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Modelling oral malodour from a tongue biofilm (2008)
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Hess, J., Greenman, J., & Duffield, J. (2008). Modelling oral malodour from a tongue biofilm. Journal of Breath Research, 2(1), 017003. https://doi.org/10.1088/1752-7155/2/1/017003

A new model about the genesis of malodour emanating from the tongue is introduced. A new approach uses mathematical formulae to combine existing empirical knowledge and bring it into context. The resulting description of halitosis includes the three-... Read More about Modelling oral malodour from a tongue biofilm.

Towards unconventional computing through simulated evolution: Control of nonlinear media by a learning classifier system (2008)
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Bull, L., Budd, A., Stone, C., Uroukov, I., Costello, B. D. L., & Adamatzky, A. (2008). Towards unconventional computing through simulated evolution: Control of nonlinear media by a learning classifier system. Artificial Life, 14(2), 203-222. https://doi.org/10.1162/artl.2008.14.2.203

We propose that the behavior of nonlinear media can be controlled automatically through evolutionary learning. By extension, forms of unconventional computing (viz., massively parallel nonlinear computers) can be realized by such an approach. In this... Read More about Towards unconventional computing through simulated evolution: Control of nonlinear media by a learning classifier system.

Tongue biofilm areal density and tongue coating index (2008)
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Saad, S., & Greenman, J. (2008). Tongue biofilm areal density and tongue coating index. Journal of Breath Research, 2(1), https://doi.org/10.1088/1752-7155/2/1/017008

Two methods have been employed to measure the amount of tongue biofilm in humans: (1) areal density of microbes (cfu cm-2) (tongue scrape from a known/measured area), or (2) a tongue-coating index, where a human judge assesses the amount of 'coating'... Read More about Tongue biofilm areal density and tongue coating index.

Can fluorescence spectrometry be used as a surrogate for the Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) test in water quality assessment? An example from South West England (2008)
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Hudson, N., Baker, A., Reynolds, D. M., Ward, D., Brunsdon, C., Carliell-Marquet, C., & Browning, S. (2008). Can fluorescence spectrometry be used as a surrogate for the Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) test in water quality assessment? An example from South West England. Science of the Total Environment, 391(1), 149-158. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.10.054

The fluorescence intensities of tryptophan-like, tyrosine-like and humic-like materials were determined using excitation-emission-matrices (EEMs) for a wide range of samples including natural surface waters, sewage and industrial effluents and waters... Read More about Can fluorescence spectrometry be used as a surrogate for the Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) test in water quality assessment? An example from South West England.

The application of conducting polymer nanoparticle electrodes to the sensing of ascorbic acid (2008)
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Ambrosi, A., Morrin, A., Smythe, M. R., & Killard, A. (2008). The application of conducting polymer nanoparticle electrodes to the sensing of ascorbic acid. Analytica Chimica Acta, 609(1), 37-43. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aca.2007.12.017

An ascorbic acid sensor was fabricated via the drop-casting of dodecylbenzene sulphonic acid (DBSA)-doped polyaniline nanoparticles onto a screen-printed carbon-paste electrode. The modified electrode was characterised with respect to the numbers of... Read More about The application of conducting polymer nanoparticle electrodes to the sensing of ascorbic acid.

To what extent are hepatic concentrations of heavy metals in Anguilla anguilla at a site in a contaminated estuary related to body size and age and reflected in the metallothionein concentrations? (2008)
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Bird, D. J., Rotchell, J. M., Hesp, S. A., Newton, L. C., Hall, N. G., & Potter, I. C. (2008). To what extent are hepatic concentrations of heavy metals in Anguilla anguilla at a site in a contaminated estuary related to body size and age and reflected in the metallothionein concentrations?. Environmental Pollution, 151(3), 641-651. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2007.03.018

We explored how hepatic [metal]s in Anguilla anguilla at a contaminated estuarine site are influenced by body size, age and season, and the extent that [Cu], [Cd] and [Zn]s are reflected in [metallothionein (MT)]s. Although each [metal] and [MT] incr... Read More about To what extent are hepatic concentrations of heavy metals in Anguilla anguilla at a site in a contaminated estuary related to body size and age and reflected in the metallothionein concentrations?.

The biology and conservation of the fish assemblage of the Severn Estuary (cSAC) (2008)
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Bird, D. J. (2008). The biology and conservation of the fish assemblage of the Severn Estuary (cSAC)

The Severn Estuary is the second largest estuary in the UK and has been designated a cSAC because it contains habitat types and species that are rare or threatened in Europe, including the anadromous river and sea lampreys and the twaite and allis sh... Read More about The biology and conservation of the fish assemblage of the Severn Estuary (cSAC).

