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Isolation and characterization of native Bacillus thuringiensis strains from Saudi Arabia with enhanced larvicidal toxicity against the mosquito vector Anopheles gambiae (s.l.). (2016)
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(2016). Isolation and characterization of native Bacillus thuringiensis strains from Saudi Arabia with enhanced larvicidal toxicity against the mosquito vector Anopheles gambiae (s.l.). Parasites and Vectors, 647 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-016-1922-6

BACKGROUND: Worldwide, mosquito vectors are transmitting several etiological agents of important human diseases, including malaria, causing millions of deaths every year. In Saudi Arabia, as elsewhere, vector-control is based mostly on chemical insec... Read More about Isolation and characterization of native Bacillus thuringiensis strains from Saudi Arabia with enhanced larvicidal toxicity against the mosquito vector Anopheles gambiae (s.l.)..

Contaminants in Commercial Preparations of ‘Purified’ Small Leucine-Rich Proteoglycans May Distort Mechanistic Studies (2016)
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Owen, S., Jones, P., Caterson, B., Shirran, S., Fuller, H., Botting, C., & Roberts, S. (2016). Contaminants in Commercial Preparations of ‘Purified’ Small Leucine-Rich Proteoglycans May Distort Mechanistic Studies. Bioscience Reports, https://doi.org/10.1042/BSR20160465

This paper reports the perplexing results that came about because of seriously impure commercially available reagents. Commercial reagents and chemicals are routinely ordered by scientists and are expected to have been rigorously assessed for their p... Read More about Contaminants in Commercial Preparations of ‘Purified’ Small Leucine-Rich Proteoglycans May Distort Mechanistic Studies.

Synthetic Biology Open Language (SBOL) Version 2.1.0. (2016)
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(2016). Synthetic Biology Open Language (SBOL) Version 2.1.0. Journal of Integrative Bioinformatics, 291 - ?. https://doi.org/10.2390/biecoll-jib-2016-291

Synthetic biology builds upon the techniques and successes of genetics, molecular biology, and metabolic engineering by applying engineering principles to the design of biological systems. The field still faces substantial challenges, including long... Read More about Synthetic Biology Open Language (SBOL) Version 2.1.0..

Massive Star Evolution: What we do (not) know (2016)
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Georgy, C., Hirschi, R., & Ekström, S. (2016). Massive Star Evolution: What we do (not) know. Proceedings of the Polish Astronomical Society, 5, 37-44

The modelling of massive star evolution is a complex task, and is very sensitive to the way physical processes (such as convection, rotation, mass loss, etc.) are included in stellar evolution code. Moreover, the very high observed fraction of binary... Read More about Massive Star Evolution: What we do (not) know.

Elucidation of the Physicochemical Properties Ruling the Colloidal Stability of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles under Physiological Conditions (2016)
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Aires, A., Cabrera, D., Alonso-Pardo, L. C., Cortajarena, A. L., & Teran, F. J. (2017). Elucidation of the Physicochemical Properties Ruling the Colloidal Stability of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles under Physiological Conditions. ChemNanoMat, 3(3), 183-189. https://doi.org/10.1002/cnma.201600333

Nanotechnology has brought countless novel applications regarding therapeutic, diagnostic, and sensing innovations. In particular, nanoparticle engineering enables the synthesis of nanocrystals with customized physical, chemical, and biological activ... Read More about Elucidation of the Physicochemical Properties Ruling the Colloidal Stability of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles under Physiological Conditions.

The database of the PREDICTS (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems) project. (2016)
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(2016). The database of the PREDICTS (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems) project. Ecology and Evolution, 145 - 188. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.2579

The PREDICTS project-Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems (www.predicts.org.uk)-has collated from published studies a large, reasonably representative database of comparable samples of biodiversity from multipl... Read More about The database of the PREDICTS (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems) project..

Biological challenges for regeneration of the degenerated disc using cellular therapies (2016)
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(2016). Biological challenges for regeneration of the degenerated disc using cellular therapies. Acta orthopaedica, 39 -46. https://doi.org/10.1080/17453674.2017.1297916

In this review, we discuss some of the challenges in successful cellular repair of the disc. We fi rst review the function, organization, and composition of a normal disc, outline the changes that occur in degeneration, and consider how these might i... Read More about Biological challenges for regeneration of the degenerated disc using cellular therapies.

