• Improved survival of hospitalized patients with cardiac arrest due to coronary heart disease after implementation of post-cardiac arrest care: A population-based study 

  Lin, Y; Tsai, SH; Yang, CS; Wu, CH; Huang, CH; Lin, FH; Ku, CH; Chung, CH; Chien, WC; Lai, CY; Chu, CM (Medicine, 2018)

  Post-cardiac arrest care was implemented in 2010 and has been shown to improve the survival of patients with coronary heart disease (CHD). However, the findings varied for different survival conditions. We conducted a ...

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• IFN Regulatory Factor 3 Balances Th1 and T Follicular Helper Immunity during Nonlethal Blood-Stage Plasmodium Infection 

  James, Kylie R; Soon, Megan SF; Sebina, Ismail; Fernandez-Ruiz, Daniel; Davey, Gayle; Liligeto, Urijah N; Nair, Arya Sheela; Fogg, Lily G; Edwards, Chelsea L; Best, Shannon E; Lansink, Lianne IM; Schroder, Kate; Wilson, Jane AC; Engwerda, Christian R; et al. (The Journal of Immunology, 2018)

  Differentiation of CD4+ Th cells is critical for immunity to malaria. Several innate immune signaling pathways have been implicated in the detection of blood-stage Plasmodium parasites, yet their influence over Th cell ...

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• Using tweets to understand changes in the spatial crime distribution for hockey events in Vancouver 

  Ristea, Alina; Andresen, Martin A; Leitner, Michael (The Canadian Geographer/ Le Geographe canadien, 2018)

  The use of social media data for the spatial analysis of crime patterns during social events has proven to be instructive. This study analyzes the geography of crime considering hockey game days, criminal behaviour, and ...

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• The spatial stability of alcohol outlets and crime in post-disaster Christchurch, New Zealand 

  Breetzke, Gregory D; Andresen, Martin A (New Zealand Geographer, 2018)

  The devastating Canterbury Earthquakes of 2010 and 2011 left an indelible mark on the city of Christchurch. The social and economic upheaval that immediately followed the Earthquakes has, in time, been replaced with a ...

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• Testing for similarity in area-based spatial patterns: Alternative methods to Andresen's spatial point pattern test 

  Wheeler, Andrew Palmer; Steenbeek, Wouter; Andresen, Martin A (Transactions in GIS, 2018)

  Andresen's spatial point pattern test (SPPT) compares two spatial point patterns on defined areal units; it identifies areas where the spatial point patterns diverge and aggregates these local (dis)similarities to one ...

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• Temporal Patterns of Mental Health Act Calls to the Police 

  Vaughan, Adam D; Hewitt, Ashley N; Hodgkinson, Tarah; Andresen, Martin A; Verdun-Jones, Simon (Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice, 2019)

  Recent research has shown that crime-related police calls for service account for 20–30% of police call-related activity. In this article, we analyse temporal patterns of calls for police service relating to mental health. ...

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• Identifying the nature of risky places for sexual crime: The applicability of crime pattern and social disorganization theories in a Canadian context 

  Hewitt, Ashley N; Beauregard, Eric; Andresen, Martin A; Brantingham, Patricia L (Journal of Criminal Justice, 2018)

  Purpose: Using both crime pattern and social disorganization theories, the current study investigates the characteristics of those places that experience high counts of reported sexual crime to police. Methods: Socio-demographic ...

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• HPeV-3 predominated among Parechovirus A positive infants during an outbreak in 2013–2014 in Queensland, Australia 

  McNeale, Donna; Wang, Claire YT; Arden, Katherine E; Mackay, Ian M (Journal of Clinical Virology, 2018)

  BACKGROUND: Parechoviruses (HPeV) are endemic seasonal pathogens detected from the respiratory tract, gut, blood and central nervous system (CNS) of children and adults, sometimes in conjunction with a range of acute ...

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• Hormonal control and target genes of ftz-f1 expression in the honeybee Apis mellifera: a positive loop linking juvenile hormone, ftz-f1, and vitellogenin 

  Mello, TRP; Aleixo, AC; Pinheiro, DG; Nunes, FMF; Cristino, AS; Bitondi, MMG; Barchuk, AR; Simões, ZLP (Insect Molecular Biology, 2019)

  Ftz‐f1 is an orphan member of the nuclear hormone receptor superfamily. A 20‐hydroxyecdysone pulse allows ftz‐f1 gene expression, which then regulates the activity of downstream genes involved in major developmental ...

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• Hookworm Secreted Extracellular Vesicles Interact With Host Cells and Prevent Inducible Colitis in Mice 

  Eichenberger, Ramon M; Ryan, Stephanie; Jones, Linda; Buitrago, Geraldine; Polster, Ramona; Montes de Oca, Marcela; Zuvelek, Jennifer; Giacomin, Paul R; Dent, Lindsay A; Engwerda, Christian R; Field, Matthew A; Sotillo, Javier; Loukas, Alex (Frontiers in Immunology, 2018)

  Gastrointestinal (GI) parasites, hookworms in particular, have evolved to cause minimal harm to their hosts, allowing them to establish chronic infections. This is mediated by creating an immunoregulatory environment. ...

