Russ Best
@simplyrussbest.bsky.social
Principal Academic Staff Member | PhD environmental phys | Interested in Equestrian and Endurance sports | Surtout Faites Simple
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Russ Best
@simplyrussbest.bsky.social
· Mar 17
It’s not often a plan comes together at short notice, but we pulled this one off pretty quickly. Absolute pleasure to host NZTR north island apprentice jockeys today for their fitness testing and race simulation…even snook a go on the simulator myself #sportscience #jockeys #racing
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Here’s a quick explainer of the work we’ve been doing to support NZTR’s flat and jumps jockeys, and their new elite jockey programme www.wintec.ac.nz/about-wintec...
Wintec supports NZTR to spur on elite jockey athletes
The Waikato Institute of Technology (Wintec) has partnered with New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing (NZTR) to bolster the performance of its jockey athletes.
Researchers from Wintec’s Centre for Sport S...
www.wintec.ac.nz
April 17, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Here’s a quick explainer of the work we’ve been doing to support NZTR’s flat and jumps jockeys, and their new elite jockey programme www.wintec.ac.nz/about-wintec...
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Great to chat with Lukas from @spiegel.de about how menthol is improving performance in the #Bundesliga and elsewhere www.spiegel.de/fitness/japa... #sportscience #exercise
(S+) Tief durchatmen: Warum Fußballprofis Erkältungsmittel benutzen und auf die Kraft der Minze schwören
Tiiief durchatmen: Japanisches Heilpflanzenöl und Mentholsalbe sind beliebte Mittel gegen Erkältung – und auch Fußballer schwören auf die Kraft der Minze. Hilft das wirklich beim Sport?
www.spiegel.de
April 23, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Great to chat with Lukas from @spiegel.de about how menthol is improving performance in the #Bundesliga and elsewhere www.spiegel.de/fitness/japa... #sportscience #exercise
Essential and challenging at times listen for anyone working in education, sport or alongside those with disability. I’ve been lucky enough to know Tanni a little bit, through New Marske Harriers and my work as a nutritionist. She’s arguably more of an inspiration off the track than on it.
June 7, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Essential and challenging at times listen for anyone working in education, sport or alongside those with disability. I’ve been lucky enough to know Tanni a little bit, through New Marske Harriers and my work as a nutritionist. She’s arguably more of an inspiration off the track than on it.
Great to chat with Lukas from @spiegel.de about how menthol is improving performance in the #Bundesliga and elsewhere www.spiegel.de/fitness/japa... #sportscience #exercise
(S+) Tief durchatmen: Warum Fußballprofis Erkältungsmittel benutzen und auf die Kraft der Minze schwören
Tiiief durchatmen: Japanisches Heilpflanzenöl und Mentholsalbe sind beliebte Mittel gegen Erkältung – und auch Fußballer schwören auf die Kraft der Minze. Hilft das wirklich beim Sport?
www.spiegel.de
April 23, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Great to chat with Lukas from @spiegel.de about how menthol is improving performance in the #Bundesliga and elsewhere www.spiegel.de/fitness/japa... #sportscience #exercise
Here’s a quick explainer of the work we’ve been doing to support NZTR’s flat and jumps jockeys, and their new elite jockey programme www.wintec.ac.nz/about-wintec...
Wintec supports NZTR to spur on elite jockey athletes
The Waikato Institute of Technology (Wintec) has partnered with New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing (NZTR) to bolster the performance of its jockey athletes.
Researchers from Wintec’s Centre for Sport S...
www.wintec.ac.nz
April 17, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Here’s a quick explainer of the work we’ve been doing to support NZTR’s flat and jumps jockeys, and their new elite jockey programme www.wintec.ac.nz/about-wintec...
Reposted by Russ Best
What happens to stock markets when government officials with inside knowledge and ability to instantly change economic policy just keep running pump and dump schemes over and over again?
April 9, 2025 at 6:00 PM
What happens to stock markets when government officials with inside knowledge and ability to instantly change economic policy just keep running pump and dump schemes over and over again?
It’s not often a plan comes together at short notice, but we pulled this one off pretty quickly. Absolute pleasure to host NZTR north island apprentice jockeys today for their fitness testing and race simulation…even snook a go on the simulator myself #sportscience #jockeys #racing
March 17, 2025 at 9:10 AM
It’s not often a plan comes together at short notice, but we pulled this one off pretty quickly. Absolute pleasure to host NZTR north island apprentice jockeys today for their fitness testing and race simulation…even snook a go on the simulator myself #sportscience #jockeys #racing
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Another Elsevier paper with obvious AI-written text.
