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A systematic investigation of the effect of sample diluent on peak shape in hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography (2010)
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Ruta, J., Rudaz, S., McCalley, D. V., Veuthey, J. L., & Guillarme, D. (2010). A systematic investigation of the effect of sample diluent on peak shape in hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography. Journal of Chromatography A, 1217(52), 8230-8240. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chroma.2010.10.106

The aim of this study was to evaluate the importance of sample diluents to improve peak shapes in hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography (HILIC), using low molecular weight (

Evidence for local declines in Tanzania's puku antelope (Kobus vardoni Livingstone, 1857) population between 1999 and 2003 (2010)
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Lamontagne-Godwin, J., Bonnington, C., Steer, M. D., Owen, N., & Grainger, M. (2010). Evidence for local declines in Tanzania's puku antelope (Kobus vardoni Livingstone, 1857) population between 1999 and 2003. African Journal of Ecology, 48(4), 1139-1142. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2028.2010.01224.x

Introduction The Kilombero Valley in Tanzania holds c. 75% of the world’s puku antelope (Kobus vardoni), which is an estimated 50,000–60,000 individuals (East, 1998; Jenkins, Maliti & Corti, 2003). Globally, survival of this species is closely rela... Read More about Evidence for local declines in Tanzania's puku antelope (Kobus vardoni Livingstone, 1857) population between 1999 and 2003.

A novel hydrogen sulfide donor causes stomatal opening and reduces nitric oxide accumulation (2010)
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Lisjak, M., Srivastava, N., Teklic, T., Civale, L., Lewandowski, K., Wilson, I. D., …Hancock, J. T. (2010). A novel hydrogen sulfide donor causes stomatal opening and reduces nitric oxide accumulation. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 48(12), 931-935. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plaphy.2010.09.016

Effects of hydrogen sulfide (H2S) on plant physiology have been previously studied, but such studies have relied on the use of NaSH as a method for supplying H2S to tissues. Now new compounds which give a less severe H2S shock and a more prolonged ex... Read More about A novel hydrogen sulfide donor causes stomatal opening and reduces nitric oxide accumulation.

A bioluminescent microbial biosensor for in vitro pretreatment assessment of cytarabine efficacy in leukemia (2010)
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Salisbury, V. C., Hill, P. J., Angell, J. E., Ruddock, M. W., Martin, A. D., Alloush, H. M., …Mehta, P. (2010). A bioluminescent microbial biosensor for in vitro pretreatment assessment of cytarabine efficacy in leukemia. Clinical Chemistry, 56(12), 1862-1870. https://doi.org/10.1373/clinchem.2010.145581

BACKGROUND: The nucleoside analog cytarabine (Ara-C [cytosine arabinoside]) is the key agent for treating acute myeloid leukemia (AML); however, up to 30% of patients fail to respond to treatment. Screening of patient blood samples to determine drug... Read More about A bioluminescent microbial biosensor for in vitro pretreatment assessment of cytarabine efficacy in leukemia.

Phylogeny can be used to make useful predictions of soil-to-plant transfer factors for radionuclides (2010)
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Willey, N. (2010). Phylogeny can be used to make useful predictions of soil-to-plant transfer factors for radionuclides. Radiation and Environmental Biophysics, 49(4), 613-623. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00411-010-0320-2

Soil-to-plant transfer of radionuclides can be related to plant evolutionary history (phylogeny). For some species and radionuclides the effect is significant enough to be useful in predicting Transfer Factors (TFs). Here a Residual Maximum Likelihoo... Read More about Phylogeny can be used to make useful predictions of soil-to-plant transfer factors for radionuclides.

Assessment of the influence of different sample processing and cold storage duration on plant free proline content analyses (2010)
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Andrić, L., ParadIković, N., Stanisavljević, A., ŠPoljarević, M., Teklić, T., Lisjak, M., …Hancock, J. T. (2010). Assessment of the influence of different sample processing and cold storage duration on plant free proline content analyses. Phytochemical Analysis, 21(6), 561-565. https://doi.org/10.1002/pca.1233

Introduction - A method which is widely accepted for the analysis of free proline content in plant tissues is based on the use of 3% sulfosalicylic acid as an extractant, followed by spectrophotometric quantification of a proline-ninhydrin complex in... Read More about Assessment of the influence of different sample processing and cold storage duration on plant free proline content analyses.

