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Acclimation Of Oxygenic Photosynthesis To Iron Starvation Is Controlled By The Srna Isar1, Jens Georg, Gergana Kostova, Linda Vuorijoki, Verena Schön, Taro Kadowaki, Tuomas Huokko, Desirée Baumgartner, Maximilian Müller, Stephan Klähn, Yagut Allahverdiyeva, Yukako Hihara, Matthias E. Futschik, Eva Mari Aro, Wolfgang R. Hess

School of Biomedical Sciences

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Combined Inhibition Of Nedd8-Activating Enzyme And Mtor Suppresses Nf2 Loss-Driven Tumorigenesis, Jonathan Cooper, Qingwen Xu, Lu Zhou, Milica Pavlovic, Virginia Ojeda, Kamalika Moulick, Stanchina E De, John T. Poirier, Marjorie Zauderer, Charles M. Rudin, Matthias A. Karajannis, C. Oliver Hanemann, Filippo G. Giancotti

Peninsula Medical School

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Social Environment During Egg Laying: Changes In Plasma Hormones With No Consequences For Yolk Hormones Or Fecundity In Female Japanese Quail, Coturnix Japonica, Esther M.A. Langen, Nikolaus Von Engelhardt, Vivian C. Goerlich-Jansson

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

No abstract provided.

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Sexting And Sexting Behaviour - "Oh You're All Children, Children Do Silly Things. You'll Be Fine. Get Over It!"., C Kennedy, Ad Phippen

School of Law, Humanities and Social Sciences

The incidence of sexual violence towards young women and girls has been steadily increasing over the past few years, coupled with advances in technology which appear to facilitate it and place young people at risk. With increasing pressure from the media and celebrity culture to be sexualised from a young age, it is essential to examine what measures are in place to tackle the rising levels of sexual harassment amongst young people. Qualitative data was obtained from focus groups in two schools to establish the prevalence of sexual harassment experienced by girls and whether schools have adequate Relationships and Sex …

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The Beach-Containing Protein Wdr81 Coordinates P62 And Lc3c To Promote Aggrephagy, X Liu, Yang Li, Xin Wang, Ruxiao Xing, K Liu, Qiwen Gan, Changyong Tang, Zhiyang Gao, Youli Jian, Shouqing Luo, Weixiang Guo, Chonglin Yang

Peninsula Medical School

No abstract provided.

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Balance Right In Multiple Sclerosis (Brims): A Guided Self-Management Programme To Reduce Falls And Improve Quality Of Life, Balance And Mobility In People With Secondary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis: A Protocol For A Feasibility Randomised Controlled Trial, H Gunn, J Andrade, L Paul, L Miller, S Creanor, C Green, J Marsden, P Ewings, M Berrow, J Vickery, A Barton, B Marshall, J Zajicek, Ja Freeman

School of Health Professions

No abstract provided.

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Standing Up In Multiple Sclerosis (Sums): Protocol For A Multi-Centre Randomised Controlled Trial Evaluating The Clinical And Cost Effectiveness Of A Home-Based Self-Management Standing Frame Programme In People With Progressive Multiple Sclerosis., Ja Freeman, W Hendrie, S Creanor, L Jarrett, A Barton, A Hawton, D Morby, S Hooley, J Marsden, J Zajicek

School of Health Professions

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Biotic And Environmental Dynamics Through The Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous Transition: Evidence For Protracted Faunal And Ecological Turnover, Jonathan P. Tennant, Philip D. Mannion, Paul Upchurch, Mark D. Sutton, Gregory D. Price

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

No abstract provided.

