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Navigating transitions into, through, and beyond peer worker roles: insider insights from the Supporting Harm Reduction through Peer Support (SHARPS) study (2024)
Journal Article
Dumbrell, J., Carver, H., Foster, R., Pauly, B., Steele, W., Roy, M., & Parkes, T. (2024). Navigating transitions into, through, and beyond peer worker roles: insider insights from the Supporting Harm Reduction through Peer Support (SHARPS) study. Harm Reduction Journal, 21, Article 191. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12954-024-01109-4

Background: Peer workers are individuals who draw on their personal experiences in a professional capacity to support clients. Existing research on the role of peer workers in mental health, homelessness, and substance use services has primarily focu... Read More about Navigating transitions into, through, and beyond peer worker roles: insider insights from the Supporting Harm Reduction through Peer Support (SHARPS) study.

Priorities to inform research on tire particles and their chemical leachates: A collective perspective (2024)
Journal Article
Obanya, H. E., Khan, F. R., Carrasco-Navarro, V., Rødland, E. S., Walker-Franklin, I., Thomas, J., Cooper, A., Molden, N., Amaeze, N. H., Patil, R. S., Kukkola, A., Michie, L., Green-Ojo, B., Rauert, C., Couceiro, F., Hutchison, G., Tang, J., Ugor, J., Lee, S., Hofmann, T., & Ford, A. T. (2024). Priorities to inform research on tire particles and their chemical leachates: A collective perspective. Environmental Research, 263(3), Article 120222. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2024.120222

Concerns over the ecological impacts of urban road runoff have increased, partly due to recent research into the harmful impacts of tire particles and their chemical leachates. This study aimed to help the community of researchers, regulators and pol... Read More about Priorities to inform research on tire particles and their chemical leachates: A collective perspective.

Decriminalising terror: for a zemiology of counterterrorism (2024)
Journal Article
Dinesson, K., & Soliman, F. (2025). Decriminalising terror: for a zemiology of counterterrorism. Justice, Power and Resistance, 8(2), 131–148. https://doi.org/10.1332/26352338Y2024D000000032

Over the past two decades, UK counterterrorism efforts have involved contentious legal and social measures aimed at preventing harm and increasing security. Critical scholars argue that these measures narrowly define security, risk, and harm, failing... Read More about Decriminalising terror: for a zemiology of counterterrorism.

Metacollinia emscheri n. sp., a novel sanguicolous apostome ciliate of freshwater amphipods (Gammarus spp.) (2024)
Journal Article
Prati, S., Rückert, S., Grabner, D. S., Sures, B., & Bojko, J. (2024). Metacollinia emscheri n. sp., a novel sanguicolous apostome ciliate of freshwater amphipods (Gammarus spp.). Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, 207, Article 108224. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jip.2024.108224

We describe a novel sanguicolous parasitic ciliate, Metacollinia emscheri n. sp., found in the freshwater amphipods Gammarus pulex and G. fossarum. This ciliate infected 8.05 % of the amphipods collected in a German stream catchment, the Boye, a trib... Read More about Metacollinia emscheri n. sp., a novel sanguicolous apostome ciliate of freshwater amphipods (Gammarus spp.).

The RESIST Project Report. Effects of, and Resistances to 'Anti-Gender' Mobilisations Across Europe: A Report on Poland (2024)
Report
Kulpa, R., & Kania, T. (2024). The RESIST Project Report. Effects of, and Resistances to 'Anti-Gender' Mobilisations Across Europe: A Report on Poland

Poland's transforming socio-cultural landscape has witnessed across the years an intensified political focus on issues of gender and sexuality, which have become a battleground for a diverse spectrum of views and group interests. There has been notab... Read More about The RESIST Project Report. Effects of, and Resistances to 'Anti-Gender' Mobilisations Across Europe: A Report on Poland.

Fighting intersectional repressions: countering 'anti-gender' violence at the intersection with LGBTQ+ rights (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kulpa, R., & Filep, E. (2024, October). Fighting intersectional repressions: countering 'anti-gender' violence at the intersection with LGBTQ+ rights. Presented at 'The EU Public Diplomacy. Russia' Project. A Feminist Foreign Policy Perspective on War and Society, Warsaw, PL

'The EU Public Diplomacy. Russia' Project is funded by the EU’s Foreign Policy Instruments (FPI). It aims at creating space for dialogue and strengthening the ties between the EU and selected Russian audiences. As part of the project activities, Dr K... Read More about Fighting intersectional repressions: countering 'anti-gender' violence at the intersection with LGBTQ+ rights.

