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Electrochemical (bio) sensors for environmental and food analyses (2018)
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Honeychurch, K. C., & Piano, M. (2018). Electrochemical (bio) sensors for environmental and food analyses. Biosensors, 8(3), 57. https://doi.org/10.3390/bios8030057

© 2018 by the authors. In recent years, great progress has been made in the development of sensors and biosensors to meet the demands of environmental and food analysis. In this Special Issue, the state of art and the future trends in the field of en... Read More about Electrochemical (bio) sensors for environmental and food analyses.

Games for active ageing, wellbeing and quality of life: A pilot study (2018)
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Costa, L., Veloso, A., Loizou, M., & Arnab, S. (2018). Games for active ageing, wellbeing and quality of life: A pilot study. Behaviour and Information Technology, 37(8), 842-854. https://doi.org/10.1080/0144929X.2018.1485744

The goal of this study is to identify a set of psychosocial variables and design domains important for game designers to encourage active ageing, well-being and quality of life. Sixty adult learners at four universities of third age were randomly ass... Read More about Games for active ageing, wellbeing and quality of life: A pilot study.

Supplemental food alters nest defence and incubation behaviour of an open-nesting wetland songbird (2018)
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Vafidis, J., Facey, R., Leech, D., & Thomas, R. (2018). Supplemental food alters nest defence and incubation behaviour of an open-nesting wetland songbird. Journal of Avian Biology, 49(8), e01672. https://doi.org/10.1111/jav.01672

© 2018 The Authors Climate-driven increases in spring temperatures are expected to result in higher prey availability earlier in the breeding season for insectivorous birds breeding in wetland habitats. Predation during the incubation phase is a majo... Read More about Supplemental food alters nest defence and incubation behaviour of an open-nesting wetland songbird.

Microbial mechanisms of carbon and nitrogen acquisition in contrasting urban soils (2018)
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Birt, H. W. G., & Bonnett, S. (2018). Microbial mechanisms of carbon and nitrogen acquisition in contrasting urban soils. European Journal of Soil Biology, 88, 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejsobi.2018.05.006

© 2018 Elsevier Masson SAS Urban soils play an essential role in delivering ecosystem services due to soil microbial functions but there is limited evidence of the role of urban soils in the global carbon cycle. Inorganic nitrogen (N) reduces microbi... Read More about Microbial mechanisms of carbon and nitrogen acquisition in contrasting urban soils.

Live imaging of wound angiogenesis reveals macrophage orchestrated vessel sprouting and regression (2018)
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Gurevich, D. B., Severn, C. E., Twomey, C., Greenhough, A., Cash, J., Toye, A. M., …Martin, P. (2018). Live imaging of wound angiogenesis reveals macrophage orchestrated vessel sprouting and regression. EMBO Journal, 37(13), Article e97786. https://doi.org/10.15252/embj.201797786

© 2018 The Authors. Published under the terms of the CC BY 4.0 license Wound angiogenesis is an integral part of tissue repair and is impaired in many pathologies of healing. Here, we investigate the cellular interactions between innate immune cells... Read More about Live imaging of wound angiogenesis reveals macrophage orchestrated vessel sprouting and regression.

The asteroid trillionaires (2018)
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Glester, A. (2018). The asteroid trillionaires. Physics World, 31(6), 33-35. https://doi.org/10.1088/2058-7058/31/6/29

The race to the riches of asteroids is on, with several private companies vying for funding to become the first space miners. Andrew Glester digs into the issues involved in making money from asteroids.

ICT Use and Physical Activity & Implication for Musculoskeletal Pains among Tertiary Institution Students in Kwara State Nigeria: 1027 Board #288 May 30 3 30 PM - 5 00 PM (2018)
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Iliasu, S. Y., Dominic, O. L., Niyi-Odumosu, F. A., & Adetayo, T. E. (2018). ICT Use and Physical Activity & Implication for Musculoskeletal Pains among Tertiary Institution Students in Kwara State Nigeria: 1027 Board #288 May 30 3 30 PM - 5 00 PM. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 50(5S), 244. https://doi.org/10.1249/01.mss.0000535891.49810.3d

PURPOSE: Recent studies show that prolonged ICT use is associated with increased sedentariness and postural imbalances. This has implication for the prevalence of musculoskeletal pains among ICT users. To investigate the implications of ICT use for p... Read More about ICT Use and Physical Activity & Implication for Musculoskeletal Pains among Tertiary Institution Students in Kwara State Nigeria: 1027 Board #288 May 30 3 30 PM - 5 00 PM.

