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Female fans and social media : micro-communities and the formation of social capital (2021)
Journal Article
Fenton, A., Gillooly, L., & Vasilica, C. (2021). Female fans and social media : micro-communities and the formation of social capital. European Sport Management Quarterly, https://doi.org/10.1080/16184742.2020.1868546

Research question: Using the theoretical lens of social capital, this study explores the challenges faced by female football fans in performing their fandom on social media, and how they respond to these challenges in the way they consume and express... Read More about Female fans and social media : micro-communities and the formation of social capital.

Label‐free Selective Detection of Protein Markers in the Picomolar Range via a Convenient Voltammetric Sensing Strategy (2021)
Journal Article
Chen, C., Chen, C., & Lehr, J. (2021). Label‐free Selective Detection of Protein Markers in the Picomolar Range via a Convenient Voltammetric Sensing Strategy. Electroanalysis, 33(3), 563-567. https://doi.org/10.1002/elan.202060308

AbstractA convenient strategy for the preparation of label‐free selective protein biomarker sensors is presented. After formation of a ferrocene terminated monolayer on a gold electrode using thiol chemistry, grafting of an antifouling phenylalanine... Read More about Label‐free Selective Detection of Protein Markers in the Picomolar Range via a Convenient Voltammetric Sensing Strategy.

Adherence to self-managed exercises for patients with persistent subacromial pain: the Ad-Shoulder feasibility study (2021)
Journal Article
H. Major, D., Grotle, M., Littlewood, C., Ivar Brox, J., Matre, D., V. Gallet, H., & Røe, Y. (2021). Adherence to self-managed exercises for patients with persistent subacromial pain: the Ad-Shoulder feasibility study. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 7, Article 31. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-021-00767-6

Background: Exercise is recommended for patients with subacromial pain. It has been suggested that good exercise adherence improves clinical outcomes. Despite this, little attention has been paid to the need for behavioural frameworks to enhance adhe... Read More about Adherence to self-managed exercises for patients with persistent subacromial pain: the Ad-Shoulder feasibility study.

The impact of Covid-19 on the mental health of professional footballers (2021)
Journal Article
Souter, G., Tonge, A., & Culvin, A. (2022). The impact of Covid-19 on the mental health of professional footballers. Managing Sport and Leisure, 27(1-2), 162-165. https://doi.org/10.1080/23750472.2021.1877569

The Covid-19 pandemic has had huge ramifications on professional football. This commentary focuses on the impact of the pandemic on the mental health of professional footballers. Specifically, footballers within the English Premier League, English Fo... Read More about The impact of Covid-19 on the mental health of professional footballers.

Training future generations to deliver evidence‐based conservation and ecosystem management (2021)
Journal Article
Downey, H., Amano, T., Cadotte, M., Cook, C. N., Cooke, S. J., Haddaway, N. R., …Sutherland, W. (2021). Training future generations to deliver evidence‐based conservation and ecosystem management. Ecological Solutions and Evidence, 2(1), e12032. https://doi.org/10.1002/2688-8319.12032

1. To be effective, the next generation of conservation practitioners and managers need to be critical thinkers with a deep understanding of how to make evidence‐based decisions and of the value of evidence synthesis.

2. If, as educators, we do n... Read More about Training future generations to deliver evidence‐based conservation and ecosystem management.

Assemblage, place and globalisation (2021)
Journal Article
Woods, M., Fois, F., Heley, J., Jones, L., Onyeahialam, A., Saville, S., & Welsh, M. (2021). Assemblage, place and globalisation. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, 46(2), 284-298. https://doi.org/10.1111/tran.12430

Relational perspectives have become pre‐eminent in geographical analysis of globalisation and its impacts in reshaping places, yet arguably leave unanswered questions about precisely how globalisation is reproduced through local places in practice. T... Read More about Assemblage, place and globalisation.

World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology (W.A.A.V.P.) guidelines for studies evaluating the efficacy of parasiticides in reducing the risk of vector-borne pathogen transmission in dogs and cats (2021)
Journal Article
Otranto, D., Dantas-Torres, F., Fourie, J., Lorusso, V., Varloud, M., Gradoni, L., …Holdsworth, P. (2021). World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology (W.A.A.V.P.) guidelines for studies evaluating the efficacy of parasiticides in reducing the risk of vector-borne pathogen transmission in dogs and cats. Veterinary Parasitology, 290, 109369. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vetpar.2021.109369

These guidelines are intended to provide an in-depth review of current knowledge and assist the planning and implementation of studies for evaluating the efficacy of parasiticides in reducing transmission of vector-borne pathogens (VBPs) to dogs and... Read More about World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology (W.A.A.V.P.) guidelines for studies evaluating the efficacy of parasiticides in reducing the risk of vector-borne pathogen transmission in dogs and cats.

