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Endoparasitism in cereal aphids: molecular analysis of a whole parasitoid community (2008)
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TRAUGOTT, M., BELL, J., BROAD, G., POWELL, W., VAN VEEN, F., VOLLHARDT, I., & SYMONDSON, W. (2008). Endoparasitism in cereal aphids: molecular analysis of a whole parasitoid community. Molecular Ecology, 17(17), 3928-3938. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03878.x

Insect parasitoids play a major role in terrestrial food webs as they are highly diverse, exploit a wide range of niches and are capable of affecting host population dynamics. Formidable difficulties are encountered when attempting to quantify host–p... Read More about Endoparasitism in cereal aphids: molecular analysis of a whole parasitoid community.

Contribution of the second Landau level to the exchange energy of the three-dimensional electron gas in a high magnetic field (2008)
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(2008). Contribution of the second Landau level to the exchange energy of the three-dimensional electron gas in a high magnetic field. Physical review B: Condensed matter and materials physics, https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.78.085107

We derive a closed analytical expression for the exchange energy of the three-dimensional interacting electron gas in strong magnetic fields, which goes beyond the quantum limit (L=0) by explicitly including the effect of the second, L=1, Landau lev... Read More about Contribution of the second Landau level to the exchange energy of the three-dimensional electron gas in a high magnetic field.

Northern Ireland’s District Policing Partnerships and the Participatory Ideals (2008)
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Ryan, B. J. (2008). Northern Ireland’s District Policing Partnerships and the Participatory Ideals. Irish Political Studies, 23(3), 341-361. https://doi.org/10.1080/07907180802246677

The present article analyses the role of the District Policing Partnership Boards conceptualized by the Patten Report as a pivotal aspect of policing reform in Northern Ireland. It argues that, as originally envisaged, these Boards possessed a partic... Read More about Northern Ireland’s District Policing Partnerships and the Participatory Ideals.

Intervertebral disc cells as competent phagocytes in vitro: implications for cell death in disc degeneration (2008)
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(2008). Intervertebral disc cells as competent phagocytes in vitro: implications for cell death in disc degeneration. Arthritis Research and Therapy, R86 -?. https://doi.org/10.1186/ar2466

INTRODUCTION: Apoptosis has been reported to occur in the intervertebral disc. Elsewhere in the body, apoptotic cells are cleared from the system via phagocytosis by committed phagocytes such as macrophages, reducing the chance of subsequent inflamma... Read More about Intervertebral disc cells as competent phagocytes in vitro: implications for cell death in disc degeneration.

Correlation of Tethyan and Peri-Tethyan long-term and high-frequency eustatic signals (Anisian, Middle Triassic) (2008)
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(2008). Correlation of Tethyan and Peri-Tethyan long-term and high-frequency eustatic signals (Anisian, Middle Triassic). Geologica Carpathica, 307 - 317

During Anisian times, broad ramp systems developed on the northwestern Tethys shelf and in the adjacent Peri-Tethyan realm. In both paleogeographical settings carbonate series display characteristic cyclic patterns, reflecting long-term and high-freq... Read More about Correlation of Tethyan and Peri-Tethyan long-term and high-frequency eustatic signals (Anisian, Middle Triassic).

Murine mesenchymal stem cells exhibit a restricted repertoire of functional chemokine receptors: comparison with human (2008)
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(2008). Murine mesenchymal stem cells exhibit a restricted repertoire of functional chemokine receptors: comparison with human. PloS one, e2934 -?. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0002934

Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are non-haematopoeitic, stromal cells that are capable of differentiating into mesenchymal tissues such as bone and cartilage. They are rare in bone marrow, but have the ability to expand many-fold in culture, and retain... Read More about Murine mesenchymal stem cells exhibit a restricted repertoire of functional chemokine receptors: comparison with human.

