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El lenguaje científico-técnico en el contenido de la novela y el cine entendidos como medio de divulgación: Análisis en la obra de Michael Crichton (Scientific and technical language in novels and movies considered as a format for science communication: Analysis in the works of Michael Crichton) (2010)
Book Chapter
Stengler, E. (2010). El lenguaje científico-técnico en el contenido de la novela y el cine entendidos como medio de divulgación: Análisis en la obra de Michael Crichton (Scientific and technical language in novels and movies considered as a format for science communication: Analysis in the works of Michael Crichton). In N. Edo Marzá, & P. Ordóñez López (Eds.), El lenguaje de la ciencia y la tecnología (The Language of Science and Technology) (241-250). Castellón de la Plana, Spain: Universitat Jaume I

The use of scientific or technical jargon has been considered an issue in science communication. Using works by Michael Crichton I argue that this concern has often overshadowed other aspects such as the format of science communication: if the format... Read More about El lenguaje científico-técnico en el contenido de la novela y el cine entendidos como medio de divulgación: Análisis en la obra de Michael Crichton (Scientific and technical language in novels and movies considered as a format for science communication: Analysis in the works of Michael Crichton).

Review: A Private Universe online resources (2010)
Journal Article
Stengler, E. (2010). Review: A Private Universe online resources. Science in School, 17,

A Private Universe depicts a very familiar situation for teachers worldwide, namely that students do not let go of their misconceptions as easily as might be expected after a detailed and thorough learning process.

Chemical tessellations - Results of binary and tertiary reactions between metal ions and ferricyanide or ferrocyanide loaded gels (2010)
Journal Article
de Lacy Costello, B., Jahan, I., Hambidge, P., Locking, K., Patel, D., & Adamatzky, A. (2010). Chemical tessellations - Results of binary and tertiary reactions between metal ions and ferricyanide or ferrocyanide loaded gels. International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos, 20(7), 2241-2252. https://doi.org/10.1142/S0218127410027064

In our recent letter [de Lacy Costello et al., 2009] we described the formation of spontaneous complex tessellations of the plane constructed in simple chemical reactions between drops of metal salts and ferricyanide or ferrocyanide loaded gels. In t... Read More about Chemical tessellations - Results of binary and tertiary reactions between metal ions and ferricyanide or ferrocyanide loaded gels.

The reliability of rabbit monoclonal antibodies in the immunohistochemical assessment of estrogen receptors, progesterone receptors, and HER2 in human breast carcinomas (2010)
Journal Article
Cribb, E. C., Dean, S. J., Assam, E. E., Rhodes, A., Sarson, J., & Parker, A. (2010). The reliability of rabbit monoclonal antibodies in the immunohistochemical assessment of estrogen receptors, progesterone receptors, and HER2 in human breast carcinomas. American Journal of Clinical Pathology, 134(4), 621-632. https://doi.org/10.1309/AJCPOG3O3KTPZQNK

The reliability of the rabbit monoclonal antibodies SP1, SP2, SP3, and 4B5 was immunohistochemically assessed on a range of 96 invasive breast carcinomas and the results compared with those achieved with established antibody markers for estrogen rece... Read More about The reliability of rabbit monoclonal antibodies in the immunohistochemical assessment of estrogen receptors, progesterone receptors, and HER2 in human breast carcinomas.

Defects in non-canonical Wnt signalling and actin cytoskeleton remodelling as pathogenic mechanisms in Meckel–Gruber syndrome (2010)
Journal Article
Johnson, C. A., Logan, C. V., Wheway, G., Abdelhamed, Z., & Adams, M. (2010). Defects in non-canonical Wnt signalling and actin cytoskeleton remodelling as pathogenic mechanisms in Meckel–Gruber syndrome. International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience, 28(8), 644-645. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2010.07.015

Primary cilia are mechano- and chemosensory organelles that have a fundamental role in regulating embryogenesis. Inherited disorders that involve aberrant ciliary structure or function are now known as “ciliopathies”, and they invariably present with... Read More about Defects in non-canonical Wnt signalling and actin cytoskeleton remodelling as pathogenic mechanisms in Meckel–Gruber syndrome.

Acetyl-CoA carboxylase and stearoyl-CoA desaturase protein expression in subcutaneouse adipose tissue is reduced in pigs selected for decreased backfat thickness at constant intramuscular fat content (2009)
Journal Article
Canovas, A., Estany, J., Tor, M., Pena, R., & Doran, O. (2009). Acetyl-CoA carboxylase and stearoyl-CoA desaturase protein expression in subcutaneouse adipose tissue is reduced in pigs selected for decreased backfat thickness at constant intramuscular fat content. Journal of Animal Science, 87(12), 3905-3914. https://doi.org/10.2527/jas.2009-2091

Peripherals of BES from processing current to data transmission (2009)
Book Chapter
Ieropoulos, I., Greenman, J., Melhuish, C., & Horsfield, I. (2009). Peripherals of BES from processing current to data transmission. In K. Rabaey, L. Angenent, U. Schroder, & J. Keller (Eds.), Bioelectrochemical Systems: From Extracellular Electron Transfer to Biotechnological Applications. London: IWA Publishing

P19 H-ras induces G1/S phase delay maintaining cells in a reversible quiescence state (2009)
Journal Article
Camats, M., Kokolo, M., Heesom, K. J., Ladomery, M., Bach-Elias, M., & Blagosklonny, M. V. (2009). P19 H-ras induces G1/S phase delay maintaining cells in a reversible quiescence state. PLoS ONE, 4(12), e8513. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0008513

Background: Three functional c-ras genes, known as c-H-ras, c-K-ras, and c-N-ras, have been largely studied in mammalian cells with important insights into normal and tumorigenic cellular signal transduction events. Two K-Ras mRNAs are obtained from... Read More about P19 H-ras induces G1/S phase delay maintaining cells in a reversible quiescence state.

