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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on people with disabilities in Ukraine: Perspectives of the organisations of persons with disabilities (2022)
Journal Article
Sharapov, K., Anderson, D., Burova, O., Nazarenko, V., & Polishchuk, O. (2022). The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on people with disabilities in Ukraine: Perspectives of the organisations of persons with disabilities. Sociology: Theory, Methods, Marketi

Згідно з даними Національної соціальної служби та Пенсійного фонду, в Україні станом на початок 2021 року було зареєстровано щонайменше 2 724 100 осіб з інвалідністю. Утім, фактичні цифри можуть бути вищими через брак достовірної докладної статистики... Read More about The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on people with disabilities in Ukraine: Perspectives of the organisations of persons with disabilities.

Career development and criminal justice: Foundations for a new integration to promote peace and justice (2022)
Journal Article
Robertson, P. (2022). Career development and criminal justice: Foundations for a new integration to promote peace and justice. Indian Journal of Career and Livelihood Planning, 11(1), 16-30

The promotion of peace and justice is an important responsibility of governments, and it represents one of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN, 2015). To date there has been little consideration of how career development services mig... Read More about Career development and criminal justice: Foundations for a new integration to promote peace and justice.

The effects of exercise on complement system proteins in humans: a systematic scoping review (2022)
Journal Article
Rothschild-Rodriguez, D., Causer, A. J., Brown, F. F., Collier-Bain, H. D., Moore, S., Murray, J., Turner, J. E., & Campbell, J. P. (2022). The effects of exercise on complement system proteins in humans: a systematic scoping review. Exercise Immunology R

Background: The complement system is comprised of the classical , lectin and alternative pathways that result in the formation of: pro-inflammatory anaphylatoxins; opsonins that label cells for phagocytic removal; and, a membrane attack complex that... Read More about The effects of exercise on complement system proteins in humans: a systematic scoping review.

Creating connections: developing an online space for cross-regional mentorship and network building in the dementia research field [Version 2] (2022)
Journal Article
Fullerton, J., Bettencourt, C., Daniels, M., Mclean, F., Simpson, S., Smith, A., …Kerr, F. (2022). Creating connections: developing an online space for cross-regional mentorship and network building in the dementia research field [Version 2]. AMRC Open

Background Effective development and retention of talented early-career researchers (ECRs) is essential to the continued success of biomedical science research fields. To this end, formal mentorship programmes (where researchers are paired with one... Read More about Creating connections: developing an online space for cross-regional mentorship and network building in the dementia research field [Version 2].

Policing of Drugs in Scotland: Moving beyond the stalemate to redesigning the chess board (2022)
Book Chapter
Fotopoulou, M., & Aston, E. (2022). Policing of Drugs in Scotland: Moving beyond the stalemate to redesigning the chess board. In M. Bacon, & J. Spicer (Eds.), Drug law enforcement, policing and harm reduction: Ending the stalemate. Routledge

This chapter aims to illuminate aspects of the risk environment within which drugs are consumed and policed in Scotland. Firstly, we focus on the macro-level policy context and legislation that governs the way policing of drugs is carried out in Scot... Read More about Policing of Drugs in Scotland: Moving beyond the stalemate to redesigning the chess board.

Greenhouse gas production, diffusion and consumption in a soil profile under maize and wheat production (2022)
Journal Article
Button, E. S., Marshall, M., Sánchez-Rodríguez, A. R., Blaud, A., Abadie, M., Chadwick, D. R., & Jones, D. L. (2023). Greenhouse gas production, diffusion and consumption in a soil profile under maize and wheat production. Geoderma, 430, Article 116310.

Agricultural soil emissions are a balance between sinks and sources of greenhouse gases (GHGs). The fluxes of GHGs from soils are complex and spatially and temporally heterogenous. While the soil surface is the exchange site with the atmosphere and i... Read More about Greenhouse gas production, diffusion and consumption in a soil profile under maize and wheat production.

