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β-MSCs: Successful fusion of MSCs with β-cells results in a β-cell like phenotype (2016)
Journal Article
Azizi, Z., Lange, C., Paroni, F., Ardestani, A., Meyer, A., Wu, Y., …Maedler, K. (2016). β-MSCs: Successful fusion of MSCs with β-cells results in a β-cell like phenotype. Oncotarget, 7(31), 48963-48977. https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.10214

Bone marrow mesenchymal stromal cells (MSC) have anti-inflammatory, antiapoptotic and immunosuppressive properties and are a potent source for cell therapy. Cell fusion has been proposed for rapid generation of functional new reprogrammed cells. In t... Read More about β-MSCs: Successful fusion of MSCs with β-cells results in a β-cell like phenotype.

The Plantation Machine: Atlantic Capitalism in French Saint-Domingue and British Jamaica (2016)
Book
Burnard, T., & Garrigus, J. (2016). The Plantation Machine: Atlantic Capitalism in French Saint-Domingue and British Jamaica. University of Pennsylvania Press (Penn Press). https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812293012

Jamaica and Saint-Domingue were especially brutal but conspicuously successful eighteenth-century slave societies and imperial colonies. These plantation regimes were, to adopt a metaphor of the era, complex "machines," finely tuned over time by plan... Read More about The Plantation Machine: Atlantic Capitalism in French Saint-Domingue and British Jamaica.

Inhomogeneous chemical evolution of r-process elements (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wehmeyer, B., Pignatari, M., & Thielemann, F.-K. Inhomogeneous chemical evolution of r-process elements. Presented at CETUP* 2015 – WORKSHOP ON DARK MATTER, NEUTRINO PHYSICS AND ASTROPHYSICS AND PPC 2015 – IXTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INTERCONNECTIONS BETWEEN PARTICLE PHYSICS AND COSMOLOGY, Deadwood, South Dakota, USA

We report the results of a galactic chemical evolution (GCE) study for r-process- and alpha elements. For this work, we used the inhomogeneous GCE model "ICE", which allows to keep track of the galactic abundances of elements produced by different as... Read More about Inhomogeneous chemical evolution of r-process elements.

Heuristic Evaluation for Serious Immersive Games and M-instruction (2016)
Journal Article
Brayshaw, M., Gordon, N., & Aljaber, T. (2016). Heuristic Evaluation for Serious Immersive Games and M-instruction. Lecture notes in computer science, 9753, 310-319. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39483-1_29

© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016. Two fast growing areas for technology-enhanced learning are serious games and mobile instruction (M-instruction or M-Learning). Serious games are ones that are meant to be more than just entertain... Read More about Heuristic Evaluation for Serious Immersive Games and M-instruction.

Circulating plasma microRNAs can differentiate Human Sepsis and Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS) (2016)
Journal Article
Caserta, S., Kern, F., Cohen, J., Drage, S., Newbury, S. F., & Llewelyn, M. J. (2016). Circulating plasma microRNAs can differentiate Human Sepsis and Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS). Scientific reports, 6(1), Article 28006. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep28006

Systemic inflammation in humans may be triggered by infection, termed sepsis, or non-infective processes, termed non-infective systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS). MicroRNAs regulate cellular processes including inflammation and may be det... Read More about Circulating plasma microRNAs can differentiate Human Sepsis and Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS).

Structural studies of Schiff-base [2 + 2] macrocycles derived from 2,2′-oxydianiline and the ROP capability of their organoaluminium complexes (2016)
Journal Article
Yang, W., Zhao, K.-Q., Prior, T. J., Hughes, D. L., Arbaoui, A., Elsegood, M. R. J., & Redshaw, C. (2016). Structural studies of Schiff-base [2 + 2] macrocycles derived from 2,2′-oxydianiline and the ROP capability of their organoaluminium complexes. Dalton Transactions : an international journal of inorganic chemistry, 45(30), 11990-12005. https://doi.org/10.1039/c6dt01997h

The molecular structures of a number of solvates of the [2+2] Schiff-base macrocycles {[2-(OH)-5-(R)-C₆H₂-1,3-(CH)₂][O(2-C₆H₄N)₂]}₂ (R = Me L¹H₂, tBu L²H₂, Cl L³H₂), formed by reacting 2,6-dicarboxy-4-R-phenol with 2,2/-oxydianiline (2-aminophenyleth... Read More about Structural studies of Schiff-base [2 + 2] macrocycles derived from 2,2′-oxydianiline and the ROP capability of their organoaluminium complexes.

