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How does governance mediate links between ecosystem services and poverty alleviation? Results from a systematic mapping and thematic synthesis of literature (2021)
Journal Article
Nunan, F., Menton, M., McDermott, C. L., Huxham, M., & Schreckenberg, K. (2021). How does governance mediate links between ecosystem services and poverty alleviation? Results from a systematic mapping and thematic synthesis of literature. World Development, 146, Article 105595. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2021.105595

Many efforts to improve the sustainable management of renewable natural resources in low- and middle-income countries seek to achieve ‘win-win’ outcomes – improved ecosystem health and improved livelihoods. Yet achieving such win-win outcomes is chal... Read More about How does governance mediate links between ecosystem services and poverty alleviation? Results from a systematic mapping and thematic synthesis of literature.

Britballin and BAFCA are joined by BAFRA (2021)
Digital Artefact
Laird, P. (2021). Britballin and BAFCA are joined by BAFRA. [YouTube]

Adam and Pete are joined by BAFRA president Davie Parsons and James Ford- Bannister (recruiting)

What is the risk of acquiring SARS-CoV-2 from the use of public toilets? (2021)
Journal Article
Dancer, S. J., Li, Y., Hart, A., Tang, J. W., & Jones, D. L. (2021). What is the risk of acquiring SARS-CoV-2 from the use of public toilets?. Science of the Total Environment, 792, 148341. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.148341

Public toilets and bathrooms may act as a contact hub point where community transmission of SARS-CoV-2 occurs between users. The mechanism of spread would arise through three mechanisms: inhalation of faecal and/or urinary aerosol from an individual... Read More about What is the risk of acquiring SARS-CoV-2 from the use of public toilets?.

Optimising recruitment in habitat creation for the native European oyster (2021)
Journal Article
Chapman, E. C., Rodriguez-Perez, A., Hugh-Jones, T., Bromley, C., James, M. A., Diele, K., & Sanderson, W. G. (2021). Optimising recruitment in habitat creation for the native European oyster. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 170, Article 112579. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112579

European oyster (Ostrea edulis) restoration often requires the timely deployment of shell habitat for larval settlement. To inform this increasingly popular process, the present study investigated temporal and spatial abundance patterns of O. edulis... Read More about Optimising recruitment in habitat creation for the native European oyster.

A mixed methods exploration of surf therapy piloted for youth well-being in post-conflict Sierra Leone (2021)
Journal Article
Marshall, J., Kamuskay, S., Samai, M. M., Marah, I., Tonkara, F., Conteh, J., Jalloh, O., Messeh-Leone, O., Missalie, M., Bangura, M., Keita, S., Leone, M., Ferrier, B., & Martindale, R. (2021). A mixed methods exploration of surf therapy piloted for youth well-being in post-conflict Sierra Leone. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(12), Article 6267. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18126267

Young people in post-conflict and post-epidemic contexts such as Sierra Leone face a range of mental health challenges as part of their daily life. An innovative approach to Sport for Development that could offer support to youth mental health is sur... Read More about A mixed methods exploration of surf therapy piloted for youth well-being in post-conflict Sierra Leone.

Allelic losses and gains during translocations of a high conservation value fish, Coregonus lavaretus (2021)
Journal Article
Præbel, K., Bean, C. W., Dodd, J. A., Etheridge, E. C., Gowans, A. R., Knudsen, R., Lyle, A. A., Maitland, P. S., Winfield, I. J., & Adams, C. E. (2021). Allelic losses and gains during translocations of a high conservation value fish, Coregonus lavaretus. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 31(9), 2575-2585. https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3623

The use of translocations to establish new or ‘refuge’ populations for species with high conservation value is controversial but widely used in conservation management. One of the risks of this approach is that an establishing population does not... Read More about Allelic losses and gains during translocations of a high conservation value fish, Coregonus lavaretus.

The sediment carbon stocks of intertidal seagrass meadows in Scotland (2021)
Journal Article
Potouroglou, M., Whitlock, D., Milatovic, L., MacKinnon, G., Kennedy, H., Diele, K., & Huxham, M. (2021). The sediment carbon stocks of intertidal seagrass meadows in Scotland. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 258, Article 107442. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2021.107442

Seagrasses are highly productive ecosystems and hotspots for biodiversity, providing a plethora of benefits to the environment and to people. Their value in sequestering and storing carbon is increasingly being recognised, as the world searches for w... Read More about The sediment carbon stocks of intertidal seagrass meadows in Scotland.

