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The impacts of harvesting on the carbon balance of mangrove forests (2009)
Journal Article
Lang'at, J. K. S., Huxham, M., Kairo, J., & Mencuccini, M. (2009). The impacts of harvesting on the carbon balance of mangrove forests. CarboAfrica, 5

The study is part of a five-year project “Mangrove forests potential carbon sinks for mitigating climate change”, being implemented at Gazi bay, Kenya, by Earthwatch Institute, Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute and Edinburgh Napier Univer... Read More about The impacts of harvesting on the carbon balance of mangrove forests.

Molecular Phylogeny and Surface Morphology of Marine Archigregarines (Apicomplexa),Selenidiumspp.,Filipodium phascolosomaen. sp., andPlatyproteumn. g. and comb. from North-Eastern Pacific Peanut Worms (Sipuncula) (2009)
Journal Article
Leander, B. S., & Rueckert, S. (2009). Molecular Phylogeny and Surface Morphology of Marine Archigregarines (Apicomplexa),Selenidiumspp.,Filipodium phascolosomaen. sp., andPlatyproteumn. g. and comb. from North-Eastern Pacific Peanut Worms (Sipuncula). Jo

The trophozoites of two novel archigregarines, Selenidium pisinnus n. sp. and Filipodium phascolosomae n. sp., were described from the sipunculid Phascolosoma agassizii. The trophozoites of S. pisinnus n. sp. were relatively small (64–100 μm long and... Read More about Molecular Phylogeny and Surface Morphology of Marine Archigregarines (Apicomplexa),Selenidiumspp.,Filipodium phascolosomaen. sp., andPlatyproteumn. g. and comb. from North-Eastern Pacific Peanut Worms (Sipuncula).

Overlap between vulnerable top predators and fisheries in the Benguela upwelling system: implications for marine protected areas (2009)
Journal Article
Pichegru, L., Ryan, P., Le Bohec, C., van der Lingen, C., Navarro, R., Petersen, S., …Grémillet, D. (2009). Overlap between vulnerable top predators and fisheries in the Benguela upwelling system: implications for marine protected areas. Marine Ecology

Industrial-scale fisheries are often thought to reduce food availability for top predators. It is essential to estimate the spatial and temporal overlap over a fine scale between fisheries and predators during their breeding season, when their energy... Read More about Overlap between vulnerable top predators and fisheries in the Benguela upwelling system: implications for marine protected areas.

The development of automatic associative processes and children’s false memories (2009)
Journal Article
Wimmer, M. C., & Howe, M. L. (2009). The development of automatic associative processes and children’s false memories. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 104(4), 447-465. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2009.07.006

We investigated children’s ability to generate associations and how automaticity of associative activation unfolds developmentally. Children generated associative responses using a single associate paradigm (Experiment 1) or a Deese/Roediger–McDermot... Read More about The development of automatic associative processes and children’s false memories.

Improving the quality of police facial composite images (2009)
Exhibition / Performance
Skelton, F., Frowd, C., & Speers, K. Improving the quality of police facial composite images. [Poster]. Exhibited at SET for Britain, House of Commons. 9 September 2009 - 9 September 2009. (Unpublished)

The Role of Context in the Construction of Police Facial Composites (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Skelton, F., Frowd, C., & Speers, K. (2009, September). The Role of Context in the Construction of Police Facial Composites. Poster presented at British Psychological Society Cognitive Section conference, University of Hertfordshire

Notational analysis of scoring techniques in competitive men’s karate (2009)
Journal Article
Laird, P., & McLeod, K. (2009). Notational analysis of scoring techniques in competitive men’s karate. International journal of performance analysis in sport, 9(2), 171-187. https://doi.org/10.1080/24748668.2009.11868475

The aim of this study was to determine frequencies of scoring techniques executed during a series of karate fights and whether there was a difference between the techniques used by winners and losers. A hand notation system aided by video analysis wa... Read More about Notational analysis of scoring techniques in competitive men’s karate.

Caricaturing to Improve Face Matching (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hancock, P. J., McIntyre, A. H., & Kittler, J. (2009). Caricaturing to Improve Face Matching. In Symposium on Bio-inspired Learning and Intelligent Systems for Security, 2009. BLISS '09https://doi.org/10.1109/bliss.2009.17

Identity verification by matching face images is a common security task; is this person on a wanted list? With unfamiliar faces, this is surprisingly difficult, with error rates in the region of 30%. With photographic identification increasingly comm... Read More about Caricaturing to Improve Face Matching.

An Application of Attribution Theory to Clinical Judgment (2009)
Journal Article
Murray, J., & Thomson, M. E. (2009). An Application of Attribution Theory to Clinical Judgment. Europe's journal of psychology, 5(3), 96-104. https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v5i3.257

The current article presents an application of attribution theory to clinical judgment, with a focus on the theory’s application to clinical judgments of violence risk assessment. While attribution theory has been applied to many diverse fields of h... Read More about An Application of Attribution Theory to Clinical Judgment.

