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Transmission of SARS‐CoV‐2 by inhalation of respiratory aerosol in the Skagit Valley Chorale superspreading event (2020)
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Miller, S. L., Nazaroff, W. W., Jimenez, J. L., Boerstra, A., Buonanno, G., Dancer, S. J., Kurnitski, J., Marr, L. C., Morawska, L., & Noakes, C. (2021). Transmission of SARS‐CoV‐2 by inhalation of respiratory aerosol in the Skagit Valley Chorale superspreading event. Indoor Air, 31(2), 314-323. https://doi.org/10.1111/ina.12751

During the 2020 COVID‐19 pandemic, an outbreak occurred following attendance of a symptomatic index case at a weekly rehearsal on 10 March of the Skagit Valley Chorale (SVC). After that rehearsal, 53 members of the SVC among 61 in attendance were con... Read More about Transmission of SARS‐CoV‐2 by inhalation of respiratory aerosol in the Skagit Valley Chorale superspreading event.

Restorative Justice, Crime Victims and Penal Welfarism. Mapping and Contextualising Restorative Justice Policy in Scotland (2020)
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Maglione, G. (2021). Restorative Justice, Crime Victims and Penal Welfarism. Mapping and Contextualising Restorative Justice Policy in Scotland. Social and Legal Studies, 30(5), 745-767. https://doi.org/10.1177/0964663920965669

While the criminological literature is abundant in studies on the functioning and effectiveness of restorative justice, there is a lack of engagement with policy on this subject, in spite of the increasing incorporation of restorative justice into po... Read More about Restorative Justice, Crime Victims and Penal Welfarism. Mapping and Contextualising Restorative Justice Policy in Scotland.

Becoming a Prison Officer: An Analysis of the Early Development of Prison Officer Cultures (2020)
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Morrison, K., & Maycock, M. (2021). Becoming a Prison Officer: An Analysis of the Early Development of Prison Officer Cultures. The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, 60(1), 3-24. https://doi.org/10.1111/hojo.12394

Despite the fact that over recent years, imprisonment in Scotland has adopted a bold and aspirational policy direction including proposed reforms to the role of the prison officer, there has been little research into prison officers in Scotland, and... Read More about Becoming a Prison Officer: An Analysis of the Early Development of Prison Officer Cultures.

Into the first biomimetic sphingomyelin stationary phase: Suitability in drugs’ biopharmaceutic profiling and block relevance analysis of selectivity (2020)
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Russo, G., Ermondi, G., Caron, G., Verzele, D., & Lynen, F. (2021). Into the first biomimetic sphingomyelin stationary phase: Suitability in drugs’ biopharmaceutic profiling and block relevance analysis of selectivity. European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 156, 105585. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejps.2020.105585

State of the art: Sphingomyelin (SPH) is a type of sphingolipid found in animal nerve tissues, especially in the membranous myelin sheath that surrounds some nerve cell axons. Because of its characteristics, SPH stationary phase represents an ideal t... Read More about Into the first biomimetic sphingomyelin stationary phase: Suitability in drugs’ biopharmaceutic profiling and block relevance analysis of selectivity.

Scanning, Contextual Factors, and Association With Performance in English Premier League Footballers: An Investigation Across a Season (2020)
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Jordet, G., Aksum, K. M., Pedersen, D. N., Walvekar, A., Trivedi, A., McCall, A., Ivarsson, A., & Priestley, D. (2020). Scanning, Contextual Factors, and Association With Performance in English Premier League Footballers: An Investigation Across a Season. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, Article 553813. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.553813

Scanning in football (soccer) denotes an active head movement where a player’s face is temporarily directed away from the ball to gather information in preparation for subsequently engaging with the ball. The aim of this study was to learn more about... Read More about Scanning, Contextual Factors, and Association With Performance in English Premier League Footballers: An Investigation Across a Season.

Wellbeing differences in children with synaesthesia: anxiety and mood regulation (2020)
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Simner, J., Smees, R., Rinaldi, L. J., & Carmichael, D. A. (2021). Wellbeing differences in children with synaesthesia: anxiety and mood regulation. Frontiers in Bioscience-Elite, 13(1), 195-215. https://doi.org/10.2741/878

Synaesthesia is a neurodevelopmental trait that causes unusual sensory experiences (e.g., perceiving colours when reading letters and numbers). Our paper represents the first evidence that synaesthesia can impact negatively on children’s well-being,... Read More about Wellbeing differences in children with synaesthesia: anxiety and mood regulation.

