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The role of exercise and age on vitamin D metabolism (2019)
Thesis
Lithgow, H. The role of exercise and age on vitamin D metabolism. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2086373

A low vitamin D status (determined by 25(OH)D concentration) has been identified as an association risk factor in the aetiology of numerous chronic diseases, with older adults identified as generally more deficient than younger populations. Accumulat... Read More about The role of exercise and age on vitamin D metabolism.

Coriander yield decline: potential management options (2019)
Thesis
Jones, A. L. Coriander yield decline: potential management options. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2086260

Crop yield decline is increasingly associated with the intensive practices of modern agriculture. It affects a wide range of crops, including Coriander (Coriandrum sativum L.), the UK’s most economically important herb. The crop suffers from a partic... Read More about Coriander yield decline: potential management options.

The Effects of Inflammatory Bowel Disease Drugs on the Autophagy Pathway (2019)
Thesis
Hooper, K. The Effects of Inflammatory Bowel Disease Drugs on the Autophagy Pathway. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2070992

Crohn’s disease (CD), one of the main forms of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), is a complex disorder characterised by chronic inflammation of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. The aetiology of CD involves genetics and environmental factors that trig... Read More about The Effects of Inflammatory Bowel Disease Drugs on the Autophagy Pathway.

The role of the human cathelicidin LL-37 in rhinovirus infection (2019)
Thesis
Henderson Sousa, F. The role of the human cathelicidin LL-37 in rhinovirus infection. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2070903

Human rhinoviruses (HRVs) are the most common causes for symptomatic respiratory infections, and have been linked to severe respiratory conditions in children, and in immunocompromised and elderly individuals. Currently there are no specific treatmen... Read More about The role of the human cathelicidin LL-37 in rhinovirus infection.

Scottish Penal Reform since Devolution: Reflections and Prospects for Change (2019)
Digital Artefact
Morrison, K. (2019). Scottish Penal Reform since Devolution: Reflections and Prospects for Change. [Blog]

The 20th anniversary of the opening of the Scottish Parliament allows us to pause and reflect on the progress of penal reform in this time. While criminal justice was under the jurisdiction of Scottish administrative structures prior to devolution, t... Read More about Scottish Penal Reform since Devolution: Reflections and Prospects for Change.

Lead me to train better: Transformational leadership moderates the negative relationship between athlete personality and training behaviours. (2019)
Journal Article
Zhang, S., Beatie, S., Pitkethly, A., & Dempsey, C. (2019). Lead me to train better: Transformational leadership moderates the negative relationship between athlete personality and training behaviours. Sport Psychologist, 33(2), 119-128. https://doi.org/1

High-quality training environments are essential for athletic peak performance. However, recent research highlighted that athletes' personality characteristics could undermine effective training. The current set of studies aimed to examine whether sp... Read More about Lead me to train better: Transformational leadership moderates the negative relationship between athlete personality and training behaviours..

The criminalisation of coercive control (2019)
Report
Soliman, F. (2019). The criminalisation of coercive control. Northern Ireland Assembly Research and Information Service

This research paper outlines the different approaches taken to criminalise coercive control in the UK and in the Republic of Ireland. It also summarises the emphasis placed on coercive control by government-level strategy in each jurisdiction, and th... Read More about The criminalisation of coercive control.

Disambiguating serial effects of multiple timescales (2019)
Journal Article
Gekas, N., McDermott, K. C., & Mamassian, P. (2019). Disambiguating serial effects of multiple timescales. Journal of Vision, 19(6), Article 24. https://doi.org/10.1167/19.6.24

What has been previously experienced can systematically affect human perception in the present. We designed a novel psychophysical experiment to measure the perceptual effects of adapting to dynamically changing stimulus statistics. Observers are pre... Read More about Disambiguating serial effects of multiple timescales.

Genetic, phenotypic and ecological differentiation suggests incipient speciation in two Charadrius plovers along the Chinese coast (2019)
Journal Article
Wang, X., Que, P., Heckel, G., Hu, J., Zhang, X., Chiang, C., …Liu, Y. (2019). Genetic, phenotypic and ecological differentiation suggests incipient speciation in two Charadrius plovers along the Chinese coast. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 19(1), Article 1

Background Speciation with gene flow is an alternative to the nascence of new taxa in strict allopatric separation. Indeed, many taxa have parapatric distributions at present. It is often unclear if these are secondary contacts, e.g. caused by past... Read More about Genetic, phenotypic and ecological differentiation suggests incipient speciation in two Charadrius plovers along the Chinese coast.

