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False Reporting
No full textFalse Reporting represents a growing challenge within sport, involving the deliberate submission of falsified complaints or allegations intended to harm reputations, destabilise athletes, or disrupt sporting organisations.False Reporting can be weaponised, particularly during high-stakes competitions or against athletes who attract controversy. A central issue lies in distinguishing legitimate complaints from falsified ones, a task complicated by the volume and speed of communication on digital platforms, where false reports can quickly gain traction and amplify harm.The consequences extend beyond individual reputational damage, as false reports may undermine trust in safeguarding and disciplinary processes, divert resources from genuine cases, and destabilise public confidence in sport governance.By outlining both the scale and nature of the problem, and an overview of potential risks and safeguards, this chapter explores our understanding of False Reporting, before highlighting the need for response mechanisms that protect athletes and maintain the integrity of sport in the face of increasingly sophisticated tactics.</p
You Want What We've Got: Big Tech v Big Journalism
No full textIn the past three decades, the battle between big tech and big journalism has reshaped how we consume the news. Jason Whittaker delves into how tech giants outmanoeuvred traditional media companies, siphoning off advertising revenue and audience attention. As journalism struggled to adapt, social media platforms evolved from utopian public spaces into breeding grounds for misinformation and fake news, eroding public trust. The influence of billionaires further complicated the digital ecosystem, swaying public opinion and exercising direct political power that previous media moguls could only dream of. More recently, AI has begun to revolutionize content creation, distribution and consumption. Whittaker provides an incisive examination of the frequently combative relations of these two industries and the uncertain future of the news in the digital age.</p
Timing-dependent anti-inflammatory effects of empagliflozin in monocyte-derived macrophages from post-myocardial infarct patients with type 2 diabetes
No full textBackground and objective: Inflammation drives early recurrent cardiovascular risk in type 2 diabetes mellitus(T2DM) patients following acute myocardial infarction (AMI), particularly within 30–90 days post-discharge. Sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors such as empagliflozin (EMPA) provide cardiometabolic benefits, buttheir anti-inflammatory effects and optimal timing after AMI remain unclear. Given the prognostic role of systemicmarkers like the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio, we investigated whether early initiation of EMPA modulates NOD-likereceptor protein-3 (NLRP3) inflammasome activity and inflammatory responses in monocyte-derived macrophages(MDMs) from T2DM-AMI patients.Methods: Sixty-six participants were randomised to receive EMPA either at discharge (Arm-A) or following a 90-daydelay (Arm B). Clinical data and biological samples were collected over 180 days. CD14+ MDMs and plasma wereobtained at days 0, 30, and 90 (EMPA vs. no EMPA), and days 90, 120, and 180 (early vs. delayed). Inflammatory andmetabolic markers were assessed using RT-qPCR, luminescence-based caspase-1 and ATP assays, and targetedimmunoassays.Results: Early EMPA administration was associated with reduced NLRP3 priming (IL1β mRNA) and activation(caspase-1 activity), potentially linked to decreased release of ATP, a danger associated molecular pattern (DAMP). Inthe absence of EMPA, pro-inflammatory cytokines (TNFα, IL6, MCP1) and M1 macrophage markers (e.g., CD80) eitherincreased or remained unchanged over time. Early EMPA treatment appeared to stabilise or reduce their expression.Markers of cell senescence (p21, IL8, BCL2) were also modulated. Plasma levels of senescence-associated markers(MMP9, OPN, Serpin E1) remained largely unchanged, highlighting the importance of evaluating macrophage-specific responses.Conclusion: Early empagliflozin administration in T2DM-AMI patients was associated with modulation of NLRP3-related inflammatory and senescence pathways in patient-derived macrophages, benefits observed when cellswere stimulated ex-vivo with an inflammatory stimulus. These findings provide mechanistic insight into the timing-dependent anti-inflammatory effects of EMPA and underscore its potential for immediate post-AMI use to reduceinflammation and lower residual cardiovascular risk, supporting further clinical investigation.</p
Leading through uncertainty: Entrepreneurial leadership and co-creation of new opportunities
