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Novel method for the measurement of erythrocyte acetylcholinesterase activity in the Yt blood group system using amperometry in conjunction with screen-printed carbon electrodes (2020)
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Crew, A., Karamatic Crew, V., Bagelow, L., Walser, P., Thornton, N., & Hart, J. (2020). Novel method for the measurement of erythrocyte acetylcholinesterase activity in the Yt blood group system using amperometry in conjunction with screen-printed carbon electrodes. Vox Sanguinis, 115(S1), 271-271. https://doi.org/10.1111/vox.13031

Background: The five antigens of the Yt blood group system are located on the membrane GPI‐linked erythrocyte acetylcholinesterase (AChE‐E), which is implicated in a range of clinical issues, including sleep apnoea and neurotoxin poisoning. Conformat... Read More about Novel method for the measurement of erythrocyte acetylcholinesterase activity in the Yt blood group system using amperometry in conjunction with screen-printed carbon electrodes.

Developing a Community of Practice to support the space engineering higher education community (2018)
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Glester, A. (2018). Developing a Community of Practice to support the space engineering higher education community. International Journal of Engineering Education, 34(5), 1562-1568

The UK-based “Space Universities Network” (SUN) was formed in 2016 with the aim of enhancing the quality of learning and teaching by providing support and resources to the space science and engineering higher education community. The goal of this res... Read More about Developing a Community of Practice to support the space engineering higher education community.

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.

Metabolomics and metabolic function analysis of the secretome of articular cartilage and isolated chondrocytes in response to pro-inflammatory cytokines (2018)
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Fellows, C., Quasnichka, H., Chowdhury, N., Budd, E., Skene, D., & Mobasheri, A. (2018). Metabolomics and metabolic function analysis of the secretome of articular cartilage and isolated chondrocytes in response to pro-inflammatory cytokines. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 26(Supplement 1), S172. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joca.2018.02.373

Chondrocytes rely primarily on glycolysis to meet their energy requirements, but possess the metabolic flexibility to support cell survival and matrix synthesis during periods of nutrient stress, by enhancing glycolysis with mitochondrial respiration... Read More about Metabolomics and metabolic function analysis of the secretome of articular cartilage and isolated chondrocytes in response to pro-inflammatory cytokines.

Empirical approaches for investigating the origins of structure in speech (2017)
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Little, H., Rasilo, H., Van Der Ham, S., & Eryılmaz, K. (2017). Empirical approaches for investigating the origins of structure in speech. Interaction Studies, 18(3), 330-351. https://doi.org/10.1075/is.18.3.03lit

© John Benjamins Publishing Company. In language evolution research, the use of computational and experimental methods to investigate the emergence of structure in language is exploding. In this review, we look exclusively at work exploring the emerg... Read More about Empirical approaches for investigating the origins of structure in speech.

Conventionalisation and discrimination as competing pressures on continuous speech-like signals (2017)
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Little, H., Eryılmaz, K., & De Boer, B. (2017). Conventionalisation and discrimination as competing pressures on continuous speech-like signals. Interaction Studies, 18(3), 352-375. https://doi.org/10.1075/is.18.3.04lit

© John Benjamins Publishing Company. Arbitrary communication systems can emerge from iconic beginnings through processes of conventionalisation via interaction. Here, we explore whether this process of conventionalisation occurs with continuous, audi... Read More about Conventionalisation and discrimination as competing pressures on continuous speech-like signals.

Effect of gender on blood pressure and heart rate variability during increasing intensities of isometric hand grip exercise in untrained adults (2014)
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Niyi-Odumosu, F., & Meah, M. S. (in press). Effect of gender on blood pressure and heart rate variability during increasing intensities of isometric hand grip exercise in untrained adults. Journal of Physiology, Proc Physiol Soc 31, PCA126(312),

Gender has been shown to affect Blood Pressure (BP) and Heart Rate Variability (HRV) (Winsley et al., 2003). Measures of autonomic neural control of heart rate have indicated that women may have a higher parasympathetic and less sympathetic control o... Read More about Effect of gender on blood pressure and heart rate variability during increasing intensities of isometric hand grip exercise in untrained adults.