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• Real-time Live-cell Flow Cytometry to Investigate Calcium Influx, Pore Formation, and Phagocytosis by P2X7 Receptors in Adult Neural Progenitor Cells 

  Leeson, Hannah C; Chan-Ling, Tailoi; Lovelace, Michael D; Brownlie, Jeremy D; Weible, Michael W; Gu, Ben J (Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE), 2019)

  Live-cell flow cytometry is increasingly used among cell biologists to quantify biological processes in a living cell culture. This protocol describes a method whereby live-cell flow cytometry is extended upon to analyze ...

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• Europium-based infinite coordination polymer nanospheres as an effective fluorescence probe for phosphate sensing 

  Song, X; Ma, Y; Ge, X; Zhou, H; Wang, G; Zhang, H; Tang, X; Zhang, Y (RSC Advances, 2017)

  Although phosphate plays important roles in aquatic ecosystems as an indispensible nutrient, excessive levels are responsible for severe environmental issues. Hence, it is of considerable significance to develop highly ...

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• Highly efficient removal of hexavalent chromium in aqueous solutions: Via chemical reduction of plate-like micro/nanostructured zero valent iron 

  Kang, S; Wang, G; Zhao, H; Cai, W (RSC Advances, 2017)

  The removal of hexavalent chromium [Cr(VI)] from aqueous solutions using plate-like micro/nanostructured zero valent iron (MNZVI), which is fabricated in mass production by ball-milling of reductive iron powders, is ...

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• Magnetofluidic Micromixer Based on a Complex Rotating Magnetic Field 

  Munaz, Ahmed; Kamble, Harshad; Shiddiky, Muhammad JA; Nam-Trung, Nguyen (RSC Advances, 2017)

  Rapid and efficient mixing of particles and fluids in a microfluidic system is of great interest for chemical and biochemical analysis. The present paper investigates magnetofluidic mixing induced by a rotating magnetic ...

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• Plasma-deposited hydrogenated amorphous silicon films: multiscale modelling reveals key processes 

  Marvi, Z; Xu, S; Foroutan, G; Ostrikov, K; Levchenko, I (RSC Advances, 2017)

  The underlying physical and chemical mechanisms and role of the plasma species in the synthesis of hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) thin films were studied numerically with the aim to reveal the key growth processes ...

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• Unexpected aggregation induced circular dichroism, circular polarized luminescence and helical assembly from achiral hexaphenylsilole (HPS) 

  Xue, Shan; Meng, Luming; Wen, Rongsen; Shi, Lin; Lam, Jacky W; Tang, Zhiyong; Li, Bing Shi; Tang, Ben Zhong (RSC Advances, 2017)

  This work provides the finding of aggregation-induced circular dichroism (AICD), optical properties and helical assemblies of π–π conjugated molecule hexaphenylsilole (HPS). As an achiral molecule, HPS was found to exhibit ...

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• Experimental and DFT studies of carbon nanotubes covalently functionalized with an imidazole derivative for electrochemical stability and green corrosion inhibition as a barrier layer on the nickel alloy surface in a sulphuric acidic medium 

  Palaniappan, N; Cole, IS; Kuznetsov, AE; Justin Thomas, KR (RSC Advances, 2019)

  Nickel-based alloys are used for various applications such as in automobiles, superalloys and ship making. Their stability in acidic environments, however, is often not sufficient due to their native oxide films not ...

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• PORO-FSSI-FOAM: Seabed response around a mono-pile under natural loadings 

  Duan, L; Jeng, D-S; Wang, D (Ocean Engineering, 2019)

  A new 3D model is proposed within the framework of OpenFOAM for understanding the physical processes of fluid–soil interactions in the vicinity of a mono-pile that considers both waves and currents. The proposed model ...

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• Influence of beta(2) adrenergic receptor genotype on risk of nocturnal ventilation in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy 

  Kelley, Eli F; Cross, Troy J; Snyder, Eric M; McDonald, Craig M; Hoffman, Eric P; Bello, Luca (Respiratory Research, 2019)

  Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a progressive neuromuscular disease resulting in severe respiratory derangements. As such, DMD patients are at a high risk of nocturnal hypoventilation, thereby requiring nocturnal ...

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• Be Healthe for your Heart Study Protocol: Preventing cardiovascular disease among women with a history of pre-eclampsia 

  Hutchesson, Melinda; Taylor, Rachael; Vincze, Lisa; Shrewsbury, Vanessa; Park, Felicity; Campbell, Linda; Callister, Robin; Collins, Clare (Obesity Research & Clinical Practice, 2019)

  For women with a history of pre-eclampsia, the odds of cardiovascular disease (CVD) related morbidity later in life are doubled, and mortality almost tripled compared to other women. Clinical practice guidelines recommend ...

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