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Mesenchymal stem cell-conditioned medium reduces disease severity and immune responses in inflammatory arthritis (2017)
Journal Article

We evaluated the therapeutic potential of mesenchymal stem cell-conditioned medium (CM-MSC) as an alternative to cell therapy in an antigen-induced model of arthritis (AIA). Disease severity and cartilage loss were evaluated by histopathological anal... Read More about Mesenchymal stem cell-conditioned medium reduces disease severity and immune responses in inflammatory arthritis.

Quantitative analysis of antimicrobial use on British dairy farms (2017)
Journal Article

Antimicrobial resistance has been reported to represent a growing threat to both human and animal health, and concerns have been raised around levels of antimicrobial usage (AMU) within the livestock industry. To provide a benchmark for dairy cattle... Read More about Quantitative analysis of antimicrobial use on British dairy farms.

Noise switching at a dynamical critical point in a cavity-conductor hybrid (2017)
Journal Article

Coupling a mesoscopic conductor to a microwave cavity can lead to fascinating feedback effects which generate strong correlations between the dynamics of photons and charges. We explore the connection between cavity dynamics and charge transport in... Read More about Noise switching at a dynamical critical point in a cavity-conductor hybrid.

American exceptionalism in parole release and supervision: a European perspective (2017)
Book Chapter

This chapter focuses on American exceptionalism in parole release and supervision. It first establishes a clear understanding of what is meant by granting parole and parole supervision in the United States and Europe within the respective sentencing... Read More about American exceptionalism in parole release and supervision: a European perspective.

Lived religion and sexuality: Future directions (2017)
Book Chapter

In recent years, concepts such as lived and everyday religion have re-energised how religion is measured, analysed and understood. But although such terminology is readily deployed in contemporary research, there are areas where it has not been so pr... Read More about Lived religion and sexuality: Future directions.

Individual Determinants for the Selection of Group Coordinators in the European Parliament (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017 University Association for Contemporary European Studies and John Wiley & Sons Ltd Group coordinators are part of a highly influential circle of members of the European Parliament (MEPs). However, there is only scant knowledge about the powe... Read More about Individual Determinants for the Selection of Group Coordinators in the European Parliament.

Human dissemination of genes and microorganisms in Earth's Critical Zone (2017)
Journal Article

Earth's Critical Zone sustains terrestrial life and consists of the thin planetary surface layer between unaltered rock and the atmospheric boundary. Within this zone, flows of energy and materials are mediated by physical processes and by the action... Read More about Human dissemination of genes and microorganisms in Earth's Critical Zone.

Factors that influence pre-service teachers’ persistence (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017 Elsevier Ltd This study investigated the role of various factors in pre-service teachers’ persistence. Using a sample of U.S. pre-service teachers (N = 1365) from 256 institutions, the study explored the joint effect of predictors that influen... Read More about Factors that influence pre-service teachers’ persistence.

From barriers to enablers: where next for Improved cookstoves? (2017)
Journal Article

The 'Barriers to the introduction and uptake of improved cookstoves (ICS) in East and Southern Africa' is a three year research project funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Department for International Development... Read More about From barriers to enablers: where next for Improved cookstoves?.

Advancing electrochemical jet methods through manipulation of the angle of address (2017)
Journal Article

Electrochemical jet processing techniques have traditionally been considered to be limited to planar interactions with the electrolyte jet being maintained normal to the workpiece surface. In this study, the viability and resultant effects of articul... Read More about Advancing electrochemical jet methods through manipulation of the angle of address.

The early inflorescence of Arabidopsis thaliana demonstrates positional effects in floral organ growth and meristem patterning (2017)
Journal Article

Most flowering plants, including the genetic model Arabidopsis thaliana, produce multiple flowers in sequence from a reproductive shoot apex to form a flower spike (inflorescence). The development of individual flowers on an Arabidopsis inflorescence... Read More about The early inflorescence of Arabidopsis thaliana demonstrates positional effects in floral organ growth and meristem patterning.

