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An open source toolkit for the tracking, termination and recovery of high altitude balloon flights and payloads (2019)
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Clark, P., Funk, M., Funk, B., Funk, T., Meadows, R., Brown, A., …Netterfield, C. (2019). An open source toolkit for the tracking, termination and recovery of high altitude balloon flights and payloads. Journal of Instrumentation, 14(04), Article P04003. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/14/04/p04003

We present an open source toolkit of flight-proven electronic devices which can be used to track, terminate and recover high altitude balloon flights and payloads. Comprising a beacon, pyrotechnic and non-pyrotechnic cut-down devices plus associated... Read More about An open source toolkit for the tracking, termination and recovery of high altitude balloon flights and payloads.

Identifying mechanisms of shore platform erosion using Structure-from-Motion (SfM) photogrammetry (2019)
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Swirad, Z., Rosser, N., & Brain, M. (2019). Identifying mechanisms of shore platform erosion using Structure-from-Motion (SfM) photogrammetry. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 44(8), 1542-1558. https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.4591

Shore platforms control wave energy transformation which, in turn, controls energy delivery to the cliff toe and nearshore sediment transport. Insight into shore platform erosion rates has conventionally been constrained at mm-scales using micro-eros... Read More about Identifying mechanisms of shore platform erosion using Structure-from-Motion (SfM) photogrammetry.

Controls on the geotechnical response of sedimentary rocks to weathering (2019)
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de Vilder, S., Brain, M., & Rosser, N. (2019). Controls on the geotechnical response of sedimentary rocks to weathering. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 44(10), 1910-1929. https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.4619

Weathering reduces the strength of rocks and so is a key control on the stability of rock slopes. Recent research suggests that the geotechnical response of rocks to weathering varies with ambient stress conditions resulting from overburden loading a... Read More about Controls on the geotechnical response of sedimentary rocks to weathering.

Strong and recurring seasonality revealed within stream diatom assemblages (2019)
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Snell, M., Barker, P., Surridge, B., Benskin, C. M. H., Barber, N., Reaney, S., …Haygarth, P. (2019). Strong and recurring seasonality revealed within stream diatom assemblages. Scientific Reports, 9(1), Article 3313. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-37831-w

Improving stream water quality in agricultural landscapes is an ecological priority and a legislative duty for many governments. Ecosystem health can be effectively characterised by organisms sensitive to water quality changes such as diatoms, single... Read More about Strong and recurring seasonality revealed within stream diatom assemblages.

High resolution characterisation of E. coli proliferation profiles in livestock faeces (2019)
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Porter, K. D., Quilliam, R. S., Reaney, S. M., & Oliver, D. M. (2019). High resolution characterisation of E. coli proliferation profiles in livestock faeces. Waste Management, 87, 537-545. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2019.02.037

Agricultural intensification can lead to high volumes of livestock faeces being applied to land, either as solid or liquid manures or via direct defecation, and can result in reservoirs of faecal indicator organisms (FIOs) persisting within farmland.... Read More about High resolution characterisation of E. coli proliferation profiles in livestock faeces.

Intertidal boulder-based wave hindcasting can underestimate wave size: Evidence from Yorkshire, UK (2019)
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Kennedy, D. M., Woods, J. L., Naylor, L. A., Hansom, J. D., & Rosser, N. J. (2019). Intertidal boulder-based wave hindcasting can underestimate wave size: Evidence from Yorkshire, UK. Marine Geology, 411, 98-106. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2019.02.002

Large boulder-size clasts can represent important archives of high energy erosional wave activity at the coast. From tropical coral reefs to high-latitude eroding cliffs, boulders have been used to hindcast the frequency and magnitude (height) of wav... Read More about Intertidal boulder-based wave hindcasting can underestimate wave size: Evidence from Yorkshire, UK.

Factors motivating the use of respiratory protection against volcanic ashfall : a comparative analysis of communities in Japan, Indonesia and Mexico (2019)
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Covey, J., Horwell, C., Rachmawati, L., Ogawa, R., Martin-del Pozzo, A., Armienta, M., …Dominelli, L. (2019). Factors motivating the use of respiratory protection against volcanic ashfall : a comparative analysis of communities in Japan, Indonesia and Mexico. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 35, Article 101066. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2019.101066

Communities living near active volcanoes may be exposed to respiratory hazards from volcanic ash. Understanding their perception of the risks and the actions they take to mitigate against those risks is important for developing effective communicatio... Read More about Factors motivating the use of respiratory protection against volcanic ashfall : a comparative analysis of communities in Japan, Indonesia and Mexico.

Knowledge protection in firms: A conceptual framework and evidence from HP Labs (2018)
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Elliot, K., Patacconi, A., Swierzbinski, J., & Williams, J. (2019). Knowledge protection in firms: A conceptual framework and evidence from HP Labs. European Management Review, 16(1), 179-193. https://doi.org/10.1111/emre.12336

This paper proposes a simple framework to examine organizational methods of knowledge protection. The framework highlights a basic trade‐off between improving decision‐making and innovation through communication and mitigating security risks by impos... Read More about Knowledge protection in firms: A conceptual framework and evidence from HP Labs.

Congestion management in protected areas: accounting for respondents’ inattention and preference heterogeneity in stated choice data (2018)
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Thiene, M., Franceschinis, C., & Scarpa, R. (2019). Congestion management in protected areas: accounting for respondents’ inattention and preference heterogeneity in stated choice data. European Review of Agricultural Economics, 46(5), 834-861. https://doi.org/10.1093/erae/jby041

Congestion levels in protected areas can be predicted by destination choice models estimated from choice data. There is growing evidence of subjects’ inattention to attributes in choice experiments. We estimate an attribute non-attendance latent clas... Read More about Congestion management in protected areas: accounting for respondents’ inattention and preference heterogeneity in stated choice data.

Ecosystem services' values and improved revenue collection for regional protected areas (2018)
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Masiero, M. F., C. Mattea, S. T., M., D. P., & D. *Scarpa, R. (2018). Ecosystem services' values and improved revenue collection for regional protected areas. Ecosystem Services, 34(A), 136-153. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2018.10.012

The management of conservation areas is a costly enterprise, especially vulnerable to budget cutting when austerity measures are being considered. Optimal spatial taxation dictates that tax-payers contribute proportionally to the benefits they receiv... Read More about Ecosystem services' values and improved revenue collection for regional protected areas.

Health Interventions in Volcanic Eruptions—Community Wearability Assessment of Respiratory Protection against Volcanic Ash from Mt Sinabung, Indonesia (2018)
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Galea, K., Covey, J., Mutia Timur, S., Horwell, C., Nugroho, F., & Mueller, W. (2018). Health Interventions in Volcanic Eruptions—Community Wearability Assessment of Respiratory Protection against Volcanic Ash from Mt Sinabung, Indonesia. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 15(11), Article 2359. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15112359

Inhalation of ash can be of great concern for affected communities, during and after volcanic eruptions. Governmental and humanitarian agencies recommend and distribute a variety of respiratory protection (RP), commonly surgical masks but, also, indu... Read More about Health Interventions in Volcanic Eruptions—Community Wearability Assessment of Respiratory Protection against Volcanic Ash from Mt Sinabung, Indonesia.