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The development and testing of a multiple-use zoning scheme for Scottish waters (2015)
Journal Article
Mcwhinnie, L., Briers, R. A., & Fernandes, T. F. (2015). The development and testing of a multiple-use zoning scheme for Scottish waters. Ocean and Coastal Management, 103, 34-41. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2014.11.004

Marine Spatial Planning attempts to develop integrated planning frameworks for the management of activities within marine ecosystems and support sustainable development. This study demonstrates the application and testing of an existing multiple-use... Read More about The development and testing of a multiple-use zoning scheme for Scottish waters.

Chlamydia-related Organisms: Infection in Ruminants and Potential for Zoonotic transmission (2015)
Journal Article
Wheelhouse, N., & Longbottom, D. (2015). Chlamydia-related Organisms: Infection in Ruminants and Potential for Zoonotic transmission. Current Clinical Microbiology Reports, 2(1), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40588-014-0011-x

The chlamydiae are a diverse group of obligate intracellular Gram-negative bacteria that are known to infect a wide variety of host species and are responsible for a wide range of diseases in animals and man. Studies of human disease first provided e... Read More about Chlamydia-related Organisms: Infection in Ruminants and Potential for Zoonotic transmission.

Habitat use by Black Grouse Tetrao tetrix in a mixed moorland-forest landscape in Scotland and implications for a national afforestation strategy (2015)
Journal Article
White, P. J. C., Warren, P., & Baines, D. (2015). Habitat use by Black Grouse Tetrao tetrix in a mixed moorland-forest landscape in Scotland and implications for a national afforestation strategy. Bird Study, 62(1), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1080/00063657.2014.1000261

Capsule Long-term conservation of Black Grouse in Scotland may rely upon the retention of sufficiently large and well-connected patches of moorland and a diversity of adjacent forest types.

Aims To study Black Grouse habitat use within a moorland-... Read More about Habitat use by Black Grouse Tetrao tetrix in a mixed moorland-forest landscape in Scotland and implications for a national afforestation strategy.

Burrows of the semi-terrestrial crab Ucides cordatus enhance CO2 release in a North Brazilian mangrove forest (2014)
Journal Article
Puelmanns, N., Diele, K., Mehlig, U., & Nordhaus, I. (2014). Burrows of the semi-terrestrial crab Ucides cordatus enhance CO2 release in a North Brazilian mangrove forest. PLOS ONE, 9(10), Article e109532. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0109532

Ucides cordatus is an abundant mangrove crab in Brazil constructing burrows of up to 2 m depth. Sediment around burrows may oxidize during low tides. This increase in sediment-air contact area may enhance carbon degradation processes. We hypothesized... Read More about Burrows of the semi-terrestrial crab Ucides cordatus enhance CO2 release in a North Brazilian mangrove forest.

Phosphomimetic Mutation of the N-Terminal Lid of MDM2 Enhances the Polyubiquitination of p53 through Stimulation of E2-Ubiquitin Thioester Hydrolysis (2014)
Journal Article
Fraser, J. A., Worrall, E. G., Lin, Y., Landre, V., Pettersson, S., Blackburn, E., Walkinshaw, M., Muller, P., Vojtesek, B., Ball, K., & Hupp, T. R. (2015). Phosphomimetic Mutation of the N-Terminal Lid of MDM2 Enhances the Polyubiquitination of p53 through Stimulation of E2-Ubiquitin Thioester Hydrolysis. Journal of Molecular Biology, 427(8), 1728-1747. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmb.2014.12.011

Mouse double minute 2 (MDM2) has a phosphorylation site within a lid motif at Ser17 whose phosphomimetic
mutation to Asp17 stimulates MDM2-mediated polyubiquitination of p53. MDM2 lid deletion, but not Asp17
mutation, induced a blue shift in the λm... Read More about Phosphomimetic Mutation of the N-Terminal Lid of MDM2 Enhances the Polyubiquitination of p53 through Stimulation of E2-Ubiquitin Thioester Hydrolysis.

