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An electrochemical sensor device for measuring blood ammonia at the point of care (2017)
Journal Article
Brannelly, N. T., & Killard, A. (2017). An electrochemical sensor device for measuring blood ammonia at the point of care. Talanta, 167, 296-301. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.talanta.2017.02.025

The level of ammonia in blood is relevant in a number of medical conditions. While ammonia is a marker of dysfunction, elevated ammonia is itself a serious medical emergency and can lead to significant and permanent neurological impairment if not add... Read More about An electrochemical sensor device for measuring blood ammonia at the point of care.

Harnessing evolutionary toxins for signaling: Reactive oxygen species, nitric oxide and hydrogen sulfide in plant cell regulation (2017)
Journal Article
Hancock, J. T. (2017). Harnessing evolutionary toxins for signaling: Reactive oxygen species, nitric oxide and hydrogen sulfide in plant cell regulation. Frontiers in Plant Science, 8, 189. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2017.00189

© 2017 Hancock. During the early periods of evolution, as well as in niche environments today, organisms have had to learn to tolerate the presence of many reactive compounds, such as reactive oxygen species, nitric oxide, and hydrogen sulfide. It is... Read More about Harnessing evolutionary toxins for signaling: Reactive oxygen species, nitric oxide and hydrogen sulfide in plant cell regulation.

Potential molecular mimicry between the human endogenous retrovirus W family envelope proteins and myelin proteins in multiple sclerosis (2017)
Journal Article
Ramasamy, R., Joseph, B., & Whittall, T. (2017). Potential molecular mimicry between the human endogenous retrovirus W family envelope proteins and myelin proteins in multiple sclerosis. Immunology Letters, 183, 79-85. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.imlet.2017.02.003

© 2017 European Federation of Immunological Societies Multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune disease caused by the destruction of the myelin sheath in the central nervous system. The major target molecules for the immune response are the myelin basic pr... Read More about Potential molecular mimicry between the human endogenous retrovirus W family envelope proteins and myelin proteins in multiple sclerosis.

GM risk assessment: Pollen carriage from Brassica napus to B. rapa varies widely between pollinators (2017)
Journal Article
Wilkinson, M. J., Ford, C. S., Ronca, S., Allainguillaume, J., & Warren, J. (2017). GM risk assessment: Pollen carriage from Brassica napus to B. rapa varies widely between pollinators. Basic and Applied Ecology, 19, 36-44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2017.01.007

© 2017 Gesellschaft für Ökologie Characterizing insect pollen carriage between closely related plant species is especially challenging where source species possess morphologically identical pollen and share many pollinators in common. Here, we use an... Read More about GM risk assessment: Pollen carriage from Brassica napus to B. rapa varies widely between pollinators.

An extended dose-response model for microbial responses to ionizing radiation (2017)
Journal Article
Siasou, E., Johnson, D., & Willey, N. (2017). An extended dose-response model for microbial responses to ionizing radiation. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 5, Article 6. https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2017.00006

© 2017 Siasou, Johnson and Willey. An understanding of the environmental toxicology of ionizing radiation (IR) is needed because nuclear power production is expanding and there is increasing pressure to build nuclear waste repositories. The effects o... Read More about An extended dose-response model for microbial responses to ionizing radiation.

Therapists’ and non-therapists’ constructions of heterosex: A story completion study (2017)
Thesis
A story completion study. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/899220

This thesis explores the discourses underpinning therapists’ and non-therapists’ constructions of sexual experimentation and masturbation in heterosexual relationships. A constructionist thematic analysis of 200 story completions written by 58 therap... Read More about Therapists’ and non-therapists’ constructions of heterosex: A story completion study.

