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A novel silver bioactive glass elicits antimicrobial efficacy against Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus in an ex vivo skin wound biofilm model (2018)
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Wilkinson, H. N., Iveson, S., Catherall, P., & Hardman, M. J. (2018). A novel silver bioactive glass elicits antimicrobial efficacy against Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus in an ex vivo skin wound biofilm model. Frontiers in Microbiology, 9(JUL), Article 1450. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2018.01450

Biofilm infection is now understood to be a potent contributor to the recalcitrant nature of chronic wounds. Bacterial biofilms evade the host immune response and show increased resistance to antibiotics. Along with improvements in antibiotic steward... Read More about A novel silver bioactive glass elicits antimicrobial efficacy against Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus in an ex vivo skin wound biofilm model.

Test-Retest reliability of a commercial linear position transducer (GymAware PowerTool) to measure velocity and power in the Back Squat and Bench Press (2018)
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Orange, S. T., Metcalfe, J. W., Vince, R. V., Marshall, P., Madden, L. A., & Liefeith, A. (2020). Test-Retest reliability of a commercial linear position transducer (GymAware PowerTool) to measure velocity and power in the Back Squat and Bench Press. Journal of strength and conditioning research, 34(3), 728-737. https://doi.org/10.1519/JSC.0000000000002715

This study examined the test-retest reliability of the GymAware PowerTool (GYM) to measure velocity and power in the free-weight back squat and bench press. Twenty-nine academy rugby league players (age: 17.6 ± 1.0 years; body mass: 87.3 ± 20.8 kg) c... Read More about Test-Retest reliability of a commercial linear position transducer (GymAware PowerTool) to measure velocity and power in the Back Squat and Bench Press.

Selective radiolabelling with 68Ga under mild conditions: a route towards a porphyrin PET/PDT theranostic agent (2018)
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Yap, S. Y., Price, T. W., Savoie, H., Boyle, R. W., & Stasiuk, G. J. (2018). Selective radiolabelling with 68Ga under mild conditions: a route towards a porphyrin PET/PDT theranostic agent. Chemical communications : Chem comm / the Royal Society of Chemistry, 54(57), 7952-7954. https://doi.org/10.1039/c8cc03897j

A theranostic conjugate for use as a positron emission tomography (PET) radiotracer and as a photosensitiser for photodynamic therapy (PDT) has been synthesised. A water-soluble porphyrin was coupled with the bifunctional chelate, H4Dpaa.ga. This con... Read More about Selective radiolabelling with 68Ga under mild conditions: a route towards a porphyrin PET/PDT theranostic agent.

The effect of Glucose Concentration (5.6 mM vs. 17 mM) During IVM on Developmental and Metabolic Markers of Equine Cumulus-oocyte Complex Function (2018)
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Lewis, N., Hinrichs, K., Brison, D., Sturmey, R., & McG. Argo, C. (2018). The effect of Glucose Concentration (5.6 mM vs. 17 mM) During IVM on Developmental and Metabolic Markers of Equine Cumulus-oocyte Complex Function. Journal of Equine Veterinary Science, 66, 181. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jevs.2018.05.073

Both M199 and DMEM/F-12 support in vitro maturation (IVM) of equine oocytes and production of viable embryos after ICSI. However, these media differ markedly in glucose concentration: 5.6 mM (M199) vs. 17 mM (DMEM/F-12). Given the known impact of emb... Read More about The effect of Glucose Concentration (5.6 mM vs. 17 mM) During IVM on Developmental and Metabolic Markers of Equine Cumulus-oocyte Complex Function.

Attenuation of autophagy impacts on muscle fibre development, starvation induced stress and fibre regeneration following acute injury (2018)
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Paolini, A., Omairi, S., Mitchell, R., Vaughan, D., Matsakas, A., Vaiyapuri, S., Ricketts, T., Rubinsztein, D. C., & Patel, K. (in press). Attenuation of autophagy impacts on muscle fibre development, starvation induced stress and fibre regeneration following acute injury. Scientific reports, 8(1), Article 9062. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-27429-7

Autophagy has been implicated as a major factor in the development of a number of diseases of skeletal muscle. However, its role in skeletal muscle homeostasis is still evolving. We examined skeletal muscle architecture in a mouse model, Atg16L1, whe... Read More about Attenuation of autophagy impacts on muscle fibre development, starvation induced stress and fibre regeneration following acute injury.