Reproductive toxicity of nanomaterials. (2014)
Book Chapter
Saunders, M., Hutchison, G., & Carreira, S. C. (2014). Reproductive toxicity of nanomaterials. In B. Fadeel (Ed.), Handbook of Safety Assessment of Nanomaterials: From toxicological Testing to Personalised medicine (461-481). CRC Press

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Development of a behaviour-based measurement tool with defined intervention level for assessing acute pain in cats (2014)
Journal Article
Calvo, G., Holden, E., Reid, J., Scott, E. M., Firth, A., Bell, A., Robertson, S., & Nolan, A. M. (2014). Development of a behaviour-based measurement tool with defined intervention level for assessing acute pain in cats. Journal of Small Animal Practice, 55(12), 622-629. https://doi.org/10.1111/jsap.12280

OBJECTIVES: To develop a Composite Measure Pain Scale - Feline (CMPS-F) tool to assess acute
pain in cats and derive an intervention score.

METHODS: To develop the prototype CMPS-F, words describing painful cats were collected, grouped
into b... Read More about Development of a behaviour-based measurement tool with defined intervention level for assessing acute pain in cats.

The BioGRID interaction database: 2015 update (2014)
Journal Article
Chatr-aryamontri, A., Breitkreutz, B.-J., Oughtred, R., Boucher, L., Heinicke, S., Chen, D., Stark, C., Breitkreutz, A., Kolas, N., O'Donnell, L., Reguly, T., Nixon, J., Ramage, L., Winter, A., Sellam, A., Chang, C., Hirschman, J., Theesfeld, C., Rust, J., Livstone, M. S., …Tyers, M. (2015). The BioGRID interaction database: 2015 update. Nucleic Acids Research, 43(D1), D470-D478. https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gku1204

The Biological General Repository for Interaction Datasets (BioGRID: http://thebiogrid.org) is an open access database that houses genetic and protein interactions curated from the primary biomedical literature for all major model organism species an... Read More about The BioGRID interaction database: 2015 update.

Nematode eel parasite found inside acanthocephalan cysts - a "Trojan horse" strategy? (2014)
Journal Article
Emde, S., Rueckert, S., Kochmann, J., Knopf, K., Sures, B., & Klimpel, S. (2014). Nematode eel parasite found inside acanthocephalan cysts - a "Trojan horse" strategy?. Parasites & vectors, 7(1), 504. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-014-0504-8

Background

The invasive eel parasite Anguillicoloides crassus (syn. Anguillicola crassus) is considered one of the major causes for the decline of the European eel (Anguilla anguilla) panmictic population. It impairs the swim bladder function and... Read More about Nematode eel parasite found inside acanthocephalan cysts - a "Trojan horse" strategy?.

Evaluation of facial expression in acute pain in cats (2014)
Journal Article
Holden, E., Calvo, G., Collins, M., Bell, A., Reid, J., Scott, E. M., & Nolan, A. M. (2014). Evaluation of facial expression in acute pain in cats. Journal of Small Animal Practice, 55, 615-621. https://doi.org/10.1111/jsap.12283

OBJECTIVES
To describe the development of a facial expression tool differentiating pain-free cats from those in acute pain.
METHODS
Observers shown facial images from painful and pain-free cats were asked to identify if they were in pain or not. F... Read More about Evaluation of facial expression in acute pain in cats.

An evolutionary model explaining the Neolithic transition from egalitarianism to leadership and despotism. (2014)
Journal Article
Powers, S. T., & Lehmann, L. (2014). An evolutionary model explaining the Neolithic transition from egalitarianism to leadership and despotism. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 281, 20141349-20141349. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2014.1349

The Neolithic was marked by a transition from small and relatively egalitarian groups, to much larger groups with increased stratification. But the dynamics of this
remain poorly understood. It is hard to see how despotism can arise without coercion... Read More about An evolutionary model explaining the Neolithic transition from egalitarianism to leadership and despotism..

Rapid Losses of Surface Elevation following Tree Girdling and Cutting in Tropical Mangroves (2014)
Journal Article
Lang'at, J. K. S., Kairo, J. G., Mencuccini, M., Bouillon, S., Skov, M. W., Waldron, S., & Huxham, M. (2014). Rapid Losses of Surface Elevation following Tree Girdling and Cutting in Tropical Mangroves. PLOS ONE, 9(9), Article e107868. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0107868

The importance of mangrove forests in carbon sequestration and coastal protection has been widely acknowledged. Large-scale damage of these forests, caused by hurricanes or clear felling, can enhance vulnerability to erosion, subsidence and rapid car... Read More about Rapid Losses of Surface Elevation following Tree Girdling and Cutting in Tropical Mangroves.