Characterization of the new Celeris (TM) Arginine column: retentive behaviour through a combination of chemometric tools and potential in drug analysis (2021)
Journal Article
Russo, G., Vallaro, M., Cappelli, L., Anderson, S., Ermondi, G., & Caron, G. (2021). Characterization of the new Celeris (TM) Arginine column: retentive behaviour through a combination of chemometric tools and potential in drug analysis. Journal of Chromatography A, 1651, Article 462316. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chroma.2021.462316

CelerisTM Arginine (ARG) is a mixed-mode stationary phase recently released on the market. To characterize its analytical behavior, the retention factors of a pool (n=100, of which 36 neutrals, 26 acids and 38 bases) of pharmaceutically relevant comp... Read More about Characterization of the new Celeris (TM) Arginine column: retentive behaviour through a combination of chemometric tools and potential in drug analysis.

Evidence of egg laying grounds for critically endangered flapper skate (Dipturus intermedius) off Orkney, UK (2021)
Journal Article
Phillips, N. D., Garbett, A., Wise, D., Loca, S. L., Daly, O., Eagling, L. E., Houghton, J. D., Verhoog, P., Thorburn, J., & Collins, P. C. (2021). Evidence of egg laying grounds for critically endangered flapper skate (Dipturus intermedius) off Orkney, UK. Journal of Fish Biology, 99(4), 1492-1496. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.14817

Essential fish habitats (EFHs) are critical for fish life-history events, including spawning, breeding, feeding or growth. Here we provide evidence of EFH for the Critically Endangered flapper skate (Dipturus intermedius) in the waters around the Ork... Read More about Evidence of egg laying grounds for critically endangered flapper skate (Dipturus intermedius) off Orkney, UK.

First confirmed complete incubation of a flapper skate (Dipturus intermedius) egg in captivity (2021)
Journal Article
Benjamins, S., Cole, G., Naylor, A., Thorburn, J. A., & Dodd, J. (2021). First confirmed complete incubation of a flapper skate (Dipturus intermedius) egg in captivity. Journal of Fish Biology, 99(3), 1150-1154. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.14816

An egg of the Critically Endangered flapper skate Dipturus intermedius was successfully incubated to hatching in captivity, in what is believed to be a first for the species. Water conditions (temperature, salinity, flow rate) were recorded, with mea... Read More about First confirmed complete incubation of a flapper skate (Dipturus intermedius) egg in captivity.

BAFCA 10 Year Vision (2021)
Report
Laird, P. (2021). BAFCA 10 Year Vision. BAFCA

To be effective, coaches need to fulfil several different roles within a team, these include technical, tactical, physical, and mental aspects of our game. It is therefore vital to provide ongoing development opportunities to encourage coaches to enh... Read More about BAFCA 10 Year Vision.

Group Career Coaching – A Critical Pedagogical Approach (2021)
Journal Article
Meldrum, S. (2021). Group Career Coaching – A Critical Pedagogical Approach. Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 46(2), 214-225. https://doi.org/10.1080/01933922.2021.1929619

The field of career development has been focused on one-to-one practice but recent years have seen a growth in the need for alternative approaches which are more effective at challenging inequality. Collective group based models have been identified... Read More about Group Career Coaching – A Critical Pedagogical Approach.

Vulnerability assessment across the frontline of law enforcement and public health: a systematic review (2021)
Journal Article
Enang, I., Murray, J., Dougall, N., Aston, E., Wooff, A., Heyman, I., & Grandison, G. (2022). Vulnerability assessment across the frontline of law enforcement and public health: a systematic review. Policing and Society, 32(4), 540-559. https://doi.org/10.1080/10439463.2021.1927025

Assessing vulnerability is an international priority area across law enforcement and public health (LEPH). Most contacts with frontline law enforcement professions now relate to ‘vulnerability’; frontline health responders are experiencing a similar... Read More about Vulnerability assessment across the frontline of law enforcement and public health: a systematic review.

