All Outputs (147)

Comparative analysis of 37 Acinetobacter bacteriophages (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. Members of the genus Acinetobacter are ubiquitous in the environment and the multipledrug resistant species A. baumannii is of significant clinical concern. This clinical relevance is currentl... Read More about Comparative analysis of 37 Acinetobacter bacteriophages.

A study of the analysis of acidic solutes by hydrophilic interaction chromatography (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017 Elsevier B.V. The analysis of acidic solutes was compared on a cross-linked bonded amino phase and a neutral hybrid inorganic-organic amide phase, previously shown to give reasonable retention of acidic solutes. The amino column gave strong se... Read More about A study of the analysis of acidic solutes by hydrophilic interaction chromatography.

Setting up a cohort study in speech and language therapy: Lessons from The UK Cleft Collective Speech and Language (CC-SL) Study (2017)
Journal Article

Background: Efforts to increase the evidence base in speech and language therapy are often limited by methodological factors which have restricted the strength of the evidence to the lower levels on the evidence hierarchy. Where higher graded studies... Read More about Setting up a cohort study in speech and language therapy: Lessons from The UK Cleft Collective Speech and Language (CC-SL) Study.

Ecobat: An online resource to facilitate transparent, evidence-based interpretation of bat activity data (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017 The Authors. Ecology and Evolution published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Acoustic surveys of bats are one of the techniques most commonly used by ecological practitioners. The results are used in Ecological Impact Assessments to assess the lik... Read More about Ecobat: An online resource to facilitate transparent, evidence-based interpretation of bat activity data.

Interaction of nitric oxide with auxin and ethylene signalling in Arabidopsis root gravitropism (2017)
Thesis

Gravitropism is required for the appropriate alignment of the plant root and shoot. According to the Cholodny-Went hypothesis, gravity induces asymmetric accumulation of auxin in the lower side of the root tissue. More recent studies on root gravitro... Read More about Interaction of nitric oxide with auxin and ethylene signalling in Arabidopsis root gravitropism.

Stand up and be heard, fear of public speaking workshops (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Keynote speech and one hour workshop on the fear of public speaking workshops for students in HE.

Empirical approaches for investigating the origins of structure in speech (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

© John Benjamins Publishing Company. In language evolution research, the use of computational and experimental methods to investigate the emergence of structure in language is exploding. In this review, we look exclusively at work exploring the emerg... Read More about Empirical approaches for investigating the origins of structure in speech.

Conventionalisation and discrimination as competing pressures on continuous speech-like signals (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

© John Benjamins Publishing Company. Arbitrary communication systems can emerge from iconic beginnings through processes of conventionalisation via interaction. Here, we explore whether this process of conventionalisation occurs with continuous, audi... Read More about Conventionalisation and discrimination as competing pressures on continuous speech-like signals.

Quantum pathogen evolution by integron-mediated effector capture (2017)
Thesis

Plant pathogenic Pseudomonads are responsible for the loss of millions of pounds in crop revenue each year. They export effector molecules via the type three secretion system into the plants’ cells in order to elicit disease. If the plant has the cor... Read More about Quantum pathogen evolution by integron-mediated effector capture.

Factors affecting engagement with informal science learning in Thailand: A regional perspective (2017)
Thesis

Abstract

There is currently minimal understanding as to how informal science learning affects young people’s scientific performance, attitudes and experiences at a regional level in Thailand. This thesis is the first to investigate this topic by... Read More about Factors affecting engagement with informal science learning in Thailand: A regional perspective.

Assessment of a combined gas chromatography mass spectrometer sensor system for detecting biologically relevant volatile compounds (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017 IOP Publishing Ltd. There have been a number of studies in which metal oxide sensors (MOS) have replaced conventional analytical detectors in gas chromatography systems. However, despite the use of these instruments in a range of applications... Read More about Assessment of a combined gas chromatography mass spectrometer sensor system for detecting biologically relevant volatile compounds.

The STARTEC decision support tool for better tradeoffs between food safety, quality, nutrition, and costs in production of advanced ready-to-eat foods (2017)
Journal Article

A prototype decision support IT-tool for the food industry was developed in the STARTEC project. Typical processes and decision steps were mapped using real life production scenarios of participating food companies manufacturing complex ready-to-eat... Read More about The STARTEC decision support tool for better tradeoffs between food safety, quality, nutrition, and costs in production of advanced ready-to-eat foods.

Physical conditions regulate the fungal to bacterial ratios of a tropical suspended soil (2017)
Journal Article

As a source of ‘suspended soils’, epiphytes contribute large amounts of organic matter to the canopy of tropical rain forests. Microbes associated with epiphytes are responsible for much of the nutrient cycling taking place in rain forest canopies. H... Read More about Physical conditions regulate the fungal to bacterial ratios of a tropical suspended soil.

Chernobyl; The disaster zone becomes a laboratory (2017)
Journal Article

Zapping plants with radiation might not initially appear useful, however Prof Neil Willey from the University of the West of England monitors the responses of plants under conditions similar to those at the infamous Chernobyl site, and for good reaso... Read More about Chernobyl; The disaster zone becomes a laboratory.

A novel mechanism linking memory stem cells with innate immunity in protection against HIV-1 infection (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017 The Author(s). HIV infection affects 37 million people and about 1.7 million are infected annually. Among the phase III clinical trials only the RV144 vaccine trial elicited significant protection against HIV-1 acquisition, but the efficacy an... Read More about A novel mechanism linking memory stem cells with innate immunity in protection against HIV-1 infection.

Hydrological legacy determines the type of enzyme inhibition in a peatlands chronosequence (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017 The Author(s). Peatland ecosystems contain one-third of the world's soil carbon store and many have been exposed to drought leading to a loss of carbon. Understanding biogeochemical mechanisms affecting decomposition in peatlands is essential... Read More about Hydrological legacy determines the type of enzyme inhibition in a peatlands chronosequence.

Hypoxia modulates the stem cell population and induces EMT in the MCF-10A breast epithelial cell line (2017)
Journal Article

A common feature among pre-malignant lesions is the induction of hypoxia through increased cell propagation and reduced access to blood flow. Hypoxia in breast cancer has been associated with poor patient prognosis, resistance to chemotherapy and inc... Read More about Hypoxia modulates the stem cell population and induces EMT in the MCF-10A breast epithelial cell line.

Temporal effects of disturbance on community composition in simulated stage-structured plant communities (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017 The Authors. Ecology and Evolution published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. In an era of global environmental change, understanding how disturbance affects the dynamics of ecological communities is crucial. However, few studies have theoretically... Read More about Temporal effects of disturbance on community composition in simulated stage-structured plant communities.

Statement to the UN OHCHR regional meeting for Europe, Central Asia and North America on the international decade for people of African descent (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This Regional Meeting on IDPAD hosted by UN OHCHR brought together stakeholders including civil society, academia, state parties and representatives of UN bodies to discuss interventions needed, where violations of ICESCR 1965 disproportionately dise... Read More about Statement to the UN OHCHR regional meeting for Europe, Central Asia and North America on the international decade for people of African descent.

Towards promoting effectiveness in research and dealing with the brain drain problem — A focus on Nigeria (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution