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Evaluation of the efficacy of electrochemically activated solutions against nosocomial pathogens and bacterial endospores (2010)
Journal Article
Salisbury, V. C., Robinson, G. M., Lee, S. W., Greenman, J., & Reynolds, D. M. (2010). Evaluation of the efficacy of electrochemically activated solutions against nosocomial pathogens and bacterial endospores. Letters in Applied Microbiology, 50(3), 289-294. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1472-765X.2009.02790.x

Aims: Electrochemically activated solutions (ECAS) are generated from halide salt solutions via specially designed electrolytic cells. The active solutions are known to possess high biocidal activity against a wide range of target microbial species,... Read More about Evaluation of the efficacy of electrochemically activated solutions against nosocomial pathogens and bacterial endospores.

Overexpression of OsRAN2 in rice and Arabidopsis renders transgenic plants hypersensitive to salinity and osmotic stress (2010)
Journal Article
Zang, A., Xu, X., Neill, S., & Cai, W. (2010). Overexpression of OsRAN2 in rice and Arabidopsis renders transgenic plants hypersensitive to salinity and osmotic stress. Journal of Experimental Botany, 61(3), 777-789. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erp341

Nucleo-cytoplasmic partitioning of regulatory proteins is increasingly being recognized as a major control mechanism for the regulation of signalling in plants. Ras-related nuclear protein (Ran) GTPase is required for regulating transport of proteins... Read More about Overexpression of OsRAN2 in rice and Arabidopsis renders transgenic plants hypersensitive to salinity and osmotic stress.

Regulation of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) splicing from pro-angiogenic to anti-angiogenic isoforms: A novel therapeutic strategy for angiogenesis (2010)
Journal Article
Amin, E. M., Nowak, D. G., Rennel, E. S., Hoareau-Aveilla, C., Gammons, M., Damodoran, G., …Bates, D. O. (2010). Regulation of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) splicing from pro-angiogenic to anti-angiogenic isoforms: A novel therapeutic strategy for angiogenesis. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 285(8), 5532-5540. https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M109.074930

Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is produced either as a pro-angiogenic or anti-angiogenic protein depending upon splice site choice in the terminal, eighth exon. Proximal splice site selection (PSS) in exon 8 generates pro-angiogenic isofor... Read More about Regulation of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) splicing from pro-angiogenic to anti-angiogenic isoforms: A novel therapeutic strategy for angiogenesis.

Weed control practices on Costa Rican coffee farms: Is herbicide use necessary for small-scale producers? (2010)
Journal Article
Bellamy, A. S. (2011). Weed control practices on Costa Rican coffee farms: Is herbicide use necessary for small-scale producers?. Agriculture and Human Values, 28(2), 167-177. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10460-010-9261-2

This paper presents research conducted during two coffee farming seasons in Costa Rica. The study examined coffee farmers’ weed management practices and is presented in the form of a case study of small-scale farmers’ use of labor and herbicides in w... Read More about Weed control practices on Costa Rican coffee farms: Is herbicide use necessary for small-scale producers?.

The challenges of the analysis of basic compounds by high performance liquid chromatography: Some possible approaches for improved separations (2010)
Journal Article
McCalley, D. V. (2010). The challenges of the analysis of basic compounds by high performance liquid chromatography: Some possible approaches for improved separations. Journal of Chromatography A, 1217(6), 858-880. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chroma.2009.11.068

This review considers some of the difficulties encountered with the analysis of ionised bases using reversed-phase chromatography, such as detrimental interaction with column silanol groups, and overloading which both lead to poor peak shapes. Method... Read More about The challenges of the analysis of basic compounds by high performance liquid chromatography: Some possible approaches for improved separations.

Cell signalling (2010)
Book
Hancock, J. T. (2010). Cell signalling. Oxford University Press

Comparison of two derivatisation methods for conjugated linoleic acid isomer analysis by Ag+-HPLC/DAD in beef fat (2010)
Journal Article
Dance, L. J. E., Doran, O., Hallett, K., Dannenberger, D., Nuernberg, G., & Nuernberg, K. (2010). Comparison of two derivatisation methods for conjugated linoleic acid isomer analysis by Ag+-HPLC/DAD in beef fat. European Journal of Lipid Science and Technology, 112(2), 188-194. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejlt.200900052

Two different procedures for the methylation of conjugated linoleic acid isomers (CLA) were compared by silver ion (Ag+)-HPLC. The base-catalysed method followed by an acid-catalysed method (NaOCH3/ BF3), and base hydrolysis followed by methylation w... Read More about Comparison of two derivatisation methods for conjugated linoleic acid isomer analysis by Ag+-HPLC/DAD in beef fat.

Further investigations of the effect of pressure on retention in ultra-high-pressure liquid chromatography (2010)
Journal Article
Fallas, M. M., Neue, U. D., Hadley, M. R., & McCalley, D. V. (2010). Further investigations of the effect of pressure on retention in ultra-high-pressure liquid chromatography. Journal of Chromatography A, 1217(3), 276-284. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chroma.2009.11.041

In this study, we investigated further the large increases in retention with pressure that we observed previously in RP-LC especially for ionised solutes. These findings were initially confirmed on a conventional silica C18 column, which gave extreme... Read More about Further investigations of the effect of pressure on retention in ultra-high-pressure liquid chromatography.

