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Optimizing Interval Training Through Power-Output Variation Within the Work Intervals (2020)
Journal Article
Bossi, A. H., Mesquida, C., Passfield, L., Rønnestad, B. R., & Hopker, J. G. (2020). Optimizing Interval Training Through Power-Output Variation Within the Work Intervals. International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance, 15(7), 982-989. https://doi.org/10.1123/ijspp.2019-0260

Purpose: Maximal oxygen uptake (˙VO2max) is a key determinant of endurance performance. Therefore, devising high-intensity interval training (HIIT) that maximizes stress of the oxygen-transport and -utilization systems may be important to stimulate f... Read More about Optimizing Interval Training Through Power-Output Variation Within the Work Intervals.

High-intensity interval training in patients with heart failure (2020)
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Callum, K. J., Gorely, T., Crabtree, D. R., Muggeridge, D. J., & Leslie, S. J. (2020). High-intensity interval training in patients with heart failure. British Journal of Cardiac Nursing, 15(4), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjca.2019.0058

Cardiac rehabilitation is a key component in the secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease. However, uptake and adherence to programmes is suboptimal, especially for patients with heart failure. Traditionally, cardiac rehabilitation programmes h... Read More about High-intensity interval training in patients with heart failure.

Sea urchin chronicles. The effect of oxygen super-saturation and marine polluted sediments from Bagnoli-Coroglio Bay on different life stages of the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus (2020)
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Chiarore, A., Musco, L., Bertocci, I., Gallo, A., Cannavacciuolo, A., Mutalipassi, M., Caramiello, D., Giomi, F., Fusi, M., Danovaro, R., & Munari, M. (2020). Sea urchin chronicles. The effect of oxygen super-saturation and marine polluted sediments from Bagnoli-Coroglio Bay on different life stages of the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus. Marine Environmental Research, 159, Article 104967. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2020.104967

In marinas and harbours, the accumulation of pollutants in sediments, combined with poor exchange of water with the open sea, poses a major environmental threat. The presence of photosynthetic organisms and the related oxygen production, however, may... Read More about Sea urchin chronicles. The effect of oxygen super-saturation and marine polluted sediments from Bagnoli-Coroglio Bay on different life stages of the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus.

An Exercise Oncology Clinical Pathway: Screening and Referral for Personalized Interventions (2020)
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Stout, N., Brown, J., Schwartz, A., Marshall, T., Campbell, A., Nekhlyudov, L., Zucker, D., Basen-Engquist, K., Campbell, G., Meyerhardt, J., Cheville, A., Covington, K., Ligibel, J., Sokolof, J., Schmitz, K., & Alfano, C. (2020). An Exercise Oncology Clinical Pathway: Screening and Referral for Personalized Interventions. Cancer, 126(12), 2750-2758. https://doi.org/10.1002/cncr.32860

This article presents a clinical screening and referral framework to enable health care professionals to guide individuals with cancer to safe and effective exercise programs.

Dynamic Transmission of Staphylococcus Aureus in the Intensive Care Unit (2020)
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Adams, C. E., & Dancer, S. J. (2020). Dynamic Transmission of Staphylococcus Aureus in the Intensive Care Unit. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(6), Article 2109. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17062109

Staphylococcus aureus is an important bacterial pathogen. This study utilized known staphylococcal epidemiology to track S. aureus between patients, surfaces, staff hands and air in a ten-bed intensive care unit (ICU). Methods: Patients, air and surf... Read More about Dynamic Transmission of Staphylococcus Aureus in the Intensive Care Unit.

Exercise-Based Strategies to Prevent Muscle Injury in Elite Footballers: A Systematic Review and Best Evidence Synthesis (2020)
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Fanchini, M., Steendahl, I. B., Impellizzeri, F. M., Pruna, R., Dupont, G., Coutts, A. J., Meyer, T., & McCall, A. (2020). Exercise-Based Strategies to Prevent Muscle Injury in Elite Footballers: A Systematic Review and Best Evidence Synthesis. Sports Medicine, 50, 1653-1666. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40279-020-01282-z

Background Exercise-based strategies are used to prevent muscle injuries in football and studies on different competitive-level populations may provide different results. Objectives To evaluate the effectiveness of exercise-based muscle injury p... Read More about Exercise-Based Strategies to Prevent Muscle Injury in Elite Footballers: A Systematic Review and Best Evidence Synthesis.

