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Physical activity assessment in practice: a mixed methods study of GPPAQ use in primary care (2014)
Journal Article
Heron. (2014). Physical activity assessment in practice: a mixed methods study of GPPAQ use in primary care. BMC Family Practice, https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2296-15-11

Background
Insufficient physical activity (PA) levels which increase the risk of chronic disease are reported by almost two-thirds of the population. More evidence is needed about how PA promotion can be effectively implemented in general practice (... Read More about Physical activity assessment in practice: a mixed methods study of GPPAQ use in primary care.

Identifying the cellular targets of drug action in the central nervous system following corticosteroid therapy (2014)
Journal Article
Jenkins, S., Pickard, M., Khong, M., Smith, H., Mann, C., Emes, R., & Chari, D. (2014). Identifying the cellular targets of drug action in the central nervous system following corticosteroid therapy. ACS chemical neuroscience, 51 -63. https://doi.org/10.1021/cn400167n

Corticosteroid (CS) therapy is used widely in the treatment of a range of pathologies, but can delay production of myelin, the insulating sheath around central nervous system nerve fibers. The cellular targets of CS action are not fully understood, t... Read More about Identifying the cellular targets of drug action in the central nervous system following corticosteroid therapy.

Low-volume high-intensity interval training vs continuous aerobic cycling in patients with chronic heart failure: A pragmatic randomised clinical trial of feasibility and effectiveness (2014)
Journal Article
Koufaki, P., Mercer, T., George, K., & Nolan, J. (2014). Low-volume high-intensity interval training vs continuous aerobic cycling in patients with chronic heart failure: A pragmatic randomised clinical trial of feasibility and effectiveness. Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine, 46(4), 348-356. https://doi.org/10.2340/16501977-1278

OBJECTIVES: The health benefits of high-intensity interval training in cardiac rehabilitation warrant further research. We compared the effectiveness of low-volume high-intensity interval training vs continuous aerobic exercise training in chronic he... Read More about Low-volume high-intensity interval training vs continuous aerobic cycling in patients with chronic heart failure: A pragmatic randomised clinical trial of feasibility and effectiveness.

The eccentric massive binary V380 Cyg: revised orbital elements and interpretation of the intrinsic variability of the primary component* (2014)
Journal Article
Tkachenko, A., Degroote, P., Aerts, C., Pavlovski, K., Southworth, J., Pápics, P. I., …Clémer, K. (2014). The eccentric massive binary V380 Cyg: revised orbital elements and interpretation of the intrinsic variability of the primary component*. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 438(4), 3093-3110. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt2421

We present a detailed analysis and interpretation of the high-mass binary V380 Cyg, based on high-precision space photometry gathered with the Kepler space mission as well as high-resolution ground-based spectroscopy obtained with the HERMES spectrog... Read More about The eccentric massive binary V380 Cyg: revised orbital elements and interpretation of the intrinsic variability of the primary component*.

Effects of differing oocyte-secreted factors during mouse in vitro maturation on subsequent embryo and fetal development (2014)
Journal Article
Sudiman, J., Ritter, L. J., Feil, D. K., Wang, X., Chan, K., Mottershead, D. G., …Gilchrist, R. B. (2014). Effects of differing oocyte-secreted factors during mouse in vitro maturation on subsequent embryo and fetal development. Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics, 31(3), 295-306. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10815-013-0152-5

Purpose
We hypothesised that varying native oocyte-secreted factor (OSF) exposure or using different recombinant OSF peptides would have differential effects on post-in vitro maturation (IVM) embryo and fetal development.

Methods
Mouse cumulus o... Read More about Effects of differing oocyte-secreted factors during mouse in vitro maturation on subsequent embryo and fetal development.

Search protocols for hidden forensic objects beneath floors and within walls (2014)
Journal Article
Ruffell, A., Pringle, J. K., & Forbes, S. (2014). Search protocols for hidden forensic objects beneath floors and within walls. Forensic Science International, 237, 137 -145. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2013.12.036

The burial of objects (human remains, explosives, weapons) below or behind concrete, brick, plaster or tiling may be associated with serious crime and are difficult locations to search. These are quite common forensic search scenarios but little has... Read More about Search protocols for hidden forensic objects beneath floors and within walls.

