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Assessing human impact on Rostherne Mere, UK, using the geochemistry of organic matter (2018)
Journal Article
Lacey, J. H., Leng, M. J., Vane, C. H., Radbourne, A. D., Yang, H., & Ryves, D. B. (in press). Assessing human impact on Rostherne Mere, UK, using the geochemistry of organic matter. Anthropocene, 21, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ancene.2018.02.002

This study investigates recent changes in the geochemistry of organic material from a hypereutrophic lake (Rostherne Mere, United Kingdom) using the geochemical and molecular composition of radiometrically dated sediment cores. Modern samples suggest... Read More about Assessing human impact on Rostherne Mere, UK, using the geochemistry of organic matter.

When unlikely outcomes occur: the role of communication format in maintaining communicator credibility (2018)
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Jenkins, S. C., Harris, A. J., & Lark, M. (2019). When unlikely outcomes occur: the role of communication format in maintaining communicator credibility. Journal of Risk Research, 22(5), 537-554. https://doi.org/10.1080/13669877.2018.1440415

The public expects science to reduce or eliminate uncertainty (Kinzig & Starrett, 2003), yet scientific forecasts are probabilistic (at best) and it is simply not possible to make predictions with certainty. Whilst an ‘unlikely’ outcome is not expect... Read More about When unlikely outcomes occur: the role of communication format in maintaining communicator credibility.

Effect of feeding system on enteric methane emissions from individual dairy cows on commercial farms (2018)
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Eckert, M., Bell, M., Potterton, S., Craigon, J., Saunders, N., Wilcox, R., …Garnsworthy, P. (2018). Effect of feeding system on enteric methane emissions from individual dairy cows on commercial farms. Land, 7(1), https://doi.org/10.3390/land7010026

This study investigated the effects of feeding system on diurnal enteric methane (CH4) emissions from individual cows on commercial farms. Data were obtained from 830 cows across 12 farms, and data collated included production records, CH4 measuremen... Read More about Effect of feeding system on enteric methane emissions from individual dairy cows on commercial farms.

Does the diurnal pattern of enteric methane emissions from dairy cows change over time? (2018)
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Bell, M., Craigon, J., Saunders, N., Goodman, J., & Garnsworthy, P. (2018). Does the diurnal pattern of enteric methane emissions from dairy cows change over time?. Animal, 12(10), 2065-2070. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1751731118000228

Diet manipulation and genetic selection are two important mitigation strategies for reducing enteric methane (CH4) emissions from ruminant livestock. The aim of this study was to assess whether the diurnal pattern of CH4 emissions from individual dai... Read More about Does the diurnal pattern of enteric methane emissions from dairy cows change over time?.

Oxygen isotope analysis of the eyes of pelagic trilobites: Testing the application of sea temperature proxies for the Ordovician (2018)
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Bennett, C. E., Williams, M., Leng, M. J., Lee, M. R., Bonifacie, M., Calmels, D., …Vandenbroucke, T. R. (2018). Oxygen isotope analysis of the eyes of pelagic trilobites: Testing the application of sea temperature proxies for the Ordovician. Gondwana Research, 57, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2018.01.006

The oxygen isotope composition of well-preserved trilobite eye calcite, retaining its original optical properties, represents a possible source of information on Paleozoic sea temperatures. Species of the epipelagic telephinid genera Carolinites and... Read More about Oxygen isotope analysis of the eyes of pelagic trilobites: Testing the application of sea temperature proxies for the Ordovician.

The new food activism: opposition, cooperation, and collective action (2018)
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Earl, L. (2018). The new food activism: opposition, cooperation, and collective action. Food, Culture and Society, 21(2), 272-273. https://doi.org/10.1080/15528014.2018.1433944

Exposure to maternal cafeteria diets during the suckling period has greater effects on fat deposition and Sterol regulatory element binding protein-1c (SREBP-1c) gene expression in rodent offspring compared to exposure before birth (2018)
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Vithayathil, M., Gugusheff, J., Ong, Z., Langley-Evans, S. C., Gibson, R., & Muhlhausler, B. (in press). Exposure to maternal cafeteria diets during the suckling period has greater effects on fat deposition and Sterol regulatory element binding protein-1c (SREBP-1c) gene expression in rodent offspring compared to exposure before birth. Nutrition and Metabolism, 15(17), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12986-018-0253-3

Background: While the adverse metabolic effects of exposure to obesogenic diets during both the prenatal and early postnatal period are well established, the relative impact of exposure during these separate developmental windows remains unclear. O... Read More about Exposure to maternal cafeteria diets during the suckling period has greater effects on fat deposition and Sterol regulatory element binding protein-1c (SREBP-1c) gene expression in rodent offspring compared to exposure before birth.

