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Interspecific Variations in Responses of Mangrove Seedlings to Two Contrasting Salinities (2008)
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Jayatissa, L. P., Wickramasinghe, W. A. A. D. L., Dahdouh-Guebas, F., & Huxham, M. (2008). Interspecific Variations in Responses of Mangrove Seedlings to Two Contrasting Salinities. International Review of Hydrobiology, 93(6), 700-710. https://doi.org/10.

The growth performance of seedlings of seven species of true mangroves (Avicennia marina, A. officinalis, Bruguiera gymnorrhiza, B. sexangula, Rhizophora apiculata, R. mucronata, and Sonneratia caseolaris) in response to two contrasting salinity regi... Read More about Interspecific Variations in Responses of Mangrove Seedlings to Two Contrasting Salinities.

Health literacy in COPD (2008)
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Roberts, N., Ghiassi, R., & Partridge, M. (2008). Health literacy in COPD. International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, 3(4), 499-507. https://doi.org/10.2147/copd.s1088

If patients are to participate fully in their care and in the management of a long term condition such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, good communication is essential. However, not all patients are able to use the written word and we need t... Read More about Health literacy in COPD.

Nanocrystalline CdSe thin films of different morphologies in thermal evaporation process (2008)
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Pal, U., Zaldivar, M. H., Sathyamoorthy, R., Manjuladevi, V., Sudhagar, P., Mohan, S. C., & Senthilarasu, S. (2008). Nanocrystalline CdSe thin films of different morphologies in thermal evaporation process. Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 8(12)

Cadmium selenide nanocrystalline thin films of quasi-spherical morphology are prepared by evaporating CdSe nanopowders on glass substrates. Slightly oval shaped CdSe particles of about 165 nm average size (in 2-D) could be assembled over glass substr... Read More about Nanocrystalline CdSe thin films of different morphologies in thermal evaporation process.

Incomplete Killing And Enhanced Activation of Islet-Reactive CD8+ T Cells by FasL-Expressing Dendritic Cells Limits Protection from Diabetes (2008)
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Maksimow, M., Alam, C., & Hänninen, A. (2008). Incomplete Killing And Enhanced Activation of Islet-Reactive CD8+ T Cells by FasL-Expressing Dendritic Cells Limits Protection from Diabetes. The Review of Diabetic Studies, 5(3), 144-153. https://doi.org/10

AIMS: Autologous dendritic cells (DC) are a promising tool for induction of cytotoxic CD8+ T cell immunity against tumors and chronic viral infections. When armed with the death-inducing Fas-ligand (FasL, CD195), DC attenuate delayed-type hypersensit... Read More about Incomplete Killing And Enhanced Activation of Islet-Reactive CD8+ T Cells by FasL-Expressing Dendritic Cells Limits Protection from Diabetes.

Morphology and phylogenetic position of two novel marine gregarines (Apicomplexa, Eugregarinorida) from the intestines of North-eastern Pacific ascidians (2008)
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Rueckert, S., & Leander, B. S. (2008). Morphology and phylogenetic position of two novel marine gregarines (Apicomplexa, Eugregarinorida) from the intestines of North-eastern Pacific ascidians. Zoologica Scripta, 37(6), 637-645. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.

Eugregarine apicomplexans parasitize marine, freshwater and terrestrial invertebrates, and have lifecycles involving trophozoites (feeding stages) with complex morphologies and behaviour. The genus Lankesteria refers to marine aseptate eugregarines t... Read More about Morphology and phylogenetic position of two novel marine gregarines (Apicomplexa, Eugregarinorida) from the intestines of North-eastern Pacific ascidians.

Morphology and molecular phylogeny of Haplozoon praxillellae n. sp. (Dinoflagellata): A novel intestinal parasite of the maldanid polychaete Praxillella pacifica Berkeley (2008)
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Rueckert, S., & Leander, B. S. (2008). Morphology and molecular phylogeny of Haplozoon praxillellae n. sp. (Dinoflagellata): A novel intestinal parasite of the maldanid polychaete Praxillella pacifica Berkeley. European Journal of Protistology, 44(4), 299

The genus Haplozoon comprises a group of endoparasites infecting the intestines of polychaete worms. Comparative studies using light microscopy, scanning and transmission electron microscopy, and small subunit rDNA have shown that these organisms are... Read More about Morphology and molecular phylogeny of Haplozoon praxillellae n. sp. (Dinoflagellata): A novel intestinal parasite of the maldanid polychaete Praxillella pacifica Berkeley.