Moving from the margins : towards an inclusive urban representation of older people in Zimbabwe’s policy discourse (2021)
Journal Article
Makore, B., & Al-Maiyah, S. (2021). Moving from the margins : towards an inclusive urban representation of older people in Zimbabwe’s policy discourse. Societies, 11(1), 7. https://doi.org/10.3390/soc11010007

Population ageing has become a major global demographic shift but perhaps less noticeable in the Global South. Zimbabwe, like many African countries, is experiencing and will continue to witness an increase in older age, hence questioning its readine... Read More about Moving from the margins : towards an inclusive urban representation of older people in Zimbabwe’s policy discourse.

Role of sex and stature on the biomechanics of normal and loaded walking : implications for injury risk in the military (2021)
Journal Article
Gill, N., Roberts, A., O'Leary, T., Liu, A., Hollands, K., Walker, D., …Jones, R. (2021). Role of sex and stature on the biomechanics of normal and loaded walking : implications for injury risk in the military. BMJ Military Health, https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjmilitary-2020-001645

Load carriage and marching ‘in-step’ are routine military activities associated with lower limb injury risk in service personnel. The fixed pace and stride length of marching typically vary from the preferred walking gait and may result in overstridi... Read More about Role of sex and stature on the biomechanics of normal and loaded walking : implications for injury risk in the military.

Differential DNA Methylation Landscape in Skin Fibroblasts from African Americans with Systemic Sclerosis (2021)
Journal Article
Baker Frost, D., Abraham da Silveira, W., Starr Hazard, E., Atanelishvili, I., C. Wilson, R., Flume, J., …S. Ramos, P. (2021). Differential DNA Methylation Landscape in Skin Fibroblasts from African Americans with Systemic Sclerosis. Genes, 12(2), Article 129. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes12020129

The etiology and reasons underlying the ethnic disparities in systemic sclerosis (SSc) remain unknown. African Americans are disproportionally affected by SSc and yet are underrepresented in research. The aim of this study was to comprehensively inve... Read More about Differential DNA Methylation Landscape in Skin Fibroblasts from African Americans with Systemic Sclerosis.

A rapid systematic review of public responses to health messages encouraging vaccination against infectious diseases in a pandemic or epidemic (2021)
Journal Article
Lawes-Wickwar, S., Ghio, D., Tang, M., Keyworth, C., Stanescu, S., Westbrook, J., …Epton, T. (2021). A rapid systematic review of public responses to health messages encouraging vaccination against infectious diseases in a pandemic or epidemic. Vaccines, 9(2), 72. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines9020072

Public health teams need to understand how the public responds to vaccination messages in a pandemic or epidemic to inform successful campaigns encouraging the uptake of new vaccines as they become available. A rapid systematic review was performed b... Read More about A rapid systematic review of public responses to health messages encouraging vaccination against infectious diseases in a pandemic or epidemic.

Computational simulations of hybrid mediated nano-hemodynamics (ag-au/blood) through an irregular symmetric stenosis (2021)
Journal Article
Tripathi, J., Vasu, B., & Beg, O. (2021). Computational simulations of hybrid mediated nano-hemodynamics (ag-au/blood) through an irregular symmetric stenosis. Computers in Biology and Medicine, 130, 104213. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compbiomed.2021.104213

This article examines theoretically and numerically the unsteady two-dimensional blood flow through a diseased artery featuring an irregular stenosis. An appropriate geometric model is adopted to simulate the irregular stenotic artery. Inspired by dr... Read More about Computational simulations of hybrid mediated nano-hemodynamics (ag-au/blood) through an irregular symmetric stenosis.

Tumor-infiltrating lymphoid cells in colorectal cancer patients with varying disease stages and microsatellite instability-high/stable tumors (2021)
Journal Article
Toor, S., Sasidharan Nair, V., Murshed, K., Abu Nada, M., & Elkord, E. (2021). Tumor-infiltrating lymphoid cells in colorectal cancer patients with varying disease stages and microsatellite instability-high/stable tumors. Vaccines, 9(1), e64. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines9010064

Immune checkpoint inhibition is an effective anti-cancer therapeutic approach but has shown limited efficacy in treating colorectal cancer (CRC) patients. Importantly, immune constituents of the tumor microenvironment (TME) can influence therapy resp... Read More about Tumor-infiltrating lymphoid cells in colorectal cancer patients with varying disease stages and microsatellite instability-high/stable tumors.

