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Characterization of Southeast Asia mangoes (Mangifera indica L) according to their physicochemical attributes (2018)
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Lawson, T., Lycett, G. W., Ali, A., & Chin, C. F. (2019). Characterization of Southeast Asia mangoes (Mangifera indica L) according to their physicochemical attributes. Scientia Horticulturae, 243, 189-196. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scienta.2018.08.014

Mango (Mangifera indica L.) is an economically important fruit crop grown in the tropics. One of the important traits of mango for successful commercial production is the storage quality of the fruit. This study was conducted to evaluate the postharv... Read More about Characterization of Southeast Asia mangoes (Mangifera indica L) according to their physicochemical attributes.

Sensitivity of simulated crop yield and nitrate leaching of the wheat-maize cropping system in the North China Plain to model parameters (2018)
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Jabloun, M., Li, X., Zhang, X., Tao, F., Hu, C., & Olesen, J. E. (2018). Sensitivity of simulated crop yield and nitrate leaching of the wheat-maize cropping system in the North China Plain to model parameters. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 263, 25-40. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2018.08.002

Process-based crop simulation models are often over-parameterised and are therefore difficult to calibrate properly. Following this rationale, the Morris screening sensitivity method was carried out on the DAISY model to identify the most influential... Read More about Sensitivity of simulated crop yield and nitrate leaching of the wheat-maize cropping system in the North China Plain to model parameters.

The stable isotope composition of organic and inorganic fossils in lake sediment records: current understanding, challenges, and future directions (2018)
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van Hardenbroek, M., Chakraborty, A., Davies, K., Harding, P., Heiri, O., Henderson, A., Holmes, J., Lasher, G., Leng, M., Panizzo, V., Roberts, L., Schilder, J., Trueman, C., & Wooller, M. (2018). The stable isotope composition of organic and inorganic fossils in lake sediment records: current understanding, challenges, and future directions. Quaternary Science Reviews, 196, 154-176. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2018.08.003

This paper provides an overview of stable isotope analysis (H, C, N, O, Si) of the macro and microscopic remains from aquatic organisms found in lake sediment records and their application in (palaeo)environmental science. Aquatic organisms, includin... Read More about The stable isotope composition of organic and inorganic fossils in lake sediment records: current understanding, challenges, and future directions.

Chloroplast-rich material from the physical fractionation of pea vine (Pisum sativum) postharvest field residue (Haulm) (2018)
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Torcello-Gómez, A., Gedi, M. A., Ibbett, R., Husain, K. N., Briars, R., & Gray, D. (2019). Chloroplast-rich material from the physical fractionation of pea vine (Pisum sativum) postharvest field residue (Haulm). Food Chemistry, 272, 18-25. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2018.08.018

An innovative procedure for plant chloroplasts isolation has been proposed, which consists of juice extraction by physical fractionation from plant material and recovery of its chloroplast-rich fraction (CRF) by centrifugation. This simple method has... Read More about Chloroplast-rich material from the physical fractionation of pea vine (Pisum sativum) postharvest field residue (Haulm).

Evidence for functional state transitions in intensively-managed soil ecosystems (2018)
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Todman, L., Fraser, F., Corstanje, R., Harris, J., Pawlett, M., Ritz, K., & Whitmore, A. (2018). Evidence for functional state transitions in intensively-managed soil ecosystems. Scientific Reports, 8, Article 11522. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-29925-2

Soils are fundamental to terrestrial ecosystem functioning and food security, thus their resilience to disturbances is critical. Furthermore, they provide effective models of complex natural systems to explore resilience concepts over experimentally-... Read More about Evidence for functional state transitions in intensively-managed soil ecosystems.

Immunological effects of altering the concentrate inclusion level in a grass silage-based diet for early lactation Holstein Friesian cows (2018)
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Little, M. W., Wylie, A. R. G., O’Connell, N. E., Welsh, M. D., Grelet, C., Bell, M. J., Gordon, A., & Ferris, C. P. (2018). Immunological effects of altering the concentrate inclusion level in a grass silage-based diet for early lactation Holstein Friesian cows. Animal, 13(4), 799-809. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1751731118001891

Concentrate inclusion levels in dairy cow diets are often adjusted so that the milk yield responses remain economic. While changes in concentrate level on performance is well known, their impact on other biological parameters, including immune functi... Read More about Immunological effects of altering the concentrate inclusion level in a grass silage-based diet for early lactation Holstein Friesian cows.

Production of membrane proteins for characterisation of their pheromone-sensing and antimicrobial resistance functions (2018)
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Azam, A. A., Kinder, J. M., Khan, G. N., Alase, A., Ma, P., Liu, Y., Ault, J. R., Henderson, P. J. F., Chowdhry, B. Z., Alexander, B. D., Harding, S. E., & Phillips-Jones, M. K. (2018). Production of membrane proteins for characterisation of their pheromone-sensing and antimicrobial resistance functions. European Biophysics Journal, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00249-018-1325-z

Despite the importance of membrane proteins in cellular processes, studies of these hydrophobic proteins present major technical challenges, including expression and purification for structural and biophysical studies. A modified strategy of that pro... Read More about Production of membrane proteins for characterisation of their pheromone-sensing and antimicrobial resistance functions.

Exogenous human OKSM factors maintain pluripotency gene expression of bovine and porcine iPS-like cells obtained with STEMCCA delivery system (2018)
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Canizo, J. R., Vazquez Echegaray, C., Klisch, D., Aller, J. F., Paz, D. A., Alberio, R. H., Alberio, R., & Guberman, A. S. (2018). Exogenous human OKSM factors maintain pluripotency gene expression of bovine and porcine iPS-like cells obtained with STEMCCA delivery system. BMC Research Notes, 11, Article 509. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-018-3627-8

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The use of induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells as an alternative to embryonic stem cells to produce transgenic animals requires the development of a biotechnological platform for their generation. In this study, different strategies fo... Read More about Exogenous human OKSM factors maintain pluripotency gene expression of bovine and porcine iPS-like cells obtained with STEMCCA delivery system.

Monitoring tropical peat related settlement using ISBAS InSAR, Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) (2018)
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Marshall, C., Large, D. J., Athab, A., Evers, S. L., Sowter, A., Marsh, S., & Sjögersten, S. (2018). Monitoring tropical peat related settlement using ISBAS InSAR, Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA). Engineering Geology, 244, 57-65. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enggeo.2018.07.015

Rapid population growth in South-East Asia has placed immense pressure upon lowland regions both to supply food and employment and space for residential, commercial and infrastructure development. This pressure has led to sites on tropical peatland p... Read More about Monitoring tropical peat related settlement using ISBAS InSAR, Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA).

Diets of giants: the nutritional value of sauropod diet during the Mesozoic (2018)
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Gill, F. L., Hummel, J., Sharifi, A. R., Lee, A. P., & Lomax, B. H. (2018). Diets of giants: the nutritional value of sauropod diet during the Mesozoic. Palaeontology, https://doi.org/10.1111/pala.12385

A major uncertainty in estimating energy budgets and population densities of extinct animals is the carrying capacity of their ecosystems, constrained by net primary productivity (NPP) and its digestible energy content. The hypothesis that increases... Read More about Diets of giants: the nutritional value of sauropod diet during the Mesozoic.