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Papers from 2018

Can firm-specific dividend drop-off ratios be used to infer shareholder marginal tax rates?, Andrew B. Ainsworth, Adrian Lee, and Terry S. Walter

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Muslim youth and consumerism: a study of Islamic street wear, Imene Ajala

Health-promoting leadership: An integrative review and future research agenda, Kristin Akerjordet, Trude Furunes, and Annie I. Haver

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A simulation study of BrachyShade, a shadow-based internal source tracking system for HDR prostate brachytherapy, Roumani Alabd, Mitra Safavi-Naeini, Keenan Wilson, Anatoly B. Rosenfeld, and Daniel R. Franklin

Characterization of Voltage Dips and Swells in a DG Embedded Distribution Network During and Subsequent to Islanding Process and Grid Reconnection, Mollah R. Alam, Kashem M. Muttaqi, and Abdesselam Bouzerdoum

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Arab-migrant Cancer Survivors' Experiences of Using Health-care Interpreters: A Qualitative Study, Ibrahim M. Alananzeh, Lucie Ramjan, Cannas Kwok, Janelle V. Levesque, and Bronwyn Everett

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The effect of amorphous TiO2 in P25 on dye-sensitized solar cell performance, Kadhim Al-Attafi, Andrew Nattestad, Qijie Wu, Yusuke Ide, Yusuke Yamauchi, Shi Xue Dou, and Jung Ho Kim

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Why do I think my team is capable? A study of some antecedents of team members' personal collective efficacy beliefs, Seyyed B. Alavi and John McCormick

Semidefinite programming solution of economic dispatch problem with non-smooth, non-convex cost functions, K Alawode, Abimbola Jubril, L Kehinde, and Philip O. Ogunbona

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Mechanisms of stabilization of expansive soil with lignosulfonate admixture, Dennis Pere Alazigha, Buddhima Indraratna, J S. Vinod, and Ana Heitor

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Effects of fly ash characteristics on the mix proportion of the fly ash based geopolymer concrete, Mustafa Sameer Abdulkareem Al-Azzawi

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Factors Affecting the Bond Strength Between the Fly Ash-based Geopolymer Concrete and Steel Reinforcement, Mustafa Sameer Abdulkareem Al-azzawi, Tao Yu, and Muhammad N. S Hadi

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The Effect of Goal Alignment, Commitment to Networking and Decision-Making on Supply Chain Effectiveness: An Empirical Study, Dalal Yousuf Albishri

Learning Planning Model for Semantic Process Compensation, Ahmad Alelaimat, Metta Santipuri, Yingzhi Gou, and Aditya K. Ghose

Feedback control for a diffusive delay logistic equation: Semi-analytical solutions, Hassan Alfifi and Timothy R. Marchant

Degradation and fate of pharmaceutically active compounds by ozonation, UV photolysis, UV/H2O2, and enzymatic treatments and toxicological assessment of their transformation products, Sultan Khalaf Alharbi

Pre-treatment verification of lung SBRT VMAT plans with delivery errors: Toward a better understanding of the gamma index analysis, Thahabah Alharthi, Elise M. Pogson, Sankar Arumugam, Lois C. Holloway, and David Thwaites

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Effect of Geogrid Reinforcement on the Flexural Behaviour of Concrete Pavements, Abbas Sahib Abd-Ali Al-Hedad and Muhammad N. S Hadi

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Axial Load-Axial Deformation Behaviour of SCC Columns Reinforced with Steel Tubes, Faez Alhussainy, M Neaz Sheikh, and Muhammad N. S Hadi

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Behaviour of small-diameter self-compacting concrete-filled steel tubes, Faez Alhussainy, M Neaz Sheikh, and Muhammad N. S Hadi

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Softer is Harder: What Differentiates Soft Robotics from Hard Robotics?, Gursel Alici

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Modeling and Experimental Evaluation of Bending Behavior of Soft Pneumatic Actuators Made of Discrete Actuation Chambers, Gursel Alici, Taylor Canty, Rahim Mutlu, Weiping Hu, and Vitor Sencadas

Parametric study on cement treated aggregate panel under impact load, Saima Ali, Xuemei Liu, David P. Thambiratnam, Sabrina Fawzia, Yuantong Gu, Jun Wu, and Alex M. Remennikov

