Investigation of infectivity of neonates and adults from different rat strains to toxoplasma gondii prugniaud shows both variation which correlates with iNOS and Arginase-1 activity and increased susceptibility of neonates to infection (2014)
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Gao, J., Yi, S., Wu, M., Geng, G., Shen, J., Lu, F., …Lun, Z. (2015). Investigation of infectivity of neonates and adults from different rat strains to toxoplasma gondii prugniaud shows both variation which correlates with iNOS and Arginase-1 activity and increased susceptibility of neonates to infection. Experimental Parasitology, 149, 47-53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exppara.2014.12.008

Mouse models differ considerably fromhumans with regard to clinical symptoms of toxoplasmosis caused by Toxoplasma gondii and, by comparison, the rat model is more representative of this disease in humans. In the present study, we found that differ... Read More about Investigation of infectivity of neonates and adults from different rat strains to toxoplasma gondii prugniaud shows both variation which correlates with iNOS and Arginase-1 activity and increased susceptibility of neonates to infection.

Anastomosing reach control on hydraulics and sediment distribution on the Sabie River, South Africa (2014)
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Entwistle, N., Heritage, G., Tooth, S., & Milan, D. (2015). Anastomosing reach control on hydraulics and sediment distribution on the Sabie River, South Africa. Proceedings of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences, 367, 215-219. https://doi.org/10.5194/piahs-367-215-2015

Many of the large rivers in southern Africa exhibit a strong bedrock influence, being characterised by a channel incised 10–20 m into ancient planation surfaces. Under alluviated conditions, these channels display downstream sequences of channel type... Read More about Anastomosing reach control on hydraulics and sediment distribution on the Sabie River, South Africa.

Mobilization of heavy metals from urban contaminated soils under water inundation conditions (2014)
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Mukwaturi, M., & Lin, C. (2015). Mobilization of heavy metals from urban contaminated soils under water inundation conditions. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 285, 445-452. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2014.10.020

A microcosm experiment was conducted to investigate heavy metal release from the urban soils heavily contaminated by past industrial activities. The aim was to assess the mobility of various heavy metals under inundation with water. The results sho... Read More about Mobilization of heavy metals from urban contaminated soils under water inundation conditions.

An update to a bead-tagging method for marking lizards (2014)
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Galdino, C., Horta, G., & Young, R. (2014). An update to a bead-tagging method for marking lizards. Herpetological review, 45, 587-589

Prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in localized populations of Apodemus sylvaticus is linked to population genotype not to population location (2014)
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Bajnok, J., Boyce, K., Rogan, M., Craig, P., Lun, Z., & Hide, G. (2015). Prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in localized populations of Apodemus sylvaticus is linked to population genotype not to population location. Parasitology, 142(5), 680-690. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182014001760

Toxoplasma gondii is a globally distributed parasite infecting humans and warm-blooded animals. Although many surveys have been conducted for T. gondii infection in mammals, little is known about the detailed distribution in localized natural populat... Read More about Prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in localized populations of Apodemus sylvaticus is linked to population genotype not to population location.

Factors in organisational environmental management system implementation – Developed vs. Developing country contexts (2014)
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Kola-Lawal, C., Wood, M., Alo, B., & Clark, A. (2014). Factors in organisational environmental management system implementation – Developed vs. Developing country contexts. Journal of Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems, 2(4), 408-421. https://doi.org/10.13044/j.sdewes.2014.02.0032

Country specificities and national cultures influence Environmental Management Systems (EMS) implementation and pro-environmental behaviour in organisations. Previous studies have focused on organisations in developed or emerging economies, creating... Read More about Factors in organisational environmental management system implementation – Developed vs. Developing country contexts.

Taking the pseudo out of pseudogenes (2014)
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Goodhead, I., & Darby, A. (2015). Taking the pseudo out of pseudogenes. Current Opinion in Microbiology, 23, 102-109. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mib.2014.11.012

Pseudogenes are defined as fragments of once-functional genes that have been silenced by one or more nonsense, frameshift or missense mutations. Despite continuing increases in the speed of sequencing and annotating bacterial genomes, the identificat... Read More about Taking the pseudo out of pseudogenes.

