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The Talent Development Environment Questionnaire as a Tool to Drive Excellence in Elite Sport Environments (2019)
Journal Article
Hall, A., Jones, L., & Martindale, R. (2019). The Talent Development Environment Questionnaire as a Tool to Drive Excellence in Elite Sport Environments. International Sport Coaching Journal / ISCJ, 6(2), 187-198

Currently, little work has evaluated the impact of interventions within talent development environments (TDEs). This study is the first of its kind to evaluate the efficacy of utilising the Talent Development Environment Questionnaire (TDEQ) as a to... Read More about The Talent Development Environment Questionnaire as a Tool to Drive Excellence in Elite Sport Environments.

A report on the progress, reach and impact of the learning programme Mindset Champions (2019)
Report
Gallacher, A. (2019). A report on the progress, reach and impact of the learning programme Mindset Champions. United Kingdom: Winning Scotland

Growth mindset has the power to transform the Scottish education system, raise attainment, and reduce income-related inequality in attainment. By empowering young people to be resilient, hard-working and ambitious, we can help them prepare for the fu... Read More about A report on the progress, reach and impact of the learning programme Mindset Champions.

Relationships between talent development environments and mental toughness: The role of basic psychological need satisfaction (2019)
Journal Article
Li, C., Martindale, R., & Sun, Y. (2019). Relationships between talent development environments and mental toughness: The role of basic psychological need satisfaction. Journal of Sports Sciences, 37(18), 2057-2065. https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2019.1

Although the talent development environment and mental toughness are critical for athletes to realise their athletic potential, there is a dearth of literature on whether the talent development environment can enhance mental toughness among those ath... Read More about Relationships between talent development environments and mental toughness: The role of basic psychological need satisfaction.

Working Together for Justice (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Morrison, K. (2019, May). Working Together for Justice. Paper presented at 'Futures for Justice: the next 40 Years.' Howard League Scotland 40th Anniversary Conference, Edinburgh

High-Intensity Interval Training: A Potential Exercise Countermeasure During Human Spaceflight (2019)
Journal Article
Hurst, C., Scott, J. P. R., Weston, K. L., & Weston, M. (2019). High-Intensity Interval Training: A Potential Exercise Countermeasure During Human Spaceflight. Frontiers in Physiology, 10, Article 581. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2019.00581

High-intensity interval training (HIT) is an effective approach for improving a range of physiological markers associated with physical fitness. A considerable body of work has demonstrated substantial improvements in cardiorespiratory fitness follow... Read More about High-Intensity Interval Training: A Potential Exercise Countermeasure During Human Spaceflight.

Effects of Workplace-Based Physical Activity Interventions on Cardiorespiratory Fitness: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Controlled Trials (2019)
Journal Article
Burn, N. L., Weston, M., Maguire, N., Atkinson, G., & Weston, K. L. (2019). Effects of Workplace-Based Physical Activity Interventions on Cardiorespiratory Fitness: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Controlled Trials. Sports Medicine, 49(8), 1255-1

Background Cardiorespiratory fitness is a strong predictor of all-cause mortality. Physical activity of at least moderate intensity can improve cardiorespiratory fitness. Workplaces may provide a relatively controlled setting in which to improve car... Read More about Effects of Workplace-Based Physical Activity Interventions on Cardiorespiratory Fitness: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Controlled Trials.

The role of fungi in heterogeneous sediment microbial networks (2019)
Journal Article
Booth, J., Fusi, M., Marasco, R., Michoud, G., Fodelianakis, S., Merlino, G., & Daffonchio, D. (2019). The role of fungi in heterogeneous sediment microbial networks. Scientific Reports, 9, Article 7537. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-43980-3

While prokaryote community diversity and function have been extensively studied in soils and sediments, the functional role of fungi, despite their huge diversity, is widely unexplored. several studies have, nonetheless, revealed the importance of fu... Read More about The role of fungi in heterogeneous sediment microbial networks.

Pussy Riot: Feminist Band Lost in History and Translation (2019)
Book Chapter
Yusupova, M. (2019). Pussy Riot: Feminist Band Lost in History and Translation. In T. Oren, & A. Press (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Feminism. London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315728346-20

The Pussy Riot story is clearly a story the West wanted to hear. Western journalists, politicians, and celebrities were unanimously inspired by the youthfulness and rebellion of courageous Russian feminists. Their life experience perfectly resonates... Read More about Pussy Riot: Feminist Band Lost in History and Translation.

Smoking, alcohol consumption, diet and physical activity following stoma formation surgery, stoma-related concerns, and desire for lifestyle advice: a United Kingdom survey (2019)
Journal Article
Beeken, R. J., Haviland, J. S., Taylor, C., Campbell, A., Fisher, A., Grimmett, C., …Hubbard, G. (2019). Smoking, alcohol consumption, diet and physical activity following stoma formation surgery, stoma-related concerns, and desire for lifestyle advice:

Background: Adherence to smoking, alcohol consumption, diet and physical activity (PA) guidelines may improve outcomes for people with a stoma. A better understanding of these behaviours following stoma formation surgery and their experiences and at... Read More about Smoking, alcohol consumption, diet and physical activity following stoma formation surgery, stoma-related concerns, and desire for lifestyle advice: a United Kingdom survey.