Autoregulation of the human splice factor kinase CLK1 through exon skipping and intron retention (2018)
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Uzor, S., Zorzou, P., Bowler, E., Porazinski, S., Wilson, I. D., & Ladomery, M. (2018). Autoregulation of the human splice factor kinase CLK1 through exon skipping and intron retention. Gene, 670, 46-54. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gene.2018.05.095

© 2018 Elsevier B.V. Alternative splicing is a key process required for the regulation of gene expression in normal development and physiology. It is regulated by splice factors whose activities are in turn regulated by splice factor kinases and phos... Read More about Autoregulation of the human splice factor kinase CLK1 through exon skipping and intron retention.

Kidney symptom questionnaire: Development, content validation and relationship with quality of life (2018)
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Brown, S. A., Tyrer, F., Clarke, A. L., Lloyd-Davies, L. H., Niyi-Odumosu, F. A., Nah, R. G. Q., …Smith, A. C. (2018). Kidney symptom questionnaire: Development, content validation and relationship with quality of life. Journal of Renal Care, 44(3), 162-173. https://doi.org/10.1111/jorc.12247

Background: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is associated with a range of symptoms, even at early stages. The importance of patient symptom experience is increasingly recognised, but validated symptom scores are lacking. Objectives: This study aimed to... Read More about Kidney symptom questionnaire: Development, content validation and relationship with quality of life.

Optimized delivery of siRNA into 3D tumor spheroid cultures in situ (2018)
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Morgan, R. G., Chambers, A. C., Legge, D. N., Coles, S. J., Greenhough, A., & Williams, A. C. (2018). Optimized delivery of siRNA into 3D tumor spheroid cultures in situ. Scientific Reports, 8, Article 7952. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-26253-3

© 2018 The Author(s). 3D tissue culture provides a physiologically relevant and genetically tractable system for studying normal and malignant human tissues. Despite this, gene-silencing studies using siRNA has proved difficult. In this study, we hav... Read More about Optimized delivery of siRNA into 3D tumor spheroid cultures in situ.

Electropenetrography application and molecular-based virus detection in mealybug (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) vectors of Cacao swollen shoot virus on Theobroma cacao L. (2018)
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Obok, E., Wetten, A., & Allainguillaume, J. (2018). Electropenetrography application and molecular-based virus detection in mealybug (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) vectors of Cacao swollen shoot virus on Theobroma cacao L. Annals of Agricultural Sciences, 63(1), 55-65. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aoas.2018.04.004

© 2018 Cacao swollen shoot virus (CSSV) is a peril exclusive to the West African cacao-growing countries; causing the Cacao swollen shoot virus disease. This study was set out (1) to analyse the feeding behaviour of two West African and one non-West... Read More about Electropenetrography application and molecular-based virus detection in mealybug (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) vectors of Cacao swollen shoot virus on Theobroma cacao L..

Chondrogenic differentiation of human chondrocytes cultured in the absence of ascorbic acid (2018)
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Asnaghi, M. A., Duhr, R., Quasnichka, H., Hollander, A. P., Kafienah, W., Martin, I., & Wendt, D. (2018). Chondrogenic differentiation of human chondrocytes cultured in the absence of ascorbic acid. Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, 12(6), 1402-1411. https://doi.org/10.1002/term.2671

Bioreactor systems will likely play a key role in establishing regulatory compliant and cost-effective production systems for manufacturing engineered tissue grafts for clinical applications. However, the automation of bioreactor systems could become... Read More about Chondrogenic differentiation of human chondrocytes cultured in the absence of ascorbic acid.

Reactive oxygen species, nitric oxide and hydrogen sulfide in plant cell regulation (2018)
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Hancock, J., & Whiteman, M. (2018). Reactive oxygen species, nitric oxide and hydrogen sulfide in plant cell regulation. Free Radical Biology and Medicine, 120(S1), s9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2018.04.040

Growth and maintenance of cells is partly controlled by the production and perception of a range of small relatively reactive molecules, including reactive oxygen species, nitric oxide and hydrogen sulfide: what may be dubbed reactive signaling molec... Read More about Reactive oxygen species, nitric oxide and hydrogen sulfide in plant cell regulation.

