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Coordination of meristem and boundary functions by transcription factors in the SHOOT MERISTEMLESS regulatory network (2018)
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Scofield, S., Murison, A., Jones, A., Fozard, J., Aida, M., Band, L. R., …Murray, J. A. (2018). Coordination of meristem and boundary functions by transcription factors in the SHOOT MERISTEMLESS regulatory network. Development, 145(9), Article dev157081. https://doi.org/10.1242/dev.157081

© 2018. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd. The Arabidopsis homeodomain transcription factor SHOOT MERISTEMLESS (STM) is crucial for shoot apical meristem (SAM) function, yet the components and structure of the STM gene regulatory network (GR... Read More about Coordination of meristem and boundary functions by transcription factors in the SHOOT MERISTEMLESS regulatory network.

Alterations in the microstructure of white matter in children and adolescents with Tourette syndrome measured using tract-based spatial statistics and probabilistic tractography (2018)
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Sigurdsson, H. P., Pépés, S. E., Jackson, G. M., Draper, A., Morgan, P. S., & Jackson, S. R. (2018). Alterations in the microstructure of white matter in children and adolescents with Tourette syndrome measured using tract-based spatial statistics and probabilistic tractography. Cortex, 104, 75-89. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2018.04.004

Tourette syndrome (TS) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterised by repetitive and intermittent motor and vocal tics. TS is thought to reflect fronto-striatal dysfunction and the aetiology of the disorder has been linked to widespread alteration... Read More about Alterations in the microstructure of white matter in children and adolescents with Tourette syndrome measured using tract-based spatial statistics and probabilistic tractography.

Flexible and transparent films produced from cellulose nanowhisker reinforced agarose (2018)
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Felfel, R. M., Hossain, K. M. Z., Kabir, S. F., Yee, S. L., Ahmed, I., & Grant, D. M. (2018). Flexible and transparent films produced from cellulose nanowhisker reinforced agarose. Carbohydrate Polymers, 194, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbpol.2018.04.005

Transparent and flexible nanocomposite films with a range of Agarose to Cellulose Nano-Whisker (CNW) ratios were produced using never-dried CNWs. The incorporation of never-dried CNWs within Agarose played an important role in the surface roughness (... Read More about Flexible and transparent films produced from cellulose nanowhisker reinforced agarose.

Hepatoprotective and antioxidant activities of Spondias mombin leaf and stem extracts against carbon tetrachloride-induced hepatotoxicity (2018)
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Nwidu, L. L., Elmorsy, E., Yibala, O. I., & Carter, W. (2018). Hepatoprotective and antioxidant activities of Spondias mombin leaf and stem extracts against carbon tetrachloride-induced hepatotoxicity. Journal of Taibah University Medical Sciences, 13(3), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtumed.2018.03.006

Objective Spondias mombin L. is a tree used in folk medicine in Nigeria for the treatment of hepatitis. This study was carried out to comparatively evaluate the hepatoprotective and antioxidant effects of S. mombin leaf and stem (SML and SMS) meth... Read More about Hepatoprotective and antioxidant activities of Spondias mombin leaf and stem extracts against carbon tetrachloride-induced hepatotoxicity.

Sputum proteomics and airway cell transcripts of current and ex-smokers with severe asthma in U-BIOPRED: an exploratory analysis (2018)
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Takahashi, K., Pavlidis, S., Ng Kee Kwong, F., Hoda, U., Rossios, C., Sun, K., …Chung, K. F. (2018). Sputum proteomics and airway cell transcripts of current and ex-smokers with severe asthma in U-BIOPRED: an exploratory analysis. European Respiratory Journal, 51(5), https://doi.org/10.1183/13993003.02173-2017

Background: Severe asthma patients with a significant smoking history have airflow obstruction with reported neutrophilia. We hypothesise that multi-omic analysis will enable the definition of smoking and ex-smoking severe asthma molecular phenotypes... Read More about Sputum proteomics and airway cell transcripts of current and ex-smokers with severe asthma in U-BIOPRED: an exploratory analysis.

An ultra-high vacuum electrochemical/mass spectrometry study of anodic decomposition of a protic ionic liquid (2018)
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Goodwin, S., Gibson, J., Jones, R., & Walsh, D. A. (2018). An ultra-high vacuum electrochemical/mass spectrometry study of anodic decomposition of a protic ionic liquid. Electrochemistry Communications, 90, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.elecom.2018.04.013

Protic ionic liquids (PILs) are ionic liquids that are formed by proton transfer from Brønsted acids to Brønsted bases, and which are being proposed for use in a wide range of electrochemical devices. In this contribution, we describe electrolysis of... Read More about An ultra-high vacuum electrochemical/mass spectrometry study of anodic decomposition of a protic ionic liquid.