Aberrant subcutaneous adipogenesis precedes adult metabolic dysfunction in an ovine model of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) (2020)
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Siemienowicz, K. J., Coukan, F., Franks, S., Rae, M. T., & Colin Duncan, W. (2021). Aberrant subcutaneous adipogenesis precedes adult metabolic dysfunction in an ovine model of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology, 519, Article 111042. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mce.2020.111042

Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) affects over 10% of women. Insulin resistance, elevated free fatty acids (FFAs) and increased adiposity are key factors contributing to metabolic dysfunction in PCOS. We hypothesised that aberrant adipogenesis duri... Read More about Aberrant subcutaneous adipogenesis precedes adult metabolic dysfunction in an ovine model of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS).

Effects of Short-Term Unilateral Strength Training on Measures of Postural Control when Wearing ‘Operationally Relevant’ Backpack Loads (2020)
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Krajewski, K. T., Bansbach, H. M., McLean, L., McKenzie, C., Rawcliffe, A., Graham, S., Flanagan, S., Pourmoghaddam, A., Dettmer, M., & Connaboy, C. (2020). Effects of Short-Term Unilateral Strength Training on Measures of Postural Control when Wearing ‘Operationally Relevant’ Backpack Loads. Journal of strength and conditioning research, 34(10), 2743-2750. https://doi.org/10.1519/JSC.0000000000003794

To examine the effects of “operationally relevant” loads on postural stability and to determine the effects of unilateral and bilateral strength training programs on postural stability in healthy, recruit-aged men. Fifteen subjects were randomly assi... Read More about Effects of Short-Term Unilateral Strength Training on Measures of Postural Control when Wearing ‘Operationally Relevant’ Backpack Loads.

Using Theory to Study Empirical Cases: Reflections on Using Habermas to Study Genetic and Reproductive Politics (2020)
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Cimini, N. (2020). Using Theory to Study Empirical Cases: Reflections on Using Habermas to Study Genetic and Reproductive Politics. Forum: Qualitative Social Research / Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung, 21(3), Article 6. https://doi.org/10.17169/fqs-21.3.3366

Attempts to apply social theory to the study of empirical cases are too often reduced to treating theory as formula. Complex theoretical ideas are torn from the contexts of their production, selectively interpreted or even misinterpreted, and applied... Read More about Using Theory to Study Empirical Cases: Reflections on Using Habermas to Study Genetic and Reproductive Politics.

Edaphic factors and plants influence denitrification in soils from a long-term arable experiment (2020)
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Clark, I. M., Fu, Q., Abadie, M., Dixon, E. R., Blaud, A., & Hirsch, P. R. (2020). Edaphic factors and plants influence denitrification in soils from a long-term arable experiment. Scientific Reports, 10, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-72679-z

Factors influencing production of greenhouse gases nitrous oxide (N2O) and nitrogen (N2) in arable soils include high nitrate, moisture and plants; we investigate how differences in the soil microbiome due to antecedent soil treatment additionally in... Read More about Edaphic factors and plants influence denitrification in soils from a long-term arable experiment.

The experiences of cancer patients within the material hospital environment: Three ways that materiality is affective (2020)
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Wiltshire, G., Pullen, E., Brown, F. F., Osborn, M., Wexler, S., Beresford, M., Tooley, M., & Turner, J. E. (2020). The experiences of cancer patients within the material hospital environment: Three ways that materiality is affective. Social Science and Medicine, 264, Article 113402. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.113402

Improving the patient experience is widely recognised as an important goal in the delivery of high-quality healthcare. This study contributes to this goal with a particular focus on the role of the material hospital environment for patients being tre... Read More about The experiences of cancer patients within the material hospital environment: Three ways that materiality is affective.

Top-Down Characterisation of an Antimicrobial Sanitiser, Leading from Quenchers of Efficacy to Mode of Action (2020)
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Wohlgemuth, F., Gomes, R. L., Singleton, I., Rawson, F. J., & Avery, S. V. (2020). Top-Down Characterisation of an Antimicrobial Sanitiser, Leading from Quenchers of Efficacy to Mode of Action. Frontiers in Microbiology, 11, Article 575157. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2020.575157

We developed a top-down strategy to characterise an antimicrobial, oxidising sanitiser, which has diverse proposed applications including surface-sanitisation of fresh foods, and with benefits for water resilience. The strategy involved finding quenc... Read More about Top-Down Characterisation of an Antimicrobial Sanitiser, Leading from Quenchers of Efficacy to Mode of Action.

