All Outputs (241)

The influence of claw morphology on gripping efficiency (2023)
Journal Article
Turnbull, G., Chari, S., Li, Z., Yang, Z., Alam, C. M., Clemente, C. J., & Alam, P. (2023). The influence of claw morphology on gripping efficiency. Biology Open, 12(5), Article bio059874. https://doi.org/10.1242/bio.059874

This paper considers the effects of claw morphology on the gripping efficiency of arboreal (Varanus varius) and burrowing (Varanus gouldii and Varanus panoptes) lizards. To ensure a purely morphological comparison between the lizards, we circumvent t... Read More about The influence of claw morphology on gripping efficiency.

Ask the Criminologists: Webinar for Modern Studies teachers (2023)
Digital Artefact
Mabon, K., Gumulinska, I., Clayton, E., Morrison, K., Graham, H., & Foster (PI), R. (2023). Ask the Criminologists: Webinar for Modern Studies teachers. [YouTube video]

Webinar content prepared and recorded by our SCCJR project team for Modern Studies teachers in Scotland. We invited questions from Modern Studies teachers across Scotland and answered them, alongside questions ‘from the floor’ in this live webinar. T... Read More about Ask the Criminologists: Webinar for Modern Studies teachers.

Exploring the role of socioeconomic status and psychological characteristics on talent development in an English soccer academy (2023)
Journal Article
Kelly, A. L., Williams, C. A., Jackson, D. T., Turnnidge, J., Reeves, M. J., Dugdale, J. H., & Wilson, M. R. (2024). Exploring the role of socioeconomic status and psychological characteristics on talent development in an English soccer academy. Science and Medicine in Football, 8(3), 251-259. https://doi.org/10.1080/24733938.2023.2213191

Social factors and psychological characteristics can influence selection and development in talent pathways. However, the interaction between these two factors is relatively unknown. The aim of this study was to investigate the implications of socioe... Read More about Exploring the role of socioeconomic status and psychological characteristics on talent development in an English soccer academy.

Mindset Teams in the Scottish Education System (2023)
Report
(2023). Mindset Teams in the Scottish Education System. National Institute for Health Research

Since 2018, a charity, Winning Scotland, have delivered the Mindset Teams programme within schools across Scotland. Many participating schools are located in the most deprived areas. This briefing summarises findings from a mixed methods evaluation o... Read More about Mindset Teams in the Scottish Education System.

Performance benchmarking microplate-immunoassays for quantifying target-specific cysteine oxidation reveals their potential for understanding redox-regulation and oxidative stress (2023)
Journal Article
Tuncay, A., Crabtree, D. R., Muggeridge, D. J., Husi, H., & Cobley, J. N. (2023). Performance benchmarking microplate-immunoassays for quantifying target-specific cysteine oxidation reveals their potential for understanding redox-regulation and oxidative stress. Free Radical Biology and Medicine, 204, 252-265. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2023.05.006

The antibody-linked oxi-state assay (ALISA) for quantifying target-specific cysteine oxidation can benefit specialist and non-specialist users. Specialists can benefit from time-efficient analysis and high-throughput target and/or sample n-plex capac... Read More about Performance benchmarking microplate-immunoassays for quantifying target-specific cysteine oxidation reveals their potential for understanding redox-regulation and oxidative stress.

The Career Information Podcast (2023)
Digital Artefact
(2023). The Career Information Podcast. [Podcast]

This series of podcasts explores the topic of career information. It is the product of a collaboration between staff and students in the School of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment (SCEBE) and the School of Applied Sciences (SAS).... Read More about The Career Information Podcast.