Proportion of sewage sludge to soil influences the survival of Salmonella Dublin, and Escherichia coli (2018)
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Ellis, S., Tyrrel, S., O'Leary, E., Richards, K., Griffiths, B., & Ritz, K. (2018). Proportion of sewage sludge to soil influences the survival of Salmonella Dublin, and Escherichia coli. CLEAN - Soil, Air, Water, 46(4), https://doi.org/10.1002/clen.201800042

The survival of enteric pathogens in sewage sludge could lead to their transferral into the soil environment and subsequent contamination of crops and water courses. This, in turn, could increase the potential spread of gastrointestinal disease. This... Read More about Proportion of sewage sludge to soil influences the survival of Salmonella Dublin, and Escherichia coli.

Schools and Food Education in the 21st Century (2018)
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Earl, L. (2018). Schools and Food Education in the 21st Century. Taylor & Francis (Routledge)

Sustenance and performance: nutritional reserves, longevity and contest outcomes of fed and starved adult parasitoid wasps (2018)
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Snart, C. J., Kapranas, A., Williams, H., Barrett, D. A., & Hardy, I. C. (2018). Sustenance and performance: nutritional reserves, longevity and contest outcomes of fed and starved adult parasitoid wasps. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2018.00012

Dyadic contests for possession of resources occur across a wide range of animal taxa, with contest outcome often being heavily influenced by the energetic reserves of the competitors. The majority of studied parasitoid wasps lack de novo lipogenesis,... Read More about Sustenance and performance: nutritional reserves, longevity and contest outcomes of fed and starved adult parasitoid wasps.

The impacts of copper, iron and manganese metal ions on the EPR assessment of beer oxidative stability. (2018)
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Jenkins, D., James, S., Dehrmann, F., Smart, K., & Cook, D. (in press). The impacts of copper, iron and manganese metal ions on the EPR assessment of beer oxidative stability. Journal- American Society of Brewing Chemists, 76(1), https://doi.org/10.1080/03610470.2017.1402585

Beer flavour stability is a key quality parameter as brewers seek to maintain the quality of their product throughout the supply chain. The electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) oxidative stability assay is one method that brewers are utilising to op... Read More about The impacts of copper, iron and manganese metal ions on the EPR assessment of beer oxidative stability..

Multimeric recombinant antibody (scFv) for ELISA detection of allergenic walnut: an alternative to animal antibodies (2018)
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Madrid, R., de la Cruz, S., García-García, A., Alcocer, M. J., González, I., García, T., & Martín, R. (2018). Multimeric recombinant antibody (scFv) for ELISA detection of allergenic walnut: an alternative to animal antibodies. Journal of Food Composition and Analysis, 67, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfca.2018.01.017

Walnuts are classified as an important allergenic ingredient that can cause severe reactions in sensitized individuals. To prevent unintended exposure to products containing walnut, food manufacturers have the responsibility to declare its presence i... Read More about Multimeric recombinant antibody (scFv) for ELISA detection of allergenic walnut: an alternative to animal antibodies.

Variation in grain Zn concentration, and the grain ionome, in field-grown Indian wheat (2018)
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Khokhar, J. S., Sareen, S., Tyagi, B. S., Singh, G., Wilson, L., King, I. P., …Broadley, M. R. (2018). Variation in grain Zn concentration, and the grain ionome, in field-grown Indian wheat. PLoS ONE, 13(1), Article e0192026. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0192026

Wheat is an important dietary source of zinc (Zn) and other mineral elements in many countries. Dietary Zn deficiency is widespread, especially in developing countries, and breeding (genetic biofortification) through the HarvestPlus programme has rec... Read More about Variation in grain Zn concentration, and the grain ionome, in field-grown Indian wheat.