Real-time monitoring of river water quality using in-line continuous acquisition of fluorescence excitation and emission matrices (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Reynolds, D. M. (2009, December). Real-time monitoring of river water quality using in-line continuous acquisition of fluorescence excitation and emission matrices. Poster presented at American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, USA

Birmingham, UK. River water was diverted to a portable laboratory via a continuous flow pump and filter system. Fluorescence excitation-emission matrices data was recorded every 3 minutes using a flow cell (1cm pathlength) coupled to a fiber optic pr... Read More about Real-time monitoring of river water quality using in-line continuous acquisition of fluorescence excitation and emission matrices.

The effect of temperature on the fluorescence of DOM (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Reynolds, D. M., Baker, A., & Carstea, E. (2009, December). The effect of temperature on the fluorescence of DOM. Paper presented at American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, USA

It is understood that all fluorescence analyses essentially observes the fluorescence of a given sample in a 'quenched state'. Even so, detailed literature concerning the effects of lower temperatures (below 4 degrees Celsius) is surprisingly sparse.... Read More about The effect of temperature on the fluorescence of DOM.

Often overlooked: formative evaluation in the development of ScienceComics (2009)
Journal Article
Weitkamp, E., & Featherstone, H. (2009). Often overlooked: formative evaluation in the development of ScienceComics. JCOM: Journal of Science Communication, 8(4), A04

Formative evaluation should play a key role in the development of a science communication project or initiative. Such research is vital to understanding the needs and interests of the audience or participants; meeting these needs and interests helps... Read More about Often overlooked: formative evaluation in the development of ScienceComics.

Reaction-diffusion controllers for robots (2009)
Book Chapter
Adamatzky, A., de Lacy Costello, B., & Yokoi, H. (2009). Reaction-diffusion controllers for robots. In A. Adamatzky, & M. Komosinski (Eds.), Artificial Life Models in Hardware (233-264). London: Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-530-7_11

Excitable systems, particularly spatially extended media, exhibit a wide variety of travelling patterns and different modes of interaction. The Belousov-Zhabo-tinsky [1] (BZ) reaction is the most well known and extensively studied example of non-line... Read More about Reaction-diffusion controllers for robots.

Acetyl-CoA carboxylase and stearoyl-CoA desaturase protein expression in subcutaneous adipose tissue is reduced in pigs selected for decreased backfat thickness at constant intramuscular fat content (2009)
Journal Article
Cánovas, A., Estany, J., Tor, M., Pena, R. N., & Doran, O. (2009). Acetyl-CoA carboxylase and stearoyl-CoA desaturase protein expression in subcutaneous adipose tissue is reduced in pigs selected for decreased backfat thickness at constant intramuscular fat content. Journal of Animal Science, 87(12), 3905-3914. https://doi.org/10.2527/jas.2009-2091

The objectives of this study were 1) to determine whether selection toward less subcutaneous fat thickness at constant intramuscular fat content in pigs is related to tissue-specific changes in the expression of lipogenic enzymes acetyl-CoA carboxyla... Read More about Acetyl-CoA carboxylase and stearoyl-CoA desaturase protein expression in subcutaneous adipose tissue is reduced in pigs selected for decreased backfat thickness at constant intramuscular fat content.

Use of airborne remote sensing to detect riverside Brassica rapa to aid in risk assessment of transgenic crops (2009)
Journal Article
Elliott, L. M., Mason, D. C., Allainguillaume, J., & Wilkinson, M. J. (2009). Use of airborne remote sensing to detect riverside Brassica rapa to aid in risk assessment of transgenic crops. Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, 3(1), 033562. https://doi.org/10.1117/1.3269615

High resolution descriptions of plant distribution have utility for many ecological applications but are especially useful for predictive modeling of gene flow from transgenic crops. Difficulty lies in the extrapolation errors that occur when limited... Read More about Use of airborne remote sensing to detect riverside Brassica rapa to aid in risk assessment of transgenic crops.

Artificial life models in hardware (2009)
Book
Komosinski, M., Adamatzky, A., Ieropoulos, I., Greenman, J., Melhuish, C., & Horsfield, I. (2009). A. Adamatzky, & M. Komosinski (Eds.), Artificial life models in hardware. London: Spinger-Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-530-7

Hopping, climbing and swimming robots, nano-size neural networks, motorless walkers, slime mould and chemical brains - 'Artificial Life Models in Hardware' offers unique designs and prototypes of life-like creatures in conventional hardware and hybri... Read More about Artificial life models in hardware.

A novel in vitro flat-bed perfusion biofilm model for determining the potential antimicrobial efficacy of topical wound treatments (2009)
Journal Article
Thorn, R., & Greenman, J. (2009). A novel in vitro flat-bed perfusion biofilm model for determining the potential antimicrobial efficacy of topical wound treatments. Journal of Applied Microbiology, 107(6), 2070-2079. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2672.2009.04398.x

Aims: To develop an in vitro flat-bed perfusion biofilm model that could be used to determine the antimicrobial efficacy of topically applied treatments. Methods and Results: Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus biofilms were grown within... Read More about A novel in vitro flat-bed perfusion biofilm model for determining the potential antimicrobial efficacy of topical wound treatments.