The Magnetospheric Boundary in Cataclysmic Variables (2014)
Journal Article
Hellier, C. (2014). The Magnetospheric Boundary in Cataclysmic Variables. EPJ Web of Conferences, 64, https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20136407001

The magnetic cataclysmic variables (MCVs) present a wealth of observational diagnostics for studying accretion flows interacting with a magnetosphere. Spin-period pulsations from the rotation of the white dwarf are seen in optical light, in the UV an... Read More about The Magnetospheric Boundary in Cataclysmic Variables.

Porous Boron-Doped Diamond/Carbon Nanotube Electrodes (2014)
Journal Article
Zanin, H., May, P. W., Fermin, D. J., Plana, D., Vieira, S. M. C., Milne, W. I., & Corat, E. J. (2014). Porous Boron-Doped Diamond/Carbon Nanotube Electrodes. ACS applied materials & interfaces, 6(2), 990-995. https://doi.org/10.1021/am4044344

Nanostructuring boron-doped diamond (BDD) films increases their sensitivity and performance when used as electrodes in electrochemical environments. We have developed a method to produce such nanostructured, porous electrodes by depositing BDD thin f... Read More about Porous Boron-Doped Diamond/Carbon Nanotube Electrodes.

Exploiting the synergy between carboplatin and ABT-737 in the treatment of ovarian carcinomas (2014)
Journal Article
Jain, H., Richardson, A., Meyer-Hermann, M., & Byrne, H. (2014). Exploiting the synergy between carboplatin and ABT-737 in the treatment of ovarian carcinomas. PloS one, e81582 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0081582

Platinum drug-resistance in ovarian cancers mediated by anti-apoptotic proteins such as Bcl-xL is a major factor contributing to the chemotherapeutic resistance of recurrent disease. Consequently, concurrent inhibition of Bcl-xL in combination with c... Read More about Exploiting the synergy between carboplatin and ABT-737 in the treatment of ovarian carcinomas.

Multidrug and optimal heart failure therapy prescribing in older general practice populations: a clinical data linkage study (2014)
Journal Article
(2014). Multidrug and optimal heart failure therapy prescribing in older general practice populations: a clinical data linkage study. BMJ Open, e003698 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003698

OBJECTIVE: To investigate multidrug therapy in the cardiovascular disease (CVD) population and whether it was associated with suboptimal drug prescribing in heart failure (HF). DESIGN: A population-based cross-sectional clinical data linkage study. S... Read More about Multidrug and optimal heart failure therapy prescribing in older general practice populations: a clinical data linkage study.

What's worth got to do with it? Language and the Socio-Legal advancement of disability rights and equality (2014)
Journal Article
Pearson, A. (2014). What's worth got to do with it? Language and the Socio-Legal advancement of disability rights and equality

This article considers the appositeness of maintaining the defences of 'reasonable adjustment' and 'undue burden' in legislation relating to the rights of persons with disabilities, and what the maintenance of these concepts with legislative parlance... Read More about What's worth got to do with it? Language and the Socio-Legal advancement of disability rights and equality.

Movement speed is biased by prior experience. (2014)
Journal Article
(2014). Movement speed is biased by prior experience. Journal of Neurophysiology, 128 - 134. https://doi.org/10.1152/jn.00522.2013

How does the motor system choose the speed for any given movement? Many current models assume a process that finds the optimal balance between the costs of moving fast and the rewards of achieving the goal. Here, we show that such models also need to... Read More about Movement speed is biased by prior experience..

Individual and community-level socioeconomic position and its association with adolescents experience of childhood sexual abuse: a multilevel analysis of six countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. (2014)
Journal Article
(2014). Individual and community-level socioeconomic position and its association with adolescents experience of childhood sexual abuse: a multilevel analysis of six countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. https://doi.org/10.5249/jivr.v6i1.316

BACKGROUND
Childhood sexual abuse (CSA) is a substantial global health and human rights problem and consequently a growing concern in sub-Saharan Africa. We examined the association between individual and community-level socioeconomic status (SES) a... Read More about Individual and community-level socioeconomic position and its association with adolescents experience of childhood sexual abuse: a multilevel analysis of six countries in Sub-Saharan Africa..

Social history of health psychology: context and textbooks (2014)
Journal Article
(2014). Social history of health psychology: context and textbooks. Health Psychology Review, 215 -237. https://doi.org/10.1080/17437199.2012.701058

Health psychology as a field of research and practice formally developed 30 years ago but it was prefigured by sustained debate within social and applied psychology about the nature of psychology and its role in society. This article considers this p... Read More about Social history of health psychology: context and textbooks.