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Tidally Induced Residual Current Over The Malin Sea Continental Slope, Nataliya Stashchuk, Vasiliy Vlasenko, Phil Hosegood, W. Alex M. Nimmo-Smith

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

Tidally induced residual currents generated over shelf-slope topography are investigated analytically and numerically using the Massachusetts Institute of Technology general circulation model. Observational support for the presence of such a slope current was recorded over the Malin Sea continental slope during the 88-th cruise of the RRS “James Cook” in July 2013. A simple analytical formula developed here in the framework of time-averaged shallow water equations has been validated against a fully nonlinear nonhydrostatic numerical solution. A good agreement between analytical and numerical solutions is found for a wide range of input parameters of the tidal flow and bottom topography. …

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Testing Quantised Inertia On Emdrives With Dielectrics, Me Mcculloch

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

Truncated-cone-shaped cavities with microwaves resonating within them (emdrives) move slightly towards their narrow ends, in contradiction to standard physics. This effect has been predicted by a model called quantised inertia (MiHsC) which assumes that the inertia of the microwaves is caused by Unruh radiation, more of which is allowed at the wide end. Therefore, photons going towards the wide end gain inertia, and to conserve momentum the cavity must move towards its narrow end, as observed. A previous analysis with quantised inertia predicted a controversial photon acceleration, which is shown here to be unnecessary. The previous analysis also mispredicted the …

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Intestinal Fatty Acid-Binding Protein And Gut Permeability Responses To Exercise, Ds March, T Marchbank, Rj Playford, Et Al

Peninsula Medical School

PURPOSE: Intestinal cell damage due to physiological stressors (e.g. heat, oxidative, hypoperfusion/ischaemic) may contribute to increased intestinal permeability. The aim of this study was to assess changes in plasma intestinal fatty acid-binding protein (I-FABP) in response to exercise (with bovine colostrum supplementation, Col, positive control) and compare this to intestinal barrier integrity/permeability (5 h urinary lactulose/rhamnose ratio, L/R). METHODS: In a double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover design, 18 males completed two experimental arms (14 days of 20 g/day supplementation with Col or placebo, Plac). For each arm participants performed two baseline (resting) intestinal permeability assessments (L/R) pre-supplementation and one post-exercise following supplementation. …

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Purchasing Popular Purebreds: Investigating The Influence Of Breed-Type On The Pre-Purchase Motivations And Behaviour Of Dog Owners, Rma Packer, D Murphy, Mj Farnworth

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

How and why dog owners select a specific breed may impact upon the health of the dog they acquire, and upon the wider health of the breed they select. Brachycephalic breeds are rapidly increasing in popularity despite increasing evidence linking brachycephalism with chronic and severe health conditions. This study used a questionnaire to explore pre-, during and post-purchase behaviours and attitudes of dog-owners who own popular brachycephalic dog breeds (n = breeds) compared to popular non-brachycephalic dog breeds (n = breeds). The survey received 1,427 valid responses. Brachycephalic breed owners were younger, more likely to live with children, and to …

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Musical Instruments, Body Movement, Space, And Motion Data: Music As An Emergent Multimodal Choreography, Federico Visi, Esther Coorevits, Rodrigo Schramm, Eduardo Reck Miranda

School of Art, Design and Architecture

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Plasmodium Falciparum Infection Induces Dynamic Changes In The Erythrocyte Phospho-Proteome., G Bouyer, L Reininger, G Ramdani, Phillips L D, V Sharma, S Egee, G Langsley, E Lasonder

School of Biomedical Sciences

The phosphorylation status of red blood cell proteins is strongly altered during the infection by the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. We identify the key phosphorylation events that occur in the erythrocyte membrane and cytoskeleton during infection, by a comparative analysis of global phospho-proteome screens between infected (obtained at schizont stage) and uninfected RBCs. The meta-analysis of reported mass spectrometry studies revealed a novel compendium of 495 phosphorylation sites in 182 human proteins with regulatory roles in red cell morphology and stability, with about 25% of these sites specific to infected cells. A phosphorylation motif analysis detected 7 unique motifs that …

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Positioning Control On A Collaborative Robot By Sensor Fusion With Liquid State Machines, D Alberto Sala, V Joao Brusamarello, R De Azambuja, A Cangelosi

