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Na+, K+-ATPase subunit composition in a human chondrocyte cell line; evidence for the presence of ?1, ?3, ?1, ?2 and ?3 isoforms (2012)
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Mobasheri, A., Trujillo, E., Arteaga, M., & Martin-Vasallo, P. (2012). Na+, K+-ATPase subunit composition in a human chondrocyte cell line; evidence for the presence of ?1, ?3, ?1, ?2 and ?3 isoforms. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 13(4), https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms13045019

Membrane transport systems participate in fundamental activities such as cell cycle control, proliferation, survival, volume regulation, pH maintenance and regulation of extracellular matrix synthesis. Multiple isoforms of Na+, K+-ATPase are expresse... Read More about Na+, K+-ATPase subunit composition in a human chondrocyte cell line; evidence for the presence of ?1, ?3, ?1, ?2 and ?3 isoforms.

Efficient and adaptive congestion control for heterogeneous delay-tolerant networks (2012)
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Radenkovic, M., & Grundy, A. (2012). Efficient and adaptive congestion control for heterogeneous delay-tolerant networks. Ad Hoc Networks, 10(7), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adhoc.2012.03.013

Detecting and dealing with congestion in delay-tolerant networks (DTNs) is an important and challenging problem. Current DTN forwarding algorithms typically direct traffic towards more central nodes in order to maximise delivery ratios and minimise d... Read More about Efficient and adaptive congestion control for heterogeneous delay-tolerant networks.

Urban identities: influences on socio-environmental values and spatial inter-relations (2012)
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Cheshmehzangi, A., & Heat, T. (in press). Urban identities: influences on socio-environmental values and spatial inter-relations. Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences, 36, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2012.03.028

This research focuses upon the socio-environmental dimensions and urban identity of urban environments by evaluating human behaviours and space-to-human relations. In addition, approaches to urban re-branding will be analysed to evaluate the role of... Read More about Urban identities: influences on socio-environmental values and spatial inter-relations.

A 1000-yr record of environmental change in NE China indicated by diatom assemblages from maar lake Erlongwan (2012)
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Wang, L., Rioual, P., Panizzo, V. N., Lu, H., Gu, Z., Chu, G., …Mackay, A. W. (2012). A 1000-yr record of environmental change in NE China indicated by diatom assemblages from maar lake Erlongwan. Quaternary Research, 78(1), 24-34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yqres.2012.03.006

Past environmental changes based on diatom relative abundances have been inferred from the maar Lake Erlongwan in northeast China. The limnology of Lake Erlongwan is affected by the strongly seasonal regional climate. The composition of diatom assemb... Read More about A 1000-yr record of environmental change in NE China indicated by diatom assemblages from maar lake Erlongwan.

Ecological partitioning and diversity in tropical planktonic foraminifera (2012)
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Seears, H. A., Darling, K. F., & Wade, C. M. (2012). Ecological partitioning and diversity in tropical planktonic foraminifera. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 12, Article 54. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-12-54

Background: Ecological processes are increasingly being viewed as an important mode of diversification in the marine environment, where the high dispersal potential of pelagic organisms, and a lack of absolute barriers to gene flow may limit the occu... Read More about Ecological partitioning and diversity in tropical planktonic foraminifera.

Cj1136 is required for lipooligosaccharide biosynthesis, hyperinvasion, and chick colonization by Campylobacter jejuni (2012)
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Javed, M. A., Cawthraw, S. A., Baig, A., Li, J., McNally, A., Oldfield, N. J., …Manning, G. (2012). Cj1136 is required for lipooligosaccharide biosynthesis, hyperinvasion, and chick colonization by Campylobacter jejuni. Infection and Immunity, 80(7), 2361-2370. https://doi.org/10.1128/IAI.00151-12

Campylobacter jejuni is a major cause of bacterial food-borne enteritis worldwide, and invasion into intestinal epithelial cells is an important virulence mechanism. Recently we reported the identification of hyperinvasive C. jejuni strains and creat... Read More about Cj1136 is required for lipooligosaccharide biosynthesis, hyperinvasion, and chick colonization by Campylobacter jejuni.

Tissue transglutaminase treatment leads to concentration-dependent changes in dendritic cell phenotype - implications for the role of transglutaminase in coeliac disease (2012)
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Dalleywater, W. J., Chau, D. Y., & Ghaemmaghami, A. M. (2012). Tissue transglutaminase treatment leads to concentration-dependent changes in dendritic cell phenotype - implications for the role of transglutaminase in coeliac disease. BMC Immunology, 13, Article 20. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2172-13-20

Dendritic cells (DCs) are part of the innate immune system with a key role in initiating and modulating T cell mediated immune responses. Coeliac disease is caused by inappropriate activation of such a response leading to small intestinal inflammatio... Read More about Tissue transglutaminase treatment leads to concentration-dependent changes in dendritic cell phenotype - implications for the role of transglutaminase in coeliac disease.

Formation, contraction, and mechanotransduction of myofribrils in cardiac development: clues from genetics (2012)
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Granados-Riveron, J. T., & Brook, D. (2012). Formation, contraction, and mechanotransduction of myofribrils in cardiac development: clues from genetics. Biochemistry Research International, 2012(504906), https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/504906

Congenital heart disease (CHD) is the most common birth defect in humans. It is a leading infant mortality factor worldwide, caused by defective cardiac development. Mutations in transcription factors, signalling and structural molecules have been sh... Read More about Formation, contraction, and mechanotransduction of myofribrils in cardiac development: clues from genetics.

