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‘I’m not the police’: practical strategies for sport coach mentors to develop trust and trustworthiness (2023)
Journal Article
Ives, B., Clayton, B., Gale, L., Taylor, W., Leeder, T. M., & Nichol, A. J. (in press). ‘I’m not the police’: practical strategies for sport coach mentors to develop trust and trustworthiness. Qualitative research in sport, exercise and health, https://doi.org/10.1080/2159676x.2023.2271015

This paper examines trust and trustworthiness in sport coach mentor- mentee relationships. Specifically, we investigate the place and impor-tance of trust from the mentor’s perspective and establish how trust-worthy impressions are actively developed... Read More about ‘I’m not the police’: practical strategies for sport coach mentors to develop trust and trustworthiness.

Improved aggregation-induced emission behavior in D-π-A architectures by modifying the donor units (2023)
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Cao, J. Y., Yang, G., Xue, Z. M., Zhao, W. X., Chen, S. H., Lin, H. T., Yamato, T., Redshaw, C., Gu, D. Y., & Wang, C. Z. (2023). Improved aggregation-induced emission behavior in D-π-A architectures by modifying the donor units. Dyes and pigments : an international journal, 220, Article 111758. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dyepig.2023.111758

With the development of aggregation-induced emission (AIE) in optoelectronic devices, stimulus-responsive sensors, optical storage and bioimaging, the design and synthesis of efficient AIE luminogens remains a challenge. Herein, a series of asymmetri... Read More about Improved aggregation-induced emission behavior in D-π-A architectures by modifying the donor units.

The incidence and cost implications of surgical site infection following lymph node surgery for skin malignancy (2023)
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McMillan, A., Ho, N., Izard, C., Matteucci, P., & Totty, J. (online). The incidence and cost implications of surgical site infection following lymph node surgery for skin malignancy. Journal of plastic, reconstructive & aesthetic surgery : JPRAS, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bjps.2023.10.086

Background
Lymph node surgery, is commonly performed in staging of, and treatment of metastatic skin cancer. Previous studies have demonstrated sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) and particularly lymph node dissection (LND) to be plagued by high rate... Read More about The incidence and cost implications of surgical site infection following lymph node surgery for skin malignancy.

AMUSE-Antlia. I. Nuclear X-Ray Properties of Early-type Galaxies in a Dynamically Young Galaxy Cluster (2023)
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Hu, Z., Su, Y., Li, Z., Hess, K. M., Kraft, R. P., Forman, W. R., …Roediger, E. (2023). AMUSE-Antlia. I. Nuclear X-Ray Properties of Early-type Galaxies in a Dynamically Young Galaxy Cluster. The Astrophysical journal, 956(2), Article 104. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/acf292

To understand the formation and growth of supermassive black holes (SMBHs) and their coevolution with host galaxies, it is essential to know the impact of environment on the activity of active galactic nuclei (AGNs). We present new Chandra X-ray obse... Read More about AMUSE-Antlia. I. Nuclear X-Ray Properties of Early-type Galaxies in a Dynamically Young Galaxy Cluster.

Data resource profile: the virtual international care homes trials archive (VICHTA) (2023)
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Irvine, L., Burton, J., Ali, M., Booth, J., Desborough, J., Logan, P., …Goodman, C. (2023). Data resource profile: the virtual international care homes trials archive (VICHTA). International Journal of Population Data Science, 8(6), https://doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v8i6.2161

Introduction Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) conducted in care home settings address a range of health conditions impacting older people, but often include a common core of data about residents and the care home environment. These data can be use... Read More about Data resource profile: the virtual international care homes trials archive (VICHTA).

Associations between physical activity, sedentary behaviour, and alcohol consumption among UK adults: Findings from the Health Behaviours during the COVID-19 pandemic (HEBECO) study (2023)
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Akwa, L. G., Smith, L., Twiddy, M., Abt, G., Garnett, C., Oldham, M., Shahab, L., & Herbec, A. (2023). Associations between physical activity, sedentary behaviour, and alcohol consumption among UK adults: Findings from the Health Behaviours during the COVID-19 pandemic (HEBECO) study. PLoS ONE, 18(10 October), Article e0287199. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0287199

Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic and attendant lockdowns have had a substantial negative effect on alcohol consumption and physical activity globally. Pre-pandemic evidence in the adult population suggests that higher levels of physical activity we... Read More about Associations between physical activity, sedentary behaviour, and alcohol consumption among UK adults: Findings from the Health Behaviours during the COVID-19 pandemic (HEBECO) study.

Environmental DNA metabarcoding for fish diversity assessment in a macrotidal estuary: A comparison with established fish survey methods (2023)
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Gibson, T. I., Carvalho, G., Ellison, A., Gargiulo, E., Hatton-Ellis, T., Lawson-Handley, L., …Creer, S. (2023). Environmental DNA metabarcoding for fish diversity assessment in a macrotidal estuary: A comparison with established fish survey methods. Estuarine, coastal and shelf science, 294, Article 108522. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2023.108522

Fishes are a dominant component of the macrofauna in estuaries and are important for assessing the health of these threatened ecosystems. Several studies have applied environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding to assess the biodiversity of fishes in estu... Read More about Environmental DNA metabarcoding for fish diversity assessment in a macrotidal estuary: A comparison with established fish survey methods.

