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Astrocytes in a dish: Using pluripotent stem cells to model neurodegenerative and neurodevelopmental disorders (2017)
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Crompton, L. A., Cordero-Llana, O., & Caldwell, M. A. (2017). Astrocytes in a dish: Using pluripotent stem cells to model neurodegenerative and neurodevelopmental disorders. Brain Pathology, 27(4), 530-544. https://doi.org/10.1111/bpa.12522

Neuroscience and Neurobiology have historically been neuron biased, yet up to 40% of the cells in the brain are astrocytes. These cells are heterogeneous and regionally diverse but universally essential for brain homeostasis. Astrocytes regulate syna... Read More about Astrocytes in a dish: Using pluripotent stem cells to model neurodegenerative and neurodevelopmental disorders.

Divergent metabolic regulation of autophagy and mTORC1-early events in Alzheimer's disease? (2017)
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Harris, M., Shafei, M., & Conway, M. E. (2017). Divergent metabolic regulation of autophagy and mTORC1-early events in Alzheimer's disease?. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 9(JUN), https://doi.org/10.3389/fnagi.2017.00173

© 2017 Shafei, Harris and Conway. Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive disease associated with the production and deposition of amyloid β-peptide (Aβ) aggregates and neurofibrillary tangles, which lead to synaptic and neuronal damage. Reduced au... Read More about Divergent metabolic regulation of autophagy and mTORC1-early events in Alzheimer's disease?.

Exaggerated Sexual Swellings and the Probability of Conception in Wild Sanje Mangabeys (Cercocebus sanjei) (2017)
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Borries, C., Fernández, D., Doran-Sheehy, D., & Ehardt, C. L. (2017). Exaggerated Sexual Swellings and the Probability of Conception in Wild Sanje Mangabeys (Cercocebus sanjei). International Journal of Primatology, 38(3), 513-532. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10764-017-9961-1

© 2017, The Author(s). Females of several catarrhine primate species exhibit exaggerated sexual swellings that change in size and coloration during the menstrual cycle and, in some species, gestation. Although their function remains under debate, stu... Read More about Exaggerated Sexual Swellings and the Probability of Conception in Wild Sanje Mangabeys (Cercocebus sanjei).

Hollyweird science – A symposium at the 253rd annual meeting of the American Chemical Society. San Francisco 3 & 4 April 2017 (2017)
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Stengler, E. (2017). Hollyweird science – A symposium at the 253rd annual meeting of the American Chemical Society. San Francisco 3 & 4 April 2017. JCOM: Journal of Science Communication, 16(2),

Science in film is gaining attention from scientists and science communicators. Sixteen experts gathered at the 253rd Annual Meeting of the American Chemical Society to explore the role and relevance of science in film. An audience of researchers, ac... Read More about Hollyweird science – A symposium at the 253rd annual meeting of the American Chemical Society. San Francisco 3 & 4 April 2017.

Cheap and disposable gold and silver electrodes: Trends in the application of compact discs and digital versatile discs for electroanalytical chemistry (2017)
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Honeychurch, K. C. (2017). Cheap and disposable gold and silver electrodes: Trends in the application of compact discs and digital versatile discs for electroanalytical chemistry. Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 93, 51-66. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trac.2017.04.013

© 2017 Increasingly more reports have focused on the use of digital versatile discs (DVDs) and compact discs (CDs) for the fabrication of electrodes. The majority of discs use Al to reflect the laser. However, a notable percentage utilise Au or Ag. T... Read More about Cheap and disposable gold and silver electrodes: Trends in the application of compact discs and digital versatile discs for electroanalytical chemistry.

Hydrogen sulfide causes excision of a genomic island in Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola (2017)
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Neale, H., Deshappriya, N., Arnold, D. L., Wood, M. E., Whiteman, M., & Hancock, J. T. (2017). Hydrogen sulfide causes excision of a genomic island in Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola. European Journal of Plant Pathology, 149(4), 911-921. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10658-017-1240-7

© 2017, The Author(s). Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) is known to be an important signalling molecule in both animals and plants, despite its toxic nature. In plants it has been seen to control stomatal apertures, so altering the ability of bacteria to invad... Read More about Hydrogen sulfide causes excision of a genomic island in Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola.

Is electrolyte transfer across the urothelium important?: ICI-RS 2015 (2017)
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McCluskey, K., Vahabi, B., & Fry, C. (2017). Is electrolyte transfer across the urothelium important?: ICI-RS 2015

Abstract AIMS: This article summarizes discussion at the International Consultation on Incontinence Research Society (ICI-RS) 2015 meeting of urine modification in the urinary tract by the urothelium. It considers the literature and proposes pertin... Read More about Is electrolyte transfer across the urothelium important?: ICI-RS 2015.

