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Social Identity Leadership as a Tool for Youth Coaches: Exploring Usage in Dance
No full textThe purpose of this study was to explore the use of Social Identity Leadership (SIL) in dance education. The study was based on the premise that, like any other form of physical activity, encouraging initial uptake but also subsequent adherence are important parallel concerns for teachers and coaches alike. The study was carried out among Physical Education (PE) and dance teachers in Kuwait. An online survey was used to collect data, which was analysed using SPSS. It was found that social leadership was applied more to recruiting (mean score = 2.02) than retaining learners (mean score = 1.61) although even here, usage was very variable. More positively, however, average scores suggested that applying skills in both applications were viewed as important and formed part of most teachers’ repertoire. Furthermore, this form of leadership was seen as contributing to professional development of PE teachers in general. In terms of its use in dance, results indicate that social leadership is used to create an inclusive environment and a sense of community among learners. Further work is indicated to make this a more universal tool
Protocols for generating the Mouse Atlas 3D volumetric models from mouse embryos
No full textSet of protocols used to build the 3D volumetric Mouse Atlas Embryo models. This is a download of the protocols pages of the Mouse Atlas website plus a version created in word with the same material.README.txt - describes the dataset contents and how to use the html version
html.zip - zip archive file containing a set of html files that can be used as an interactive set of web-pages from a local file system. Equivalent to the online resource that will cease to be available.
protocols.docx - MS-Word version of the set of protocols pages
protocols.pdf - PDF version of the protocols.docs file
thumbnail.jpg - picture illustrating part of the OPT scanning protoco
Rhynie chert Prototaxites taiti dataset
No full text3D models of Prototaxites taiti from the 407 million year old Rhynie chert. Photogrammetry was used to capture the external 3D structure of two Rhynie chert blocks. Block North Sea Core (NSC) 36 and Lyon collection block 156. After describing the external surface of NSC36 we cut the specimen to investigate internal structure and produced another photogrammetry model of the cut specimen. Alongside our investigations with photogrammetry we produced a 3D model of complex tube branching within a medullary spot. This investigation was based on using confocal laser scanning microscopy to investigate thin section NMS G.2024.5.7 (MPEG0057). The dataset is related to the upcoming publication by Corentin C. Loron, Laura M. Cooper, Sean McMahon, Seán F. Jordan, Andrei V. Gromov, Matthew Humpage, Laetitia Pichevin, Hendrik Vondracek, Ruaridh Alexander, Edwin Rodriguez Dzul, Alexander T. Brasier, Alexander J. Hetherington. (In submission).>README.txt
A readme file providing information about the five image files.
>Images_of_sampled_fossils.zip
Images of fossils sampled by ATR-FTIR
>MPEG0057_2024_03_25__12_47_29_airyscan_Substack (1-114)_zstack.tif
Airyscan confocal z-stack produced from thin section National Museum Scotland (NMS) G.2024.5.7 (MPEG0057).
>MPEG0057 spot model.obj
3D model of medullary spot, produced from Airyscan confocal z-stack of thin section National Museum Scotland (NMS) G.2024.5.7 (MPEG0057)
>NSC36 whole block_scaled.oj
3D photogrammetry model of complete Rhynie chert Block North Sea Core (NSC) 36.
>NSC 36 cut_scaled.obj
3D photogrammetry model of Rhynie chert Block North Sea Core (NSC) 36, after the specimen had been cut.