Periodic interstellar scintillation variations of PSRs J0613–0200 and J0636+5128 associated with the Local Bubble shell (2023)
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Liu, Y., Main, R. A., Verbiest, J. P., Wu, Z., Ambalappat, K. M., Lu, J., Champion, D. J., Cognard, I., Guillemot, L., Liu, K., McKee, J. W., Porayko, N., Shaifullah, G. M., & Theureau, G. (2023). Periodic interstellar scintillation variations of PSRs J0613–0200 and J0636+5128 associated with the Local Bubble shell. Science China Physics, Mechanics and Astronomy, 66(11), Article 119512. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11433-023-2182-6

Annual variations of interstellar scintillation can be modelled to constrain parameters of the ionized interstellar medium. If a pulsar is in a binary system, then investigating the orbital parameters is possible through analysis of the orbital varia... Read More about Periodic interstellar scintillation variations of PSRs J0613–0200 and J0636+5128 associated with the Local Bubble shell.

Antimony and arsenic behaviour in lead/zinc mine tailings during storage under vegetation cover (2023)
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Burke, I. T., Courtney, R., & Mayes, W. M. (2023). Antimony and arsenic behaviour in lead/zinc mine tailings during storage under vegetation cover. Applied geochemistry : journal of the International Association of Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry, 158, Article 105806. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeochem.2023.105806

The high-volume, fine grained tailings produced from Pb/Zn ore processing need to be carefully managed. Metalloid elements, As and Sb, are present in tailings at ∼800 and ∼80 mg kg−1 respectively, and in neutral pH leachates at 5–50 μg L−1. Despite t... Read More about Antimony and arsenic behaviour in lead/zinc mine tailings during storage under vegetation cover.

Plugging the holes: Identifying potential avenues and limitations for furthering Dutch civil society contributions towards flood resilience (2023)
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Koers, G. J., Forrest, S. A., & van Popering-Verkerk, J. (2023). Plugging the holes: Identifying potential avenues and limitations for furthering Dutch civil society contributions towards flood resilience. Journal of flood risk management, Article e12949. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfr3.12949

Abstract Climatic changes can cause unpredictability in flood regimes that traditional flood risk management (FRM) approaches may struggle with. Therefore, flood resilience is seen as a supplementation to these approaches, putting a larger emphasis o... Read More about Plugging the holes: Identifying potential avenues and limitations for furthering Dutch civil society contributions towards flood resilience.

Timing is everything; operational changes at a pumping station with a gravity sluice to provide safe downstream passage for silver European eels and deliver considerable financial savings (2023)
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Carter, L. J., Wright, R. M., Thomas, R. E., Reeds, J., Murphy, L. A., Collier, S. J., …Bolland, J. D. (2023). Timing is everything; operational changes at a pumping station with a gravity sluice to provide safe downstream passage for silver European eels and deliver considerable financial savings. Journal of environmental management, 347, Article 119143. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.119143

Catadromous European eel (Anguilla anguilla) are a critically endangered fish species due in part to in-river anthropogenic barriers (e.g., pumping stations, weirs, hydropower facilities). European legislation stipulates that safe downstream passage... Read More about Timing is everything; operational changes at a pumping station with a gravity sluice to provide safe downstream passage for silver European eels and deliver considerable financial savings.

Interspecies encounters with endemic health conditions: co-producing BVD and lameness with cows and sheep in the north of England (2023)
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Holloway, L., Mahon, N., Clark, B., & Proctor, A. (2024). Interspecies encounters with endemic health conditions: co-producing BVD and lameness with cows and sheep in the north of England. Sociologia ruralis, 64(2), 180-201. https://doi.org/10.1111/soru.12458

This article focuses on the relationships between people and farmed nonhuman animals, and between these animals and the farmed environments they encounter, in the enactment of interspecies endemic disease situations. It examines how the nonhuman embo... Read More about Interspecies encounters with endemic health conditions: co-producing BVD and lameness with cows and sheep in the north of England.

Inorganic Chemistry of the Tripodal Picolinate Ligand Tpaa with Gallium(III) and Radiolabeling with Gallium-68 (2023)
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Price, T. W., Wagner, L., Rosecker, V., Havlíčková, J., Prior, T. J., Kubíček, V., …Stasiuk, G. J. (2023). Inorganic Chemistry of the Tripodal Picolinate Ligand Tpaa with Gallium(III) and Radiolabeling with Gallium-68. Inorganic chemistry, 62(50), 20769–20776. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c02459

We report here the improved synthesis of the tripodal picolinate chelator Tpaa, with an overall yield of 41% over five steps, in comparison to the previously reported 6% yield. Tpaa was investigated for its coordination chemistry with Ga(III) and rad... Read More about Inorganic Chemistry of the Tripodal Picolinate Ligand Tpaa with Gallium(III) and Radiolabeling with Gallium-68.

