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In vitro studies comparing activities of antimicrobial photodynamic therapy and electrochemically activated solutions (2014)
Thesis
Kamil, Z. In vitro studies comparing activities of antimicrobial photodynamic therapy and electrochemically activated solutions. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/806200

Abstract There is a need for alternative “treatments” for killing microbes in wound and other body surfaces. Antimicrobial Photodynamic Therapy (APDT) and Electrochemically Activated Solutions (ECAS) are two recent developments in the field of bioci... Read More about In vitro studies comparing activities of antimicrobial photodynamic therapy and electrochemically activated solutions.

Synergism between high-pressure processing and active packaging against Listeria monocytogenes in ready-to-eat chicken breast (2014)
Journal Article
Stratakos, A. C., Delgado-Pando, G., Linton, M., Patterson, M. F., & Koidis, A. (2015). Synergism between high-pressure processing and active packaging against Listeria monocytogenes in ready-to-eat chicken breast. Innovative Food Science and Emerging Technologies, 27, 41-47. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ifset.2014.11.005

© 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. The effects of high-pressure processing (HPP) in conjunction with an essential oil-based active packaging on the surface of ready-to-eat (RTE) chicken breast were investigated as post-processing listericidal... Read More about Synergism between high-pressure processing and active packaging against Listeria monocytogenes in ready-to-eat chicken breast.

Chemical composition, antioxidant activity and sensory evaluation of five different species of brown edible seaweeds (2014)
Journal Article
Peinado, I., Girón, J., Koutsidis, G., & Ames, J. (2014). Chemical composition, antioxidant activity and sensory evaluation of five different species of brown edible seaweeds. Food Research International, 66, 36-44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodres.2014.08.035

© 2014. The chemical and volatile composition as well as sensory profile of five brown edible seaweeds collected in the United Kingdom, was evaluated. The ash content was 190-280. mg/g, NaCl 35.1-115.1. mg/g, protein 2.9-6.0. g/g, and fat 0.6-5.8. g/... Read More about Chemical composition, antioxidant activity and sensory evaluation of five different species of brown edible seaweeds.

The impact of pressure and frictional heating on retention, selectivity and efficiency in ultra-high-pressure liquid chromatography (2014)
Journal Article
McCalley, D. V. (2014). The impact of pressure and frictional heating on retention, selectivity and efficiency in ultra-high-pressure liquid chromatography. Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 63, 31-43. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trac.2014.06.024

© 2014 Elsevier B.V. The effects of pressure and frictional heating deserve serious consideration in ultra-high-pressure liquid chromatography (UHPLC) separations, as the pressures used can be three times greater than those in conventional high-perfo... Read More about The impact of pressure and frictional heating on retention, selectivity and efficiency in ultra-high-pressure liquid chromatography.

Triple negative breast cancer: The role of metabolic pathways (2014)
Journal Article
Dean, S. J., & Rhodes, A. (2014). Triple negative breast cancer: The role of metabolic pathways. Malaysian Journal of Pathology, 36(3), 155-162

The incidence of breast cancer in Malaysia and other Asian countries is on the increase, reflecting lifestyle changes some of which are known risk factors for the development of breast cancer. Most breast cancers are amenable to adjuvant therapies th... Read More about Triple negative breast cancer: The role of metabolic pathways.

Exploring peripheral blood mononuclear cells as the source of interleukin-6 in polymyalgia rheumatica (2014)
Thesis
Bazzard, H. L. Exploring peripheral blood mononuclear cells as the source of interleukin-6 in polymyalgia rheumatica. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/806917

Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is a chronic inflammatory condition which affects the elderly, causing aching and stiffness of the neck, shoulders and pelvis, as well as more systemic manifestations such as fever, malaise and fatigue. PMR shares symptom... Read More about Exploring peripheral blood mononuclear cells as the source of interleukin-6 in polymyalgia rheumatica.

Protein arginine methyltransferase 5 is a key regulator of the MYCN oncoprotein in neuroblastoma cells (2014)
Journal Article
Malik, K., Deery, M. J., Brown, K. W., Heesom, K. J., Melegh, Z., Vieira, G. C., …Malik, K. T. (2015). Protein arginine methyltransferase 5 is a key regulator of the MYCN oncoprotein in neuroblastoma cells. Molecular Oncology, 9(3), 617-627. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molonc.2014.10.015

© 2014 The Authors. Approximately half of poor prognosis neuroblastomas (NBs) are characterized by pathognomonic MYCN gene amplification and MYCN over-expression. Here we present data showing that short-interfering RNA mediated depletion of the prote... Read More about Protein arginine methyltransferase 5 is a key regulator of the MYCN oncoprotein in neuroblastoma cells.

