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Onset of Darcy-Brinkman convection with a uniform internal heat source and vertical throughflow (2017)
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The problem of thermal convection in a horizontal fluid saturated porous layer is examined, where the flow is governed by the Brinkman extension of Darcy's law. A uniform internal heat source and vertical throughflow are also considered. The linear a... Read More about Onset of Darcy-Brinkman convection with a uniform internal heat source and vertical throughflow.

Nigella sativa L. oil ameliorates insulin resistance caused by dexamethasone treatment in male Wistar rats (2017)
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Dexamethasone is an anti-inflammatory glucocorticoid that may alter glucose and lipid homeostasis depending on the dose and/or duration of administration. Nigella sativa oil (NSO) can be used as potential modulator of intermediary glucose and lip... Read More about Nigella sativa L. oil ameliorates insulin resistance caused by dexamethasone treatment in male Wistar rats.

Double-diffusive Hadley–Prats flow in a horizontal porous layer with a concentration based internal heat source (2017)
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© 2017 Elsevier Inc. Double-diffusive Hadley–Prats flow with a concentration based heat source is investigated through linear and non-linear stability analyses. The resultant eigenvalue problems for both theories are solved numerically using Shooting... Read More about Double-diffusive Hadley–Prats flow in a horizontal porous layer with a concentration based internal heat source.

Alkaline phosphatase binds tenaciously to titanium; implications for biological surface evaluation following bone implant retrieval (2017)
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© 2017 Elsevier B.V. Enhancing the performance and longevity of titanium (Ti) implants continues to be a significant developmental theme in contemporary biomaterials design. Our specific focus pertains to the surface functionalisation of Ti using the... Read More about Alkaline phosphatase binds tenaciously to titanium; implications for biological surface evaluation following bone implant retrieval.

Variants of the EAAT2 Glutamate Transporter Gene Promoter Are Associated with Cerebral Palsy in Preterm Infants (2017)
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© 2017, The Author(s). Preterm delivery is associated with neurodevelopmental impairment caused by environmental and genetic factors. Dysfunction of the excitatory amino acid transporter 2 (EAAT2) and the resultant impaired glutamate uptake can lead... Read More about Variants of the EAAT2 Glutamate Transporter Gene Promoter Are Associated with Cerebral Palsy in Preterm Infants.

Synthesis and bactericidal properties of porphyrins immobilized in a polyacrylamide support: Influence of metal complexation on photoactivity (2017)
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© The Royal Society of Chemistry. Spectroscopic and photodynamic properties of three novel polymeric hydrogels bearing porphyrins have been studied in vitro on the recombinant bioluminescent Gram-negative Escherichia coli DH5α to assess their ability... Read More about Synthesis and bactericidal properties of porphyrins immobilized in a polyacrylamide support: Influence of metal complexation on photoactivity.

Enhanced task-related brain activation and resting perfusion in healthy older adults after chronic blueberry supplementation (2017)
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© 2017, Canadian Science Publishing. All rights reserved. Blueberries are rich in flavonoids, which possess antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. High flavonoid intakes attenuate age-related cognitive decline, but data from human intervention... Read More about Enhanced task-related brain activation and resting perfusion in healthy older adults after chronic blueberry supplementation.

Press accept to update now: Individual differences in susceptibility to malevolent interruptions (2017)
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© 2017 The Authors Increasingly, connected communication technologies have resulted in people being exposed to fraudulent communications by scammers and hackers attempting to gain access to computer systems for malicious purposes. Common influence te... Read More about Press accept to update now: Individual differences in susceptibility to malevolent interruptions.

Species abundance distributions as a proxy for the niche-neutrality continuum (2017)
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© The Author(s) 2017. Aims Species abundance distributions (SADs) are often used to verify mechanistic theories underlying community assembly. However, it is now accepted that SADs alone are not sufficient to reveal biological mechanisms. Recent atte... Read More about Species abundance distributions as a proxy for the niche-neutrality continuum.

Addressing the knowledge gaps in agroecology and identifying guiding principles for transforming conventional agri-food systems (2017)
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Today’s society faces many challenges when it comes to food production: producing food sustainably, producing enough of it, distributing food, consuming enough calories, consuming too many calories, consuming culturally-appropriate foods, and reducin... Read More about Addressing the knowledge gaps in agroecology and identifying guiding principles for transforming conventional agri-food systems.

Synthetic biology: Below the radar [Book review] (2017)
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Englehard et al provide a wide-ranging look at synthetic biology, from discussion of how one might classify different synthetic approaches to consideration of risk and ethical issues. The chapter on public engagement considers why synthetic biology s... Read More about Synthetic biology: Below the radar [Book review].

An electrochemical sensor device for measuring blood ammonia at the point of care (2017)
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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)
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© 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)
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© 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)
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© 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)
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© 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.

Characterisation and genome sequence of the lytic Acinetobacter baumannii bacteriophage vB-AbaS-Loki (2017)
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© 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)
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© 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)
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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)
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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.