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The response of soil microbial diversity and abundance to long-term application of biosolids (2017)
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Mossa, A., Dickinson, M. J., West, H. M., Young, S. D., & Crout, N. M. (2017). The response of soil microbial diversity and abundance to long-term application of biosolids. Environmental Pollution, 224, 16-25. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2017.02.056

The disposal of biosolids poses a major environmental and economic problem. Agricultural use is generally regarded as the best means of disposal. However, its impact on soil ecosystems remains uncertain. Biosolids can improve soil properties by suppl... Read More about The response of soil microbial diversity and abundance to long-term application of biosolids.

Does ethnofederalism explain the success of Indian federalism? (2017)
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Adeney, K. (2017). Does ethnofederalism explain the success of Indian federalism?. India Review, 16(1), 125-148. https://doi.org/10.1080/14736489.2017.1279933

Ethnofederalism has been contested as a solution for diverse societies as seen recently in Nepal (where federalism has been accepted, but the design and number of units remains heavily contested) and Myanmar (where ethnic minority demands for increas... Read More about Does ethnofederalism explain the success of Indian federalism?.

Motivation, resources and the organization of the school system (2017)
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Albornoz, F., Berlinski, S., & Cabrales, A. (2017). Motivation, resources and the organization of the school system. Journal of European Economic Association, 16(1), https://doi.org/10.1093/jeea/jvx001

This paper studies a model where student effort and talent interact with parental and teachers' investments, as well as with school system resources. The model is rich, yet sufficiently stylized to provide novel implications. It can show, for example... Read More about Motivation, resources and the organization of the school system.

Deep recurrent neural networks for supernovae classification (2017)
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Charnock, T., & Moss, A. (2017). Deep recurrent neural networks for supernovae classification. Astrophysical Journal, 837(2), https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/aa603d

We apply deep recurrent neural networks, which are capable of learning complex sequential information, to classify supernovae (code available at https://github.com/adammoss/supernovae). The observational time and filter fluxes are used as inputs to t... Read More about Deep recurrent neural networks for supernovae classification.

Global miRNA expression profiling of domestic cat livers following acute Toxoplasma gondii infection (2017)
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Cong, W., Zhang, X., He, J., Li, F., Elsheikha, H. M., & Zhu, X. (2017). Global miRNA expression profiling of domestic cat livers following acute Toxoplasma gondii infection. Oncotarget, 8(15), https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.16108

Although microRNAs (miRNAs) play an important role in liver homeostasis, the extent to which they can be altered by Toxoplasma gondii infection is unknown. Here, we utilized small RNA sequencing and bioinformatic analyses to characterize miRNA expres... Read More about Global miRNA expression profiling of domestic cat livers following acute Toxoplasma gondii infection.

Time-order errors in duration judgment are independent of spatial positioning (2017)
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Harrison, C., Binetti, N., Mareschal, I., & Johnston, A. (2017). Time-order errors in duration judgment are independent of spatial positioning. Frontiers in Psychology, 8, Article 340. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00340

Time-order errors (TOEs) occur when the discriminability between two stimuli are affected by the order in which they are presented. While TOEs have been studied since the 1860s, it is unknown whether the spatial properties of a stimulus will affect t... Read More about Time-order errors in duration judgment are independent of spatial positioning.

Everyday sadism, dark triad, personality and disgust sensitivity (2017)
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Meere, M., & Egan, V. (2017). Everyday sadism, dark triad, personality and disgust sensitivity. Personality and Individual Differences, 112, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2017.02.056

Research into dark personalities has advocated for the addition of sadism due to its close relationship with other dark traits (Book et al., 2016). Lower disgust for atavistic and animalistic tendencies may provide an objective marker of the greater... Read More about Everyday sadism, dark triad, personality and disgust sensitivity.

Improved estimators of extreme Wang distortion risk measures for very heavy-tailed distributions (2017)
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El Methni, J., & Stupfler, G. (2018). Improved estimators of extreme Wang distortion risk measures for very heavy-tailed distributions. Econometrics and Statistics, 6, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecosta.2017.03.002

A general way to study the extremes of a random variable is to consider the family of its Wang distortion risk measures. This class of risk measures encompasses several indicators such as the classical quantile/Value-at-Risk, the Tail-Value-at-Risk a... Read More about Improved estimators of extreme Wang distortion risk measures for very heavy-tailed distributions.

