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Keratin 8 modulates β-cell stress responses and normoglycaemia (2013)
Journal Article
Alam, C. M., Silvander, J. S., Daniel, E. N., Tao, G., Kvarnström, S. M., Alam, P., …Toivola, D. M. (2013). Keratin 8 modulates β-cell stress responses and normoglycaemia. Journal of Cell Science, 126(24), 5635-5644. https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.132795

Keratin intermediate filament (IF) proteins are epithelial cell cytoskeletal components that provide structural stability and protection from cell stress, among other cellular and tissue-specific functions. Numerous human diseases are associated with... Read More about Keratin 8 modulates β-cell stress responses and normoglycaemia.

Genetics and Inheritance of Synaesthesia (2013)
Book Chapter
Asher, J. E., & Carmichael, D. A. (2013). Genetics and Inheritance of Synaesthesia. In J. Simner, & E. M. Hubbard (Eds.), Oxford Handbook of Synesthesia (23-45). Oxford: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199603329.013.0002

Synaesthesia is a neurodevelopmental condition characterised by anomalous sensory perceptions and associated alterations in cognitive function. This chapter summarises what is known about the familial transmission of synaesthesia and its genetic unde... Read More about Genetics and Inheritance of Synaesthesia.

The Injury/Illness Performance Project (IIPP): A Novel Epidemiological Approach for Recording the Consequences of Sports Injuries and Illnesses (2013)
Journal Article
Palmer-Green, D., Fuller, C., Jaques, R., & Hunter, G. (2013). The Injury/Illness Performance Project (IIPP): A Novel Epidemiological Approach for Recording the Consequences of Sports Injuries and Illnesses. Journal of sports medicine, 2013, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/523974

Background. Describing the frequency, severity, and causes of sports injuries and illnesses reliably is important for quantifying the risk to athletes and providing direction for prevention initiatives. Methods. Time-loss and/or medical-attention de... Read More about The Injury/Illness Performance Project (IIPP): A Novel Epidemiological Approach for Recording the Consequences of Sports Injuries and Illnesses.

Developing a Theory-Informed Interactive Animation to Increase Physical Activity among Young People with Asthma (2013)
Conference Proceeding
Murray, J., Williams, B., Hoskins, G., McGhee, J., Gauld, D., & Brown, G. (2013). Developing a Theory-Informed Interactive Animation to Increase Physical Activity among Young People with Asthma. In Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality. Systems and Applications; Lecture Notes in Computer Science (60-65). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39420-1_7

The current paper describes the development of a theory-informed interactive animation and which aims to increase levels of physical activity in young people with asthma. The project adopts a multi-disciplinary theoretical perspective, applying know... Read More about Developing a Theory-Informed Interactive Animation to Increase Physical Activity among Young People with Asthma.

Weaker control of the electrical properties of cerebellar granule cells by tonically active GABAA receptors in the Ts65Dn mouse model of Down's syndrome. (2013)
Journal Article
Szemes, M., Davies, R. L., Garden, C. L. P., & Usowicz, M. M. (2013). Weaker control of the electrical properties of cerebellar granule cells by tonically active GABAA receptors in the Ts65Dn mouse model of Down's syndrome. Molecular Brain, 6, 33

BACKGROUND Down's syndrome (DS) is caused by triplication of all or part of human chromosome 21 and is characterized by a decrease in the overall size of the brain. One of the brain regions most affected is the cerebellum, in which the number of g... Read More about Weaker control of the electrical properties of cerebellar granule cells by tonically active GABAA receptors in the Ts65Dn mouse model of Down's syndrome..

Sobre a definição da zona de apicum e a sua importância ecológica para populações de caranguejo-uca, Ucides cordatus (Linnaeus, 1763). (Linnaeus, 1763). Translated title “Definition of the Apicum-zone and its ecological importance for populations of the mangrove crab Ucides cordatus (Linnaeus, 1763)”. (2013)
Journal Article
Schmidt, A. J., Bemvenuti, C. E., & Diele, K. (2013). Translated title “Definition of the Apicum-zone and its ecological importance for populations of the mangrove crab Ucides cordatus (Linnaeus, 1763)”. Boletim técnico-científico do CEPENE / Ministério do Meio Ambiente, Instituto Brasileiro do Meio Ambiente e dos Recursos Naturais Renováveis, Centro de Pesquisa e Gestão de Recursos Pesqueiros do Litoral Nordeste, 19, 9-25

This paper contributes to the ongoing discussion regarding the unfortunate recent changes to the protected area status of Brazilian mangrove ecosystems - thus published in Portuguese and in a Brazilian journal freely available to the wider public and... Read More about Sobre a definição da zona de apicum e a sua importância ecológica para populações de caranguejo-uca, Ucides cordatus (Linnaeus, 1763). (Linnaeus, 1763). Translated title “Definition of the Apicum-zone and its ecological importance for populations of the mangrove crab Ucides cordatus (Linnaeus, 1763)”..

Feedback Unbound: from master to usher. (2013)
Book Chapter
McArthur, J., & Huxham, M. (2013). Feedback Unbound: from master to usher. In S. Merry, M. Price, D. Carless, & M. Taras (Eds.), Reconceptualising Feedback In Higher Education. Routledge

A major theme of this book is that feedback should encourage dialogue; between students and lecturers, amongst peers and individually, as a form of self-critique and reflection. Here we endorse that theme but also propose an understanding of dialogue... Read More about Feedback Unbound: from master to usher..