Analysis of basic compounds by reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography using hybrid inorganic/organic phases at high pH (2008)
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Davies, N. H., Euerby, M. R., & McCalley, D. V. (2008). Analysis of basic compounds by reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography using hybrid inorganic/organic phases at high pH. Journal of Chromatography A, 1178(1-2), 71-78. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chroma.2007.11.040

The retention and mass overload of five bases and a quaternary ammonium compound were studied on a bridged ethyl hybrid inorganic/organic phase (XBridge C18) over a pH range 2.7-12.0 using acetonitrile-phosphate and carbonate buffers. Some comparison... Read More about Analysis of basic compounds by reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography using hybrid inorganic/organic phases at high pH.

Nitric oxide synthesis and signalling in plants (2008)
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Neill, S. J., Wilson, I. D., & Hancock, J. T. (2008). Nitric oxide synthesis and signalling in plants. Plant, Cell and Environment, 31(5), 622-631. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3040.2007.01761.x

As with all organisms, plants must respond to a plethora of external environmental cues. Individual plant cells must also perceive and respond to a wide range of internal signals. It is now well-accepted that nitric oxide (NO) is a component of the r... Read More about Nitric oxide synthesis and signalling in plants.

Nitric oxide signalling in plants (2008)
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Wilson, I. D., Neill, S., & Hancock, J. T. (2008). Nitric oxide signalling in plants. Plant, Cell and Environment, 31(5), 622-631. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3040.2007.01761.x

As with all organisms, plants must respond to a plethora of external environmental cues. Individual plant cells must also perceive and respond to a wide range of internal signals. It is now well-accepted that nitric oxide (NO) is a component of the r... Read More about Nitric oxide signalling in plants.

Identification of c-kit positive cells in rat urinary bladder and characterization of their functional role in spontaneous activity in control and diabetic bladders (2008)
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Vahabi, B., Mckay, N. G., Lawson, K., & Sellers, D. J. (2008). Identification of c-kit positive cells in rat urinary bladder and characterization of their functional role in spontaneous activity in control and diabetic bladders. European Urology Supplements, 7(3), 181 - 181. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1569-9056%2807%2960992-0

Antioxidative responses in radish (Raphanus sativus L.) plants stressed by copper and lead in nutrient solution and soil (2008)
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Teklic, T., Hancock, J. T., Engler, M., Paradikovic, N., Cesar, V., Lepeduš, H., …Bešlo, D. (2008). Antioxidative responses in radish (Raphanus sativus L.) plants stressed by copper and lead in nutrient solution and soil. Acta Biologica Cracoviensia Series Botanica, 50(2), 79-86

Radish (Raphanus sativus L.) is commonly grown in urban and suburban areas where the soil may be polluted with heavy metals such as Cu or Pb. In this study, short exposure of radish plantlets to 0.5 mM Cu or Pb in nutrient solution (two days) in grow... Read More about Antioxidative responses in radish (Raphanus sativus L.) plants stressed by copper and lead in nutrient solution and soil.

Nitric oxide evolution and perception (2008)
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Harrison, J., Neill, S., Bright, J., Desikan, R., Hancock, J. T., & Wilson, I. D. (2008). Nitric oxide evolution and perception. Journal of Experimental Botany, 59(1), 25-35. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erm218

Various experimental data indicate signalling roles for nitric oxide (NO) in processes such as xylogenesis, programmed cell death, pathogen defence, flowering, stomatal closure, and gravitropism. However, it still remains unclear how NO is synthesize... Read More about Nitric oxide evolution and perception.

Nitric oxide, stomatal closure, and abiotic stress (2008)
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Ribeiro, D., Harrison, J., Neill, S., Barros, R. S., Bright, J., Desikan, R., …Wilson, I. D. (2008). Nitric oxide, stomatal closure, and abiotic stress. Journal of Experimental Botany, 59(2), 165-176. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erm293

Various data indicate that nitric oxide (NO) is an endogenous signal in plants that mediates responses to several stimuli. Experimental evidence in support of such signalling roles for NO has been obtained via the application of NO, usually in the fo... Read More about Nitric oxide, stomatal closure, and abiotic stress.

SlTPR1, a tomato tetratricopeptide repeat protein, interacts with the ethylene receptors NR and LeETR1, modulating ethylene and auxin responses and development (2008)
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Lin, Z., Arciga-Reyes, L., Zhong, S., Alexander, L., Hackett, R., Wilson, I., & Grierson, D. (2008). SlTPR1, a tomato tetratricopeptide repeat protein, interacts with the ethylene receptors NR and LeETR1, modulating ethylene and auxin responses and development. Journal of Experimental Botany, 59(15), 4271-4287. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/ern276

The gaseous hormone ethylene is perceived by a family of ethylene receptors which interact with the Raf-like kinase CTR1. SlTPR1 encodes a novel TPR (tetratricopeptide repeat) protein from tomato that interacts with the ethylene receptors NR and LeET... Read More about SlTPR1, a tomato tetratricopeptide repeat protein, interacts with the ethylene receptors NR and LeETR1, modulating ethylene and auxin responses and development.