Job and worker turnover in German establishments (2017)
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Bellmann, L., Gerner, H., & Upward, R. (2018). Job and worker turnover in German establishments. Manchester School, 86(4), 417-445. https://doi.org/10.1111/manc.12187

We use a simple non-parametric regression approach to measure the relationship between employment growth, hirings and separations in a large panel of German establishments over the period 1993--2014. Although it is often claimed that firms in Europe... Read More about Job and worker turnover in German establishments.

Evaluation of deformation stability and fracture mechanism in incremental sheet forming (2017)
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Ai, S., Lu, B., Chen, J., Long, H., & Ou, H. (2017). Evaluation of deformation stability and fracture mechanism in incremental sheet forming. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 124-125, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2017.03.012

Incremental sheet forming (ISF) is a flexible process for rapid manufacturing of complex sheet metal parts. An advantage of ISF is the improved formability than traditional sheet forming processes such as stamping. A number of fundamental studies hav... Read More about Evaluation of deformation stability and fracture mechanism in incremental sheet forming.

Teachers’ appraisals of adjectives relating to mathematics tasks (2017)
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Foster, C., & Inglis, M. (2017). Teachers’ appraisals of adjectives relating to mathematics tasks. Educational Studies in Mathematics, 95(3), https://doi.org/10.1007/s10649-017-9750-y

Curricular implementations are unlikely to deliver the anticipated benefits for mathematics learners if written guidance to teachers is interpreted and enacted differently from the ways that policymakers and curriculum designers intend. One way in wh... Read More about Teachers’ appraisals of adjectives relating to mathematics tasks.

Office workers' perceived barriers and facilitators to taking regular micro-breaks at work: a diary-probed interview study (2017)
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Huang, Y., Benford, S., Hendrickx, H., Treloar, R., & Blake, H. (2017). Office workers' perceived barriers and facilitators to taking regular micro-breaks at work: a diary-probed interview study. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, 10171, 149-161. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55134-0_12

Research has suggested regular breaks in sedentary office work are im-portant for health, wellbeing and long-term productivity. Although many comput-erized break reminders exist, few are based on user needs and requirements as determined by formative... Read More about Office workers' perceived barriers and facilitators to taking regular micro-breaks at work: a diary-probed interview study.

Cannabidiol regulation of emotion and emotional memory processing: relevance for treating anxiety-related and substance abuse disorders (2017)
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Lee, J. L., Bertoglio, L. J., Guimaraes, F. S., & Stevenson, C. W. (in press). Cannabidiol regulation of emotion and emotional memory processing: relevance for treating anxiety-related and substance abuse disorders. British Journal of Pharmacology, https://doi.org/10.1111/bph.13724

Learning to associate cues or contexts with potential threats or rewards is adaptive and enhances survival. Both aversive and appetitive memories are therefore powerful drivers of behaviour, but the inappropriate expression of conditioned responding... Read More about Cannabidiol regulation of emotion and emotional memory processing: relevance for treating anxiety-related and substance abuse disorders.

Tailoring porosity and rotational dynamics in a series of octacarboxylate metal-organic frameworks (2017)
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Moreau, F., Kolokolov, D. L., Stepanov, A. G., Easun, T. L., Dailly, A., Lewis, W., …Schröder, M. (2017). Tailoring porosity and rotational dynamics in a series of octacarboxylate metal-organic frameworks. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 114(12), 3056-3061. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1615172114

Modulation and precise control of porosity of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are of critical importance to their materials function. Here we report the first modulation of porosity for a series of isoreticular octacarboxylate MOFs, denoted MFM-180 t... Read More about Tailoring porosity and rotational dynamics in a series of octacarboxylate metal-organic frameworks.

