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Article English OPENDetecting industrial oil palm plantations on Landsat images with Google Earth Engine
Lee, JSH; Wich, SA; Widayati, A; Koh, LP;Oil palm plantations are rapidly expanding in the tropics, which leads to deforestation and other associated damages to biodiversity and ecosystem services. Forest researchers and practitioners in developing nations are in need of a low-cost, accessible and user-friendl... -
Article English OPENThe importance of donor population identity and habitat type when creating new populations of small Melampyrum sylvaticum from seed in Perthshire, Scotland
Dalrymple, SE; Broome, A;Small cow-wheat Melampyrum sylvaticum, a nationally scarce annual identified as a priority species in the UK Biodiversity Action Plan, was the focus of a translocation attempt aiming to establish new populations within the extent of its former Scottish range. Seeds were... -
Article English OPENDo cognitive training strategies improve motor and positive psychological skills development in soccer players? Insights from a systematic review
Slimani, M; Slimani, NL; Tod, DA; Dellal, A; Hue, O; Cheour, F; Taylor, L; Chamari, K;Soccer players are required to have well-developed physical, technical and cognitive abilities. The present systematic review, adhering to Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) guidelines, examined the effects of cognitive training ... -
Article English OPENLow Source/Drain Contact Resistance for AlGaN/GaN HEMTs with High Al Concentration and Si-HP [111] Substrate
Benbakhti, B; Duffy, SJ; Mattalah, M; Zhang, WD; Bouchilaoun, M; Boucherta, M; Kalna, K; Bourzgui, N; Maher, H; Soltani, A;An optimized fabrication process of ohmic contacts is proposed to reduce the source/drain access resistance (RC) and enhance DC/RF performance of AlGaN/GaN HEMTs with a high Al concentration. We show that source/drain RC can be considerably lowered by (i) optimally etch... -
Article English OPENInteroperability: maintaining clear superordinate goals, reducing task complexity, and optimizing team size to ensure inter-agency action implementation in critical incident decisions.
Alison, L; Power, N; Heuvel, C; Humann, M; Palasinski, M; Crego, J;This study demonstrates how naturalistic decision-making (NDM) can be usefully applied to study ‘decision inertia’ – Namely the cognitive process associated with failures to execute action when a decision-maker struggles to choose between equally perceived aversive outc... -
Article English OPENFear appeals used prior to a high-stakes examination: What makes them threatening?
Putwain, DW; Remedios, R;Prior to high-stakes examinations teachers use messages that focus on avoiding failure as a motivational strategy. Such messages, referred to as fear appeals, have been linked with negative outcomes. The strength of that link is determined by whether fear appeals are ap... -
Article English OPENThe context of the institutional teaching and learning conference: a ground-clearing exercise
Mistry, V;Institutional teaching and learning conferences are a significant part of the academic calendar in many UK universities. A simple ground-clearing exercise was undertaken to investigate the scale and scope of these events in the 2015/16 academic year. This study notes th... -
Article English OPENTwitter: What is it good for? Using social media to foster retention and learning for journalism students
Harrison, S;The issue of student engagement is one of the most crucial in HE, as it is intimately linked to both retention and learning. Previous studies have underlined the value of community in fostering engagement. This project draws on the concept of “ambient awareness” (exempl... -
Doctoral thesis English OPENAnalytical Quality Control in Shipping Operation Using Six Sigma Principles
Zhuohua, Qu;A large number of benefits achieved through the successful implementation of Six Sigma programmes in different industries have been documented. However, very little research has been conducted on their applications in the shipping sector, especially in the Onshore Servi... -
Article English OPENExecutive Working Memory Deficits in Abstinent Ecstasy/MDMA Users: A Critical Review
Murphy, PN; Wareing, M; Fisk, JE; Montgomery, C;Aims: This review examined studies of executive functioning in abstinent ecstasy (3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine, MDMA) users on tasks which had been empirically mapped onto updating, shifting, inhibition and accessing long-term memory executive processes. Studies of...