No full textPurpose: While previous research has highlighted the role of entrepreneurs in leading individual employees’ behaviour in small businesses, our understanding of how they influence opportunity development in uncertain times remains limited. This study investigates how entrepreneurs in small businesses navigate uncertainty and create new opportunities.Design/methodology/approach: An interpretive qualitative method was employed to understand how entrepreneurs enable their teams to overcome multiple uncertainties in the relatively unexplored business environment of Iran. The data were derived from 35 in-depth, semi-structured interviews with entrepreneurs/small business owner-managers.Findings: The results of this study indicate that entrepreneurial leadership enables small businesses to overcome uncertainties and crises and create new opportunities by facilitating collective problem-solving and opportunity development. Entrepreneurial leadership fosters effectual co-creation through communicating of a compelling vision, empowering employees, stimulating collective cognition, and collective action.Practical implications: Entrepreneurs and managers of small businesses can use the findings of this study to rethink their approaches to environmental uncertainty by adopting entrepreneurial leadership practices that enable collective cognition and action. By fostering a compelling vision, empowering team-level decision-making, and creating a supportive environment, entrepreneurial leadership enables small firms to co-create opportunities and remain resilient during crises.Theoretical implications: This study extends the theory of entrepreneurial leadership by illustrating how it facilitates opportunity co-creation through collective cognition and action in uncertain environments. It offers a contextualised understanding of entrepreneurial leadership as an empowering approach to enhancing small business resilience.</p
New Naturalism in Practice
No full textThis presentation documents a practice-led research talk delivered by Jack Shelbourn exploring the relationship between cinematographic lighting practices, energy use, and aesthetic decision-making. The talk draws on original doctoral research investigating whether reflector-led lighting approaches—using fewer sources and greater reliance on reflection and spatial responsiveness—can meaningfully reduce energy consumption while maintaining professional image quality.The presentation situates cinematography within broader discussions of environmental impact, arguing that lighting is a key site where creative, technical, and ethical decisions intersect. Through a controlled studio experiment, the talk compares traditional multi-source lighting setups with reflector-led alternatives, holding camera settings, framing, exposure targets, and performance constant in order to isolate lighting as the primary variable. Energy use was measured directly during production, and comparative image results were presented to the audience via a short experimental film.Beyond technical findings, the talk frames “New Naturalism” not as a visual style but as a mode of practice characterised by creative restraint, responsiveness to environment, and an acceptance of variation. It proposes that reduced lighting complexity can function as a productive creative constraint rather than an aesthetic compromise, reframing sustainability as a matter of craft alignment rather than technological substitution.Audience responses were collected anonymously via a short post-talk questionnaire. While the sample size was small and not gathered under formal ethical approval, responses provide indicative insight into how the talk influenced participants’ understanding of sustainable cinematography, challenged assumptions about professional lighting norms, and suggested potential implications for future practice and teaching. These responses are included here as reflective evidence of engagement and impact rather than as generalisable research findings.This resource is intended for educators, practitioners, and researchers interested in sustainable film production, practice-led research, and the role of creative constraints in contemporary cinematography.</p
J. E. A. Jolliffe and the making of Angevin Kingship
No full textLooks at JEA Jolliffe's Angevin Kingship (1955 and 1963) placing the book in the context of Jolliffe's life and the wider historiographical framework of the subject of the Angevins in 1950s historiography.</p
The Big Sea - Lincoln Show Case
No full textA Show Case of the award winning film 'The Big Sea'.Surfing is killing it. This $10 billion global industry – built on a clean, green dream – has never been more popular. But surfing has a dirty secret… and people are dying.The Barbican Creative Hub26th MarchThe CubeBarbican Creative Hub,University of Lincoln,11 St Mary’s St,Lincoln LN5 7EQ</p
Hedgehog Parasitology—A Nocturnal Risk to Human Health?
No full textAn editorial around parasites of hedgehogs.</p
Pellet Detective: What do Barn Owls at Doddington eat?
No full textThis project presents the outcomes of a collaborative Undergraduate Research Opportunities Scheme (UROS) project between the Schools of Humanities & Heritage and Natural Sciences at the University of Lincoln. The project partnered with Wilder Doddington, a rewilding initiative based at Doddington Hall, Lincolnshire, aimed to design and produce a permanent educational exhibit focused on Barn Owl diet, hunting adaptations and small mammal biodiversity, as revealed through the analysis of owl pellets. By combining zoological taxonomy with heritage conservation techniques, this project showcased the value of interdisciplinary approaches in public engagement, conservation education, and environmental monitoring. The final output, a bespoke display case featuring real skeletal specimens and interpretive materials, communicates the interconnectedness of Barn Owls with their small mammal prey, and the value of Barn Owl pellets in ecology. Our findings highlight the importance of collaborative, student-led research in producing tangible outcomes that contribute to both regional ecological awareness and national conservation education strategies.</p