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Mapping and validation of quantitative trait loci associated with concentrations of 16 elements in unmilled rice grain (2013)
Journal Article
Zhang, M., Pinson, S. R., Tarpley, L., Huang, X., Lahner, B., Yakubova, E., …Salt, D. E. (2014). Mapping and validation of quantitative trait loci associated with concentrations of 16 elements in unmilled rice grain. TAG Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 127(1), 137-165. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00122-013-2207-5

Key Message: QTLs controlling the concentrations elements in rice grain were identified in two mapping populations. The QTLs were clustered such that most genomic regions were associated with more than one element.

In this study, quantitative tra... Read More about Mapping and validation of quantitative trait loci associated with concentrations of 16 elements in unmilled rice grain.

The relationship between MEG and fMRI (2013)
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Hall, E. L., Robson, S., Morris, P., & Brookes, M. J. (2014). The relationship between MEG and fMRI. NeuroImage, 102(1), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2013.11.005

In recent years functional neuroimaging techniques such as fMRI, MEG, EEG and PET have provided researchers with a wealth of information on human brain function. However none of these modalities can measure directly either the neuro-electrical or ne... Read More about The relationship between MEG and fMRI.

Searching for large-scale structures around high-redshift radio galaxies with Herschel (2013)
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Rigby, E., Hatch, N. A., Rottgering, H., Sibthorpe, B., Chiang, Y., Overzier, R., …Venemans, B. (2014). Searching for large-scale structures around high-redshift radio galaxies with Herschel. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 437(2), https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt2019

This paper presents the first results of a far-infrared search for protocluster-associated galaxy overdensities using the Spectral and Photometric Imaging REciever (SPIRE) instrument on-board the Herschel Space Observatory. Large (∼400 arcmin2) field... Read More about Searching for large-scale structures around high-redshift radio galaxies with Herschel.

Bayesian networks for raster data (BayNeRD): plausible reasoning from observations (2013)
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Mello, M. P., Risso, J., Atzberger, C., Aplin, P., Pebesma, E., Vieira, C. A. O., & Rudorff, B. F. T. (2013). Bayesian networks for raster data (BayNeRD): plausible reasoning from observations. Remote Sensing, 5(11), https://doi.org/10.3390/rs5115999

This paper describes the basis functioning and implementation of a computer-aided Bayesian Network (BN) method that is able to incorporate experts’ knowledge for the benefit of remote sensing applications and other raster data analyses: Bayesian Netw... Read More about Bayesian networks for raster data (BayNeRD): plausible reasoning from observations.

Work disability and state benefit claims in early rheumatoid arthritis: the ERAN cohort (2013)
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McWilliams, D. F., Varughese, S., Young, A., Kiely, P. D., & Walsh, D. A. (2014). Work disability and state benefit claims in early rheumatoid arthritis: the ERAN cohort. Rheumatology, 53(3), 473-481. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/ket373

Objective. RA is an important cause of work disability. This study aimed to identify predictive factors for work disability and state benefit claims in a cohort with early RA.

Methods. The Early RA Network (ERAN) inception cohort recruited from 22... Read More about Work disability and state benefit claims in early rheumatoid arthritis: the ERAN cohort.

Rating crowdsourced annotations: evaluating contributions of variable quality and completeness (2013)
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Foody, G. M. (2014). Rating crowdsourced annotations: evaluating contributions of variable quality and completeness. International Journal of Digital Earth, 7(8), 650-670. https://doi.org/10.1080/17538947.2013.839008

Crowdsourcing has become a popular means to acquire data about the Earth and its environment inexpensively, but the data-sets obtained are typically imperfect and of unknown quality. Two common imperfections with crowdsourced data are the contributio... Read More about Rating crowdsourced annotations: evaluating contributions of variable quality and completeness.

miR-24 affects hair follicle morphogenesis targeting Tcf-3 (2013)
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Amelio, I., Lena, A. M., Bonanno, E., Melino, G., & Candi, E. (2013). miR-24 affects hair follicle morphogenesis targeting Tcf-3. Cell Death and Disease, 4(11), Article e922. https://doi.org/10.1038/cddis.2013.426

During embryonic development, hair follicles (HFs) develop from an epidermal–mesenchymal cross talk between the ectoderm progenitor layer and the underlying dermis. Epidermal stem cell activation represents a crucial point both for HF morphogenesis a... Read More about miR-24 affects hair follicle morphogenesis targeting Tcf-3.

