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Loss of CD36 protects against diet-induced obesity but results in impaired muscle stem cell function, delayed muscle regeneration and hepatic steatosis (2019)
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Verpoorten, S., Sfyri, P., Scully, D., Mitchell, R., Tzimou, A., Mougios, V., Patel, K., & Matsakas, A. (2020). Loss of CD36 protects against diet-induced obesity but results in impaired muscle stem cell function, delayed muscle regeneration and hepatic steatosis. Acta Physiologica, 228(3), https://doi.org/10.1111/apha.13395

Aim: The prevalence of obesity is a major risk factor for cardiovascular and metabolic diseases including impaired skeletal muscle regeneration. Since skeletal muscle regenerative capacity is regulated by satellite cells, we aimed to investigate whet... Read More about Loss of CD36 protects against diet-induced obesity but results in impaired muscle stem cell function, delayed muscle regeneration and hepatic steatosis.

Sensorimotor cortex activation during anticipation of upcoming predictable but not unpredictable actions (2019)
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Krol, M. A., Schutter, D. J. L. G., & Jellema, T. (2020). Sensorimotor cortex activation during anticipation of upcoming predictable but not unpredictable actions. Social Neuroscience, 15(2), 214-226. https://doi.org/10.1080/17470919.2019.1674688

The mirror neuron system (MNS) becomes active during action execution and action observation, which is presumably reflected by reductions in mu (8–13 Hz) activity in the electroencephalogram over the sensorimotor cortex. The function of the MNS is st... Read More about Sensorimotor cortex activation during anticipation of upcoming predictable but not unpredictable actions.

Experiments on patterns of alluvial cover and bedrock erosion in a meandering channel (2019)
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Fernández, R., Parker, G., & Stark, C. P. (in press). Experiments on patterns of alluvial cover and bedrock erosion in a meandering channel. Earth surface dynamics ESURF ; an interactive open access journal of the European Geosciences Union, 7(4), 949-968. https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-7-949-2019

In bedrock rivers, erosion by abrasion is driven by sediment particles that strike bare bedrock while traveling downstream with the flow. If the sediment particles settle and form an alluvial cover, this mode of erosion is impeded by the protection o... Read More about Experiments on patterns of alluvial cover and bedrock erosion in a meandering channel.

The effect of C-peptide on diabetic nephropathy: A review of molecular mechanisms (2019)
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Yaribeygi, H., Maleki, M., Sathyapalan, T., & Sahebkar, A. (2019). The effect of C-peptide on diabetic nephropathy: A review of molecular mechanisms. Life Sciences, 237, Article 116950. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lfs.2019.116950

C-peptide is a small peptide connecting two chains of proinsulin molecule and is dissociated before the release of insulin. It is secreted in an equimolar amount to insulin from the pancreatic beta-cells into the circulation. Recent evidence demonstr... Read More about The effect of C-peptide on diabetic nephropathy: A review of molecular mechanisms.

Cognitive Diversity in a Healthy Aging Cohort: Cross-Domain Cognition in the Cam-CAN Project (2019)
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Shafto, M. A., Henson, R. N., Matthews, F. E., Taylor, J. R., Emery, T., Erzinclioglu, S., Hanley, C., Rowe, J. B., Cusack, R., Calder, A. J., Marslen-Wilson, W. D., Duncan, J., Dalgleish, T., Brayne, C., Cam-CAN, & Tyler, L. K. (2020). Cognitive Diversity in a Healthy Aging Cohort: Cross-Domain Cognition in the Cam-CAN Project. Journal of Aging and Health, 32(9), 1029-1041. https://doi.org/10.1177/0898264319878095

Objective: Studies of “healthy” cognitive aging often focus on a limited set of measures that decline with age. The current study argues that defining and supporting healthy cognition requires understanding diverse cognitive performance across the li... Read More about Cognitive Diversity in a Healthy Aging Cohort: Cross-Domain Cognition in the Cam-CAN Project.

Multifaceted characterization and in vitro assessment of polyurethane-based electrospun fibrous composite for bone tissue engineering (2019)
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Mani, M. P., Jiang, H., Mani, M. P., & Jaganathan, S. K. (2019). Multifaceted characterization and in vitro assessment of polyurethane-based electrospun fibrous composite for bone tissue engineering. International Journal of Nanomedicine, 14, 8149-8159. https://doi.org/10.2147/IJN.S214646

Introduction: Recently several new approaches were emerging in bone tissue engineering to develop a substitute for remodelling the damaged tissue. In order to resemble the native extracellular matrix (ECM) of the human tissue, the bone scaffolds must... Read More about Multifaceted characterization and in vitro assessment of polyurethane-based electrospun fibrous composite for bone tissue engineering.

