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Refining the Chronology of the Neolithic Settlement at Pool, Sanday, Orkney: Implications for the Emergence and Development of Grooved Ware

MacSween A, Hunter J, Sheridan A, Bond JM, Bronk Ramsey C, Reimer PJ, Bayliss A, Griffiths S & Whittle A (2015) Refining the Chronology of the Neolithic Settlement at Pool, Sanday, Orkney: Implications for the Emergence and Development of Grooved Ware. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society, 81, pp. 283-310. https://doi.org/10.1017/ppr.2015.12

Book Chapter

Urban aquaculture for resilient food systems

Bunting SW & Little DC (2015) Urban aquaculture for resilient food systems. In: de Zeeuw H & Drechsel P (eds.) Cities and Agriculture: Developing Resilient Urban Food Systems. Earthscan and Agriculture Series. Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 312-335. http://www.ruaf.org/publications/cities-and-agriculture-developing-resilient-urban-food-systems

Book Chapter

Validation of Decentralised Smart Contracts Through Game Theory and Formal Methods

Bigi G, Bracciali A, Meacci G & Tuosto E (2015) Validation of Decentralised Smart Contracts Through Game Theory and Formal Methods. In: Bodei C, Ferrari G & Priamo C (eds.) Programming Languages with Applications to Biology and Security: Essays Dedicated to Pierpaolo Degano on the Occasion of His 65th Birthday. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 9465. Cham, Switzerland: Springer, pp. 142-161. http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-25527-9_11

Research Report

A Risk Benefit Analysis of Mariculture as a means to Reduce the Impacts of Terrestrial Production of Food and Energy

Roberts CA, Newton R, Bostock J, Prescott S, Honey DJ, Telfer T, Walmsley SF, Little DC & Hull SC (2015) A Risk Benefit Analysis of Mariculture as a means to Reduce the Impacts of Terrestrial Production of Food and Energy. Scottish Aquaculture Research Forum; World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF) SARF Project Reports, SARF106. Scottish Aquaculture Research Forum. http://www.sarf.org.uk/cms-assets/documents/232492-618987.sarf106.pdf

Book Chapter

Vitamin E

Izquierdo MS & Betancor M (2015) Vitamin E. In: Lee C, Lim C, Gatlin ID & Webster C (eds.) Dietary Nutrients, Additives and Fish Health. Hoboken, NJ, USA: Wiley Blackwell, pp. 173-193. http://eu.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470962887.html

Conference Paper (published)

Haiku - a Scala combinator toolkit for semi-automated composition of metaheuristics

Attila Kocsis Z, Brownlee A, Swan J & Senington R (2015) Haiku - a Scala combinator toolkit for semi-automated composition of metaheuristics. In: Barros M & Labiche Y (eds.) Search-Based Software Engineering: 7th International Symposium, SSBSE 2015, Bergamo, Italy, September 5-7, 2015, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 9275. 7th International Symposium, SSBSE 2015, Bergamo, Italy, 05.09.2015-07.09.2015. Cham, Switzerland: Springer, pp. 125-140. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-22183-0_9

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Multi-dwelling Refurbishment Optimization: Problem Decomposition, Solution, and Trade-off Analysis

He M, Brownlee A, Wright JA & Taylor S (2015) Multi-dwelling Refurbishment Optimization: Problem Decomposition, Solution, and Trade-off Analysis. In: Proceedings of BS2015: 14th Conference of International Building Performance Simulation Association, Hyderabad, India, Dec. 7-9, 2015. 4th International Conference of the International Building Performance Simulation Association (BS2015), Hyderabad, India, 07.12.2015-09.12.2015. International Building Performance Simulation Association (IBPSA), pp. 2066-2072. http://www.ibpsa.org/proceedings/BS2015/p2364.pdf

Conference Paper (published)

A Multi-Objective Simulated Annealing for Bus Driver Rostering

Peng K, Shen Y & Li J (2015) A Multi-Objective Simulated Annealing for Bus Driver Rostering. In: Gong M, Pan L, Song T, Tang K & Zhang X (eds.) Bio-Inspired Computing -- Theories and Applications: 10th International Conference, BIC-TA 2015 Hefei, China, September 25-28, 2015, Proceedings. Communications in Computer and Information Science, 562. 2015 International Conference on Bio-inspired Computing: Theories and Applications (BIC-TA2015), Hefei, China, 25.09.2015-28.09.2015. Berlin: Springer, pp. 315-330. http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-662-49014-3_29; https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-49014-3_29