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

A positioning controller based on Spiking Neural Networks for sensor fusion suitable to run on a neuromorphic computer is presented in this work. The proposed framework uses the paradigm of reservoir computing to control the collaborative robot BAXTER. The system was designed to work in parallel with Liquid State Machines that performs trajectories in 2D closed shapes. In order to keep a felt pen touching a drawing surface, data from sensors of force and distance are fed to the controller. The system was trained using data from a Proportional Integral Derivative controller, merging the data from both sensors. The results …

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Reclassification Of Thiobacillus Aquaesulis (Wood & Kelly, 1995) As Annwoodia Aquaesulis Gen. Nov., Comb. Nov., Transfer Of Thiobacillus (Beijerinck, 1904) From The Hydrogenophilales To The Nitrosomonadales, Proposal Of Hydrogenophilalia Class. Nov. Within The ‘Proteobacteria’, And Four New Families Within The Orders Nitrosomonadales And Rhodocyclales, Rich Boden, Lee P. Hutt, Alex W. Rae

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

The genus Thiobacillus comprises four species with validly published names, of which Thiobacillus aquaesulis DSM 4255^T (=ATCC 43788^T) is the only species that can grow heterotrophically or mixotrophically – the rest being obligate autotrophs – and has a significant metabolic difference in not producing tetrathionate during the oxidation of thiosulfate during autotrophic growth. On the basis of this and differential chemotaxonomic properties and a 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity of 93.4% to the type species Thiobacillus thioparus DSM 505^T, we propose that it is moved to a novel genus, Annwoodia gen. nov., for which the …

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An Evaluation Of Thiomicrospira, Hydrogenovibrio And Thioalkalimicrobium: Reclassification Of 4 Species Of Thiomicrospira To Each Thiomicrorhabdus Gen. Nov. And Hydrogenovibrio, And Reclassification Of All 4 Species Of Thioalkalimicrobium To Thiomicrospira., R Boden, Km Scott, J Williams, S Russel, K Antonen, Aw Rae, Lp Hutt

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

Thiomicrospira spp. are small sulfur-oxidising chemolithoautotrophic members of the Gammaproteobacteria. Whilst the type species Tms. pelophila and closely related Tms. thyasirae exhibit canonical spiral morphology under sub-optimal growth conditions, most species are vibrios or rods. The 16S rRNA gene diversity is vast, with identities as low as 91.6 % to Tms. pelophila versus Tms. frisia, for example. Thiomicrospira was examined with closely related genera Hydrogenovibrio and Thioalkalimicrobium and, to rationalise organisms on the basis of the 16S rRNA gene phylogeny, physiology and morphology, we reclassify Tms. kuenenii, Tms. crunogena, Tms. thermophila and Tms. halophila to Hydrogenovibrio kuenenii comb. nov., H. …

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Frontal Circulation And Submesoscale Variability During The Formation Of A Southern Ocean Mesoscale Eddy, Katherine A. Adams, Philip Hosegood, John R. Taylor, Jb Sallee, Scott Bachman, Ricardo Torres, Megan Stamper

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

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Tropidechis Carinatus (Rough-Scaled Snake) And Pseudechis Poryphryriacus (Red-Bellied Black Snake). Predation/ Diet, R Puschendorf, Voyles, J

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

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Body Representation Difficulties In Children And Adolescents With Autism May Be Due To Delayed Development Of Visuo-Tactile Temporal Binding, Danielle Ropar, Katie Greenfield, Alastair D. Smith, Mark Carey, Roger Newport

School of Psychology

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Erosion Characteristics And Horizontal Variability For Small Erosion Depths In The Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, California, Usa, David H. Schoellhamer, Andrew J. Manning, Paul A. Work

