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The Arabidopsis thaliana N-recognin E3 ligase PROTEOLYSIS1 influences the immune response (2019)
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Till, C. J., Vicente, J., Zhang, H., Oszvald, M., Deery, M. J., Pastor, V., …Holdsworth, M. J. (2019). The Arabidopsis thaliana N-recognin E3 ligase PROTEOLYSIS1 influences the immune response. Plant Direct, 3(12), Article e00194. https://doi.org/10.1002/pld3.194

N-degron pathways of ubiquitin-mediated proteolysis (formerly known as the N-end rule pathway) control the stability of substrate proteins dependent on the amino-terminal (Nt) residue. Unlike yeast or mammalian N-recognin E3 ligases, which each recog... Read More about The Arabidopsis thaliana N-recognin E3 ligase PROTEOLYSIS1 influences the immune response.

Improving the efficacy of selenium fertilizers for wheat biofortification (2019)
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Ramkissoon, C., Degryse, F., da Silva, R. C., Baird, R., Young, S. D., Bailey, E. H., & McLaughlin, M. J. (2019). Improving the efficacy of selenium fertilizers for wheat biofortification. Scientific Reports, 9, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-55914-0

© 2019, The Author(s). Increasing the selenium (Se) concentration of staple crops by fertilization is a valuable pathway to increase Se in the human diet, thus preventing Se deficiency. A pot trial was set up to investigate whether the application of... Read More about Improving the efficacy of selenium fertilizers for wheat biofortification.

Lifestyle information and commercial weight management groups to support maternal postnatal weight management and positive lifestyle behaviour: the SWAN feasibility randomised controlled trial (2019)
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Bick, D., Taylor, C., Bhavnani, V., Healey, A., Seed, P., Roberts, S., …Ussher, M. (2020). Lifestyle information and commercial weight management groups to support maternal postnatal weight management and positive lifestyle behaviour: the SWAN feasibility randomised controlled trial. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 127(5), 636-645. https://doi.org/10.1111/1471-0528.16043

© 2019 The Authors. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Objectives: To assess feasibility of a future randomised controlled t... Read More about Lifestyle information and commercial weight management groups to support maternal postnatal weight management and positive lifestyle behaviour: the SWAN feasibility randomised controlled trial.

Identification of QTLs for relative root traits associated with phosphorus efficiency in two culture systems in Brassica napus (2019)
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Wang, W., Zhang, Y., Ding, G., White, P. J., Broadley, M. R., Hammond, J. P., …Shi, L. (2019). Identification of QTLs for relative root traits associated with phosphorus efficiency in two culture systems in Brassica napus. Euphytica, 215(11), Article 192. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10681-019-2512-4

© 2019, Springer Nature B.V. Modifications of root system morphology and architecture are considered important strategies of plant tolerance to phosphorus (P) deficiency. However, the effect of culture system on the responses of root traits to P defi... Read More about Identification of QTLs for relative root traits associated with phosphorus efficiency in two culture systems in Brassica napus.

A century of anthropogenic environmental change in tropical Asia: Multi-proxy palaeolimnological evidence from Singapore’s Central Catchment (2019)
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Fong, L. S., Leng, M. J., & Taylor, D. (2019). A century of anthropogenic environmental change in tropical Asia: Multi-proxy palaeolimnological evidence from Singapore’s Central Catchment. Holocene, https://doi.org/10.1177/0959683619875808

The environmental ramifications of rapid development on the functioning of warm tropical freshwater ecosystems are poorly understood. Here, a multi-proxy palaeolimnological approach is used to examine the nature and degree of anthropogenic environmen... Read More about A century of anthropogenic environmental change in tropical Asia: Multi-proxy palaeolimnological evidence from Singapore’s Central Catchment.

Mediterranean winter rainfall in phase with African monsoons during the past 1.36 million years (2019)
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Wagner, B., Vogel, H., Francke, A., Friedrich, T., Donders, T., Lacey, J. H., …Zhang, X. (2019). Mediterranean winter rainfall in phase with African monsoons during the past 1.36 million years. Nature, 573, 256-260. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-019-1529-0

Mediterranean climates are characterized by strong seasonal contrasts between dry summers and wet winters. Changes in winter rainfall are critical for regional socioeconomic development, but are difficult to simulate accurately1 and reconstruct on Qu... Read More about Mediterranean winter rainfall in phase with African monsoons during the past 1.36 million years.