Can we define and characterize the aging lower urinary tract?-ICI-RS 2015 (2017)
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Vahabi, B., Wagg, A. S., Rosier, P. F. W. M., Rademakers, K. L. J., Denys, M., Pontari, M., …Fry, C. H. (2017). Can we define and characterize the aging lower urinary tract?-ICI-RS 2015. Neurourology and Urodynamics, 36(4), 854-858. https://doi.org/10.1002/nau.23035

The prevalence of lower urinary tract (LUT) symptoms increases with age but the etiology is unknown. This article aims to identify research directions that clarify the basis of this association. The initial question is whether biological age is the v... Read More about Can we define and characterize the aging lower urinary tract?-ICI-RS 2015.

S-nitrosoglutathione spraying improves stomatal conductance, Rubisco activity and antioxidant defense in both leaves and roots of sugarcane plants under water deficit (2017)
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Silveira, N. M., Marcos, F. C., Frungillo, L., Moura, B. B., Seabra, A. B., Salgado, I., …Ribeiro, R. V. (2017). S-nitrosoglutathione spraying improves stomatal conductance, Rubisco activity and antioxidant defense in both leaves and roots of sugarcane plants under water deficit. Physiologia Plantarum, 160(4), 383-395. https://doi.org/10.1111/ppl.12575

© 2017 Scandinavian Plant Physiology Society Water deficit is a major environmental constraint on crop productivity and performance and nitric oxide (NO) is an important signaling molecule associated with many biochemical and physiological processes... Read More about S-nitrosoglutathione spraying improves stomatal conductance, Rubisco activity and antioxidant defense in both leaves and roots of sugarcane plants under water deficit.

Research Protocol for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Elder Abuse Prevalence Studies (2017)
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Wilber, K. H., Gassoumis, Z. D., Yon, Y., & Mikton, C. (2017). Research Protocol for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Elder Abuse Prevalence Studies. Canadian Journal on Aging / Revue canadienne du vieillissement, 36(2), 256-265. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0714980817000137

© 2017 Canadian Association on Gerontology. Elder abuse is an important public health and human rights issue, yet its true extent is not well understood. To address this, we will conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis of elder abuse prevalence... Read More about Research Protocol for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Elder Abuse Prevalence Studies.

Confocal microscopy reveals in planta dynamic interactions between pathogenic, avirulent and non-pathogenic Pseudomonas syringae strains (2017)
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Beuzón, C. R., Ruiz-Albert, J., Mansfield, J. W., Corry, D. S., Rufián, J. S., Macho, A. P., & Arnold, D. L. (2018). Confocal microscopy reveals in planta dynamic interactions between pathogenic, avirulent and non-pathogenic Pseudomonas syringae strains. Molecular Plant Pathology, 19(3), 537-551. https://doi.org/10.1111/mpp.12539

© 2017 BSPP AND JOHN WILEY & SONS LTD Recent advances in genomics and single-cell analysis have demonstrated the extraordinary complexity reached by microbial populations within their hosts. Communities range from complex multispecies groups to hom... Read More about Confocal microscopy reveals in planta dynamic interactions between pathogenic, avirulent and non-pathogenic Pseudomonas syringae strains.

Evidence towards the involvement of nitric oxide in drought tolerance of sugarcane (2017)
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Ribeiro, R. V., Silveira, N. M., Hancock, J. T., Frungillo, L., Siasou, E., Marcos, F. C., …Machado, E. C. (2017). Evidence towards the involvement of nitric oxide in drought tolerance of sugarcane. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 115, 354-359. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plaphy.2017.04.011

© 2017 Elsevier Masson SAS Exogenous supply of nitric oxide (NO) increases drought tolerance in sugarcane plants. However, little is known about the role of NO produced by plants under water deficit. The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis t... Read More about Evidence towards the involvement of nitric oxide in drought tolerance of sugarcane.

Conservation strategies for understanding and combating the primate bushmeat trade on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea (2017)
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Gonder, M. K., Esara Echube, J. M., Riaco, C., Cronin, D., Sesink Clee, P. R., Mitchell, M. W., …Mary Katherine, G. (2017). Conservation strategies for understanding and combating the primate bushmeat trade on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea. American Journal of Primatology, 79(11), https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.22663

© 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea is among the important places in Africa for the conservation of primates, but a cultural preference for bushmeat and a lack of effective law enforcement has encouraged commercial bushmeat... Read More about Conservation strategies for understanding and combating the primate bushmeat trade on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.

