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Durham Research Online (DRO) is the University’s Open Access repository for publications. The primary purpose of DRO is to provide open access to publications authored by staff and students affiliated with Durham University.

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A beginner's guide to crossing the road: towards an epistemology of successful action in complex systems (2024)
Journal Article
van der Merwe, R., & Broadbent, A. (2024). A beginner's guide to crossing the road: towards an epistemology of successful action in complex systems. Interdisciplinary Science Reviews, https://doi.org/10.1177/03080188241232777

Crossing the road within the traffic system is an example of an action human agents perform successfully day-to-day in complex systems. How do they perform such successful actions given that the behaviour of complex systems is often difficult to pred... Read More about A beginner's guide to crossing the road: towards an epistemology of successful action in complex systems.

The relative valuation of cash flow and current accruals affected by their extremity (2023)
Journal Article
Mostafa, W., & Dixon, R. (2024). The relative valuation of cash flow and current accruals affected by their extremity. Review of Accounting and Finance, 23(1), 59-79. https://doi.org/10.1108/raf-12-2022-0358

Purpose Recent studies on the securities market’s differential pricing of earnings components have shown that cash flow from operations is more highly valued than total accruals and that moderate cash flow from operations has higher valuation than e... Read More about The relative valuation of cash flow and current accruals affected by their extremity.

Interventions to prevent obesity in children aged 5 to 11 years old (2024)
Journal Article
Spiga, F., Davies, A. L., Tomlinson, E., Moore, T. H. M., Dawson, S., Breheny, K., …Summerbell, C. D. (2024). Interventions to prevent obesity in children aged 5 to 11 years old. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2024(5), Article CD015328. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.cd015328.pub2

Background Prevention of obesity in children is an international public health priority given the prevalence of the condition (and its significant impact on health, development and well-being). Interventions which aim to prevent obesity involve beha... Read More about Interventions to prevent obesity in children aged 5 to 11 years old.