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

Erodibility of cohesive sediment in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta (Delta) was investigated with an erosion microcosm. Erosion depths in the Delta and in the microcosm were estimated to be about one floc diameter over a range of shear stresses and times comparable to half of a typical tidal cycle. Using the conventional assumption of horizontally homogeneous bed sediment, data from 27 of 34 microcosm experiments indicate that the erosion rate coefficient increased as eroded mass increased, contrary to theory. We believe that small erosion depths, erosion rate coefficient deviation from theory, and visual observation of horizontally varying biota and …

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How Accurately Are We Describing The Longline Bycatch? The Case Of The ‘Rare’ Shark Alopias Superciliosus In Eastern Mediterranean, P Kleitou, C Antoniou, I Giovos, D Kletou

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

The bigeye thresher shark, Alopias superciliosus, is a highly cosmopolitan species found in tropical and temperate seas worldwide. Its presence in the Mediterranean has been poorly documented while in the eastern Mediterranean, it has been confined on individual-based records and considered as scarce. Hereby, we provide evidences from two longline fishing trips of at least eight by-catch specimens. These represent the first confirmed presence of A. superciliosus in the waters of Cyprus and the first documentation of such a large occurrence of the species in the eastern Mediterranean. It is evidenced that the participation of scientific observers on-board is imperative …

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Connexin Hemichannels In Astrocytes: An Assessment Of Controversies Regarding Their Functional Characteristics, Bs Nielsen, Db Hansen, Br Ransom, Ms Nielsen, N Macaulay

Peninsula Medical School

Astrocytes in the mammalian central nervous system are interconnected by gap junctions made from connexins of the subtypes Cx30 and Cx43. These proteins may exist as hemichannels in the plasma membrane in the absence of a ‘docked’ counterpart on the neighboring cell. A variety of stimuli are reported to open the hemichannels and thereby create a permeation pathway through the plasma membrane. Cx30 and Cx43 have, in their hemichannel configuration, been proposed to act as ion channels and membrane pathways for different molecules, such as fluorescent dyes, ATP, prostaglandins, and glutamate. Published studies about astrocyte hemichannel behavior, however, have been …

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Membrane-Enriched Proteome Changes And Prion Protein Expression During Neural Differentiation And In Neuroblastoma Cells, J. A. Macedo, D. Schrama, I. Duarte, E. Tavares, J. Renaut, M. E. Futschik, P. M. Rodrigues, E. P. Melo

School of Biomedical Sciences

No abstract provided.

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Waves Across Shore Platforms (Wasp) Project Dataset, Timothy Poate, Gerd Masselink

Faculty of Science and Engineering Datasets

The purpose of the WASP project is to capture a unique dataset of detailed wave measurements across a range of rocky platforms around the UK coastline. Using the latest wave sensors, digital video and laser scanners the project intends to map the decay in wave energy across intertidal rocky platforms. These measurements will be used to improve existing models which aim to provide a predictive tool for examining wave energy reaching our coastline which can cause erosion and cliff falls. See the project web page for more information: https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/research/coastal-processes/waves-across-shore-platforms Dataset Description: The dataset consists of six zip files. Each contains …

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Mechanism Of Adsorption Of Actives Onto Microporous Functionalised Calcium Carbonate (Fcc), Charlotte L. Levy, G. Peter Matthews, Giuliano M. Laudone, Samuel Beckett, Andrew Turner, Joachim Schoelkopf, Patrick A.C. Gane

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

Microporous ‘functionalised’ calcium carbonate (FCC) has potential for use as a carrier for the controlled release of ‘actives’, by permeation and diffusion. We have investigated the nature of the FCC surface and the mechanism of adsorption of two typical actives, namely the anti-inflammatory drug aspirin and the flavour compound vanillin, from chloroform and aqueous ethanolic solutions. There is indirect evidence from the quantitative perturbation of Tóth isotherms that their adsorption is hindered by a stagnant diffusion layer of water trapped in the micro-porosity of the FCC. To complement previous studies of the surface of FCC, it was also tested with …