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Does corporate governance quality affect default risk? The role of growth opportunities and stock liquidity, Searat Ali, Benjamin Liu, and Jen Je Su

Thermomechanical simulation of white etching layer formation on rail steel, Ali Al-Juboori, Hui Jun Li, Alan K. Hellier, Hongtao Zhu, Lei Chen, David Wexler, Cheng Lu, J McLeod, and S Pannila

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Controlled synthesis of mesoporous nitrogen-doped carbons with highly ordered two-dimensional hexagonal mesostructures and their chemical activation, Abeer Enaiet Allah, Haibo Tan, Xingtao Xu, Ahmed Farghali, Mohamed Khedr, Abdulmohsen Alshehri, Yoshio Bando, Nanjundan Kumar, and Yusuke Yamauchi

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Application of a 10 week coaching program designed to facilitate volitional personality change: Overall effects on personality and the impact of targeting, Jonathan Allan, Peter R. Leeson, Filip De Fruyt, and Lesley S. Martin

Change in adolescent mental health between age 12 and 14 predicts sexual activity and sexual orientation at age 14, Mark S. Allen

Sexual Activity and Cognitive Decline in Older Adults, Mark S. Allen

Body image mediates an association between personality and mental health, Mark S. Allen and Serena Celestino

A 10-year prospective study of personality and reproductive success: Testing the mediating role of healthy living, Mark S. Allen and Davina Robson

Personality and the subjective experience of body mass in Australian adults, Mark S. Allen, Stewart A. Vella, Christian F. Swann, and Sylvain Laborde

Personality stability and change between age 12 and 14 predicts relationships, sexual activity and same-sex sexual attraction at age 14, Mark S. Allen and Emma E. Walter

Health-Related Lifestyle Factors and Sexual Dysfunction: A Meta-Analysis of Population-Based Research, Mark S. Allen and Emma E. Walter

Linking Big Five Personality Traits to Sexuality and Sexual Health: A Meta-Analytic Review, Mark S. Allen and Emma E. Walter

Mid-latitude trans-Pacific reconstructions and comparisons of coupled glacial/interglacial climate cycles based on soil stratigraphy of cover-beds, Brent V. Alloway, Peter C. Almond, Patricio Moreno, E Sagredo, M R. Kaplan, Peter W. Kubik, and P Tonkin

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A Figure of Merit Approach to Quantifying Dye Degradation in Film Based Reactors, Atheer Hadi Abed Al-Musawi

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Psychometric testing of the mental health inventory in an Arabian context: Cross-cultural validation study, Abbas S. Al Mutair, Mohammed Al Mohaini, Ritin S. Fernandez, Lorna Moxham, Samuel Lapkin, and Wilma ten Ham-Baloyi

Technical Note: Penumbral width trimming in solid lung dose profiles for 0.9 and 1.5 T MRI-Linac prototypes, Sarah Alnaghy, Jarrad Begg, Trent Causer, Thahabah Alharthi, Laura Glaubes, Bin Dong, Armia George, Lois C. Holloway, and Peter E. Metcalfe

An assessment of anthropogenic and climatic stressors on estuaries using a spatio-temporal GIS-modelling approach for sustainability: Towamba estuary, southeastern Australia, Ali Kareem Mohammed Al-Nasrawi, Sarah Hamylton, and Brian G. Jones

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Geoinformatics vulnerability predictions of coastal ecosystems to sea-level rise in southeastern Australia, Ali K. Al-Nasrawi, Sarah Hamylton, Brian G. Jones, Carl A. Hopley, and Yasir M. Alyazichi

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Geoinformatic analysis of vegetation and climate change on intertidal sedimentary landforms in southeastern Australian estuaries from 1975-2015, Ali K. Al-Nasrawi, Sarah Hamylton, Brian G. Jones, and Ameen Kadhim

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A High-Throughput Method for the Analysis of Erythrocyte Fatty Acids and the Omega-3 Index, Ayedh Alqarni, Kiara Mcintyre, Simon H. J Brown, Barbara J. Meyer, and Todd W. Mitchell

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Investigation of alteration in erythrocyte lipids in people at ultra high risk of developing psychosis, Ayedh Saad Alqarni

