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Method and apparatus for monitoring gas concentration in a fluid (2011)
Patent
Lam, J., Ratcliffe, N. M., & Smith, S. (2011). Method and apparatus for monitoring gas concentration in a fluid. US8081313 B2

A monitor for monitoring gas concentration in an aerospace application is described, one such application being measuring the concentration of oxygen in or next to aviation fuel. The monitor comprises: a substance, the spectroscopic properties of whi... Read More about Method and apparatus for monitoring gas concentration in a fluid.

Understanding local differences in small-scale fisheries: A comparison of two fishing settlements in Antsiranana Bay, Northern Madagascar (2011)
Journal Article
Narozanski, A. J., Belle, E. M., & Steer, M. D. (2011). Understanding local differences in small-scale fisheries: A comparison of two fishing settlements in Antsiranana Bay, Northern Madagascar. Madagascar conservation and development, 6(2), 68-77. https://doi.org/10.4314/mcd.v6i2.5

The small - scale fishery in Antsiranana Bay, northern Madagascar, constitutes a very active industry with fishers using multiple methods based on traditional techniques. In this first study of the fishing activities in Antsiranana Bay, two villages... Read More about Understanding local differences in small-scale fisheries: A comparison of two fishing settlements in Antsiranana Bay, Northern Madagascar.

Engaging and assessing impact: Moving forward (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Weitkamp, E., Wilkinson, C., & Knetsch, M. (2011, November). Engaging and assessing impact: Moving forward. Presented at NCCPE Engage 2011 Conference, Bristol, UK

The workshop aimed to explore recent methods taken to assess the impact of different approaches to public engagement, specifically focusing on public engagement through festivals and media; and to consider some problematic aspects of assessing the i... Read More about Engaging and assessing impact: Moving forward.

Expression of lumican in the synovial fluid of patients with osteoarthritis (OA) (2011)
Journal Article
Quasnichka, H., Kerr, B. C., Jones, P., Morgan, A., Hughes, C., & Caterson, B. (2011). Expression of lumican in the synovial fluid of patients with osteoarthritis (OA). International Journal of Experimental Pathology, 92(6), A1-A38. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2613.2011.00780.x

Introduction Fragmentation of small leucine rich proteogly- cans (SLRPs), including decorin, biglycan, lumican, keratocan and fibromodulin, has been shown to occur in osteoarthritic articular cartilage (Melrose et al. 2008). We have previously sh... Read More about Expression of lumican in the synovial fluid of patients with osteoarthritis (OA).

Logical and arithmetic circuits in Belousov-Zhabotinsky encapsulated disks (2011)
Journal Article
Holley, J., Jahan, I., De Lacy Costello, B., Bull, L., & Adamatzky, A. (2011). Logical and arithmetic circuits in Belousov-Zhabotinsky encapsulated disks. Physical Review E, 84(5), 056110. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.84.056110

Excitation waves on a subexcitable Belousov-Zhabotinsky (BZ) substrate can be manipulated by chemical variations in the substrate and by interactions with other waves. Symbolic assignment and interpretation of wave dynamics can be used to perform log... Read More about Logical and arithmetic circuits in Belousov-Zhabotinsky encapsulated disks.

Neuromorphic computing with memristors: Preliminary experimental results (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Gale, E., de Lacy Costello, B., & Adamatzky, A. (2011, November). Neuromorphic computing with memristors: Preliminary experimental results. Poster presented at Building Bridges to Build Brains, Edinburgh

Individual memristors have been observed demonstrating neuron-like spiking patterns. It has been shown elsewhere that memristors provide superior modelling for neurons then the Hodgkin-Huxley model. Due to these results we expect memristors to be e... Read More about Neuromorphic computing with memristors: Preliminary experimental results.

β-catenin represses expression of the tumour suppressor 15-prostaglandin dehydrogenase in the normal intestinal epithelium and colorectal tumour cells (2011)
Journal Article
Huelsken, J., Smartt, H. J., Greenhough, A., Ordóñez-Morán, P., Talero, E., Cherry, C. A., …Paraskeva, C. (2012). β-catenin represses expression of the tumour suppressor 15-prostaglandin dehydrogenase in the normal intestinal epithelium and colorectal tumour cells. Gut, 61(9), 1306-1314. https://doi.org/10.1136/gutjnl-2011-300817

Background: Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) overexpression in colorectal cancer increases levels of its protumorigenic product prostaglandin E2 (PGE2). The recently identified colorectal tumour suppressor 15-prostaglandin dehydrogenase (15-PGDH) catalyses p... Read More about β-catenin represses expression of the tumour suppressor 15-prostaglandin dehydrogenase in the normal intestinal epithelium and colorectal tumour cells.

Signalling of DNA damage and cytokines across cell barriers exposed to nanoparticles depends on barrier thickness (2011)
Journal Article
Sood, A., Salih, S., Roh, D., Lacharme-Lora, L., Parry, M., Hardiman, B., …Case, C. P. (2011). Signalling of DNA damage and cytokines across cell barriers exposed to nanoparticles depends on barrier thickness. Nature Nanotechnology, 6(12), 824-833. https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2011.188

The use of nanoparticles in medicine is ever increasing, and it is important to understand their targeted and non-targeted effects. We have previously shown that nanoparticles can cause DNA damage to cells cultured below a cellular barrier without cr... Read More about Signalling of DNA damage and cytokines across cell barriers exposed to nanoparticles depends on barrier thickness.

Application of bacterial bioluminescence to assess the efficacy of fast-acting biocides (2011)
Journal Article
Robinson, G., Tonks, K. M., Thorn, R., & Reynolds, D. M. (2011). Application of bacterial bioluminescence to assess the efficacy of fast-acting biocides. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 55(11), 5214-5219. https://doi.org/10.1128/AAC.00489-11

Traditional microbiological techniques are used to provide reliable data on the rate and extent of kill for a range of biocides. However, such techniques provide very limited data regarding the initial rate of kill of fast-acting biocides over very s... Read More about Application of bacterial bioluminescence to assess the efficacy of fast-acting biocides.

