Development, 23(1), 9-18. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.oprd.8b00305

Biocatalysis has emerged as one of the most promising technologies to enable green synthesis of important chemicals, due to the ambient conditions generally applied for these reactions. Nonetheless, a general uptake of enzymatic transformations has b... Read More about Biocatalysis Using Immobilized Enzymes in Continuous Flow for the Synthesis of Fine Chemicals.

Deciphering the atmosphere of HAT-P-12b: solving discrepant results (2018)
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Alexoudi, X., Mallonn, M., von Essen, C., Turner, J., Keles, E., Southworth, J., …Strassmeier, K. (2018). Deciphering the atmosphere of HAT-P-12b: solving discrepant results. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 620, Article A142. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833691

Context. Two independent investigations of the atmosphere of the hot Jupiter HAT-P-12b by two different groups resulted in discrepant solutions. Using broad-band photometry from the ground, one study found a flat and featureless transmission spectrum... Read More about Deciphering the atmosphere of HAT-P-12b: solving discrepant results.

Characterisation of multiple conducting permeable objects in metal detection by polarizability tensors (2018)
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Ledger, P. D., Lionheart, W. R. B., & Amad, A. A. S. (2019). Characterisation of multiple conducting permeable objects in metal detection by polarizability tensors. Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences, 42(3), 830-860. https://doi.org/10.1002/mma.5387

Realistic applications in metal detection involve multiple inhomogeneous-conducting permeable objects, and the aim of this paper is to characterise such objects by polarizability tensors. We show that, for the eddy current model, the leading order te... Read More about Characterisation of multiple conducting permeable objects in metal detection by polarizability tensors.