The examination of mental toughness, sleep, mood and injury rates in an Arctic ultra-marathon (2020)
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Graham, S. M., Martindale, R. J. J., McKinley, M., Connaboy, C., Andronikos, G., & Susmarski, A. (2021). The examination of mental toughness, sleep, mood and injury rates in an Arctic ultra-marathon. European Journal of Sport Science, 21(1), 100-106. https://doi.org/10.1080/17461391.2020.1733670

There is scarcity of research examining the physiological and psychological effects of ultra-endurance racing on athletes in extreme conditions. The purpose of the current study was to identify common injury patterns and illness, profile mood states... Read More about The examination of mental toughness, sleep, mood and injury rates in an Arctic ultra-marathon.

Multiple Impact Pathways Of The 2015-2016 El Niño In Coastal Kenya (2020)
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Fortnam, M., Atkins, M., Brown, K., Chaigneau, T., Frouws, A., Gwaro, K., Huxam, M., Kairo, J. G., Kimeli, A., Kirui, B. K., & Sheen, K. (2020). Multiple Impact Pathways Of The 2015-2016 El Niño In Coastal Kenya. AMBIO: A Journal of the Human Environment, 50, 174-189. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-020-01321-z

The 2015-2016 El Niño had large impacts globally. The effects were not as great as anticipated in Kenya, however, leading some commentators to call it a 'non-event'. Our study uses a novel combination of participatory Climate Vulnerability and Capaci... Read More about Multiple Impact Pathways Of The 2015-2016 El Niño In Coastal Kenya.

The Paradox Of Scottish Life Imprisonment (2020)
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Van Zyl Smit, D., & Morrison, K. (2020). The Paradox Of Scottish Life Imprisonment. European Journal of Crime, Criminal Law and Criminal Justice, 28(1), 76-102. https://doi.org/10.1163/15718174-02801004

More people are serving life sentences in Scotland as a proportion of the national population than in any other country in Europe. Yet Scotland claims to adopt a welfarist rather than a penal approach to criminal justice. This paper uses a wide rang... Read More about The Paradox Of Scottish Life Imprisonment.

Personality profile of child synaesthetes (2020)
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Rinaldi, L., Smees, R., Carmichael, D., & Simner, J. (2020). Personality profile of child synaesthetes. Frontiers in Bioscience, 12, 162-182

Previous research into personality and synaesthesia has focused on adult populations and yielded mixed results. One particular challenge has been to distinguish traits associated with synaesthesia, from traits associated with the ways in which synaes... Read More about Personality profile of child synaesthetes.

Exploring the Views of Desk-Based Office Workers and Their Employers’ Beliefs Regarding Strategies to Reduce Occupational Sitting Time, With an Emphasis on Technology-Supported Approaches (2020)
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Stephenson, A., McDonough, S. M., Murphy, M. H., Nugent, C. D., Wilson, I. M., & Mair, J. L. (2020). Exploring the Views of Desk-Based Office Workers and Their Employers’ Beliefs Regarding Strategies to Reduce Occupational Sitting Time, With an Emphasis on Technology-Supported Approaches. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 62(2), 149-155. https://doi.org/10.1097/jom.0000000000001777

Objective: Employee and employer views regarding how technology-supported strategies can best meet their needs to reduce occupational sitting are not well known. This study explored target user and key stakeholder beliefs regarding strategies to red... Read More about Exploring the Views of Desk-Based Office Workers and Their Employers’ Beliefs Regarding Strategies to Reduce Occupational Sitting Time, With an Emphasis on Technology-Supported Approaches.

Exploring Micro-Eukaryotic Diversity in the Gut: Co-occurrence of Blastocystis Subtypes and Other Protists in Zoo Animals (2020)
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Betts, E. L., Gentekaki, E., & Tsaousis, A. D. (2020). Exploring Micro-Eukaryotic Diversity in the Gut: Co-occurrence of Blastocystis Subtypes and Other Protists in Zoo Animals. Frontiers in Microbiology, 11, Article 288. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2020.00288

Blastocystis is a genetically diverse microbial eukaryote thriving in the gut of humans and other animals. While Blastocystis has been linked with gastrointestinal disorders, its pathogenicity remains controversial. Previous reports have suggested th... Read More about Exploring Micro-Eukaryotic Diversity in the Gut: Co-occurrence of Blastocystis Subtypes and Other Protists in Zoo Animals.