Police stop and search: How academics can help forces to get their tactics right (2019)
Other
O'Neill, M., & Aston, E. (2019). Police stop and search: How academics can help forces to get their tactics right. [https://policinginsight.com/features/opinion/police-stop-and-search-how-academics-can-help-forces-to-get-their-tactics-right/]

With knife crime rising, the controversy over the use and benefits of stop and search takes on greater urgency. Dr Megan O'Neill of the University of Dundee and Dr Liz Aston of Edinburgh Napier University explain how stop and search was transformed i... Read More about Police stop and search: How academics can help forces to get their tactics right.

Unsuccessful Transitions: Understanding Dropout from the Athletes’ Perspective (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Andronikos, G., Westbury, T., & Martindale, R. (2019, May). Unsuccessful Transitions: Understanding Dropout from the Athletes’ Perspective. Presented at 19th International Conference on Sports: Economic, Management, Marketing and Social Aspects

Limited studies have investigated the experiences of athletes who did not ‘make it’ to elite level. To target this research gap, this study accessed and investigated this hard to reach population in order to understand the development and transition... Read More about Unsuccessful Transitions: Understanding Dropout from the Athletes’ Perspective.

Environmental sustainability and biodiversity within the dental practice. (2019)
Journal Article
Duane, B., Ramasubbu, D., Harford, S., Steinbach, I., Stancliffe, R., & Ballantyne, G. (2019). Environmental sustainability and biodiversity within the dental practice. British Dental Journal, 226(9), 701-705. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41415-019-0208-8

This paper forms part of a series of papers, seven in total, which have been requested by colleagues to help them as clinicians understand sustainability as it relates to dentistry. This paper focuses on biodiversity and how the dental team can becom... Read More about Environmental sustainability and biodiversity within the dental practice..

How to build a bone: PHOSPHO1, biomineralization and beyond (2019)
Journal Article
Dillon, S., Staines, K. A., Millán, J. L., & Farquharson, C. (2019). How to build a bone: PHOSPHO1, biomineralization and beyond. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research Plus, 3(7), Article e10202. https://doi.org/10.1002/jbm4.10202

Since its characterization two decades ago, the phosphatase PHOSPHO1 has been the subject of an increasing focus of research. This work has elucidated PHOSPHO1’s central role in the biomineralization of bone and other hard tissues, but has also impli... Read More about How to build a bone: PHOSPHO1, biomineralization and beyond.

Joint range of motion entropy changes in response to load carriage in military personnel (2019)
Journal Article
Morrison, A., Hale, J., & Brown, S. (2019). Joint range of motion entropy changes in response to load carriage in military personnel. Human Movement Science, 66, Article 249-257. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.humov.2019.04.014

Background Overuse accounts for 82% of injuries in military personnel, and these occur predominantly in the spine and low limbs. While non-linear analyses have shown changes in overall stability of the movement during load carriage, individual joint... Read More about Joint range of motion entropy changes in response to load carriage in military personnel.

Children’s perception of visual and auditory ambiguity and its link to executive functions and creativity (2019)
Journal Article
Taranu, M., Wimmer, M. C., Ross, J., Farkas, D., van Ee, R., Winkler, I., & Denham, S. L. (2019). Children’s perception of visual and auditory ambiguity and its link to executive functions and creativity. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 184, 1

The phenomenon of perceptual bistability provides insights into aspects of perceptual processing not normally accessible to everyday experience. However, most experiments have been conducted in adults, and it is not clear to what extent key aspects o... Read More about Children’s perception of visual and auditory ambiguity and its link to executive functions and creativity.

Meta-analytic evidence that sexual selection improves population fitness (2019)
Journal Article
Cally, J. G., Stuart-Fox, D., & Holman, L. (2019). Meta-analytic evidence that sexual selection improves population fitness. Nature Communications, 10, Article 2017 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10074-7

Sexual selection has manifold ecological and evolutionary consequences, making its net effect on population fitness difficult to predict. A powerful empirical test is to experimentally manipulate sexual selection and then determine how population fit... Read More about Meta-analytic evidence that sexual selection improves population fitness.

History Effects on Perception of Noisy Stimuli (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Gekas, N., & Mamassian, P. (2019). History Effects on Perception of Noisy Stimuli. Perception, 48(1_suppl), 1-233. https://doi.org/10.1177/0301006618824879

Human perception is partially affected by what has been previously experienced. These history effects presumably help tackle current sensory uncertainty by tracking past stimulus statistics. However, there is no definitive framework on how stimulus h... Read More about History Effects on Perception of Noisy Stimuli.