Serine-arginine protein kinase 1 (SRPK1) inhibition as a potential novel targeted therapeutic strategy in prostate cancer (2014)
Journal Article
Mavrou, A., Brakspear, K., Hamdollah-Zadeh, M., Damodaran, G., Babaei-Jadidi, R., Oxley, J., …Oltean, S. (2015). Serine-arginine protein kinase 1 (SRPK1) inhibition as a potential novel targeted therapeutic strategy in prostate cancer. Oncogene, 34, 4311-4319. https://doi.org/10.1038/onc.2014.360

© 2015 Macmillan Publishers Limited. All rights reserved. Angiogenesis is required for tumour growth and is induced principally by vascular endothelial growth factor A (VEGF-A). VEGF-A pre-mRNA is alternatively spliced at the terminal exon to produce... Read More about Serine-arginine protein kinase 1 (SRPK1) inhibition as a potential novel targeted therapeutic strategy in prostate cancer.

Assessing the value of imperfect biocontainment nationally: Rapeseed in the United Kingdom as an exemplar (2014)
Journal Article
Ford, C. S., Allainguillaume, J., Fu, T. R., Mitchley, J., & Wilkinson, M. J. (2015). Assessing the value of imperfect biocontainment nationally: Rapeseed in the United Kingdom as an exemplar. New Phytologist, 205(3), 1342-1349. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.13131

© 2014 New Phytologist Trust. Paternal biocontainment methods (PBMs) act by preventing pollen-mediated transgene flow. They are compromised by transgene escape via the crop-maternal line. We therefore assess the efficacy of PBMs for transgenic rapese... Read More about Assessing the value of imperfect biocontainment nationally: Rapeseed in the United Kingdom as an exemplar.

City life makes females fussy: Sex differences in habitat use of temperate bats in urban areas (2014)
Journal Article
Park, K. J., Mayhew, R. J., Lintott, P., Bunnefeld, N., Fuentes-Montemayor, E., Minderman, J., & Olley, L. (2014). City life makes females fussy: Sex differences in habitat use of temperate bats in urban areas. Royal Society Open Science, 1(3), Article 140200. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.140200

© 2014 The Authors. Urbanization is a major driver of the global loss of biodiversity; to mitigate its adverse effects, it is essential to understand what drives species' patterns of habitat use within the urban matrix. While many animal species are... Read More about City life makes females fussy: Sex differences in habitat use of temperate bats in urban areas.

Cyclic ortho ester fuel additive (2014)
Patent
Lam, J., Ratcliffe, N. M., de Lacy Costello, B., Repetto, S., Costello, J. F., & Parmenter, D. (2014). Cyclic ortho ester fuel additive. WO/2014/174290

Fabrication and evaluation of a micro(bio)sensor array chip for multiple parallel measurements of important cell biomarkers (2014)
Journal Article
Sage, I. C., Drago, G. A., Pemberton, R., Cox, T., Tuffin, R., Griffiths, J., …Hart, J. P. (2014). Fabrication and evaluation of a micro(bio)sensor array chip for multiple parallel measurements of important cell biomarkers. Sensors, 14(11), 20519-20532. https://doi.org/10.3390/s141120519

© 2014 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This report describes the design and development of an integrated electrochemical cell culture monitoring system, based on enzyme-biosensors and chemical sensors, for monitoring indicators of... Read More about Fabrication and evaluation of a micro(bio)sensor array chip for multiple parallel measurements of important cell biomarkers.

Topographical variation reduces phenological mismatch between a butterfly and its nectar source (2014)
Journal Article
Hindle, B. J., Kerr, C. L., Richards, S. A., & Willis, S. G. (2015). Topographical variation reduces phenological mismatch between a butterfly and its nectar source. Journal of Insect Conservation, 19(2), 227-236. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10841-014-9713-x

© 2014, Springer International Publishing Switzerland. The timing of many biological events, including butterfly imago emergence, has advanced under climate change, with the rate of these phenological changes often differing among taxonomic groups. S... Read More about Topographical variation reduces phenological mismatch between a butterfly and its nectar source.