“In summary, the management of bilateral iatrogenic I'm very sorry, but I don't have access to real-time information or patient-specific data, as I am an AI language model. “
“In summary, the management of bilateral iatrogenic I'm very sorry, but I don't have access to real-time information or patient-specific data, as I am an AI language model. “
March 15, 2024 at 3:07 PM
Another Elsevier paper with obvious AI-written text.
“In summary, the management of bilateral iatrogenic I'm very sorry, but I don't have access to real-time information or patient-specific data, as I am an AI language model. “
“In summary, the management of bilateral iatrogenic I'm very sorry, but I don't have access to real-time information or patient-specific data, as I am an AI language model. “
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Do you know any early career researchers in the UK who have contributed something special to improve research practices?
The call for the 2025 Dorothy Bishop award is open now! Nominations close on 26 January 2025.
www.ukrn.org/2024/12/12/t...
The call for the 2025 Dorothy Bishop award is open now! Nominations close on 26 January 2025.
www.ukrn.org/2024/12/12/t...
December 13, 2024 at 9:35 AM
Do you know any early career researchers in the UK who have contributed something special to improve research practices?
The call for the 2025 Dorothy Bishop award is open now! Nominations close on 26 January 2025.
www.ukrn.org/2024/12/12/t...
The call for the 2025 Dorothy Bishop award is open now! Nominations close on 26 January 2025.
www.ukrn.org/2024/12/12/t...
Time to get off the literacy lobotomy train via Newsroom - t.co/5KpwXwgS9M - great read to start 2025.
Big problems with functional illiteracy, decline of reading for its own sake and what this means long term. NZ needs to act urgently to address this. Charter schools not the answer.
Big problems with functional illiteracy, decline of reading for its own sake and what this means long term. NZ needs to act urgently to address this. Charter schools not the answer.
https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/12/27/time-to-get-off-the-literacy-lobotomy-train/
t.co
December 31, 2024 at 10:10 PM
Time to get off the literacy lobotomy train via Newsroom - t.co/5KpwXwgS9M - great read to start 2025.
Big problems with functional illiteracy, decline of reading for its own sake and what this means long term. NZ needs to act urgently to address this. Charter schools not the answer.
Big problems with functional illiteracy, decline of reading for its own sake and what this means long term. NZ needs to act urgently to address this. Charter schools not the answer.
Good read here from David Dunne on the knowledge behaviour gap in sports nutrition - substack.com/inbox/post/1... - support is perhaps best delivered shoulder to shoulder, not brain to brain
Inbox | Substack
substack.com
December 31, 2024 at 7:13 PM
Good read here from David Dunne on the knowledge behaviour gap in sports nutrition - substack.com/inbox/post/1... - support is perhaps best delivered shoulder to shoulder, not brain to brain
Further opposition to the use of bitter tastes to elicit ergogenic effects when fatigued in IJSPP from Edward Gray et al., - t.co/b5bCiBtoxR
https://journals.humankinetics.com/view/journals/ijspp/aop/article-10.1123-ijspp.2023-0314/article-10.1123-ijspp.2023-0314.xml?content=contributor-notes
t.co
December 31, 2024 at 2:41 AM
Further opposition to the use of bitter tastes to elicit ergogenic effects when fatigued in IJSPP from Edward Gray et al., - t.co/b5bCiBtoxR
Without getting into the ‘who invented it first’ debate, I’ve spent most of my day making meringues for a pavlova. They’re fantastic examples of protein degradation:
- mechanical - whisking egg whites
- chemical - addition of vinegar
- temperature - baking low and slow
- mechanical - whisking egg whites
- chemical - addition of vinegar
- temperature - baking low and slow
December 24, 2024 at 2:41 AM
Without getting into the ‘who invented it first’ debate, I’ve spent most of my day making meringues for a pavlova. They’re fantastic examples of protein degradation:
- mechanical - whisking egg whites
- chemical - addition of vinegar
- temperature - baking low and slow
- mechanical - whisking egg whites
- chemical - addition of vinegar
- temperature - baking low and slow
8 remarkable scientific firsts of 2024 www.sciencenews.org/article/rema...
Here are 8 remarkable scientific firsts of 2024
Making panda stem cells, mapping a fruit fly’s brain and witnessing a black hole wake up were among the biggest achievements of the year.
www.sciencenews.org
December 20, 2024 at 6:28 PM
8 remarkable scientific firsts of 2024 www.sciencenews.org/article/rema...