Resistance to natural and synthetic gene drive systems (2020)
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Price, T. A. R., Windbichler, N., Unckless, R. L., Sutter, A., Runge, J., Ross, P. A., Pomiankowski, A., Nuckolls, N. L., Montchamp‐Moreau, C., Mideo, N., Martin, O. Y., Manser, A., Legros, M., Larracuente, A. M., Holman, L., Godwin, J., Gemmell, N., Courret, C., Buchman, A., Barrett, L. G., & Lindholm, A. K. (2020). Resistance to natural and synthetic gene drive systems. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 33(10), 1345-1360. https://doi.org/10.1111/jeb.13693

Scientists are rapidly developing synthetic gene drive elements intended for release into natural populations. These are intended to control or eradicate disease vectors and pests, or to spread useful traits through wild populations for disease contr... Read More about Resistance to natural and synthetic gene drive systems.

Relationship Between Internal and External Training Load in Field Hockey (2020)
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Tuft, K., & Kavaliauskas, M. (2021). Relationship Between Internal and External Training Load in Field Hockey. International Journal of Strength and Conditioning, 1(1), https://doi.org/10.47206/ijsc.v1i1.24

Training load monitoring in team sports is important in order to plan and evaluate training strategies and ensure optimal performance. Integration of internal and external training load measures into a single training efficiency metric reduces the ef... Read More about Relationship Between Internal and External Training Load in Field Hockey.

What are the Implications of Changing Place for the Professional Performativity of Prison Officers? (2020)
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Maycock, M., McGuckin, K., & Morrison, K. (2023). What are the Implications of Changing Place for the Professional Performativity of Prison Officers?. Corrections: Policy, Practice and Research, 8(2), 57-73. https://doi.org/10.1080/23774657.2020.1821407

Throughcare Support Officers (TSOs) were a unique role in the Scottish criminal justice system when they operated between 2015 and 2019. This research challenges and extends existing prison scholarship by asking a number of novel questions: to what e... Read More about What are the Implications of Changing Place for the Professional Performativity of Prison Officers?.

Load Magnitude and Locomotion Pattern Alter Locomotor System Function in Healthy Young Adult Women (2020)
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Krajewski, K. T., Dever, D. E., Johnson, C. C., Mi, Q., Simpson, R. J., Graham, S. M., Moir, G. L., Ahamed, N. U., Flanagan, S. D., Anderst, W. J., & Connaboy, C. (2020). Load Magnitude and Locomotion Pattern Alter Locomotor System Function in Healthy Young Adult Women. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 8, https://doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2020.582219

Introduction: During cyclical steady state ambulation, such as walking, variability in stride intervals can indicate the state of the system. In order to define locomotor system function, observed variability in motor patterns, stride regulation and... Read More about Load Magnitude and Locomotion Pattern Alter Locomotor System Function in Healthy Young Adult Women.

"We are 'free range' prison officers", the experiences of Scottish Prison Service (SPS) Throughcare Support Officers (TSOs) working in custody and the community (2020)
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Maycock, M., McGuckin, K., & Morrison, K. (2020). "We are 'free range' prison officers", the experiences of Scottish Prison Service (SPS) Throughcare Support Officers (TSOs) working in custody and the community. Probation Journal, 67(4), 358-374. https://doi.org/10.1177/0264550520954898

Between 2015 and 2019, forty-one Throughcare Support Officers (TSOs) supported people serving short sentences leaving custody across eleven Scottish Prison Service (SPS) establishments. The role of prison officers in the provision of throughcare in t... Read More about "We are 'free range' prison officers", the experiences of Scottish Prison Service (SPS) Throughcare Support Officers (TSOs) working in custody and the community.

Competition and gender: Time’s up on essentialist knowledge production (2020)
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Mavin, S., & Yusupova, M. (2021). Competition and gender: Time’s up on essentialist knowledge production. Management Learning, 52(1), 86-108. https://doi.org/10.1177/1350507620950176

This article is an intervention in current trends of thinking about competition and gender in essentialist and stereotypical ways. Such thinking has produced numerous comparative studies measuring competitiveness of women and men; ‘proving’ men as co... Read More about Competition and gender: Time’s up on essentialist knowledge production.

Great expectations: views and perceptions of professionalism amongst mental health services staff, patients and carers (2020)
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Aylott, L. M. E., Tiffin, P. A., Brown, S., & Finn, G. M. (2022). Great expectations: views and perceptions of professionalism amongst mental health services staff, patients and carers. Journal of Mental Health, 31(1), 139-146. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638237.2020.1818195

Background Numerous studies have explored the concept of ‘professionalism’ in medicine, yet little attention has been paid to the concept in a mental health services context. Aims This study sought to determine how the lived experience of patien... Read More about Great expectations: views and perceptions of professionalism amongst mental health services staff, patients and carers.