Characterisation and genome sequence of the lytic Acinetobacter baumannii bacteriophage vB-AbaS-Loki (2017)
Journal Article
Turner, D., Wand, M. E., Briers, Y., Lavigne, R., Sutton, J. M., & Reynolds, D. M. (2017). Characterisation and genome sequence of the lytic Acinetobacter baumannii bacteriophage vB-AbaS-Loki. PLoS ONE, 12(2), e0172303. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0172303

© 2017 Turner et al.This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are cred... Read More about Characterisation and genome sequence of the lytic Acinetobacter baumannii bacteriophage vB-AbaS-Loki.

The challenge of preparing teams for the European robotics league: Emergency (2017)
Journal Article
Ferreira, F., Röning, J., Kauppinen, M., Pitkänen, V., Kemppainen, A., Tikanmäki, A., …Sosa, D. (2017). The challenge of preparing teams for the European robotics league: Emergency. https://doi.org/10.2352/ISSN.2470-1173.2017.9.IRIACV-261

© 2017, Society for Imaging Science and Technology. ERL Emergency is an outdoor multi-domain robotic competition inspired by the 2011 Fukushima accident. The ERL Emergency Challenge requires teams of land, underwater and flying robots to work togethe... Read More about The challenge of preparing teams for the European robotics league: Emergency.

Assessing the ecological impact of banana farms on water quality using aquatic macroinvertebrate community composition (2017)
Journal Article
Svensson, O., Bellamy, A. S., Van den Brink, P. J., Tedengren, M., & Gunnarsson, J. S. (2018). Assessing the ecological impact of banana farms on water quality using aquatic macroinvertebrate community composition. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 25(14), 13373-13381. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-016-8248-y

In Costa Rica, considerable effort goes to conservation and protection of biodiversity, while at the same time agricultural pesticide use is among the highest in the world. Several protected areas, some being wetlands or marine reserves, are situated... Read More about Assessing the ecological impact of banana farms on water quality using aquatic macroinvertebrate community composition.

How tropical epiphytes at the Eden Project contribute to rainforest canopy science (2017)
Journal Article
Donald, J., Maxfield, P., Murray, D., & Ellwood, M. D. F. (2017). How tropical epiphytes at the Eden Project contribute to rainforest canopy science. Sibbaldia: The International Journal of Botanic Garden Horticulture, 14, 55-68. https://doi.org/10.24823/Sibbaldia.2016.188

Understanding the ecological patterns and ecosystem processes of tropical rainforest canopies is becoming increasingly urgent in the face of widespread deforestation. However, accessing rainforest canopies is far from simple, and performing manipulat... Read More about How tropical epiphytes at the Eden Project contribute to rainforest canopy science.

The determination of uric acid in human saliva by liquid chromatography with electrochemical detection (2017)
Journal Article
Honeychurch, K. C. (2017). The determination of uric acid in human saliva by liquid chromatography with electrochemical detection

A method employing high-performance liquid chromatography with electrochemical detection (LC-ED) has been successfully developed for the determination of uric acid in human salvia. The optimal chromatographic conditions were found to comprise a mobil... Read More about The determination of uric acid in human saliva by liquid chromatography with electrochemical detection.

Nitric oxide signalling in plants (2017)
Book Chapter
Hancock, J. T., Wilson, H. R., & Neill, S. (2017). Nitric oxide signalling in plants. In eLS. Chichester: Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9780470015902.a0020109.pub2

Nitric oxide (NO) is a small simple molecule but one which is instrumental in cell signalling in a range of organisms including plants. It is a gas, often found in the form of a radical. It is produced in cells in an orchestrated manner, usually by d... Read More about Nitric oxide signalling in plants.