Spatial Distribution of Nucleosynthesis Products in Cassiopeia A: Comparison Between Observations and 3D Explosion Models (2008)
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(2008, July). Spatial Distribution of Nucleosynthesis Products in Cassiopeia A: Comparison Between Observations and 3D Explosion Models. Presented at 10th Symposium on Nuclei in the Cosmos, Mackinac Island, Michigan, USA

We examine observed heavy element abundances in the Cassiopeia A supernova remnant as a constraint on the nature of the Cas A supernova. We compare bulk abundances from 1D and 3D explosion models and spatial distribution of elements in 3D models with... Read More about Spatial Distribution of Nucleosynthesis Products in Cassiopeia A: Comparison Between Observations and 3D Explosion Models.

Complete nucleosynthesis calculations for low-mass stars from NuGrid (2008)
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(2008, July). Complete nucleosynthesis calculations for low-mass stars from NuGrid. Presented at 10th Symposium on Nuclei in the Cosmos, Mackinac Island, Michigan, USA

Many nucleosynthesis and mixing processes of low-mass stars as they evolve from the Main Sequence to the thermal-pulse Asymptotic Giant Branch phase (TP-AGB) are well understood (although of course important physics components, e.g. rotation, magneti... Read More about Complete nucleosynthesis calculations for low-mass stars from NuGrid.

Nucleosynthesis Calculations from Core-Collapse Supernovae (2008)
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(2008, July). Nucleosynthesis Calculations from Core-Collapse Supernovae. Presented at 10th Symposium on Nuclei in the Cosmos, Mackinac Island, Michigan, USA

We review some of the uncertainties in calculating nucleosynthetic yields, focusing on the explosion mechanism. Current yield calculations tend to either use a piston, energy injection, or enhancement of neutrino opacities to drive an explosion. We s... Read More about Nucleosynthesis Calculations from Core-Collapse Supernovae.

The impact of stellar rotation on the CNO abundance patterns in the Milky Way at low metallicities (2008)
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(2008, July). The impact of stellar rotation on the CNO abundance patterns in the Milky Way at low metallicities. Presented at 10th Symposium on Nuclei in the Cosmos, Mackinac Island, Michigan, USA

We investigate the effect of new stellar models, which take rotation into account, computed for very low metallicities on the chemical evolution of the earliest phases of the Milky Way. We check the impact of these new stellar yields on a model for t... Read More about The impact of stellar rotation on the CNO abundance patterns in the Milky Way at low metallicities.

Nucleosynthetic Yields from "Collapsars" (2008)
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(2008, July). Nucleosynthetic Yields from "Collapsars". Presented at 10th Symposium on Nuclei in the Cosmos, Mackinac Island, Michigan, USA

The "collapsar" engine for gamma-ray bursts invokes as its energy source the failure of a normal supernova and the formation of a black hole. Here we present the results of the first three-dimensional simulation of the collapse of a massive star down... Read More about Nucleosynthetic Yields from "Collapsars".

NuGrid: Toward High Precision Double-Degenerate Merger Simulations with SPH in 3D (2008)
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(2008, July). NuGrid: Toward High Precision Double-Degenerate Merger Simulations with SPH in 3D. Presented at 10th Symposium on Nuclei in the Cosmos, Mackinac Island, Michigan, USA

We present preliminary results from recent high-resolution double-degenerate merger simulations with the Smooth Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) technique. We put particular emphasis on verification and validation in our effort and show the importance of... Read More about NuGrid: Toward High Precision Double-Degenerate Merger Simulations with SPH in 3D.

44Ti and 56Ni in core-collapse supernovae (2008)
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Magkotsios, G., Timmes, F. X., Wiescher, M., Fryer, C. L., Hungerford, A., Young, P., …Rockefeller, G. (2008, July). 44Ti and 56Ni in core-collapse supernovae. Paper presented at 10th Symposium on Nuclei in the Cosmos, Mackinac Island, Michigan, USA

We investigate the physical conditions where 44Ti and 56Ni are created in core-collapse supernovae. In this preliminary work we use a series of post-processing network calculations with parametrized expansion profiles that are representative of the w... Read More about 44Ti and 56Ni in core-collapse supernovae.