Young People's Homeless and Housing Pathways: key findings from a six-year qualitative longitudinal study. (2013)
Report
Mayock, P., & Corr, M. (2013). Young People's Homeless and Housing Pathways: key findings from a six-year qualitative longitudinal study. Dublin, Ireland: Department of Children and Youth Affairs, Dublin

This report documents key findings from a qualitative longitudinal study of homeless young people in Dublin city. The study was initiated in 2004 and has involved three waves of data collection over a 6-year period.

Problematizing Restorative Justice: a Foucauldian Perspective (2013)
Book Chapter
Maglione, G. (2013). Problematizing Restorative Justice: a Foucauldian Perspective. In T. Gavrielides, & V. Artinopoulou (Eds.), Reconstructing Restorative Justice. Philosophy, Values, Norms & Methods Reconsidered (67-89). Ashgate Publishing

In vitro assessment of engineered nanomaterials using a hepatocyte cell line: cytotoxicity, pro-inflammatory cytokines and functional markers. (2013)
Journal Article
Kermanizadeh, A., Pojana, G., Gaiser, B. K., Birkedal, R., Bilanicˇová, D., Wallin, H., …Stone, V. (2013). In vitro assessment of engineered nanomaterials using a hepatocyte cell line: cytotoxicity, pro-inflammatory cytokines and functional markers. Nanotoxicology, 7, 301-313. https://doi.org/10.3109/17435390.2011.653416

Effects on the liver C3A cell line treated with a panel of engineered nanomaterials (NMs) consisting of two zinc oxide particles (ZnO; coated 100 nm and uncoated 130 nm), two multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs), one silver (Ag < 20 nm), one 7 nm a... Read More about In vitro assessment of engineered nanomaterials using a hepatocyte cell line: cytotoxicity, pro-inflammatory cytokines and functional markers..

Excess Androgens in Utero Alters Fetal Testis Development. (2013)
Journal Article
Connolly, F., Rae, M. T., Bittner, L., Hogg, K., McNeilly, A. S., & Duncan, W. C. (2013). Excess Androgens in Utero Alters Fetal Testis Development. Endocrinology, 154, 1921-1933. https://doi.org/10.1210/en.2012-2153

Prenatal androgenization induces a polycystic ovary syndrome-like phenotype in adult female offspring, which is associated with alterations that can be detected in the fetal ovary, suggesting gestational origins of this condition. We therefore invest... Read More about Excess Androgens in Utero Alters Fetal Testis Development..

Invertebrate communities and environmental conditions in a series of urban drainage ponds in Eastern Scotland: implications for biodiversity and conservation value of SUDS. (2013)
Journal Article
Briers, R. A. (2013). Invertebrate communities and environmental conditions in a series of urban drainage ponds in Eastern Scotland: implications for biodiversity and conservation value of SUDS. CLEAN - Soil, Air, Water, https://doi.org/10.1002/clen.201300162

Increasing use is being made of constructed wetlands to store and treat urban drainage prior to release into watercourses. Known as sustainable urban drainage systems (SUDS) in the UK these have potential to support and enhance freshwater biodiversit... Read More about Invertebrate communities and environmental conditions in a series of urban drainage ponds in Eastern Scotland: implications for biodiversity and conservation value of SUDS..

The Glycosylation of AGP and Its Associations with the Binding to Methadone (2013)
Journal Article
Behan, J. L., Cruickshank, Y. E., Matthews-Smith, G., Bruce, M., & Smith, K. D. (2013). The Glycosylation of AGP and Its Associations with the Binding to Methadone. BioMed Research International, 2013, 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/108902

Methadone remains the most common form of pharmacological therapy for opioid dependence; however, there is a lack of explanation for the reports of its relatively low success rate in achieving complete abstinence. One hypothesis is that in vivo bind... Read More about The Glycosylation of AGP and Its Associations with the Binding to Methadone.

A Study of the Effect of Physical Sports Injury on the Glycosylation Patterns of Alpha-1-Acid Glycoprotein (2013)
Thesis
Surradge, W. A Study of the Effect of Physical Sports Injury on the Glycosylation Patterns of Alpha-1-Acid Glycoprotein. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/6539

Alpha-1-acid glycoprotein (AGP) is a 43kDa glycoprotein, so called due to the post-translational addition of carbohydrate units to the main protein. AGP is the second most abundant protein found within the serum of humans at normal physiological cond... Read More about A Study of the Effect of Physical Sports Injury on the Glycosylation Patterns of Alpha-1-Acid Glycoprotein.

Immortality, but not oncogenic transformation, of primary human cells leads to epigenetic reprogramming of DNA methylation and gene expression (2013)
Journal Article
Gordon, K., Clouaire, T., Bao, X. X., Kemp, S. E., Xenophontos, M., de Las Heras, J. I., & Stancheva, I. (2014). Immortality, but not oncogenic transformation, of primary human cells leads to epigenetic reprogramming of DNA methylation and gene expression. Nucleic Acids Research, 42(6), 3529-3541. https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkt1351

Tumourigenic transformation of normal cells into cancer typically involves several steps resulting in acquisition of unlimited growth potential, evasion of apoptosis and non-responsiveness to growth inhibitory signals. Both genetic and epigenetic cha... Read More about Immortality, but not oncogenic transformation, of primary human cells leads to epigenetic reprogramming of DNA methylation and gene expression.