The Use of Recovery Strategies in Professional Soccer: A Worldwide Survey (2021)
Journal Article
Field, A., Harper, L. D., Chrismas, B. C., Fowler, P. M., McCall, A., Paul, D. J., Chamari, K., & Taylor, L. (2021). The Use of Recovery Strategies in Professional Soccer: A Worldwide Survey. International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance, 16(12), 1804-1815. https://doi.org/10.1123/ijspp.2020-0799

Purpose: To survey soccer practitioners’ recovery strategy: (1) use, (2) perceived effectiveness, and (3) factors influencing their implementation in professional soccer. Methods: A cross-sectional convenience sample of professional soccer club/confe... Read More about The Use of Recovery Strategies in Professional Soccer: A Worldwide Survey.

Ocean Literacy and Surfing: Understanding How Interactions in Coastal Ecosystems Inform Blue Space User’s Awareness of the Ocean (2021)
Journal Article
Fox, N., Marshall, J., & Dankel, D. J. (2021). Ocean Literacy and Surfing: Understanding How Interactions in Coastal Ecosystems Inform Blue Space User’s Awareness of the Ocean. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(11), Article 5819. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18115819

Intergovernmental policy is targeting public ocean literacy to help achieve the societal changes needed to reach a sustainable ocean agenda within a 10-year timeframe. To create a culture of care for the ocean, which is under threat from Anthropocent... Read More about Ocean Literacy and Surfing: Understanding How Interactions in Coastal Ecosystems Inform Blue Space User’s Awareness of the Ocean.

Family finds a way: experiences of multigenerational transnational new Chinese immigrant families in New Zealand (2021)
Thesis
Ran, G. (2021). Family finds a way: experiences of multigenerational transnational new Chinese immigrant families in New Zealand. (Thesis). Massey University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2974489

The Immigration Act 1987 fundamentally transformed New Zealand’s immigration policy from one that was race-based to one based on economic needs of New Zealand society. It opened the borders to immigrants from much wider regions. As a result of this “... Read More about Family finds a way: experiences of multigenerational transnational new Chinese immigrant families in New Zealand.

Structured honours projects for sustainability, resilience and student confidence in the pandemic era and beyond (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Garden, C. (2021, May). Structured honours projects for sustainability, resilience and student confidence in the pandemic era and beyond. Presented at Evolving Molecular Biosciences Education, Online

A coordinated approach to embedding skills in undergraduate bioscience degree curricula has been underway at Edinburgh Napier University for over a decade, with positive impacts measured through Graduate Outcomes and the National Student Survey. For... Read More about Structured honours projects for sustainability, resilience and student confidence in the pandemic era and beyond.

Genetic diversity of the Nubian ibex in Oman as revealed by mitochondrial DNA (2021)
Journal Article
Al-Ghafri, M. K., White, P. J. C., Briers, R. A., Dicks, K. L., Ball, A., Ghazali, M., Ross, S., Al-Said, T., Al-Amri, H., Al-Umairi, M., Al-Saadi, H., Aka'ak, A., Hardan, A., Zabanoot, N., Craig, M., & Senn, H. (2021). Genetic diversity of the Nubian ibex in Oman as revealed by mitochondrial DNA. Royal Society Open Science, 8(5), Article 210125. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.210125

The Nubian ibex (Capra nubiana) is patchily distributed across parts of Africa and Arabia. In Oman, it is one of the few free-ranging wild mammals found in the central and southern regions. Its population is declining due to habitat degradation, huma... Read More about Genetic diversity of the Nubian ibex in Oman as revealed by mitochondrial DNA.

Structured Biomedical Sciences Honours Projects: A Protocol for Resilience and Preparedness for the World of Work During the Pandemic? (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Garden, C. (2021, May). Structured Biomedical Sciences Honours Projects: A Protocol for Resilience and Preparedness for the World of Work During the Pandemic?. Poster presented at Horizons in STEM Higher Education, Online

For the past four years, undergraduate students studying on the Royal Society of Biology accredited Biomedical Sciences honours degree at Edinburgh Napier University have been undertaking structured, timetabled honours projects co-supervised by a gro... Read More about Structured Biomedical Sciences Honours Projects: A Protocol for Resilience and Preparedness for the World of Work During the Pandemic?.