Multiboronic acid-conjugated chitosan scaffolds with glucose selectivity to insulin release (2017)
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Siddiqui, N. A., Billa, N., & Roberts, C. J. (in press). Multiboronic acid-conjugated chitosan scaffolds with glucose selectivity to insulin release. Journal of Biomaterials Science, Polymer Edition, 28(8), https://doi.org/10.1080/09205063.2017.1301774

The principal challenge for the use of boronic acids (BA) as glucose sensors is their lack of specificity for glucose. We examined the selectivity of and insulin release from two boronic acids- (2-formyl-3-thienylboronic acid (FTBA) and 4-formylpheny... Read More about Multiboronic acid-conjugated chitosan scaffolds with glucose selectivity to insulin release.

Task Workflow Design and its impact on performance and volunteers' subjective preference in Virtual Citizen Science (2017)
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Sprinks, J., Wardlaw, J., Houghton, R., Bamford, S., & Morley, J. (2017). Task Workflow Design and its impact on performance and volunteers' subjective preference in Virtual Citizen Science. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 104, 50-63. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhcs.2017.03.003

© 2017 The Authors Virtual citizen science platforms allow non-scientists to take part in scientific research across a range of disciplines. What they ask of volunteers varies considerably in terms of task type, variety, user judgement required and u... Read More about Task Workflow Design and its impact on performance and volunteers' subjective preference in Virtual Citizen Science.

Development of gene?based SSR markers in winged bean (Psophocarpus tetragonolobus (L.) DC.) for diversity assessment (2017)
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Wong, Q., Tanzi, A., Ho, W., Malla, S., Blythe, M., Karunaratne, A., …Mayes, S. (2017). Development of gene‐based SSR markers in winged bean (Psophocarpus tetragonolobus (L.) DC.) for diversity assessment. Genes, 8(3), Article 100. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes8030100

Winged bean (Psophocarpus tetragonolobus) is an herbaceous multipurpose legume grown in hot and humid countries as a pulse, vegetable (leaves and pods), or root tuber crop depending on local consumption preferences. In addition to its different nutri... Read More about Development of gene?based SSR markers in winged bean (Psophocarpus tetragonolobus (L.) DC.) for diversity assessment.

Sparse, continuous policy representations for uniform online bin packing via regression of interpolants (2017)
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Swan, J., Drake, J. H., Neumann, G., & Özcan, E. (2017). Sparse, continuous policy representations for uniform online bin packing via regression of interpolants. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, 10197, 189-200. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55453-2_13

Online bin packing is a classic optimisation problem, widely tackled by heuristic methods. In addition to human-designed heuristic packing policies (e.g. first- or best- fit), there has been interest over the last decade in the automatic generation o... Read More about Sparse, continuous policy representations for uniform online bin packing via regression of interpolants.

Comparing GABA-­dependent physiological measures of inhibition with proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy measurement of GABA using ultra-­high-­field MRI (2017)
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Dyke, K., Pépés, S. E., Chen, C., Kim, S., Sigurdsson, H. P., Draper, A., …Jackson, S. R. (2017). Comparing GABA-­dependent physiological measures of inhibition with proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy measurement of GABA using ultra-­high-­field MRI. NeuroImage, 152, 360-370. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2017.03.011

Imbalances in glutamatergic (excitatory) and GABA (inhibitory) signalling within key brain networks are thought to underlie many brain and mental health disorders, and for this reason there is considerable interest in investigating how individual var... Read More about Comparing GABA-­dependent physiological measures of inhibition with proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy measurement of GABA using ultra-­high-­field MRI.

Religiosity versus rationality: depositor behavior in Islamic and conventional banks (2017)
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Aysan, A. F., Disli, M., Duygun, M., & Ozturk, H. (2018). Religiosity versus rationality: depositor behavior in Islamic and conventional banks. Journal of Comparative Economics, 46(1), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jce.2017.03.001

This study investigates the behavioral aspects of Islamic bank depositors in a dual banking system. By categorizing depositors into groups based on the amount of their deposited funds, we estimate the responses of these groups to interest rate change... Read More about Religiosity versus rationality: depositor behavior in Islamic and conventional banks.