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Chytrid Fungus Infection In Zebrafish Demonstrates That The Pathogen Can Parasitize Non-Amphibian Vertebrate Hosts, Nicole Liew, Moya Mj Mazon, Claudia J. Wierzbicki, Michael Hollinshead, Michael J. Dillon, Christopher R. Thornton, Amy Ellison, Jo Cable, Matthew C. Fisher, Serge Mostowy

Peninsula Medical School

AbstractAquatic chytrid fungi threaten amphibian biodiversity worldwide owing to their ability to rapidly expand their geographical distributions and to infect a wide range of hosts. Combating this risk requires an understanding of chytrid host range to identify potential reservoirs of infection and to safeguard uninfected regions through enhanced biosecurity. Here we extend our knowledge on the host range of the chytrid Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis by demonstrating infection of a non-amphibian vertebrate host, the zebrafish. We observe dose-dependent mortality and show that chytrid can infect and proliferate on zebrafish tissue. We also show that infection phenotypes (fin erosion, cell apoptosis and muscle …

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Inorganic Carbon Physiology Underpins Macroalgal Responses To Elevated Co2, Jason M. Hall-Spencer

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

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Observations Of Nearshore Infragravity Wave Dynamics Under High Energy Swell And Wind-Wave Conditions, Mark Davidson, Gerd Masselink, Paul Russell, Kris Inch

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

No abstract provided.

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From Oppel To Callomon (And Beyond): Building A High-Resolution Ammonite-Based Biochronology For The Jurassic System, Kn Page

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

By 1849, Alcide d'Orbigny had proposed a very modern looking global subdivision of a Jurassique ‘System’, into a sequence of 10 étages. D'Orbigny's stages were based on a basic biostratigraphical framework, but there were still a number of issues with its actual demonstrable applicability internationally. In 1856, Albert Oppel took d'Orbigny's framework and, as stated by W.J.Arkell in 1933, ‘breath[ed] new life into it…placing the whole science of stratigraphical geology on a new footing’. Oppel recognized eight ‘Etagen’, divided into a sequence of ‘zones’ which he considered to be time-related to correlation units of theoretically universal application – a very …

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School of Biomedical Sciences

Peninsula Medical School

Social Environment During Egg Laying: Changes In Plasma Hormones With No Consequences For Yolk Hormones Or Fecundity In Female Japanese Quail, Coturnix Japonica, Esther M.A. Langen, Nikolaus Von Engelhardt, Vivian C. Goerlich-Jansson

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

Sexting And Sexting Behaviour - "Oh You're All Children, Children Do Silly Things. You'll Be Fine. Get Over It!"., C Kennedy, Ad Phippen

School of Law, Humanities and Social Sciences

The Beach-Containing Protein Wdr81 Coordinates P62 And Lc3c To Promote Aggrephagy, X Liu, Yang Li, Xin Wang, Ruxiao Xing, K Liu, Qiwen Gan, Changyong Tang, Zhiyang Gao, Youli Jian, Shouqing Luo, Weixiang Guo, Chonglin Yang

Peninsula Medical School

School of Health Professions

School of Health Professions

Biotic And Environmental Dynamics Through The Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous Transition: Evidence For Protracted Faunal And Ecological Turnover, Jonathan P. Tennant, Philip D. Mannion, Paul Upchurch, Mark D. Sutton, Gregory D. Price

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

Tidally Induced Residual Current Over The Malin Sea Continental Slope, Nataliya Stashchuk, Vasiliy Vlasenko, Phil Hosegood, W. Alex M. Nimmo-Smith

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

Testing Quantised Inertia On Emdrives With Dielectrics, Me Mcculloch

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

Intestinal Fatty Acid-Binding Protein And Gut Permeability Responses To Exercise, Ds March, T Marchbank, Rj Playford, Et Al