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Dosimetric effects of brass mesh bolus on skin dose and dose at depth for postmastectomy chest wall irradiation, Zakiya Al-Rahbi, Dean L. Cutajar, Peter E. Metcalfe, and Anatoly B. Rosenfeld

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Skin dosimetry studies in breast cancer treatment with MV X-ray, Zakiya Salem Al Rahbi

Detecting Malware Domains: A Cyber-Threat Alarm System, Khalifa AlRoum, Abdulhakim Alolama, Rami Kamel, May El Barachi, and Monther Aldwairi

NiFe2O4 nanoparticles coated on 3D graphene capsule as electrode for advanced energy storage applications, Shaymaa Al-Rubaye, Ranjusha Rajagopalan, Chandrasekhar Subramaniyam, Zhixin Tai, Jian Xian, Xiaolin Wang, Shi Xue Dou, and Zhenxiang Cheng

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The Impact of Ownership Structure and Dividends on Firm’s Performance: Evidence from Manufacturing Companies Listed on the Amman Stock Exchange, Mo'taz Amin Abdulhameed Al-Sa'eed

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Phenotypic and Functional Characterization of Peripheral Sensory Neurons derived from Human Embryonic Stem Cells, Abdullah J. Alshawaf, Serena Viventi, Wanzhi Qiu, Giovanna M. D'Abaco, Bryony A. Nayagam, Michael Erlichster, Gursharan Chana, Ian Everall, Jason Ivanusic, Efstratios Skafidas, and Mirella Dottori

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The development of artificial intelligence control systems for wireless capsule endoscopy enhancement, Qasim Hasan Mezher Al-Shebani

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"Characterization of ELEKTA SRS cone collimator using high spatial resolution monolithic silicon detector array", Khalsa Al shukaili, Stephanie Corde, Marco Petasecca, V Pereveratylo, Michael L. F Lerch, Michael A. Jackson, and Anatoly B. Rosenfeld

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Synergistic Amplification of Water Oxidation Catalysis on Pt by a Thin-Film Conducting Polymer Composite, Mohammed Alsultan, Sivakumar Balakrishnan, Jaecheol Choi, Rouhollah Jalili, Prerna Tiwari, Pawel W. Wagner, and Gerhard F. Swiegers

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Synergistic amplification of catalytic hydrogen generation by a thin-film conducting polymer composite, Mohammed Alsultan, Jaecheol Choi, Rouhollah Jalili, Pawel W. Wagner, and Gerhard F. Swiegers

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Amplified, Synergistic (Photo) Catalytic Water-Splitting by Thin- Film Conducting Polymer Composites, Mohammed Fathi Khaleel Alsultan

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Influence of Steel Fibres on the Behaviour of RPC Circular Columns Under Different Loading Conditions, Ahmed Al-Tikrite and Muhammad N. S Hadi

Stress-Strain Relationship of Unconfined RPC Reinforced with Steel Fibers under Compression, Ahmed Al-Tikrite and Muhammad N. S Hadi

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Enhanced UV-light detection based on ZnO nanowires/graphene oxide hybrid using cost-effective low temperature hydrothermal process, Tariq AlZoubi, Hamzeh Qutaish, Esraa Al-Shawwa, and Sameh Hamzawy

Field and laboratory evaluation of DGT for predicting metal bioaccumulation and toxicity in the freshwater bivalve Hyridella australis exposed to contaminated sediments, Elvio D. Amato, Chamani P. M Marasinghe Wadige, Anne M. Taylor, William A. Maher, Stuart L. Simpson, and Dianne F. Jolley

Measurement and validation of exercise induced fatigue through inertial motion analysis, Sina Ameli, Fazel Naghdy, David Stirling, Golshah Naghdy, Morteza Aghmesheh, Ryan Anthony, Peter L. McLennan, and Gregory E. Peoples

An Effective Structural Iterative Refinement Technique for Solving the Quadratic Assignment Problem, Mehrdad Amirghasemi and Reza Zamani

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An investigation of the effects of litigation and interrogation skills of forensic accounting on fraud risk valuations: an empirical study of government auditors in Dubai, United Arab Emirates., Abdulla Yaser Amiri