Linear stability analysis and CFD simulation of thermal viscous fingering instability in anisotropic porous media (2021)
Journal Article
Norouzi, M., Dorrani, S., Shokri, H., & Beg, O. (2021). Linear stability analysis and CFD simulation of thermal viscous fingering instability in anisotropic porous media. Journal of Engineering Mechanics, 147(4), 04021006. https://doi.org/10.1061/%28ASCE%29EM.1943-7889.0001906

The water or steam injection in oil fields is a usual method for enhanced oil recovery in petroleum engineering. The thermo-viscous fingering instability is one of the main problems with complex nature that decreases the efficiency of oil extraction.... Read More about Linear stability analysis and CFD simulation of thermal viscous fingering instability in anisotropic porous media.

Understanding sporting social media brand communities, place and social capital – a netnography of football fans (2021)
Journal Article
Fenton, A., Keegan, B., & Parry, K. (2021). Understanding sporting social media brand communities, place and social capital – a netnography of football fans. Communication and Sport, https://doi.org/10.1177/2167479520986149

The emergence of social media and digital channels have expanded communication practices and also created new, virtual spaces where sports fans can interact and communicate directly with each other and with clubs. This article examines the potential... Read More about Understanding sporting social media brand communities, place and social capital – a netnography of football fans.

Microsatellite markers for bearded capuchins (Sapajus libidinosus) : transferability and characterization (2021)
Journal Article
Moraes, B., Borges, D., Souza-Alves, J., Boubli, J., & Bezerra, B. (2021). Microsatellite markers for bearded capuchins (Sapajus libidinosus) : transferability and characterization. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências (Impresso), 93(2), e20190802. https://doi.org/10.1590/0001-3765202120190802

Natural Sapajus libidinosus populations are in continuous decline due to fragmentation, habitat loss, and the illegal pet trade. They live in Caatinga scrub forests, which already lost over 50% of their original cover. The lack of studies on S. libid... Read More about Microsatellite markers for bearded capuchins (Sapajus libidinosus) : transferability and characterization.

Changes on soundscapes reveal impacts of wildfires in the fauna of a Brazilian savanna (2021)
Journal Article
Duarte, M., Sousa-Lima, R., Young, R., Vasconcelos, M., Bittencourt, E., Scarpelli, M., …Pieretti, N. (2021). Changes on soundscapes reveal impacts of wildfires in the fauna of a Brazilian savanna. Science of the Total Environment, 769, 144988. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.144988

Wildfire is a natural process in Brazilian savannas, but human activities alter fire regimes and threaten biodiversity. In this study, we used an ecoacoustics approach to assess fauna responses and recovery after wildfire in a Brazilian savanna. Six... Read More about Changes on soundscapes reveal impacts of wildfires in the fauna of a Brazilian savanna.

Estimation of entrance surface air kerma in digital radiographic examinations (2021)
Journal Article
Kaushik, C., Singh Sandhu, I., Srivastava, A. K., & Chitkara, M. (2021). Estimation of entrance surface air kerma in digital radiographic examinations. Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 193(1), 16-23. https://doi.org/10.1093/rpd/ncab018

Purpose: Contribution of radiation doses from medical X-ray examination to collective dose is significant. Unusually, high doses may increase the risk of stochastic effects of radiations. Therefore, radiation dose assessment was performed in 241 digi... Read More about Estimation of entrance surface air kerma in digital radiographic examinations.

Slip-resistant footwear reduces slips among National Health Service workers in England : a randomised controlled trial (2021)
Journal Article
Cockayne, S., Fairhurst, C., Liddle, M., Cunningham-Burley, R., Zand, M., Hewitt, C., …Torgerson, D. (2021). Slip-resistant footwear reduces slips among National Health Service workers in England : a randomised controlled trial. Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 78(7), 472-478. https://doi.org/10.1136/oemed-2020-106914

Objectives Assess the effectiveness of 5* GRIP-rated slip-resistant footwear in preventing slips in the workplace compared to usual footwear (control group).

Methods A multicentre, randomised controlled trial; 4553 National Health Service (NHS) st... Read More about Slip-resistant footwear reduces slips among National Health Service workers in England : a randomised controlled trial.

Experiences of pregnant mothers using a social media based antenatal support service during the COVID-19 lockdown in the UK : findings from a user survey (2021)
Journal Article
Chatwin, J., Butler, D., Jones, J., James, L., Choucri, L., & McCarthy, R. (2021). Experiences of pregnant mothers using a social media based antenatal support service during the COVID-19 lockdown in the UK : findings from a user survey. BMJ Open, 11(1), e040649. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-040649

Objectives: The COVID-19 pandemic has seen unprecedented restrictions on face-to-face healthcare encounters. This has led to an increase in the use of online healthcare resources by service users. Pregnant women have always been a group particularly... Read More about Experiences of pregnant mothers using a social media based antenatal support service during the COVID-19 lockdown in the UK : findings from a user survey.