Macrobenthic assemblage structure in a cool-temperate intertidal dwarf eelgrass bed in comparison with those from lower latitudes (2011)
Journal Article
Barnes, R. S. K., & Ellwood, M. D. F. (2011). Macrobenthic assemblage structure in a cool-temperate intertidal dwarf eelgrass bed in comparison with those from lower latitudes. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 104(3), 527-540. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8312.2011.01738.x

The evolution and ecology of latitudinal patterns in marine macrofaunal biodiversity and assemblage structure are contentious. With the aim of investigating the occurrence of such patterns in intertidal dwarf eelgrass beds (Nanozosteraspp.), those at... Read More about Macrobenthic assemblage structure in a cool-temperate intertidal dwarf eelgrass bed in comparison with those from lower latitudes.

Colon tumour cells increase PGE 2 by regulating COX-2 and 15-PGDH to promote survival during the microenvironmental stress of glucose deprivation (2011)
Journal Article
Williams, A. C., Moore, A. E., Smartt, H. J., Roberts, H. R., Greenhough, A., & Paraskeva, C. (2011). Colon tumour cells increase PGE 2 by regulating COX-2 and 15-PGDH to promote survival during the microenvironmental stress of glucose deprivation. Carcinogenesis, 32(11), 1741-1747. https://doi.org/10.1093/carcin/bgr210

Due to poor tumour-associated vasculature, tumour cells are subjected to a fluctuating microenvironment with periods of limited oxygen and glucose availability. Adaptive mechanisms to adverse microenvironments are important for tumour cell survival.... Read More about Colon tumour cells increase PGE 2 by regulating COX-2 and 15-PGDH to promote survival during the microenvironmental stress of glucose deprivation.

The significance of shore height in intertidal macrobenthic seagrass ecology and conservation (2011)
Journal Article
Barnes, R. S., & Ellwood, M. D. F. (2011). The significance of shore height in intertidal macrobenthic seagrass ecology and conservation. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 21(7), 614-624. https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.1234

Benthic faunal assemblages of an intertidal seagrass bed were sampled at three shore heights (LWN, MLW, LWS) at the mouth, mid-point and head of the Steenbok Channel in South Africa's premier seagrass site, the warm-temperate Knysna estuarine bay, Ga... Read More about The significance of shore height in intertidal macrobenthic seagrass ecology and conservation.

Aminotransferases (2011)
Book Chapter
Conway, M. E. (2011). Aminotransferases. In J. D'Mello (Ed.), Amino Acids in Human Nutrition and Health (24-41). CABI

The aminotransferases are PLP dependent proteins which catalyze the transfer of an amino group from the donor amino acid to α-ketoglutarate, forming glutamate and the respective keto acids. Several key aminotransferase proteins have been identified a... Read More about Aminotransferases.

New developments in printable biosensors (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Killard, A. (2011, October). New developments in printable biosensors. Presented at Printed Electronics Exploitation Programme: Innovative applications enabled by printable electronics, Institute of Materials, Mining and Minerals, London, UK

Electrochemical sensing devices: From printed materials to printed integration (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Killard, A. (2011, October). Electrochemical sensing devices: From printed materials to printed integration. Presented at 2nd International Conference on Bio-Sensing Technology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

In an analogy with silicon-based electronics, novel sensing and biosensing technologies must keep pace with the demands of increased sophistication, greater functionality, improved performance, and greater intelligence while still being low cost and... Read More about Electrochemical sensing devices: From printed materials to printed integration.

Printed polyaniline-modified interdigitated electrodes for detection and quantification of ammonia in breath (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Hibbard, T., Crowley, K., Smyth, M., & Killard, A. (2011, October). Printed polyaniline-modified interdigitated electrodes for detection and quantification of ammonia in breath. Poster presented at 2nd International Conference on Bio-Sensing Technology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

A range of pathological conditions can lead to elevated blood ammonia and urea nitrogen levels. These include kidney and liver dysfunction and urea cycle defects. These conditions result in severe reduction in quality and quantity of life. Blood nitr... Read More about Printed polyaniline-modified interdigitated electrodes for detection and quantification of ammonia in breath.

Contributions to reversed-phase column selectivity. II. Cation exchange (2011)
Journal Article
Marchand, D. H., Carr, P. W., McCalley, D. V., Neue, U. D., Dolan, J. W., & Snyder, L. R. (2011). Contributions to reversed-phase column selectivity. II. Cation exchange. Journal of Chromatography A, 1218(40), 7110-7129. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chroma.2011.07.085

The contribution of cation exchange to solute retention for type-B alkylsilica columns (made from high-purity silica) has been examined in terms of the hydrophobic-subtraction (H-S) model of reversed-phase column selectivity. The relative importance... Read More about Contributions to reversed-phase column selectivity. II. Cation exchange.

Dimensional modelling of the fuel outgassing phenomenon: Improving flammability assessment of aircraft fuel tanks (2011)
Journal Article
Harris, A. P., & Ratcliffe, N. M. (2011). Dimensional modelling of the fuel outgassing phenomenon: Improving flammability assessment of aircraft fuel tanks

Fuel outgassing (oxygen evolution) within aircraft fuel tanks presents a serious flammability hazard. Time constants representing oxygen transfer rate, from the fuel into a tank’s ullage, are used to model the effect of outgassing on tank flammabilit... Read More about Dimensional modelling of the fuel outgassing phenomenon: Improving flammability assessment of aircraft fuel tanks.