Can we define and characterize the aging lower urinary tract?—ICI-RS 2015 (2017)
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Fry, C. H., Nelson, P. P., Valentini, F. A., Rosier, P. F., Wagg, A. S., Vahabi, B., …Andersson, K. E. (2017). Can we define and characterize the aging lower urinary tract?—ICI-RS 2015. Neurourology and Urodynamics, 36(4), 854-858. https://doi.org/10.1002/nau.23035

© 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. The prevalence of lower urinary tract (LUT) symptoms increases with age but the etiology is unknown. This article aims to identify research directions that clarify the basis of this association. The initial question is... Read More about Can we define and characterize the aging lower urinary tract?—ICI-RS 2015.

Onset of Darcy-Brinkman convection with a uniform internal heat source and vertical throughflow (2017)
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Deepika, N., Narayana, P., & Hill, A. A. (2017). Onset of Darcy-Brinkman convection with a uniform internal heat source and vertical throughflow. International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 117, 136-144

The problem of thermal convection in a horizontal fluid saturated porous layer is examined, where the flow is governed by the Brinkman extension of Darcy's law. A uniform internal heat source and vertical throughflow are also considered. The linear a... Read More about Onset of Darcy-Brinkman convection with a uniform internal heat source and vertical throughflow.

Nigella sativa L. oil ameliorates insulin resistance caused by dexamethasone treatment in male Wistar rats (2017)
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Alli-oluwafuyi, A., Amin, A., Abdulmajeed, W. I., Imam, A., Niyi-odumosu, F., Abdulraheem, H., …Biliaminu, A. S. (2017). Nigella sativa L. oil ameliorates insulin resistance caused by dexamethasone treatment in male Wistar rats. African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, 11(11), 144-151. https://doi.org/10.5897/ajpp2016.4705

Dexamethasone is an anti-inflammatory glucocorticoid that may alter glucose and lipid homeostasis depending on the dose and/or duration of administration. Nigella sativa oil (NSO) can be used as potential modulator of intermediary glucose and lip... Read More about Nigella sativa L. oil ameliorates insulin resistance caused by dexamethasone treatment in male Wistar rats.

Double-diffusive Hadley–Prats flow in a horizontal porous layer with a concentration based internal heat source (2017)
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Matta, A., Narayana, P. A., & Hill, A. A. (2017). Double-diffusive Hadley–Prats flow in a horizontal porous layer with a concentration based internal heat source. Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications, 452(2), 1005-1018. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmaa.2017.03.039

© 2017 Elsevier Inc. Double-diffusive Hadley–Prats flow with a concentration based heat source is investigated through linear and non-linear stability analyses. The resultant eigenvalue problems for both theories are solved numerically using Shooting... Read More about Double-diffusive Hadley–Prats flow in a horizontal porous layer with a concentration based internal heat source.

Alkaline phosphatase binds tenaciously to titanium; implications for biological surface evaluation following bone implant retrieval (2017)
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Mansell, J., Shiel, A., Harwood, C., & Stephens, D. (2017). Alkaline phosphatase binds tenaciously to titanium; implications for biological surface evaluation following bone implant retrieval. Materials Science and Engineering: C, 76, 472-476. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msec.2017.03.119

© 2017 Elsevier B.V. Enhancing the performance and longevity of titanium (Ti) implants continues to be a significant developmental theme in contemporary biomaterials design. Our specific focus pertains to the surface functionalisation of Ti using the... Read More about Alkaline phosphatase binds tenaciously to titanium; implications for biological surface evaluation following bone implant retrieval.

Variants of the EAAT2 Glutamate Transporter Gene Promoter Are Associated with Cerebral Palsy in Preterm Infants (2017)
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Rajatileka, S., Odd, D., Robinson, M. T., Spittle, A. C., Dwomoh, L., Williams, M., …Varadi, A. (2018). Variants of the EAAT2 Glutamate Transporter Gene Promoter Are Associated with Cerebral Palsy in Preterm Infants. Molecular Neurobiology, 55(3), 2013-2024. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12035-017-0462-1

© 2017, The Author(s). Preterm delivery is associated with neurodevelopmental impairment caused by environmental and genetic factors. Dysfunction of the excitatory amino acid transporter 2 (EAAT2) and the resultant impaired glutamate uptake can lead... Read More about Variants of the EAAT2 Glutamate Transporter Gene Promoter Are Associated with Cerebral Palsy in Preterm Infants.