Direct mixing of atomistic solutes and coarse-grained water (2014)
Journal Article
Orsi, M., Ding, W., & Palaiokostas, M. (2014). Direct mixing of atomistic solutes and coarse-grained water. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, 10(10), 4684-4693. https://doi.org/10.1021/ct500065k

© 2014 American Chemical Society. We present a new dual-resolution approach for coupling atomistic and coarse-grained models in molecular dynamics simulations of hydrated systems. In particular, a coarse-grained point dipolar water model is used to s... Read More about Direct mixing of atomistic solutes and coarse-grained water.

Convective stability of carbon sequestration in anisotropic porous media (2014)
Journal Article
Hill, A. A., & Morad, M. R. (2014). Convective stability of carbon sequestration in anisotropic porous media. Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 470(2170), https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2014.0373

© 2014 The Author(s) Published by the Royal Society. All rights reserved. The stability of convection in an anisotropic porous medium, where the solute concentration is assumed to decay via a first-order chemical reaction, is studied. This is a simpl... Read More about Convective stability of carbon sequestration in anisotropic porous media.

Atmin is a transcriptional regulator of both lung morphogenesis and ciliogenesis (2014)
Journal Article
Stevens, J. L., Goggolidou, P., L. Stevens, J., Agueci, F., Keynton, J., Wheway, G., …Norris, D. P. (2014). Atmin is a transcriptional regulator of both lung morphogenesis and ciliogenesis. Development, 141(20), 3966-3977. https://doi.org/10.1242/dev.107755

© 2014. Initially identified in DNA damage repair, ATM-interactor (ATMIN) further functions as a transcriptional regulator of lung morphogenesis. Here we analyse three mouse mutants, Atmingpg6/gpg6, AtminH210Q/H210Q and Dynll1GT/GT, revealing how ATM... Read More about Atmin is a transcriptional regulator of both lung morphogenesis and ciliogenesis.

Novel reductive-reductive mode electrochemical detection of Rohypnol following liquid chromatography and its determination in coffee (2014)
Journal Article
Honeychurch, K. C., Davidson, G. M., Brown, E., & Hart, J. P. (2015). Novel reductive-reductive mode electrochemical detection of Rohypnol following liquid chromatography and its determination in coffee. Analytica Chimica Acta, 853, 222-227. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aca.2014.09.033

© 2014 Elsevier B.V. Rohypnol (flunitrazepam) has been successfully determined in coffee by high performance liquid chromatography dual electrode detection (LC-DED) in the dual reductive mode. Initial studies were performed to optimise the chromatogr... Read More about Novel reductive-reductive mode electrochemical detection of Rohypnol following liquid chromatography and its determination in coffee.

Rahnella victoriana sp. nov., Rahnella bruchi sp. nov., Rahnella woolbedingensis sp. nov., classification of Rahnella genomospecies 2 and 3 as Rahnella variigena sp. nov. and Rahnella inusitata sp. nov., respectively and emended description of the genus Rahnella (2014)
Journal Article
Brady, C., Hunter, G., Kirk, S., Arnold, D. L., & Denman, S. (2014). Rahnella victoriana sp. nov., Rahnella bruchi sp. nov., Rahnella woolbedingensis sp. nov., classification of Rahnella genomospecies 2 and 3 as Rahnella variigena sp. nov. and Rahnella inusitata sp. nov., respectively and emended description of the genus Rahnella. Systematic and Applied Microbiology, 37(8), 545-552. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.syapm.2014.09.001

© 2014 Published by Elsevier GmbH. Isolations from oak symptomatic of Acute Oak Decline, alder and walnut log tissue, and buprestid beetles in 2009-2012 yielded 32 Gram-negative bacterial strains showing highest gyrB sequence similarity to Rahnella a... Read More about Rahnella victoriana sp. nov., Rahnella bruchi sp. nov., Rahnella woolbedingensis sp. nov., classification of Rahnella genomospecies 2 and 3 as Rahnella variigena sp. nov. and Rahnella inusitata sp. nov., respectively and emended description of the genus Rahnella.

Principles of fluorescence (2014)
Book Chapter
Reynolds, D. (2014). Principles of fluorescence. In P. Coble, J. Lead, A. Baker, D. Reynolds, & R. Spencer (Eds.), Aquatic Organic Matter FluorescenceCambridge University Press