Metaphors We Die By? Geoengineering, Metaphors, and the Argument From Catastrophe (2012)
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Nerlich, B., & Jaspal, R. (2012). Metaphors We Die By? Geoengineering, Metaphors, and the Argument From Catastrophe. Metaphor and Symbol, 27(2), 131-147. https://doi.org/10.1080/10926488.2012.665795

Geoeengineering the climate by reflecting sunlight or extracting carbon dioxide from the atmosphere has attracted increasing attention from natural scientists, social scientists, policy makers and the media. This article examines promotional discours... Read More about Metaphors We Die By? Geoengineering, Metaphors, and the Argument From Catastrophe.

On the numerical continuation of isolas of equilibria (2012)
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Rodrigues, S., Desroches, M., & Avitabile, D. (2012). On the numerical continuation of isolas of equilibria. International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos, 22(11), 1250277. https://doi.org/10.1142/s021812741250277x

We present a numerical strategy to compute one-parameter families of isolas of equilibrium solutions in ODEs. Isolas are solution branches closed in parameter space. Numerical continuation is required to compute one single isola since it contains at... Read More about On the numerical continuation of isolas of equilibria.

Expression of transient receptor potential vanilloid (TRPV) channels in different passages of articular chondrocytes (2012)
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Hdud, I. M., El-Shafei, A. A., Loughna, P., Barrett-Jolley, R., & Mobasheri, A. (2012). Expression of transient receptor potential vanilloid (TRPV) channels in different passages of articular chondrocytes. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 13(4), https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms13044433

Ion channels play important roles in chondrocyte mechanotransduction. The transient receptor potential vanilloid (TRPV) subfamily of ion channels consists of six members. TRPV1-4 are temperature sensitive calcium-permeable, relatively non-selective c... Read More about Expression of transient receptor potential vanilloid (TRPV) channels in different passages of articular chondrocytes.

Dickens, the suspended quotation and the corpus (2012)
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Mahlberg, M., & Smith, C. (2012). Dickens, the suspended quotation and the corpus. Language and Literature, 21(1), https://doi.org/10.1177/0963947011432058

This article presents a computer-assisted approach to the study of character discourse in Dickens. It focuses on the concept of the ‘suspended quotation’ – the interruption of a character’s speech by at least five words of narrator text. After an out... Read More about Dickens, the suspended quotation and the corpus.

Structural evidence that colicin a protein binds to a novel binding site of TolA protein in Escherichia coli periplasm (2012)
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Li, C., Zhang, Y., Vankemmelbeke, M., Hecht, O., Aleanizy, F. S., Macdonald, C., …Penfold, C. N. (2012). Structural evidence that colicin a protein binds to a novel binding site of TolA protein in Escherichia coli periplasm. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 287(23), https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M112.342246

The Tol assembly of proteins is an interacting network of proteins located in the Escherichia coli cell envelope that transduces energy and contributes to cell integrity. TolA is central to this network linking the inner and outer membranes by intera... Read More about Structural evidence that colicin a protein binds to a novel binding site of TolA protein in Escherichia coli periplasm.

A review of applications of Analytic Hierarchy Process in operations management (2012)
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Subramanian, N., & Ramanathan, R. (2012). A review of applications of Analytic Hierarchy Process in operations management. International Journal of Production Economics, 138(2), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2012.03.036

The purpose of this paper is to review the literature on the applications of the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) in operations management and suggest possible gaps from the point of view of researchers and practitioners. This paper systematically ca... Read More about A review of applications of Analytic Hierarchy Process in operations management.

The prognostic and predictive power of redox rotein expression for anthracycline-based chemotherapy response in locally advanced breast cancer (2012)
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Woolston, C. M., Zhang, L., Storr, S. J., Al-Attar, A., Shehata, M., Ellis, I. O., …Martin, S. G. (in press). The prognostic and predictive power of redox rotein expression for anthracycline-based chemotherapy response in locally advanced breast cancer. Modern Pathology, 25, https://doi.org/10.1038/modpathol.2012.60

Neoadjuvant chemotherapy has become the standard of care for locally advanced primary breast cancer. Anthracycline-based regimens have proven to be one of the most effective treatments in this setting. As certain cytotoxic antineoplastic agents, such... Read More about The prognostic and predictive power of redox rotein expression for anthracycline-based chemotherapy response in locally advanced breast cancer.

Performance of an integrated solar absorption cooling system in a sub-tropical region (2012)
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Darkwa, J., & Fraser, S. (2012). Performance of an integrated solar absorption cooling system in a sub-tropical region. International Journal of Low-Carbon Technologies, 7(3), https://doi.org/10.1093/ijlct/cts024

Evaluation of an integrated solar absorption cooling system located in a sub-tropical region has been carried out. Analysis of the results revealed an operational efficiency of 61% for the solar collectors at a mean differential temperature forumla o... Read More about Performance of an integrated solar absorption cooling system in a sub-tropical region.