Russia’s appeal to ‘warrior masculinity’ is unlikely to encourage men to enlist in the army (2023)
Newspaper / Magazine
Yusupova, M. (2023). Russia’s appeal to ‘warrior masculinity’ is unlikely to encourage men to enlist in the army. [Blog]. United Kingdom

A Horizon Scan to Support Chemical Pollution–Related Policymaking for Sustainable and Climate‐Resilient Economies (2023)
Journal Article
Green, C., Bilyanska, A., Bradley, M., Dinsdale, J., Hutt, L., Backhaus, T., Boons, F., Bott, D., Collins, C., Cornell, S. E., Craig, M., Depledge, M., Diderich, B., Fuller, R., Galloway, T. S., Hutchison, G. R., Ingrey, N., Johnson, A. C., Kupka, R., Matthiessen, P., …Lynch, I. (2023). A Horizon Scan to Support Chemical Pollution–Related Policymaking for Sustainable and Climate‐Resilient Economies. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 42(6), 1212-1228. https://doi.org/10.1002/etc.5620

While chemicals are vital to modern society through materials, agriculture, textiles, new technology, medicines, and consumer goods, their use is not without risks. Unfortunately, our resources seem inadequate to address the breadth of chemical chall... Read More about A Horizon Scan to Support Chemical Pollution–Related Policymaking for Sustainable and Climate‐Resilient Economies.

The Ethics of Inisherin: Seminar on Ethics of Psychoanalysis (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Neill, C. (2023, May). The Ethics of Inisherin: Seminar on Ethics of Psychoanalysis. Presented at Irish Council for Psychotherapy seminar, Dublin

In this talk, Calum Neill will explore Lacan’s four propositions on ethics from his Seminar on the Ethics of Psychoanalysis and seek to illustrate his arguments through Martin McDonagh’s 2022 film The Banshees of Inisherin. This will allow us to exam... Read More about The Ethics of Inisherin: Seminar on Ethics of Psychoanalysis.

“A disembodied voice over the telephone”: a qualitative study of healthcare practitioners’ experiences in geriatric medicine (2023)
Journal Article
Brown, F., Sanders, I., Watkins, R., Grey, E., Smith, P., Springett, D., Welsh, T., & Gillison, F. (2023). “A disembodied voice over the telephone”: a qualitative study of healthcare practitioners’ experiences in geriatric medicine. BMC Geriatrics, 23, Article 270. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-023-03909-y

Objectives: This study explored the experience of delivering care remotely among practitioners in a UK geriatric medicine clinic.

Methods: Nine semi-structured interviews were conducted with consultants (n = 5), nurses (n = 2), a speech and langua... Read More about “A disembodied voice over the telephone”: a qualitative study of healthcare practitioners’ experiences in geriatric medicine.

Effects of home-based prehabilitation on pre and postoperative outcomes following total hip and knee arthroplasty: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2023)
Journal Article
De Klerk, T. C., Dounavi, D. M., Hamilton, D. F., Clement, N. D., & Kaliarntas, K. . T. (2023). Effects of home-based prehabilitation on pre and postoperative outcomes following total hip and knee arthroplasty: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Bone & Joint Open, 4(5), 315-328. https://doi.org/10.1302/2633-1462.45.BJO-2023-0021

Aims
The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of home-based prehabilitation on pre and postoperative outcomes in participants awaiting total knee (TKA) and hip arthroplasty (THA).

Methods
A systematic review with meta-analysis of... Read More about Effects of home-based prehabilitation on pre and postoperative outcomes following total hip and knee arthroplasty: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Global security and its social dimensions (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Adalja, A., Al-Rodhan, N., & Soliman, F. (2023, May). Global security and its social dimensions. Presented at Global Security Programme Roundtable, Online

This panel will interrogate the social dimensions of global security. It will discuss the lived experiences of individuals, the role of social sectors such as public health, and innovative ways of studying the social dimensions of global security.

A Review of Interventions, Innovation, and the Impact of Covid-19 in the Scottish Prison System within a Comparative Analytical Framework (2023)
Report
Morrison, K., Anderson, K., Jardine, E., Maycock, M., & Sparks, R. (2023). A Review of Interventions, Innovation, and the Impact of Covid-19 in the Scottish Prison System within a Comparative Analytical Framework. Coronavirus (COVID-19): Learning and Evaluation Oversight Group

Whiteness and Racial Trauma in Universities (2023)
Book
Keval, H. Whiteness and Racial Trauma in Universities. SAGE Publications

In this book Harshad Keval offers an intensely personal testimony of racial trauma within the academy. Proposing the theoretical model of “white narcissistic structures” the author traces the paradox of academic institutions simultaneously embracing... Read More about Whiteness and Racial Trauma in Universities.