Nostalgia as a psychological resource for people with dementia: A systematic review and meta-analysis of evidence of effectiveness from experimental studies (2018)
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Ismail, S. U., Cheston, R., Christopher, G., & Meyrick, J. (2020). Nostalgia as a psychological resource for people with dementia: A systematic review and meta-analysis of evidence of effectiveness from experimental studies. Dementia, 19(2), 330-351. https://doi.org/10.1177/1471301218774909

Objective: This review systematically examines evidence relating to the effect of nostalgia on psychological well-being through a meta-analysis of measures of social connectedness, self-esteem, meaning in life, self-continuity, optimism and positive... Read More about Nostalgia as a psychological resource for people with dementia: A systematic review and meta-analysis of evidence of effectiveness from experimental studies.

Assessing the effectiveness of interventions to support patient decision making about breast reconstruction: A systematic review (2018)
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Paraskeva, N., Guest, E., Lewis-Smith, H., & Harcourt, D. (2018). Assessing the effectiveness of interventions to support patient decision making about breast reconstruction: A systematic review. Breast, 40, 97-105. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.breast.2018.04.020

© 2018 Elsevier Ltd Background: Decision making about breast reconstruction (BR) following a diagnosis of breast cancer, Ductal Carcinoma in Situ (DCIS), or to reduce future breast cancer risk, is difficult and complex. This paper systematically revi... Read More about Assessing the effectiveness of interventions to support patient decision making about breast reconstruction: A systematic review.

The effect of simvastatin on novel exploratory biomarkers of cartilage degradation (2018)
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Quasnichka, H., Budd, E., Tarlton, J., Roberts, S., Jackson, C., Caterson, B., & Mobasheri, A. (2018). The effect of simvastatin on novel exploratory biomarkers of cartilage degradation. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 26(Supplement 1), S192. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joca.2018.02.411

There is emerging evidence of an association between osteoarthritis (OA) and atherosclerosis, with an underlying metabolic syndrome potentially driving the progression of both diseases. Proteomic analysis of OA synovial fluid, degenerative cartilage... Read More about The effect of simvastatin on novel exploratory biomarkers of cartilage degradation.

Aggrecanase degradation of type III collagen is associated with clinical knee pain (2018)
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Bay-Jensen, A., Kjelgaard-Petersen, C., Petersen, K., Arendt-Nielsen, L., Quasnichka, H., Mobasheri, A., …Leeming, D. (2018). Aggrecanase degradation of type III collagen is associated with clinical knee pain. Clinical Biochemistry, 58, 37-43. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2018.04.022

There is a lack of biochemical markers for non-invasive and objective assessment of symptomatic osteoarthritis (OA). Aggrecanase activity has been shown to be associated with joint deterioration and symptomatic disease through the degradation of extr... Read More about Aggrecanase degradation of type III collagen is associated with clinical knee pain.

Targeting splicing in prostate cancer (2018)
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Antonopoulou, E., & Ladomery, M. (2018). Targeting splicing in prostate cancer. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 19(5), 1287. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms19051287

© 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. Over 95% of human genes are alternatively spliced, expressing splice isoforms that often exhibit antagonistic functions. We describe genes whose alternative splicing has been linked to prostat... Read More about Targeting splicing in prostate cancer.

Fabrication of miniaturised screen-printed glucose biosensors, using a water-based ink, and the evaluation of their electrochemical behaviour (2018)
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Hughes, G., Pemberton, R. . M., Nicholas, P., & Hart, J. P. (2018). Fabrication of miniaturised screen-printed glucose biosensors, using a water-based ink, and the evaluation of their electrochemical behaviour. Electroanalysis, 30(8), 1608-1612. https://doi.org/10.1002/elan.+201+800+104

This paper describes a simple, convenient approach to the fabrication of microband electrodes and microband biosensors based on screen printing technology. These devices were printed in a three-electrode configuration on one strip; a silver/silver ch... Read More about Fabrication of miniaturised screen-printed glucose biosensors, using a water-based ink, and the evaluation of their electrochemical behaviour.

The sequence of two bacteriophages with hypermodified bases reveals novel phage-host interactions (2018)
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Kropinski, A., Turner, D., Nash, J., Ackermann, H. W., Lingohr, E., Warren, R., …Ehrlich, M. (2018). The sequence of two bacteriophages with hypermodified bases reveals novel phage-host interactions. Viruses, 10(5), Article 217. https://doi.org/10.3390/v10050217

© 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. Bacteriophages SP-15 and ΦW-14 are members of the Myoviridae infecting Bacillus subtilis and Delftia (formerly Pseudomonas) acidovorans, respectively. What links them is that in both cases, ap... Read More about The sequence of two bacteriophages with hypermodified bases reveals novel phage-host interactions.