Synthesis, Crystal Structure, and Cytotoxicity Studies of titanacalix[4 and 8]arene Complexes (2018)
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Miller-Shakesby, D. M., Nigam, S., Hughes, D. L., Lopez-Estelles, E., Elsegood, M. R., Cawthorne, C. J., Archibald, S. J., & Redshaw, C. (2018). Synthesis, Crystal Structure, and Cytotoxicity Studies of titanacalix[4 and 8]arene Complexes. Dalton Transactions : an international journal of inorganic chemistry, 47(27), 8992-8999. https://doi.org/10.1039/c8dt01992d

© 2018 The Royal Society of Chemistry. Reaction of 5,11,17,23-tetra-tert-butyl-dihydroxy-26,28-bis(2-pentoxy)calix[4]arene (L(OH)2(Opentyl)2) with [TiCl4] afforded the dichlorotitanoacalix[4]arene complex [TiCl2L(O)2(Opentyl)2] (1) in good yield. Hyd... Read More about Synthesis, Crystal Structure, and Cytotoxicity Studies of titanacalix[4 and 8]arene Complexes.

Identifying patterns in signs and symptoms preceding the clinical diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease: retrospective medical record review study and a nested case -control design (2018)
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Bature, F., Pang, D., Robinson, A., Polson, N., Pappas, Y., & Guinn, B. (2018). Identifying patterns in signs and symptoms preceding the clinical diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease: retrospective medical record review study and a nested case -control design. Current Alzheimer Research, 15(8), 723-730. https://doi.org/10.2174/1567205015666180404155358

Objective: Evidence suggests that individuals with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) are often diagnosed in the later stages of their disease with a poor prognosis. This study is aimed to identify patterns in signs and symptoms preceding the clinical diagnosi... Read More about Identifying patterns in signs and symptoms preceding the clinical diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease: retrospective medical record review study and a nested case -control design.

Validity and reliability of a wearable inertial sensor to measure velocity and power in the back squat and bench press (2018)
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Orange, S. T., Metcalfe, J. W., Liefeith, A., Marshall, P., Madden, L. A., Fewster, C. R., & Vince, R. V. (2019). Validity and reliability of a wearable inertial sensor to measure velocity and power in the back squat and bench press. Journal of strength and conditioning research, 33(9), 2398-2408. https://doi.org/10.1519/JSC.0000000000002574

Orange, ST, Metcalfe, JW, Liefeith, A, Marshall, P, Madden, LA, Fewster, CR, and Vince, RV. Validity and reliability of a wearable inertial sensor to measure velocity and power in the back squat and bench press. J Strength Cond Res 33(9): 2398-2408,... Read More about Validity and reliability of a wearable inertial sensor to measure velocity and power in the back squat and bench press.

Modelling antisepsis using defined populations of facultative and anaerobic wound pathogens grown in a basally perfused biofilm model (2018)
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Oates, A., Lindsay, S., Mistry, H., Ortega, F., & McBain, A. J. (2018). Modelling antisepsis using defined populations of facultative and anaerobic wound pathogens grown in a basally perfused biofilm model. Biofouling, 34(5), 507-518. https://doi.org/10.1080/08927014.2018.1466115

An in vitro model was developed to assess the effects of topical antimicrobials on taxonomically defined wound biofilms. Biofilms were exposed over seven days to povidone-iodine, silver acetate or polyhexamethylene biguanide (PHMB) at concentrations... Read More about Modelling antisepsis using defined populations of facultative and anaerobic wound pathogens grown in a basally perfused biofilm model.