A Quantitative Method for the Study of HIV-1 and Mycobacterium tuberculosis Coinfection (2022)
Journal Article
Donnellan, S., Pennington, S. H., Ruggiero, A., Martinez-Rodriguez, C., Pouget, M., Thomas, J., …Paxton, W. A. (2023). A Quantitative Method for the Study of HIV-1 and Mycobacterium tuberculosis Coinfection. Journal of Infectious Diseases, 227(5), 708-7

Mycobacterium tuberculosis and human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) syndemic interactions are a major global health concern. Despite the clinical significance of coinfection, our understanding of the cellular pathophysiology and the therapeutic pha... Read More about A Quantitative Method for the Study of HIV-1 and Mycobacterium tuberculosis Coinfection.

Exploring Talent Identification in Australian Rules Football: The Nuances of the Athlete Recruitment Process (2022)
Journal Article
Larkin, P., Bonney, N., Dugdale, J. H., Kittel, A., & Reeves, M. J. (2022). Exploring Talent Identification in Australian Rules Football: The Nuances of the Athlete Recruitment Process. Journal of Expertise, 5(4), 169-183

The process of talent identification and recruitment is a key element of the elite athlete talent pathway. As such, it is important to understand the information and specific processes used by expert recruiters to inform talent identification decisio... Read More about Exploring Talent Identification in Australian Rules Football: The Nuances of the Athlete Recruitment Process.

Lipophilicity profiling and cell viability assessment of a selected panel of endocrine disruptors (2022)
Journal Article
Russo, G., Piccolo, M., Neri, I., Ferraro, M. G., Santamaria, R., & Grumetto, L. (2023). Lipophilicity profiling and cell viability assessment of a selected panel of endocrine disruptors. Chemosphere, 313, Article 137569. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosp

Endocrine disruptors are chemicals widely used worldwide by industries in a variety of applications. Routinely exposure to these chemicals, even if at low doses, can cause damage effects on human health. In the present study, we evaluated toxic effec... Read More about Lipophilicity profiling and cell viability assessment of a selected panel of endocrine disruptors.

Post-Enlightenment: Can We Go Beyond Occidentalist Epistemologies and Geo-Politics in Queer Studies? (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kulpa, R. (2022, December). Post-Enlightenment: Can We Go Beyond Occidentalist Epistemologies and Geo-Politics in Queer Studies?. Presented at Go West! Conceptual Explorations of “The West” in History of Education, University of Münster, Germany

The invited lecture reflected on the contemporary queer studies and the geo-temporal ‘unsettlement’ of Central and Eastern Europe in the occidental (and occidentalist) imaginary. Dr Kulpa pointed to the uncanny possibilities for queer studies eme... Read More about Post-Enlightenment: Can We Go Beyond Occidentalist Epistemologies and Geo-Politics in Queer Studies?.

Sharing International Student Stories: Building Resilient Post-Covid Learning Communities (2022)
Book Chapter
Garden, C., & Brodie, J. (2022). Sharing International Student Stories: Building Resilient Post-Covid Learning Communities. In C. Nerantzi, & A. James (Eds.), LEGO® for university learning: Online, offline and elsewhere (117-119). Zenodo. https://doi.org

This Quality Assurance Agency Scotland–funded mini project focused on the Resilient Learning Communities Enhancement Theme. We sought to identify enhancement to support building of resilient learning communities for International Postgraduate Taught... Read More about Sharing International Student Stories: Building Resilient Post-Covid Learning Communities.

Measurement of SARS-CoV-2 in air and on surfaces in Scottish hospitals (2022)
Journal Article
Loh, M., Yaxley, N., Moore, G., Holmes, D., Todd, S., Smith, A., …Cherrie, J. W. (2023). Measurement of SARS-CoV-2 in air and on surfaces in Scottish hospitals. Journal of Hospital Infection, 133, 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2022.11.019

Background There are still uncertainties in our knowledge of the amount of SARS-CoV-2 virus present in the environment; where it can be found, and potential exposure determinants, limiting our ability to effectively model and compare interventions f... Read More about Measurement of SARS-CoV-2 in air and on surfaces in Scottish hospitals.