Elevated risk of stillbirth in males : systematic review and meta-analysis of more than 30 million births (2014)
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Mondal, D., Galloway, T., Bailey, T., & Mathews, F. (2014). Elevated risk of stillbirth in males : systematic review and meta-analysis of more than 30 million births. BMC Medicine, 12(220), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-014-0220-4

Background: Stillbirth rates have changed little over the last decade, and a high proportion of cases are unexplained. This meta-analysis examined whether there are inequalities in stillbirth risks according to sex. Methods: A systematic review of... Read More about Elevated risk of stillbirth in males : systematic review and meta-analysis of more than 30 million births.

Exploring guerrilla gardening: gauging public views on the grassroots activity (2014)
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Adams, D., Hardman, M., & Larkham, P. (2014). Exploring guerrilla gardening: gauging public views on the grassroots activity. Local Environment, 20(10), 1231-1246. https://doi.org/10.1080/13549839.2014.980227

The literature on guerrilla gardening is developing rapidly. The majority of these accounts currently derive from North America, with little academic exploration apparent beyond this context: they focus explicitly on the grass-roots gardeners and... Read More about Exploring guerrilla gardening: gauging public views on the grassroots activity.

Methodological challenges in monitoring bat population - and assemblage-level changes for anthropogenic impact assessment (2014)
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Meyer, C. F. (2014). Methodological challenges in monitoring bat population - and assemblage-level changes for anthropogenic impact assessment. Mammalian Biology, 80(3), 159-169. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mambio.2014.11.002

Recent years have seen increased attention to bats as an effective bioindicator group for assessing responses to drivers of global change, which concurrently has led to a revived interest in establish-ing a global bat monitoring network. To be effect... Read More about Methodological challenges in monitoring bat population - and assemblage-level changes for anthropogenic impact assessment.

Evaluation of atmospheric CO2 sequestration by alkaline soils through simultaneous enhanced carbonation and biomass production (2014)
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Maryol, E., & Lin, C. (2015). Evaluation of atmospheric CO2 sequestration by alkaline soils through simultaneous enhanced carbonation and biomass production. Geoderma, 241, 24-31. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2014.10.015

A series of microcosm experiments were conducted. The objectives were to evaluate the effects of Ca/Mg-bearing materials on CO2 sequestration in highly alkaline sodic soils (Sodosol) through carbonation and biomass production. Application of gypsum... Read More about Evaluation of atmospheric CO2 sequestration by alkaline soils through simultaneous enhanced carbonation and biomass production.

Legislation and reality: the archaeological evidence for sanitation and housing quality in urban workers' housing in the Ancoats area of Manchester between 1800 and 1950 (2014)
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Nevell, M. (2014). Legislation and reality: the archaeological evidence for sanitation and housing quality in urban workers' housing in the Ancoats area of Manchester between 1800 and 1950. Industrial Archaeology Review, 36(1), 48-74. https://doi.org/10.1179/0309072814Z.00000000031

This paper looks at some of the excavated material for British urban workers’ housing, built and occupied during the period 1800 to 1950 in the Ancoats area of Manchester: Ancoats was notorious amongst contemporary writers and campaigners for its poo... Read More about Legislation and reality: the archaeological evidence for sanitation and housing quality in urban workers' housing in the Ancoats area of Manchester between 1800 and 1950.

Revisiting the iconic: the excavation of the reelfitz pit engine and the newcomen steam engine in Cumberland, UK (2014)
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Nevell, M., & George, D. (2014). Revisiting the iconic: the excavation of the reelfitz pit engine and the newcomen steam engine in Cumberland, UK. Industrial Archaeology Review, 36(2), 128-140. https://doi.org/10.1179/0309072814Z.00000000035

Examples of excavated 18th century stationary steam engine sites are very rare in Britain. This article records the rescue excavations ahead of road-building works of one such site in 1974-5 at Reelfitz Pit in Little Clifton, Cumberland. The Reelfitz... Read More about Revisiting the iconic: the excavation of the reelfitz pit engine and the newcomen steam engine in Cumberland, UK.

