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Development of a 2D leukaemia-stroma model for analyses of chemo-toxicity protection using a novel bacterial bioluminescent biosensor (2017)
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Gynn, L., May, J., Anderson, E., & Robinson, G. (2017). Development of a 2D leukaemia-stroma model for analyses of chemo-toxicity protection using a novel bacterial bioluminescent biosensor. Mutagenesis, 32(6), 619. https://doi.org/10.1093/mutage/gex033

This study aimed to develop a 2D leukaemia-stroma model of the bone marrow for analysis of stromal-mediated chemo-protection; known to contribute to chemotherapy resistance. The model must facilitate integration of a bioluminescent biosensor HA1 for... Read More about Development of a 2D leukaemia-stroma model for analyses of chemo-toxicity protection using a novel bacterial bioluminescent biosensor.

Rapid in vitro testing and characterization of resistance to chemotherapeutic agents daunorubicin and cytarabine in acute myeloid leukaemia (2017)
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May, J., Steven, J., Taylor, A., Dean, S., & Anderson, E. (2017). Rapid in vitro testing and characterization of resistance to chemotherapeutic agents daunorubicin and cytarabine in acute myeloid leukaemia. Mutagenesis, 32(6), 627. https://doi.org/10.1093/mutage/gex033

Treatment success in leukaemia is impacted by patient resistance to chemotherapy including cytarabine (ara-C) and the anthracycline daunorubicin (DNR) requiring rapid pre-screening testing. DNR is converted to daunorubicinol (DNRol) by carbonyl reduc... Read More about Rapid in vitro testing and characterization of resistance to chemotherapeutic agents daunorubicin and cytarabine in acute myeloid leukaemia.

The impact of ageing reveals distinct roles for human dentate gyrus and CA3 in pattern separation and object recognition memory (2017)
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Dillon, S. E., Tsivos, D., Knight, M., McCann, B., Pennington, C., Shiel, A. I., …Coulthard, E. J. (2017). The impact of ageing reveals distinct roles for human dentate gyrus and CA3 in pattern separation and object recognition memory. Scientific Reports, 7, Article 14069. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-13853-8

© 2017 The Author(s). Both recognition of familiar objects and pattern separation, a process that orthogonalises overlapping events, are critical for effective memory. Evidence is emerging that human pattern separation requires dentate gyrus. Dentate... Read More about The impact of ageing reveals distinct roles for human dentate gyrus and CA3 in pattern separation and object recognition memory.

Effects of High Pressure on Phospholipid Bilayers (2017)
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Ding, W., Wei, D., Palaiokostas, M., Shahane, G., Wang, W., & Orsi, M. (2017). Effects of High Pressure on Phospholipid Bilayers. Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 121(41), 9597-9606. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.7b07119

© 2017 American Chemical Society. The response of lipid membranes to changes in external pressure is important for many biological processes, and it can also be exploited for technological applications. In this work, we employ all-atom molecular dyna... Read More about Effects of High Pressure on Phospholipid Bilayers.

The effect of listening to Holy Quran recitation on weaning patients receiving mechanical ventilation in the intensive care unit: A pilot study (2017)
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Yadak, M., Ansari, K. A., Qutub, H., Al-Otaibi, H., Al-Omar, O., Al-Onizi, N., & Farooqi, F. A. (2019). The effect of listening to Holy Quran recitation on weaning patients receiving mechanical ventilation in the intensive care unit: A pilot study. Journal of Religion and Health, 58(1), 64-73. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-017-0500-3

Mechanical ventilation (MV) causes high level of stress in hospitalized patients. Weaning is the gradual process of decreasing ventilator support that in turn lead to termination of MV and increased respiratory effort, which may exacerbate symptoms a... Read More about The effect of listening to Holy Quran recitation on weaning patients receiving mechanical ventilation in the intensive care unit: A pilot study.

Development of cultures of the marine sponge Hymeniacidon perleve for genotoxicity assessment using the alkaline comet assay (2017)
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Akpiri, R. U., Konya, R. S., & Hodges, N. J. (2017). Development of cultures of the marine sponge Hymeniacidon perleve for genotoxicity assessment using the alkaline comet assay. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 36(12), 3314-3323. https://doi.org/10.1002/etc.3907

© 2017 SETAC Sponges are a potential alternative model species to bivalves in pollution biomonitoring and environmental risk assessment in the aquatic ecosystem. In the present study, a novel in vivo exposure sponge culture model was developed from f... Read More about Development of cultures of the marine sponge Hymeniacidon perleve for genotoxicity assessment using the alkaline comet assay.