>block 156 scaled.obj
3D photogrammetry model of Rhynie chert Lyon collection block 156
Brussels – 2024 images
No full text### DOCOMOMO INTERNATIONAL MASS HOUSING ARCHIVE ### The provision of healthy modern housing for all was one of the foremost ideals of the Modern Movement, and inspired a vast wave of planning and building across the world during the 20th century. In the last quarter of the century, even as the foundational programmes of Europe and America lost their impetus, the baton was passed on to other countries, especially in eastern Asia, where the narrative of Modern mass housing was reinvigorated for the next century - a unique example of a key Modernist project that actually continues and thrives today, and which thus forms a principal focus of interest for DOCOMOMO – the leading international organisation promoting the documentation and conservation of buildings, sites and neighbourhoods of the Modern Movement. As heritage, the built legacies of this diverse and multi-generational adventure are almost always too controversial to qualify for conservation strategies. Instead, therefore, recording and inventorisation must dominate the heritage interest in this field. In the recognition of that fact, DOCOMOMO’s International Specialist Committee on Urbanism and Landscape, in partnership with the Scottish Centre for Conservation Studies at the University of Edinburgh, has launched the International Mass Housing Archive, whose aim is to provide an open-access library of images of significant housing projects in each working-group territory, free of copyright restrictions. These files may be copied, edited and shared on condition the appropriate citation is used, as per the terms of the attached Creative Commons Attribution licence. ### Structure ### The International Mass Housing Archive is subdivided under geographical headings corresponding to the constituent working groups of DOCOMOMO, and the individual housing projects are searchable under city and project name. Initially, the Image Archive will be managed and augmented centrally by DOCOMOMO and the SCCS, in partnership with University of Edinburgh Information Services, commencing with pilot city surveys sourced from our own photographic records in the first instance. The archive is related to several existing mass housing documentation initiatives. These include one concerning Britain, namely the online version of the 1994 book, Tower Block: http://towerblock.org/TowerBlock.pd
Biting time of day in malaria mosquitoes is modulated by nutritional status
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Transmission of vector-borne pathogens follows daily rhythms, occurring at the time of day that vectors forage for blood. Control measures, such as insecticide-treated bed nets (ITNs), have been particularly successful for reducing malaria transmission, because they exploit the nocturnal biting behaviour of the Anopheles spp. that vector malaria. However, shifts in biting behaviour to earlier or later hours when people are unprotected can undermine the efficacy of ITNs. Despite the implications for malaria transmission, the mechanisms underlying these shifts remain poorly understood. Because food availability mediates activity and foraging rhythms, and ITNs block access to human blood as a food source, it was hypothesized that nutritional deprivation could cause mosquitoes to shift their biting behaviour to earlier or later in the diel cycle.
Methods
Female Anopheles gambiae sensu lato (s.l.) mosquitoes were provided with a blood meal on day 3 post-emergence, and access to one of three feeding treatments that varied in nutritional resources: (i) 0.5% sucrose, (ii) 10% sucrose, or (iii) 10% sucrose plus an additional blood meal on day 6. Mosquitoes were released into a semi-field system on day 10 with human-mimic traps to investigate how food availability impacted the time of day that mosquitoes host seek.
Results
Nutritional resources determine both the likelihood and time of day that host-seeking occurs. Specifically, low-resourced mosquitoes were 2-3 fold more likely to host seek overall, and 5-10 fold more likely to host seek at an earlier time of day than well-resourced mosquitoes (fed 10% sucrose with and without an additional blood meal), which predominantly sought a host in the second half of the night time.
Conclusions
This study reveals that mosquito nutritional condition drives plasticity in biting time of day, suggesting it is an underappreciated contributor to residual malaria transmission. Furthermore, the findings suggest that targeting mosquito nutrition (e.g. sugar-baited traps) could influence mosquito behaviour in ways that affect the success of ITNs. More broadly, understanding the drivers of biting time of day variation is crucial for the future success of vector control tools and controlling malaria transmission
2025 Into the Light Index on Global Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse
No full textThis dataset is the collection of dataframes that, when taken together, comprise the Childlight 2025 Into the Light Index on Global Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse. This includes dataframes across three indicator areas: 1. Victimisation (offline and technology facilitated CSEA), 2. Frontline data (policing), and 3. Child sexual abuse material. README files accompany the dataframes for additional context. The overall synthesis of data, including a Supplemental Thematic Analysis Report and Technical Note, can be found on Childlight’s website at https://www.childlight.org/intothelight/ . Permission to copy, disseminate or otherwise use information from the 2025 edition of the Into the Light Index on Global Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse is granted, so long as appropriate acknowledgement and citation is given