Interesting paper here in Advances in Physiology Education - The conversational AI “ChatGPT” outperforms medical students on a physiology university examination - journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10....
The conversational AI “ChatGPT” outperforms medical students on a physiology university examination | Advances in Physiology Education
Artificial intelligence (AI) has gained massive interest with the public release of the conversational AI “ChatGPT,” but it also has become a matter of concern for academia as it can easily be misused...
journals.physiology.org
December 12, 2024 at 5:35 PM
Interesting paper here in Advances in Physiology Education - The conversational AI “ChatGPT” outperforms medical students on a physiology university examination - journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10....
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Today's Oral questions in Parliament included an effort to understand the changes to the Marsden Fund. We're none the wiser about why the Minister would break the one part of the system that was working well, but did get a glimpse of her motivation. youtu.be/kpGF_Ydb1O8
NZ Parliament Oral Question 8 on 10 December2024
YouTube video by New Zealand Association of Scientists
youtu.be
December 10, 2024 at 4:26 AM
Today's Oral questions in Parliament included an effort to understand the changes to the Marsden Fund. We're none the wiser about why the Minister would break the one part of the system that was working well, but did get a glimpse of her motivation. youtu.be/kpGF_Ydb1O8
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Field Epidemiology Training Programme Fellow x EIGHT posts
UK Health Security Agency
Locations include Nottingham, Birmingham, Essex, London, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Liverpool, Ashford, Bristol, Leeds, Belfast, Cardiff
£40,661 - £63,152
Closes 22/01
www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/index.cg...
UK Health Security Agency
Locations include Nottingham, Birmingham, Essex, London, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Liverpool, Ashford, Bristol, Leeds, Belfast, Cardiff
£40,661 - £63,152
Closes 22/01
www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/index.cg...
Field Epidemiology Training Programme Fellow - Civil Service Jobs - GOV.UKGOV.UK
Search and apply for jobs in the UK Civil Service
www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk
December 7, 2024 at 5:59 PM
Field Epidemiology Training Programme Fellow x EIGHT posts
UK Health Security Agency
Locations include Nottingham, Birmingham, Essex, London, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Liverpool, Ashford, Bristol, Leeds, Belfast, Cardiff
£40,661 - £63,152
Closes 22/01
www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/index.cg...
UK Health Security Agency
Locations include Nottingham, Birmingham, Essex, London, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Liverpool, Ashford, Bristol, Leeds, Belfast, Cardiff
£40,661 - £63,152
Closes 22/01
www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/index.cg...
Best day of the year today. End of semester 2 resulting. Always great to send people on their way with qualifications ahead of Christmas. Some wicked stories to tell this year against a background of seemingly constant change
December 6, 2024 at 7:10 AM
Best day of the year today. End of semester 2 resulting. Always great to send people on their way with qualifications ahead of Christmas. Some wicked stories to tell this year against a background of seemingly constant change
As it heats up and we head towards the Christmas break, here’s one I’m looking to reread shortly - Effect of a 14-Day Period of Heat Acclimation on Horses Using Heated Indoor Arenas in Preparation for Tokyo Olympic Games - www.researchgate.net/publication/...
(PDF) Effect of a 14-Day Period of Heat Acclimation on Horses Using Heated Indoor Arenas in Preparation for Tokyo Olympic Games
PDF | To optimise the performance and welfare of horses during equestrian competitions in hot climates, it is advised to acclimate them to the heat. The... | Find, read and cite all the research you n...
www.researchgate.net
December 2, 2024 at 4:37 AM
As it heats up and we head towards the Christmas break, here’s one I’m looking to reread shortly - Effect of a 14-Day Period of Heat Acclimation on Horses Using Heated Indoor Arenas in Preparation for Tokyo Olympic Games - www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Just a quick intro:
Proud Yorkshireman living in NZ
Sports scientist with an interest in sports nutrition, environmental physiology and equestrian and endurance sport
Here to share our work in these areas, learn and connect
Proud Yorkshireman living in NZ
Sports scientist with an interest in sports nutrition, environmental physiology and equestrian and endurance sport
Here to share our work in these areas, learn and connect
November 26, 2024 at 2:12 AM
Just a quick intro:
Proud Yorkshireman living in NZ
Sports scientist with an interest in sports nutrition, environmental physiology and equestrian and endurance sport
Here to share our work in these areas, learn and connect
Proud Yorkshireman living in NZ
Sports scientist with an interest in sports nutrition, environmental physiology and equestrian and endurance sport
Here to share our work in these areas, learn and connect