SiP 2017 panel: Speculations and concerns on robots’ status in society (2017)
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Stengler, E., & Escudero Perez, J. (2017). SiP 2017 panel: Speculations and concerns on robots’ status in society. JCOM: Journal of Science Communication, 16(4),

Studying fictional depictions of robots and artificial intelligence in cinematographic science fiction narratives acquires a new level of relevance as legislators’ approaches to the subject seem to be strongly influenced by popular culture. This pane... Read More about SiP 2017 panel: Speculations and concerns on robots’ status in society.

Influence of ICT use on body composition and sedentary death syndrome (SeDS) risk among University of Ilorin sandwich students (2017)
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Dominic, O. L., Ibraheem, T. O., Seidina, I. Y., & Niyi-Odumosu, F. (2017). Influence of ICT use on body composition and sedentary death syndrome (SeDS) risk among University of Ilorin sandwich students. KIU Journal of Social Sciences, 3(1), 47-56

The ever-increasing demand for ICT has made it a leading cause of sedentariness, which is deleterious to health and wellbeing in several ways. The study examined Influence of ICT Use on Body Composition and Sedentary Death Syndrome (SeDS) Risk among... Read More about Influence of ICT use on body composition and sedentary death syndrome (SeDS) risk among University of Ilorin sandwich students.

Double-diffusive convection in an inclined porous layer with a concentration-based internal heat source (2017)
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Matta, A., & Hill, A. A. (2018). Double-diffusive convection in an inclined porous layer with a concentration-based internal heat source. Continuum Mechanics and Thermodynamics, 30(1), 165-173. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00161-017-0592-8

© 2017, The Author(s). The thermosolutal instability of double-diffusive convection in an inclined fluid-saturated porous layer with a concentration-based internal heat source is investigated. The linear instability of small-amplitude perturbations t... Read More about Double-diffusive convection in an inclined porous layer with a concentration-based internal heat source.

A pilot controlled trial of a cognitive dissonance-based body dissatisfaction intervention with young British men (2017)
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Jankowski, G., Diedrichs, P. C., Atkinson, M. J., Fawkner, H., Gough, B., & Halliwell, E. (2017). A pilot controlled trial of a cognitive dissonance-based body dissatisfaction intervention with young British men. Body Image, 23, 93-102. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2017.08.006

© 2017 Elsevier Ltd This pilot study evaluated a body image intervention for men, Body Project M. Seventy-four British undergraduate men took part in two 90-min intervention sessions, and completed standardised assessments of body image, bulimic path... Read More about A pilot controlled trial of a cognitive dissonance-based body dissatisfaction intervention with young British men.

Identification and functional annotation of genes differentially expressed in the reproductive tissues of the olive tree (Olea europaea L.) through the generation of subtractive libraries (2017)
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Zafra, A., Carmona, R., Traverso, J. A., Hancock, J. T., Goldman, M. H., Claros, M. G., …Alche, J. D. (2017). Identification and functional annotation of genes differentially expressed in the reproductive tissues of the olive tree (Olea europaea L.) through the generation of subtractive libraries. Frontiers in Plant Science, 8, Article 1576. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2017.01576

© 2017 Zafra, Carmona, Traverso, Hancock, Goldman, Claros, Hiscock and Alche. The olive tree is a crop of high socio-economical importance in the Mediterranean area. Sexual reproduction in this plant is an essential process, which determines the yiel... Read More about Identification and functional annotation of genes differentially expressed in the reproductive tissues of the olive tree (Olea europaea L.) through the generation of subtractive libraries.

Alterations in endocytic protein expression with increasing age in the transgenic APP695 V717I London mouse model of amyloid pathology: Implications for Alzheimer's disease (2017)
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Kidd, E. J., Good, M. A., Bice, J. S., Alsaqati, M., Thomas, R. S., & Hvoslef-Eide, M. (2017). Alterations in endocytic protein expression with increasing age in the transgenic APP695 V717I London mouse model of amyloid pathology: Implications for Alzheimer's disease. NeuroReport, 28(15), 963-968. https://doi.org/10.1097/WNR.0000000000000861

Copyright © 2017 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved. A major risk factor for the development of Alzheimer's disease (AD) is increasing age, but the reason behind this association has not been identified. It is thought that the changes in... Read More about Alterations in endocytic protein expression with increasing age in the transgenic APP695 V717I London mouse model of amyloid pathology: Implications for Alzheimer's disease.

Design and simulation of a high-gain organic operational amplifier for use in quantification of cholesterol in low-cost point-of-care devices (2017)
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Donaghy, D., Gonzalez-Macia, L., Killard, A., & Raja, M. (2017). Design and simulation of a high-gain organic operational amplifier for use in quantification of cholesterol in low-cost point-of-care devices. IET Circuits, Devices and Systems, 11(5), 504-511. https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-cds.2016.0500

© The Institution of Engineering and Technology. This paper presents circuit design and simulations of a high gain organic Op-Amp, for use in quantification of real cholesterol, in the range of 1-9 mM. A 7-stage inverter chain is added onto the desig... Read More about Design and simulation of a high-gain organic operational amplifier for use in quantification of cholesterol in low-cost point-of-care devices.