Technical Report

Status of Grauer’s Gorilla and Chimpanzees in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo: Historical and Current Distribution and Abundance

Plumptre AJ, Nixon S, Critchlow R, Vieilledent G, Nishuli R, Kirkby A, Williamson EA, Hall JS & Kujirakwinja D (2015) Status of Grauer’s Gorilla and Chimpanzees in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo: Historical and Current Distribution and Abundance. Arcus Foundation. Wildlife Conservation Society, Fauna & Flora International and Institut Congolais pour la Conservation de la Nature, New York. http://fscdn.wcs.org/2016/04/04/inbumeq9_Status_of_Grauers_gorilla_and_eastern_chimpanzee_Report_Final.pdf

Book Chapter

Palaeoenvironment

Bohncke S, Ashmore P & Tipping R (2015) Palaeoenvironment. In: Ashmore P (ed.) Calanais. SAIR (Scottish Archaeological Internet Reports). Edinburgh: Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.

Book Chapter

Relative sea-level change and experiencing the Droughduill Mound

Tipping R, Smith D, Jordan J & Buckoke A (2015) Relative sea-level change and experiencing the Droughduill Mound. In: Thomas J (ed.) A Neolithic Ceremonial Complex in Galloway: Excavations at Dunragit and Droughduil, 1999-2002. Oxford: Oxbow Books. http://www.oxbowbooks.com/oxbow/a-neolithic-ceremonial-complex-in-galloway.html

Conference Paper (published)

Empirical Evaluation of Pareto Efficient Multi-objective Regression Test Case Prioritisation

Epitropakis M, Yoo S, Harman M & Burke E (2015) Empirical Evaluation of Pareto Efficient Multi-objective Regression Test Case Prioritisation. In: International Symposium on Software Testing and Analysis (ISSTA'15). International Symposium on Software Testing and Analysis (ISSTA'15), Baltimore, MD, USA, 12.07.2015-17.07.2015. New York, NY, USA: ACM, pp. 234-245. https://doi.org/10.1145/2771783.2771788

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Archaeometallurgical studies on the slags of the Middle Bronze Age copper smelting site S1, Styria, Austria

Kraus S, Schröder C, Klemm S & Pernicka E (2015) Archaeometallurgical studies on the slags of the Middle Bronze Age copper smelting site S1, Styria, Austria. In: Hauptmann A & Modarressi-Tehrani D (eds.) Archaeometallurgy in Europe III: Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference Deutsches Bergbau-Museum Bochum. 3rd International Conference of Archaeometallurgy in Europe III, Bochum, Germany, 29.06.2011-01.07.2011. Bochum: Deutschen Bergbau-Museum, pp. 301-308.

Article

Efficacy of physical activity interventions in postnatal populations: Systematic review, meta-analysis and content coding of behaviour change techniques

Gilinsky A, Dale H, Robinson C, Hughes AR, McInnes R & Lavallee D (2015) Efficacy of physical activity interventions in postnatal populations: Systematic review, meta-analysis and content coding of behaviour change techniques. Health Psychology Review, 9 (2), pp. 244-263. https://doi.org/10.1080/17437199.2014.899059

Article

Dietary Linseed Oil Reduces Growth While Differentially Impacting LC-PUFA Synthesis and Accretion into Tissues in Eurasian Perch (Perca fluviatilis)

Geay F, Wenon D, Mellery J, Tinti E, Mandiki SNM, Tocher DR, Debier C, Larondelle Y & Kestemont P (2015) Dietary Linseed Oil Reduces Growth While Differentially Impacting LC-PUFA Synthesis and Accretion into Tissues in Eurasian Perch (Perca fluviatilis). Lipids, 50 (12), pp. 1219-1232. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11745-015-4079-8

Conference Paper (published)

Data Fusion of Remote-sensing and In-lake chlorophyll a Data Using Statistical Downscaling

Wilkie CJ, Scott EM, Miller C, Tyler AN, Hunter PD & Spyrakos E (2015) Data Fusion of Remote-sensing and In-lake chlorophyll a Data Using Statistical Downscaling. In: Procedia Environmental Sciences, volume 26. Spatial Statistics conference 2015, Avignon, France, 09.06.2015-12.06.2015. Elsevier BV, pp. 123-126. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proenv.2015.05.014

