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Effect of active warm-up on metabolism prior to and during intense dynamic exercise. (2002)
Journal Article
Gray, S., Vito, G. D., & Nimmo, M. A. (2002). Effect of active warm-up on metabolism prior to and during intense dynamic exercise. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 34(12), 2091-2096. https://doi.org/10.1097/00005768-200212000-00034

Purpose: This study investigated whether active warm-up (AW) would increase muscle acetylcarnitine concentration before exercise, thereby reducing the reliance on nonoxidative ATP production during subsequent high-intensity exercise. Methods: Six... Read More about Effect of active warm-up on metabolism prior to and during intense dynamic exercise..

Improving the productivity of donkeys in Ethiopia. (2002)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ocheing, F., Alemayahu, M., & Smith, D. (2002). Improving the productivity of donkeys in Ethiopia.

In Ethiopia, animal traction contributes significantly in supporting both rural and urban livelihoods. Draught animals provide smallholder farmers and transport operators with vital power for agricultural and transport work, and is a major player in... Read More about Improving the productivity of donkeys in Ethiopia..

DNA-Binding Activity of the Streptococcus thermophilus Phage Sfi21 Repressor (2002)
Journal Article
Bruttin, A., Foley, S., & Brüssow, H. (2002). DNA-Binding Activity of the Streptococcus thermophilus Phage Sfi21 Repressor. Virology, 303(1), 100-109. https://doi.org/10.1006/viro.2002.1574

The cloned Streptococcus thermophilus phage Sfi21 repressor open reading frame (orf) 127 gp protects a cell against superinfection with the homologous temperate, but not against virulent phages. As demonstrated by DNase protection assay and gel shift... Read More about DNA-Binding Activity of the Streptococcus thermophilus Phage Sfi21 Repressor.

The relationship between carbon and biovolume in marine microbial mesocosms under different nutrient regimes (2002)
Journal Article
Davidson, K., Roberts, E., & Gilpin, L. (2002). The relationship between carbon and biovolume in marine microbial mesocosms under different nutrient regimes. European Journal of Phycology, 37(4), 501-507. https://doi.org/10.1017/s096702620200389x

Nutrient manipulation experiments were conducted on a natural planktonic community in outdoor mesocosms. Inorganic nitrogen (N) and silicon (Si) were added to achieve N: Si ratios of 1:1 and 4: 1. Total particulate carbon (PC) biomass of the microb... Read More about The relationship between carbon and biovolume in marine microbial mesocosms under different nutrient regimes.

Interactions between ultrafine particles and transition metals in vivo and in vitro. (2002)
Journal Article
Wilson, M. R., Lightbody, J., Donaldson, K., Sales, J., & Stone, V. (2002). Interactions between ultrafine particles and transition metals in vivo and in vitro. Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, 184(3), 172-179. https://doi.org/10.1006/taap.2002.9501

Both the ultrafine particle and transition metal components of particulate air pollution (PM10) have been hypothesized to be important factors in determining toxicity and potential adverse health effects. In this study we aimed to investigate interac... Read More about Interactions between ultrafine particles and transition metals in vivo and in vitro..

Diversity, biomass and ecosystem processes in the marine benthos. (2002)
Journal Article
Bolam, S. G., Fernandes, T. F., & Huxham, M. (2002). Diversity, biomass and ecosystem processes in the marine benthos. Ecological monographs, 72(4), 599-615. https://doi.org/10.1890/0012-9615%282002%29072%5B0599%3Adbaepi%5D2.0.co%3B2

Recent studies in terrestrial, plant-dominated systems have shown that reductions in diversity can affect essential ecosystem processes, especially productivity. However, the exact form of the relationship between diversity and ecosystem functions re... Read More about Diversity, biomass and ecosystem processes in the marine benthos..

The effects of refuse-feeding on home-range use, group size, and intergroup encounters in the banded mongoose. (2002)
Journal Article
Gilchrist, J., & Otali, E. (2002). The effects of refuse-feeding on home-range use, group size, and intergroup encounters in the banded mongoose. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 80(10), 1795-1802. https://doi.org/10.1139/z02-113

The effects of food availability and distribution on population dynamics have been the subject of numerous experimental studies, but no study has quantified the effects of a concentrated supplementary food supply on groups of a social carnivore. We i... Read More about The effects of refuse-feeding on home-range use, group size, and intergroup encounters in the banded mongoose..

Primary Production and Carbon uptake dynamics in the vicinity of south Georgia - balancing carbon fixation and removal (2002)
Journal Article
Gilpin, L., Priddle, J., Whitehouse, M., Savidge, G., & Atkinson, A. (2002). Primary Production and Carbon uptake dynamics in the vicinity of south Georgia - balancing carbon fixation and removal. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 242, 51-62. https://doi.or

Primary production was measured at a series of stations in austral summer 1996 in the vicinity of South Georgia. Five stations were occupied along a 700 km transect southeastwards towards the western tip of South Georgia. Three stations were located... Read More about Primary Production and Carbon uptake dynamics in the vicinity of south Georgia - balancing carbon fixation and removal.

