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In vivo imaging of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species in murine colitis (2014)
Journal Article
Asghar, M. N., Emani, R., Alam, C., Helenius, T. O., Grönroos, T. J., Sareila, O., Din, M. U., Holmdahl, R., Hänninen, A., & Toivola, D. M. (2014). In vivo imaging of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species in murine colitis. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, 20(8), 1435-1447. https://doi.org/10.1097/mib.0000000000000118

Traditional techniques analyzing mouse colitis are invasive, laborious, or indirect. Development of in vivo imaging techniques for specific colitis processes would be useful for monitoring disease progression and/or treatment effectiveness. The aim w... Read More about In vivo imaging of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species in murine colitis.

Subclinical diastolic dysfunction in young adults with Type 2 diabetes mellitus: a multiparametric contrast-enhanced cardiovascular magnetic resonance pilot study assessing potential mechanisms (2014)
Journal Article
Khan, J. N., Wilmot, E. G., Leggate, M., Singh, A., Yates, T., Nimmo, M., …McCann, G. P. (2014). Subclinical diastolic dysfunction in young adults with Type 2 diabetes mellitus: a multiparametric contrast-enhanced cardiovascular magnetic resonance pilot study assessing potential mechanisms. European heart journal cardiovascular Imaging, 15(11), 1263-1269. https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjci/jeu121

Aims To assess the cardiac, vascular, anthropometric, and biochemical determinants of subclinical diastolic dysfunction in younger adults with Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) using multiparametric contrast-enhanced cardiovascular magnetic resonance... Read More about Subclinical diastolic dysfunction in young adults with Type 2 diabetes mellitus: a multiparametric contrast-enhanced cardiovascular magnetic resonance pilot study assessing potential mechanisms.

Yeast Dun1 Kinase Regulates Ribonucleotide Reductase Inhibitor Sml1 in Response to Iron Deficiency (2014)
Journal Article
Sanvisens, N., Romero, A. M., An, X., Zhang, C., de Llanos, R., Martinez-Pastor, M. T., Bañó, M. C., Huang, M., & Puig, S. (2014). Yeast Dun1 Kinase Regulates Ribonucleotide Reductase Inhibitor Sml1 in Response to Iron Deficiency. Molecular and Cellular Biology, 34(17), 3259-3271. https://doi.org/10.1128/mcb.00472-14

Iron is an essential micronutrient for all eukaryotic organisms because it participates as a redox-active cofactor in many biological processes, including DNA replication and repair. Eukaryotic ribonucleotide reductases (RNRs) are Fe-dependent enzyme... Read More about Yeast Dun1 Kinase Regulates Ribonucleotide Reductase Inhibitor Sml1 in Response to Iron Deficiency.

How might healthcare systems influence speed of cancer diagnosis: A narrative review (2014)
Journal Article
Brown, S., Castelli, M., Hunter, D. J., Erskine, J., Vedsted, P., Foot, C., & Rubin, G. (2014). How might healthcare systems influence speed of cancer diagnosis: A narrative review. Social Science and Medicine, 116, 56-63. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.06.030

Striking differences exist in outcomes for cancer between developed countries with comparable healthcare systems. We compare the healthcare systems of 3 countries (Denmark, Norway, Sweden), 3 UK jurisdictions (England, Wales and Northern Ireland), 3... Read More about How might healthcare systems influence speed of cancer diagnosis: A narrative review.

Conditional helping and evolutionary transitions to eusociality and cooperative breeding (2014)
Journal Article
Holman, L. (2014). Conditional helping and evolutionary transitions to eusociality and cooperative breeding. Behavioral Ecology, 25(5), 1173-1182. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/aru100

The nonreproductive helpers of many arthropod, bird and mammal species are a perennial puzzle for evolutionary biologists. Theory and evidence suggests that helping is favored by high relatedness between social partners and by certain ecological fact... Read More about Conditional helping and evolutionary transitions to eusociality and cooperative breeding.

Changes in Club Head Trajectory and Planarity Throughout the Golf Swing (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Morrison, A., McGrath, D., & Wallace, E. (2014, July). Changes in Club Head Trajectory and Planarity Throughout the Golf Swing. Presented at The Engineering of Sport 10. Conference of the International Sports Engineering Association 2014, Sheffield, UK

This paper investigates the planarity and changes in club head trajectory throughout the golf swing. Four male, highly skilled golfers were captured hitting 40 shots using an optical motion capture system. Planes were fitted to four phases of the gol... Read More about Changes in Club Head Trajectory and Planarity Throughout the Golf Swing.