Difficulties in Probing Nuclear Physics: A Study of Ti and Ni (2008)
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Hungerford, A., Fryer, C. L., Timmes, F. X., Young, P., Bennett, M., Diehl, S., …Rockefeller, G. (2008, July). Difficulties in Probing Nuclear Physics: A Study of Ti and Ni. Paper presented at 10th Symposium on Nuclei in the Cosmos, Mackinac Island, Michigan, USA

The nucleosynthetic yield from a supernova explosion depends upon a variety of effects: progenitor evolution, explosion process, details of the nuclear network, and nuclear rates. Especially in studies of integrated stellar yields, simplifications re... Read More about Difficulties in Probing Nuclear Physics: A Study of Ti and Ni.

Orbital-polarization terms: From a phenomenological to a first-principles description of orbital magnetism in density-functional theory (2008)
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(2008). Orbital-polarization terms: From a phenomenological to a first-principles description of orbital magnetism in density-functional theory. International Journal of Quantum Chemistry, 2433 -2441. https://doi.org/10.1002/qua.21784

Phenomenological orbital-polarization (OP) terms have been repeatedly introduced in the single-particle equations of spin-density-functional theory, in order to improve the description of orbital magnetic moments in systems containing transition meta... Read More about Orbital-polarization terms: From a phenomenological to a first-principles description of orbital magnetism in density-functional theory.

The proteome of Toxoplasma gondii: integration with the genome provides novel insights into gene expression and annotation. (2008)
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(2008). The proteome of Toxoplasma gondii: integration with the genome provides novel insights into gene expression and annotation. Genome Biology, R116 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1186/gb-2008-9-7-r116

BACKGROUND: Although the genomes of many of the most important human and animal pathogens have now been sequenced, our understanding of the actual proteins expressed by these genomes and how well they predict protein sequence and expression is still... Read More about The proteome of Toxoplasma gondii: integration with the genome provides novel insights into gene expression and annotation..

Ghosts of Futures Present: Photographs in the Filipino Migrant Archive (2008)
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McKay. (2008). Ghosts of Futures Present: Photographs in the Filipino Migrant Archive. Visual Anthropology, 381 - 392. https://doi.org/10.1080/08949460802156466

This article explores the role of photographs in shaping the social selves of Filipino temporary labor migrants. Examining the production of photographic self-images by Filipino migrants in Hong Kong and their reception in the Philippines, I show how... Read More about Ghosts of Futures Present: Photographs in the Filipino Migrant Archive.

Exported proteins required for virulence and rigidity of Plasmodium falciparum-infected human erythrocytes. (2008)
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(2008). Exported proteins required for virulence and rigidity of Plasmodium falciparum-infected human erythrocytes. Cell, 48 - 61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2008.04.051

A major part of virulence for Plasmodium falciparum malaria infection, the most lethal parasitic disease of humans, results from increased rigidity and adhesiveness of infected host red cells. These changes are caused by parasite proteins exported to... Read More about Exported proteins required for virulence and rigidity of Plasmodium falciparum-infected human erythrocytes..

Beneficial links for the control of aphids: the effects of compost applications on predators and prey (2008)
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Bell, J. R., Traugott, M., Sunderland, K. D., Skirvin, D. J., Mead, A., Kravar-Garde, L., …Symondson, W. O. (2008). Beneficial links for the control of aphids: the effects of compost applications on predators and prey. Journal of Applied Ecology, 45(4), 1266-1273. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2664.2008.01479.x

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Polyphagous predators, such as spiders and beetles, perform a fundamental ecosystem service as regulators of agricultural pests, particularly aphids. They are most effective when they colonize the crop before the pest has reached its exponential g... Read More about Beneficial links for the control of aphids: the effects of compost applications on predators and prey.