Microhabitat use of early stage mud crabs, Scylla serrata (Forskal, 1775), in Eastern Australia. (2014)
Journal Article
Alberts-Hubatsch, H., Lee, S. Y., Diele, K., Wolff, M., & Nordhaus, I. (2014). Microhabitat use of early stage mud crabs, Scylla serrata (Forskal, 1775), in Eastern Australia. Journal of Crustacean Biology, 34(5), 604-610. https://doi.org/10.1163/1937240X-00002256

The mud crab Scylla serrata (Forskål, 1775) (Portunidae) is a commercial species in the Indo-West-Pacific. Despite its high fishery value, the microhabitat of its early juvenile stages remains unknown. We studied microhabitat use by the ‘early benthi... Read More about Microhabitat use of early stage mud crabs, Scylla serrata (Forskal, 1775), in Eastern Australia..

Is larval dispersal a necessity for decapod crabs from the Amazon mangroves? Response of Uca rapax zoeae to different salinities and comparison with sympatric species (2014)
Journal Article
Simith, D. D. J. D. B., Pires, M. A. B., Abrunhosa, F. A., Maciel, C. R., & Diele, K. (2014). Is larval dispersal a necessity for decapod crabs from the Amazon mangroves? Response of Uca rapax zoeae to different salinities and comparison with sympatric species. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 457, 22-30. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2014.03.021

Salinity may play an important role in the larval Biology and Ecology of many brachyuran decapod crustaceans. Usually, ontogenetic changes in salinity tolerance represent a good indicator of larval dispersal in marine coastal ecosystems. In an experi... Read More about Is larval dispersal a necessity for decapod crabs from the Amazon mangroves? Response of Uca rapax zoeae to different salinities and comparison with sympatric species.

An unusual presentation of Chlamydia pneumoniaeinfection in a Royal Python (Python regius) (2014)
Journal Article
Cope, I., Wheelhouse, N., Pocknell, A., Dagleish, M., & Summers, B. (2014). An unusual presentation of Chlamydia pneumoniaeinfection in a Royal Python (Python regius). Veterinary record case reports, 2(1), Article e000086. https://doi.org/10.1136/vetreccr-2014-000086

Chlamydia species are a relatively newly recognised and emerging pathogen in reptile species. Chlamydia pneumoniae has been reported to cause infections in several snake species, as well as other reptiles and amphibia, leading to granulomatous lesion... Read More about An unusual presentation of Chlamydia pneumoniaeinfection in a Royal Python (Python regius).

Chlamydia in cases of bovine abortion in Ireland (2014)
Journal Article
Wheelhouse, N., Longbottom, D., & O'Donovan, J. (2014). Chlamydia in cases of bovine abortion in Ireland. Veterinary Record, 174(22), 560-561. https://doi.org/10.1136/vr.g3567

We report the findings of a preliminary investigation into chlamydial involvement in cases of bovine abortion in Ireland. Chlamydia abortus has long been recognised as a known major cause of ruminant abortion. However, several newly recognised specie... Read More about Chlamydia in cases of bovine abortion in Ireland.

Structural and functional indices show similar performance in marine ecosystem quality assessment (2014)
Journal Article
Culhane, F. E., Briers, R. A., Tett, P., & Fernandes, T. F. (2014). Structural and functional indices show similar performance in marine ecosystem quality assessment. Ecological Indicators, 43, 271-280. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2014.03.009

Reliable ecosystem quality assessment of marine environments is increasingly important due to mounting pressures attributable to human activities. Biotic indices are widely used in studies to describe communities and indicate the ecological state of... Read More about Structural and functional indices show similar performance in marine ecosystem quality assessment.

Monocyte chemoattractant protein-induced protein 1 impairs adipogenesis in 3T3-L1 cells (2014)
Journal Article
Lipert, B., Wegrzyn, P., Sell, H., Eckel, J., Winiarski, M., Budzynski, A., Matlok, M., Kotlinowski, J., Ramage, L., Malecki, M., Wilk, W., Mitus, J., & Jura, J. (2014). Monocyte chemoattractant protein-induced protein 1 impairs adipogenesis in 3T3-L1 cells. BBA - Molecular Cell Research, 1843(4), 780-788. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbamcr.2014.01.001

Monocyte chemoattractant protein-induced protein 1 (MCPIP1) encoded by the ZC3H12a gene (also known as Regnase-1) is involved in the regulation of degradation of mRNA of inflammatory modulators and for processing of pre-miRNA. These functions depend... Read More about Monocyte chemoattractant protein-induced protein 1 impairs adipogenesis in 3T3-L1 cells.

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)”..