Private damages actions under EU competition policy : an exploration of the ongoing sea change in respect of such actions concerning articles 101 and 102 TFEU infringements (2016)
Journal Article
Davison, L. (2016). Private damages actions under EU competition policy : an exploration of the ongoing sea change in respect of such actions concerning articles 101 and 102 TFEU infringements. Liverpool Law Review, 37(1-2), 81-104. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10991-016-9183-1

The EU has an established history of public enforcement concerning antitrust infringements under what are now Articles 101 and 102 of the Treaty of the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU). Yet, until recently, this has not been true in respect o... Read More about Private damages actions under EU competition policy : an exploration of the ongoing sea change in respect of such actions concerning articles 101 and 102 TFEU infringements.

Synthesis and characterization of biodegradable lignin nanoparticles with tunable surface properties (2016)
Journal Article
Richter, A. P., Bharti, B., Armstrong, H. B., Brown, J. S., Plemmons, D., Paunov, V. N., Stoyanov, S. D., & Velev, O. D. (2016). Synthesis and characterization of biodegradable lignin nanoparticles with tunable surface properties. Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids, 32(25), 6468-6477. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b01088

Lignin nanoparticles can serve as biodegradable carriers of biocidal actives with minimal environmental footprint. Here we describe the colloidal synthesis and interfacial design of nanoparticles with tunable surface properties using two different li... Read More about Synthesis and characterization of biodegradable lignin nanoparticles with tunable surface properties.

A glitch in the millisecond pulsar J0613-0200 (2016)
Journal Article
McKee, J. W., Janssen, G. H., Stappers, B. W., Lyne, A. G., Caballero, R. N., Lentati, L., …Verbiest, J. P. (2016). A glitch in the millisecond pulsar J0613-0200. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 461(3), 2809-2817. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw1442

We present evidence for a small glitch in the spin evolution of the millisecond pulsar J0613-0200, using the EPTA Data Release 1.0, combined with Jodrell Bank analogue filterbank times of arrival (TOAs) recorded with the Lovell telescope and Effelsbe... Read More about A glitch in the millisecond pulsar J0613-0200.

Key questions in education (2016)
Book
Smith, J. (2016). Key questions in education. Bloomsbury Publishing

The media is full of reference to failing schools, troublesome pupils, underperforming boys, disappearing childhood and a teaching profession in crisis as more and more teachers contemplate abandoning their careers. Key Questions in Education looks a... Read More about Key questions in education.

Whole exome sequencing identifies genetic variants in inherited thrombocytopenia with secondary qualitative function defects (2016)
Journal Article
Johnson, B., Lowe, G. C., Futterer, J., Lordkipanidzé, M., Macdonald, D., Simpson, M. A., Sanchez-Guiú, I., Drake, S., Bem, D., Leo, V., Fletcher, S. J., Dawood, B., Rivera, J., Allsup, D., Biss, T., Bolton-Maggs, P. H. B., Collins, P., Curry, N., Grimley, C., James, B., …on behalf of the UK GAPP Study Group. (2016). Whole exome sequencing identifies genetic variants in inherited thrombocytopenia with secondary qualitative function defects. Haematologica, 101(10), 1170-1179. https://doi.org/10.3324/haematol.2016.146316

© 2016 Ferrata Storti Foundation. Inherited thrombocytopenias are a heterogeneous group of disorders characterized by abnormally low platelet counts which can be associated with abnormal bleeding. Next-generation sequencing has previously been employ... Read More about Whole exome sequencing identifies genetic variants in inherited thrombocytopenia with secondary qualitative function defects.

Extended π-conjugated pyrene derivatives: structural, photophysical and electrochemical properties (2016)
Journal Article
Feng, X., Seto, N., Wang, C.-Z., Matsumoto, T., Tanaka, J., Wei, X.-F., Elsegood, M. R., Horsburgh, L., Redshaw, C., & Yamato, T. (2016). Extended π-conjugated pyrene derivatives: structural, photophysical and electrochemical properties. ChemistrySelect, 1(9), 1926-1932. https://doi.org/10.1002/slct.201600598

This article presents a set of extended π-conjugated pyrene derivatives, namely 1,3-di(arylethynyl)-7-tert-butylpyrenes, which were synthesized by a Pd-catalyzed Sonogashira coupling reaction of 1,3-dibromo-7-tert-butylpyrenes with the corresponding... Read More about Extended π-conjugated pyrene derivatives: structural, photophysical and electrochemical properties.

