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Police Adaptation and Innovation in Emerging Technological Infrastructures (2025)
Book Chapter
Horgan, S., & Collier, B. Police Adaptation and Innovation in Emerging Technological Infrastructures. In Research Handbook of Policing and Society

In this chapter, we discuss a selection of ways public police attempt to react to, co-opt, innovate or simply survive the emergence or popularisation of technologies and their criminal or harmful manifestations. We take two thematic case study exampl... Read More about Police Adaptation and Innovation in Emerging Technological Infrastructures.

Impacts of mammals on trees and tree protection methods pertinent to English treescapes - a systematic literature review for Forestry Commission (2025)
Report
Mackinnon, J., Turner, R. S., & White, P. J. C. (2025). Impacts of mammals on trees and tree protection methods pertinent to English treescapes - a systematic literature review for Forestry Commission. Forestry Commission

We conducted a systematic literature review as part of a Forestry Commission (FC) contract to provide good practice technical guidance to manage impacts of mammals on trees, woods, establishing woodlands and treescapes. The review examined both the p... Read More about Impacts of mammals on trees and tree protection methods pertinent to English treescapes - a systematic literature review for Forestry Commission.

The Provocateurs: Gender Fears / Haunted Mouths Show (2025)
Exhibition / Performance
Kulpa, R., & Zabrzewska, A. The Provocateurs: Gender Fears / Haunted Mouths Show. [Live Show]. 1 August 2025

This Fringe 2025 show will feature Dr Roberto Kulpa & Dr Adrianna Zabrzewska (Edinburgh Napier University), who discuss why people who reject gender equalities turn to homophobic, transphobic, and anti-feminist fearmongers. The show also features Dr... Read More about The Provocateurs: Gender Fears / Haunted Mouths Show.

Policing Together: a framework for innovating volunteer policing through community-driven partnerships (2025)
Journal Article
Cheah, P. K., Britton, I., Callender, M., Wolf, R., Frayling, A., Pepper, M., & Wooff, A. (2025). Policing Together: a framework for innovating volunteer policing through community-driven partnerships. Policing, 19, https://doi.org/10.1093/police/paaf022

Police agencies face growing pressure from limited resources and increasingly complex crime patterns. Innovation in public safety is no longer optional, it is imperative. Volunteer policing has long played a vital role in supporting law enforcement.... Read More about Policing Together: a framework for innovating volunteer policing through community-driven partnerships.

The SAbyNA platform: a guidance tool to support industry in the implementation of safe- and sustainable-by-design concepts for nanomaterials, processes and nano-enabled products (2025)
Journal Article
Cazzagon, V., Vanhauten, R., Hanlon, J., Sánchez Jiménez, A., Harrison, S., Auffan, M., Braakhuis, H., Boyles, M., Candalija, A., Katsumiti, A., Rodriguez-Llopis, I., Catalan, J., Cross, R. K., Lahive, E., Morel, E., Simeone, F. C., Delpivo, C., Clavaguera, S., Seddon, R., Salmatonidis, A., …Vázquez-Campos, S. (online). The SAbyNA platform: a guidance tool to support industry in the implementation of safe- and sustainable-by-design concepts for nanomaterials, processes and nano-enabled products. Environmental Science: Nano, https://doi.org/10.1039/d5en00312a

Simple, cost-effective and reliable methods are needed for pragmatic, flexible, safe and sustainable evaluations at early stages of product (chemical/material) development. This is especially true for nanoforms and nano-enabled products, for which gu... Read More about The SAbyNA platform: a guidance tool to support industry in the implementation of safe- and sustainable-by-design concepts for nanomaterials, processes and nano-enabled products.

Shifts in dietary composition are linked to increased clutch size, but not brood size, in a UK urban Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus population (2025)
Journal Article
Thornton, M., Wilson, D., Leitch, A., Roos, S., & White, P. (online). Shifts in dietary composition are linked to increased clutch size, but not brood size, in a UK urban Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus population. Bird Study, https://doi.org/10.1080/00063657.2025.2513542

Capsule: Over three decades, the garden bird community composition in Edinburgh has changed, probably in response to increased garden bird feeding, and this has increased prey biomass for Eurasian Sparrowhawks Accipiter nisus, coinciding with a signi... Read More about Shifts in dietary composition are linked to increased clutch size, but not brood size, in a UK urban Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus population.

Discovery of potential RAF selective back pocket as a promising biological site for BRAF inhibitors targeting resistant melanoma opens the door for a new generation of kinase inhibitors: Design, synthesis, biological evaluation, and in silico molecular simulation (2025)
Journal Article
Ammar, U., El-Din, M. G., Abdel-Maksoud, M., Ali, E., El-Gamal, M., Mahmoud, Z., Ahn, S., Nguyen, N. H., Kim, E., Jun, P. S., Deug, K. Y., Choi, H. S., Lee, K. H., Choi, G., & Oh, C.-H. (2025). Discovery of potential RAF selective back pocket as a promising biological site for BRAF inhibitors targeting resistant melanoma opens the door for a new generation of kinase inhibitors: Design, synthesis, biological evaluation, and in silico molecular simulation. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 320(Part 2), Article 145699. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2025.145699

Despite the approved combination of BRAFV600E and MEK inhibitors to treat drug-resistant melanoma, serious side effects associated with this combination have been reported, particularly referring to MEK inhibitors. In the current study, an isosteric... Read More about Discovery of potential RAF selective back pocket as a promising biological site for BRAF inhibitors targeting resistant melanoma opens the door for a new generation of kinase inhibitors: Design, synthesis, biological evaluation, and in silico molecular simulation.