Peninsula Medical School

Purchasing Popular Purebreds: Investigating The Influence Of Breed-Type On The Pre-Purchase Motivations And Behaviour Of Dog Owners, Rma Packer, D Murphy, Mj Farnworth

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

Musical Instruments, Body Movement, Space, And Motion Data: Music As An Emergent Multimodal Choreography, Federico Visi, Esther Coorevits, Rodrigo Schramm, Eduardo Reck Miranda

School of Art, Design and Architecture

Plasmodium Falciparum Infection Induces Dynamic Changes In The Erythrocyte Phospho-Proteome., G Bouyer, L Reininger, G Ramdani, Phillips L D, V Sharma, S Egee, G Langsley, E Lasonder

School of Biomedical Sciences

Positioning Control On A Collaborative Robot By Sensor Fusion With Liquid State Machines, D Alberto Sala, V Joao Brusamarello, R De Azambuja, A Cangelosi

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

Frontal Circulation And Submesoscale Variability During The Formation Of A Southern Ocean Mesoscale Eddy, Katherine A. Adams, Philip Hosegood, John R. Taylor, Jb Sallee, Scott Bachman, Ricardo Torres, Megan Stamper

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

Tropidechis Carinatus (Rough-Scaled Snake) And Pseudechis Poryphryriacus (Red-Bellied Black Snake). Predation/ Diet, R Puschendorf, Voyles, J

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

Body Representation Difficulties In Children And Adolescents With Autism May Be Due To Delayed Development Of Visuo-Tactile Temporal Binding, Danielle Ropar, Katie Greenfield, Alastair D. Smith, Mark Carey, Roger Newport

School of Psychology

Erosion Characteristics And Horizontal Variability For Small Erosion Depths In The Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, California, Usa, David H. Schoellhamer, Andrew J. Manning, Paul A. Work

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

How Accurately Are We Describing The Longline Bycatch? The Case Of The ‘Rare’ Shark Alopias Superciliosus In Eastern Mediterranean, P Kleitou, C Antoniou, I Giovos, D Kletou

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

Connexin Hemichannels In Astrocytes: An Assessment Of Controversies Regarding Their Functional Characteristics, Bs Nielsen, Db Hansen, Br Ransom, Ms Nielsen, N Macaulay

Peninsula Medical School

Membrane-Enriched Proteome Changes And Prion Protein Expression During Neural Differentiation And In Neuroblastoma Cells, J. A. Macedo, D. Schrama, I. Duarte, E. Tavares, J. Renaut, M. E. Futschik, P. M. Rodrigues, E. P. Melo

School of Biomedical Sciences

Waves Across Shore Platforms (Wasp) Project Dataset, Timothy Poate, Gerd Masselink

Faculty of Science and Engineering Datasets

Mechanism Of Adsorption Of Actives Onto Microporous Functionalised Calcium Carbonate (Fcc), Charlotte L. Levy, G. Peter Matthews, Giuliano M. Laudone, Samuel Beckett, Andrew Turner, Joachim Schoelkopf, Patrick A.C. Gane

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

Chytrid Fungus Infection In Zebrafish Demonstrates That The Pathogen Can Parasitize Non-Amphibian Vertebrate Hosts, Nicole Liew, Moya Mj Mazon, Claudia J. Wierzbicki, Michael Hollinshead, Michael J. Dillon, Christopher R. Thornton, Amy Ellison, Jo Cable, Matthew C. Fisher, Serge Mostowy

Peninsula Medical School

Inorganic Carbon Physiology Underpins Macroalgal Responses To Elevated Co2, Jason M. Hall-Spencer

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

Observations Of Nearshore Infragravity Wave Dynamics Under High Energy Swell And Wind-Wave Conditions, Mark Davidson, Gerd Masselink, Paul Russell, Kris Inch

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

From Oppel To Callomon (And Beyond): Building A High-Resolution Ammonite-Based Biochronology For The Jurassic System, Kn Page

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences