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Migratory bird species benefit from traditional agricultural gardens in arid South Sinai (2014)
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In temperate and tropical regions agricultural conversion of natural habitat typically has negative impacts upon the diversity and functional complexity of bird communities. In arid environments however, the irrigation associated with agricultural ca... Read More about Migratory bird species benefit from traditional agricultural gardens in arid South Sinai.

The role of input flood and input enhancement in EFL learners’ acquisition of collocations (2014)
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The study investigated L2 learners’ acquisition of verb-noun and adjective-noun collocations following two kinds of instruction: input flood only and input flood plus input enhancement (in the form of underlining). L1 Polish learners of English as a... Read More about The role of input flood and input enhancement in EFL learners’ acquisition of collocations.

Detection of high-speed railway subsidence and geometry irregularity using terrestrial laser scanning (2014)
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Subsidence and geometry deformation monitoring are essential for safe transportation on a high-speed railway. Terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) is able to collect dense three-dimensional point data from the survey scene and achieve highly accurate mea... Read More about Detection of high-speed railway subsidence and geometry irregularity using terrestrial laser scanning.

Pore structure and permeation characteristics of foamed concrete (2014)
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A study has been undertaken to investigate the pore structure characteristics, porosity and critical pore diameter of preformed foamed concrete with a density between 1300 and 1900 kg/m3, and its effect on the permeation characteristics, water absorp... Read More about Pore structure and permeation characteristics of foamed concrete.

Convergence analysis and tuning of a sliding-mode ripple-correlation MPPT (2014)
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The development of fast Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) algorithms for photovoltaic (PV) systems with high bandwidth and predictable response to irradiation transients is attractive for mobile applications and installations under fast changing we... Read More about Convergence analysis and tuning of a sliding-mode ripple-correlation MPPT.

Exploiting the kinetic interplay between GPIb -VWF binding interfaces to regulate hemostasis and thrombosis (2014)
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Platelet–von Willebrand factor (VWF) interactions must be tightly regulated in order to promote effective hemostasis and prevent occlusive thrombus formation. However, it is unclear what role the inherent properties of the bond formed between the pla... Read More about Exploiting the kinetic interplay between GPIb -VWF binding interfaces to regulate hemostasis and thrombosis.

Depressive symptomatology in severe dementia in a European sample: prevalence, associated factors and prescription rate of antidepressants (2014)
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Copyright © International Psychogeriatric Association 2014. Background: Depression is a common comorbid disorder of dementia. This study explores the prevalence of and factors associated with depressive symptomatology, and antidepressant prescription... Read More about Depressive symptomatology in severe dementia in a European sample: prevalence, associated factors and prescription rate of antidepressants.

Coking and deactivation of a mesoporous Ni-CaO-ZrO2 catalyst in dry reforming of methane: a study under different feeding compositions (2014)
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A previously developed mesoporous Ni–CaO–ZrO2 catalyst (NCZ) was submitted to dry reforming of methane (DRM), and the influence of feeding compositions on the properties of accumulated carbon was comprehensively studied. To this end, the used catalys... Read More about Coking and deactivation of a mesoporous Ni-CaO-ZrO2 catalyst in dry reforming of methane: a study under different feeding compositions.

Preoperative carbohydrate supplementation attenuates post-surgery insulin resistance via reduced inflammatory inhibition of the insulin-mediated restraint on muscle pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 4 expression (2014)
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LiDCO-based fluid management in patients undergoing hip fracture surgery under spinal anaesthesia: a randomized trial and systematic review (2014)
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Background: Hip fracture is a condition with high mortality and morbidity in elderly frail patients. Intraoperative fluid optimization may be associated with benefit in this population. We investigated whether intraoperative fluid management using pu... Read More about LiDCO-based fluid management in patients undergoing hip fracture surgery under spinal anaesthesia: a randomized trial and systematic review.

Theoretical study of population inversion in active doped MIR chalcogenide glass fibre lasers (invited) (2014)
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Titanium based cranial reconstruction using incremental sheet forming (2014)
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In this paper, we report recent work in cranial plate manufacturing using incremental sheet forming (ISF) process. With a typical cranial shape, the ISF process was used to manufacture the titanium cranial shape by using different ISF tooling solutio... Read More about Titanium based cranial reconstruction using incremental sheet forming.

Thymine functionalised porphyrins, synthesis and heteromolecular surface-based self-assembly (2014)
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The synthesis and surface-based self-assembly of thymine-functionalised porphyrins is described. Reaction of 1-formylphenyl-3-benzoyl-thymine with suitable pyrollic species leads to the formation of tetra-(phenylthymine)porphyrin (tetra-TP) or mono-t... Read More about Thymine functionalised porphyrins, synthesis and heteromolecular surface-based self-assembly.

Theoretical evaluation of wall teichoic acids in the cavitation-mediated pores formation in Gram-positive bacteria subjected to an electric field (2014)
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Background: Electroporation is a method of choice to transform living cells. The ability of electroporation to transfer small or large chemicals across the lipid bilayer membrane of eukaryotic cells or Gram-negative bacteria relies on the formation o... Read More about Theoretical evaluation of wall teichoic acids in the cavitation-mediated pores formation in Gram-positive bacteria subjected to an electric field.

MicroRNA in prostate cancer: functional importance and potential as circulating biomarkers (2014)
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Background This non-systematic review article aims to summarise the progress made in understanding the functional consequences of microRNA (miRNA) dysregulation in prostate cancer development, and the identification of potential miRNA targets as ser... Read More about MicroRNA in prostate cancer: functional importance and potential as circulating biomarkers.

Contradistinct Thermoresponsive Behavior of Isostructural MIL-53 Type Metal–Organic Frameworks by Modifying the Framework Inorganic Anion (2014)
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Assessing the spatial precision of SE and GE-BOLD contrast at 7 Tesla (2014)
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Human leukocyte antigen genetic risk factors of drug-induced liver toxicology (2014)
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Introduction: Drug-induced liver injury (DILI) is a rare adverse drug reaction, which impacts significantly on patients. Human leukocyte antigen (HLA) risk alleles have been found to be associated with DILI supporting an immunological basis to DILI p... Read More about Human leukocyte antigen genetic risk factors of drug-induced liver toxicology.

Development of microspheres for biomedical applications: a review (2014)
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An overview of microspheres manufactured for use in biomedical applications based on recent literature is presented in this review. Different types of glasses (i.e. silicate, borate, and phosphates), ceramics and polymer-based microspheres (both natu... Read More about Development of microspheres for biomedical applications: a review.

Vascular change and opposing effects of the angiotensin type 2 receptor in a mouse model of vascular cognitive impairment (2014)
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Our aims were to assess the spatiotemporal development of brain pathology in a mouse model of chronic hypoperfusion using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and to test whether the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) can offer therapeutic benefit. For the... Read More about Vascular change and opposing effects of the angiotensin type 2 receptor in a mouse model of vascular cognitive impairment.