A flow injection system, comprising a biosensor based on a screen-printed carbon electrode containing Meldola's Blue-Reinecke salt coated with glucose dehydrogenase, for the measurement of glucose (2010)
Journal Article
Piano, M., Serban, S., Biddle, N., Pittson, R., Drago, G. A., & Hart, J. P. (2010). A flow injection system, comprising a biosensor based on a screen-printed carbon electrode containing Meldola's Blue-Reinecke salt coated with glucose dehydrogenase, for the measurement of glucose. Analytical Biochemistry, 396(2), 269-274. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ab.2009.09.028

A biosensor for the measurement of glucose in serum has been developed, based on a screen-printed carbon electrode modified with Meldola's Blue-Reinecke salt, coated with the enzyme glucose dehydrogenase (from Bacillus sp.), and nicotinamide adenine... Read More about A flow injection system, comprising a biosensor based on a screen-printed carbon electrode containing Meldola's Blue-Reinecke salt coated with glucose dehydrogenase, for the measurement of glucose.

Fish and macro-crustacean communities and their dynamics in the Severn Estuary (2010)
Journal Article
Bird, D. J., & Henderson, P. A. (2010). Fish and macro-crustacean communities and their dynamics in the Severn Estuary. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 61(1-3), 100-114. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2009.12.017

The species of fish and macro-crustacean living within the Severn Estuary are reviewed. The fish community is notably species rich and exceeds 100 species in total for the estuary. Standardised long-term sampling at Hinkley Point in Bridgwater Bay gi... Read More about Fish and macro-crustacean communities and their dynamics in the Severn Estuary.

Sharp global nonlinear stability for a fluid overlying a highly porous material (2010)
Journal Article
Hill, A. A., & Carr, M. (2010). Sharp global nonlinear stability for a fluid overlying a highly porous material. Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 466(2113), 127-140. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2009.0322

The stability of convection in a two-layer system in which a layer of fluid with a temperature-dependent viscosity overlies and saturates a highly porous material is studied. Owing to the difficulties associated with incorporating the nonlinear advec... Read More about Sharp global nonlinear stability for a fluid overlying a highly porous material.

Dechorionation of medaka embryos and cell transplantation for the generation of chimeras (2010)
Journal Article
Porazinski, S. R., Wang, H., & Furutani-Seiki, M. (2010). Dechorionation of medaka embryos and cell transplantation for the generation of chimeras. Journal of Visualized Experiments, https://doi.org/10.3791/2055

Medaka is a small egg-laying freshwater fish that allows both genetic and embryological analyses and is one of the three vertebrate model organisms in which genome-wide phenotype-driven mutant screens were carried out. Divergence of functional overla... Read More about Dechorionation of medaka embryos and cell transplantation for the generation of chimeras.

Microinjection of medaka embryos for use as a model genetic organism (2010)
Journal Article
Porazinski, S. R., Wang, H., & Furutani-Seiki, M. (2010). Microinjection of medaka embryos for use as a model genetic organism. Journal of Visualized Experiments, https://doi.org/10.3791/1937

In this video, we demonstrate the technique of microinjection into one-cell stage medaka embryos. Medaka is a small egg-laying freshwater fish that allows both genetic and embryological analyses and is one of the vertebrate model organisms in which g... Read More about Microinjection of medaka embryos for use as a model genetic organism.

A proteomic analysis of oligo(dT)-bound mRNP containing oxidative stress-induced Arabidopsis thaliana RNA-binding proteins ATGRP7 and ATGRP8 (2010)
Journal Article
Schmidt, F., Marnef, A., Cheung, M. K., Wilson, I. D., Hancock, J. T., Staiger, D., & Ladomery, M. (2010). A proteomic analysis of oligo(dT)-bound mRNP containing oxidative stress-induced Arabidopsis thaliana RNA-binding proteins ATGRP7 and ATGRP8. Molecular Biology Reports, 37(2), 839-845. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11033-009-9636-x

Plants are highly adapted to respond to a range of environmental stresses commonly by altering their gene expression and metabolism as a result of cell signalling which may be mediated by reactive oxygen species. The glycine-rich RNA-binding proteins... Read More about A proteomic analysis of oligo(dT)-bound mRNP containing oxidative stress-induced Arabidopsis thaliana RNA-binding proteins ATGRP7 and ATGRP8.

Relationship between the expression of key lipogenic enzymes, fatty acid composition, and intramuscular fat content of Limousin and Aberdeen Angus cattle (2010)
Journal Article
Ward, R. E., Woodward, B., Otter, N., & Doran, O. (2010). Relationship between the expression of key lipogenic enzymes, fatty acid composition, and intramuscular fat content of Limousin and Aberdeen Angus cattle. Livestock Science, 127(1), 22-29. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.livsci.2009.09.005

The amount and fatty acid composition of intramuscular fat (IMF) are major factors in determining the nutritional value of beef. Understanding the mechanisms regulating IMF formation is important for designing strategies for manipulation of IMF quant... Read More about Relationship between the expression of key lipogenic enzymes, fatty acid composition, and intramuscular fat content of Limousin and Aberdeen Angus cattle.

Science and the citizen (2010)
Book Chapter
Wilkinson, C. (2010). Science and the citizen. In E. Weitkamp, & M. Brake (Eds.), Introducing Science Communication: A Practical Guide (52-76). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan

Presenting science (2010)
Book Chapter
Bultitude, K. (2010). Presenting science. In M. Brake, & E. Weitkamp (Eds.), Introducing Science Communication: A Practical Guide. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan

Exploring the context of consultation: The case of local air quality management (2010)
Journal Article
Leksmono, N., Dorfman, P., Gibbs, D. C., Longhurst, J., & Weitkamp, E. (2010). Exploring the context of consultation: The case of local air quality management. Local Environment, 15(1), 15-26. https://doi.org/10.1080/13549830903406040

The Environment Act of 1995 (Part IV) requires local authorities to review and assess air quality in their area of jurisdiction and to determine locations where concentrations of defined pollutants exceed. The ongoing review and assessment process is... Read More about Exploring the context of consultation: The case of local air quality management.