Vinblastine and diethylstilboestrol tested in the in vitro mammalian cell micronucleus test (MNvit) at Swansea University UK in support of OECD draft Test Guideline 487 (2010)
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Doak, S. H., Thomas, A. D., Johnson, G. E., Jenkins, G. J., & Thomas, A. D. (2010). Vinblastine and diethylstilboestrol tested in the in vitro mammalian cell micronucleus test (MNvit) at Swansea University UK in support of OECD draft Test Guideline 487. Mutation Research - Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis, 702(2), 189-192. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mrgentox.2009.07.014

The known aneugens vinblastine and diethylstilboestrol (DES) were tested in the in vitro micronucleus assay, with and without cytokinesis block in Chinese hamster CHO cells, at the laboratories of Swansea University, Swansea, UK. These experiments we... Read More about Vinblastine and diethylstilboestrol tested in the in vitro mammalian cell micronucleus test (MNvit) at Swansea University UK in support of OECD draft Test Guideline 487.

Continuous fluorescence excitation-emission matrix monitoring of river organic matter (2010)
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Carstea, E. M., Baker, A., Bieroza, M., & Reynolds, D. M. (2010). Continuous fluorescence excitation-emission matrix monitoring of river organic matter. Water Research, 44(18), 5356-5366. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2010.06.036

Real-time fluorescence monitoring has been mostly performed in marine systems, with little progress being made in the application of fluorescence excitation-emission matrix (EEM) spectroscopy, especially for freshwater monitoring. This paper presents... Read More about Continuous fluorescence excitation-emission matrix monitoring of river organic matter.

Confocal imaging of pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola colony development in bean reveals reduced multiplication of strains containing the genomic island PPHGI-1 (2010)
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Mansfield, J. W., Godfrey, S., Mansfield, J. W., Corry, D., Lovell, H., Jackson, R., & Arnold, D. L. (2010). Confocal imaging of pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola colony development in bean reveals reduced multiplication of strains containing the genomic island PPHGI-1. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, 23(10), 1294-1302. https://doi.org/10.1094/MPMI-05-10-0114

Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola is the seed borne causativeagent of halo blight in the common bean Phaseolus vulgaris. Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola race 4 strain 1302A contains the avirulence gene hopAR1 (located on a 106-kb genomic is... Read More about Confocal imaging of pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola colony development in bean reveals reduced multiplication of strains containing the genomic island PPHGI-1.

Podologues: Conversations created by science podcasts (2010)
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Birch, H., & Weitkamp, E. (2010). Podologues: Conversations created by science podcasts. New Media and Society, 12(6), 889-909. https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444809356333

Podcasts are media files that can be automatically aggregated and downloaded via the internet, and transferred to portable media players. Combined with online discussion facilities, podcasts represent flexible and potentially valuable tools for commu... Read More about Podologues: Conversations created by science podcasts.

Comparative genome analysis provides insights into the evolution and adaptation of Pseudomonas syringae pv. aesculi on Aesculus hippocastanum (2010)
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Laue, B. E., Studholme, D. J., Green, S., Dorati, F., Lovell, H., Arnold, D. L., …Kamoun, S. (2010). Comparative genome analysis provides insights into the evolution and adaptation of Pseudomonas syringae pv. aesculi on Aesculus hippocastanum. PLoS ONE, 5(4), e10224. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0010224

A recently emerging bleeding canker disease, caused by Pseudomonas syringae pathovar aesculi (Pae), is threatening European horse chestnut in northwest Europe. Very little is known about the origin and biology of this new disease. We used the nucleot... Read More about Comparative genome analysis provides insights into the evolution and adaptation of Pseudomonas syringae pv. aesculi on Aesculus hippocastanum.