Contact, Political Solidarity and Collective Action: An Indian Case Study of Relations between Historically Disadvantaged Communities (2016)
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Cakal, H. (2016). Contact, Political Solidarity and Collective Action: An Indian Case Study of Relations between Historically Disadvantaged Communities. Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, 83-95. https://doi.org/10.1002/casp.2296

Research on the contact hypothesis has highlighted the role of contact in improving intergroup relations. Most of this research has addressed the problem of transforming the prejudices of historically advantaged communities, thereby eroding wider pat... Read More about Contact, Political Solidarity and Collective Action: An Indian Case Study of Relations between Historically Disadvantaged Communities.

Impact of incomplete percutaneous revascularization in patients with multi-vessel coronary artery disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2016)
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Nagaraja, V., Ooi, S., Nolan, J., Large, A., De Belder, M., Ludman, P., …Mamas, M. A. (2016). Impact of incomplete percutaneous revascularization in patients with multi-vessel coronary artery disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of the American Heart Association Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 5(12), https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.116.004598

Background
Up to half of patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention have multivessel coronary artery disease (MVD) with conflicting data regarding optimal revascularization strategy in such patients. This paper assesses the evidence for... Read More about Impact of incomplete percutaneous revascularization in patients with multi-vessel coronary artery disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Prescribing pattern of clozapine and other antipsychotics for patients with first-episode psychosis: a cross-sectional survey of early intervention teams (2016)
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Tungaraza, T. E., Ahmed, W., Chira, C., Turner, E., Mayaki, S., Nandhra, H. S., …Farooq, S. (2017). Prescribing pattern of clozapine and other antipsychotics for patients with first-episode psychosis: a cross-sectional survey of early intervention teams. Therapeutic Advances in Psychopharmacology, 7(3), 103-111. https://doi.org/10.1177/2045125316683151

Objective:
To describe the pattern of antipsychotic drug prescribing in patients with first episode psychosis, with more emphasis in the use of clozapine in this group of patients.
Method:
A cross-sectional survey involving six early intervention... Read More about Prescribing pattern of clozapine and other antipsychotics for patients with first-episode psychosis: a cross-sectional survey of early intervention teams.

First Detection of Leishmania infantum in Domestic Dogs from Burkina Faso (West Africa) (2016)
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Sangaré, I., Dabiré, R., Guiguemdé, R., Fournet, F., Price, H., Djibougou, A., …Banuls, A. (2016). First Detection of Leishmania infantum in Domestic Dogs from Burkina Faso (West Africa). Research Journal of Parasitology, 12(1), 27-32. https://doi.org/10.3923/jp.2017.27.32

Background and Objective: Human Visceral Leishmaniasis (HVL) is a systemic neglected tropical diseases and potentially lethal disease caused by infection with protozoan parasites of the Leishmania genus. In the causal, agent of HVL is L. infantum and... Read More about First Detection of Leishmania infantum in Domestic Dogs from Burkina Faso (West Africa).

Acceptability and potential effectiveness of commercial portion control tools amongst people with obesity (2016)
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Solis-Trapala. (2016). Acceptability and potential effectiveness of commercial portion control tools amongst people with obesity. British Journal of Nutrition, 1974 -1983. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007114516004104

Exposure to large portion sizes is a risk factor for obesity. Specifically designed tableware may modulate how much is eaten and help with portion control. We examined the experience of using a guided crockery set (CS) and a calibrated serving spoon... Read More about Acceptability and potential effectiveness of commercial portion control tools amongst people with obesity.

The "Buen Vivir" and "Twenty-First Century Socialism": Discursive legitimation and UK broadsheet newspaper reporting of "post-neoliberal" politics in Ecuador, Venezuela and Bolivia (2016)
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(2016). The "Buen Vivir" and "Twenty-First Century Socialism": Discursive legitimation and UK broadsheet newspaper reporting of "post-neoliberal" politics in Ecuador, Venezuela and Bolivia. Journalism Studies, 1160 - 1179. https://doi.org/10.1080/1461670X.2016.1264273

In this article, I draw from Critical Discourse Analysis and Cultural Political Economy to examine the representation of “post-neoliberal” politics in UK broadsheet newspapers during their reporting of the 2013 and 2014 presidential elections in Boli... Read More about The "Buen Vivir" and "Twenty-First Century Socialism": Discursive legitimation and UK broadsheet newspaper reporting of "post-neoliberal" politics in Ecuador, Venezuela and Bolivia.