Body Mass Index as a Determinant of Brown Adipose Tissue Function in Healthy Children (2013)
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Robinson, L., Ojha, S., Symonds, M., & Budge, H. (2014). Body Mass Index as a Determinant of Brown Adipose Tissue Function in Healthy Children. Journal of Pediatrics, 164(2), 318-322.e1. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpeds.2013.10.005

Objective
To determine whether body mass index (BMI) percentile and ethnicity influence skin temperature overlying brown adipose tissue (BAT) depots in the supraclavicular region in healthy children.

Study design
Infrared thermography measured s... Read More about Body Mass Index as a Determinant of Brown Adipose Tissue Function in Healthy Children.

Rab11b mediates melanin transfer between donor melanocytes and acceptor keratinocytes via coupled exo/endocytosis (2013)
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Hume, A. N., Tarafder, A. K., Bolasco, G., Correia, M. S., Pereira, F. J., Iannone, L., …Seabra, M. C. (2014). Rab11b mediates melanin transfer between donor melanocytes and acceptor keratinocytes via coupled exo/endocytosis. Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 134(4), 1056-1066. https://doi.org/10.1038/jid.2013.432

The transfer of melanin from melanocytes to keratinocytes is a crucial process underlying maintenance of skin pigmentation and photoprotection against UV damage. Here, we present evidence supporting coupled exocytosis of the melanin core, or melanoco... Read More about Rab11b mediates melanin transfer between donor melanocytes and acceptor keratinocytes via coupled exo/endocytosis.

Fatigue life of an anchored blind-bolt loaded in tension (2013)
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Tizani, W., Abd Rahman, N., & Pitrakkos, T. (2014). Fatigue life of an anchored blind-bolt loaded in tension. Journal of Constructional Steel Research, 93, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcsr.2013.10.002

This paper investigates and reports on the fatigue behaviour of a novel blind-bolt system termed the Extended Hollo-bolt (EHB). The new blind-bolt is a modified version of the standard Lindapter Hollo-bolt, and its application relates to the construc... Read More about Fatigue life of an anchored blind-bolt loaded in tension.

Computing the broadband vibroacoustic response of arbitrarily thick layered panels by a wave finite element approach (2013)
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Chronopoulos, D., Ichchou, M., Troclet, B., & Bareille, O. (2014). Computing the broadband vibroacoustic response of arbitrarily thick layered panels by a wave finite element approach. Applied Acoustics, 77, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apacoust.2013.10.002

A robust procedure for the prediction of the dynamic response of layered panels within a SEA wave-context approach is proposed hereby. The dispersion characteristics of two dimensional composite orthotropic structures are predicted using a Wave Finit... Read More about Computing the broadband vibroacoustic response of arbitrarily thick layered panels by a wave finite element approach.

The IUPHAR/BPS Guide to PHARMACOLOGY: an expert-driven knowledgebase of drug targets and their ligands (2013)
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Pawson, A. J., Sharman, J. L., Benson, H. E., Faccenda, E., Alexander, S. P., Buneman, O. P., …Harmar, A. J. (2014). The IUPHAR/BPS Guide to PHARMACOLOGY: an expert-driven knowledgebase of drug targets and their ligands. Nucleic Acids Research, 42(D1), Article D1098-D1106. https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkt1143

The International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology/British Pharmacological Society (IUPHAR/BPS) Guide to PHARMACOLOGY (http://www.guidetopharmacology.org) is a new open access resource providing pharmacological, chemical, genetic, functional... Read More about The IUPHAR/BPS Guide to PHARMACOLOGY: an expert-driven knowledgebase of drug targets and their ligands.

Behavioural changes in dairy cows with lameness in an automatic milking system (2013)
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Miguel-Pacheco, G., Kaler, J., Remnant, J., Cheyne, L., Abbott, C., French, A. P., …Huxley, J. N. (2014). Behavioural changes in dairy cows with lameness in an automatic milking system. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 150, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applanim.2013.11.003

There is a tendency worldwide for the automation of farms; this has included the introduction of automatic milking systems (AMS) in the dairy industry. Lameness in dairy cows is highly prevalent and painful. These impacts potentially affect not only... Read More about Behavioural changes in dairy cows with lameness in an automatic milking system.

The genetics of virus particle shape in equine influenza A virus (2013)
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Elton, D., Bruce, E. A., Bryant, N., Wise, H. M., MacRae, S., Rash, A., …Digard, P. (2013). The genetics of virus particle shape in equine influenza A virus. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses, 7(s4), https://doi.org/10.1111/irv.12197

Background Many human strains of influenza A virus produce highly pleomorphic virus particles that at the extremes can be approximated as either spheres of around 100 nm diameter or filaments of similar cross-section but elongated to lengths of many... Read More about The genetics of virus particle shape in equine influenza A virus.