Nonlinear stability of the one-domain approach to modelling convection in superposed fluid and porous layers (2010)
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Hill, A. A., & Carr, M. (2010). Nonlinear stability of the one-domain approach to modelling convection in superposed fluid and porous layers. Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 466(2121), 2695-2705. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2010.0014

Studies of the nonlinear stability of fluid/porous systems have been developed very recently. A two-domain modelling approach has been adopted in previous works, but was restricted to specific configurations. The extension to the more general case of... Read More about Nonlinear stability of the one-domain approach to modelling convection in superposed fluid and porous layers.

The effects of plant traits and phylogeny on soil-to-plant transfer of 99Tc (2010)
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Hicks, S., McEwen, A., Tang, S., & Willey, N. (2010). The effects of plant traits and phylogeny on soil-to-plant transfer of 99Tc. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 101(9), 757-766. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2010.04.019

Assessments of the behaviour of 99Tc in terrestrial environments necessitate predicting soil-to-plant transfer. An experiment with 116 plant taxa showed that 99Tc transfer to plants was positively related to plant dry weight but negatively related to... Read More about The effects of plant traits and phylogeny on soil-to-plant transfer of 99Tc.

Identification of PDL-1 as a novel biomarker of sensitizer exposure in dendritic-like cells (2010)
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Williams, E. H., Williams, C. A., & McLeod, J. D. (2010). Identification of PDL-1 as a novel biomarker of sensitizer exposure in dendritic-like cells. Toxicology in Vitro, 24(6), 1727-1735. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tiv.2010.05.008

The development of novel in vitro methods to assess risks of allergic sensitization are essential in reducing animal testing whilst maintaining consumer safety. The main research objectives of this study were to identify novel biomarkers to assess th... Read More about Identification of PDL-1 as a novel biomarker of sensitizer exposure in dendritic-like cells.

Plant responses to cold: transcriptome analysis of wheat (2010)
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Winfield, M. O., Lu, C., Wilson, I. D., Coghill, J. A., & Edwards, K. J. (2010). Plant responses to cold: transcriptome analysis of wheat. Plant Biotechnology Journal, 8(7), 749-771. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-7652.2010.00536.x

Temperature and light are important environmental stimuli that have a profound influence on the growth and development of plants. Wheat varieties can be divided on the basis of whether they require an extended period of cold to flower (vernalization)... Read More about Plant responses to cold: transcriptome analysis of wheat.

Perceptions of nonhuman primates in human-wildlife conflict scenarios (2010)
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Hill, C. M., & Webber, A. D. (2010). Perceptions of nonhuman primates in human-wildlife conflict scenarios. American Journal of Primatology, 72(10), 919-924. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.20845

Nonhuman primates (referred to as primates in this study) are sometimes revered as gods, abhorred as evil spirits, killed for food because they damage crops, or butchered for sport. Primates' perceived similarity to humans places them in an anomalous... Read More about Perceptions of nonhuman primates in human-wildlife conflict scenarios.

Pyrethroid resistance in Aedes aegypti from Grand Cayman (2010)
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Harris, A. F., Rajatileka, S., & Ranson, H. (2010). Pyrethroid resistance in Aedes aegypti from Grand Cayman. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 83(2), 277-284. https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.2010.09-0623

The Grand Cayman population of Aedes aegypti is highly resistant to DDT and pyrethroid insecticides. Glutathione transferase, cytochrome P450, and esterase levels were increased in the Grand Cayman population relative to a susceptible laboratory stra... Read More about Pyrethroid resistance in Aedes aegypti from Grand Cayman.

The relation between trust beliefs and loneliness during early childhood, middle childhood, and adulthood (2010)
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Rotenberg, K. J., Addis, N., Betts, L. R., Corrigan, A., Fox, C., Hobson, Z., …Boulton, M. J. (2010). The relation between trust beliefs and loneliness during early childhood, middle childhood, and adulthood. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 36(8), 1086-1100. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167210374957

Four studies examined the relation between trust and loneliness. Studies 1, 2, and 3 showed that trust beliefs negatively predicted changes in loneliness during early childhood (5-7 years), middle childhood (9-11 years), and young adulthood (18-21 ye... Read More about The relation between trust beliefs and loneliness during early childhood, middle childhood, and adulthood.