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A disaster medicine course for Canadian medical students: first implementation of a large-scale mass-casualty simulation by Eastwood, Kyle W, Harris, Adam, Armstrong, John B P

“…Mass-casualty incidents have a significant global impact. Despite calls for improved disaster-preparedness training, most medical curriculums do not include…”
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Characteristics of dye adsorption by pretreated pine bark adsorbents by Leitch, A. E., Armstrong, P. B., Chu, K. H.

“…Batch adsorption studies were conducted to investigate the potential of pine bark subjected to three different pretreatments (washing with hot water, Soxhlet…”
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Long-Range Resonant Energy Transfer for Enhanced Exciton Harvesting for Organic Solar Cells by Scully, S. R., Armstrong, P. B., Edder, C., Fréchet, J. M. J., McGehee, M. D.

“…We present theory and experiment demonstrating a scheme to harvest singlet excitons over 25 nm away from a donor‐acceptor interface using resonant energy…”
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A role for protease inhibitors in immunity of long-lived animals by Armstrong, P B, Quigley, J P

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The contribution of proteinase inhibitors to immune defense by Armstrong, Peter B.

“…The colonization of a potential host by a parasite requires an ability to cross the integuments and then to escape from the host immune defenses. Proteinases…”
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Prehospital clearance of the cervical spine: does it need to be a pain in the neck? by Armstrong, B P, Simpson, H K, Crouch, R, Deakin, C D

“…Prehospital cervical spine (c-spine) immobilisation is common, despite c-spine injury being relatively rare. Unnecessary immobilisation results in a…”
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An Instructive Role for the Interstitial Matrix in Tissue Patterning: Tissue Segregation and Intercellular Invasion by Armstrong, Peter B., Armstrong, Margaret T.

“…Intercellular invasion is the intrusion of the cells of one tissue into space occupied by a second tissue. The alternative situation to invasion, one…”
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Membrane Protein Redistribution during Xenopus First Cleavage by Byers, Timothy J., Armstrong, Peter B.

“…A large increase in surface area must accompany formation of the amphibian embryo first cleavage furrow. The additional membrane for this areal expansion has…”
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Initial Characterization of a Potential Anti-Fouling System in the American Horseshoe Crab, Limulus polyphemus by Harrington, John M., Armstrong, Peter B.

“…Although the surfaces of most solid objects are rapidly colonized by sessile fouling organisms within a short time after immersion in the ocean, macroscopic…”
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Response of the Blood Cell of the American Horseshoe Crab, Limulus polyphemus, to a Lipopolysaccharide-Like Molecule from the Green Alga Chlorella by Conrad, Mara L., Pardy, R. L., Armstrong, Peter B.

“…To evaluate the ability of the granular amebocyte to react to algal lipopolysaccharide, cultured horseshow crab blood cells were challenged with algal or…”
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Identification of a Hemolytic Activity in the Plasma of the Gastropod Busycon canaliculatum by Biswas, Chhanda, Armstrong, Peter B.

“…Biswas and Armstrong report the presence of a cytolytic activity in the plasma of the channeled whelk, Busycon canaliculatum, and present preliminary evidence…”
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Cellular Mechanisms of Hemolysis by the Protein Limulin, a Sialic-Acid-Specific Lectin from the Plasma of the American Horseshoe Crab, Limulus polyphemus by Asokan, Rengasamy, Armstrong, Peter B.

“…The author examines the cytolysis of foreign cells. Topics include immune systems, limulin, and cell membranes…”
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Tumor Cell Intravasation Alu-cidated : The Chick Embryo Opens the Window by Quigley, James P., Armstrong, Peter B.

“…In the normal situation, the organization of the tissues and organs is stable for the life of the organism. The dissemination of cells from a primary tumor by…”
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An endopeptidase inhibitor, similar to mammalian alpha 2-macroglobulin, detected in the hemolymph of an invertebrate, Limulus polyphemus by Quigley, J P, Armstrong, P B

“…A protease inhibitory activity has been detected in the hemolymph of the horseshoe crab, Limulus polyphemus. The inhibitor possesses many of the…”
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Limulus alpha 2-macroglobulin. First evidence in an invertebrate for a protein containing an internal thiol ester bond by Armstrong, P B, Quigley, J P

“…Intra-chain thiol ester bonds are present in a limited number of proteins. The thiol ester class of proteins includes vertebrate alpha 2-macroglobulin and the…”
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Matrix metalloproteases of the developing sea urchin embryo by Quigley, J P, Braithwaite, R S, Armstrong, P B

“…A distinct group of metalloproteases has been identified in the developing sea urchin embryo by gelatin substrate gel zymography, a highly sensitive protease…”
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Structure of alpha 2-macroglobulin from the arthropod Limulus polyphemus by Armstrong, P B, Mangel, W F, Wall, J S, Hainfield, J F, Van Holde, K E, Ikai, A, Quigley, J P

“…A structural and functional homologue of vertebrate alpha 2-macroglobulin (alpha 2M) has been identified in the hemolymph and blood cells of the arthropod…”
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Mechanisms of epibolic tissue spreading analyzed in a model morphogenetic system : roles for cell migration and tissue contractility by ARMSTRONG, M. T, ARMSTRONG, P. B

“…The processes responsible for epithelial spreading during wound healing and embryonic morphogenesis were investigated in an organ culture model in which an…”
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A Hemolytic Activity Secreted by the Endotoxin-Challenged Horseshoe Crab: A Novel Immune System Operating at the Surface of the Carapace by Quigley, J. P., Corcoran, G., Armstrong, P. B.

“…The American horseshoe crab, Limulus polyphemus, releases 1-5 ml of a proteinaceous secretion at the surface of the carapace when challenged by intracardiac…”
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Intercellular invasion and the organizational stability of tissues: a role for fibronectin by Armstrong, Peter B., Armstrong, Margaret T.

“…Intracellular invasion is the movement of cells of one type into the fabric of other, contiguous tissues. Invasion is a signature behavior of the malignant…”
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