Evaluation of the protective efficacy of different doses of a Chlamydia abortus subcellular vaccine in a pregnant sheep challenge model for ovine enzootic abortion (2024)
Journal Article
Livingstone, M., Aitchison, K., Palarea-Albaladejo, J., Chianini, F., Silvia Rocchi, M., Gastón Caspe, S., Underwood, C., Flockhart, A., Wheelhouse, N., Entrican, G., Ranjan Wattegedera, S., & Longbottom, D. (2024). Evaluation of the protective efficacy of different doses of a Chlamydia abortus subcellular vaccine in a pregnant sheep challenge model for ovine enzootic abortion. Animals, 14(20), Article 3004. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14203004

Chlamydia abortus causes the disease ovine enzootic abortion, which is one of the most infectious causes of foetal death in small ruminants worldwide. While the disease can be controlled using live and inactivated commercial vaccines, there is scope... Read More about Evaluation of the protective efficacy of different doses of a Chlamydia abortus subcellular vaccine in a pregnant sheep challenge model for ovine enzootic abortion.

Politics without principle: potential borders and the ethics of anti-trafficking online (2024)
Journal Article
Mendel, J., & Sharapov, K. (2025). Politics without principle: potential borders and the ethics of anti-trafficking online. Environment & Planning C: Politics & Space, 43(3), 486–503. https://doi.org/10.1177/23996544241288682

Anti-trafficking has been spreading in a novel way, with moral certitude (where human trafficking is deemed uniquely wrong, and this wrongness is taken as a founding principle for anti-trafficking action) accompanied by little or no accountability. T... Read More about Politics without principle: potential borders and the ethics of anti-trafficking online.

How long do bacteria, fungi, protozoa, and viruses retain their replication capacity on inanimate surfaces? A systematic review examining environmental resilience versus healthcare-associated infection risk by “fomite-borne risk assessment” (2024)
Journal Article
Kramer, A., Lexow, F., Bludau, A., Köster, A. M., Misailovski, M., Seifert, U., Eggers, M., Rutala, W., Dancer, S. J., & Scheithauer, S. (2024). How long do bacteria, fungi, protozoa, and viruses retain their replication capacity on inanimate surfaces? A systematic review examining environmental resilience versus healthcare-associated infection risk by “fomite-borne risk assessment”. Clinical Microbiology Reviews, 37(4), Article e00186-23. https://doi.org/10.1128/cmr.00186-23

In healthcare settings, contaminated surfaces play an important role in the transmission of nosocomial pathogens potentially resulting in healthcare-associated infections (HAI). Pathogens can be transmitted directly from frequent hand-touch surfaces... Read More about How long do bacteria, fungi, protozoa, and viruses retain their replication capacity on inanimate surfaces? A systematic review examining environmental resilience versus healthcare-associated infection risk by “fomite-borne risk assessment”.

Implications of newly developed SNPs for conservation programmes for the threatened Nubian ibex (Capra nubiana) in Oman (2024)
Journal Article
Al-Ghafri, M. K., White, P. J., Briers, R. A., Ball, A., Senn, H., Al-Jahdhami, M. H., Al-Amri, H., Tiwari, B. B., Al-Harsusi, S. N., Al-Harsusi, A. G., Al-Rawahi, Q., & Dicks, K. L. (2024). Implications of newly developed SNPs for conservation programmes for the threatened Nubian ibex (Capra nubiana) in Oman. Conservation Genetics Resources, 16(4), 293-305. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12686-024-01370-6

Conservation of elusive species affected by habitat degradation, population fragmentation and poaching is challenging. The remaining wild populations of a desert-adapted ungulate, Nubian ibex (Capra nubiana), within Oman are small and fragmented. The... Read More about Implications of newly developed SNPs for conservation programmes for the threatened Nubian ibex (Capra nubiana) in Oman.

Can probiotics trigger a paradigm shift for cleaning healthcare environments? A narrative review (2024)
Journal Article
Denkel, L. A., Voss, A., Caselli, E., Dancer, S. J., Leistner, R., Gastmeier, P., & Widmer, A. F. (2024). Can probiotics trigger a paradigm shift for cleaning healthcare environments? A narrative review. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 13(1), Article 119. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13756-024-01474-6

Background: The environment of healthcare institutions plays a major role in the transmission of multidrug resistant organisms (MDRO) and likely in subsequent healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). Probiotic cleaning products are a novel option for... Read More about Can probiotics trigger a paradigm shift for cleaning healthcare environments? A narrative review.