Composting paper and grass clippings with anaerobically treated palm oil mill effluent (2016)
Journal Article
Zahrim, A. Y., Leong, P. S., Ayisah, S. R., Janaun, J., Chong, K. P., Cooke, F. M., & Haywood, S. (2016). Composting paper and grass clippings with anaerobically treated palm oil mill effluent. International Journal Of Recycling of Organic Waste in Agriculture, 5(3), 221-230. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40093-016-0131-9

Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate the composting performance of anaerobically treated palm oil mill effluent (AnPOME) mixed with paper and grass clippings. Methods Composting was conducted using a laboratory scale system for 40 days... Read More about Composting paper and grass clippings with anaerobically treated palm oil mill effluent.

The effect of alcohol dependence on automatic visuo-spatial perspective taking (2016)
Journal Article
Riggs, K., Simpson, A., Chandler, C., & Cox, S. (2016). The effect of alcohol dependence on automatic visuo-spatial perspective taking. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 166, 21-25. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2016.06.007

Background: Alcoholism is associated with cognitive deficits which affect social functioning. Previous research has shown that alcoholism is associated with deficits in conscious, deliberate social processing. However, little is known about whether a... Read More about The effect of alcohol dependence on automatic visuo-spatial perspective taking.

Uncertainties in Galactic Chemical Evolution Models (2016)
Journal Article
Côté, B., Ritter, C., O’Shea, B. W., Herwig, F., Pignatari, M., Jones, S., & Fryer, C. L. (2016). Uncertainties in Galactic Chemical Evolution Models. The Astrophysical journal, 824(2), Article ARTN 82. https://doi.org/10.3847/0004-637X/824/2/82

We use a simple one-zone galactic chemical evolution model to quantify the uncertainties generated by the input parameters in numerical predictions for a galaxy with properties similar to those of the Milky Way. We compiled several studies from the l... Read More about Uncertainties in Galactic Chemical Evolution Models.

A photometrically and spectroscopically confirmed population of passive spiral galaxies (2016)
Journal Article
Fraser-McKelvie, A., Brown, M. J. I., Pimbblet, K. A., Dolley, T., Crossett, J. P., & Bonne, N. J. (2016). A photometrically and spectroscopically confirmed population of passive spiral galaxies. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Letters, 462(1), L11-L15. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnrasl/slw117

We have identified a population of passive spiral galaxies from photometry and integral field spectroscopy. We selected z < 0.035 spiral galaxies that have WISE colours consistent with little mid-infrared emission from warm dust. Matched aperture pho... Read More about A photometrically and spectroscopically confirmed population of passive spiral galaxies.

Ambitwistor string theory in the operator formalism (2016)
Journal Article
Reid-Edwards, R. A. (2016). Ambitwistor string theory in the operator formalism. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2016(6), 84-1-84-31. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep06%282016%29084

© 2016, The Author(s). Abstract: After a brief overview of the operator formalism for conventional string theory, an operator formalism for ambitwistor string theory is presented. It is shown how tree level supergravity scattering amplitudes are reco... Read More about Ambitwistor string theory in the operator formalism.

Cellular internalisation, bioimaging and dark and photodynamic cytotoxicity of silica nanoparticles doped by {Mo₆I₈}⁴⁺ metal clusters (2016)
Journal Article
Solovieva, A. O., Vorotnikov, Y. A., Trifonova, K. E., Efremova, O. A., Krasilnikova, A. A., Brylev, K. A., Vorontsova, E. V., Avrorov, P. A., Shestopalova, L. V., Poveshchenko, A. F., Mironov, Y. V., & Shestopalov, M. A. (in press). Cellular internalisation, bioimaging and dark and photodynamic cytotoxicity of silica nanoparticles doped by {Mo₆I₈}⁴⁺ metal clusters. Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 4(28), 4839-4846. https://doi.org/10.1039/c6tb00723f

Silica nanoparticles (SNPs) doped by hexanuclear molybdenum cluster complexes [{Mo₆X₈}L₆]n (X = Cl, Br, or I; L = various inorganic or organic ligands) have been recently suggested as materials with a high potential for biomedical applications due to... Read More about Cellular internalisation, bioimaging and dark and photodynamic cytotoxicity of silica nanoparticles doped by {Mo₆I₈}⁴⁺ metal clusters.

Male care and life history traits in mammals (2016)
Journal Article
West, H. E., & Capellini, I. (2016). Male care and life history traits in mammals. Nature communications, 7, 11854. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11854

Male care has energetic and opportunity costs, and is more likely to evolve when males gain greater certainty of paternity or when future mating opportunities are scarce. However, little is known about the substantial benefits that males may provide... Read More about Male care and life history traits in mammals.