Digital dissection of the pelvis and hindlimb of the red-legged running frog, Phlyctimantis maculatus, using Diffusible Iodine Contrast Enhanced computed microtomography (DICE µCT). (2019)
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Collings, A. (2019). Digital dissection of the pelvis and hindlimb of the red-legged running frog, Phlyctimantis maculatus, using Diffusible Iodine Contrast Enhanced computed microtomography (DICE µCT). PeerJ, e7003 - ?. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7003

BACKGROUND: The current study applies both traditional and Diffusible Iodine Contrast Enhanced computed microtomography (DICE µCT) techniques to reveal the musculoskeletal anatomy of Phlyctimantis maculatus. DICE µCT has emerged as a powerful tool to... Read More about Digital dissection of the pelvis and hindlimb of the red-legged running frog, Phlyctimantis maculatus, using Diffusible Iodine Contrast Enhanced computed microtomography (DICE µCT)..

Cuticular Hydrocarbon Analysis in Forensic Entomology: A Review (2019)
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Shemilt. (2019). Cuticular Hydrocarbon Analysis in Forensic Entomology: A Review. Archaeological and Environmental Forensic Science, 127 - 138. https://doi.org/10.1558/aefs.36241

Blowflies are the first inhabitants of decomposing remains and are therefore of forensic relevance for post mortem interval estimations. Forensic entomology is becoming widely accepted as a branch of forensic science and is being utilised more within... Read More about Cuticular Hydrocarbon Analysis in Forensic Entomology: A Review.

Effect of water source and feed regime on development and phenotypic quality in Anopheles gambiae (s.l.): prospects for improved mass-rearing techniques towards release programmes. (2019)
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(2019). Effect of water source and feed regime on development and phenotypic quality in Anopheles gambiae (s.l.): prospects for improved mass-rearing techniques towards release programmes. Parasites and Vectors, https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-019-3465-0

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In many malaria-endemic sub-Saharan countries, insecticide resistance poses a threat to existing mosquito control measures, underscoring the need for complementary control methods such as sterile and/or genetically-modified mosquito rel... Read More about Effect of water source and feed regime on development and phenotypic quality in Anopheles gambiae (s.l.): prospects for improved mass-rearing techniques towards release programmes..

Protein Short-Time Diffusion in a Naturally Crowded Environment. (2019)
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(2019). Protein Short-Time Diffusion in a Naturally Crowded Environment. The journal of physical chemistry letters, 1709 - 1715. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b00345

The interior of living cells is a dense and polydisperse suspension of macromolecules. Such a complex system challenges an understanding in terms of colloidal suspensions. As a fundamental test we employ neutron spectroscopy to measure the diffusion... Read More about Protein Short-Time Diffusion in a Naturally Crowded Environment..

Viral RNA-dependent RNA polymerase mutants display an altered mutation spectrum resulting in attenuation in both mosquito and vertebrate hosts. (2019)
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(2019). Viral RNA-dependent RNA polymerase mutants display an altered mutation spectrum resulting in attenuation in both mosquito and vertebrate hosts. PLOS pathogens a peer-reviewed open-access journal published by the Public Library of Science, e1007610 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1007610

The presence of bottlenecks in the transmission cycle of many RNA viruses leads to a severe reduction of number of virus particles and this occurs multiple times throughout the viral transmission cycle. Viral replication is then necessary for regener... Read More about Viral RNA-dependent RNA polymerase mutants display an altered mutation spectrum resulting in attenuation in both mosquito and vertebrate hosts..

Type I interferon responses of common carp strains with different levels of resistance to koi herpesvirus disease during infection with CyHV-3 or SVCV (2019)
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(2019). Type I interferon responses of common carp strains with different levels of resistance to koi herpesvirus disease during infection with CyHV-3 or SVCV. Fish and Shellfish Immunology, 809-819. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsi.2019.02.022

Carp from breeding strains with different genetic background present diverse levels of resistance to viral pathogens. Carp strains of Asian origin, currently being treated as Cyprinus rubrofuscus L., especially Amur wild carp (AS), were proven to be... Read More about Type I interferon responses of common carp strains with different levels of resistance to koi herpesvirus disease during infection with CyHV-3 or SVCV.

