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Macrophage phenotype in response to ECM bioscaffolds (2017)
Journal Article
Huleihel, L., Dziki, J. L., Bartolacci, J. G., Rausch, T., Scarritt, M. E., Cramer, M. C., …Badylak, S. F. (2017). Macrophage phenotype in response to ECM bioscaffolds. Seminars in Immunology, 29, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smim.2017.04.004

Macrophage presence and phenotype are critical determinants of the healing response following injury. Downregulation of the pro-inflammatory macrophage phenotype has been associated with the therapeutic use of bioscaffolds composed of extracellular... Read More about Macrophage phenotype in response to ECM bioscaffolds.

Public perceptions of 'negging': lowering women’s self-esteem to increase the male attractiveness and achieve sexual conquest (2017)
Journal Article
Green, K., Kukan, Z., & Tully, R. (2017). Public perceptions of 'negging': lowering women’s self-esteem to increase the male attractiveness and achieve sexual conquest. Journal of Aggression, Conflict and Peace Research, 9(2), https://doi.org/10.1108/JACPR-06-2016-0235

Purpose: ‘Negging’ can be described as the purposeful lowering of a woman’s self-esteem to increase perceived attractiveness of the man in order to achieve sexual conquest. Negging has evolved over time. Whilst ‘Original’ negging was intended to be a... Read More about Public perceptions of 'negging': lowering women’s self-esteem to increase the male attractiveness and achieve sexual conquest.

Toward a user-centered design of a weather forecasting decision-support tool (2017)
Journal Article
Argyle, E. M., Gourley, J. J., Flamig, Z. L., Hansen, T., & Manross, K. (2017). Toward a user-centered design of a weather forecasting decision-support tool. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 98(2), 373-382. https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-16-0031.1

Hazard Services is a software toolkit that integrates information management, hazard alerting, and communication functions into a single user interface. When complete, National Weather Service forecasters across the United States will use Hazard Serv... Read More about Toward a user-centered design of a weather forecasting decision-support tool.

A clinical evaluation of the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of intravenous alfaxalone in cyclodextrin in male and female rats following a loading dose and constant rate infusion (2017)
Journal Article
White, K. L., Paine, S., & Harris, J. (2017). A clinical evaluation of the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of intravenous alfaxalone in cyclodextrin in male and female rats following a loading dose and constant rate infusion. Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia, 44(4), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaa.2017.01.001

Objective: To characterise, as a clinical study, the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics and describe the hypnotic effect of the neurosteroid alfaxalone (3α-hydroxy-5 α-pregnane-11, 20-dione) formulated with 2-hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin in male a... Read More about A clinical evaluation of the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of intravenous alfaxalone in cyclodextrin in male and female rats following a loading dose and constant rate infusion.

Is it acceptable to video-record palliative care consultations for research and training purposes?: a qualitative interview study exploring the views of hospice patients, carers and clinical staff (2017)
Journal Article
Pino, M., Parry, R., Feathers, L., & Faull, C. (2017). Is it acceptable to video-record palliative care consultations for research and training purposes?: a qualitative interview study exploring the views of hospice patients, carers and clinical staff. Palliative Medicine, 31(8), https://doi.org/10.1177/0269216317696419

Background: Research using video recordings can advance understanding of healthcare communication and improve care, but making and using video recordings carries risks. Aim: To explore views of hospice patients, carers and clinical staff about... Read More about Is it acceptable to video-record palliative care consultations for research and training purposes?: a qualitative interview study exploring the views of hospice patients, carers and clinical staff.

A multi-layer integral model for locally-heated thin film flow (2017)
Journal Article
Kay, E., Hibberd, S., & Power, H. (2017). A multi-layer integral model for locally-heated thin film flow. Journal of Computational Physics, 336, 51-68. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2017.01.066

Based on an approach used to model environmental flows such as rivers and estuaries, we develop a new multi-layered model for thin liquid film flow on a locally-heated inclined plane. The film is segmented into layers of equal thickness with the velo... Read More about A multi-layer integral model for locally-heated thin film flow.

