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The Struggle is Real: Theorising Community Justice Restructuring Agonistically (2020)
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Buchan, J. (2020). The Struggle is Real: Theorising Community Justice Restructuring Agonistically. European Journal of Probation, 12(2), 73-90. https://doi.org/10.1177/2066220320927353

This article is a novel use of the ‘agonistic framework’ – a theory of penal change developed in the US, which emphasises the role of hidden conflict – to analyse recent organisational reforms to probation in Scotland. It begins by drawing on recent... Read More about The Struggle is Real: Theorising Community Justice Restructuring Agonistically.

Structural optimization of imidazothiazole derivatives affords a new promising series as B-Raf V600E inhibitors; synthesis, in vitro assay and in silico screening (2020)
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Ammar, U. M., Abdel-Maksoud, M. S., Ali, E. M., Mersal, K. I., Ho Yoo, K., & Oh, C. (2020). Structural optimization of imidazothiazole derivatives affords a new promising series as B-Raf V600E inhibitors; synthesis, in vitro assay and in silico screening. Bioorganic Chemistry, 100, Article 103967. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bioorg.2020.103967

BRAF mutation is commonly known in a number of human cancer types. It is counted as a potential component in treating cancer. In this study, based on structural optimization of previously reported inhibitors (3-fluro substituted derivatives of imidaz... Read More about Structural optimization of imidazothiazole derivatives affords a new promising series as B-Raf V600E inhibitors; synthesis, in vitro assay and in silico screening.

Environment, intention and intergenerational music making: Facilitating participatory music making in diverse contexts of community music (2020)
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Anderson, K., & Willingham, L. (2020). Environment, intention and intergenerational music making: Facilitating participatory music making in diverse contexts of community music. International Journal of Community Music, 13(2), 173-185. https://doi.org/10.1386/ijcm_00018_1

Current conversations and debates amongst community music and music educational practitioners have engendered the need to identify and describe qualities and leadership strategies that could be expected essential for those in teaching, facilitating a... Read More about Environment, intention and intergenerational music making: Facilitating participatory music making in diverse contexts of community music.

Insights into manipulating postprandial energy expenditure to manage weight gain in polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) (2020)
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Siemienowicz, K., Rae, M. T., Howells, F., Anderson, C., Nicol, L. M., Franks, S., & Duncan, W. C. (2020). Insights into manipulating postprandial energy expenditure to manage weight gain in polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). iScience, 23(6), Article 101164. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2020.101164

Women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) are more likely to be obese and have difficulty in losing weight. They demonstrate an obesity-independent deficit in adaptive energy expenditure. We used a clinically-realistic preclinical model to investig... Read More about Insights into manipulating postprandial energy expenditure to manage weight gain in polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS).

A Method to Assess the Relevance of Nanomaterial Dissolution during Reactivity Testing (2020)
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Peijnenburg, W. J. G. M., Ruggiero, E., Boyles, M., Murphy, F., Stone, V., Elam, D. A., Werle, K., & Wohlleben, W. (2020). A Method to Assess the Relevance of Nanomaterial Dissolution during Reactivity Testing. Materials, 13(10), Article 2235. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma13102235

The reactivity of particle surfaces can be used as a criterion to group nanoforms (NFs) based on similar potential hazard. Since NFs may partially or completely dissolve over the duration of the assays, with the ions themselves inducing a response, r... Read More about A Method to Assess the Relevance of Nanomaterial Dissolution during Reactivity Testing.

Provision of peer support at the intersection of homelessness and problem substance use services: a systematic ‘state of the art’ review (2020)
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Miler, J. A., Carver, H., Foster, R., & Parkes, T. (2020). Provision of peer support at the intersection of homelessness and problem substance use services: a systematic ‘state of the art’ review. BMC Public Health, 20(1), Article 641. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-8407-4

Background Peer support refers to a process whereby individuals with lived experience of a particular phenomenon provide support to others by explicitly drawing on their personal experience. It has been adopted in a variety of service contexts inclu... Read More about Provision of peer support at the intersection of homelessness and problem substance use services: a systematic ‘state of the art’ review.

Bilinguals’ inhibitory control and attentional processes in a visual perceptual task (2020)
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Wimmer, M. C., Marx, C., Stirk, S., & Hancock, P. J. (2021). Bilinguals’ inhibitory control and attentional processes in a visual perceptual task. Psychological Research, 85, 1439-1448. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-020-01333-0

The aim was to examine theories of bilingual inhibitory control superiority in the visual domain. In an ambiguous figure task the ability to reverse (switch) interpretations (e.g., duckrabbit) was examined in 3-5-year-old bilinguals and monolinguals... Read More about Bilinguals’ inhibitory control and attentional processes in a visual perceptual task.

Exploring the coach-administrator relationship within the SA cricket development environment (2020)
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English, C., Nash, C., & Martindale, R. (2021). Exploring the coach-administrator relationship within the SA cricket development environment. European Sport Management Quarterly, 21(4), 466-483. https://doi.org/10.1080/16184742.2020.1749689

Research question: The increased competitive demands placed on modern sports organisations, intensifies pressures on coaches to produce positive results. These factors may increase relational tensions between managerial-sports leaders (administrator... Read More about Exploring the coach-administrator relationship within the SA cricket development environment.

