Publications

A randomised controlled trial examining the efficacy of smoking-related response inhibition training in smokers: a study protocol

Publication ID: pub.1108013106

Publication date: 03/11/2018

Keywords: Adolescent; Adult; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Inhibition, Psychological; Male; Middle Aged; Smokers; Smoking; Smoking Cessation; Smoking Prevention; Treatment Outcome; Victoria; Young Adult

BackgroundSmoking is one of the leading preventable causes of illness and premature death worldwide. Despite a variety of effective treatments, relapse rates remain high, and novel, innovative interventions are needed in order to reduce the global prevalence of smoking. Research has indicated that deficits in the ability to inhibit a response (referred to as response […]

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Ocean circulation, ice shelf, and sea ice interactions explain Dansgaard–Oeschger cycles

Publication ID: pub.1107969993

Publication date: 01/11/2018

Keywords: Bayesian Parameter Estimation; Greenland; Millenial Climate Variability; Nonlinear Climate Modeling; North Atlantic; North-south Seesaw

The last glacial interval experienced abrupt climatic changes called Dansgaard-Oeschger (DO) events. These events manifest themselves as rapid increases followed by slow decreases of oxygen isotope ratios in Greenland ice core records. Despite promising advances, a comprehensive theory of the DO cycles, with their repeated ups and downs of isotope ratios, is still lacking. Here, […]

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Rethinking Reproducibility as a Criterion for Research Quality

Publication ID: pub.1107434175

Publication date: 05/10/2018

Keywords: Data Practices; Epistemic Values; Experimentation; Open Science; Pluralism; Research Methods

A heated debate surrounds the significance of reproducibility as an indicator for research quality and reliability, with many commentators linking a “crisis of reproducibility” to the rise of fraudulent, careless, and unreliable practices of knowledge production. Through the analysis of discourse and practices across research fields, I point out that reproducibility is not only interpreted […]

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Widespread seasonal compensation effects of spring warming on northern plant productivity

Publication ID: pub.1107263163

Publication date: 03/10/2018

Keywords: Computer Simulation; Geographic Mapping; Global; Plant Development; Plant Physiological Phenomena; Plant Transpiration; Plants; Seasons; Temperature

Climate change is shifting the phenological cycles of plants1, thereby altering the functioning of ecosystems, which in turn induces feedbacks to the climate system2. In northern (north of 30° N) ecosystems, warmer springs lead generally to an earlier onset of the growing season3,4 and increased ecosystem productivity early in the season5. In situ6 and regional7–9 studies […]

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Spatio-temporal variations in the urban rhythm: the travelling waves of crime

Publication ID: pub.1106712556

Publication date: 26/09/2018

Keywords: Atlanta; Chicago; City Science; Complex Systems; Crime Science; Hartford; Kansas City; New York; Philadelphia; Portland; Raleigh; San Francisco; Santa Monica; Seattle; St Louis; Urban Activity; US

In the last decades, the notion that cities are in a state of equilibrium with a centralised organisation has given place to the viewpoint of cities in disequilibrium and organised from bottom to up. In this perspective, cities are evolving systems that exhibit emergent phenomena built from local decisions. While urban evolution promotes the emergence […]

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