Therapeutic effects of magnetic and copper bracelets in osteoarthritis: a randomised placebo controlled crossover trial (2009)
Journal Article
Richmond, S. J., Brown, S., Campion, P. D., Porter, A. J. L., Klaber Moffett, J. A., Jackson, D. A., …Taylor, A. J. (2009). Therapeutic effects of magnetic and copper bracelets in osteoarthritis: a randomised placebo controlled crossover trial. Complementary Therapies in Medicine, 17, 249-256. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ctim.2009.07.002

Objectives: to test the effectiveness of a typical magnetic wrist strap for reducing pain and stiffness, and for improving physical functioning amongst patients with osteoarthritis. Design: a randomised double-blind placebo-controlled crossover trial... Read More about Therapeutic effects of magnetic and copper bracelets in osteoarthritis: a randomised placebo controlled crossover trial.

The conserved metalloprotease invadolysin localizes to the surface of lipid droplets (2009)
Journal Article
Cobbe, N., Marshall, K. M., Rao, S. G., Chang, C., Di Cara, F., Duca, E., …Heck, M. M. (2009). The conserved metalloprotease invadolysin localizes to the surface of lipid droplets. Journal of Cell Science, 122(18), 3414-3423. https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs

Invadolysin is a metalloprotease conserved in many different organisms, previously shown to be essential in Drosophila with roles in cell division and cell migration. The gene seems to be ubiquitously expressed and four distinct splice variants have... Read More about The conserved metalloprotease invadolysin localizes to the surface of lipid droplets.

Physiotherapy management of cancer-related fatigue: a survey of UK current practice (2009)
Journal Article
Donnelly, C. M., Lowe-Strong, A., Rankin, J. P., Campbell, A., Allen, J. M., Gracey, J., & Gracey, J. H. (2010). Physiotherapy management of cancer-related fatigue: a survey of UK current practice. Supportive Care in Cancer, 18(7), 817-825. https://doi.or

To establish physiotherapy management of cancer-related fatigue (CRF), in particular, to determine physiotherapy exercise management of CRF.

Sperm viability staining in ecology and evolution: potential pitfalls (2009)
Journal Article
Holman, L. (2009). Sperm viability staining in ecology and evolution: potential pitfalls. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 63, 1679-1688. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-009-0816-4

The causes and consequences of variation in sperm quality, survival and ageing are active areas of research in ecology and evolution. In order to address these topics, many recent studies have measured sperm viability using fluorescent staining. Alth... Read More about Sperm viability staining in ecology and evolution: potential pitfalls.

Secondary necrosis of apoptotic neutrophils induced by the human cathelicidin LL-37 is not proinflammatory to phagocytosing macrophages (2009)
Journal Article
Li, H., Barlow, P. G., Bylund, J., Mackellar, A., Björstad, Å., Conlon, J., …Davidson, D. J. (2009). Secondary necrosis of apoptotic neutrophils induced by the human cathelicidin LL-37 is not proinflammatory to phagocytosing macrophages. Journal of Le

Cathelicidins are CHDP with essential roles in innate host defense but also more recently associated with the pathogenesis of certain chronic diseases. These peptides have microbicidal potential and the capacity to modulate innate immunity and inflam... Read More about Secondary necrosis of apoptotic neutrophils induced by the human cathelicidin LL-37 is not proinflammatory to phagocytosing macrophages.

The response of circulating levels of the IL-6/IL-6R complex to exercise (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Leggate, M., Gray, S., & Nimmo, M. (2009, July). The response of circulating levels of the IL-6/IL-6R complex to exercise. Poster presented at Obesity & Insulin Resistance – From Cell to Whole Body: The Benefits of Exercise, University of Birmingham, U

Leggate, M., Gray, S., & Nimmo, M. (2009, July). The response of circulating levels of the IL-6/IL-6R complex to exercise. Poster presented at Obesity & Insulin Resistance – From Cell to Whole Body: The Benefits of Exercise, University of Birmingham,... Read More about The response of circulating levels of the IL-6/IL-6R complex to exercise.

Studying the Assimilative Capacity of Loch Creran (2009)
Thesis
Laurent, C. D. C. Studying the Assimilative Capacity of Loch Creran. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1052699

Semi-enclosed coastal systems are of great importance both environmentally and economically. ln recent years, increased anthropogenic activities in these areas brought the need for integrated, ecosystem-scale management. This study proposes to estim... Read More about Studying the Assimilative Capacity of Loch Creran.

Differential response of meio- and macrofauna to in situ burial (2009)
Journal Article
Whomersley, P., Huxham, M., Schratzberger, M., & Bolam, S. (2009). Differential response of meio- and macrofauna to in situ burial. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK, 89(06), 1091. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315409000344

Benthic nematode and macrofaunal communities are regularly utilized in impact studies. However, very few studies are carried out utilizing both communities. A literature search using the search engine Scopus (www.Scopus.com) covering the last twenty... Read More about Differential response of meio- and macrofauna to in situ burial.