School of Science, Engineering & Environment

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)
Journal Article
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.

Urocortin - from Parkinson's disease to the skeleton (2014)
Journal Article
Lawrence, K., Jackson, T., Jamieson, D., Stevens, A., Owens, G., Sayan, B., …Townsend, P. (2014). Urocortin - from Parkinson's disease to the skeleton. International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, 60, 130-138. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocel.2014.12.005

Urocortin (Ucn 1), a 40 amino acid long peptide related to corticotropin releasing factor (CRF) was discovered 19 years ago, based on its sequence homology to the parent molecule. Its existence was inferred in the CNS because of anatomical and pharma... Read More about Urocortin - from Parkinson's disease to the skeleton.

Transportation evacuation strategies based on vehicular disaster management system in urban network environment Zubaida (2014)
Thesis
Alazawi, Z. (in press). Transportation evacuation strategies based on vehicular disaster management system in urban network environment Zubaida. (Thesis). University of Salford

The importance of emergency response systems have grown tremendously in the recent times due to the many manmade and natural disasters in recent years such as September 2001, July 2005 London bombings and the 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami disaste... Read More about Transportation evacuation strategies based on vehicular disaster management system in urban network environment Zubaida.

The catalyst role of school architecture in enhancing children’s environmental behavior (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Izadpanahi, P., & Elkadi, H. (2014, December). The catalyst role of school architecture in enhancing children’s environmental behavior. Presented at 30th International Passive and Low Energy Architecture (PLEA) Conference, Ahmedabad, India

The interrelationships between school design and children learning are well established. Less evident is the relationship between sustainable school design and the level of environmental behaviour of the children in attendance. Newly erected prim... Read More about The catalyst role of school architecture in enhancing children’s environmental behavior.

Graphene oxide interfaces in serum based autoantibody quantification (2014)
Journal Article
Xu, Q., Cheng, H., Lehr, J., Patil, A., & Davis, J. (2015). Graphene oxide interfaces in serum based autoantibody quantification. Analytical Chemistry, 87(1), 346-350. https://doi.org/10.1021/ac503890e

A reliable quantification of protein markers will undoubtedly underpin profound developments in disease surveillance, diagnostics, and improved therapy. Although there potentially exist numerous means of achieving this, electrochemical impedimetric t... Read More about Graphene oxide interfaces in serum based autoantibody quantification.

Sputtering yields exceeding 1000 by 80keV Xe irradiation of Au nanorods (2014)
Journal Article
Ilinov, A., Kuronen, A., Nordlund, K., Greaves, G., Hinks, J., Busby, P., …Donnelly, S. (2014). Sputtering yields exceeding 1000 by 80keV Xe irradiation of Au nanorods. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, 341, 17-21. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2014.03.025

Using experiments and computer simulations, we find that 80 keV Xe ion irradiation of Au nanorods can produce sputtering yields exceeding 1000, which to our knowledge are the highest yields reported for sputtering by single ions in the nuclear collis... Read More about Sputtering yields exceeding 1000 by 80keV Xe irradiation of Au nanorods.

Revealing DNA interactions with exogenous agents by surface-enhanced raman scattering (2014)
Journal Article
Masetti, M., Xie, H., Krpetic, Z., Recanatini, M., Alvarez-Puebla, R., & Guerrini, L. (2015). Revealing DNA interactions with exogenous agents by surface-enhanced raman scattering. Abstracts of papers / American Chemical Society, 137(1), 469-476. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja511398w

The standard protocols for DNA analysis largely involve polymerase chain reaction (PCR). However, DNA structures bound to chemical agents cannot be PCR-amplified, and therefore any sequence changes induced by external agents may be neglected. Thus, t... Read More about Revealing DNA interactions with exogenous agents by surface-enhanced raman scattering.

The concept and realization of nanostructure fabrication using free-standing metallic wires with rapid thermal annealing (2014)
Journal Article
Cui, A., Hao, T., Li, W., Shen, T., Liu, Z., Jiang, Q., & Gu, C. (2015). The concept and realization of nanostructure fabrication using free-standing metallic wires with rapid thermal annealing. SCIENCE CHINA Physics, Mechanics and Astronomy, 58(4), 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11433-014-5623-x

Free-standing metallic nanostructures are considered to be highly relevant to many branches of science and technology with applications of three dimensional metallic nanostructures ranging from optical reflectors, actuators, and antenna, to free-stan... Read More about The concept and realization of nanostructure fabrication using free-standing metallic wires with rapid thermal annealing.

Anastomosing reach control on hydraulics and sediment distribution on the Sabie River, South Africa (2014)
Journal Article
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.

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