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Host size constrains growth patterns in both female and male Ceratothoa italica, a mouth-dwelling isopod (2014)
Journal Article
Pawluk, R., Ciampoli, M., & Mariani, S. (2014). Host size constrains growth patterns in both female and male Ceratothoa italica, a mouth-dwelling isopod. Marine and Freshwater Research, 66(4), 381. https://doi.org/10.1071/MF14125

Host–parasite associations are among the primary drivers of evolutionary diversification, and hold considerable importance for understanding ecological equilibria. In particular, crustacean ectoparasites are typically associated with many fish famili... Read More about Host size constrains growth patterns in both female and male Ceratothoa italica, a mouth-dwelling isopod.

Antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus isolates collected from healthcare and community facilities in Libya show a high level of resistance to fusidic acid (2014)
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Warag, S., Foster, H., & Daw, M. (2014). Antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus isolates collected from healthcare and community facilities in Libya show a high level of resistance to fusidic acid. Journal of infectious disease and therapy, 2(189), https://doi.org/10.4172/2332-0877.1000189

Staphylococcus aureus is an important human pathogen and is implicated in a wide variety of infections in the healthcare and community settings. The organism is often subcategorized as community-associated MRSA (CA-MRSA) or health care-associated MRS... Read More about Antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus isolates collected from healthcare and community facilities in Libya show a high level of resistance to fusidic acid.

Role of independent component analysis in intelligent ECG signal processing (2014)
Thesis
Sarfraz, M. Role of independent component analysis in intelligent ECG signal processing. (Thesis). University of Salford

The Electrocardiogram (ECG) reflects the activities and the attributes of the human heart and reveals very important hidden information in its structure. The information is extracted by means of ECG signal analysis to gain... Read More about Role of independent component analysis in intelligent ECG signal processing.

Bridging the domestic building fabric performance gap (2014)
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Johnston, D., Farmer, D., Brooke-Peat, M., & Miles-Shenton, D. (2016). Bridging the domestic building fabric performance gap. Building Research and Information, 44(2), 147-159. https://doi.org/10.1080/09613218.2014.979093

In the UK, it is recognised that there is often a discrepancy between the measured fabric thermal performance of dwellings as-built and the predicted performance of the same dwellings and that the magnitude of this difference in performance can be... Read More about Bridging the domestic building fabric performance gap.

Lytic activity by temperate phages of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in long-term cystic fibrosis chronic lung infections (2014)
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James, C. E., Davies, E. V., Fothergill, J. L., Walshaw, M. J., Beale, C. M., Brockhurst, M. A., & Winstanley, C. (2015). Lytic activity by temperate phages of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in long-term cystic fibrosis chronic lung infections. ISME Journal, 9(6), 1391-1398. https://doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2014.223

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is the most common bacterial pathogen infecting the lungs of cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. The transmissible Liverpool epidemic strain (LES) harbours multiple inducible prophages (LESϕ2; LESϕ3; LESϕ4; LESϕ5; and LESϕ6), some o... Read More about Lytic activity by temperate phages of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in long-term cystic fibrosis chronic lung infections.

Helmholtz non-paraxial beam propagation method: An assessment (2014)
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Chamorro-Posada, P., & McDonald, G. (2014). Helmholtz non-paraxial beam propagation method: An assessment. Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics and Materials, 23(4), https://doi.org/10.1142/S0218863514500404

We present a performance evaluation of a non-paraxial beam propagation method suitable for the study of Helmholtz solitons. The analysis aims to determine the accuracy limits of the numerical scheme in terms of the maximum propagation angle addressab... Read More about Helmholtz non-paraxial beam propagation method: An assessment.

The effects of corticosteroids on cytokine production from asthma lung lymphocytes (2014)
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Kaur, M., Reynolds, S., Smyth, L., Simpson, K., Hall, S., & Singh, D. (2014). The effects of corticosteroids on cytokine production from asthma lung lymphocytes. International Immunopharmacology, 23(2), 581-4. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intimp.2014.10.008

BACKGROUND Lymphocytes play a central role in the pathophysiology of asthma. Corticosteroids have a limited effect in severe asthma and we hypothesise that lymphocytes play a central role in corticosteroid insensitivity. We investigated the effect... Read More about The effects of corticosteroids on cytokine production from asthma lung lymphocytes.

