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Integration of DNA into bacterial chromosomes from plasmids without a counter-selection marker (2012)
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Heap, J. T., Ehsaan, M., Cooksley, C. M., Ng, Y., Cartman, S. T., Winzer, K., & Minton, N. P. (2012). Integration of DNA into bacterial chromosomes from plasmids without a counter-selection marker. Nucleic Acids Research, 40(8), Article 10. https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkr1321

Most bacteria can only be transformed with circular plasmids, so robust DNA integration methods for these rely upon selection of single-crossover clones followed by counter-selection of double-crossover clones. To overcome the limited availability of... Read More about Integration of DNA into bacterial chromosomes from plasmids without a counter-selection marker.

Fluoxetine counteracts the cognitive and cellular effects of 5-Fluorouracil in the rat hippocampus by a mechanism of prevention rather than recovery (2012)
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Lyons, L., ELBeltagy, M., Bennett, G., & Wigmore, P. (2012). Fluoxetine counteracts the cognitive and cellular effects of 5-Fluorouracil in the rat hippocampus by a mechanism of prevention rather than recovery. PLoS ONE, 7(1), Article e30010. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0030010

5-Fluorouracil (5-FU) is a cytostatic drug associated with chemotherapy-induced cognitive impairments that many cancer patients experience after treatment. Previous work in rodents has shown that 5-FU reduces hippocampal cell proliferation, a possi... Read More about Fluoxetine counteracts the cognitive and cellular effects of 5-Fluorouracil in the rat hippocampus by a mechanism of prevention rather than recovery.

Hans Christoph Buch’s Sansibar Blues and the fascination of cross-cultural experience in contemporary German historical novels about colonialism (2012)
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Göttsche, D. (2012). Hans Christoph Buch’s Sansibar Blues and the fascination of cross-cultural experience in contemporary German historical novels about colonialism. German Life and Letters, 65(1), https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0483.2011.01563.x

This article maps four different types of cross-cultural experience in contemporary historical novels about colonial Africa (colonialist, exoticist, intercultural, and transcultural) before focusing on Buch’s Sansibar Blues (2008) as a case study in... Read More about Hans Christoph Buch’s Sansibar Blues and the fascination of cross-cultural experience in contemporary German historical novels about colonialism.

Ball and rackets: inferring fiber fanning from diffusion-weighted MRI (2012)
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Sotiropoulos, S. N., Behrens, T. E., & Jbabdi, S. (2012). Ball and rackets: inferring fiber fanning from diffusion-weighted MRI. NeuroImage, 60(2), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2012.01.056

A number of methods have been proposed for resolving crossing fibers from diffusion-weighted (DW) MRI. However, other complex fiber geometries have drawn minimal attention. In this study, we focus on fiber orientation dispersion induced by within-vox... Read More about Ball and rackets: inferring fiber fanning from diffusion-weighted MRI.

Exposure to bisphosphonates and risk of cancer: a protocol for nested caseecontrol studies using the QResearch primary care database (2012)
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Vinogradova, Y., Coupland, C., & Hippisley-Cox, J. (2012). Exposure to bisphosphonates and risk of cancer: a protocol for nested caseecontrol studies using the QResearch primary care database. BMJ Open, 2(1), Article e000548. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2011-000548

Introduction: Bisphosphonates are becoming a common treatment for osteoporosis particularly after discovery of the association between hormone replacement therapy and increased risk of breast cancer. As osteoporosis develops with age, treatment... Read More about Exposure to bisphosphonates and risk of cancer: a protocol for nested caseecontrol studies using the QResearch primary care database.

Hemispheric dispersion of radioactive plume laced with fission nuclides from the Fukushima nuclear event (2012)
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Hsu, S., Huh, C., Chan, C., Lin, S., Lin, F., & Liu, S. C. (2012). Hemispheric dispersion of radioactive plume laced with fission nuclides from the Fukushima nuclear event. Geophysical Research Letters, 39(7), https://doi.org/10.1029/2011GL049986

Radioactivities of particulate 131I and 137Cs released from the Fukushima nuclear accident were monitored in a regional aerosol network including two high mountain sites (central Taiwan and Tibetan Plateau). The results were integrated with data meas... Read More about Hemispheric dispersion of radioactive plume laced with fission nuclides from the Fukushima nuclear event.

Negotiating left-hand and right-hand bends: a motorcycle simulator study to investigate experiential and behaviour differences across rider groups (2012)
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Crundall, E., Crundall, D., & Stedmon, A. W. (2012). Negotiating left-hand and right-hand bends: a motorcycle simulator study to investigate experiential and behaviour differences across rider groups. PLoS ONE, 7(1), Article e29978. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0029978

Why do motorcyclists crash on bends? To address this question we examined the riding styles of three groups of motorcyclists on a motorcycle simulator. Novice, experienced and advanced motorcyclists navigated a series of combined left and right ben... Read More about Negotiating left-hand and right-hand bends: a motorcycle simulator study to investigate experiential and behaviour differences across rider groups.