Genetic variability and haplotypes of Echinococcus isolates from Tunisia (2014)
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Boufana, B., Lahmar, S., Rebai, W., Ben Safta, Z., Jebabli, L., Ammar, A., …Craig, P. (2014). Genetic variability and haplotypes of Echinococcus isolates from Tunisia. Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 108(11), 706-714. https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/tru138

Background: The species/genotypes of Echinococcus infecting a range of intermediate, canid and human hosts were examined as well as the intraspecific variation and population structure of Echinococcus granulosus sensu lato (s.l.) within these hosts.... Read More about Genetic variability and haplotypes of Echinococcus isolates from Tunisia.

Do wild titi monkeys show empathy? (2014)
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Clyvia, A., Kaizer, M., Vale, R., Young, R., & Casar, C. (2014). Do wild titi monkeys show empathy?. Primate Biology, 1, 23-28. https://doi.org/10.5194/pb-1-23-2014

We observed a putative case of empathy among wild black-fronted titi monkeys (Callicebus nigrifrons) from two different groups (D and R). In over 10 years of behavioural observations of five habituated groups of this species, only low levels of int... Read More about Do wild titi monkeys show empathy?.

Predicting exposure of wildlife in radionuclide contaminated wetland ecosystems (2014)
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Stark, K., Andersson, P., Beresford, N., Yankovich, T., Wood, M., Johansen, M., …Vandenhove, H. (2015). Predicting exposure of wildlife in radionuclide contaminated wetland ecosystems. Environmental Pollution, 196, 201-213. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2014.10.012

Many wetlands support high biodiversity and are protected sites, but some are contaminated with radionuclides from routine or accidental releases from nuclear facilities. This radiation exposure needs to be assessed to demonstrate radiological prote... Read More about Predicting exposure of wildlife in radionuclide contaminated wetland ecosystems.

A satellite image-based analysis of factors contributing to the green-space cool island intensity on a city scale (2014)
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Kong, F., Yin, H., Wang, C., Cavan, G., & James, P. (2014). A satellite image-based analysis of factors contributing to the green-space cool island intensity on a city scale. Urban Forestry and Urban Greening, 13(4), 846-853. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2014.09.009

Urban green spaces provide cooler microclimates and create localized urban cool islands and, as part of an adaption strategy to cope with future urban climate change, have been proposed as a means to mitigate the urban heat island effect. Numerous pr... Read More about A satellite image-based analysis of factors contributing to the green-space cool island intensity on a city scale.

Equilibrium and dynamic vapour water sorption properties of biochar derived from apple wood (2014)
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Popescu, C., Hill, C., Anthony, R., Ormondroyd, G., & Curling, S. (2015). Equilibrium and dynamic vapour water sorption properties of biochar derived from apple wood. Polymer Degradation and Stability, 111, 263-268. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2014.10.014

The water vapour sorption properties of biochar derived from apple wood (Malus sp.) have been studied. The biochar used in the study were formed from wood samples taken from different parts of the trunk and they exhibited different cell wall densit... Read More about Equilibrium and dynamic vapour water sorption properties of biochar derived from apple wood.

Ancient dates or accelerated rates? Morphological clocks and the antiquity of placental mammals (2014)
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Beck, R., & Lee, M. (2014). Ancient dates or accelerated rates? Morphological clocks and the antiquity of placental mammals. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 281(1793), 20141278. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2014.1278

Analyses of a comprehensive morphological character matrix of mammals using ‘relaxed’ clock models (which simultaneously estimate topology, divergence dates and evolutionary rates), either alone or in combination with an 8.5 kb nuclear sequence da... Read More about Ancient dates or accelerated rates? Morphological clocks and the antiquity of placental mammals.

Special issue: Comparative biogeography of neotropical primates (2014)
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Lynch Alfaro, J., Cortés-Ortiz, L., Di Fiore, A., & Boubli, J. (2015). Special issue: Comparative biogeography of neotropical primates. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 82, 518-529. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2014.09.027

New research presented in this special issue of Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution on the “Phylogeny and Biogeography of Neotropical Primates” greatly improves our understanding of the evolutionary history of the New World monkeys and provides ins... Read More about Special issue: Comparative biogeography of neotropical primates.