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Pre and post diagnostic dementia care in four Scottish prisons (2024)
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MacRae, R., Chalmers, N., Tolson, D., Taylor, J., Anderson, K., Thomson, L., & Russ, T. (2024). Pre and post diagnostic dementia care in four Scottish prisons. Health and Justice, 12(1), Article 43. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40352-024-00294-5

Background and purpose: The number of older people in prisons is increasing across the globe. Many have poor physical and mental health, higher prevalence of head injury, cognitive impairment and dementia than found in community populations. Meeting... Read More about Pre and post diagnostic dementia care in four Scottish prisons.

The combined use of biological investigations, bio chromatographic and in silico methods to solve the puzzle of badge and its derivative's toxicity (2024)
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Neri, I., Piccolo, M., Russo, G., Ferraro, M. G., Marotta, V., Santamaria, R., & Grumetto, L. (2024). The combined use of biological investigations, bio chromatographic and in silico methods to solve the puzzle of badge and its derivative's toxicity. Chemosphere, 367, Article 143640. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.143640

Bisphenol A diglycidyl ether (BADGE) is a pre-polymer of BPA widely used in manufacturing of epoxy resins and plastics; due to its high reactivity, unintended by-products, such as chlorinated and hydrolysed products, can reach the human body. This re... Read More about The combined use of biological investigations, bio chromatographic and in silico methods to solve the puzzle of badge and its derivative's toxicity.

Environmental and Food Security Implications of Livestock Abortions and Calf Mortality: A Case Study in Kenya and Tanzania (2024)
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Balcha, E., Bronsvoort, B., Cook, E. A., Lankester, F., Özkan, Ş., Rosenstein, P. K., Semango, G., Wheelhouse, N., Wilkes, A., & Arndt, C. (in press). Environmental and Food Security Implications of Livestock Abortions and Calf Mortality: A Case Study in Kenya and Tanzania. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2024.1390047

This study investigates the environmental and food security implications of livestock abortions and calf mortality in Tanzanian dairy systems and Kenyan beef systems by utilizing data from previously published studies. The environmental impact of liv... Read More about Environmental and Food Security Implications of Livestock Abortions and Calf Mortality: A Case Study in Kenya and Tanzania.

Characterisation of autophagy induction by the thiopurine drugs azathioprine, mercaptopurine and thioguanine in THP-1 macrophages (2024)
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Masson, C. D., Findlay-Greene, F., Henderson Sousa, F., Henderson, P., Fraser, J. A., Barlow, P. G., & Stevens, C. (online). Characterisation of autophagy induction by the thiopurine drugs azathioprine, mercaptopurine and thioguanine in THP-1 macrophages. Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00210-024-03563-0

Purpose: Activating autophagy may be therapeutically beneficial, and we have previously shown that azathioprine (AZA), an immunomodulatory drug, induces autophagy. Here, we evaluated the induction of autophagy by the thiopurines AZA, mercaptopurine (... Read More about Characterisation of autophagy induction by the thiopurine drugs azathioprine, mercaptopurine and thioguanine in THP-1 macrophages.

The RESIST Project Report. Effects of, and Resistances to 'Anti-Gender' Mobilisations Across Europe: A Report on Nine Case Studies (2024)
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RESIST Project Team. (2024). The RESIST Project Report. Effects of, and Resistances to 'Anti-Gender' Mobilisations Across Europe: A Report on Nine Case Studies

This report explores the lived experiences of encountering ‘anti-gender’ politics, its effects, and resistances in nine case studies: Belarus, people living in exile in Europe, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Poland, Spain, Switzerland. We used the... Read More about The RESIST Project Report. Effects of, and Resistances to 'Anti-Gender' Mobilisations Across Europe: A Report on Nine Case Studies.

The predictability of fluctuating environments shapes the thermal tolerance of marine ectotherms and compensates narrow safety margins (2024)
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Fusi, M., Barausse, A., Booth, J. M., Chapman, E., Daffonchio, D., Sanderson, W., Diele, K., & Giomi, F. (2024). The predictability of fluctuating environments shapes the thermal tolerance of marine ectotherms and compensates narrow safety margins. Scientific Reports, 14, Article 26174. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-77621-1

Aquatic species living in productive coastal habitats with abundant primary producers have evolved in highly dynamic diel and seasonally fluctuating environments in terms of, for example, water temperature and dissolved oxygen. However, how environme... Read More about The predictability of fluctuating environments shapes the thermal tolerance of marine ectotherms and compensates narrow safety margins.

Navigating transitions into, through, and beyond peer worker roles: insider insights from the Supporting Harm Reduction through Peer Support (SHARPS) study (2024)
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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)
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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. (online). Decriminalising terror: for a zemiology of counterterrorism. Justice, Power and Resistance, 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.

The RESIST Project Report. Effects of, and Resistances to 'Anti-Gender' Mobilisations Across Europe: A Report on Poland (2024)
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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.

Scent lures and baits at camera traps improve time to first detection and detection probability of two typically elusive species of weasel (2024)
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Ebel, K., & White, P. J. (online). Scent lures and baits at camera traps improve time to first detection and detection probability of two typically elusive species of weasel. Mammal Research, https://doi.org/10.1007/s13364-024-00771-0

There is a growing body of evidence that weasel species are in decline globally. More data on their ecology and distribution are needed to plan and justify any conservation management actions. Camera trapping can be an effective survey method for man... Read More about Scent lures and baits at camera traps improve time to first detection and detection probability of two typically elusive species of weasel.

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)
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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)
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Mendel, J., & Sharapov, K. (online). Politics without principle: potential borders and the ethics of anti-trafficking online. Environment & Planning C: Politics & Space, 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)
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Kramer, A., Lexow, F., Bludau, A., Köster, A. M., Misailovski, M., Seifert, U., Eggers, M., Rutala, W., Dancer, S. J., & Scheithauer, S. (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”. Clinical Microbiology Reviews, 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)
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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. (online). Implications of newly developed SNPs for conservation programmes for the threatened Nubian ibex (Capra nubiana) in Oman. Conservation Genetics Resources, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12686-024-01370-6

Can probiotics trigger a paradigm shift for cleaning healthcare environments? A narrative review (2024)
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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)
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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)
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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.