Mangroves give cause for conservation optimism, for now (2020)
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Friess, D. A., Yando, E. S., Abuchahla, G. M., Adams, J. B., Cannicci, S., Canty, S. W., Cavanaugh, K. C., Connolly, R. M., Cormier, N., Dahdouh-Guebas, F., Diele, K., Feller, I. C., Fratini, S., Jennerjahn, T. C., Yip Lee, S., Ogurcak, D. E., Ouyang, X., Rogers, K., Rowntree, J. K., Sharma, S., …Wee, A. K. (2020). Mangroves give cause for conservation optimism, for now. Current Biology, 30(4), 153-154. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2019.12.054

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Pore system characteristics of soil aggregates and their relevance to aggregate stability (2020)
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Menon, M., Mawodza, T., Rabbani, A., Blaud, A., Lair, G. J., Babaei, M., Kercheva, M., Rousseva, S., & Banwart, S. (2020). Pore system characteristics of soil aggregates and their relevance to aggregate stability. Geoderma, 366, Article 114259. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2020.114259

Aggregates are the structural units of soils, and the physical stability is considered to be a keystone parameter of soil quality. However, little is known about the evolution of the pore system in aggregates and its importance in defining aggregate... Read More about Pore system characteristics of soil aggregates and their relevance to aggregate stability.

Key actions for a sustainable chemicals policy (2020)
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Collins, C., Depledge, M., Fraser, R., Johnson, A., Hutchison, G., Matthiessen, P., Murphy, R., Owens, S., & Sumpter, J. (2020). Key actions for a sustainable chemicals policy. Environment International, 137, Article 105463. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2020.105463

Chemicals policies have spawned a wide range of regulations aimed at limiting damage to the environment and human health. Most instruments are reactive and fragmented. We propose a simple underpinning philosophy, “Do no harm”, to ensure a more sustai... Read More about Key actions for a sustainable chemicals policy.

Component processes of detection probability in camera-trap studies: understanding the occurrence of false-negatives (2020)
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Findlay, M. A., Briers, R. A., & White, P. J. C. (2020). Component processes of detection probability in camera-trap studies: understanding the occurrence of false-negatives. Mammal Research, 65, 167-180. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13364-020-00478-y

Camera-trap studies in the wild record true-positive data, but data loss from false-negatives (i.e. an animal is present but not recorded) is likely to vary and widely impact data quality. Detection probability is defined as the probability of record... Read More about Component processes of detection probability in camera-trap studies: understanding the occurrence of false-negatives.

Models of osteoarthritis: relevance and new insights (2020)
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Samvelyan, H., Hughes, D., Stevens, C., & Staines, K. A. (2021). Models of osteoarthritis: relevance and new insights. Calcified Tissue International, 109(3), 243-256. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00223-020-00670-x

Osteoarthritis (OA) is a progressive and disabling musculoskeletal disease affecting millions of people and resulting in major healthcare costs worldwide. It is the most common form of arthritis, characterised by degradation of the articular cartilag... Read More about Models of osteoarthritis: relevance and new insights.

Increasing intensities of Anisakis simplex third-stage larvae (L3) in Atlantic salmon of coastal waters of Scotland (2020)
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Kent, A. J., Pert, C. C., Briers, R. A., Diele, K., & Rueckert, S. (2020). Increasing intensities of Anisakis simplex third-stage larvae (L3) in Atlantic salmon of coastal waters of Scotland. Parasites & vectors, 13, https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-020-3942-5

Background: Red Vent Syndrome (RVS), a haemorrhagic inflammation of the vent region in Atlantic salmon, is associated with high abundance of Anisakis simplex (s.s.) third-stage larvae (L3) in the vent region. Despite evidence suggesting that increasi... Read More about Increasing intensities of Anisakis simplex third-stage larvae (L3) in Atlantic salmon of coastal waters of Scotland.