Who's Afraid of Reductionism's Wolf? The Return of Scientia
(2019)
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Limits to globalisation and the loss of faith (2019)
Journal Article
The contemporary rise of populism may be explained as a product of the process of globalisation against which it reacts. For globalisation rests upon a faith in the future, and limits to globalisation necessitate a change in faith. It is proposed tha... Read More about Limits to globalisation and the loss of faith.
In vitro cellular testing of Strontium/Calcium substituted phosphate glass discs and microspheres shows potential for bone regeneration (2019)
Journal Article
Phosphate glasses (PBG) are ideal materials for regenerative medicine strategies since their composition, degradation rates and ion release profiles can easily be controlled. Strontium has previously been found to simultaneously affect bone resorptio... Read More about In vitro cellular testing of Strontium/Calcium substituted phosphate glass discs and microspheres shows potential for bone regeneration.
Associations of symptomatic knee OA with histopathologic features in subchondral bone (2019)
Journal Article
© 2019, American College of Rheumatology Objective: Subchondral bone and the osteochondral junction are thought to contribute to osteoarthritis (OA) knee pain. We undertook this study to identify osteochondral pathologies specifically associated with... Read More about Associations of symptomatic knee OA with histopathologic features in subchondral bone.
The Effect of Psyllium Husk on Intestinal Microbiota in Constipated Patients and Healthy Controls (2019)
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Psyllium is a widely used treatment for constipation. It traps water in the intestine increasing stool water, easing defaecation and altering the colonic environment. We aimed to assess the impact of psyllium on faecal microbiota, whose key role in g... Read More about The Effect of Psyllium Husk on Intestinal Microbiota in Constipated Patients and Healthy Controls.
Ion exchange and binding in selenium remediation materials using DNP-enhanced solid-state NMR spectroscopy (2019)
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Selenate-loaded selenium water remediation materials based on polymer fibres have been investigated by dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) enhanced solid-state NMR. For carbon-13 a significant reduction in experiment time is obtained with DNP even whe... Read More about Ion exchange and binding in selenium remediation materials using DNP-enhanced solid-state NMR spectroscopy.
An investigation of potential sources of nutraceuticals from the Niger Delta areas, Nigeria for attenuating oxidative stress (2019)
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Background: Diets rich in fruits, vegetables, and medicinal plants possess antioxidants potentially capable of mitigating cellular oxidative stress. This study investigated the antioxidant, anti-acetylcholinesterase (AChE), and total phenolic and fla... Read More about An investigation of potential sources of nutraceuticals from the Niger Delta areas, Nigeria for attenuating oxidative stress.
Full-scale investigations into installation damage of nonwoven geotextiles (2019)
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Due to the importance of soil reinforcement using geotextiles in geotechnical engineering, study and investigation into long-term performance, design life and survivability of geotextiles, especially due to installation damage are necessary and will... Read More about Full-scale investigations into installation damage of nonwoven geotextiles.
Life imprisonment a global human rights analysis (2019)
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Life imprisonment has replaced capital punishment as the most common sentence imposed for heinous crimes worldwide. As a consequence, it has become the leading issue in international criminal justice reform. In the first global survey of prisoners se... Read More about Life imprisonment a global human rights analysis.
Human tissue kallikrein in the treatment of acute ischemic stroke (2019)
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Acute ischemic stroke (AIS) remains a major cause of death and disability throughout the world. The most severe form of stroke results from large vessel occlusion of the major branches of the Circle of Willis. The treatment strategies currently avail... Read More about Human tissue kallikrein in the treatment of acute ischemic stroke.
The co-evolution of media and politics in Taiwan: implications for political communications (2019)
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Over the course of democratisation, Taiwan’s communications environment has experienced significant changes. Liberalisation and commercialisation of the media, and the emergence and popularisation of digital, have substantially altered the informatio... Read More about The co-evolution of media and politics in Taiwan: implications for political communications.
Belief in conspiracy theories and intentions to engage in everyday crime (2019)
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Belief in conspiracy theories is associated with negative outcomes such as political disengagement, prejudice, and environmental inaction. The current studies – one cross‐sectional (N = 253) and one experimental (N = 120) – tested the hypothesis that... Read More about Belief in conspiracy theories and intentions to engage in everyday crime.
Bambara Groundnut is a Climate-Resilient Crop: How Could a Drought-Tolerant and Nutritious Legume Improve Community Resilience in the Face of Climate Change? (2019)
Book Chapter
Bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea (L.) Verdc.; www.bamyield.org) is a crop similar in morphology and growth habit to groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.). It was also historically largely displaced by groundnut upon the latter’s introduction to sub-Sah... Read More about Bambara Groundnut is a Climate-Resilient Crop: How Could a Drought-Tolerant and Nutritious Legume Improve Community Resilience in the Face of Climate Change?.
Crop Diversification Through a Wider Use of Underutilised Crops: A Strategy to Ensure Food and Nutrition Security in the Face of Climate Change (2019)
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© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019. Global dependence on only a few crops for food and non-food uses is risky due to the multifaceted challenges that crop production faces. One such challenge is climate change and its effects on food production. E... Read More about Crop Diversification Through a Wider Use of Underutilised Crops: A Strategy to Ensure Food and Nutrition Security in the Face of Climate Change.
State-of-the-art and limitations in the life cycle assessment of ionic liquids (2019)
Journal Article
Even though the development and use of ionic liquids (ILs) has rapidly grown in recent years, in the literature, information addressing the environmental performance of these substances in a life cycle context is comparatively scarce. This review cri... Read More about State-of-the-art and limitations in the life cycle assessment of ionic liquids.
A thermoresponsive three-dimensional fibrous cell culture platform for enzyme-free expansion of mammalian cells (2019)
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A three-dimensional thermoresponsive fibrous scaffold system for the subsequent extended culture and enzyme-free passaging of a range of mammalian cell types is presented. Poly(PEGMA188) was incorporated with poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) via bl... Read More about A thermoresponsive three-dimensional fibrous cell culture platform for enzyme-free expansion of mammalian cells.
Gaussian process machine learning-based surface extrapolation method for improvement of the edge effect in surface filtering (2019)
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Filtering for signal and data is an important technology to reduce and/or remove noise signal for further extraction of desired information. However, it is well known that significant distortions may occur in the boundary areas of the filtered data b... Read More about Gaussian process machine learning-based surface extrapolation method for improvement of the edge effect in surface filtering.
Drug-Induced Liver Injury due to Flucloxacillin: Relevance of Multiple Human Leukocyte Antigen Alleles (2019)
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© 2019 The Authors Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics © 2019 American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics Some patients prescribed flucloxacillin (~0.01%) develop drug-induced liver injury (DILI). HLA-B*57:01 is an established gene... Read More about Drug-Induced Liver Injury due to Flucloxacillin: Relevance of Multiple Human Leukocyte Antigen Alleles.
Learning about analysts (2019)
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We examine an analyst with career concerns making cheap talk recommendations to a sequence of traders, each of whom possesses private information concerning the analyst's ability. The recommendations of the analyst influence asset prices that are the... Read More about Learning about analysts.
Assessment of HMGA2 and PLAG1 rearrangements in breast adenomyoepitheliomas (2019)
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Breast adenomyoepitheliomas (AMEs) are rare epithelial-myoepithelial neoplasms that may occasionally produce myxochondroid matrix, akin to pleomorphic adenomas (PAs). Regardless of their anatomic location, PAs often harbor rearrangements involving HM... Read More about Assessment of HMGA2 and PLAG1 rearrangements in breast adenomyoepitheliomas.