M gene reassortment in H9N2 influenza virus promotes early infection and replication: contribution to rising virus prevalence in chickens in China (2017)
Journal Article
Pu, J., Sun, H., Qu, Y., Wang, C., Gao, W., Zhu, J., …Liu, J. (2017). M gene reassortment in H9N2 influenza virus promotes early infection and replication: contribution to rising virus prevalence in chickens in China. Journal of Virology, 91(8), Article e02055-16. https://doi.org/10.1128/JVI.02055-16

Segment reassortment and base mutagenesis of influenza A viruses are the primary routes to the rapid evolution of high fitness virus genotypes. We recently described a predominant G57 genotype of avian H9N2 viruses that caused country-wide outbreaks... Read More about M gene reassortment in H9N2 influenza virus promotes early infection and replication: contribution to rising virus prevalence in chickens in China.

Total Synthesis of the Post‐translationally Modified Polyazole Peptide Antibiotic Goadsporin (2017)
Journal Article
Dexter, H. L., Williams, H. E., Lewis, W., & Moody, C. J. (2017). Total Synthesis of the Post‐translationally Modified Polyazole Peptide Antibiotic Goadsporin. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 56(11), 3069-3073. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201612103

The structurally unique polyazole antibiotic goadsporin contains six heteroaromatic oxazole and thiazole rings integrated into a linear array of amino acids that also contains two dehydroalanine residues. An efficient total synthesis of goadsporin is... Read More about Total Synthesis of the Post‐translationally Modified Polyazole Peptide Antibiotic Goadsporin.

Rotating Rayleigh-Taylor instability (2017)
Journal Article
Scase, M. M., Baldwin, K. A., & Hill, R. J. (2017). Rotating Rayleigh-Taylor instability. Physical Review Fluids, 2(2), Article 024801. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevFluids.2.024801

© 2017 American Physical Society. The effect of rotation upon the classical Rayleigh-Taylor instability is investigated. We consider a two-layer system with an axis of rotation that is perpendicular to the interface between the layers. In general, we... Read More about Rotating Rayleigh-Taylor instability.

Transcriptomic responses of water buffalo liver to infection with the digenetic fluke Fasciola gigantica (2017)
Journal Article
Zhang, F.-K., Zhang, X.-X., Elsheikha, H. M., He, J.-J., Sheng, Z.-A., Zheng, W.-B., …Zhu, X.-Q. (2017). Transcriptomic responses of water buffalo liver to infection with the digenetic fluke Fasciola gigantica. Parasites and Vectors, 10(1), Article 56. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-017-1990-2

Background Fasciola gigantica, the tropical liver fluke, infects buffaloes in Asian and African countries and causes significant economic losses and poses public health threat in these countries. However, little is known of the transcriptional respo... Read More about Transcriptomic responses of water buffalo liver to infection with the digenetic fluke Fasciola gigantica.

Risk of hepatocellular carcinoma among individuals with different aetiologies of cirrhosis: a population-based cohort study (2017)
Journal Article
West, J., Card, T. R., Aithal, G. P., & Fleming, K. M. (2017). Risk of hepatocellular carcinoma among individuals with different aetiologies of cirrhosis: a population-based cohort study. Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 45(7), 983-990. https://doi.org/10.1111/apt.13961

Background: Among patients with cirrhosis, only those determined to be at risk for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) should undergo surveillance. However, little is known about how different aetiologies of cirrhosis affect risk for HCC. Aim: To quantif... Read More about Risk of hepatocellular carcinoma among individuals with different aetiologies of cirrhosis: a population-based cohort study.

Mobility enhancement of CVD graphene by spatially correlated charges (2017)
Journal Article
Turyanska, L., Makarovsky, O., Eaves, L., Patanè, A., & Mori, N. (2017). Mobility enhancement of CVD graphene by spatially correlated charges. 2D Materials, 4(2), Article 025026. https://doi.org/10.1088/2053-1583/aa55b4

The manuscript presents a strategy for enhancing the carrier mobility of single layer CVD graphene (CVD SLG) based on spatially correlated charges. Our Monte Carlo simulations, numerical modeling and the experimental results confirm that spatial corr... Read More about Mobility enhancement of CVD graphene by spatially correlated charges.

De context van de zaak Hejduk (2017)
Journal Article
Torremans, P. (in press). De context van de zaak Hejduk

L’arrêt Hejduk prouve une nouvelle fois que l’interaction entre le droit de la propriété intellectuelle et le droit international privé ne se passe pas toujours de façon efficace et qu’elle devient tout à fait intéressante quand le principe de territ... Read More about De context van de zaak Hejduk.

