Sport as an analogy to teach life skills and redefine moral values: a case study of the ‘Seedbeds of Peace’ sport-for-development programme in Medellin, Colombia by Hills, Stephen, Gomez Velasquez, Alejandro, Walker, Matthew

“…A case study design was used to illustrate how the ‘Seedbeds of Peace’ programme uses football as an analogy to teach life skills and redefine moral values. This case study adds to the limited theoretical understanding of how sport works in social change and further equips SFD practitioners with a sport mechanism not previously discussed in the literature.…”
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Are there sufficient education resources to underpin effective implementation of the Tianjin biosecurity guidelines for codes of conduct for life scientist? Results of a survey [Slideshow presentation] by Shang, Lijun, Dando, Malcolm

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Nanoencapsulation of oregano essential oil using cellulose nanocrystals extracted from hazelnut shell to enhance shelf life of fruits: case study: pears by Ebrahimi, Reyhaneh, Fathi, Milad, Ghoddusi, Hamid

“…It was concluded that CNCs produced from an agricultural waste and loaded on an essential oil could be used to extend the shelf life of pear and potentially other fruits.…”

Are there sufficient education resources to underpin effective implementation of the Tianjin biosecurity guidelines for codes of conduct for life scientist? Results of a survey [Conference paper] by Shang, Lijun

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Co-production of surfactin and a novel bacteriocin by Bacillus subtilis subsp. subtilis H4 isolated from Bikalga, an African alkaline Hibiscus sabdariffa seed fermented condiment by Compaoré, Clarisse S., Nielsen, Dennis S., Ouoba, Irene, Berner, Torben S., Nielsen, Kristian F., Sawadogo-Lingani, Hagrétou, Diawara, Bréhima, Ouédraogo, Georges A., Jakobsen, Mogens, Thorsen, Line

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The mediating effect of positive and negative religious coping, compassion and resilience on the relationship between negative life events and wellbeing among women in Kenya, the Philippines, Nicaragua and Spain by Cohen, Keren, Baker, Chris, Hoggard, Kari

“…The current study explores the mediating effect of positive and negative religious coping on the relationship between negative life events and wellbeing, via its link with compassion and resilience among women who are involved in women’s empowerment programs run by a US faith-based non-profit humanitarian and disaster relief organisation, Convoy of Hope. …”
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Lipid-soluble nutrient status of healthy Omani school children before and after intervention with oily fish meal or re-esterified triglyceride fish oil by Al-Ghannami, Samia S., Sedlak, Eva, Hussein, Izzeldin, Min, Yoeju, Al-Shammakhi, Saleh M., Al-Oufi, Hamed S., Al-Mazroui, Ahmed, Ghebremeskel, Kebreab

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The mediating effect of trust in supervisor and loyalty to supervisor between superior-subordinate Guanxi and OCB in the People's Rebublic of China by Han, Yong

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DHA-enriched re-esterified triacylglycerol fish oil supplementation and oily fish consumption enhance red blood n-3 fatty acid index in Omani pre-adolescent schoolchildren by Al-Ghannami, Samia S., Sedlak, Eva, Hussein, Izzeldin, Min, Yoeju, Al-Shammakhi, Saleh M., Al-Oufi, Hamed S., Al-Mazroui, Ahmed, Clough, Peter, Ghebremeskel, Kebreab

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Efficacy of docosahexaenoic acid-enriched formula to enhance maternal and fetal blood docosahexaenoic acid levels: randomized double-blinded placebo-controlled trial of pregnant wo... by Min, Yoeju, Djahanbakhch, Ovrang, Hutchinson, Joanne, Eram, Sofia, Bhullar, Amritpal S., Namugere, Irene, Ghebremeskel, Kebreab

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Influence of rainfall pattern on suction distribution and slope stability by Lee, Min Lee

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Transformational jewellery: practice-based research on the relationship between transformation and emotional attachment by Kim, Min Sun

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High-protein, low-glycaemic meal replacement improves physical health-related quality of life in high-risk persons for metabolic syndrome—a subanalysis of the randomised-controlled ACOORH trial by Kempf, Kerstin, Röhling, Martin, Banzer, Winfried, Braumann, Klaus-Michael, Halle, Martin, Schaller, Nina, McCarthy, H. David, Predel, Hans-Georg, Schenkenberger, Isabelle, Tan, Susanne, Toplak, Hermann, Martin, Stephan, Berg, Aloys

“…While obesity impairs health-related quality of life (HRQOL), lifestyle interventions targeting weight reduction have been effective in improving HRQOL. …”
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Impact of thermal behaviour on outdoor human thermal comfort in tropical climate by Yong, Yee Lee

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Fabrication of electrospun polyvinyl alcohol polycaprolactone-natural antibacterial agent blended nanofibrous membrane for skin tissue scaffold by Tan, Yong Chee

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Malay statistical parametric speech synthesis with intelligibility improvement using artificial intelligence by Lau, Chee Yong

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Physical fitness characteristics of Omani primary school children according to body mass index by Delextrat, Anne, Hayes, Lawrence D., Al-Ghannami, Samia S., Min, Yoeju, Hussein, Izzeldin, Al Oufi, Hamed, Cohen, Daniel D., Ghebremeskel, Kebreab

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Joint book review : Sharon Louden (ed.), Living and sustaining a creative life: essays by 40 working artists, and Manos Spyridakis, The liminal worker: an ethnography of work, unemployment and precariousness in contemporary Greece by Paraskevopoulou, Anna

“…Book reviews of: - Living and sustaining a creative life: essays by 40 working artists / edited by Sharon Louden - The liminal worker: an ethnography of work, unemployment and precariousness in contemporary Greece / Manos Spyridakis…”

Randomised open-label trial of docosahexaenoic acid-enriched fish oil and fish meal on cognitive and behavioural functioning in Omani children by Al-Ghannami, Samia S., Al-Adawi, Samir, Ghebremeskel, Kebreab, Hussein, Izzeldin S., Min, Yoeju, Jeyaseelan, Lakshmanan, Al-Shammakhi, Saleh M., Mabry, Ruth M., Al-Oufi, Hamed S.

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Functional genomic analysis and molecular modeling of a novel alkalotolerant dehalogenase enzyme from Bacillus megaterium DehLBHSl by Abdul Wahhab, Batool Hazim

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