Exercise prehabilitation in elective intra-cavity surgery: A role within the ERAS pathway? A narrative review (2018)
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Orange, S. T., Northgraves, M. J., Marshall, P., Madden, L. A., & Vince, R. V. (2018). Exercise prehabilitation in elective intra-cavity surgery: A role within the ERAS pathway? A narrative review. International journal of surgery, 56, 328-333. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijsu.2018.04.054

The Enhanced Recovery after Surgery (ERAS) model integrates several elements of perioperative care into a standardised clinical pathway for surgical patients. ERAS programmes aim to reduce the rate of complications, improve surgical recovery, and lim... Read More about Exercise prehabilitation in elective intra-cavity surgery: A role within the ERAS pathway? A narrative review.

Platelet function following induced hypoglycaemia in type 2 diabetes (2018)
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Kahal, H., Aburima, A., Spurgeon, B., Wraith, K. S., Rigby, A. S., Sathyapalan, T., Kilpatrick, E. S., Naseem, K. M., & Atkin, S. L. (2018). Platelet function following induced hypoglycaemia in type 2 diabetes. Diabetes & metabolism, 44(5), 431-436. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diabet.2018.04.004

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Strict glycaemic control has been associated with an increased mortality rate in subjects with type 2 diabetes (T2DM). Here we examined platelet function immediately and 24 hours following induced hypoglycaemia in people with type 2 diabetes comp... Read More about Platelet function following induced hypoglycaemia in type 2 diabetes.

Microbial host interactions and impaired wound healing in mice and humans: defining a role for BD14 and NOD2 (2018)
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Williams, H., Campbell, L., Crompton, R. A., Singh, G., McHugh, B. J., Davidson, D. J., McBain, A. J., Cruickshank, S. M., & Hardman, M. J. (2018). Microbial host interactions and impaired wound healing in mice and humans: defining a role for BD14 and NOD2. Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 138(10), 2264-2274. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jid.2018.04.014

Chronic wounds cause significant patient morbidity and mortality. A key factor in their etiology is microbial infection, yet skin host-microbiota interactions during wound repair remain poorly understood. Microbiome profiles of non-infected human chr... Read More about Microbial host interactions and impaired wound healing in mice and humans: defining a role for BD14 and NOD2.

Hyaluronan-Based Nanohydrogels for Targeting Intracellular S. Aureus in Human Keratinocytes (2018)
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Montanari, E., Oates, A., Di Meo, C., Meade, J., Cerrone, R., Francioso, A., Devine, D., Coviello, T., Mancini, P., Mosca, L., & Matricardi, P. (2018). Hyaluronan-Based Nanohydrogels for Targeting Intracellular S. Aureus in Human Keratinocytes. Advanced Healthcare Materials, 7(12), Article 1701483. https://doi.org/10.1002/adhm.201701483

© 2018 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim Staphylococcus aureus is one of the most significant human pathogens that is frequently isolated in a wide range of superficial and systemic infections. The ability of S. aureus to invade and surviv... Read More about Hyaluronan-Based Nanohydrogels for Targeting Intracellular S. Aureus in Human Keratinocytes.

Platelet biology in regenerative medicine of skeletal muscle (2018)
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Scully, D., Naseem, K. M., & Matsakas, A. (2018). Platelet biology in regenerative medicine of skeletal muscle. Acta Physiologica, 223(3), Article e13071. https://doi.org/10.1111/apha.13071

Platelet‐based applications such as platelet‐rich plasma (PRP) and platelet releasate have gained unprecedented attention in regenerative medicine across a variety of tissues as of late. The rationale behind utilizing PRP originates in the delivery o... Read More about Platelet biology in regenerative medicine of skeletal muscle.

Pursuing intracellular pathogens with hyaluronan. From a 'pro-infection' polymer to a biomaterial for 'trojan horse' systems (2018)
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Montanari, E., Di Meo, C., Oates, A., Coviello, T., & Matricardi, P. (2018). Pursuing intracellular pathogens with hyaluronan. From a 'pro-infection' polymer to a biomaterial for 'trojan horse' systems. Molecules, 23(4), 939. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules23040939

© 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. Hyaluronan (HA) is among the most important bioactive polymers in mammals, playing a key role in a number of biological functions. In the last decades, it has been increasingly studied as a bi... Read More about Pursuing intracellular pathogens with hyaluronan. From a 'pro-infection' polymer to a biomaterial for 'trojan horse' systems.