Children and Young People-Mental Health Safety Assessment Tool (CYP-MH SAT) study: Protocol for the development and psychometric evaluation of an assessment tool to identify immediate risk of self-harm and suicide in children and young people (10–19 years) in acute paediatric hospital settings (2018)
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Manning, J. C., Walker, G. M., Carter, T., Aubeeluck, A., Witchell, M., & Coad, J. (2018). Children and Young People-Mental Health Safety Assessment Tool (CYP-MH SAT) study: Protocol for the development and psychometric evaluation of an assessment tool to identify immediate risk of self-harm and suicide in children and young people (10–19 years) in acute paediatric hospital settings. BMJ Open, 8(4), e020964. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-020964

Introduction: Currently, no standardised, evidence-based assessment tool for assessing immediate self-harm and suicide in acute paediatric inpatient settings exists. Aim: The aim of this study is to develop and test the psychometric properties of an... Read More about Children and Young People-Mental Health Safety Assessment Tool (CYP-MH SAT) study: Protocol for the development and psychometric evaluation of an assessment tool to identify immediate risk of self-harm and suicide in children and young people (10–19 years) in acute paediatric hospital settings.

Corrigendum: Materials characterization of innovative composite materials for solar-driven thermochemical heat storage (THS) suitable for building application (2018)
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Jarimi, H., Aydin, D., Zhang, Y., Ding, Y., Ramadan, O., Chen, X., …Riffat, S. (2018). Corrigendum: Materials characterization of innovative composite materials for solar-driven thermochemical heat storage (THS) suitable for building application. International Journal of Low-Carbon Technologies, 13(2), 191. https://doi.org/10.1093/ijlct/cty015

Euglena gracilis growth and cell composition under different temperature, light and trophic conditions (2018)
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Wang, Y., Seppänen-Laakso, T., Rischer, H., & Wiebe, M. G. (2018). Euglena gracilis growth and cell composition under different temperature, light and trophic conditions. PLoS ONE, 13(4), Article e0195329. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0195329

Background Euglena gracilis, a photosynthetic protist, produces protein, unsaturated fatty acids, wax esters, and a unique β-1,3-glucan called paramylon, along with other valuable compounds. The cell composition of E. gracilis was investigated in th... Read More about Euglena gracilis growth and cell composition under different temperature, light and trophic conditions.

Brief Report: Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Comprehensive Survey of Randomized Controlled Trials (2018)
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Tromans, S., & Adams, C. (2018). Brief Report: Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Comprehensive Survey of Randomized Controlled Trials. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 48(9), 3228-3232. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-018-3569-y

© 2018, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature. We searched the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials to provide an overview of evidence from randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of therapeutic interventions for autism... Read More about Brief Report: Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Comprehensive Survey of Randomized Controlled Trials.

A narrative synthesis of research evidence for tinnitus-related complaints as reported by patients and their significant others (2018)
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Hall, D. A., Fackrell, K. L., Li, A. B., Thavayogan, R., Smith, S., Kennedy, V., …Haider, H. (2018). A narrative synthesis of research evidence for tinnitus-related complaints as reported by patients and their significant others. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 16, Article 61. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12955-018-0888-9

Background: There are a large number of assessment tools for tinnitus, with little consensus on what it is important to measure and no preference for a minimum reporting standard. The item content of tinnitus assessment tools should seek to capture r... Read More about A narrative synthesis of research evidence for tinnitus-related complaints as reported by patients and their significant others.

A transcription factor-based biosensor for detection of itaconic acid (2018)
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Hanko, E. K., Minton, N. P., & Malys, N. (2018). A transcription factor-based biosensor for detection of itaconic acid. ACS Synthetic Biology, 7(5), 1436–1446. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssynbio.8b00057

Itaconic acid is an important platform chemical that can easily be incorporated into polymers and has the potential to replace petrochemical-based acrylic or methacrylic acid. A number of microorganisms have been developed for the biosynthesis of ita... Read More about A transcription factor-based biosensor for detection of itaconic acid.

Classification of interventions in traditional Chinese medicine (2018)
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Hongyong, D., Adams, C. E., Shokraneh, F., & Shanghua, L. (2018). Classification of interventions in traditional Chinese medicine. Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 38(2), 315-320. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcm.2018.04.003

Objective To describe the key systems used for Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) classification. Methods The TCM classifications used in the International Classification of Diseases-9 Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) volume 3, the ICD-10 Pr... Read More about Classification of interventions in traditional Chinese medicine.