Low-income mothers’ food practices with young children: A qualitative longitudinal study (2014)
Journal Article
Harden, J., & Dickson, A. (2015). Low-income mothers’ food practices with young children: A qualitative longitudinal study. Health Education Journal, 74(4), 381-391. https://doi.org/10.1177/0017896914535378

Objective: Young children living in socioeconomically deprived areas of Scotland have an increased risk of becoming overweight or obese. To enhance understanding of the wider contexts within which family food practices are developed, this study exami... Read More about Low-income mothers’ food practices with young children: A qualitative longitudinal study.

Scotland university to use dogs when interviewing potential students (2014)
Newspaper / Magazine
Fraser, M., & Manning, S. (2014). Scotland university to use dogs when interviewing potential students. [Metro]

Chlamydia in cases of bovine abortion in Ireland (2014)
Journal Article
Wheelhouse, N., Longbottom, D., & O'Donovan, J. (2014). Chlamydia in cases of bovine abortion in Ireland. Veterinary Record, 174(22), 560-561. https://doi.org/10.1136/vr.g3567

We report the findings of a preliminary investigation into chlamydial involvement in cases of bovine abortion in Ireland. Chlamydia abortus has long been recognised as a known major cause of ruminant abortion. However, several newly recognised specie... Read More about Chlamydia in cases of bovine abortion in Ireland.

An Investigation Into The Effectiveness Of Ratings Of Perceived Exertion In Cardiac Rehabilitation Exercise (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Graham, S. M., Martindale, R., Baird, M., Thow, M., & McKinley, M. An Investigation Into The Effectiveness Of Ratings Of Perceived Exertion In Cardiac Rehabilitation Exercise. Presented at American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) International Conference, Orlando, USA

INTRODUCTION: Within Scotland, Cardiac Rehabilitation Phase IV (CRIV) exercise classes are widely utilised to deliver community-based exercise utilising traditional circuit type exercise for both genders. Currently no gender specific rating of percei... Read More about An Investigation Into The Effectiveness Of Ratings Of Perceived Exertion In Cardiac Rehabilitation Exercise.

Diurnal variation in physiological, psychological and immune responses to running 10 km time trials performed in hot and cold environments (2014)
Thesis
Boukelia, B. Diurnal variation in physiological, psychological and immune responses to running 10 km time trials performed in hot and cold environments. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/9162

Purpose: To investigate the physiological, immunological and psychological response to an intense bout of exercise performed by highly trained individuals at 09:00 hs and 16:00 hs (Chapter 5) and at 09:00 hs and 18:00 hs (Chapter 6). Methods: Using a... Read More about Diurnal variation in physiological, psychological and immune responses to running 10 km time trials performed in hot and cold environments.

Inhibitory processes in visual perception: A bilingual advantage (2014)
Journal Article
Wimmer, M. C., & Marx, C. (2014). Inhibitory processes in visual perception: A bilingual advantage. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 126, 412-419. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2014.03.004

Bilingual inhibitory control advantages are well established. An open question is whether inhibitory superiority also extends to visual perceptual phenomena that involve inhibitory processes. This research used ambiguous figures to assess inhibitory... Read More about Inhibitory processes in visual perception: A bilingual advantage.

Self-regulated learning and its association with self-report leisure-time physical activity among Hong Kong Chinese Adolescents. (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Pitkethly, A., & Lau, P. W. (2014, May). Self-regulated learning and its association with self-report leisure-time physical activity among Hong Kong Chinese Adolescents. Poster presented at International Society for Behaviour, Nutrition and Physical Activity (ISBNPA)

Introduction: Only 57.4% of 13-19 year old Hong Kong adolescents engage in three or more days of 30 minutes of moderate to vigorous activity weekly (Hong Kong Department of Health 2010). This study investigated 1) associations between self-regulated... Read More about Self-regulated learning and its association with self-report leisure-time physical activity among Hong Kong Chinese Adolescents..

Lung Inflammation, oxidative stress and air pollution. (2014)
Book Chapter
Gomes, E. C., & Florida-James, G. (2014). Lung Inflammation, oxidative stress and air pollution. In K. C. Ong (Ed.), Lung InflammationInTech. https://doi.org/10.5772/58252

This is a very relevant chapter in the context of “Lung Inflammation” because it details and discusses an important theme in this area: air pollution. The analyses of epidemiological studies, conducted in various urban centres, have provided coherent... Read More about Lung Inflammation, oxidative stress and air pollution..