Investigating Exposure and Hazards of Micro- and Nanoplastics During Pregnancy and Early Life (AURORA Project): Protocol for an Interdisciplinary Study (2024)
Journal Article
Durkin, A. M., Zou, R., Boucher, J. M., Boyles, M. S., van Boxel, J., Bustamante, M., Christopher, E. A., Dadvand, P., Dusza, H. M., van Duursen, M., Forsberg, M. M., Galea, K. S., Legler, J., Mandemaker, L. D., Meirer, F., Muncke, J., Nawrot, T. S., Přibylová, P., Robuck, A. R., Saenen, N. D., …Vermeulen, R. (2024). Investigating Exposure and Hazards of Micro- and Nanoplastics During Pregnancy and Early Life (AURORA Project): Protocol for an Interdisciplinary Study. JMIR Research Protocols, 13, Article e63176. https://doi.org/10.2196/63176

Background:
Micro- and nanoplastics (MNPs) are emerging pollutants of concern with ubiquitous presence in global ecosystems. MNPs pose potential implications for human health; however, the health impacts of MNP exposures are not yet understood. Rece... Read More about Investigating Exposure and Hazards of Micro- and Nanoplastics During Pregnancy and Early Life (AURORA Project): Protocol for an Interdisciplinary Study.

Characteristics of potential head injury situations at the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 TM (2024)
Journal Article
Peek, K., Aiello, F., Avery, L., Gardner, T., Rutherford, H., Massey, A., Georgieva, J., Andersen, T. E., Dahlén, S., & Serner, A. (online). Characteristics of potential head injury situations at the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 TM. Science and Medicine in Football, https://doi.org/10.1080/24733938.2024.2409689

This exploratory video analysis study aimed to review characteristics of potential head injury situations during a men’s professional international football tournament. For 64 matches of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ FIFA analysts used match footage... Read More about Characteristics of potential head injury situations at the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 TM.

Justice Social Work in Scotland: Research, Education and Practice in a Devolved Jurisdiction (2024)
Book Chapter
Buchan, J., & Grant, S. (in press). Justice Social Work in Scotland: Research, Education and Practice in a Devolved Jurisdiction. In C. J. Bald, & I. Martinez Herrero (Eds.), Routledge International Handbook of Criminal Justice Social Work. Routledge

This chapter discusses Scotland, a devolved nation of the UK with separate law and criminal justice and significant policy autonomy. The system of social work set up by the 1968 Social Work (Scotland) Act absorbed probation, making ‘justice social wo... Read More about Justice Social Work in Scotland: Research, Education and Practice in a Devolved Jurisdiction.

Influence Policing: domestic digital influence campaigns and algorithmic strategic communications in UK law enforcement and homeland security (2024)
Journal Article
Horgan, S., Collier, B., Stewart, J., & Thomas, D. (2025). Influence Policing: domestic digital influence campaigns and algorithmic strategic communications in UK law enforcement and homeland security. British Journal of Criminology, 65(3), 480–503. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azae063

This paper conceptualises an emerging model of algorithmic policing; ‘influence policing’. This harnesses the affordances of Internet platforms to conduct domestic digital influence campaigns for crime prevention. These campaigns use sophisticated ta... Read More about Influence Policing: domestic digital influence campaigns and algorithmic strategic communications in UK law enforcement and homeland security.

Immobilized Artificial Membrane Liquid Chromatography vs Liposome Electrokinetic Chromatography: suitability in drug/bio membrane partitioning studies and effectiveness in the assessment of drugs’ passage through the respiratory mucosa (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Russo, G., Orzel, D., Dillon, A., Ravald, H., Rantala, J., & Wiedmer, S. K. (2024, October). Immobilized Artificial Membrane Liquid Chromatography vs Liposome Electrokinetic Chromatography: suitability in drug/bio membrane partitioning studies and effectiveness in the assessment of drugs’ passage through the respiratory mucosa. Paper presented at 34th International Symposium on Chromatography – ISC 2024, Liverpool

Development of an immobilised artificial membrane liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry-based platform for high throughput and reliable assessments of the pulmonary permeability of drugs (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Dillon, A., Orzel, D., Russo, G., & Wiedmer, S. (2024, October). Development of an immobilised artificial membrane liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry-based platform for high throughput and reliable assessments of the pulmonary permeability of drugs. Poster presented at 34th International Symposium of Chromatography - ISC2024, Liverpool, UK

The effectiveness of immobilised artificial membrane and liposome electrokinetic chromatography in predicting the pulmonary delivery of drugs in humans (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Orzel, D., Dillon, A., Russo, G., & Wiedmer, S. (2024, October). The effectiveness of immobilised artificial membrane and liposome electrokinetic chromatography in predicting the pulmonary delivery of drugs in humans. Poster presented at 34th International Symposium of Chromatography - ISC2024, Liverpool

Lessons for Lab Learning (2024)
Journal Article
McGill, C. (2024). Lessons for Lab Learning. Education in Chemistry,

10 guiding principles to help you maximise students’ outcomes from chemistry practicals