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The importance of understanding Work-as-done: Implications for research and practice in organizational psychology (2023)
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Thompson, N., Shapiro, E., & Ponton, H. (2023). The importance of understanding Work-as-done: Implications for research and practice in organizational psychology. European Work and Organizational Psychology in Practice, 17(2), 116-142. https://doi.org/10.21825/ewopinpractice.89676

This paper aims to describe how the concept of ‘work-as’ proxies can offer important insights for work and organizational psychologists. We explore how routine work activities can reflect those that are actually carried out when following a work-as-d... Read More about The importance of understanding Work-as-done: Implications for research and practice in organizational psychology.

Protecting China’s major urban bird diversity hotspots (2023)
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Li, L., Yan, M., Hong, Y., Feng, W., Xie, D., & Pagani-Núñez, E. (2024). Protecting China’s major urban bird diversity hotspots. AMBIO: A Journal of the Human Environment, 53, 339-350. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-023-01943-z

The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework puts forward a new conservation target to enhance urban biodiversity. Cities have a great potential for sustaining biodiversity and nurturing a healthy relationship between people and our nearest nat... Read More about Protecting China’s major urban bird diversity hotspots.

Development of an acute ovine model of polycystic ovaries to assess the effect of ovarian denervation (2023)
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Duncan, W. C., Nicol, L. M., O’Hare, R., Witherington, J., Miranda, J. A., Campbell, B. K., Thomas, J. L., & Rae, M. T. (2023). Development of an acute ovine model of polycystic ovaries to assess the effect of ovarian denervation. Frontiers in Endocrinology, 14, Article 1285269. https://doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2023.1285269

Introduction: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) seems to be associated with increased ovarian sympathetic nerve activity and in rodent models of PCOS reducing the sympathetic drive to the ovary, through denervation or neuromodulation, improves ovulati... Read More about Development of an acute ovine model of polycystic ovaries to assess the effect of ovarian denervation.

Preliminary insight into the reproductive traits of the flapper skate (Dipturus intermedius) using in-field ultrasonography and circulating hormone concentrations (2023)
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Thorburn, J., Cole, G., Naylor, A., Garbett, A., Wilson, K., James, M., Dodd, J., Houghton, J. D., & Collins, P. C. (2023). Preliminary insight into the reproductive traits of the flapper skate (Dipturus intermedius) using in-field ultrasonography and circulating hormone concentrations. Endangered Species Research, 52, 97-111. https://doi.org/10.3354/esr01264

Due to global population declines, there is a pressing need for data on the life history traits of many elasmobranch species to support the development of species-specific management plans. A lack of information on the reproductive cycle of the Criti... Read More about Preliminary insight into the reproductive traits of the flapper skate (Dipturus intermedius) using in-field ultrasonography and circulating hormone concentrations.

Q fever and Coxiellosis implications for livestock and human health: a UK perspective (2023)
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Wheelhouse, N., Vazquez, R., Viora, L., & Halliday, J. E. (2023). Q fever and Coxiellosis implications for livestock and human health: a UK perspective. Livestock, 28(5), 193-238. https://doi.org/10.12968/live.2023.28.5.221

Q fever is a disease which can cause an acute self-limiting infection or long-term chronic condition in people exposed to the bacteria Coxiella burnetii. Most human cases in the UK are associated with livestock, particularly small ruminants, which ac... Read More about Q fever and Coxiellosis implications for livestock and human health: a UK perspective.

Benefits beyond cardiometabolic health: the potential of frequent high intensity ‘exercise snacks’ to improve outcomes for those living with and beyond cancer (2023)
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Jenkins, D. G., Devin, J. L., Weston, K. L., Jenkins, J. G., & Skinner, T. L. (2023). Benefits beyond cardiometabolic health: the potential of frequent high intensity ‘exercise snacks’ to improve outcomes for those living with and beyond cancer. The Journal of Physiology, 601(21), 4691-4697. https://doi.org/10.1113/jp284985

High intensity interval training (HIIT) has been shown to consistently elicit rapid and significant adaptations in a number of physiological systems, across many different healthy and clinical populations. In addition, there is increasing interest in... Read More about Benefits beyond cardiometabolic health: the potential of frequent high intensity ‘exercise snacks’ to improve outcomes for those living with and beyond cancer.

