All Outputs (273)

German version of the Talent Development Environment Questionnaire (TDEQ-5) (2022)
Journal Article
Alfermann, D., Lobinger, B., Nesges, O., Martindale, R., & Andronikos, G. (2023). German version of the Talent Development Environment Questionnaire (TDEQ-5). German Journal of Exercise and Sport Research, 53(1), 59-69. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12662-022-

The quality of the talent development environment and how it supports youth athletes has been identified as one major factor of success. Nonetheless, in psychological talent assessment there is a lack of standardized instruments addressing environmen... Read More about German version of the Talent Development Environment Questionnaire (TDEQ-5).

The relationship between the Dark Triad and attitudes towards feminism (2022)
Journal Article
Douglass, M. D., Stirrat, M., Koehn, M. A., & Vaughan, R. S. (2023). The relationship between the Dark Triad and attitudes towards feminism. Personality and Individual Differences, 200, Article 111889. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2022.111889

The Dark Triad traits are considered a male-centric framework of personality with women generally scoring lower on narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy. Research has examined the drivers behind this relationship attributing effects mostly to... Read More about The relationship between the Dark Triad and attitudes towards feminism.

Polygenic signals of sex differences in selection in humans from the UK Biobank (2022)
Journal Article
Ruzicka, F., Holman, L., & Connallon, T. (2022). Polygenic signals of sex differences in selection in humans from the UK Biobank. PLoS Biology, 20(9), Article e3001768. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001768

Sex differences in the fitness effects of genetic variants can influence the rate of adaptation and the maintenance of genetic variation. For example, “sexually antagonistic” (SA) variants, which are beneficial for one sex and harmful for the other,... Read More about Polygenic signals of sex differences in selection in humans from the UK Biobank.

Pre-validation of a reporter gene assay for oxidative stress for the rapid screening of nanobiomaterials (2022)
Journal Article
Martin, S., de Haan, L., Miro Estruch, I., Eder, K. M., Marzi, A., Schnekenburger, J., …Bouwmeester, H. (2022). Pre-validation of a reporter gene assay for oxidative stress for the rapid screening of nanobiomaterials. Frontiers in Toxicology, 4, Article

Engineered nanomaterials have been found to induce oxidative stress. Cellular oxidative stress, in turn, can result in the induction of antioxidant and detoxification enzymes which are controlled by the nuclear erythroid 2-related factor 2 (NRF2) tra... Read More about Pre-validation of a reporter gene assay for oxidative stress for the rapid screening of nanobiomaterials.

How Do Biofilms Affect Surface Cleaning in Hospitals? (2022)
Journal Article
Dancer, S. J. (2022). How Do Biofilms Affect Surface Cleaning in Hospitals?. Hygiene, 2(3), 132-135. https://doi.org/10.3390/hygiene2030011

I'm Still Here (2022)
Digital Artefact
Guma, T. (2022). I'm Still Here. [Documentary film]

This is an ethnographic documentary co-produced with refugees and people seeking asylum during the Covid-19 pandemic. Based on video and photo diaries recorded by participants themselves, this film captures the everyday experiences of living in tempo... Read More about I'm Still Here.

Risk and mitigation in restorative justice (2022)
Report
Shapland, J., Buchan, J., Kirkwood, S., & Zinsstag, E. (2022). Risk and mitigation in restorative justice. Edinburgh: Scottish Government

Mitigation and risk in restorative justice (2022)
Report
Shapland, J., Buchan, J., Kirkwood, S., & Zinsstag, E. (2022). Mitigation and risk in restorative justice. Scottish Government

Вплив COVID-19 на людей з інвалідністю в Україні: Перспективи людей з інвалідністю і що це означає в контексті інших надзвичайних ситуацій, включаючи кофлікт та пост-конфліктну реконструкцію (2022)
Report
Sharapov, K., Anderson, D., Nazarenko, V., Polishchuk, O., & Burova, O. (2022). Вплив COVID-19 на людей з інвалідністю в Україні: Перспективи людей з інвалідністю і що це означає в

‘Why would we not want to keep everybody safe?’ The views of family members of people who use drugs on the implementation of drug consumption rooms in Scotland (2022)
Journal Article
Parkes, T., Price, T., Foster, R., Trayner, K. M. A., Sumnall, H. R., Livingston, W., …Nicholls, J. (2022). ‘Why would we not want to keep everybody safe?’ The views of family members of people who use drugs on the implementation of drug consumption

Background People who use drugs in Scotland are currently experiencing disproportionately high rates of drug-related deaths. Drug consumption rooms (DCRs) are harm reduction services that offer a safe, hygienic environment where pre-obtained drugs c... Read More about ‘Why would we not want to keep everybody safe?’ The views of family members of people who use drugs on the implementation of drug consumption rooms in Scotland.

Experience of Playing a Musical Instrument and Lifetime Change in General Cognitive Ability: Evidence From the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936 (2022)
Journal Article
Okely, J. A., Overy, K., & Deary, I. J. (2022). Experience of Playing a Musical Instrument and Lifetime Change in General Cognitive Ability: Evidence From the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936. Psychological Science, 33(9), 1495-1508. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956

We tested whether experience of playing a musical instrument was associated with lifetime change in cognitive ability. Participants were 366 older adults from the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936 who had completed general cognitive-ability assessments at ag... Read More about Experience of Playing a Musical Instrument and Lifetime Change in General Cognitive Ability: Evidence From the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936.