The Production of Matchout-Deuterated Cholesterol and the Study of Bilayer-Cholesterol Interactions. (2019)
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(2019). The Production of Matchout-Deuterated Cholesterol and the Study of Bilayer-Cholesterol Interactions. Scientific reports, 5118 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-41439-z

The deuteration of biomolecules provides advanced opportunities for neutron scattering studies. For low resolution studies using techniques such as small-angle neutron scattering and neutron reflection, the level of deuteration of a sample can be var... Read More about The Production of Matchout-Deuterated Cholesterol and the Study of Bilayer-Cholesterol Interactions..

Prescription Infant Formulas Are Contaminated with Aluminium. (2019)
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(2019). Prescription Infant Formulas Are Contaminated with Aluminium. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16050899

Historical and recent data demonstrate that off-the-shelf infant formulas are heavily contaminated with aluminium. The origin of this contamination remains to be elucidated though may be imported via ingredients, packaging and processing. Specialised... Read More about Prescription Infant Formulas Are Contaminated with Aluminium..

Species-specific alterations in Anopheles mosquito olfactory responses caused by Plasmodium infection (2019)
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(2019). Species-specific alterations in Anopheles mosquito olfactory responses caused by Plasmodium infection. Scientific reports, 3396 -?. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-40074-y

Mosquitoes infected with malaria parasites have demonstrated altered behaviour that may increase the probability of parasite transmission. Here, we examine the responses of the olfactory system in Plasmodium falciparum infected Anopheles gambiae, Pla... Read More about Species-specific alterations in Anopheles mosquito olfactory responses caused by Plasmodium infection.

Biological Flora of the British Isles: Aesculus hippocastanum (2019)
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(2019). Biological Flora of the British Isles: Aesculus hippocastanum. Journal of Ecology, 992 - 1030. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13116

This account presents information on all aspects of the biology of Aesculus hippocastanum L. (horse-chestnut) that are relevant to understanding its ecological characteristics and behaviour. The main topics are presented within the standard framework... Read More about Biological Flora of the British Isles: Aesculus hippocastanum.

Weak effects of geolocators on small birds: A meta-analysis controlled for phylogeny and publication bias. (2019)
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Brlík, V., Koleček, J., Burgess, M., Hahn, S., Humple, D., Krist, M., …Procházka, P. (2019). Weak effects of geolocators on small birds: A meta-analysis controlled for phylogeny and publication bias. Journal of Animal Ecology, https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.12962

Currently, the deployment of tracking devices is one of the most frequently used approaches to study movement ecology of birds. Recent miniaturization of light-level geolocators enabled studying small bird species whose migratory patterns were widely... Read More about Weak effects of geolocators on small birds: A meta-analysis controlled for phylogeny and publication bias..

Ultrastructural localization of the likely mechanoelectrical transduction channel protein, transmembrane-like channel 1 (TMC1) during development of cochlear hair cells. (2019)
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(2019). Ultrastructural localization of the likely mechanoelectrical transduction channel protein, transmembrane-like channel 1 (TMC1) during development of cochlear hair cells. Scientific reports, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-37563-x

Transmembrane channel like protein 1 (TMC1) is likely to be a pore-forming subunit of the transduction channel of cochlear hair cells that is mechanically gated by tension on tip links in the stereocilia bundle. To localise TMC1 precisely, we labelle... Read More about Ultrastructural localization of the likely mechanoelectrical transduction channel protein, transmembrane-like channel 1 (TMC1) during development of cochlear hair cells..

