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How is television time linked to cardiometabolic health in adults? A critical systematic review of the evidence for an effect of watching television on eating, movement, affect and sleep (2021)
Journal Article

Objective To improve our understanding of how television (TV) time is linked to cardiometabolic health among adults by systematically and critically evaluating the evidence that watching TV is associated with increased food consumption, lack of movem... Read More about How is television time linked to cardiometabolic health in adults? A critical systematic review of the evidence for an effect of watching television on eating, movement, affect and sleep.

Of Young People and Internet Cafés (2021)
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This study examines how adolescent experience in Internet cafés (known as wangba in Chinese) relates to academic attainment in urban, rural, and Tibetan schools of China. By documenting the frustrations teenagers express in their negotiations with ad... Read More about Of Young People and Internet Cafés.

Testing Mate Choice Hypotheses in a Transitional Small Scale Population (2021)
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Objective Tests of theories of mate choice often rely on data gathered in White, industrialised samples and this is especially the case for studies of facial attraction. Our understanding of preferences for sexual dimorphism is currently in flux and... Read More about Testing Mate Choice Hypotheses in a Transitional Small Scale Population.

Reliability analysis for systems based on degradation rates and hard failure thresholds changing with degradation levels (2021)
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Degradation-shock failure processes widely exist in practice, and extensive work has been carried out to better describe such processes. In this paper, a new model is developed for reliability analysis of systems subject to dependent degradation-shoc... Read More about Reliability analysis for systems based on degradation rates and hard failure thresholds changing with degradation levels.

Participation of people living with disabilities in physical activity: a global perspective (2021)
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Approximately 1·5 billion people worldwide live with a physical, mental, sensory, or intellectual disability, about 80% of which are in low-income and middle-income countries. This Series paper provides a global overview of the prevalence, benefits,... Read More about Participation of people living with disabilities in physical activity: a global perspective.

Cognitive development and non-aerobic physical fitness in preschoolers: a longitudinal study (2021)
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Introduction: Early childhood is the most critical period of healthy motor and cognitive development in human life and increased physical activity may provide health benefits across childhood and adolescence. Objective: The aim of this study was to q... Read More about Cognitive development and non-aerobic physical fitness in preschoolers: a longitudinal study.

Student support as social network: Exploring non-traditional student experiences of academic and wellbeing support during the Covid-19 pandemic (2021)
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The Covid-19 pandemic has caused a global crisis in higher education, affecting all aspects of university work and practices. This article focuses on student experiences in particular by problematising academic and wellbeing support available to non-... Read More about Student support as social network: Exploring non-traditional student experiences of academic and wellbeing support during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Risk factors for Non-Communicable Diseases Related to Obesity among First- and Second-Generation Bangladeshi Migrants Living in North-east or South-east England (2021)
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Background: Obesity is a global burden, which significantly increases the risk of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). More than a quarter of adults in the United Kingdom are obese, but prevalence varies by ethnicity, and South Asians have the largest b... Read More about Risk factors for Non-Communicable Diseases Related to Obesity among First- and Second-Generation Bangladeshi Migrants Living in North-east or South-east England.

Considerations for making informed choices about engaging in open qualitative research (2021)
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There is currently little guidance that exists for researchers in the sport and exercise sciences on open qualitative research practices. The purpose of paper is to provide researchers with guidance regarding the considerations necessary for making i... Read More about Considerations for making informed choices about engaging in open qualitative research.

Assembling the sense of home in emigrant elite athletes: Cultural transitions, narrative and materiality (2021)
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Objective Despite a growing body of literature on cultural transitions, little is known regarding how emigrant elite athletes experience and intra-act with the non-human environment in the host country, and how this affects their sense of home. This... Read More about Assembling the sense of home in emigrant elite athletes: Cultural transitions, narrative and materiality.

Fecal glucocorticoids and gastrointestinal parasite infections in wild western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) involved in ecotourism (2021)
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Wildlife ecotourism can offer a source of revenue which benefits local development and conservation simultaneously. However, habituation of wildlife for ecotourism can cause long-term elevation of glucocorticoid hormones, which may suppress immune fu... Read More about Fecal glucocorticoids and gastrointestinal parasite infections in wild western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) involved in ecotourism.

Can realistic dolls protect body satisfaction in young girls? (2021)
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Ultra-thin fashion dolls may represent a risk factor for thin-ideal internalisation and body dissatisfaction amongst young girls. We asked thirty one 5- to 9-year-old girls to engage in interactive play with commercially available dolls which were ei... Read More about Can realistic dolls protect body satisfaction in young girls?.

40 Years of Multiple Social Categorization: A Tool for Social Inclusivity (2020)
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We review a 40-year corpus of research that we collectively name “Multiple Categorisation Theory” (MCT). From early illustrations using the minimal group paradigm, through a focus on how people cognitively represent social diversity, to recent models... Read More about 40 Years of Multiple Social Categorization: A Tool for Social Inclusivity.

Justified Stories with Agent-Based Modelling for Local COVID-19 Planning (2021)
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This paper presents JuSt-Social, an agent-based model of the COVID-19 epidemic with a range of potential social policy interventions. It was developed to support local authorities in North East England who are making decisions in a fast moving crisis... Read More about Justified Stories with Agent-Based Modelling for Local COVID-19 Planning.

Individual Participant Data Meta-analysis of the Impact of Educational Interventions on Pupils Eligible for Free School Meals (2021)
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Meta-analysis is the synthesis of findings from research projects, which enables an estimate of the average or pooled effect across various studies. This study presents findings from the intention to treat analysis for a series of educational evaluat... Read More about Individual Participant Data Meta-analysis of the Impact of Educational Interventions on Pupils Eligible for Free School Meals.

A monotonicity property of weighted log-rank tests (2021)
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The logrank test is a well-known nonparametric test which is often used to compare the survival distributions of two samples including right-censored observations, it is also known as the Mantel-Haenszel test. The Gρ family of tests, generalizes the... Read More about A monotonicity property of weighted log-rank tests.

Introducing postqualitative inquiry in sport and exercise psychology (2021)
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In recent years, qualitative research has gained popularity and legitimacy in sport and exercise psychology. However, this scientific discipline has not yet paid attention to postqualitative inquiry (PQI), despite the possibilities it offers for prod... Read More about Introducing postqualitative inquiry in sport and exercise psychology.

Evaluating the use of multimedia information when recruiting adolescents to orthodontics research: a randomised controlled trial (2021)
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Objective: The study aim was to compare two methods of providing information about the BAMP (Bone Anchored Maxillary Protraction) trial: standard printed information and multimedia websites, for their quality and ease of understanding, and impact on... Read More about Evaluating the use of multimedia information when recruiting adolescents to orthodontics research: a randomised controlled trial.

Formalising ‘informal’ mHealth in Ghana: Opportunities and challenges for Universal Health Coverage (UHC) (2021)
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While mobile phones promise to be an important tool for bridging the healthcare gaps in resource-poor areas in developing countries, scalability and sustainability of mobile phones for health (mhealth) interventions still remain a major challenge. Me... Read More about Formalising ‘informal’ mHealth in Ghana: Opportunities and challenges for Universal Health Coverage (UHC).

‘Intolerance of Uncertainty’ mediates the relationship between social profile and anxiety in both Williams Syndrome and autism (2021)
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Anxiety is the most significant mental health concern for both Williams syndrome (WS) and autism. Whilst WS and autism are characterised by some syndrome-specific social differences, less is known about cross-syndrome profiles of anxiety symptoms. Pr... Read More about ‘Intolerance of Uncertainty’ mediates the relationship between social profile and anxiety in both Williams Syndrome and autism.