Effects of environmental conditions on mate fidelity in a socially monogamous seabird (2025)
Journal Article
Lewis, S., Butler, A., Wanless, S., Newell, M. A., Harris, M. P., Burthe, S. J., Gunn, C. M., Howells, R. J., & Daunt, F. (in press). Effects of environmental conditions on mate fidelity in a socially monogamous seabird. Animal Behaviour,

In iteroparous, socially monogamous species, individuals vary in the extent of mate fidelity across breeding attempts, often with important fitness consequences. Numerous studies have demonstrated intrinsic drivers of mate fidelity, notably previous... Read More about Effects of environmental conditions on mate fidelity in a socially monogamous seabird.

EU Migrants in Wales: Still Welcome? (2025)
Book Chapter
Drinkwater, S., Guma, T., Goodwin-Hawkins, B., & Dafydd Jones, R. (2025). EU Migrants in Wales: Still Welcome?. In C. Wyn Edwards, R. Dafydd Jones, & L. Shobiye (Eds.), A welcoming nation? Intersectional approaches to migration and diversity in Wales. University of Wales Press

The Impact of Minority-Race Status on the Cross-Race Effect: A Critical Review (2025)
Journal Article
Töredi, D., Mansour, J. K., Jones, S. E., Skelton, F., & McIntyre, A. (online). The Impact of Minority-Race Status on the Cross-Race Effect: A Critical Review. Perspectives on Psychological Science, https://doi.org/10.1177/17456916251345459

Meta-analyses have consistently demonstrated the robustness of the cross-race effect (CRE; i.e., better recognition of same-race faces compared to different-race faces). These analyses have unveiled variations in the dependent variables associated wi... Read More about The Impact of Minority-Race Status on the Cross-Race Effect: A Critical Review.

On the Brink: Mapping the Last Strongholds of the Critically Endangered Flapper Skate (Dipturus intermedius) (2025)
Journal Article
Loca, S. L., Collins, P. C., Garbett, A., McGeady, R., Thorburn, J., & McGonigle, C. (2025). On the Brink: Mapping the Last Strongholds of the Critically Endangered Flapper Skate (Dipturus intermedius). Ecology and Evolution, 15(7), Article e71650. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.71650

The flapper skate (Dipturus intermedius) is a Critically Endangered skate distributed throughout the NE Atlantic and requiring urgent conservation measures. Existing models of the flapper skate's distribution are not detailed enough to inform managem... Read More about On the Brink: Mapping the Last Strongholds of the Critically Endangered Flapper Skate (Dipturus intermedius).

Qualitative Evaluation of a Vicarious Trauma e-learning Initiative for Cancer Support Line Workers in the UK (2025)
Journal Article
Munro, D., Killen, A., & Campbell, K. (online). Qualitative Evaluation of a Vicarious Trauma e-learning Initiative for Cancer Support Line Workers in the UK. Journal of Cancer Education, https://doi.org/10.1007/s13187-025-02674-3

The concept of vicarious traumatisation (VT) is distinguished from psychological stress concepts of ‘burnout’, ‘compassion fatigue’, and ‘secondary traumatic stress’. Cancer support line workers may have a heightened risk of VT. Taking education as... Read More about Qualitative Evaluation of a Vicarious Trauma e-learning Initiative for Cancer Support Line Workers in the UK.

Managerial approaches to mitigate police professionals’ online harms in the United Kingdom (2025)
Journal Article
Wong, Y. N., Horgan, S., & Aston, L. (online). Managerial approaches to mitigate police professionals’ online harms in the United Kingdom. Police Practice and Research, https://doi.org/10.1080/15614263.2025.2522835

In this article, we draw on the concept of misconduct to explore how police organisations frame personnel’s online harms and its impact on managerial perceptions and strategies. The aim is to provide insights into whether and how a focus on organis... Read More about Managerial approaches to mitigate police professionals’ online harms in the United Kingdom.

Application of in vitro pulmonary models for hazard screening of silica particles (2025)
Journal Article
Ruijter, N., Braakhuis, H., Katsumiti, A., Garriz, I. P., Carriere, M., Zanoni, I., Candalija, A., Marshall, J., Vermeulen, J., Cassee, F. R., & Boyles, M. (online). Application of in vitro pulmonary models for hazard screening of silica particles. Archives of Toxicology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00204-025-04100-5

There is an increasing need for new approach methodologies (NAMs) for safety assessment of nanomaterials (NMs) in order to keep pace with innovation. In vitro assays are useful tools during pre-market hazard screening approaches of NMs to prioritize... Read More about Application of in vitro pulmonary models for hazard screening of silica particles.

Match and training injuries sustained by professional male rugby union players in Scotland (2025)
Journal Article
Bailey, S., Martindale, R., Engebretsen, L., & Palmer, D. (in press). Match and training injuries sustained by professional male rugby union players in Scotland. International Journal of Sports Medicine,

Rugby union (“rugby”) is a full contact sport, with previous studies across the globe reporting a high incidence of injury. However, no injury surveillance study of professional male players in Scotland exists in contemporary literature. The current... Read More about Match and training injuries sustained by professional male rugby union players in Scotland.

Cartographier les mouvements « anti-genre » à travers l'Europe (2025)
Digital Artefact
Titley, G., Filep, E., & Kulpa, R. (2025). Cartographier les mouvements « anti-genre » à travers l'Europe. [Online article]

Les questions de genre jouent un rôle central dans la structuration de la nouvelle internationale réactionnaire et dans sa (résistible) ascension, en Europe et au-delà. Mais si d’autres chercheur·euses se sont déjà penché·es sur les menaces qui pèsen... Read More about Cartographier les mouvements « anti-genre » à travers l'Europe.