Developing a 3D intestinal epithelium model for livestock species (2019)
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(2019). Developing a 3D intestinal epithelium model for livestock species. Cell and Tissue Research, 409-424. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00441-018-2924-9

The in vitro 3D culture of intestinal epithelium is a valuable resource in the study of its function. Organoid culture exploits stem cells’ ability to regenerate and produce differentiated epithelium. Intestinal organoid models from rodent or human t... Read More about Developing a 3D intestinal epithelium model for livestock species.

Nanoparticle-mediated magnetic hyperthermia is an effective method for killing the human-infective protozoan parasite Leishmania mexicana in vitro (2019)
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Berry, S., Walker, K., Hoskins, C., Telling, N., & Price, H. (2019). Nanoparticle-mediated magnetic hyperthermia is an effective method for killing the human-infective protozoan parasite Leishmania mexicana in vitro. Scientific reports, 9, Article 1059. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-37670-9

Cutaneous leishmaniasis is a neglected tropical disease characterized by disfguring skin lesions. Current chemotherapeutic options depend on toxic, expensive drugs that are both difcult to administer and becoming less efective due to increasing level... Read More about Nanoparticle-mediated magnetic hyperthermia is an effective method for killing the human-infective protozoan parasite Leishmania mexicana in vitro.

X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy Measurements of Cu-ProIAPP Complexes at Physiological Concentrations (2019)
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(2019). X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy Measurements of Cu-ProIAPP Complexes at Physiological Concentrations. Condensed Matter, 13 -?. https://doi.org/10.3390/condmat4010013

The amyloidogenic islet amyloid polypeptide (IAPP) and the associated pro-peptide ProIAPP1–48 are involved in cell death in type 2 diabetes mellitus. It has been observed that interactions of this peptide with metal ions have an impact on the cytotox... Read More about X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy Measurements of Cu-ProIAPP Complexes at Physiological Concentrations.

Multi-Method Characterisation of the Human Circulating Microbiome (2019)
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(2019). Multi-Method Characterisation of the Human Circulating Microbiome. Frontiers in Microbiology, 9, https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2018.03266

The term microbiome describes the genetic material encoding the various microbial populations that inhabit our body. Whilst colonization of various body niches (e.g., the gut) by dynamic communities of microorganisms is now universally accepted, the... Read More about Multi-Method Characterisation of the Human Circulating Microbiome.

ICS Material: Changing the pattern of IPM (2019)
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Kirk. (2019). ICS Material: Changing the pattern of IPM

Brochure that details how Russell IPM changed the pattern on the roll so that it attracts more thrips.

ICS Material: Pheromone lure and sticky traps for Frankiniella occidentalis (2019)
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Kirk. (2019). ICS Material: Pheromone lure and sticky traps for Frankiniella occidentalis

This brochure shows how the product has developed by changing the material from that the pheromone is released from - rubber to a plastic ring that allows a slower and more even release of pheromone. Therefore, the product now has more longevity.

Wildlife Crime: The application of forensic geoscience to assist with criminal investigations (2019)
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D. Wisniewski, K., K. Pringle, J., Allen, D., & E. Wilson, G. (2019). Wildlife Crime: The application of forensic geoscience to assist with criminal investigations. Forensic Science International, 11-18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2018.10.026

Wildlife crime is a growing problem in many rural areas. However, it can often be difficult to determine exactly what had happened and provide evidential Court material, especially where evidence is ephemeral. This paper presents a case study where a... Read More about Wildlife Crime: The application of forensic geoscience to assist with criminal investigations.

A perspective on the need and current status of efficient sex separation methods for mosquito genetic control. (2018)
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(2018). A perspective on the need and current status of efficient sex separation methods for mosquito genetic control. Parasites and Vectors, 654 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-018-3222-9

Major efforts are currently underway to develop novel, complementary methods to combat mosquito-borne diseases. Mosquito genetic control strategies (GCSs) have become an increasingly important area of research on account of their species-specificity,... Read More about A perspective on the need and current status of efficient sex separation methods for mosquito genetic control..