Trade unions and career services: Potential partners for promoting social justice at work (2020)
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Robertson, P. J., Cimini, N., Post, J., & Corry, J. (2020). Trade unions and career services: Potential partners for promoting social justice at work. Journal of the National Institute for Career Education and Counselling, 44(1), 5-12. https://doi.org/10.20856/jnicec.4401

This paper argues that trade unions represent natural allies for career services, as they have shared interests in addressing issues of social justice at work. This potentially valuable partnership has been underdeveloped. Two case studies of innovat... Read More about Trade unions and career services: Potential partners for promoting social justice at work.

Bacterial Transfer To Fingertips During Sequential Surface Contacts With And Without Gloves (2020)
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King, M., López‐García, M., Atedoghu, K. P., Zhang, N., Wilson, A. M., Weterings, M., Hiwar, W., Dancer, S. J., Noakes, C. J., & Fletcher, L. A. (2020). Bacterial Transfer To Fingertips During Sequential Surface Contacts With And Without Gloves. Indoor Air, 30(5), 993-1004. https://doi.org/10.1111/ina.12682

Bacterial transmission from contaminated surfaces via hand contact plays a critical role in disease spread. However, the fomite‐to‐finger transfer efficiency of microorganisms during multiple sequential surface contacts with and without gloves has no... Read More about Bacterial Transfer To Fingertips During Sequential Surface Contacts With And Without Gloves.

Precision Medicine and the Role of Biomarkers of Radiotherapy Response in Breast Cancer (2020)
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Meehan, J., Gray, M., Martínez-Pérez, C., Kay, C., Pang, L. Y., Fraser, J. A., Poole, A. V., Kunkler, I. H., Langdon, S. P., Argyle, D., & Turnbull, A. K. (2020). Precision Medicine and the Role of Biomarkers of Radiotherapy Response in Breast Cancer. Frontiers in Oncology, 10, https://doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2020.00628

Radiotherapy remains an important treatment modality in nearly two thirds of all cancers, including the primary curative or palliative treatment of breast cancer. Unfortunately, largely due to tumor heterogeneity, tumor radiotherapy response rates ca... Read More about Precision Medicine and the Role of Biomarkers of Radiotherapy Response in Breast Cancer.

“When I was surfing with those guys I was surfing with family.” A Grounded Exploration of Program Theory within the Jimmy Miller Memorial Foundation Surf Therapy Intervention (2020)
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Marshall, J., Ferrier, B., Ward, P. B., & Martindale, R. (2020). “When I was surfing with those guys I was surfing with family.” A Grounded Exploration of Program Theory within the Jimmy Miller Memorial Foundation Surf Therapy Intervention. Global Journal of Community Psychology Practice, 11(2),

Surf therapy is an intervention increasingly being utilized to tackle a range of health inequalities for military veterans. While increasing evidence demonstrates the effectiveness of surf therapy, there has been limited exploration of program theore... Read More about “When I was surfing with those guys I was surfing with family.” A Grounded Exploration of Program Theory within the Jimmy Miller Memorial Foundation Surf Therapy Intervention.

Reliability of Change of Direction and Agility Assessments in Youth Soccer Players (2020)
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Dugdale, J. H., Sanders, D., & Hunter, A. M. (2020). Reliability of Change of Direction and Agility Assessments in Youth Soccer Players. Sports, 8(4), 51. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports8040051

Considering the vast physical and neural developments experienced throughout adolescence, the reliability of physical performance may vary in youth populations. This study aimed to examine the reliability of change of direction (COD) and agility test... Read More about Reliability of Change of Direction and Agility Assessments in Youth Soccer Players.

Design and synthesis of novel pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridine derivatives targeting V600EBRAF (2020)
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Abdel-Maksoud, M. S., Ali, E. M., Ammar, U. M., Mersal, K. I., Yoo, K. H., & Oh, C. (2020). Design and synthesis of novel pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridine derivatives targeting V600EBRAF. Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry, 28(11), Article 115493. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bmc.2020.115493

Several pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridine-based B-RAF inhibitors are well known and some of them are currently FDA approved as anticancer agents. Based on the structure of these FDA approved V600E B-RAF inhibitors, two series of pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridine scaffold... Read More about Design and synthesis of novel pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridine derivatives targeting V600EBRAF.

Zinc ameliorates human aortic valve calcification through GPR39 mediated ERK1/2 signalling pathway (2020)
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Chen, Z., Gordillo-Martinez, F., Jiang, L., He, P., Hong, W., Wei, X., Staines, K. A., Macrae, V. E., Zhang, C., Yu, D., Fu, X., & Zhu, D. (2021). Zinc ameliorates human aortic valve calcification through GPR39 mediated ERK1/2 signalling pathway. Cardiovascular Research, 117(3), 820-835. https://doi.org/10.1093/cvr/cvaa090

Aims Calcific aortic valve disease (CAVD) is the most common heart valve disease in the Western world. It has been reported that zinc is accumulated in calcified human aortic valves. However, whether zinc directly regulates CAVD is yet to be elucida... Read More about Zinc ameliorates human aortic valve calcification through GPR39 mediated ERK1/2 signalling pathway.