Coupled electrochemical mass spectrometry investigations of the oxidation of nicotine and its determination in third-hand smoke by liquid chromatography electrochemical detection (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Peng, X., boujtita, M., Bowdler, P., & Honeychurch, K. C. (2017, January). Coupled electrochemical mass spectrometry investigations of the oxidation of nicotine and its determination in third-hand smoke by liquid chromatography electrochemical detection. Paper presented at CRIB Annual Meeting 2017, Bristol, England

The electrochemistry of nicotine Electrochemical mass spectrometry of nicotine What is third-hand smoke? Why is it important environmentally? Liquid chromatography electrochemical detection of third-hand smoke Conclusions

Enhanced output voltage generation via ZnO nanowires (50nm): Effect of diameter thinning on voltage enhancement (2017)
Journal Article
Ahmad, M., Iqbal, M. A., Kiely, J., Luxton, R. W., & Jabeen, M. (2017). Enhanced output voltage generation via ZnO nanowires (50nm): Effect of diameter thinning on voltage enhancement. Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, 104, 281-285. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpcs.2017.01.006

© 2017 Elsevier Ltd 50nm ZnO nanowires were grown on indium tin oxide (ITO) coated poly ethylene terephthalate (PET) substrates by adapting facile aqueous growth technique using low temperature and vacuum conditions. Prior to growth of ZnO nanowires,... Read More about Enhanced output voltage generation via ZnO nanowires (50nm): Effect of diameter thinning on voltage enhancement.

Mapping post-glacial expansions: The peopling of Southwest Asia (2017)
Journal Article
Platt, D. E., Haber, M., Dagher-Kharrat, M. B., Douaihy, B., Khazen, G., Ashrafian Bonab, M., …Zalloua, P. A. (2017). Mapping post-glacial expansions: The peopling of Southwest Asia. Scientific Reports, 7(1), Article 40338. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep40338

Archaeological, palaeontological and geological evidence shows that post-glacial warming released human populations from their various climate-bound refugia. Yet specific connections between these refugia and the timing and routes of post-glacial mig... Read More about Mapping post-glacial expansions: The peopling of Southwest Asia.

Changes in new recruits’ motivation and intentions to use a learning portfolio: A longitudinal investigation (2017)
Journal Article
Tombs, M., & Morgan, P. (2017). Changes in new recruits’ motivation and intentions to use a learning portfolio: A longitudinal investigation. Police Journal, 91(2), 188-202. https://doi.org/10.1177/0032258X17699227

The purpose of the study was to examine motivation and intentions to complete a learning portfolio. Seventy newly recruited Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) at a UK police constabulary completed questionnaires at four different time points d... Read More about Changes in new recruits’ motivation and intentions to use a learning portfolio: A longitudinal investigation.

The effectiveness of deterrent measures to minimize disturbance impacts to breeding European nightjar at an upland wind farm site in South Wales, UK (2017)
Journal Article
Shewring, M. P., & Vafidis, J. (2017). The effectiveness of deterrent measures to minimize disturbance impacts to breeding European nightjar at an upland wind farm site in South Wales, UK. Conservation Evidence, 14, 58-60

The Pen y Cymoedd windfarm in South Wales, UK, is set in an upland area currently dominated by coniferous forestry with a varied age structure resulting from standard forestry management practices. The site supports an important population of Europe... Read More about The effectiveness of deterrent measures to minimize disturbance impacts to breeding European nightjar at an upland wind farm site in South Wales, UK.

Having it all: Ownership in open science (2017)
Book Chapter
Grand, A. (2017). Having it all: Ownership in open science. In F. Mellor, & S. Webster (Eds.), The Silences of Science: gaps and pauses in the communication of science (241-252). Abingdon: Routledge

If, as the communications scholar Miriam Metzger (2007) suggested, in the digital environment nearly anyone can be an author, in the open science environment nearly anyone can be a producer, consumer or analyser of data. At its most complete, the phi... Read More about Having it all: Ownership in open science.

Competition of reactive signals and thiol modifications of proteins (2017)
Journal Article
Hancock, J. T., Craig, T. J., & Whiteman, M. (2017). Competition of reactive signals and thiol modifications of proteins. https://doi.org/10.4172/2576-1471.1000170

It is clear that cells are constantly bombarded by multiple signals, often initiating similar, or even conflicting, responses. Important players in this suite of signals are the reactive oxygen species (ROS), such as hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), the rea... Read More about Competition of reactive signals and thiol modifications of proteins.