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Strategies for efficiently keeping local linked open data caches up-to-date

Dividino R, Gottron T & Scherp A (2015) Strategies for efficiently keeping local linked open data caches up-to-date. In: Simperl E, Arenas M, Corcho O, Strohmaier M, d'Aquin M, Srinivas K, Groth P, Dumontier M, Heflin J, Thirunarayan K & Staab S (eds.) The Semantic Web - ISWC 2015. ISWC 2015. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 9367. 14th International Semantic Web Conference, ISWC 2015, Bethlehem, PA, USA, 11.10.2015-15.10.2015. Cham, Switzerland: Springer Verlag, pp. 356-373. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25010-6_24

Conference Paper (published)

On-the-fly entity resolution from distributed social media sources for mobile search and exploration

Opitz B, Sztyler T, Jess M, Knip F, Bikar C, Pfister B & Scherp A (2015) On-the-fly entity resolution from distributed social media sources for mobile search and exploration. In: Roland M (ed.) Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia (MUM '15), volume 30-November-2015. 14th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia, Linz, Austria, 30.11.2015-02.12.2015. New York: ACM, pp. 14-24. https://doi.org/10.1145/2836041.2836043

Conference Paper (unpublished)

HuEvent 2015 chairs' welcome

Scherp A, Mezaris V, Ionescu B & De Natale F (2015) HuEvent 2015 chairs' welcome. 2nd ACM International Workshop on Human-centered Event Understanding from Multimedia, HuEvent 2015, Brisbane, 26.10.2015-30.10.2015. https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2815244

Conference Paper (published)

Influence of time on user profiling and recommending researchers in social media

Nishioka C, Große-Bölting G & Scherp A (2015) Influence of time on user profiling and recommending researchers in social media. In: Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Knowledge Technologies and Data-driven Business (i-KNOW '15), volume 21-22-October-2015. 15th International Conference on Knowledge Technologies and Data-driven Business, Graz, Austria, 21.10.2015-22.10.2015. New York: ACM, p. Article 9. https://doi.org/10.1145/2809563.2809601

Conference Paper (published)

About events, objects, and their relationships: Human-centered event understanding from multimedia

Scherp A, Mezaris V, Ionescu B & De Natale F (2015) About events, objects, and their relationships: Human-centered event understanding from multimedia. In: Proceedings of the 23rd ACM international conference on Multimedia (MM '15). 23rd ACM international conference on Multimedia, Brisbane, Australia, 26.10.2015-30.10.2015. New York: ACM, pp. 1345-1346. https://doi.org/10.1145/2733373.2806413

Conference Paper (published)

A comparison of different strategies for automated semantic document annotation

Große-Bölting G, Nishioka C & Scherp A (2015) A comparison of different strategies for automated semantic document annotation. In: Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Knowledge Capture (K-Cap 2015). 8th International Conference on Knowledge Capture (K-Cap '15), Palisades, NY, USA, 07.10.2015-10.10.2015. New York: ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/2815833.2815838

Conference Paper (published)

Linked open data visualization with state hopper: Learning about Europe and its countries

Prange A, Windrich M, Grevismühl D, Böschen F & Scherp A (2015) Linked open data visualization with state hopper: Learning about Europe and its countries. In: Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Knowledge Capture (K-Cap 2015). 8th International Conference on Knowledge Capture (K-Cap 2015), Palisades, NY, USA, 07.10.2015-10.10.2015. New York: ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/2815833.2816952

Conference Paper (published)

Multi-oriented text extraction from information graphics

Böschen F & Scherp A (2015) Multi-oriented text extraction from information graphics. In: Proceedings of the 2015 ACM Symposium on Document Engineering (DocEng '15). 2015 ACM Symposium on Document Engineering, Lausanne, Switzerland, 08.09.2015-11.09.2015. New York: ACM, pp. 35-38. https://doi.org/10.1145/2682571.2797092

Conference Paper (published)

Formalization and preliminary evaluation of a pipeline for text extraction from infographics

Böschen F & Scherp A (2015) Formalization and preliminary evaluation of a pipeline for text extraction from infographics. In: Görg S, Bergmann R & Müller G (eds.) Proceedings of the LWA 2015 Workshops: KDML, FGWM, IR, and FGDB, volume 1458. CEUR Workshop Proceedings, 1458. LWA 2015 Workshops: KDML, FGWM, IR, FGD, Trier, Germany, 07.10.2015-09.10.2015. Aachen, Germany: CEUR Workshop Proceedings, pp. 20-31. http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-1458/D03_CRC13_Boeschen.pdf