Vertical distribution and diurnal migration of atlantid heteropods (2018)
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Wall-Palmer, D., Metcalfe, B., Leng, M. J., Sloane, H. J., Ganssen, G., Vinayachandran, P., & Smart, C. W. (2018). Vertical distribution and diurnal migration of atlantid heteropods. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 587,

Understanding the vertical distribution and migratory behaviour of shelled holoplanktonic gastropods is essential in determining the environmental conditions to which they are exposed. This is increasingly important in understanding the effects of oc... Read More about Vertical distribution and diurnal migration of atlantid heteropods.

Finite indentation of highly curved elastic shells (2018)
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Pearce, S. P., King, J. R., Steinbrecher, T., Leubner-Metzger, G., Everitt, N. M., & Holdsworth, M. J. (2018). Finite indentation of highly curved elastic shells. Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 474(2209), https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2017.0482

Experimentally measuring the elastic properties of thin biological surfaces is non-trivial, particularly when they are curved. One technique that may be used is the indentation of a thin sheet of material by a rigid indenter, whilst measuring the app... Read More about Finite indentation of highly curved elastic shells.

Estimated differences in economic and environmental performance of forage-based dairy herds across the UK (2018)
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Bell, M. J., & Wilson, P. (in press). Estimated differences in economic and environmental performance of forage-based dairy herds across the UK. Food and Energy Security, Article e00127. https://doi.org/10.1002/fes3.127

Differences in performance among the areas of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland can provide some insight into the resilience of UK milk supplies from forage-based dairy herds. This study used a Markov Chain approach to model the average h... Read More about Estimated differences in economic and environmental performance of forage-based dairy herds across the UK.

Analysis of variance in soil research: let the analysis fit the design (2018)
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Webster, R., & Lark, R. (2018). Analysis of variance in soil research: let the analysis fit the design. European Journal of Soil Science, 69(1), 126-139. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejss.12511

Sound design for experiments on soil is based on two fundamental principles: replication and randomization. Replication enables investigators to detect and measure contrasts between treatments against the backdrop of natural variation. Random allocat... Read More about Analysis of variance in soil research: let the analysis fit the design.

How should a spatial-coverage sample design for a geostatistical soil survey be supplemented to support estimation of spatial covariance parameters? (2018)
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Lark, M., & Marchant, B. (2018). How should a spatial-coverage sample design for a geostatistical soil survey be supplemented to support estimation of spatial covariance parameters?. Geoderma, 319, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2017.12.022

We use an expression for the error variance of geostatistical predictions, which includes the effect of uncertainty in the spatial covariance parameters, to examine the performance of sample designs in which a proportion of the total number of observ... Read More about How should a spatial-coverage sample design for a geostatistical soil survey be supplemented to support estimation of spatial covariance parameters?.

Regulatory feedback response mechanisms to phosphate starvation in rice (2018)
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Ajmera, I., Shi, J., Giri, J., Wu, P., Stekel, D. J., Lu, C., & Hodgman, C. (in press). Regulatory feedback response mechanisms to phosphate starvation in rice. npj Systems Biology and Applications, 4(4), https://doi.org/10.1038/s41540-017-0041-0

Phosphorus is a growth-limiting nutrient for plants. The growing scarcity of phosphate stocks threatens global food security. Phosphate-uptake regulation is so complex and incompletely known that attempts to improve phosphorus use efficiency have had... Read More about Regulatory feedback response mechanisms to phosphate starvation in rice.

Evolution of the Toarcian (Early Jurassic) carbon-cycle and global climatic controls on local sedimentary processes (Cardigan Bay Basin, UK) (2018)
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Xu, W., Ruhl, M., Jenkyns, H. C., Leng, M. J., Huggett, J. M., Minisini, D., …Hesselbo, S. P. (2018). Evolution of the Toarcian (Early Jurassic) carbon-cycle and global climatic controls on local sedimentary processes (Cardigan Bay Basin, UK). Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 484, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2017.12.037

The late Early Jurassic Toarcian Stage represents the warmest interval of the Jurassic Period, with an abrupt rise in global temperatures of up to ∼7 °C in mid-latitudes at the onset of the early Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event (T-OAE; ∼183 Ma). The T-... Read More about Evolution of the Toarcian (Early Jurassic) carbon-cycle and global climatic controls on local sedimentary processes (Cardigan Bay Basin, UK).