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.

A technical review of BIM based cost estimating in UK Quantity Surveying practice, standards and tools (2014)
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Quantity Surveying practice, standards and tools. Journal of Information Technology in Construction, 19, 534-563

In light of recent technological advancements over the decades especially with Information Technology (IT), the ‘Building Information Modelling’ (BIM) is one of those advancements that have attracted significant attention in UK construction industry.... Read More about A technical review of BIM based cost estimating in UK Quantity Surveying practice, standards and tools.

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.

Emotional intelligence in STEM (2014)
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Singh, M., & Chadwick, E. (2014). Emotional intelligence in STEM. Mathematics today, Dec, 212-214

CCR5 receptor antagonists block metastasis to bone of v-Src Oncogene-Transformed Metastatic prostate cancer cell lines (2014)
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Sicoli, D., Jiao, X., Ju, X., Velasco-Velazquez, M., Ertel, A., Addya, S., …Pestell, R. (2014). CCR5 receptor antagonists block metastasis to bone of v-Src Oncogene-Transformed Metastatic prostate cancer cell lines. Cancer Research, 74(23), 7103-7114. https://doi.org/10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-14-0612

Src family kinases (SFK) integrate signal transduction for multiple receptors, regulating cellular proliferation, invasion, and metastasis in human cancer. Although Src is rarely mutated in human prostate cancer, SFK activity is increased in the majo... Read More about CCR5 receptor antagonists block metastasis to bone of v-Src Oncogene-Transformed Metastatic prostate cancer cell lines.

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.

Stabilization of boron carbide via silicon doping (2014)
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Proctor, J., Bhakhri, V., Hao, R., Prior, T., Scheler, T., Gregoryanz, E., …Giuliani, F. (2015). Stabilization of boron carbide via silicon doping. Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 27(1), 015401. https://doi.org/10.1088/0953-8984/27/1/015401

Boron carbide is one of the lightest and hardest ceramics, but its applications are limited by its poor stability against a partial phase separation into separate boron and carbon. Phase separation is observed under high non-hydrostatic stress (both... Read More about Stabilization of boron carbide via silicon doping.

Thermodynamics of the self-assembly of non-ionic chromonic molecules using atomistic simulations. The case of TP6EO2M in aqueous solution (2014)
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The case of TP6EO2M in aqueous solution. Soft Matter, 11(4), 680-691. https://doi.org/10.1039/c4sm02275k

Atomistic molecular dynamic simulations have been performed for the non-ionic chromonic liquid crystal 2,3,6,7,10,11-hexa-(1,4,7-trioxa-octyl)-triphenylene (TP6EO2M) in aqueous solution. TP6EO2M molecules consist of a central poly-aromatic core (a tr... Read More about Thermodynamics of the self-assembly of non-ionic chromonic molecules using atomistic simulations. The case of TP6EO2M in aqueous solution.

Perturbed atrial calcium handling in an ovine model of heart failure : potential roles for reductions in the L-type calcium current (2014)
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Clarke, J., Caldwell, J., Horn, M., Bode, E., Richards, M., Hall, M., …Trafford, A. (2015). Perturbed atrial calcium handling in an ovine model of heart failure : potential roles for reductions in the L-type calcium current. Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, 79, 169-179. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yjmcc.2014.11.017

Heart failure (HF) is commonly associated with reduced cardiac output and an increased risk of atrial arrhythmias particularly during β-adrenergic stimulation. The aim of the present study was to determine how HF alters systolic Ca(2+) and the respon... Read More about Perturbed atrial calcium handling in an ovine model of heart failure : potential roles for reductions in the L-type calcium current.

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.

Direct surface-enhanced raman scattering analysis of DNA duplexes (2014)
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Guerrini, L., Krpetic, Z., Van Lierop, D., Alvarez-Puebla, R., & Graham, D. (2014). Direct surface-enhanced raman scattering analysis of DNA duplexes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 54(4), 1144-1148. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201408558

The exploration of the genetic information carried by DNA has become a major scientific challenge. Routine DNA analysis, such as PCR, still suffers from important intrinsic limitations. Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) has emerged as an out... Read More about Direct surface-enhanced raman scattering analysis of DNA duplexes.