Dopamine in nucleus accumbens: salience modulation in latent inhibition and overshadowing (2012)
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Nelson, A. J., Thur, K. E., Marsden, C., & Cassaday, H. J. (2012). Dopamine in nucleus accumbens: salience modulation in latent inhibition and overshadowing. Journal of Psychopharmacology, 25(12), https://doi.org/10.1177/0269881110389211

Latent inhibition (LI) is demonstrated when non-reinforced pre-exposure to a to-be-conditioned stimulus retards later learning. Learning is similarly retarded in overshadowing, in this case using the relative intensity of competing cues to manipulate... Read More about Dopamine in nucleus accumbens: salience modulation in latent inhibition and overshadowing.

On the control of secondary carbanion structure utilising ligand effects during directed metallation (2012)
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N,N-Diisopropyl-2-propylbenzamide 6-H undergoes lateral deprotonation by t-BuLi in the presence of the Lewis base PMDTA (N,N,N′,N″,N″-pentamethyldiethylenetriamine) to give a benzyllithium 6-Lil·PMDTA that incorporates a trigonal planar secondary car... Read More about On the control of secondary carbanion structure utilising ligand effects during directed metallation.

Improved measurements of the intergalactic medium temperature around quasars: possible evidence for the initial stages of He-II reionisation at z~6 (2012)
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We present measurements of the intergalactic medium (IGM) temperature within ~5 proper Mpc of seven luminous quasars at z~6. The constraints are obtained from the Doppler widths of Lyman-alpha absorption lines in the quasar near-zones and build upon... Read More about Improved measurements of the intergalactic medium temperature around quasars: possible evidence for the initial stages of He-II reionisation at z~6.

Folate transporter expression decreases in the human placenta throughout pregnancy and in pre-eclampsia (2012)
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Williams, P. J., Mistry, H. D., & Morgan, L. (2012). Folate transporter expression decreases in the human placenta throughout pregnancy and in pre-eclampsia. Pregnancy Hypertension, 2(2), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.preghy.2011.12.001

The transport of folate across the placenta involves a number of different receptors including folate receptor-alpha (FR-α), reduced folate carrier (RFC) and proton coupled folate transporter (PCFT). In addition there are a number of ATP-dependent tr... Read More about Folate transporter expression decreases in the human placenta throughout pregnancy and in pre-eclampsia.

Moderate multiple parentage and low genetic variation reduces the potential for genetic incompatibility avoidance despite high risk of inbreeding (2012)
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Tuni, C., Goodacre, S., Bechsgaard, J., & Bilde, T. (2012). Moderate multiple parentage and low genetic variation reduces the potential for genetic incompatibility avoidance despite high risk of inbreeding. PLoS ONE, 7(1), Article e29636. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0029636

Background Polyandry is widespread throughout the animal kingdom. In the absence of direct benefits of mating with different males, the underlying basis for polyandry is enigmatic because it can carry considerable costs such as elevated exposure t... Read More about Moderate multiple parentage and low genetic variation reduces the potential for genetic incompatibility avoidance despite high risk of inbreeding.

Compliance with mandatory reporting of clinical trial results on ClinicalTrials.gov: cross sectional study (2012)
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Prayle, A., Hurley, M., & Smyth, A. R. (2012). Compliance with mandatory reporting of clinical trial results on ClinicalTrials.gov: cross sectional study. BMJ, 2011(344), Article d7373. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.d7373

Objective To examine compliance with mandatory reporting of summary clinical trial results (within one year of completion of trial) on ClinicalTrials.gov for studies that fall under the recent Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act (FDAAA) legis... Read More about Compliance with mandatory reporting of clinical trial results on ClinicalTrials.gov: cross sectional study.

Biosecurity on cattle farms: a study in North-West England (2012)
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Brennan, M. L., & Christley, R. M. (2012). Biosecurity on cattle farms: a study in North-West England. PLoS ONE, 7(1), Article e28139. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0028139

Background: Few studies have considered in detail the range of biosecurity practices undertaken on cattle farms, particularly within the UK. In this study, 56 cattle farmers in a 100 km2 area of north-west England were questioned regarding their on-f... Read More about Biosecurity on cattle farms: a study in North-West England.

Motion-related artefacts in EEG predict neuronally plausible patterns of activation in fMRI data (2012)
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Jansen, M., White, T. P., Mullinger, K. J., Liddle, E. B., Gowland, P. A., Francis, S. T., …Liddle, P. F. (2012). Motion-related artefacts in EEG predict neuronally plausible patterns of activation in fMRI data. NeuroImage, 59(1), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.06.094

The simultaneous acquisition and subsequent analysis of EEG and fMRI data is challenging owing to increased noise levels in the EEG data. A common method to integrate data from these two modalities is to use aspects of the EEG data, such as the ampli... Read More about Motion-related artefacts in EEG predict neuronally plausible patterns of activation in fMRI data.