Pleiotropic fitness effects across sexes and ages in the Drosophila genome and transcriptome (2023)
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Wong, H. W. S., & Holman, L. (2023). Pleiotropic fitness effects across sexes and ages in the Drosophila genome and transcriptome. Evolution, 77(12), 2642–2655. https://doi.org/10.1093/evolut/qpad163

Selection varies between categories of individuals, with far-reaching ramifications: Sex-specific selection can impede or accelerate adaptation, and differences in selection between young and old individuals are ultimately responsible for senescence.... Read More about Pleiotropic fitness effects across sexes and ages in the Drosophila genome and transcriptome.

Beyond the Advanced Therapies Skills Training Network: An Instrumental Case Study of Life Sciences Skills Development for Biomedical Science Graduates in Scotland (2023)
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Garden, C. L. P. (2023). Beyond the Advanced Therapies Skills Training Network: An Instrumental Case Study of Life Sciences Skills Development for Biomedical Science Graduates in Scotland. British Journal of Biomedical Science, 80, Article 11654. https://doi.org/10.3389/bjbs.2023.11654

Biomedical sciences graduates are employed in a variety of different settings and form a significant part of the Life Sciences sector workforce in Scotland. Their degrees should equip them with the skills and knowledge to not only enter the workplace... Read More about Beyond the Advanced Therapies Skills Training Network: An Instrumental Case Study of Life Sciences Skills Development for Biomedical Science Graduates in Scotland.

A cross-sectional online survey of depression symptoms among New Zealand’s Asian community in the first 10 months of the COVID-19 pandemic (2023)
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Siegert, R. J., Zhu, A., Jia, X., Ran, G. J., French, N., Johnston, D., Lu, J., & Liu, L. S. (online). A cross-sectional online survey of depression symptoms among New Zealand’s Asian community in the first 10 months of the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, https://doi.org/10.1080/03036758.2023.2251900

The COVID-19 pandemic has elevated levels of distress and resulted in anti-Asian discrimination in many countries. We aimed to determine the 10-month prevalence of depression symptoms in Asian adults in New Zealand during the pandemic and to see if t... Read More about A cross-sectional online survey of depression symptoms among New Zealand’s Asian community in the first 10 months of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Gill-associated bacteria are homogeneously selected in amphibious mangrove crabs to sustain host intertidal adaptation (2023)
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Fusi, M., Ngugi, D. K., Marasco, R., Booth, J. M., Cardinale, M., Sacchi, L., Clementi, E., Yang, X., Garuglieri, E., Fodelianakis, S., Michoud, G., & Daffonchio, D. (2023). Gill-associated bacteria are homogeneously selected in amphibious mangrove crabs to sustain host intertidal adaptation. Microbiome, 11(1), Article 189. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-023-01629-4

Background: The transition from water to air is a key event in the evolution of many marine organisms to access new food sources, escape water hypoxia, and exploit the higher and temperature-independent oxygen concentration of air. Despite the import... Read More about Gill-associated bacteria are homogeneously selected in amphibious mangrove crabs to sustain host intertidal adaptation.

Harnessing the immunomodulatory effects of exercise to enhance the efficacy of monoclonal antibody therapies against B-cell haematological cancers: a narrative review (2023)
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Collier-Bain, H. D., Brown, F. F., Causer, A. J., Emery, A., Oliver, R., Moore, S., Murray, J., Turner, J. E., & Campbell, J. P. (2023). Harnessing the immunomodulatory effects of exercise to enhance the efficacy of monoclonal antibody therapies against B-cell haematological cancers: a narrative review. Frontiers in Oncology, 13, Article 1244090. https://doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2023.1244090

Therapeutic monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) are standard care for many B-cell haematological cancers. The modes of action for these mAbs include: induction of cancer cell lysis by activating Fcγ-receptors on innate immune cells; opsonising target cells... Read More about Harnessing the immunomodulatory effects of exercise to enhance the efficacy of monoclonal antibody therapies against B-cell haematological cancers: a narrative review.