Altered motivation states for physical activity and ‘appetite’ for movement as compensatory mechanisms limiting the efficacy of exercise training for weight loss (2023)
Journal Article
Flack, K. D., Stults-Kolehmainen, M. A., Creasy, S. A., Khullar, S., Boullosa, D., Catenacci, V. A., & King, N. (2023). Altered motivation states for physical activity and ‘appetite’ for movement as compensatory mechanisms limiting the efficacy of exercise training for weight loss. Frontiers in Psychology, 14, Article 1098394. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1098394

Weight loss is a major motive for engaging in exercise, despite substantial evidence that exercise training results in compensatory responses that inhibit significant weight loss. According to the Laws of Thermodynamics and the CICO (Calories in, Cal... Read More about Altered motivation states for physical activity and ‘appetite’ for movement as compensatory mechanisms limiting the efficacy of exercise training for weight loss.

Where to fish in the forest? Tree characteristics and contiguous seagrass features predict mangrove forest quality for fishes and crustaceans (2023)
Journal Article
Wanjiru, C., Nagelkerken, I., Rueckert, S., Harcourt, W., & Huxham, M. (2023). Where to fish in the forest? Tree characteristics and contiguous seagrass features predict mangrove forest quality for fishes and crustaceans. Journal of Applied Ecology, 60(7), 1340-1351. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14421

Mangroves often support rich fish and crustacean communities, although faunal abundance and diversity show strong spatiotemporal variability. Consistent patterns in mangrove animal communities might be dictated by forest characteristics, by seascape... Read More about Where to fish in the forest? Tree characteristics and contiguous seagrass features predict mangrove forest quality for fishes and crustaceans.

Designing and Delivering Student Engagement Projects - RAISE Webinar (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Garden, C. (2023, April). Designing and Delivering Student Engagement Projects - RAISE Webinar

RAISE Webinar

The rationale of non-smoking adolescents’ use of electronic cigarettes (vaping) (2023)
Journal Article
Caie, S., & Ran, G. J. (2023). The rationale of non-smoking adolescents’ use of electronic cigarettes (vaping). Aotearoa New Zealand Social Work, 35(1), 85-94

INTRODUCTION: Although electronic cigarettes are primarily advertised as smoking cessation tools, recent studies found a significant increase of adolescents who are non-smokers initiating the use of electronic cigarettes, and the understanding of the... Read More about The rationale of non-smoking adolescents’ use of electronic cigarettes (vaping).

Using steam to power equality and democracy in vaccination decision making in the face of climate apartheid (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
MacDonald, I., Firth, R., Healey, C., Malone, E., & McDermott, A. (2022, November). Using steam to power equality and democracy in vaccination decision making in the face of climate apartheid. Presented at Cumulus Detroit 2022: Design For Adaptation, Detroit

Technology and science are often promoted as the answer to the climate crisis, but changing human behavior from a user-centric position requires a humanistic and design thinking approach (Brown, 2009). If climate apartheid is to be challenged to decr... Read More about Using steam to power equality and democracy in vaccination decision making in the face of climate apartheid.

Assessment of 3-Nitrooxypropanol “3-NOP” as a feed additive for all ruminants for milk production and reproduction. (2023)
Report
Morrison, D. (2023). Assessment of 3-Nitrooxypropanol “3-NOP” as a feed additive for all ruminants for milk production and reproduction. Food Standards Agency

A request was received to provide a full risk assessment on the safety and efficacy of an additive (Bovaer ® 10) containing a minimum 10% 3-nitrooxypropanol, under Regulation (EC) No 1831/20031 under the category of ‘zootechnical’ additives, function... Read More about Assessment of 3-Nitrooxypropanol “3-NOP” as a feed additive for all ruminants for milk production and reproduction..