Not just a talking shop: practitioner perspectives on how communities of practice work to improve outcomes for people experiencing multiple exclusion homelessness (2014)
Journal Article
Cornes, M., Manthorpe, J., Hennessy, C., Anderson, S., Clark, M., & Scanlon, C. (2014). Not just a talking shop: practitioner perspectives on how communities of practice work to improve outcomes for people experiencing multiple exclusion homelessness. Journal of Interprofessional Care, 28(6), 541-546. https://doi.org/10.3109/13561820.2014.917406

Within homelessness services recent policy developments have highlighted the need for integration and improved collaborative working and also, the need for “Psychologically Informed Environments” (PIES) in which workers are better equipped to manage... Read More about Not just a talking shop: practitioner perspectives on how communities of practice work to improve outcomes for people experiencing multiple exclusion homelessness.

Heart on a Plate: Histological and Functional Assessment of Isolated Adult Zebrafish Hearts Maintained in Culture (2014)
Journal Article
Pieperhoff, S., Wilson, K. S., Baily, J., de Mora, K., Maqsood, S., Vass, S., Taylor, J., Del-Pozo, J., MacRae, C. A., Mullins, J. J., & Denvir, M. A. (2014). Heart on a Plate: Histological and Functional Assessment of Isolated Adult Zebrafish Hearts Maintained in Culture. PLOS ONE, 9(5), Article e96771. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0096771

The zebrafish is increasingly used for cardiovascular genetic and functional studies. We present a novel protocol to maintain and monitor whole isolated beating adult zebrafish hearts in culture for long-term experiments. Excised whole adult zebrafis... Read More about Heart on a Plate: Histological and Functional Assessment of Isolated Adult Zebrafish Hearts Maintained in Culture.

Turning the Tide: How Blue Carbon and Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) Might Help Save Mangrove Forests (2014)
Journal Article
Locatelli, T., Binet, T., Kairo, J. G., King, L., Madden, S., Patenaude, G., Upton, C., & Huxham, M. (2014). Turning the Tide: How Blue Carbon and Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) Might Help Save Mangrove Forests. AMBIO: A Journal of the Human Environment, 43, 981-995. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-014-0530-y

In this review paper, we aim to describe the potential for, and the key challenges to, applying PES projects to mangroves. By adopting a “carbocentric approach,” we show that mangrove forests are strong candidates for PES projects. They are particula... Read More about Turning the Tide: How Blue Carbon and Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) Might Help Save Mangrove Forests.

Improved heat tolerance in air drives the recurrent evolution of air-breathing (2014)
Journal Article
Giomi, F., Fusi, M., Barausse, A., Mostert, B., Portner, H., & Cannicci, S. (2014). Improved heat tolerance in air drives the recurrent evolution of air-breathing. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 281(1782), 20132927-20132927. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2013.2927

The transition to air-breathing by formerly aquatic species has occurred repeat-edly and independently in fish, crabs and other animal phyla, but the proximatedrivers of this key innovation remain a long-standing puzzle in evolutio-nary biology. Most... Read More about Improved heat tolerance in air drives the recurrent evolution of air-breathing.

The pathophysiology of increased hepatic IGF1 expression in an ovine model of polycystic ovary syndrome (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Siemienowicz, K., Boswell, L., Carr, D., Mina, T., Connolly, F., Rae, M., & Duncan, C. (2014, May). The pathophysiology of increased hepatic IGF1 expression in an ovine model of polycystic ovary syndrome. Poster presented at 16th European Congress of Endocrinology, Wroclaw, Poland

Exposure of pregnant sheep to increased concentrations of testosterone during midgestation results in a PCOS-like condition in the female offspring that includes increased hepatic IGF1. The aim of this study was to investigate the molecular pathophys... Read More about The pathophysiology of increased hepatic IGF1 expression in an ovine model of polycystic ovary syndrome.

The Influence of Serial Carbohydrate Mouth Rinsing on Power Output during a Cycle Sprint (2014)
Journal Article
Phillips, S. M., Findlay, S., Kavaliauskas, M., & Grant, M. C. (2014). The Influence of Serial Carbohydrate Mouth Rinsing on Power Output during a Cycle Sprint. Journal of Sports Science and Medicine, 13, 252-258

The objective of the study was to investigate the influence of serial administration of a carbohydrate (CHO) mouth rinse on performance, metabolic and perceptual responses during a cycle sprint. Twelve physically active males (mean (± SD) age: 23.1 (... Read More about The Influence of Serial Carbohydrate Mouth Rinsing on Power Output during a Cycle Sprint.