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Mock juror perceptions of child witnesses on the autism spectrum: the impact of providing diagnostic labels and information about autism
Research suggests that autistic children can provide accurate and forensically useful eyewitness evidence. However, members of a jury also rely on non-verbal behaviours when judging the credibility of a witness, and this could determine the verdict of a case. We presented mock jurors with videos (from an experimental study) of one of two child witnesses on the autism spectrum being interviewed about a mock minor crime. Results demonstrated that providing jurors with generic information about autism and/or informing them of the child’s diagnostic label differentially affected credibility ratings, but not for both children. Implications for how to present information about child witnesses with autism to a jury – highlighting the need for approaches tailored to individual children – are discussed
Short-Term Intensified Cycle Training Alters Acute and Chronic Responses of PGC1 Alpha and Cytochrome C Oxidase IV to Exercise in Human Skeletal Muscle
Reduced activation of exercise responsive signalling pathways have been reported in response to acute exercise after
training; however little is known about the adaptive responses of the mitochondria. Accordingly, we investigated changes
in mitochondrial gene expression and protein abundance in response to the same acute exercise before and after 10-d of
intensive cycle training. Nine untrained, healthy participants (mean plus or minus SD; VO2peak 44.1 plus or minus 17.6 ml/kg/min) performed a 60 min
bout of cycling exercise at 164 plus or minus 18 W (72% of pre-training VO2peak). Muscle biopsies were obtained from the vastus lateralis
muscle at rest, immediately and 3 h after exercise. The participants then underwent 10-d of cycle training which included
four high-intensity interval training sessions (6x5 min; 90–100% VO2peak) and six prolonged moderate-intensity sessions
(45–90 min; 75% VO2peak). Participants repeated the pre-training exercise trial at the same absolute work load (64% of pre-training
VO2peak). Muscle PGC1-alpha mRNA expression was attenuated as it increased by 11- and 4- fold (P<0.001) after exercise
pre- and post-training, respectively. PGC1-a protein expression increased 1.5 fold (P<0.05) in response to exercise pre-training
with no further increases after the post-training exercise bout. RIP140 protein abundance was responsive to acute
exercise only (P<0.01). COXIV mRNA (1.6 fold; P<0.01) and COXIV protein expression (1.5 fold; P<0.05) were increased by
training but COXIV protein expression was decreased (20%; P<0.01) by acute exercise pre- and post-training. These findings
demonstrate that short-term intensified training promotes increased mitochondrial gene expression and protein
abundance. Furthermore, acute indicators of exercise-induced mitochondrial adaptation appear to be blunted in response
to exercise at the same absolute intensity following short-term training