Role of catalyst carriers in CO2 photoreduction over nanocrystalline nickel loaded TiO2-based photocatalysts (2013)
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Ola, O., & Mercedes Maroto-Valer, M. (2014). Role of catalyst carriers in CO2 photoreduction over nanocrystalline nickel loaded TiO2-based photocatalysts. Journal of Catalysis, 309, 300-308. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcat.2013.10.016

Nickel-based TiO2 photocatalysts were immobilized onto carriers (quartz plates and monoliths) in a unique reactor configuration to provide a high ratio of illuminated surface area of catalyst for the reduction in CO2 to fuels under UV and visible lig... Read More about Role of catalyst carriers in CO2 photoreduction over nanocrystalline nickel loaded TiO2-based photocatalysts.

Barcode tagging of human oocytes and embryos to prevent mix-ups in assisted reproduction technologies (2013)
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Novo, S., Nogues, C., Penon, O., Barrios, L., Santalo, J., Gomez-Martinez, R., …Ibanez, E. (2014). Barcode tagging of human oocytes and embryos to prevent mix-ups in assisted reproduction technologies. Human Reproduction, 29(1), 18-28. https://doi.org/10.1093/humrep/det409

STUDY QUESTION: Is the attachment of biofunctionalized polysilicon barcodes to the outer surface of the zona pellucida an effective approach for the direct tagging and identification of human oocytes and embryos during assisted reproduction technolog... Read More about Barcode tagging of human oocytes and embryos to prevent mix-ups in assisted reproduction technologies.

Future climate alleviates stress impact on grassland productivity through altered antioxidant capacity (2013)
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Naudts, K., Van den Berge, J., Farfan, E., Rose, P., AbdElgawad, H., Ceulemans, R., …Nijs, I. (2014). Future climate alleviates stress impact on grassland productivity through altered antioxidant capacity. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 99, 150-158. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envexpbot.2013.11.003

Predicting future ecosystem functioning requires a mechanistic understanding of how plants cope with different stressors under future climate conditions with elevated CO2 concentrations and warmer temperatures. Nonetheless, studies of stress response... Read More about Future climate alleviates stress impact on grassland productivity through altered antioxidant capacity.

Effect of Ni Substitution for Co on the Electrochemical Properties of La0.75Mg0.25Ni2.7+xCo0.4-xMn0.1Al0.3(x= 0–0.4) Hydrogen Storage Alloys Synthesized by Chemical Co-precipitation plus Reduction Method (2013)
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Zhu, W., Tan, C., Xu, J., & Li, Z. (2014). Effect of Ni Substitution for Co on the Electrochemical Properties of La0.75Mg0.25Ni2.7+xCo0.4-xMn0.1Al0.3(x= 0–0.4) Hydrogen Storage Alloys Synthesized by Chemical Co-precipitation plus Reduction Method. Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 161(1), A89-A96. https://doi.org/10.1149/2.043401jes

The feasibility of substituting nickel for cobalt in La-Mg-Ni-based hydrogen storage alloys to reduce material costs and improve
electrochemical properties is investigated. The series of alloys with the chemical formula La0.75Mg0.25Ni2.7+xCo0.4-xMn0... Read More about Effect of Ni Substitution for Co on the Electrochemical Properties of La0.75Mg0.25Ni2.7+xCo0.4-xMn0.1Al0.3(x= 0–0.4) Hydrogen Storage Alloys Synthesized by Chemical Co-precipitation plus Reduction Method.

How ready is China for a China-style world order? China's state media discourse under construction (2013)
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Zhang, X. (2013). How ready is China for a China-style world order? China's state media discourse under construction. Ecquid Novi: African Journalism Studies, 34(3), https://doi.org/10.1080/02560054.2013.834834

What exactly is the China-style world order that Chinese officials and intellectual elites have recently been talking about, and how ready is China for it? An examination and analysis of discourses on ‘Africa Live’ on CCTV Africa, the first overseas... Read More about How ready is China for a China-style world order? China's state media discourse under construction.

Design challenges in the use of silicon carbide JFETs in matrix converter applications (2013)
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Empringham, L., De Lillo, L., & Shulz, M. (2013). Design challenges in the use of silicon carbide JFETs in matrix converter applications. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 29(5), https://doi.org/10.1109/TPEL.2013.2290835

This paper investigates some of the challenges en¬countered during the implementation of a Silicon Carbide JFET matrix converter which has been designed to meet a specific power density of 20kW/litre with forced air cooling. After a brief introductio... Read More about Design challenges in the use of silicon carbide JFETs in matrix converter applications.