Genetic and environmental influences on adult human height across birth cohorts from 1886 to 1994. (2016)
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(2016). Genetic and environmental influences on adult human height across birth cohorts from 1886 to 1994. eLife, https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.20320

Human height variation is determined by genetic and environmental factors, but it remains unclear whether their influences differ across birth-year cohorts. We conducted an individual-based pooled analysis of 40 twin cohorts including 143,390 complet... Read More about Genetic and environmental influences on adult human height across birth cohorts from 1886 to 1994..

Prejudice in the pub: How alcohol and ideology loosen the tongue. (2016)
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Noor, M. (2016). Prejudice in the pub: How alcohol and ideology loosen the tongue. Journal of Social Psychology, 673-679. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224545.2016.1270890

This study (N = 124) tested the main and interactive effects of alcohol consumption, egalitarianism, and right-wing authoritarianism (RWA) in relation to prejudice suppression in the natural environment of a British Public House (pub). Employing a qu... Read More about Prejudice in the pub: How alcohol and ideology loosen the tongue..

Is Mitochondrial Donation Germ-Line Gene Therapy? Classifications and Ethical Implications (2016)
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Wrigley, A., & Newson, A. (2016). Is Mitochondrial Donation Germ-Line Gene Therapy? Classifications and Ethical Implications. Bioethics, 55-67. https://doi.org/10.1111/bioe.12312

The classification of techniques used in mitochondrial donation, including their role as purported germ-line gene therapies, is far from clear. These techniques exhibit characteristics typical of a variety of classifications that have been used in bo... Read More about Is Mitochondrial Donation Germ-Line Gene Therapy? Classifications and Ethical Implications.

Antibacterial effects of the essential oil from flower buds of Magnolia biondii Pamp (2016)
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Aldulaimi, O., & Li, W. (2016). Antibacterial effects of the essential oil from flower buds of Magnolia biondii Pamp. Planta Medica, s1-s381. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0036-1596585

Flower buds of Magnolia biondii Pamp (family Magnoliaceae) is known as Xin-Yi in the Chinese Pharmacopoeia, and is widely used for the treatment of allergic rhinitis, rhinosinusitis, nasal congestion, and headache.1 Bacterial infection caused by Stap... Read More about Antibacterial effects of the essential oil from flower buds of Magnolia biondii Pamp.

WASP-20 IS A CLOSE VISUAL BINARY WITH A TRANSITING HOT JUPITER (2016)
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Evans, D. F., Southworth, J., & Smalley, B. (2016). WASP-20 IS A CLOSE VISUAL BINARY WITH A TRANSITING HOT JUPITER. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 833, Article L19. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/833/2/L19

We announce the discovery that WASP-20 is a binary stellar system, consisting of two components separated by 0.2578 ± 0farcs0007 on the sky, with a flux ratio of 0.4639 ± 0.0015 in the K-band. It has previously been assumed that the system consists o... Read More about WASP-20 IS A CLOSE VISUAL BINARY WITH A TRANSITING HOT JUPITER.

The influence of halides in polyoxotitanate cages; dipole moment, splitting and expansion of d-orbitals and electron–electron repulsion (2016)
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Li, N., Luo, H., Wright, D., Hanf, S., & Matthews, P. (2016). The influence of halides in polyoxotitanate cages; dipole moment, splitting and expansion of d-orbitals and electron–electron repulsion. Dalton Transactions, 578-585. https://doi.org/10.1039/c6dt04288k

Metal-doped polyoxotitanate (M-POT) cages have been shown to be efficient single-source precursors to metal-doped titania [TiO2(M)] (state-of-the-art photocatalytic materials) as well as molecular models for the behaviour of dopant metal ions in bulk... Read More about The influence of halides in polyoxotitanate cages; dipole moment, splitting and expansion of d-orbitals and electron–electron repulsion.