Four heads are better than one: combining face composites yields improvements in face likeness. (2002)
Journal Article
Bruce, V., Ness, H., Hancock, P. J. B., Newman, C., & Rarity, J. (2002). Four heads are better than one: combining face composites yields improvements in face likeness. Journal of Applied Psychology, 87(5), 894-902. https://doi.org/10.1037/0021-9010.87.5.

Four participants constructed face composites, of familiar and unfamiliar targets, using Pro-Fit, with reference images present or from memory. The "mean" of all 4 composites, created by morphing (4-morph) was rated as a better likeness than individu... Read More about Four heads are better than one: combining face composites yields improvements in face likeness..

Parasites of the Antarctic rattail Macrourus whitsoni (Regan, 1913) (Macrouridae, Gadiformes). (2002)
Journal Article
Walter, T., Palm, H. W., Piepiorka, S., & Rueckert, S. (2002). Parasites of the Antarctic rattail Macrourus whitsoni (Regan, 1913) (Macrouridae, Gadiformes). Polar Biology, 25, 633-640. doi:10.1007/s00300-002-0407-6

A total of 386 Macrourus whitsoni from Antarctic waters were examined for ecto- and endoparasites. Sixty-five M. whitsoni collected near Halley Bay (Weddell Sea) and 321 specimens from the continental slope off King George Island (South Shetland... Read More about Parasites of the Antarctic rattail Macrourus whitsoni (Regan, 1913) (Macrouridae, Gadiformes)..

A preliminary evaluation of the differences in the glycosylation of alpha-1-acid glycoprotein between individual liver diseases. (2002)
Journal Article
Anderson, N. E., Pollacchi, A., Hayes, P., Therapondos, G., Newsome, P., Boyter, A., & Smith, K. (2002). A preliminary evaluation of the differences in the glycosylation of alpha-1-acid glycoprotein between individual liver diseases. Biomedical Chromatography, 16, 365-372. https://doi.org/10.1002/bmc.167

During the acute phase response (APR) to tissue injury or infection, the liver is responsible for the level of mediators such as cytokines required at the site of inflammation and providing the essential components for wound healing and tissue repair... Read More about A preliminary evaluation of the differences in the glycosylation of alpha-1-acid glycoprotein between individual liver diseases..

Talent identification and development: an academic review. (2002)
Book
Abbott, A., Collins, D., Martindale, R. J. J., & Sowerby, K. (2002). Talent identification and development: an academic review. SportScotland

The Academic Review was commissioned to help evaluate Sportscotland's pilot Talent Identification and Development Programme which operated from early 2000 to the end of 2001. The Review highlights that the actual resources required for talent identif... Read More about Talent identification and development: an academic review..

Sex-specific foraging behaviour in a monomorphic seabird (2002)
Journal Article
Lewis, S., Benvenuti, S., Dall–Antonia, L., Griffiths, R., Money, L., Sherratt, T. N., …Hamer, K. C. (2002). Sex-specific foraging behaviour in a monomorphic seabird. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 269(1501), 1687-1693. https

Sexual differences in the foraging behaviour of parents have been observed in a number of sexually size- dimorphic birds, particularly seabirds, and the usual inference has been that these sex-specific differences are mediated primarily by difference... Read More about Sex-specific foraging behaviour in a monomorphic seabird.

Talent Identification and Development: How Would We Do It? (2002)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Collins, D., Abbott, A. & Martindale, R. (2002, July). Talent Identification and Development: How Would We Do It?. Presented at 12th Commonwealth International Sport Conference, Manchester. (Unpublished)

No abstract available.

A Theoretical Evaluation of Talent Identification processes (2002)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Martindale, R., Abbott, A. & Collins, D. (2002, July). A Theoretical Evaluation of Talent Identification processes. Presented at 12th Commonwealth International Sport Conference, Manchester. (Unpublished)

No abstract available.

Effect of maternal undernutrition on fetal testicular steroidogenesis during the CNS androgen-responsive period in male sheep fetuses (2002)
Journal Article
Rae, M., Rhind, S., Fowler, P., Miller, D. W., Kyle, C., & Brooks, A. (2002). Effect of maternal undernutrition on fetal testicular steroidogenesis during the CNS androgen-responsive period in male sheep fetuses. Reproduction, 124, 33-39. https://doi.org/

The aim of this study was to determine the effects of maternal undernutrition, applied during physiologically relevant stages of development of the reproductive system, on reproductive development in male sheep fetuses. Groups of ewes (n = 11-19) wer... Read More about Effect of maternal undernutrition on fetal testicular steroidogenesis during the CNS androgen-responsive period in male sheep fetuses.

Sexing Northern Gannets from DNA, Morphology and Behavior (2002)
Journal Article
Redman, K. K., Lewis, S., Griffiths, R., Wanless, S., & Hamer, K. C. (2002). Sexing Northern Gannets from DNA, Morphology and Behavior. Waterbirds, 25(2), 230-234. https://doi.org/10.1675/1524-4695%282002%29025%5B0230%3Asngfdm%5D2.0.co%3B2

In keeping with many species of waterbirds, there is little difference in the body size or external appearance of adult male and female Northern Gannets (Morus bassanus). Previous work has indicated that some morphological characteristics and behavio... Read More about Sexing Northern Gannets from DNA, Morphology and Behavior.