Measuring tropical forest carbon allocation and cycling by Marthews, TR, Riutta, T, Oliveras Menor, I, Urrutia, R, Moore, S, Metcalfe, D, Malhi, Y, Phillips, O, Huaraca Huasco, W, Ruiz Jaén, M, Girardin, C, Butt, N, Cain, R, RAINFOR and GEM networks

“…<p>A RAINFOR-GEM field manual for intensive census plots (v3.0)</p> <p>A complete description of the field methods used across the RAINFOR-GEM network of forest census plots, including initial plot set-up and ongoing measurement of ecosystem carbon components including above-ground live biomass, litter, roots, woody debris and various forms of CO2 efflux. …”

China’s trapped transition reconsidered by Pei, M

“…<p>A response to the reflections on Minxin Pei's book, <em>China's trapped transition</em>.…”

Democracy, the courts and the making of public policy by Butt, D

“…Most will agree that there is value to policy outcomes possessing democratic legitimacy, but that this should not mean that the rights and interests of minorities are routinely ignored.</p> <p>A range of different answers to the legitimacy and justifiability of judicial policymaking have been advanced. …”

Courts and democracy: the production and reproduction of constitutional conflict by Resnik, J

“…<p>A brief foray into comparative and transnational law finds the debate about abortion in courts, legislatures, and intergovernmental bodies around the world.…”

Prioritising local environmental concerns : where there's the will, there's a way by Lucas, K, Fuller, S, Psaila, A, Thrush, D

“… <p>A review of what environmental issues most concern residents in regeneration areas.…”

Transport and access to health care : the potential of new information technology. Final Report by Brand, C, Raje, F, Preston, J, Grieco, M

“…<p>A key barrier to improved health and well-being is access to health services. …”

A computational justification for guessing attack formalisms by Newcomb, T, Lowe, G

“…The definition was formed by inspection of known guessing attacks.</p><p>A more intuitive definition might be formed as follows: a value is verifiable if there exists some computational process that can somehow recognise a correct guess over any other value.…”

Can courts be ‘trusted’ in national security crises? by Waxman, M

“…<p>A challenge for any democratic republic is to establish modes of governance that can effectively defeat or mitigate national security threats while also preserving freedoms and public accountability. …”

Environment and social justice : rapid research and evidence review by Lucas, K, Walker, G, Eames, M, Fay, H, Poustie, M

“… <p>The second of the Network's short projects and reviews looks at Environment and Social Justice, a key theme of the Government's sustainable development strategy.</p><br/> <p>A number of scoping studies, reviews and other research projects have recently been undertaken that deal with aspects of environmental equity and justice in the UK. …”

Evaluation of the Siblings Together Buddy Project by Sebba, J

“…</p> <h4>Methodology</h4> <p>A mixed methods approach was adopted involving interviews with young people, Buddies, foster carers (and residential home managers) and social workers. …”

The geographical distribution of Church schools in England by Gay, JD, Greenough, J

“…In all there are 51 maps.</p> <p>A brief commentary is also provided. The proportion of Church of England primary schools ranges widely from under 5% in Gateshead, Sunderland and seven of the London boroughs to 50% in Oxfordshire, Somerset and Wiltshire. …”

Council housing: Time to invest (now, more than ever), submission of evidence to the All Party Parliamentary Group for Council Housing by Dorling, D, Goulding, R, Gray, N, Hodkinson, S, Penny, J, Robbins, G, Smyth, S, Watt, P

“…These have not brought solutions to the scale of the UK&rsquo;s housing crisis, which continues to deepen.</p> <p>A lot has changed since 2010, and the pressures on council housing have only increased. …”

Categorical Tensor Network States by Biamonte, S, Jaksch, D

“…</p> <p> </p> <p>Blogs about this paper:</p> <p>(i) <a href='\"http://golem.ph.utexas.edu/category/2010/09/bimonoids_from_biproducts.html\"'>http://golem.ph.utexas.edu/category/2010/09/bimonoids_from_biproducts.html</a></p> <p>(ii) <a href='\"http://johncarlosbaez.wordpress.com/2010/09/29/jacob-biamonte-on-tensor-networks/\"'>http://johncarlosbaez.wordpress.com/2010/09/29/jacob-biamonte-on-tensor-networks/</a> </p> <p>Talks about this paper:</p> <p>(i) <a href='\"http://new.iqc.ca/news-events/calendar/generated/jacob-biamonte-2010-12-2\"'>http://new.iqc.ca/news-events/calendar/generated/jacob-biamonte-2010-12-2</a> (IQC, <span black;\"="" style='\"color:'>Institute for Quantum Computing<br/> University of Waterloo, Canada)</span></p> <p>Link to arXiv version:</p> <p>* <a href='\"http://arxiv.org/abs/1012.0531\"'>http://arxiv.org/abs/1012.0531</a></p>…”

Foreign Language Education: Unlocking Reading (FLEUR) - A study into the teaching of reading to beginner learners of French in secondary school by Woore, R, Graham, S, Porter, A, Courtney, L, Savory, C

“… <h4></h4> <p>A sense of making progress at the start of Year 7 is crucial to sustaining motivation and hence enabling further progress in Modern Foreign Languages (Graham, Courtney, Tonkyn &amp; Marinis, 2016). …”