Relative pollen productivity estimates for alpine meadow vegetation, northeastern Tibetan Plateau (2019)
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Qin, F., Bunting, M. J., Zhao, Y., Li, Q., Cui, Q., & Ren, W. (2020). Relative pollen productivity estimates for alpine meadow vegetation, northeastern Tibetan Plateau. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany, 29(4), 447-462. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00334-019-00751-4

A promising method of reconstructing past vegetation from pollen records uses mathematical models of the relationship between pollen and vegetation. These can be calibrated using the extended R-value (ERV) approach on datasets of modern pollen assemb... Read More about Relative pollen productivity estimates for alpine meadow vegetation, northeastern Tibetan Plateau.

Changing prevalence and treatment of depression among older people over two decades (2019)
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Arthur, A., Savva, G. M., Barnes, L. E., Borjian-Boroojeny, A., Dening, T., Jagger, C., Matthews, F. E., Robinson, L., Brayne, C., The Cognitive Function, Green, E., Gao, L., Barnes, R., Baldwin, C., Comas-Herrera, A., Forster, G., Harrison, S., Ince, P. G., McKeith, I. G., Parry, B., …Woods, B. (2020). Changing prevalence and treatment of depression among older people over two decades. British Journal of Psychiatry, 216(1), 49-54. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.2019.193

Background Depression is a leading cause of disability, with older people particularly susceptible to poor outcomes.Aims To investigate whether the prevalence of depression and antidepressant use have changed across two decades in older people.Method... Read More about Changing prevalence and treatment of depression among older people over two decades.

Study of mass transfer correlations for rotating packed bed columns in the context of solvent-based carbon capture (2019)
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Oko, E., Wang, M., & Ramshaw, C. (2019). Study of mass transfer correlations for rotating packed bed columns in the context of solvent-based carbon capture. International journal of greenhouse gas control, 91, Article 102831. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijggc.2019.102831

© 2019 Elsevier Ltd The application of rotating packed beds (RPBs) in solvent-based carbon capture processes, will greatly reduce the physical footprint, capital and operating cost of the process. However, in designing RPBs, correlations for predicti... Read More about Study of mass transfer correlations for rotating packed bed columns in the context of solvent-based carbon capture.

Saxitoxin and tetrodotoxin bioavailability increases in future oceans (2019)
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Roggatz, C. C., Fletcher, N., Benoit, D. M., Algar, A. C., Doroff, A., Wright, B., Wollenberg Valero, K. C., & Hardege, J. D. (2019). Saxitoxin and tetrodotoxin bioavailability increases in future oceans. Nature Climate Change, 9(11), 840-844. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-019-0589-3

© 2019, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Limited. Increasing atmospheric CO2 levels are largely absorbed by the ocean, decreasing surface water pH1. In combination with increasing ocean temperatures, these changes have been i... Read More about Saxitoxin and tetrodotoxin bioavailability increases in future oceans.

The Role of the Patient’s Family, Surrogate and Guardian at the End of Life (2019)
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Cohen-Almagor, R. (2019). The Role of the Patient’s Family, Surrogate and Guardian at the End of Life. European journal for person centered healthcare, 7(3), 454-465. https://doi.org/10.5750/ejpch.v7i3.1739

The aim of this paper is to explore the intricate issue of the right to die in dignity by focusing on the role of the patient’s family. The paper considers a number of real-life cases. The cases demonstrate the importance of caution in incidents when... Read More about The Role of the Patient’s Family, Surrogate and Guardian at the End of Life.

Comparative study of conventional and unconventional designs of cathode flow fields in PEM fuel cell (2019)
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Azarafza, A., Ismail, M. S., Rezakazemi, M., & Pourkashanian, M. (2019). Comparative study of conventional and unconventional designs of cathode flow fields in PEM fuel cell. Renewable & sustainable energy reviews, 116, Article 109420. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2019.109420

The choice of an appropriate flow field distributor is crucial to circumvent mass and charge transfer resistance-related issues in proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs). In this work, incorporating all the anisotropic nature of the gas diffusi... Read More about Comparative study of conventional and unconventional designs of cathode flow fields in PEM fuel cell.