Small sample inference for probabilistic index models, Gustavo Amorim, Olivier Thas, Karel K. Vermeulen, Stijn Vansteelandt, and Jan De Neve

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Is provision of professional development by RNs to nursing students a choice?, Carina Anderson, Lorna Moxham, and Marc Broadbent

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The construction of a postgraduate student and supervisor support framework: Using stakeholder voices to promote effective postgraduate teaching and learning practice, Malcolm Anderson, Brett Mitchell, Maria Northcote Ass.Prof., Anthony Williams Prof., Kevin Petrie Dr., Kayle de Waal Dr., Janet Carton Dr., Catherine McLoughlin Ass.Prof., and Gina Lemke

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Detailed balance as a quantum-group symmetry of Kraus operators, Andreas Andersson

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Perinatal administration of phencyclidine alters expression of Lingo-1 signaling pathway proteins in the prefrontal cortex of juvenile and adult rats, Jessica L. Andrews, Kelly A. Newell, Natalie Matosin, Xu-Feng Huang, and Francesca Fernandez-Enright

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Freewheeling Democracy as an Impossible Figure in Jacques Derrida, Alberto Andronico

A school-based physical activity and motor development program for low-fit adolescent females: The Sport4Fun pilot randomized controlled trial, Jodie Andruschko, Anthony D. Okely, and Philip J. Pearson

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The use of time-averaged concentrations of metals to predict the toxicity of pulsed complex effluent exposures to a freshwater alga, Brad M. Angel, Kathryn Goodwyn, Dianne F. Jolley, and Stuart L. Simpson

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Automatic Segmentation of Brain Tissues in Functional MRI, Sui Paul Ang

The impact of auditory white noise on semantic priming, Anthony Angwin, Wayne Wilson, David Copland, Robert J. Barry, Grace Myatt, and Wendy Arnott

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Obesity, altered oxidative stress, and clinical correlates in chronic schizophrenia patients, Hui-Mei An, Xiangdong Du, Xingbing Huang, Lingyan Qi, Qiufang Jia, Guangzhong Yin, Chunling Xiao, Xu-Feng Huang, Yuping Ning, Ryan Cassidy, Li Wang, Jair C. Soares, and Xiang Yang Zhang

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Serum NCAM levels and cognitive deficits in first episode schizophrenia patients versus health controls, Hui-Mei An, Luping Zhou, Yinghua Yu, Hongzhen Fan, Fengmei Fan, Shu-Ping Tan, Zhi-Ren Wang, Zehra Boz, Jing Shi, Fu-De Yang, Xiang Yang Zhang, YunLong Tan, and Xu-Feng Huang

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Analyzing the Impact of Demonetization on the Indian Stock Market: Sectoral Evidence using GARCH Model, Patil Anoop, Narayan Parab, and Y. V. Reddy

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Physical cleaning techniques to control fouling during the pre-concentration of high suspended-solid content solutions for resource recovery by forward osmosis, Ashley Ansari, Faisal I. Hai, Tao He, William E. Price, and Long D. Nghiem

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Assessing the integration of forward osmosis and anaerobic digestion for simultaneous wastewater treatment and resource recovery, Ashley Ansari, Faisal I. Hai, William E. Price, Hao H. Ngo, Wenshan Guo, and Long D. Nghiem

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Is Technology for the Anthropocene an Impossibility? A Conversation about the Myko Project, Mark Antaki and Richard Janda

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Elevating the omega-3 index in older adults: a nutritional intervention to optimise cardiovascular and physical function during aging, Ryan Anthony

NXY-059, a Failed Stroke Neuroprotectant, Offers No Protection to Stem Cell-Derived Human Neurons, Ana Antonic, Mirella Dottori, Malcolm R. Macleod, Geoffrey Donnan, and David W. Howells

Investigating the Impact of Cyber-Attack on Load Profile of Home Energy Management System, Ugonna R. Anuebunwa, Haile-Selassie Rajamani, Prashant Pillai, and Oghenovo Okpako

Bending of CORC (R) cables and wires: finite element parametric study and experimental validation, V A. Anvar, K Ilin, K A. Yagotintsev, B Monachan, K B. Ashok, B A. Kortman, B Pellen, T J. Haugan, J D. Weiss, D C. van der Laan, R J. Thomas, M Jose Prakash, Md. Shahriar Al Hossain, and A Nijhuis