Nonlinear stability of the one-domain approach to modelling convection in superposed fluid and porous layers (2010)
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Hill, A. A., & Carr, M. (2010). Nonlinear stability of the one-domain approach to modelling convection in superposed fluid and porous layers. Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 466(2121), 2695-2705. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2010.0014

Studies of the nonlinear stability of fluid/porous systems have been developed very recently. A two-domain modelling approach has been adopted in previous works, but was restricted to specific configurations. The extension to the more general case of... Read More about Nonlinear stability of the one-domain approach to modelling convection in superposed fluid and porous layers.

Genomic and proteomic analyses of plant response to radiation in the environment-an abiotic stress context (2009)
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Willey, N., Heinekamp, Y. J., & Burridge, A. (2009). Genomic and proteomic analyses of plant response to radiation in the environment-an abiotic stress context. Radioprotection, 44(5), 887-890. https://doi.org/10.1051/radiopro/20095158

Genomic and proteomic techniques provide the opportunity to investigate plant response to ionising radiation in unprecedented detail. Understanding plant molecular responses to ionising radiation might be useful for radioprotection but also for under... Read More about Genomic and proteomic analyses of plant response to radiation in the environment-an abiotic stress context.

Proteomic analysis of a compatible interaction between Pisum sativum (pea) and the downy mildew pathogen Peronospora viciae (2008)
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Amey, R., Schleicher, T., Slinn, J., Lewis, M., Macdonald, H., Neill, S., & Spencer-Phillips, P. T. (2008). Proteomic analysis of a compatible interaction between Pisum sativum (pea) and the downy mildew pathogen Peronospora viciae. European Journal of Plant Pathology, 122(1), 41-55. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10658-008-9313-2

A proteomic approach was used to identify host proteins altering in abundance during Peronospora viciae infection of a susceptible cultivar of pea (Pisum sativum cv. Livioletta). Proteins were extracted from fully developed pea leaflets at 4 days pos... Read More about Proteomic analysis of a compatible interaction between Pisum sativum (pea) and the downy mildew pathogen Peronospora viciae.

Tongue biofilm areal density and tongue coating index (2008)
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Saad, S., & Greenman, J. (2008). Tongue biofilm areal density and tongue coating index. Journal of Breath Research, 2(1), https://doi.org/10.1088/1752-7155/2/1/017008

Two methods have been employed to measure the amount of tongue biofilm in humans: (1) areal density of microbes (cfu cm-2) (tongue scrape from a known/measured area), or (2) a tongue-coating index, where a human judge assesses the amount of 'coating'... Read More about Tongue biofilm areal density and tongue coating index.

Modelling oral malodour from a tongue biofilm (2008)
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Hess, J., Greenman, J., & Duffield, J. (2008). Modelling oral malodour from a tongue biofilm. Journal of Breath Research, 2(1), 017003. https://doi.org/10.1088/1752-7155/2/1/017003

A new model about the genesis of malodour emanating from the tongue is introduced. A new approach uses mathematical formulae to combine existing empirical knowledge and bring it into context. The resulting description of halitosis includes the three-... Read More about Modelling oral malodour from a tongue biofilm.

Nitric oxide evolution and perception (2008)
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Harrison, J., Neill, S., Bright, J., Desikan, R., Hancock, J. T., & Wilson, I. D. (2008). Nitric oxide evolution and perception. Journal of Experimental Botany, 59(1), 25-35. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erm218

Various experimental data indicate signalling roles for nitric oxide (NO) in processes such as xylogenesis, programmed cell death, pathogen defence, flowering, stomatal closure, and gravitropism. However, it still remains unclear how NO is synthesize... Read More about Nitric oxide evolution and perception.

Artificial gills for robots: MFC behaviour in water (2007)
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Ieropoulos, I., Melhuish, C., & Greenman, J. (2007). Artificial gills for robots: MFC behaviour in water. Bioinspiration and Biomimetics, 2(3), S83. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-3182/2/3/S02

This paper reports on the first stage in developing microbial fuel cells (MFCs) which can operate underwater by utilizing dissolved oxygen. In this context, the cathodic half-cell is likened to an artificial gill. Such an underwater power generator h... Read More about Artificial gills for robots: MFC behaviour in water.

Doing the unexpected: Proteins involved in hydrogen peroxide perception (2006)
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Harrison, J., Hancock, J., Desikan, R., Bright, J., Hooley, R., & Neill, S. (2006). Doing the unexpected: Proteins involved in hydrogen peroxide perception. Journal of Experimental Botany, 57(8), 1711-1718. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erj180

A look back at the early literature on reactive oxygen species (ROS) gives the impression that these small inorganic molecules had a singular defined role, that of host defence in mammalian systems. However, it is now known that their roles also incl... Read More about Doing the unexpected: Proteins involved in hydrogen peroxide perception.

The role of stigma peroxidases in flowering plants: Insights from further characterization of a stigma-specific peroxidase (SSP) from Senecio squalidus (Asteraceae) (2006)
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Porter, R., McInnis, S. M., Emery, D. C., Desikan, R., Hancock, J. T., & Hiscock, S. J. (2006). The role of stigma peroxidases in flowering plants: Insights from further characterization of a stigma-specific peroxidase (SSP) from Senecio squalidus (Asteraceae). Journal of Experimental Botany, 57(8), 1835-1846. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erj182

Angiosperm stigmas have long been known to exhibit high levels of peroxidase activity when they are mature and most receptive to pollen but the biological function of stigma peroxidases is not known. A novel stigma-specific class III peroxidase gene,... Read More about The role of stigma peroxidases in flowering plants: Insights from further characterization of a stigma-specific peroxidase (SSP) from Senecio squalidus (Asteraceae).

The framing of nanotechnologies in the British newspaper press (2005)
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Anderson, A., Allan, S., Petersen, A., & Wilkinson, C. (2005). The framing of nanotechnologies in the British newspaper press. Science Communication, 27(2), 200-220. https://doi.org/10.1177/1075547005281472

This article investigates how developments in nanotechnology were framed in the British national newspaper press during a formative period in their rising public salience. Specifically, an intervention by Prince Charles in April 2003 is shown to have... Read More about The framing of nanotechnologies in the British newspaper press.

Cannabinoids and cancer: Potential for colorectal cancer therapy (2005)
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Patsos, H. A., Hicks, D. J., Greenhough, A., Williams, A. C., & Paraskeva, C. (2005). Cannabinoids and cancer: Potential for colorectal cancer therapy. Biochemical Society Transactions, 33(4), 712-714. https://doi.org/10.1042/BST0330712

Despite extensive research into the biology of CRC (colorectal cancer), and recent advances in surgical techniques and chemotherapy, CRC continues to be a major cause of death throughout the world. Therefore it is important to develop novel chemoprev... Read More about Cannabinoids and cancer: Potential for colorectal cancer therapy.

Sub-lethal effects of metal exposure: Physiological and behavioural responses of the estuarine bivalve Macoma balthica (2004)
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Duquesne, S., Liess, M., & Bird, D. J. (2004). Sub-lethal effects of metal exposure: Physiological and behavioural responses of the estuarine bivalve Macoma balthica. Marine Environmental Research, 58(2-5), 245-250. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2004.03.066

Variation in glycogen concentration, condition index (CI) and filtration activity were measured in the bivalve Macoma balthica buried in sediment and experimentally exposed to cadmium (Cd). The stress due to elevated but sub-lethal concentrations (30... Read More about Sub-lethal effects of metal exposure: Physiological and behavioural responses of the estuarine bivalve Macoma balthica.

A screen-printed, amperometric, biosensor array for the detection of organophosphate pesticides based on inhibition of wild type, and mutant acetylcholinesterases, from Drosophila melanogaster (2004)
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Hart, J. P., Crew, A. P., Hart, J. P., Wedge, R., Marty, J. L., & Fournier, D. (2004). A screen-printed, amperometric, biosensor array for the detection of organophosphate pesticides based on inhibition of wild type, and mutant acetylcholinesterases, from Drosophila melanogaster. Analytical Letters, 37(8), 1601-1610. https://doi.org/10.1081/AL-120037590

Screen-printed carbon electrodes (SPCEs) modified with cobalt phthalocyanine (CoPC) have been used as base transducers in the construction of amperometric pesticide biosensors. Six individual biosensors were fabricated by depositing wildtype (WT) ace... Read More about A screen-printed, amperometric, biosensor array for the detection of organophosphate pesticides based on inhibition of wild type, and mutant acetylcholinesterases, from Drosophila melanogaster.