Development of a novel off-grid drinking water production system integrating electrochemically activated solutions and ultrafiltration membranes (2017)
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Clayton, G., Thorn, R., & Reynolds, D. M. (2019). Development of a novel off-grid drinking water production system integrating electrochemically activated solutions and ultrafiltration membranes. Journal of Water Process Engineering, 30, Article 100480. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwpe.2017.08.018

© 2017 Elsevier Ltd Approximately 800 million people live without clean drinking water. Diarrhoea is responsible for between 1.7 and 2 million deaths each year (primarily children) which are the result of poor drinking water quality and sanitation. T... Read More about Development of a novel off-grid drinking water production system integrating electrochemically activated solutions and ultrafiltration membranes.

The in vitro and ex vivo effect of Auranta 3001 in preventing Cryptosporidium hominis and Cryptosporidium parvum infection (2017)
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Ch Stratakos, A., Sima, F., Ward, P., Linton, M., Kelly, C., Pinkerton, L., …Corcionivoschi, N. (2017). The in vitro and ex vivo effect of Auranta 3001 in preventing Cryptosporidium hominis and Cryptosporidium parvum infection. Gut Pathogens, 9(1), Article 49. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13099-017-0192-y

Background: Cryptosporidium is a major cause of diarrhea worldwide in both humans and farm animals with no completely effective treatment available at present. In this study, we assessed the inhibitory effect of different concentrations of Auranta 30... Read More about The in vitro and ex vivo effect of Auranta 3001 in preventing Cryptosporidium hominis and Cryptosporidium parvum infection.

Quantifying the attractiveness of broad-spectrum street lights to aerial nocturnal insects (2017)
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Wakefield, A., Broyles, M., Stone, E. L., Harris, S., & Jones, G. (2018). Quantifying the attractiveness of broad-spectrum street lights to aerial nocturnal insects. Journal of Applied Ecology, 55(2), 714-722. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13004

© 2017 The Authors. Journal of Applied Ecology Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of British Ecological Society Sodium street lights, dominated by long wavelengths of light, are being replaced by broad-spectrum, white lights globally, in... Read More about Quantifying the attractiveness of broad-spectrum street lights to aerial nocturnal insects.

The oncogenic transcription factor ERG represses the transcription of the tumour suppressor gene PTEN in prostate cancer cells (2017)
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Adamo, P., Porazinski, S., Rajatileka, S., Jumbe, S., Hagen, R., Cheung, M. K., …Ladomery, M. (2017). The oncogenic transcription factor ERG represses the transcription of the tumour suppressor gene PTEN in prostate cancer cells. Oncology Letters, 14(5), 5605-5610. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2017.6841

© 2017, Spandidos Publications. All rights reserved. The oncogene ETS-related gene (ERG) encodes a transcription factor with roles in the regulation of haematopoiesis, angiogenesis, vasculogenesis, inflammation, migration and invasion. The ERG oncoge... Read More about The oncogenic transcription factor ERG represses the transcription of the tumour suppressor gene PTEN in prostate cancer cells.

Basic mathematical errors may make ecological assessments unreliable (2017)
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Lintott, P. R., & Mathews, F. (2018). Basic mathematical errors may make ecological assessments unreliable. Biodiversity and Conservation, 27(1), 265-267. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-017-1418-5

© 2017, The Author(s). Environmental impact assessments (EIAs) are used globally as the evidence-base for planning decisions, yet their efficacy is uncertain. Given that EIAs are extremely expensive and are enshrined in legislation, their place in ev... Read More about Basic mathematical errors may make ecological assessments unreliable.

Development of a simple, low cost chronoamperometric assay for fructose based on a commercial graphite-nanoparticle modified screen-printed carbon electrode (2017)
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Nicholas, P., Pittson, R., & Hart, J. P. (2018). Development of a simple, low cost chronoamperometric assay for fructose based on a commercial graphite-nanoparticle modified screen-printed carbon electrode. Food Chemistry, 241, 122-126. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2017.08.077

© 2017 Elsevier Ltd This paper describes the development of a simple, low cost chronoamperometric assay, for the measurement of fructose, using a graphite-nanoparticle modified screen-printed electrode (SPCE-G-COOH). Cyclic voltammetry showed that th... Read More about Development of a simple, low cost chronoamperometric assay for fructose based on a commercial graphite-nanoparticle modified screen-printed carbon electrode.