Temporal variability in foraminiferal morphology and geochemistry at the West Antarctic Peninsula: a sediment trap study (2019)
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Mikis, A., Hendry, K. R., Pike, J., Schmidt, D. N., Edgar, K. M., Peck, V., …Ducklow, H. (2019). Temporal variability in foraminiferal morphology and geochemistry at the West Antarctic Peninsula: a sediment trap study. Biogeosciences, 16, 3267-3282. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-3267-2019

The West Antarctic Peninsula (WAP) exhibits strong spatial and temporal oceanographic variability, resulting in highly heterogeneous biological productivity. Calcifying organisms that live in the waters off the WAP respond to temporal and spatial var... Read More about Temporal variability in foraminiferal morphology and geochemistry at the West Antarctic Peninsula: a sediment trap study.

Rapid identification of homozygosity and site of wild relative introgressions in wheat through chromosome-specific KASP genotyping assays (2019)
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Grewal, S., Hubbart-Edwards, S., Yang, C., Devi, U., Baker, L., Heath, J., …King, J. (2020). Rapid identification of homozygosity and site of wild relative introgressions in wheat through chromosome-specific KASP genotyping assays. Plant Biotechnology Journal, 18(3), 743-755. https://doi.org/10.1111/pbi.13241

For future food security, it is important that wheat, one of the most widely consumed crops in the world, can survive the threat of abiotic and biotic stresses. New genetic variation is currently being introduced into wheat through introgressions fro... Read More about Rapid identification of homozygosity and site of wild relative introgressions in wheat through chromosome-specific KASP genotyping assays.

Characterization of human FcεRIα chain expression and gene copy number in humanized rat basophilic leukaemia (RBL) reporter cell lines (2019)
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Ali Ali, E., Kalli, M., Wan, D., Nakamura, R., Onion, D., Alanine, D. G., …Falcone, F. H. (2019). Characterization of human FcεRIα chain expression and gene copy number in humanized rat basophilic leukaemia (RBL) reporter cell lines. PLoS ONE, 14(8), Article e0221034. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.+pone.0221034

Several laboratories have created rat basophil leukemia (RBL) cell lines stably transfected with the human high affinity IgE receptor (FcεRI H). More recently, humanized RBL cell lines saw the introduction of reporter genes such as luciferase (RS-ATL... Read More about Characterization of human FcεRIα chain expression and gene copy number in humanized rat basophilic leukaemia (RBL) reporter cell lines.

The influence of charge on the multiple thermal transitions observed in xanthan (2019)
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Abbaszadeh, A., Lad, M., Morris, G., MacNaughtan, W., Sworn, G., & Foster, T. (2019). The influence of charge on the multiple thermal transitions observed in xanthan. Food Hydrocolloids, 97, Article 105184. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodhyd.2019.105184

Helix-coil transitions in xanthans occur at lower temperatures when the pyruvate group is charged, destabilising the polymer chains. Increasing salt content increases the transition temperature by reducing the effective charge on the pyruvate. A simp... Read More about The influence of charge on the multiple thermal transitions observed in xanthan.

Hydro-mechanical processing of brewer's spent grain as a novel route for separation of protein products with differentiated techno-functional properties (2019)
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Ibbett, R., White, R., Tucker, G., & Foster, T. (2019). Hydro-mechanical processing of brewer's spent grain as a novel route for separation of protein products with differentiated techno-functional properties. Innovative Food Science and Emerging Technologies, 56, Article 102184. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ifset.2019.102184

© 2019 Elsevier Ltd Hydro-mechanical processing using a colloid mill with a large gap setting leads to the preferential breakup of the residual aleurone and endosperm tissues of brewer's spent grain, forming a protein rich fines material with small p... Read More about Hydro-mechanical processing of brewer's spent grain as a novel route for separation of protein products with differentiated techno-functional properties.

Molecular phenotyping of the surfaceome of migratory chondroprogenitors and mesenchymal stem cells using biotinylation, glycocapture and quantitative LC-MS/MS proteomic analysis (2019)
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Matta, C., Boocock, D. J., Fellows, C. R., Miosge, N., Dixon, J. E., Liddell, S., …Mobasheri, A. (2019). Molecular phenotyping of the surfaceome of migratory chondroprogenitors and mesenchymal stem cells using biotinylation, glycocapture and quantitative LC-MS/MS proteomic analysis. Scientific Reports, 9, Article 9018. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-44957-y

© 2019, The Author(s). The complement of cell surface proteins, collectively referred to as the surfaceome, is a useful indicator of normal differentiation processes, and the development of pathologies such as osteoarthritis (OA). We employed biochem... Read More about Molecular phenotyping of the surfaceome of migratory chondroprogenitors and mesenchymal stem cells using biotinylation, glycocapture and quantitative LC-MS/MS proteomic analysis.

