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Toxoplasma gondii infection in the peritoneal macrophages of rats treated with glucocorticoids (2013)
Journal Article
Wang, T., Gao, J., Yi, S., Geng, G., Gao, X., Shen, J., …Lun, Z. (2014). Toxoplasma gondii infection in the peritoneal macrophages of rats treated with glucocorticoids. Parasitology Research, 113(1), 351-358. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-013-3661-3

It is well known that toxoplasmosis can be life threatening to immunocompromised individuals such as AIDS and organ transplantation patients. Glucocorticoids (GCs) are widely used in the clinic for the treatment of autoimmune diseases and organ t... Read More about Toxoplasma gondii infection in the peritoneal macrophages of rats treated with glucocorticoids.

Characteristics of outdoor falls among older people : a qualitative study (2013)
Journal Article
Nyman, S., Ballinger, C., Phillips, J., & Newton, R. (2013). Characteristics of outdoor falls among older people : a qualitative study. BMC Geriatrics, 13(1), 125. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-13-125

Background Falls are a major threat to older people’s health and wellbeing. Approximately half of falls occur in outdoor environments but little is known about the circumstances in which they occur. We conducted a qualitative study to explore older... Read More about Characteristics of outdoor falls among older people : a qualitative study.

The archaeology of communications' digital age (2013)
Journal Article
Linge, N. (2013). The archaeology of communications' digital age. Industrial Archaeology Review, 35(1), 45-64. https://doi.org/10.1179/0309072813Z.00000000016

This paper reviews the history of the digital age of communications that began with the invention of the stored program computer in 1948 and is today realised by the World Wide Web, super fast broadband and the smart phone. Taking a predominantly UK... Read More about The archaeology of communications' digital age.

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is strongly associated with productive infection by herpesvirus saimiri (2013)
Journal Article
herpesvirus saimiri. Modern Pathology, 27, 851-862. https://doi.org/10.1038/modpathol.2013.198

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is a fatal disease without effective therapy or diagnostic test. To investigate a potential role for c�herpesviruses in this disease, 21 paraffin-embedded lung biopsies from patients diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary... Read More about Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is strongly associated with productive infection by herpesvirus saimiri.

Preparation and characterization of au nanoparticles capped with mercaptocarboranyl clusters (2013)
Journal Article
M. Cioran, A., Teixidor, F., Krpetic, Ž., Brust, M., & Viñas, C. (2014). Preparation and characterization of au nanoparticles capped with mercaptocarboranyl clusters. Dalton Transactions, 43(13), 5054-5061. https://doi.org/10.1039/C3DT52872C

The preparation of 3–4 nm and 10 nm gold nanoparticles capped with neutral carborane-based mercaptocarboranes, via two different preparative routes, is reported. The resulting boron-enriched nanomaterials exhibit complete dispersibility in water, ope... Read More about Preparation and characterization of au nanoparticles capped with mercaptocarboranyl clusters.

Plutonium in wildlife and soils at the Maralinga legacy site : Persistence over decadal time scales (2013)
Journal Article
Johansen, M., Child, D., Davis, E., Doering, C., Harrison, J., Hotchkis, M., …Wood, M. (2014). Plutonium in wildlife and soils at the Maralinga legacy site : Persistence over decadal time scales. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 131, 72-80. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2013.10.014

The mobility of plutonium (Pu) in soils, and its uptake into a range of wildlife, were examined using recent and ~25 year old data from the Taranaki area of the former Maralinga weapons test site, Australia. Since its initial deposition in the early... Read More about Plutonium in wildlife and soils at the Maralinga legacy site : Persistence over decadal time scales.

Tools for fashioning voices : an interview with Trevor Wishart (2013)
Journal Article
Garrard, C., & Williams, D. (2013). Tools for fashioning voices : an interview with Trevor Wishart. Contemporary Music Review, 32(5), 511-525. https://doi.org/10.1080/07494467.2013.849878

Trevor Wishart, York-based electroacoustic composer and sonic artist, discusses his most recent piece, Encounters in the Republic of Heaven, a piece in four acts created from manipulated recordings of the spoken word, after his keynote speech to th... Read More about Tools for fashioning voices : an interview with Trevor Wishart.

Investigation into the impact of 3D surround systems on spatial audio quality (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Power, P., Davies, W., Hirst, J., & Dunn, C. (2013, November). Investigation into the impact of 3D surround systems on spatial audio quality. Presented at Reproduced Sound, Manchester

Current 2D surround systems have benefitted from years of research which has helped identify attributes related to listener preference. Now with high definition visuals, 3D cinema, there is a need to further develop spatial audio systems. One method... Read More about Investigation into the impact of 3D surround systems on spatial audio quality.

Theoretical analysis of GaAs/AlGaAs quantum dots in quantum wire array for intermediate band solar cell (2013)
Journal Article
Sogabe, T., Kaizu, T., Okada, Y., & Tomic, S. (2014). Theoretical analysis of GaAs/AlGaAs quantum dots in quantum wire array for intermediate band solar cell. Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, 6(1), 011206. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4828359

A GaAs quantum dot (QD) array embedded in a AlGaAs host material was fabricated using a strain-free approach, through combination of neutral beam etching and atomic hydrogen-assisted molecular beam epitaxy regrowth. In this work, we performed theo... Read More about Theoretical analysis of GaAs/AlGaAs quantum dots in quantum wire array for intermediate band solar cell.

Status of groundwater arsenic contamination in all 17 blocks of Nadia district in the state of West Bengal, India : a 23-year study report (2013)
Journal Article
district in the state of West Bengal, India : a 23-year study report. Journal of Hydrology, 518(Part C), 363-372. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2013.10.037

A comprehensive study was conducted in Nadia, one of the nine arsenic (As) affected districts in West Bengal, India to determine the extent and severity of groundwater As contamination and its health effects in particular, dermatological effects an... Read More about Status of groundwater arsenic contamination in all 17 blocks of Nadia district in the state of West Bengal, India : a 23-year study report.