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Sex‑Specific Changes in Physical Performance Following Military Training: A Systematic Review
(Springer Verlag, 2018-09-19)Introduction Men and women joining the military undergo the same training, often in mixed-sex platoons. Given the inherent physiological and physical performance differences between men and women, it is reasonable to ... -
Border enforcement & the university: a conversation
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Who hosts a politics of welcome? – Commentary to Gill
(Geographical Society of Finland, 2018-05-22)This review is written as a letter, and addressed to my colleague Nick Gill. It is an effort to continue conversations about the politics of welcome as they relate to practices of asylum and our academic modes of inquiry ... -
Tracking fine-scale structural changes in coastal dune morphology using kite aerial photography and uncertainty-assessed Structure-from-Motion photogrammetry (article)
(MDPI, 2018)Coastal dunes are globally-distributed dynamic ecosystems that occur at the land-sea interface. They are sensitive to disturbance both from natural forces and anthropogenic stressors, and therefore require regular monitoring ... -
Tracking fine-scale structural changes in coastal dune morphology using kite aerial photography and uncertainty-assessed Structure-from-Motion photogrammetry (dataset)
(University of Exeter, 2018-09-17)This is the dataset used for the Duffy et al. (2018) article "Tracking fine-scale structural changes in coastal dune morphology using kite aerial photography and uncertainty-assessed structure-from-motion photogrammetry" ... -
Individual and combined effects of acute delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol and cannabidiol on psychotomimetic symptoms and memory function
(Springer Nature, 2018-09-05)The main active ingredient in cannabis, delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), can acutely induce psychotic symptoms and impair episodic and working memory. Another major constituent, cannabidiol (CBD), may attenuate these ... -
The effects of cannabidiol on impulsivity and memory during abstinence in cigarette dependent smokers
(Springer Nature, 2018-05-15)Acute nicotine abstinence in cigarette smokers results in deficits in performance on specific cognitive processes, including working memory and impulsivity which are important in relapse. Cannabidiol (CBD), the non-intoxicating ... -
Monitoring Impacts of Urbanisation and Industrialisation on Air Quality in the Anthropocene Using Urban Pond Sediments
(Frontiers Media, 2018-09-07)The release of toxic atmospheric pollutants since the Industrial Revolution is a major global challenge, driving climate change and damaging human health. Spatial health inequalities highlight the need to explore air ... -
The Mid-Pleistocene Transition induced by delayed feedback and bistability
(Oxford University Press (OUP), 2018)The Mid-Pleistocene Transition, the shift from 41 kyr to 100 kyr glacial-interglacial cycles that occurred roughly 1 Myr ago, is often considered as a change in internal climate dynamics. Here we revisit the model of ... -
Miro1 – the Missing Link to Peroxisome Motility
(Taylor & Francis, 2018)Peroxisomes are ubiquitous, highly dynamic, multifunctional compartments in eukaryotic cells, which perform key roles in cellular lipid metabolism and redox balance. Like other membrane-bound organelles, peroxisomes must ... -
The peroxisome: an update on mysteries 2.0
(Springer Verlag / Society for Histochemistry, 2018)Peroxisomes are key metabolic organelles, which contribute to cellular lipid metabolism, e.g. the β-oxidation of fatty acids and the synthesis of myelin sheath lipids, as well as cellular redox balance. Peroxisomal ... -
Size dimorphism and sexual segregation in pheasants: tests of three competing hypotheses (dataset)
(University of Exeter, 2018-09-10)Fine scale sexual segregation outside of the mating season is common in sexually dimorphic and polygamous species, particularly in ungulates. A number of hypotheses predict sexual segregation but these are often contradictory ... -
Pollinator visitation to mass-flowering courgette and co-flowering wild flowers: implications for pollination and bee conservation on farms (dataset)
(University of Exeter, 2018-09-10)This is the dataset used for the Knapp et al. (2018) article "Pollinator visitation to mass-flowering courgette and co-flowering wild flowers: implications for pollination and bee conservation on farms" published in Basic ... -
The Validation of Session Rating of Perceived Exertion for Quantifying Internal Training Load in Adolescent Distance Runners
(Human Kinetics, 2018-08-30)PURPOSE: To investigate the effect of measurement timing and concurrent validity of session (sRPE) and differential (dRPE) ratings of perceived exertion as measures of internal training load (ITL) in adolescent distance ... -
Fish in habitats with higher motorboat disturbance show reduced sensitivity to motorboat noise
(Royal Society, 2018)Anthropogenic noise can negatively impact many taxa worldwide. It is possible that in noisy, high disturbance environments the range and severity of impacts could diminish over time, but the influence of previous ... -
In what sense are dogs special? Canine cognition in comparative context
(Springer Verlag / Psychonomic Society, 2018)The great increase in the study of dog cognition in the current century has yielded insights into canine cognition in a variety of domains. In this review we seek to place our enhanced understanding of canine cognition ... -
The legacy of 4,500 years of polyculture agroforestry in the eastern Amazon
(Springer Nature, 2018-07-23)The legacy of pre-Columbian land use in the Amazonian rainforest is one of the most controversial topics in the social1-10 and natural sciences11,12. Until now, the debate has been limited to discipline-specific studies, ... -
Preserved Object Weight Processing after Bilateral Lateral Occipital Complex Lesions
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press (MIT Press) /, 2018-07-19)Object interaction requires knowledge of the weight of an object, as well as its shape. The lateral occipital complex (LOC), an area within the ventral visual pathway, is well known to be critically involved in processing ... -
Is preparing for a language switch like preparing for a task switch? (article)
(American Psychological Association, 2018-07-19)A key index of top-down control in task switching-preparation for a switch-is underexplored in language switching. The well-documented EEG "signature" of preparation for a task switch-a protracted positive-polarity modulation ... -
What are subjective cognitive difficulties and do they matter?
(Oxford University Press (OUP) for British Geriatrics Society, 2018)Background: Subjective cognitive difficulties (SCD) have been associated with a higher risk of developing dementia. However, there is large variation in the way SCD are assessed and in their associations with cognitive ...