Experimental investigation of the vertical upward single and two-phase flow pressure drops through gate and ball valves (2019)
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Zeghloul, A., Bouyahiaoui, H., Azzi, A., Hasan, A., & Al-sarkhi, A. (2020). Experimental investigation of the vertical upward single and two-phase flow pressure drops through gate and ball valves. Journal of Fluids Engineering, 142(2), Article FE-19-1329. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4044833

This paper presents an experimental investigation of the pressure drop through valves in vertical upward flows. Experiments were carried out using a 1¼" (DN 32) ball and a gate valve. Five opening areas have been investigated from fully open to the n... Read More about Experimental investigation of the vertical upward single and two-phase flow pressure drops through gate and ball valves.

He abundances in disc galaxies -- I. Predictions from cosmological chemodynamical simulations (2019)
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Vincenzo, F., Miglio, A., Kobayashi, C., Ted Mackereth, J., & Montalban, J. (2019). He abundances in disc galaxies -- I. Predictions from cosmological chemodynamical simulations. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 630, Article A125. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201935886

We investigate how the stellar and gas-phase He abundances evolve as functions of time within simulated star-forming disc galaxies with different star formation histories. We make use of a cosmological chemodynamical simulation for galaxy formation a... Read More about He abundances in disc galaxies -- I. Predictions from cosmological chemodynamical simulations.

Effects of curcumin on mitochondria in neurodegenerative diseases (2019)
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Bagheri, H., Ghasemi, F., Barreto, G. E., Rafiee, R., Sathyapalan, T., & Sahebkar, A. (2020). Effects of curcumin on mitochondria in neurodegenerative diseases. BioFactors, 46(1), 5-20. https://doi.org/10.1002/biof.1566

Neurodegenerative diseases (NDs) result from progressive deterioration of selectively susceptible neuron populations in different central nervous system (CNS) regions. NDs are classified in accordance with the primary clinical manifestations (e.g., p... Read More about Effects of curcumin on mitochondria in neurodegenerative diseases.

Reflections on Identity: Narratives of Obstetric Fistula Survivors in North Central Nigeria (2019)
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Degge, H. M., Laurenson, M., Dumbili, E. W., & Hayter, M. (2020). Reflections on Identity: Narratives of Obstetric Fistula Survivors in North Central Nigeria. Qualitative Health Research, 30(3), 366-379. https://doi.org/10.1177/1049732319877855

Obstetric fistula is a condition that affects women and can lead to identity changes because of uncontrolled urinary and/or fecal incontinence symptom experiences. These symptoms along with different emerging identities lead to family and community d... Read More about Reflections on Identity: Narratives of Obstetric Fistula Survivors in North Central Nigeria.

The Search for 100% Satisfaction with Feedback (2019)
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Sutcliffe, R., Linfield, R., Riley, G., Nabb, D., & Glazzard, J. (2019). The Search for 100% Satisfaction with Feedback. Teacher Education Advancement Network Journal, 11(3), 35-47

The National Student Survey (NSS) frequently highlights students' dissatisfaction with feedback. Data collected over the past two years by tutors working on a Batchelor of Arts (Honours) Primary Education 5-11 programme, leading to Qualified Teacher... Read More about The Search for 100% Satisfaction with Feedback.

Conservation of freshwater fishes in Saudi Arabia (2019)
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Alharthi, I. G. Z. (2019). Conservation of freshwater fishes in Saudi Arabia. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4223191

This study aims to gain fundamental knowledge to underpin the formulation of practical solutions to ensure the protection and conservation of Saudi Arabian fishes threatened by anthropogenic activities, whilst taking into account all users and stakeh... Read More about Conservation of freshwater fishes in Saudi Arabia.

Child criminal exploitation : a new systemic model to improve professional assessment, investigation and intervention (2019)
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Barlow, C. H. (2019). Child criminal exploitation : a new systemic model to improve professional assessment, investigation and intervention. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4222829

Child Criminal Exploitation (CCE) means coercive control of a child in order for them to commit crimes on the behalf of another. Often, a child that is a victim of criminal exploitation is not recognised as such when they come to the attention of cri... Read More about Child criminal exploitation : a new systemic model to improve professional assessment, investigation and intervention.

Household waste management in a South African township (2019)
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Pewa, M. K. P. (2019). Household waste management in a South African township. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4222743

South Africa emerged from apartheid in 1994 as a nation divided by race and class. The apartheid laws enforced separate development, which disadvantaged the black African population; especially the Xhosa people in rural Eastern Cape and the Zulu peop... Read More about Household waste management in a South African township.