Evaluating the suitability of close-kin mark-recapture as a demographic modelling tool for a critically endangered elasmobranch population (2022)
Journal Article
Delaval, A., Bendall, V., Hetherington, S. J., Skaug, H. J., Frost, M., Jones, C. S., & Noble, L. R. (2023). Evaluating the suitability of close-kin mark-recapture as a demographic modelling tool for a critically endangered elasmobranch population. Evolut

Estimating the demographic parameters of contemporary populations is essential to the success of elasmobranch conservation programmes, and to understanding their recent evolutionary history. For benthic elasmobranchs such as skates, traditional fishe... Read More about Evaluating the suitability of close-kin mark-recapture as a demographic modelling tool for a critically endangered elasmobranch population.

MSc CEP Curriculum Framework (2022)
Other
Jones, P. H., Green, . P. D., Whyte, P. G., Askew, A. P. C., Tolfrey, D. K., Scott, D. A., Campbell, P. A., George, P. K., Buckley, P. J., Skelton, P. D., Jack, P. S., McGregor, D. G., O’Doherty, D. A., Broom, P. D., Caldow, D. E., Pitkethly, A., Mi

The Academy of Healthcare Science (AHCS) approve education programmes to ensure that they allow students to meet Standards of Proficiency and principles of Good Clinical Practice when they satisfactorily complete the programme. Standards of Proficien... Read More about MSc CEP Curriculum Framework.

From Sighthill to the Superbowl? Young Napier Knights make moves in American football (2022)
Newspaper / Magazine
Laird, P. (2022). From Sighthill to the Superbowl? Young Napier Knights make moves in American football. [News blog]. Edinburgh

Edinburgh Napier Knights, the university’s American football team, is celebrating the achievement of breakthrough quarterback Cameron Dunn - one of several young players who are making moves towards playing the sport professionally. The 20-year-ol... Read More about From Sighthill to the Superbowl? Young Napier Knights make moves in American football.

What were the historical reasons for the resistance to recognizing airborne transmission during the COVID‐19 pandemic? (2022)
Journal Article
Jimenez, J. L., Marr, L. C., Randall, K., Ewing, E. T., Tufekci, Z., Greenhalgh, T., …Prather, K. A. (2022). What were the historical reasons for the resistance to recognizing airborne transmission during the COVID‐19 pandemic?. Indoor Air, 32(8), Art

The question of whether SARS‐CoV‐2 is mainly transmitted by droplets or aerosols has been highly controversial. We sought to explain this controversy through a historical analysis of transmission research in other diseases. For most of human history,... Read More about What were the historical reasons for the resistance to recognizing airborne transmission during the COVID‐19 pandemic?.

Men in 'Limbo': Masculinities in Medium-Secure Care in Scotland (2022)
Book Chapter
Haddow, C. (2022). Men in 'Limbo': Masculinities in Medium-Secure Care in Scotland. In J. Tomlin, & B. Volm (Eds.), Diversity and Marginalisation in Forensic Mental Health Care. New York: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003184768-22

Capitalizing on the global financial interest in blue carbon (2022)
Journal Article
Friess, D., Howard, J., Huxham, M., Macreadie, P. I., & Ross, F. (2022). Capitalizing on the global financial interest in blue carbon. PLOS Climate, 1(8), e0000061. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000061

Natural climate solutions are crucial interventions to help countries and companies achieve their net-zero carbon emissions ambitions. Blue carbon ecosystems such as mangroves, seagrasses, and tidal marshes have attracted particular attention for the... Read More about Capitalizing on the global financial interest in blue carbon.

Stable pollination service in a generalist High Arctic community despite the warming climate (2022)
Journal Article
Cirtwill, A., Kaartinen, R., Rasmussen, C., Redr, D., Wirta, H., Olesen, J., …Roslin, T. (2023). Stable pollination service in a generalist High Arctic community despite the warming climate. Ecological monographs, 93(1), Article e1551. https://doi.org/1

Insects provide key pollination services in most terrestrial biomes, but this service depends on a multi-step interaction between insect and plant. An insect needs to visit a flower, receive pollen from the anthers, move to another conspecific flower... Read More about Stable pollination service in a generalist High Arctic community despite the warming climate.

When nature needs a helping hand: different levels of human intervention for mangrove (re-)establishment (2022)
Journal Article
Zimmer, M., Ajonina, G. N., Aldrie Amir, A., Crgagg, S. M., Crooks, S., Dahdouh-Guebas, F., …Wodehouse, D. (2022). When nature needs a helping hand: different levels of human intervention for mangrove (re-)establishment. Frontiers in Forests and Global

Protecting existing mangrove forests is a priority for global conservation because of the wide range of services that these coastal forests provide to humankind. Despite the recent reduction in global rates of mangrove loss, high historical loss rate... Read More about When nature needs a helping hand: different levels of human intervention for mangrove (re-)establishment.

Community Justice in a European 'Penal Field'? (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Buchan, J. (2022, August). Community Justice in a European 'Penal Field'?. Paper presented at SCCJR ECR Symposium: Punishment and Society, Glasgow