Videos of eMouseAtlas Models: Theiler Stage 15 (9-10.5 dpc)
No full textA number of videos for each of the eMouseAtlas 3D mouse embryo models to show the overall form and in some cases selected anatomy. Each video is identified by the unique EMA ID with annotation if required. The videos labelled as "watermovies" are captured using the OPT system with the embryo spun on a longitudinal axis with no tissue clearing
Characterization of water adhesion on electrospun PCL fibres
No full textThe study of water wettability is crucial in agriculture, heat exchange, and biomedical applications; however, water adhesion receives limited attention despite being distinct from wettability and lateral pinning forces. Water adhesion is particularly relevant in designing hydrophobic surfaces with high normal adhesion, a property commonly correlated with wettability. Yet, materials with similar wettability can exhibit differences in water adhesion. We examined the water adhesion phenomena on hydrophobic electrospun fibers composed of polycaprolactone (PCL) with varying concentrations of poly(lactide-co-caprolactone) (PLCL) using a micromechanical balance. The aim is to explore how variations in chemical composition and morphology affect water adhesion. Through spreading and withdrawing experiments, as well as comparison with static and dynamic contact angles, we identified a correlation between contact angle hysteresis and the maximum adhesion force. This finding contrasts with previous research that focused solely on receding contact angles, highlighting how contact angle hysteresis provides the best correlation with maximum adhesion force for fibrous hydrophobic surfaces. Given the challenges in measuring contact angle hysteresis on fibrous hydrophobic surfaces, this study also suggests adhesion tensiometry as a potentially more robust and accessible method for these materials.Description provided in the Readme.txt file attache
Blood-based epigenome-wide association study and prediction of alcohol consumption
No full textThis dataset corresponds to the study “Blood-based epigenome-wide association study and prediction of alcohol consumption”. Files within this dataset include summary statistics for two Epigenome-wide association studies (EWASs) of alcohol consumption in Generation Scotland. One EWAS was conducted on only participants who's answer to alcohol consumption questionnaire reflected their normal drinking pattern. The other EWAS was performed on all participants with data available.
Abstract:
Alcohol consumption is an important risk factor for multiple diseases. It is typically assessed via self-report, which is open to measurement error through recall bias. Instead, molecular data such as blood-based DNA methylation (DNAm) could be used to derive a more objective measure of alcohol consumption by incorporating information from cytosine-phosphate-guanine (CpG) sites known to be linked to the trait. Here, we explore the epigenetic architecture of self-reported weekly units of alcohol consumption in the Generation Scotland study. We first create a blood-based epigenetic score (EpiScore) of alcohol consumption using elastic net penalised linear regression. We explore the effect of pre-filtering for CpG features ahead of elastic net, as well as differential patterns by sex and by units consumed in the last week relative to an average week. The final EpiScore was trained on 16,717 individuals and tested in four external cohorts: the Lothian Birth Cohorts (LBC) of 1921 and 1936, the Sister Study, and the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (total N across studies > 10,000). The maximum Pearson correlation between the EpiScore and self-reported alcohol consumption within cohort ranged from 0.41 to 0.53. In LBC1936, higher EpiScore levels had significant associations with poorer global brain imaging metrics, whereas self-reported alcohol consumption did not. Finally, we identified two novel CpG loci via a Bayesian penalized regression epigenome-wide association study (EWAS) of alcohol consumption. Together, these findings show how DNAm can objectively characterize patterns of alcohol consumption that associate with brain health, unlike self-reported estimates
Creative Music Practice PhD - "Framing Freedom : Bandleading in Jazz and Improvised Music"
No full textThese are the non-commercially available audio and video recordings of the band Anthropods, which were used as part of the thesis "Framing Freedom : Bandleading in Jazz and Improvised Music". The thesis uses the concept of group language to examine the bandleader's role in creating the sound world of an ensemble in jazz and improvised music. As part of the thesis submission, a body of creative musical practice was generated systematically through the author's own practice-led enquiry on the development of group language within Anthropods.
Rehearsal and concert audio and video recordings from Anthropods. This is a collection of unreleased material from the band Anthropods(Susanna Gartmayer - bass clarinet, Irene Kepl - violin, Jakob Gnigler - tenor sax, Clemens Sainitzer - cello, Mark Holub drums/bandleader/composer).The files feature one rehearsal audio recording and two video recordings of concerts at the Porgy & Bess in Vienna, Austria.Forest Capers 20.10.2020.wav - Anthropods rehearsal recording of Forest Capers by Mark Holub, recorded on October 20th, 2020
and played by Anthropods.
Messy to Me - Forest Capers 2.2.2021.mp4 - Anthropods concert recording of Messy to Me and Forest Capers by Mark Holub and played by Anthropods at Porgy & Bess, Vienna, Austria February 2nd, 2021
For Charles - Pumpkin Patch 2.2.2022.mp4 - Anthropods concert recording of For Charles and Pumpkin Patch by Mark Holub on February 2nd 2022 at Porgy & Bess, Vienna, Austri