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Cationic host defense peptides; novel antimicrobial therapeutics against Category A pathogens and emerging infections (2016)
Journal Article
Findlay, F., Proudfoot, L., Stevens, C., & Barlow, P. G. (2016). Cationic host defense peptides; novel antimicrobial therapeutics against Category A pathogens and emerging infections. Pathogens and Global Health, 110(4-5), 137-147. https://doi.org/10.1080/20477724.2016.1195036

Cationic Host Defense Peptides (HDP, also known as antimicrobial peptides) are crucial components of the innate immune system and possess broad-spectrum antibacterial, antiviral, and immunomodulatory activities. They can contribute to the rapid clear... Read More about Cationic host defense peptides; novel antimicrobial therapeutics against Category A pathogens and emerging infections.

Biomass and productivity of seagrasses in Africa (2016)
Journal Article
Githaiga, M. N., Gilpin, L., Kairo, J. G., & Huxham, M. (2016). Biomass and productivity of seagrasses in Africa. Botanica Marina, 59(2-3), 173-186. https://doi.org/10.1515/bot-2015-0075

There is growing interest in carbon stocks and flows in seagrass ecosystems, but recent global reviews suggest a paucity of studies from Africa. This paper reviews work on seagrass productivity, biomass and sediment carbon in Africa. Most work was co... Read More about Biomass and productivity of seagrasses in Africa.

The effects of dietary nitrate supplementation on the adaptations to sprint interval training in previously untrained males (2016)
Journal Article
Muggeridge, D. J., Sculthorpe, N., James, P. E., & Easton, C. (2017). The effects of dietary nitrate supplementation on the adaptations to sprint interval training in previously untrained males. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 20(1), 92-97. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsams.2016.04.014

OBJECTIVES: Dietary nitrate can improve repeated high-intensity and supramaximal exercise performance, although the effect on adaptations to training has received limited attention. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of dietary... Read More about The effects of dietary nitrate supplementation on the adaptations to sprint interval training in previously untrained males.

Health, Ethnicity and Diabetes: Racialised Constructions of 'Risky' South Asian Bodies (2016)
Book
Keval, H. (2016). Health, Ethnicity and Diabetes: Racialised Constructions of 'Risky' South Asian Bodies. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-45703-5

This book explores the often contentious relationship between health, concepts of race and ethnicity, and the impact on South Asian groups. Using medical sociological and anthropological perspectives, it excavates racialised constructions of diabetes... Read More about Health, Ethnicity and Diabetes: Racialised Constructions of 'Risky' South Asian Bodies.

Different dimensions of cognitive style in typical and atypical cognition: new evidence and a new measurement tool (2016)
Journal Article
Mealor, A. D., Simner, J., Rothen, N., Carmichael, D. A., & Ward, J. (2016). Different dimensions of cognitive style in typical and atypical cognition: new evidence and a new measurement tool. PLOS ONE, 11(5), Article e0155483. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0155483

We developed the Sussex Cognitive Styles Questionnaire (SCSQ) to investigate visual and verbal processing preferences and incorporate global/local processing orientations and systemising into a single, comprehensive measure. In Study 1 (N = 1542), fa... Read More about Different dimensions of cognitive style in typical and atypical cognition: new evidence and a new measurement tool.

Evidence of oxidative shielding of offspring in a wild mammal (2016)
Journal Article
Vitikainen, E. I. K., Cant, M. A., Sanderson, J. L., Mitchell, C., Nichols, H. J., Marshall, H. H., Thompson, F. J., Gilchrist, J. S., Hodge, S. J., Johnstone, R. A., & Blount, J. D. (2016). Evidence of oxidative shielding of offspring in a wild mammal. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 4, Article 58. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2016.00058

Oxidative damage has been proposed as a potential mechanism underlying a life history tradeoff between survival and reproduction. However, evidence that reproduction is associated with increased oxidative damage is equivocal, and some studies have fo... Read More about Evidence of oxidative shielding of offspring in a wild mammal.

The breeding ecology of the barn swallow Hirundo rustica gutturalis in South China (2016)
Journal Article
Pagani-Núñez, E., He, C., Li, B., Li, M., He, R., Jiang, A., & Goodale, E. (2016). The breeding ecology of the barn swallow Hirundo rustica gutturalis in South China. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 32(3), 260-263. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0266467416000201

Some animal species are found in many environments and over wide distributions and may have adaptations to live in such different areas. The barn swallow Hirundo rustica is an example of a species that is able to thrive over a large geographic range... Read More about The breeding ecology of the barn swallow Hirundo rustica gutturalis in South China.