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Dispersive shock waves governed by the Whitham equation and their stability, Xin An, Timothy R. Marchant, and Noel F. Smyth

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Comparative Empirical Analysis of Financial Failures of Enterprises with Altman Z-Score and VIKOR Methods: BIST Food Sector Application, Mehmet Apan, Ahmet Öztel, and Mehmet İslamoğlu

Development and Characterization of a Sucrose Microneedle Neural Electrode Delivery System, Nicholas V. Apollo, Jonathan L. Jiang, Warwick Cheung, Sebastien Baquier, Alan Lai, Azadeh Mirebedini, Javad Foroughi, Gordon G. Wallace, Mohit N. Shivdasani, Steven Prawer, Shou Chen, Richard Williams, Mark J. Cook, David A. X Nayagam, and David J. Garrett

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Incongruent Selves in Social Media and Privacy law: Proposing a humanistic psychological intervention, Yvonne M. Apolo

A coupled chemo-mechanical model to study the effects of adhesive strength on the electrochemical performance of silicon electrodes for advanced lithium ion batteries, Williams Appiah, Joonam Park, Seoungwoo Byun, Inseong Cho, Attila J. Mozer, Myung-Hyun Ryou, and Yong Lee

Use of point of care outcomes data facilitates quality improvement in palliative care, Sarah Aranha, Claire E. Johnson, Jane F. Healey, Philippa M. Blackburn, Samuel F. Allingham, Ann Yeomanson, and Margaret Bird

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Graded Steinberg algebras and their representations, Pere Ara, Roozbeh Hazrat, Huanhuan Li, and Aidan Sims

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Recent advances in photonic dosimeters for medical radiation therapy, James Archer and Enbang Li

Synchrotron X-ray microbeam dosimetry with a 20 micrometre resolution scintillator fibre-optic dosimeter, James Archer, Enbang Li, Marco Petasecca, Andrew W. Stevenson, Jayde Livingstone, Andrew Dipuglia, Jeremy A. Davis, Anatoly B. Rosenfeld, and Michael L. F Lerch

A comparison of temporal Cherenkov separation techniques in pulsed signal scintillator dosimetry, James Archer, Levi Madden, Enbang Li, Martin G. Carolan, and Anatoly B. Rosenfeld

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Biological and geophysical feedbacks with fire in the Earth system, Sally Archibald, Caroline E. R Lehmann, C Belcher, William J. Bond, Ross A. Bradstock, A-L Daniau, K Dexter, E Forrestel, M Greve, T He, S I. Higgins, W Hoffmann, B B. Lamont, D J. McGlinn, G Moncrieff, C P. Osborne, Juli G. Pausas, Owen F. Price, B Ripley, B Rogers, D Schwilk, M Simon, M Turetsky, G R. Van Der Werf, and A E. Zanne

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Postural stability predicts the likelihood of cybersickness in active HMD-based virtual reality, Benjamin Arcioni, Stephen Palmisano, Deborah M. Apthorp, and Juno Kim

A novel control strategy to mitigate slow and fast fluctuations of the voltage profile at common coupling Point of rooftop solar PV unit with an integrated hybrid energy storage system, Prabha Ariyaratna, Kashem M. Muttaqi, and Danny Sutanto

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Have Asian airlines caught up with European Airlines? A by-production efficiency analysis, Amir Arjomandi, K Herve Dakpo, and Juergen Heinz Seufert

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Active Teaching Strategies and Student Engagement: A Comparison of Traditional and Non-traditional Business Students, Amir Arjomandi, Juergen Heinz Seufert, Martin J. O'Brien, and Sajid Anwar

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Supervision's 'Three Amigos': Exploring the Evolving Functions of Supervision and its Application in the Field of Coaching, Mike Armour

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On the scales of dynamic topography in whole-mantle convection models, Maelis R. Arnould, Nicolas Coltice, Nicolas Flament, V Seigneur, and R. Dietmar Muller

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The extent of mangrove change and potential for recovery following severe Tropical Cyclone Yasi, Hinchinbrook Island, Queensland, Australia, Emma Asbridge, Richard Lucas, Kerrylee Rogers, and Arnon Accad