The biogeochemical impact of glacial meltwater from Southwest Greenland (2019)
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Hendry, K. R., Huvenne, V. A., Robinson, L. F., Annett, A., Badger, M., Jacobel, A. W., …Woodward, E. M. S. (2019). The biogeochemical impact of glacial meltwater from Southwest Greenland. Progress in Oceanography, 176, Article 102126. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2019.102126

Biogeochemical cycling in high-latitude regions has a disproportionate impact on global nutrient budgets. Here, we introduce a holistic, multi-disciplinary framework for elucidating the influence of glacial meltwaters, shelf currents, and biological... Read More about The biogeochemical impact of glacial meltwater from Southwest Greenland.

Evaluation of progestogen supplementation for luteal phase support in fresh in vitro fertilization cycles (2019)
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Mohammed, A., Woad, K. J., Mann, G. E., Craigon, J., Raine-Fenning, N., & Robinson, R. S. (2019). Evaluation of progestogen supplementation for luteal phase support in fresh in vitro fertilization cycles. Fertility and Sterility, 112(3), 491-502.e3. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fertnstert.2019.04.021

© 2019 American Society for Reproductive Medicine Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of progestogen supplementation in improving clinical pregnancy rates in women undergoing fresh IVF cycles and to compare different routes, start times, duratio... Read More about Evaluation of progestogen supplementation for luteal phase support in fresh in vitro fertilization cycles.

Phacelia (Phacelia tanacetifolia Benth.) affects soil structure differently depending on soil texture (2019)
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Bacq-Labreuil, A., Crawford, J., Mooney, S., Neal, A., & Ritz, K. (2019). Phacelia (Phacelia tanacetifolia Benth.) affects soil structure differently depending on soil texture. Plant and Soil, 441(1-2), 543-554. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-019-04144-4

© 2019, The Author(s). Aims: We studied the effects of Phacelia tanacetifolia, increasingly used as a cover-crop species in arable agricultural systems, upon soil structural properties in the context of two contrasting soil textures. We hypothesised... Read More about Phacelia (Phacelia tanacetifolia Benth.) affects soil structure differently depending on soil texture.

Natural variation of arsenic fractions in soils of the Brazilian Amazon (2019)
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Da Silva Júnior, E. C., Martins, G. C., De Oliveira Wadt, L. H., Da Silva, K. E., Bezerra De Lima, R. M., Dias Batista, K., …Guimarães Guilherme, R. (2019). Natural variation of arsenic fractions in soils of the Brazilian Amazon. Science of the Total Environment, 687, 1219-1231. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.05.446

Arsenic (As) in native soils of the Amazon rainforest is a concern due to its likely origin from the Andean rivers, which transport loads of sediments containing substantial amounts of trace elements coming from the cordilleras. Yet, unveiling soil A... Read More about Natural variation of arsenic fractions in soils of the Brazilian Amazon.

The role of saliva in oral processing: Reconsidering the breakdown path paradigm (2019)
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Boehm, M. W., Yakubov, G. E., Stokes, J. R., & Baier, S. K. (2019). The role of saliva in oral processing: Reconsidering the breakdown path paradigm. Journal of Texture Studies, https://doi.org/10.1111/jtxs.12411

We discuss food oral processing research over the last two decades and consider strategies for quantifying the food breakdown model, originally conceptualised by Hutchings and Lillford . The key innovation in their seminal 1988 paper was shifting t... Read More about The role of saliva in oral processing: Reconsidering the breakdown path paradigm.

Cover crop species have contrasting influence upon soil structural genesis and microbial community phenotype (2019)
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Bacq-Labreuil, A., Crawford, J., Mooney, S. J., Neal, A. L., & Ritz, K. (2019). Cover crop species have contrasting influence upon soil structural genesis and microbial community phenotype. Scientific Reports, 9, Article 7473. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-43937-6

Cover crops (plants grown in an agricultural rotation between cash crops) can significantly improve soil quality via sequestering carbon, retaining nutrients, decreasing soil erosion, and maintaining belowground biodiversity. However, little is know... Read More about Cover crop species have contrasting influence upon soil structural genesis and microbial community phenotype.

The risk of selenium deficiency in Malawi is large and varies over multiple spatial scales (2019)
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Phiri, F. P., Ander, E. L., Bailey, E. H., Chilima, B., Chilimba, A. D. C., Gondwe, J., …Broadley, M. R. (2019). The risk of selenium deficiency in Malawi is large and varies over multiple spatial scales. Scientific Reports, 9(1), Article 6566. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-43013-z

Selenium (Se) is an essential human micronutrient. Deficiency of Se decreases the activity of selenoproteins and can compromise immune and thyroid function and cognitive development, and increase risks from non-communicable diseases. The prevalence o... Read More about The risk of selenium deficiency in Malawi is large and varies over multiple spatial scales.