Is Your Extra X Chromosome Holding You Back? An Insight into Female Education and Academic Careers in STEMM (2017)
Book Chapter

This review discusses whether gender inequality still exists within medical, scientific and engineering academia, with regards to the career development of academic staff. In the 1970s it was suggested that women who are talented and educated with fa... Read More about Is Your Extra X Chromosome Holding You Back? An Insight into Female Education and Academic Careers in STEMM.

Cosmic CARNage I: on the calibration of galaxy formation models (2017)
Journal Article

We present a comparison of nine galaxy formation models, eight semi-analytical, and one halo occupation distribution model, run on the same underlying cold dark matter simulation (cosmological box of comoving width 125h−1 Mpc, with a dark-matter part... Read More about Cosmic CARNage I: on the calibration of galaxy formation models.

Major merging history in CANDELS. I. Evolution of the incidence of massive galaxy–galaxy pairs from z = 3 to z ∼ 0 (2017)
Journal Article

The rate of major galaxy–galaxy merging is theoretically predicted to steadily increase with redshift during the peak epoch of massive galaxy development (1 ≤ z ≤ 3). We use close-pair statistics to objectively study the incidence of massive galaxies... Read More about Major merging history in CANDELS. I. Evolution of the incidence of massive galaxy–galaxy pairs from z = 3 to z ∼ 0.

Galaxy Cluster Mass Reconstruction Project: III. The impact of dynamical substructure on cluster mass estimates (2017)
Journal Article

With the advent of wide-field cosmological surveys, we are approaching samples of hundreds of thousands of galaxy clusters. While such large numbers will help reduce statistical uncertainties, the control of systematics in cluster masses is crucial.... Read More about Galaxy Cluster Mass Reconstruction Project: III. The impact of dynamical substructure on cluster mass estimates.

Antiplatelet therapy with aspirin, clopidogrel, and dipyridamole versus clopidogrel alone or aspirin and dipyridamole in patients with acute cerebral ischaemia (TARDIS): a randomised, open-label, phase 3 superiority trial (2017)
Journal Article

Background: Intensive antiplatelet therapy with three agents might be more effective than guideline treatment for preventing recurrent events in patients with acute cerebral ischaemia. We aimed to compare the safety and efficacy of intensive antiplat... Read More about Antiplatelet therapy with aspirin, clopidogrel, and dipyridamole versus clopidogrel alone or aspirin and dipyridamole in patients with acute cerebral ischaemia (TARDIS): a randomised, open-label, phase 3 superiority trial.

Molecular adaptations of adipose tissue to 6 weeks of morning fasting vs. daily breakfast consumption in lean and obese adults (2017)
Journal Article

This study assessed molecular responses of human subcutaneous abdominal adipose tissue (SCAT) to 6 weeks of morning fasting. Forty‐nine healthy lean (n = 29) and obese (n = 20) adults provided SCAT biopsies before and after 6 weeks of morning fasting... Read More about Molecular adaptations of adipose tissue to 6 weeks of morning fasting vs. daily breakfast consumption in lean and obese adults.

Optimization of the pore structure of biomass-based carbons in relation to their use for CO2 capture at low and high pressure regimes (2017)
Journal Article

A versatile chemical activation approach for the fabrication of sustainable porous carbons with a pore network tunable from micro- to hierarchical micro-/mesoporous is hereby presented. It is based on the use of a less corrosive and less toxic chemic... Read More about Optimization of the pore structure of biomass-based carbons in relation to their use for CO2 capture at low and high pressure regimes.

Contribution of skin and stone to texture measurements of spherical model fruits (2017)
Journal Article

Fruits are composite materials often surrounded by a skin and sometimes containing rigid stones (pits). To understand the contribution of skin and stone to the overall texture of the fruit, model fruits were constructed from molded gelatin spheres, w... Read More about Contribution of skin and stone to texture measurements of spherical model fruits.

An augmented delivery of the anticancer agent, curcumin, to the colon (2017)
Journal Article

This work describes the formulation aspects of an orally viable curcumin-containing mucoadhesive nanoparticulate system for management of colon cancer. Curcumin is documented to possess anticancer properties whilst modified citrus pectin yields a gal... Read More about An augmented delivery of the anticancer agent, curcumin, to the colon.