Ideas and perspectives: The fluctuating nature of oxygen shapes the ecology of aquatic habitats and their biogeochemical cycles – the aquatic oxyscape (2023)
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Fusi, M., Rigaud, S., Guadagnin, G., Barausse, A., Marasco, R., Daffonchio, D., Régis, J., Huchet, L., Camin, C., Pettit, L., Vina-Herbon, C., & Giomi, F. (2023). Ideas and perspectives: The fluctuating nature of oxygen shapes the ecology of aquatic habitats and their biogeochemical cycles – the aquatic oxyscape. Biogeosciences, 20(16), 3509-3521. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-3509-2023

Oxygen availability is a pivotal factor for ecosystem functioning and the resistance of organisms to the effect of climate change in aquatic habitats. Although extensive work has been done to assess the effect of oxygen on marine and freshwater biota... Read More about Ideas and perspectives: The fluctuating nature of oxygen shapes the ecology of aquatic habitats and their biogeochemical cycles – the aquatic oxyscape.

Choice of model and re‐nesting probability function influences behaviour of avian seasonal productivity models and their demographic predictions (2023)
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White, P. J. C., Stoate, C., Aebisher, N. J., Szczur, J., Ferrer, L., & Norris, K. (2024). Choice of model and re‐nesting probability function influences behaviour of avian seasonal productivity models and their demographic predictions. Ibis, 166(2), 455-471. https://doi.org/10.1111/ibi.13267

Measuring seasonal productivity is difficult in multi‐brooded species without labour‐intensive ringing studies. Individual‐based (IB) models have been used to estimate seasonal productivity with no direct knowledge of number of nesting attempts, but... Read More about Choice of model and re‐nesting probability function influences behaviour of avian seasonal productivity models and their demographic predictions.

Hospital cleaning: past, present, and future (2023)
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Dancer, S. J. (2023). Hospital cleaning: past, present, and future. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 12(1), Article 80. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13756-023-01275-3

Introduction: The importance of hospital cleaning for controlling healthcare-associated infection (HAI) has taken years to acknowledge. This is mainly because the removal of dirt is inextricably entwined with gender and social status, along with lack... Read More about Hospital cleaning: past, present, and future.

Cognitive aging and experience of playing a musical instrument (2023)
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Okely, J. A., Cox, S. R., Deary, I. J., Luciano, M., & Overy, K. (2023). Cognitive aging and experience of playing a musical instrument. Psychology and Aging, 38(7), 696–711. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000768

Musical instrument training has been found to be associated with higher cognitive performance in older age. However, it is not clear whether this association reflects a reduced rate of cognitive decline in older age (differential preservation), and/o... Read More about Cognitive aging and experience of playing a musical instrument.

An integrative modelling framework for passive acoustic telemetry (2023)
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Lavender, E., Biber, S., Illian, J., James, M., Wright, P. J., Thorburn, J., & Smout, S. (2023). An integrative modelling framework for passive acoustic telemetry. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 14(10), 2626-2638. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210x.14193

Passive acoustic telemetry is widely used to study the movements of aquatic animals. However, a holistic, mechanistic modelling framework that permits the reconstruction of fine‐scale movements and emergent patterns of space use from detections at re... Read More about An integrative modelling framework for passive acoustic telemetry.

Using Mobile 360° Video as a Tool for Enhancing Sport Referee Performance: A Case Study (2023)
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Cunningham, I., Roche, L., & Mascarenhas, D. (2023). Using Mobile 360° Video as a Tool for Enhancing Sport Referee Performance: A Case Study. Case Studies in Sport and Exercise Psychology, 7(1), 43-54. https://doi.org/10.1123/cssep.2023-0002

Many new video-based technologies (e.g., eye trackers, point-of-view camera) have been integrated into sport referee performance monitoring and training. Mobile 360° video (an omnidirectional video-capture tool affixed to the referee during their per... Read More about Using Mobile 360° Video as a Tool for Enhancing Sport Referee Performance: A Case Study.

Understanding experiences of suicidality within women’s prisons in England: a systematic review of the qualitative literature (2023)
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Struthers, L., & Mahoney, A. (2023). Understanding experiences of suicidality within women’s prisons in England: a systematic review of the qualitative literature. Journal of Forensic Practice, 25(4), 338-355. https://doi.org/10.1108/jfp-03-2023-0008

Purpose Suicide and suicide-related incidents have increased within women’s prisons in the UK. This paper aims to synthesise the findings of qualitative literature, to gain a deeper understanding of the how women and staff in English prisons experie... Read More about Understanding experiences of suicidality within women’s prisons in England: a systematic review of the qualitative literature.