Cardiogoniometry compared to fractional flow reserve at identifying physiologically significant coronary stenosis: The Cardioflow Study (2018)
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Brown, O. I., Clark, A. L., Chelliah, R., Davison, B. J., Mather, A. N., Cunnington, M. S., John, J., Alahmar, A., Oliver, R., Aznaouridis, K., & Hoye, A. (2018). Cardiogoniometry compared to fractional flow reserve at identifying physiologically significant coronary stenosis: The Cardioflow Study. Cardiovascular Engineering and Technology, 9(3), 439-446. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13239-018-0354-1

Cardiogoniometry (CGM) is method of 3-dimensional electrocardiographic assessment which has been shown to identify patients with angiographically defined, stable coronary artery disease (CAD). However, angiographic evidence of CAD, does not always co... Read More about Cardiogoniometry compared to fractional flow reserve at identifying physiologically significant coronary stenosis: The Cardioflow Study.

Fluoride doped γ-Fe2O3 nanoparticles with increased MRI relaxivity (2018)
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Jones, N. E., Burnett, C. A., Salamon, S., Landers, J., Wende, H., Lazzarini, L., Gibbs, P., Pickles, M., Johnson, B. R., Evans, D. J., Archibald, S. J., & Francesconi, M. G. (2018). Fluoride doped γ-Fe2O3 nanoparticles with increased MRI relaxivity. Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 6(22), 3665-3673. https://doi.org/10.1039/c8tb00360b

Iron oxide nanoparticles (IONs) are being actively researched and experimented with as contrast agents for Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), as well as image-directed delivery of therapeutics. The efficiency of an MRI contrast agent can be described... Read More about Fluoride doped γ-Fe2O3 nanoparticles with increased MRI relaxivity.

Fingerprint Development Techniques: Theory and Application (2018)
Book
Bleay, S., Croxton, R., & De Puit, M. (2018). Fingerprint Development Techniques: Theory and Application. Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley and Sons

A comprehensive review of the latest fingerprint development and imaging techniques

With contributions from leading experts in the field, Fingerprint Development Techniques offers a comprehensive review of the key techniques used in the developmen... Read More about Fingerprint Development Techniques: Theory and Application.

Canagliflozin inhibits interleukin-1β-stimulated cytokine and chemokine secretion in vascular endothelial cells by AMP-activated protein kinase-dependent and -independent mechanisms (2018)
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Mancini, S. J., Boyd, D., Katwan, O. J., Strembitska, A., Almabrouk, T. A., Kennedy, S., Palmer, T. M., & Salt, I. P. (2018). Canagliflozin inhibits interleukin-1β-stimulated cytokine and chemokine secretion in vascular endothelial cells by AMP-activated protein kinase-dependent and -independent mechanisms. Scientific reports, 8(1), Article 5276. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-23420-4

Recent clinical trials of the hypoglycaemic sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors, which inhibit renal glucose reabsorption, have reported beneficial cardiovascular outcomes. Whether SGLT2 inhibitors directly affect cardiovascular tissue... Read More about Canagliflozin inhibits interleukin-1β-stimulated cytokine and chemokine secretion in vascular endothelial cells by AMP-activated protein kinase-dependent and -independent mechanisms.

Anticancer properties of essential oils and other natural products (2018)
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Blowman, K., Magalhães, M., Lemos, M. F., Cabral, C., & Pires, I. M. (2018). Anticancer properties of essential oils and other natural products. Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2018, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/3149362

Essential oils are secondary metabolites with a key-role in plants protection, consisting primarily of terpenes with a volatile nature and a diverse array of chemical structures. Essential oils exhibit a wide range of bioactivities, especially antimi... Read More about Anticancer properties of essential oils and other natural products.