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Tongue biofilm areal density and tongue coating index (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

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.

The biology and conservation of the fish assemblage of the Severn Estuary (cSAC) (2008)
Journal Article

The Severn Estuary is the second largest estuary in the UK and has been designated a cSAC because it contains habitat types and species that are rare or threatened in Europe, including the anadromous river and sea lampreys and the twaite and allis sh... Read More about The biology and conservation of the fish assemblage of the Severn Estuary (cSAC).

Initial results from the use of evolutionary learning to control chemical computers (2008)
Journal Article

The behaviour of pulses of Belousov-Zhabotinski (BZ) reaction diffusion waves can be controlled automatically through machine learning. By extension, a form of chemical network computing, i.e., a massively parallel non-linear Computer, can be realise... Read More about Initial results from the use of evolutionary learning to control chemical computers.

Regulation of CYP2A6 protein expression by skatole, indole, and testicular steroids in primary cultured pig hepatocytes (2008)
Journal Article

CYP2A6 is one of the enzymes involved in the hepatic metabolism of a naturally produced compound, skatole, in the pig. Low CYP2A6 activity has been linked to excessive accumulation of skatole in pig adipose tissue and development of the phenomenon "b... Read More about Regulation of CYP2A6 protein expression by skatole, indole, and testicular steroids in primary cultured pig hepatocytes.

The post-transcriptional roles of WT1, a multifunctional zinc-finger protein (2008)
Journal Article

WT1 was first described in 1990 as a tumour suppressor gene associated with Wilms tumour (nephroblastoma). It encodes a typical transcription factor with four C2-H2 zinc fingers in the C-terminus. However WT1 is surprisingly complex at multiple level... Read More about The post-transcriptional roles of WT1, a multifunctional zinc-finger protein.

Universal computation with limited resources: Belousov-Zhabotinsky and physarum computers (2008)
Journal Article

Using the examples of an excitable chemical system (the Belousov-Zhabotinsky medium) and plasmodium of Physarum polycephalum we show that universal computation in a geometrically unconstrained medium is only possible when resources (excitability or c... Read More about Universal computation with limited resources: Belousov-Zhabotinsky and physarum computers.

All in the cup or all in the mind - the effects of caffeine and belief of caffeine consumption on sleep and waking (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

To what extent are hepatic concentrations of heavy metals in Anguilla anguilla at a site in a contaminated estuary related to body size and age and reflected in the metallothionein concentrations? (2008)
Journal Article

To what extent are hepatic concentrations of heavy metals in Anguilla anguilla at a site in a contaminated estuary related to body size and age and reflected in the metallothionein concentrations? (2008)
Journal Article

We explored how hepatic [metal]s in Anguilla anguilla at a contaminated estuarine site are influenced by body size, age and season, and the extent that [Cu], [Cd] and [Zn]s are reflected in [metallothionein (MT)]s. Although each [metal] and [MT] incr... Read More about To what extent are hepatic concentrations of heavy metals in Anguilla anguilla at a site in a contaminated estuary related to body size and age and reflected in the metallothionein concentrations?.

Short-term effectiveness of drain-blocking in suppressing enzymic peat decomposition and DOC export
Report

It has become evident that there is a general problem of increasing colour in the water draining from areas of accumulated peat in upland Britain. It was agreed in early 2007 to set up a preliminary investigation into the causes of change in colour u... Read More about Short-term effectiveness of drain-blocking in suppressing enzymic peat decomposition and DOC export.

Non-linear media based computers: chemical and neuronal networks through machine learning (2008)
Report

There is growing interest in research into the development of hybrid wetware-silicon devices focused on exploiting their potential for 'non-linear computing'. The aim is to harness the as yet only partially understood intricate dynamics of non-linear... Read More about Non-linear media based computers: chemical and neuronal networks through machine learning.

Towards unconventional computing through simulated evolution: Control of nonlinear media by a learning classifier system (2008)
Journal Article

We propose that the behavior of nonlinear media can be controlled automatically through evolutionary learning. By extension, forms of unconventional computing (viz., massively parallel nonlinear computers) can be realized by such an approach. In this... Read More about Towards unconventional computing through simulated evolution: Control of nonlinear media by a learning classifier system.

Penetrative convection in a fluid layer with throughflow (2008)
Journal Article

Linear and nonlinear stability analyses of vertical throughflow in a fluid layer, where the density is quadratic in temperature, are studied. To avoid the loss of key terms a weighted functional is used in the energy analysis. Both conditional and un... Read More about Penetrative convection in a fluid layer with throughflow.

A screen-printed, amperometric biosensor array incorporated into a novel automated system for the simultaneous determination of organophosphate pesticides
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Novel automated electrochemical system, based on a screen-printed amperometric biosensor array, for the simultaneous determination of organophosphate pesticides in environmental samples
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Mucosal immunity in healthy adults after parenteral vaccination with outer-membrane vesicles from Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B (2008)
Journal Article

Background. Nasopharyngeal carriage of meningococcus or related species leads to protective immunity in adolescence or early adulthood. This natural immunity is associated with mucosal and systemic T cell memory. Whether parenteral Neisseria meningit... Read More about Mucosal immunity in healthy adults after parenteral vaccination with outer-membrane vesicles from Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B.

Analysis of basic compounds by reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography using hybrid inorganic/organic phases at high pH (2008)
Journal Article

The retention and mass overload of five bases and a quaternary ammonium compound were studied on a bridged ethyl hybrid inorganic/organic phase (XBridge C18) over a pH range 2.7-12.0 using acetonitrile-phosphate and carbonate buffers. Some comparison... Read More about Analysis of basic compounds by reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography using hybrid inorganic/organic phases at high pH.

Identification of campylobacter infection in chickens from volatile faecal emissions (2008)
Journal Article

Identification of Campylobacter infection in chickens from volatile faecal emissions (2008)
Journal Article

Volatile organic compounds from chicken faeces were investigated as biomarkers for Campylobacter infection. Campylobacter are major poultry-borne zoonotic pathogens, colonizing the avian intestinal tract. Chicken faeces are the principal source of co... Read More about Identification of Campylobacter infection in chickens from volatile faecal emissions.

Studies towards the development of a prototype, disposable, screen-printed, electrochemical biosensor for phosphate ions in the acqueous environment
Presentation / Conference Contribution