Conference Paper (published)

Social media in journalistic inquiry - Requirements for a search system incorporating journalistic quality criteria

Kilian T, Scherp A & Hammes E (2015) Social media in journalistic inquiry - Requirements for a search system incorporating journalistic quality criteria. In: ECIS 2015 Completed Research Papers, volume 2015-May. 23rd European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS 2015), Munster, Germany, 26.05.2015-29.05.2015. Atlanta, Georgia: Association for Information Systems. http://www.ecis2015.eu/conference/program.html

Conference Paper (published)

Generic process for extracting user profiles from social media using hierarchical knowledge bases

Große-Bölting G, Nishioka C & Scherp A (2015) Generic process for extracting user profiles from social media using hierarchical knowledge bases. In: Proceedings of the 2015 IEEE 9th International Conference on Semantic Computing. 2015 IEEE 9th International Conference on Semantic Computing (IEEE ICSC 2015), Anaheim, CA, USA, 07.02.2015-09.02.2015. Piscataway, NJ, USA: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, pp. 197-200. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICOSC.2015.7050806

Edited Proceedings

Similarity search and applications: 8th International Conference, SISAP 2015 Glasgow, UK, October 12-14, 2015 Proceedings

Amato G, Connor R, Falchi F & Gennaro C (eds.) (2015) Similarity search and applications: 8th International Conference, SISAP 2015 Glasgow, UK, October 12-14, 2015 Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 9371. Similarity Search and Applications: 8th International Conference, SISAP 2015, Glasgow, 12.10.2015-14.10.2015. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25087-8

Conference Abstract

A ladder logic model to inform the design of incentive interventions for breastfeeding

Hoddinott P, Morgan H, Thomson G, Crossland N & Dombrowski SU (2015) A ladder logic model to inform the design of incentive interventions for breastfeeding. Nutrition and Nurture in Infancy and Childhood Conference, Grange-over-Sands, 10/06/2015 - 12/06/2015. Maternal and Child Nutrition, 11 (Supplement S2), pp. 63-64. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mcn.12238/epdf

Article

Third Report on Chicken Genes and Chromosomes 2015

Schmid M, Smith J, Burt DW, Aken BL, Antin PB, Archibald AL, Ashwell C, Blackshear PJ, Boschiero C, Brown CT, Burgess SC, Cheng HH, Chow W, Coble DJ, Cooksey A, Crooijmans RP, Damas J, Davis RV, de Koning D, Delany ME, Derrien T, Desta TT, Dunn IC, Dunn M, Ellegren H, Eöry L, Erb I, Farré M, Fasold M, Fleming D, Flicek P, Fowler KE, Frésard L, Froman DP, Garceau V, Gardner PP, Gheyas AA, Griffin DK, Groenen MA, Haaf T, Hanotte O, Hart A, Häsler J, Hedges SB, Hertel J, Howe K, Hubbard A, Hume DA, Kaiser P, Kedra D, Kemp SJ, Klopp C, Kniel KE, Kuo R, Lagarrigue S, Lamont SJ, Larkin DM, Lawal RA, Markland SM, McCarthy F, McCormack HA, McPherson MC, Motegi A, Muljo SA, Münsterberg A, Nag R, Nanda I, Neuberger M, Nitsche A, Notredame C, Noyes H, O'Connor R, O'Hare EA, Oler AJ, Ommeh SC, Pais H, Persia M, Pitel F, Preeyanon L, Prieto Barja P, Pritchett EM, Rhoads DD, Robinson CM, Romanov MN, Rothschild M, Roux P, Schmidt CJ, Schneider A, Schwartz MG, Searle SM, Skinner MA, Smith CA, Stadler PF, Steeves TE, Steinlein C, Sun L, Takata M, Ulitsky I, Wang Q, Wang Y, Warren WC, Wood JM, Wragg D & Zhou H (2015) Third Report on Chicken Genes and Chromosomes 2015. Cytogenetic and Genome Research, 145 (2), pp. 78-179. https://doi.org/10.1159/000430927

Article

Increased seawater temperature increases the abundance and alters the structure of natural Vibrio populations associated with the coral Pocillopora damicornis