Protocols for Understanding the Redox Behavior of Copper-Containing Systems (2022)
Journal Article
Malcomson, T., Repiščák, P., Erhardt, S., & Paterson, M. J. (2022). Protocols for Understanding the Redox Behavior of Copper-Containing Systems. ACS Omega, 7(49), 45057-45066. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.2c05484

Suitability of single-reference density functional theory (DFT) methods for the calculation of redox potentials of copper-containing macrocycle complexes was confirmed by the use of T 1 diagnostics along with a verification of negligible spin contami... Read More about Protocols for Understanding the Redox Behavior of Copper-Containing Systems.

Insights into the Spectrum of Activity and Mechanism of Action of MGB-BP-3 (2022)
Journal Article
Hind, C., Clifford, M., Woolley, C., Harmer, J., McGee, L. M., Tyson-Hirst, I., …Scott, F. J. (2022). Insights into the Spectrum of Activity and Mechanism of Action of MGB-BP-3. ACS Infectious Diseases, 8(12), 2552-2563. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsinfec

MGB-BP-3 is a potential first-in-class antibiotic, a Strathclyde Minor Groove Binder (S-MGB), that has successfully completed Phase IIa clinical trials for the treatment of Clostridioides difficile associated disease. Its precise mechanism of action... Read More about Insights into the Spectrum of Activity and Mechanism of Action of MGB-BP-3.

Seroprevalence and risk factors for Q-fever (Coxiella burnetii) exposure in smallholder dairy cattle in Tanzania (2022)
Journal Article
Festo Bwatota, S., Mkilema Shirima, G., Hernandez-Castro, L. E., Mark de Clare Bronsvoort, B., Wheelhouse, N., Joseph Mengele, I., …Cook, E. A. J. (2022). Seroprevalence and risk factors for Q-fever (Coxiella burnetii) exposure in smallholder dairy catt

Q fever is a zoonotic disease, resulting from infection with Coxiella burnetii. Infection in cattle can cause abortion and infertility, however, there is little epidemiological information regarding the disease in dairy cattle in Tanzania. Between Ju... Read More about Seroprevalence and risk factors for Q-fever (Coxiella burnetii) exposure in smallholder dairy cattle in Tanzania.

Methodological nationalism and ethnic lens in CEE migration research: A critical reflection (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Guma, T. (2022, November). Methodological nationalism and ethnic lens in CEE migration research: A critical reflection. Paper presented at Migration to/from/within Central and Eastern Europe: Decolonial perspectives on race, gender, sexuality and class, O

This paper offers a critical reflection on methodological approaches within the field of CEE migration. Drawing on ideas from critical migration studies, I discuss the ways in which the predominance of methodological nationalism and the fallacy of et... Read More about Methodological nationalism and ethnic lens in CEE migration research: A critical reflection.

Thoughts on Professionalism: A reaction to the recent Phoenix special issue (2022)
Digital Artefact
Robertson, P. (2022). Thoughts on Professionalism: A reaction to the recent Phoenix special issue. [online magazine]

Professor Pete Robertson, Edinburgh Napier University, responds to the recent issue of Phoenix which focused on professionalism. He asks whether career development in HE is a separate profession or part of a wider careers profession. Exploring som... Read More about Thoughts on Professionalism: A reaction to the recent Phoenix special issue.

Reducing fear of water and aquaphobia through 360 degree video use? (2022)
Journal Article
Roche, L., Cunningham, I., Rolland, C., Fayaubost, R., & Maire, S. (2022). Reducing fear of water and aquaphobia through 360 degree video use?. Frontiers in Education, 7, Article 898071. https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2022.898071

Drowning is a serious public health problem threat claiming the lives of 372,000 people each year worldwide that can be linked to an individual’s ability to swim. Learning to swim requires limited fear of water. This exploratory study investigated th... Read More about Reducing fear of water and aquaphobia through 360 degree video use?.