Elevated 5hmC levels characterize DNA of the cerebellum in Parkinson’s disease (2017)
Journal Article
Stöger, R., Scaife, P., Shephard, F., & Chakrabarti, L. (in press). Elevated 5hmC levels characterize DNA of the cerebellum in Parkinson’s disease. npj Parkinson's Disease, 3(6), https://doi.org/10.1038/s41531-017-0007-3

5-methylcytosine and the oxidation product 5-hydroxymethylcytosine are two prominent epigenetic variants of the cytosine base in nuclear DNA of mammalian brains. We measured levels of 5-methylcytosine and 5-hydroxymethylcytosine by enzyme-linked immu... Read More about Elevated 5hmC levels characterize DNA of the cerebellum in Parkinson’s disease.

Application of ZnO nanoparticles in a self-cleaning coating on a metal panel: an assessment of environmental benefits (2017)
Journal Article
Stieberova, B., Zilka, M., Ticha, M., Freiberg, F., Caramazana-Gonzalez, P., McKechnie, J., & Lester, E. (2017). Application of ZnO nanoparticles in a self-cleaning coating on a metal panel: an assessment of environmental benefits. ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 5(3), 2493-2500. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.6b02848

This article is focused on assessing environmental benefits of a self-cleaning coating (SCCs) containing nanoparticles (NPs) applied on metal panels. ZnO NPs are incorporated in the coating to enhance the level of hydrophobicity, which enables a dram... Read More about Application of ZnO nanoparticles in a self-cleaning coating on a metal panel: an assessment of environmental benefits.

Generation of anti-inflammatory macrophages for implants and regenerative medicine using self-standing release systems with a phenotype-fixing cytokine cocktail formulation (2017)
Journal Article
Riabov, V., Salazar, F., Htwe, S. S., Gudima, A., Schmuttermaier, C., Barthes, J., …Kzhyshkowska, J. (2017). Generation of anti-inflammatory macrophages for implants and regenerative medicine using self-standing release systems with a phenotype-fixing cytokine cocktail formulation. Acta Biomaterialia, 53, 389-398. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actbio.2017.01.071

The immediate tissue microenvironment of implanted biomedical devices and engineered tissues is highly influential on their long term fate and efficacy. The creation of a long-term anti-inflammatory microenvironment around implants and artificial tis... Read More about Generation of anti-inflammatory macrophages for implants and regenerative medicine using self-standing release systems with a phenotype-fixing cytokine cocktail formulation.

Does achieving the best practice tariff improve outcomes in hip fracture patients? An observational cohort study (2017)
Journal Article
Oakley, B., Nightingale, J., Moran, C. G., & Moppett, I. K. (2017). Does achieving the best practice tariff improve outcomes in hip fracture patients? An observational cohort study. BMJ Open, 7(2), https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-014190

Objectives: To determine if the introduction of the best practice tariff (BPT) has improved survival of the elderly hip fracture population, or if achieving BPT results in improved survival for an individual. Setting: A single university-affiliated... Read More about Does achieving the best practice tariff improve outcomes in hip fracture patients? An observational cohort study.

Cuisine and conquest: interdisciplinary perspectives on food, continuity and change in 11th-century England and beyond (2017)
Book Chapter
Jervis, B., Whelan, F., & Livarda, A. (2017). Cuisine and conquest: interdisciplinary perspectives on food, continuity and change in 11th-century England and beyond. In D. M. Hadley, & C. Dyer (Eds.), The archaeology of the 11th century: continuities and transformations. Routledge

Multiple strands of evidence are combined to determine the impact of the Norman Con-quest on food culture. Diet is reconstructed from the analysis of zooarchaeological, archaeobotanical and ceramic evidence, as well as through an analysis of the 12th... Read More about Cuisine and conquest: interdisciplinary perspectives on food, continuity and change in 11th-century England and beyond.

Encapsulation of antifungals in micelles protects Candida albicans during gall-bladder infection (2017)
Journal Article
Hsieh, S.-H., Brunke, S., & Brock, M. (2017). Encapsulation of antifungals in micelles protects Candida albicans during gall-bladder infection. Frontiers in Microbiology, 8, Article 117. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2017.00117

Candida albicans is a dimorphic fungus that colonizes human mucosal surfaces with the potential to cause life-threatening invasive candidiasis. Studies on systemic candidiasis in a murine infection model using in vivo real-time bioluminescence imagin... Read More about Encapsulation of antifungals in micelles protects Candida albicans during gall-bladder infection.