Tout J, Siboni N, Messer LF, Garren M, Stocker R, Webster NS, Ralph PJ & Seymour JR (2015) Increased seawater temperature increases the abundance and alters the structure of natural Vibrio populations associated with the coral Pocillopora damicornis. Frontiers in Microbiology, 6, Art. No.: 432. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2015.00432

Article

Exploratory analysis of dietary intake and brain iron accumulation detected using magnetic resonance imaging in older individuals: the Lothian Birth cohort 1936

Valdes-Hernandez MdC, Allan J, Glatz A, Kyle J, Corley J, Brett CE, Munoz-Maniega S, Royle NA, Bastin ME, Starr JM, Deary IJ & Wardlaw JM (2015) Exploratory analysis of dietary intake and brain iron accumulation detected using magnetic resonance imaging in older individuals: the Lothian Birth cohort 1936. Journal of Nutrition, Health & Aging, 19, pp. 64--69. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12603-014-0523-3

Website Content

Okapia johnstoni

Mallon DP, Kümpel NF, Quinn A, Shurter S, Lukas J, Hart J, Mapilanga J, Beyers RL & Maisels F (2015) Okapia johnstoni. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species [IUCN website] 2015. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T15188A51140517.en

Book Chapter

Implementing a National Scottish Digital Health & Wellbeing Service at Scale: A Qualitative Study of Stakeholders' Views

Agbakoba R, McGee-Lennon M, Bouamrane M, Watson N & Mair F (2015) Implementing a National Scottish Digital Health & Wellbeing Service at Scale: A Qualitative Study of Stakeholders' Views. In: Sarkar IN, Georgiou A & Mazzoncini de Azevedo Marques P (eds.) MEDINFO 2015: eHealth-enabled Health. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, Volume 216. IOS Press, pp. 487 - 491. https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-61499-564-7-487

Book Chapter

Engaging in large-scale digital health technologies and services. What factors hinder recruitment?

O'Connor S, Mair FS, McGee-Lennon M, Bouamrane M & O'Donnell K (2015) Engaging in large-scale digital health technologies and services. What factors hinder recruitment?. In: Cornet R, Stoicu-Tivadar L, Horbst A, Parra Calderon CL, Andersen SK & Hercigonja M (eds.) Digital Healthcare Empowering Europeans. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, vol 210. IOS Press, pp. 306 - 310. https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-61499-512-8-306

Conference Paper (published)

Deleting Edges to Restrict the Size of an Epidemic: A New Application for Treewidth

Enright J & Meeks K (2015) Deleting Edges to Restrict the Size of an Epidemic: A New Application for Treewidth. In: Lu Z, Kim D, Wu W, Li W & Du D-Z D (eds.) Combinatorial Optimization and Applications: 9th International Conference, COCOA 2015, Houston, TX, USA, December 18-20, 2015, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 0302-9743. Combinatorial Optimization and Applications - 9th International Conference, Houston, Texas, 18.12.2015-20.12.2015. Cham, Switzerland: Springer, pp. 574-585. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26626-8_42

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Marginal efficiencies of long chain-polyunsaturated fatty acid use by barramundi (Lates calcarifer) when fed diets with varying blends of fish oil and poultry fat

Salini MJ, Irvin S, Bourne N, Blyth D, Cheers S, Habilay N & Glencross B (2015) Marginal efficiencies of long chain-polyunsaturated fatty acid use by barramundi (Lates calcarifer) when fed diets with varying blends of fish oil and poultry fat. Aquaculture, 449, pp. 48-57. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2015.02.027

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Pathogen disgust sensitivity and resource scarcity are associated with mate preference for different waist-to-hip ratios, shoulder-to-hip ratios, and body mass index

Lee AJ, Brooks RC, Potter KJ & Zietsch BP (2015) Pathogen disgust sensitivity and resource scarcity are associated with mate preference for different waist-to-hip ratios, shoulder-to-hip ratios, and body mass index. Evolution and Human Behavior, 36 (6), pp. 480-488. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2015.07.002

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Investigating the underlying mechanisms of temperature-related skin diseases in Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L., as measured by quantitative histology, skin transcriptomics and composition

Jensen L, Boltana S, Obach A, McGurk C, Waagbo R & MacKenzie S (2015) Investigating the underlying mechanisms of temperature-related skin diseases in Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L., as measured by quantitative histology, skin transcriptomics and composition. Journal of Fish Diseases, 38 (11), pp. 977-992. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfd.12314