Is Evolutionary Computation evolving fast enough? (2018)
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Kendall, G. (in press). Is Evolutionary Computation evolving fast enough?. IEEE Computational Intelligence Magazine, 13(2), https://doi.org/10.1109/MCI.2018.2807019

Evolutionary Computation (EC) has been an active research area for over 60 years, yet its commercial/home uptake has not been as prolific as we might have expected. By way of comparison, technologies such as 3D printing, which was introduced about 35... Read More about Is Evolutionary Computation evolving fast enough?.

Associations between dairy cow inter-service interval and probability of conception (2018)
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Remnant, J., Green, M., Huxley, J., & Hudson, C. (2018). Associations between dairy cow inter-service interval and probability of conception. Theriogenology, 114, 324-329. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.theriogenology.2018.03.029

Recent research has indicated that the interval between inseminations in modern dairy cattle is often longer than the commonly accepted cycle length of 18–24 days. This study analysed 257,396 inseminations in 75,745 cows from 312 herds in England and... Read More about Associations between dairy cow inter-service interval and probability of conception.

Endophytic Bacillus spp. from medicinal plants inhibit mycelial growth of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum and promote plant growth (2018)
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Ansary, M. W. R., Prince, M. F. R. K., Haque, E., Sultana, F., West, H. M., Rahman, M. M., …Islam, M. T. (2018). Endophytic Bacillus spp. from medicinal plants inhibit mycelial growth of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum and promote plant growth. Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung C, 73(5-6), https://doi.org/10.1515/znc-2018-0002

Plant growth promoting bacteria that are also capable of suppressing plant pathogenic fungi play an important role in sustainable agriculture. There is a critical need of conducting research to discover, characterize and evaluate efficacy of new stra... Read More about Endophytic Bacillus spp. from medicinal plants inhibit mycelial growth of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum and promote plant growth.

Geographic dispersion and co-location in global R&D portfolios: consequences for firm performance (2018)
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Kafouros, M., Wang, C., Hong, J., Mavroudi, E., & Katsikeas, C. (2018). Geographic dispersion and co-location in global R&D portfolios: consequences for firm performance. Research Policy, 47(7), 1243-1255. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2018.04.010

We examine how the ways in which firms geographically configure their global portfolios of R&D units influence the effectiveness of firms’ own R&D investments and of external technical knowledge in enhancing firm performance. Our analysis indicates t... Read More about Geographic dispersion and co-location in global R&D portfolios: consequences for firm performance.

CD10 inhibits cell motility but expression is associated with advanced stage disease in colorectal cancer (2018)
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Raposo, T., Comes, M. S., Idowu, A., Agit, B., Hassall, J., Fadhil, W., …Ilyas, M. (2018). CD10 inhibits cell motility but expression is associated with advanced stage disease in colorectal cancer. Experimental and Molecular Pathology, 104(3), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yexmp.2018.04.002

Introduction CD10 is a cell membrane-bound endopeptidase which is expressed in normal small bowel but not in normal colon. It is aberrantly expressed in a small proportion of colorectal cancers (CRC) and this has been associated with liver metastasi... Read More about CD10 inhibits cell motility but expression is associated with advanced stage disease in colorectal cancer.

Facilitation of positive social interaction through visual art in dementia: a case study using videoanalysis (2018)
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Schneider, J., Hazel, S., Morgner, C., & Dening, T. (2018). Facilitation of positive social interaction through visual art in dementia: a case study using videoanalysis. Ageing and Society, https://doi.org/10.1017/S0144686X1800020X

The aims of this exploratory study were: to investigate the process of visual art appreciation in a person with dementia, in real time; and to test the feasibility of using videoanalysis as a method to explore this process by and with a person who ha... Read More about Facilitation of positive social interaction through visual art in dementia: a case study using videoanalysis.

Single Phase Energy Management System Operating in Islanding Mode with Repetitive Control and Active Damping (2018)
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Julian, A. L., Oriti, G., Ji, C., & Zanchetta, P. (2018). Single Phase Energy Management System Operating in Islanding Mode with Repetitive Control and Active Damping. IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, 54(5), 5163-5172. https://doi.org/10.1109/tia.2018.2825249

This paper presents a novel digital control strategy for the islanding mode operation of a power electronics based energy management system (EMS). Thanks to the use of a high performance repetitive controller combined with active damping, the EMS is... Read More about Single Phase Energy Management System Operating in Islanding Mode with Repetitive Control and Active Damping.