“It’s That Kind of Place Here”: Solidarity, Place-Making and Civil Society Response To the 2015 Refugee Crisis in Different Localities in Wales, UK (2019)
Journal Article
Guma, T., Woods, M., Yarker, S., & Anderson, J. (2019). “It’s That Kind of Place Here”: Solidarity, Place-Making and Civil Society Response To the 2015 Refugee Crisis in Different Localities in Wales, UK. Social Inclusion, 7(2), 96-105. https://doi.

This paper examines the different ways in which local civil society has responded to refugees and asylum seekers in different parts of Wales in the wake of the recent “refugee crisis”. While the events of summer 2015 have generated a considerable amo... Read More about “It’s That Kind of Place Here”: Solidarity, Place-Making and Civil Society Response To the 2015 Refugee Crisis in Different Localities in Wales, UK.

From DNA to ecological performance: Effects of anthropogenic noise on a reef-building mussel (2019)
Journal Article
Wale, M. A., Briers, R. A., Hartl, M. G., Bryson, D., & Diele, K. (2019). From DNA to ecological performance: Effects of anthropogenic noise on a reef-building mussel. Science of the Total Environment, 689, 126-132. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.201

Responses of marine invertebrates to anthropogenic noise are insufficiently known, impeding our understanding of ecosystemic impacts of noise and the development of mitigation strategies. We show that the blue mussel, Mytilus edulis, is negatively af... Read More about From DNA to ecological performance: Effects of anthropogenic noise on a reef-building mussel.

Sports injury and illness incidence in the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games: a prospective study of 2914 athletes from 92 countries (2019)
Journal Article
Soligard, T., Palmer, D., Steffen, K., Dias Lopes, A., Grant, M., Kim, D., Lee, S. Y., Salmina, N., Toresdahl, B. G., Chang, J. Y., Budgett, R., & Engebretsen, L. (2019). Sports injury and illness incidence in the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games: a

Objective: To describe the incidence of injuries and illnesses sustained during the XXIII Olympic Winter Games, hosted by PyeongChang on 9-25 February 2018. Methods: We recorded the daily number of athlete injuries and illnesses (1) through the re... Read More about Sports injury and illness incidence in the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games: a prospective study of 2914 athletes from 92 countries.

Applied anatomy and physiology and the renal disease process (2019)
Book Chapter
Chalmers, C. (2019). Applied anatomy and physiology and the renal disease process. In Renal nursing: Care and management of people with kidney disease, 21-58. (5). Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119413172.ch2

This chapter provides the reader with a detailed discussion of all aspects of renal physiology and its relationship to important pathophysiological processes in renal disease, and some brief discussion on related nursing observations. It first explor... Read More about Applied anatomy and physiology and the renal disease process.

No Alarms and No Surprises (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Garden, C. (2019, June). No Alarms and No Surprises. Presented at Learning and Teaching Conference, Edinburgh

In this presentation I will outline a number of case studies where I have learned from working with students from different learning backgrounds to develop my teaching ethos of ‘no alarms and no surprises’. I address the accessibility of ‘surprise’ t... Read More about No Alarms and No Surprises.

Designing Learning Communities for All – An Overview of the QAA ‘Belonging’ Enhancement Mini Projects (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Gray, A., Brodie, J., & Haddow, C. (2019, June). Designing Learning Communities for All – An Overview of the QAA ‘Belonging’ Enhancement Mini Projects. Paper presented at Learning & Teaching Conference, 2019, Edinburgh

This presentation will provide the audience with an overview of the QAA ‘belonging’ enhancement mini-projects that have been undertaken across the University since the launch of the theme in 2017. This strand of the current QAA enhancement theme seek... Read More about Designing Learning Communities for All – An Overview of the QAA ‘Belonging’ Enhancement Mini Projects.

“When I Go There, I Feel Like I Can Be Myself.” Exploring Programme Theory within the Wave Project Surf Therapy Intervention (2019)
Journal Article
Marshall, J., Kelly, P., & Niven, A. (2019). “When I Go There, I Feel Like I Can Be Myself.” Exploring Programme Theory within the Wave Project Surf Therapy Intervention. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16(12), Artic

Mental health issues in young people are a priority for health and social care. Surf therapy is an innovative intervention that may help address this health burden globally. While increasing evidence demonstrates the effectiveness of surf therapy, th... Read More about “When I Go There, I Feel Like I Can Be Myself.” Exploring Programme Theory within the Wave Project Surf Therapy Intervention.