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Doing more with movement: constituting healthy publics in a movement volunteering programme (2020)
Journal Article
Tupper, E., Atkinson, S., & Pollard, T. (2020). Doing more with movement: constituting healthy publics in a movement volunteering programme. Palgrave communications, 6, Article 94. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-020-0473-9

The recent phenomenon of movement volunteering programmes is a form of ‘fitness philanthropy’ that combines exercise with volunteering in order for physical activity to generate a more widely shared set of benefits. These newest practices of fitness... Read More about Doing more with movement: constituting healthy publics in a movement volunteering programme.

Social prescribing and classed inequality: A journey of upward health mobility? (2021)
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Gibson, K., Pollard, T., & Moffatt, S. (2021). Social prescribing and classed inequality: A journey of upward health mobility?. Social Science & Medicine, 280, Article 114037. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114037

Social prescribing, characterised by a link worker connecting patients with local groups and services, is currently being widely implemented in the UK. Taking clients' experiences of a social prescribing intervention in the North of England between N... Read More about Social prescribing and classed inequality: A journey of upward health mobility?.

Citizen scientists: school students conducting, contributing to and communicating ecological research – experiences of a school–university partnership (2020)
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Hsing, P., Coghill, L., Ryder, J., Austin, M., Dooley, S., Ellison, A., …Stephens, P. (2020). Citizen scientists: school students conducting, contributing to and communicating ecological research – experiences of a school–university partnership. School science review, 101(376), 67-74

Started in north-east England in 2015, MammalWeb aims to improve our knowledge of British mammals through the use of motion-sensing camera traps. Fundamental to the project is the involvement of local communities and individuals who act as citizen sc... Read More about Citizen scientists: school students conducting, contributing to and communicating ecological research – experiences of a school–university partnership.

Evolutionary significance of the variation in acoustic communication of a cryptic nocturnal primate radiation (Microcebus spp.) (2020)
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Hasiniaina, A. F., Radespiel, U., Kessler, S. E., Rina Evasoa, M., Rasoloharijaona, S., Randrianambinina, B., …Scheumann, M. (2020). Evolutionary significance of the variation in acoustic communication of a cryptic nocturnal primate radiation (Microcebus spp.). Ecology and Evolution, 10(8), 3784-3797. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6177

Acoustic phenotypic variation is of major importance for speciation and the evolution of species diversity. Whereas selective and stochastic forces shaping the acoustic divergence of signaling systems are well studied in insects, frogs, and birds, kn... Read More about Evolutionary significance of the variation in acoustic communication of a cryptic nocturnal primate radiation (Microcebus spp.).

‘Coming from Abroad’: Exploring Romanian Migrants’ Transnational Social Networks through the Prism of Temporary Return (2020)
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Cîrstea, A. (2020). ‘Coming from Abroad’: Exploring Romanian Migrants’ Transnational Social Networks through the Prism of Temporary Return. Lietuvos etnologija, 20 (29), 169-180. https://doi.org/10.33918/25386522-2029008

Return features heavily in the narratives and lives of Romanian immigrants in London, as a key topic of debate rather than a mere end goal of their migration. By analysing their experiences of temporary return, this paper1 reveals the tensions and co... Read More about ‘Coming from Abroad’: Exploring Romanian Migrants’ Transnational Social Networks through the Prism of Temporary Return.

Ruins of pre-gentrification: Schrotthäuser and urban standstill in a postindustrial city (2020)
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Ringel, F. (2020). Ruins of pre-gentrification: Schrotthäuser and urban standstill in a postindustrial city. Time & Society, 29(2), 563-580. https://doi.org/10.1177/0961463x20906652

The Goetheviertel is the poorest district of Germany’s poorest city, the postindustrial harbour city of Bremerhaven. However, for many local inhabitants it is also the city’s most beautiful district with its 19th century architecture and central loca... Read More about Ruins of pre-gentrification: Schrotthäuser and urban standstill in a postindustrial city.

Manufacture of Third-Generation Lentivirus for Preclinical Use, with Process Development Considerations for Translation to Good Manufacturing Practice (2017)
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Gándara, C., Affleck, V., & Stoll, E. A. (2018). Manufacture of Third-Generation Lentivirus for Preclinical Use, with Process Development Considerations for Translation to Good Manufacturing Practice. Human gene therapy, Part B. Methods, 29(1), https://doi.org/10.1089/hgtb.2017.098

Lentiviral vectors are used in laboratories around the world for in vivo and ex vivo delivery of gene therapies, and increasingly clinical investigation as well as preclinical applications. The third-generation lentiviral vector system has many advan... Read More about Manufacture of Third-Generation Lentivirus for Preclinical Use, with Process Development Considerations for Translation to Good Manufacturing Practice.