Reasons to Be Skeptical about Sentience and Pain in Fishes and Aquatic Invertebrates (2023)
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Diggles, B. K., Arlinghaus, R., Browman, H. I., Cooke, S. J., Cooper, R. L., Cowx, I. G., …Watson, C. (in press). Reasons to Be Skeptical about Sentience and Pain in Fishes and Aquatic Invertebrates. Reviews in Fisheries Science & Aquaculture, https://doi.org/10.1080/23308249.2023.2257802

The welfare of fishes and aquatic invertebrates is important, and several jurisdictions have included these taxa under welfare regulation in recent years. Regulation of welfare requires use of scientifically validated welfare criteria. This is why ap... Read More about Reasons to Be Skeptical about Sentience and Pain in Fishes and Aquatic Invertebrates.

Quality standards for the management of alcohol-related liver disease: consensus recommendations from the British Association for the Study of the Liver and British Society of Gastroenterology ARLD special interest group (2023)
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Parker, R., Allison, M., Anderson, S., Aspinall, R., Bardell, S., Bains, V., …Masson, S. (2023). Quality standards for the management of alcohol-related liver disease: consensus recommendations from the British Association for the Study of the Liver and British Society of Gastroenterology ARLD special interest group. BMJ Open Gastroenterology, 10(1), Article e001221. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgast-2023-001221

Objective Alcohol-related liver disease (ALD) is the most common cause of liver-related ill health and liver-related deaths in the UK, and deaths from ALD have doubled in the last decade. The management of ALD requires treatment of both liver disease... Read More about Quality standards for the management of alcohol-related liver disease: consensus recommendations from the British Association for the Study of the Liver and British Society of Gastroenterology ARLD special interest group.

Explaining black boxes with a SMILE: Statistical Model-agnostic Interpretability with Local Explanations (2023)
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Aslansefat, K., Hashemian, M., Walker, M., Akram, M. N., Sorokos, I., & Papadopoulos, Y. (2023). Explaining black boxes with a SMILE: Statistical Model-agnostic Interpretability with Local Explanations. IEEE Software, https://doi.org/10.1109/MS.2023.3321282

Machine learning is currently undergoing an explosion in capability, popularity, and sophistication. However, one of the major barriers to widespread acceptance of machine learning (ML) is trustworthiness: most ML models operate as black boxes, their... Read More about Explaining black boxes with a SMILE: Statistical Model-agnostic Interpretability with Local Explanations.

A Scoping Review of ‘Pacing’ for Management of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS): Lessons Learned for the Long COVID Pandemic (2023)
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Sanal-Hayes, N. E., Mclaughlin, M., Hayes, L. D., Mair, J. L., Ormerod, J., Carless, D., …Sculthorpe, N. F. (in press). A Scoping Review of ‘Pacing’ for Management of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS): Lessons Learned for the Long COVID Pandemic. Journal of Translational Medicine, 21, Article 720. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12967-023-04587-5

Background
Controversy over treatment for people with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is a barrier to appropriate treatment. Energy management or pacing is a prominent coping strategy for people with ME/CFS that involves... Read More about A Scoping Review of ‘Pacing’ for Management of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS): Lessons Learned for the Long COVID Pandemic.

Health visitors’ experiences of supporting fathers with paternal postnatal depression (2023)
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Davenport, C., & Swami, V. (2023). Health visitors’ experiences of supporting fathers with paternal postnatal depression. Journal of Health Visiting, 11(9), 378-390. https://doi.org/10.12968/johv.2023.11.9.378

There is increasing recognition that fathers are susceptible to experiencing postnatal depression (PND). Despite health visitors being ideally placed to support fathers experiencing psychological distress, little is known about their experiences in s... Read More about Health visitors’ experiences of supporting fathers with paternal postnatal depression.

The trainee nursing associates' experience of academic learning: the first 6 months (2023)
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Firth, D. H. (2023). The trainee nursing associates' experience of academic learning: the first 6 months. British Journal of Healthcare Assistants, 17(10), 362-370. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjha.2023.17.10.362

Background:
The introduction of the nursing associate role has aimed to provide a different route into nursing careers. Education standards have been structured in line with Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) standards for nursing associates for th... Read More about The trainee nursing associates' experience of academic learning: the first 6 months.

Exploration of the correlation of serum polychlorinated biphenyl levels with luteal phase hormonal parameters and infertility in women with or without polycystic ovary syndrome (2023)
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Butler, A. E., Brennan, E., Drage, D. S., Sathyapalan, T., & Atkin, S. L. (2023). Exploration of the correlation of serum polychlorinated biphenyl levels with luteal phase hormonal parameters and infertility in women with or without polycystic ovary syndrome. Frontiers in endocrinology, 14, Article 1270949. https://doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2023.1270949

Introduction: Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are organic lipophilic pollutants that accumulate in the body. Previous research has linked PCBs with menstrual function; therefore, this study was undertaken to investigate the correlation of PCBs with... Read More about Exploration of the correlation of serum polychlorinated biphenyl levels with luteal phase hormonal parameters and infertility in women with or without polycystic ovary syndrome.