Views on chemical safety information and influences on chemical disposal behaviour in the UK (2008)
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Hinks, J., Bush, J., Andras, P., Garratt, J., Pigott, G., Kennedy, A., & Pless-Mulloli, T. (2009). Views on chemical safety information and influences on chemical disposal behaviour in the UK. Science of the Total Environment, 407(4), 1299-1306. https://d

This study examined how groups representing four tiers in the chemical supply chain (manufacturers, vendors, workers and consumers) understood safety information, and the factors that influenced disposal behaviour. Data from seven, semi-structured, f... Read More about Views on chemical safety information and influences on chemical disposal behaviour in the UK.

An associative-activation theory of children’s and adults’ memory illusions (2008)
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Howe, M. L., Wimmer, M. C., Gagnon, N., & Plumpton, S. (2009). An associative-activation theory of children’s and adults’ memory illusions. Journal of Memory and Language, 60(2), 229-251. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jml.2008.10.002

The effects of associative strength and gist relations on rates of children’s and adults’ true and false memories were examined in three experiments. Children aged 5–11 and university-aged adults participated in a standard Deese/Roediger–McDermott fa... Read More about An associative-activation theory of children’s and adults’ memory illusions.

Drosophila melanogaster seminal fluid can protect the sperm of other males (2008)
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Holman, L. (2009). Drosophila melanogaster seminal fluid can protect the sperm of other males. Functional Ecology, 23(1), 180-186. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2435.2008.01509.x

Many internally‐fertilizing animals produce seminal fluid which is transferred along with sperm during mating. Seminal fluid typically contains a diverse range of chemicals that coordinate sperm storage, moderate sperm motility, provide advantages in... Read More about Drosophila melanogaster seminal fluid can protect the sperm of other males.

Strain Measurement on a Rail Bridge Loaded to Failure Using a Fiber Bragg Grating-Based Distributed Sensor System (2008)
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Kerrouche, A., Leighton, J., Boyle, W. J. O., Gebremichael, Y. M., Sun, T., Grattan, K. T. V., & Taljsten, B. (2008). Strain Measurement on a Rail Bridge Loaded to Failure Using a Fiber Bragg Grating-Based Distributed Sensor System. IEEE Sensors Journal,

The paper reports results obtained from an unusual situation in structural monitoring - a "test-to-destruction," measuring strain using a series of fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) sensors on a decommissioned concrete Railway Bridge in Ornskoldsvik, Swede... Read More about Strain Measurement on a Rail Bridge Loaded to Failure Using a Fiber Bragg Grating-Based Distributed Sensor System.

Differential expression from two iron-responsive promoters in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium reveals the presence of iron in macrophage-phagosomes (2008)
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Taylor, C. M., Osman, D., & Cavet, J. S. (2009). Differential expression from two iron-responsive promoters in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium reveals the presence of iron in macrophage-phagosomes. Microbial Pathogenesis, 46(2), 114-118. https://d

The metal status of macrophage-phagosomes during Salmonella infection is largely unknown. In this study, we have precisely calibrated the metal-specificities of two metal-responsive promoters, PiroBCDE and PsodB, from Salmonella enterica serovar Typh... Read More about Differential expression from two iron-responsive promoters in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium reveals the presence of iron in macrophage-phagosomes.

New Circularly-Polarised Conical-Beam Microstrip Patch Antenna Array For Short-Range Communication Systems (2008)
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Zhou, D., Abd-Alhameed, R. A., See, C. H., McEwan, N. J., & Excell, P. S. (2009). New Circularly-Polarised Conical-Beam Microstrip Patch Antenna Array For Short-Range Communication Systems. Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, 51(1), 78-81. https://d

A circularly‐polarized conical‐beam microstrip patch antenna, with a coplanar conductor pattern, is realized as an array of a number of stripline‐fed slotted patches whose diagonal corners are cut off and whose feedlines meet at a central point. Prot... Read More about New Circularly-Polarised Conical-Beam Microstrip Patch Antenna Array For Short-Range Communication Systems.