Building back better? Taking stock of the post-earthquake mental health and psychosocial response in Nepal (2018)
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Chase, L. E., Marahatta, K., Sidgel, K., Shrestha, S., Gautam, K., Luitel, N. P., …Samuel, R. (2018). Building back better? Taking stock of the post-earthquake mental health and psychosocial response in Nepal. International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 12(1), Article 44. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13033-018-0221-3

Background: The World Health Organization’s ‘building back better’ approach advocates capitalizing on the resources and political will elicited by disasters to strengthen national mental health systems. This study explores the contributions of the re... Read More about Building back better? Taking stock of the post-earthquake mental health and psychosocial response in Nepal.

Adapting methodology used on captive subjects for estimating gut passage time in wild monkeys (2020)
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Stringer, S. D., Hill, R. A., Swanepoel, L., & Koyama, N. F. (2020). Adapting methodology used on captive subjects for estimating gut passage time in wild monkeys. Folia Primatologica, 91(4), 417-432. https://doi.org/10.1159/000505369

Gut passage time of food has consequences for primate digestive strategies, which subsequently affect seed dispersal. Seed dispersal models are critical in understanding plant population and community dynamics through estimation of seed dispersal dis... Read More about Adapting methodology used on captive subjects for estimating gut passage time in wild monkeys.

A new identification of the monkeys depicted in a Bronze Age wall painting from Akrotiri, Thera (2019)
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Pareja, M., McKinney, T., Mayhew, J., Setchell, J., Nash, S., & Heaton, R. (2020). A new identification of the monkeys depicted in a Bronze Age wall painting from Akrotiri, Thera. Primates, 61(2), 159-168. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10329-019-00778-1

Bronze Age Aegean (ca. 3500–1100 B.C.) wall paintings from the islands of Crete and Thera depict monkeys in a variety of roles such as running wild in nature, possibly following (trained) commands, and participating in sacred activities. These images... Read More about A new identification of the monkeys depicted in a Bronze Age wall painting from Akrotiri, Thera.

Pigs in Rites: Rights in Pigs: Porcine Values in the Papua New Guinea Highlands (2021)
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Sillitoe, P. (2021). Pigs in Rites: Rights in Pigs: Porcine Values in the Papua New Guinea Highlands. Anthropozoologica, 56(8), 117-136. https://doi.org/10.5252/anthropozoologica2021v56a8

This paper discusses the place of pigs in the mountains of Papua New Guinea, particularly in the Was valley of the Southern Highlands Province. After a brief introduction to the pigs of the region and their herding arrangements, it gives an ethnograp... Read More about Pigs in Rites: Rights in Pigs: Porcine Values in the Papua New Guinea Highlands.

Water access transformations: Metrics, infrastructure, and inequities (2019)
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Stevenson, E. G. (2019). Water access transformations: Metrics, infrastructure, and inequities. Water Security, 8, Article 100047. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasec.2019.100047

Scholarship on water insecurity has carried over an important insight from studies of food insecurity: Insecurity often occurs in the midst of plenty, and water insecurity is therefore better characterized by inaccessibility than by scarcity. Access... Read More about Water access transformations: Metrics, infrastructure, and inequities.

Associations Between Television Time and activPAL-Measured Duration and Pattern of Sedentary Time Among Pregnant Women at Risk of Gestational Diabetes in the UK (2020)
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Wagnild, J., & Pollard, T. (2020). Associations Between Television Time and activPAL-Measured Duration and Pattern of Sedentary Time Among Pregnant Women at Risk of Gestational Diabetes in the UK. Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 17(4), 471-474. https://doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2019-0315

Background: Television (TV) time is associated with poor cardiometabolic health outcomes. This finding is commonly attributed to duration of sitting or patterns of sitting associated with high TV time, but there is very little evidence on this link.... Read More about Associations Between Television Time and activPAL-Measured Duration and Pattern of Sedentary Time Among Pregnant Women at Risk of Gestational Diabetes in the UK.

Assessing the value for money of an integrated health and wellbeing service in the UK (2019)
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Visram, S., Walton, N., Akhter, N., Lewis, S., & Lister, G. (2020). Assessing the value for money of an integrated health and wellbeing service in the UK. Social Science & Medicine, 245, Article 112661. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.112661

Lay health workers have been utilized to deliver health promotion programmes in a variety of settings. However, few studies have sought to determine whether these programmes represent value for money, particularly in a UK context. The present study i... Read More about Assessing the value for money of an integrated health and wellbeing service in the UK.

Habituation is not neutral or equal: Individual differences in tolerance suggest an overlooked personality trait (2020)
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Allan, A., Bailey, A., & Hill, R. (2020). Habituation is not neutral or equal: Individual differences in tolerance suggest an overlooked personality trait. Science Advances, 6(28), Article eaaz0870. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aaz0870

In behavioral studies, observer effects can be substantial, even for habituated animals, but few studies account for potential observer-related phenomenon empirically. We used wild, habituated chacma baboons to explore two key assumptions of behavior... Read More about Habituation is not neutral or equal: Individual differences in tolerance suggest an overlooked personality trait.