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Bone adhesives for trauma surgery: A review of challenges and developments by Farrar, David F.

“…The idea of being able to glue bone fragments with a suitable biocompatible adhesive remains highly attractive to orthopaedic surgeons. Yet despite decades of…”
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Decoupling of microbial glucose uptake and mineralization in soil by Hill, Paul W., Farrar, John F., Jones, David L.

“…The rate of organic matter turnover in soil is a critical component of the terrestrial carbon cycle and is frequently estimated from measurements of…”
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Dissolved organic nitrogen uptake by plants—an important N uptake pathway? by Jones, David L., Healey, John R., Willett, Victoria B., Farrar, John F., Hodge, Angela

“…The direct uptake of dissolved organic nitrogen (DON) by plants has the potential to be a primary Factor in ecosystem functioning and vegetation succession…”
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Soil organic nitrogen mineralization across a global latitudinal gradient by Jones, D.L, Kielland, K, Sinclair, F.L, Dahlgren, R.A, Newsham, K.K, Farrar, J.F, Murphy, D.V

“…Understanding and accurately predicting the fate of carbon and nitrogen in the terrestrial biosphere remains a central goal in ecosystem science. Amino acids…”
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The effect of crystallinity on the deformation mechanism and bulk mechanical properties of PLLA by Renouf-Glauser, Annette C., Rose, John, Farrar, David F., Cameron, Ruth Elizabeth

“…Poly ( l-lactide) is a widely studied biomaterial, currently approved for use in a range of medical devices, however, most in vitro studies have so far…”
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The control of carbon acquisition by roots by FARRAR, J. F., JONES, D. L.

“…We review four hypotheses for the control of carbon acquisition by roots, and conclude that the functional equilibrium hypothesis can offer a good description…”
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Benefits and drawbacks of zinc in glass ionomer bone cements by Brauer, Delia S, Gentleman, Eileen, Farrar, David F, Stevens, Molly M, Hill, Robert G

“…Glass polyalkenoate (ionomer) cements (GPCs) based on poly(acrylic acid) and fluoro-alumino-silicate glasses are successfully used in a variety of orthopaedic…”
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Plant capture of free amino acids is maximized under high soil amino acid concentrations by Jones, David L., Shannon, David, Junvee-Fortune, Thippaya, Farrar, John F.

“…Free amino acids (AA's) represent a significant source of available N for some plants and soil microorganisms. It can be expected, however, that significant…”
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Rheological properties of PMMA bone cements during curing by Farrar, D.F., Rose, J.

“…The rheological behaviour of poly(methyl methacrylate) bone cements has been characterised during the curing phase using an oscillating parallel plate…”
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Simple method to enable the high resolution determination of total free amino acids in soil solutions and soil extracts by Jones, David L, Owen, Andrew G, Farrar, John F

“…Amino acids, either in a free or polymeric state, represent a significant addition of N to most ecosystems and therefore comprise a key pool in the soil…”
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fate of photosynthetically-fixed carbon in Lolium perenne grassland as modified by elevated CO₂ and sward management by Hill, P.W, Marshall, C, Williams, G.G, Blum, H, Harmens, H, Jones, D.L, Farrar, J.F

“…Prediction of the impact of climate change requires the response of carbon (C) flow in plant-soil systems to increased CO₂ to be understood. A mechanism by…”
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Hydrolytic degradation of polyglyconate B: the relationship between degradation time, strength and molecular weight by Farrar, D.F, Gillson, R.K

“…Bioresorbable polymers have found a wide range of uses in medical implants, from sutures to scaffolds for tissue engineering applications. Increasingly they…”
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Processing, annealing and sterilisation of poly- l-lactide by Weir, N.A, Buchanan, F.J, Orr, J.F, Farrar, D.F, Boyd, A

“…Poly- l-lactide (PLLA) is one of the most significant members of a group of polymers regarded as bioabsorbable. Degradation of PLLA proceeds through hydrolysis…”
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Structure development during crystallization and solid-state processing of poly(glycolic acid) by Montes de Oca, H., Ward, I. M., Chivers, R. A., Farrar, D. F.

“…DSC and time‐resolved WAXS and SAXS are used to study the structure development during isothermal crystallization of poly(glycolic acid) (PGA) in the…”
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Degradation of poly-L-lactide. Part 2: increased temperature accelerated degradation by Weir, N A, Buchanan, F J, Orr, J F, Farrar, D F, Dickson, G R

“…Poly-L-lactide (PLLA) is one of the most significant members of a group of polymers regarded as bioresorbable. The degradation of PLLA proceeds through…”
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Pauli Murray and Caroline Ware: Forty Years of Letters in Black and White by Scott, Anne Firor

“…In 1942 Pauli Murray, a young black woman from North Carolina studying law at Howard University, visited a constitutional law class taught by Caroline Ware,…”
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Comparison of the Hydrolytic Degradation and Deformation Properties of a PLLA−Lauric Acid Based Family of Biomaterials by Renouf-Glauser, Annette C, Rose, John, Farrar, David F, Cameron, Ruth Elizabeth

“…Addition of lauric acid to PLLA results in a significantly increased rate of hydrolytic degradation, with the time-to-loss of tensile strength directly related…”
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The effect of amorphous pyrophosphate on calcium phosphate cement resorption and bone generation by Grover, Liam M, Wright, Adrian J, Gbureck, Uwe, Bolarinwa, Aminat, Song, Jiangfeng, Liu, Yong, Farrar, David F, Howling, Graeme, Rose, John, Barralet, Jake E

“…Abstract Pyrophosphate ions are both inhibitors of HA formation and substrates for phosphatase enzymes. Unlike polyphosphates their hydrolysis results…”
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Sinks—integral parts of a whole plant by Farrar, J.F.

“…It is argued that it is not possible to predict the flux of assimilate into a sink by making a measurement on that sink alone. Rather carbon flux is a…”
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Rapid microbial uptake and mineralization of amino acids and peptides along a grassland productivity gradient by Wilkinson, Anna, Hill, Paul W., Farrar, John F., Jones, Davey L., Bardgett, Richard D.

“…Amino acid and oligopeptide-nitrogen (N) forms only a minor component of the total dissolved N pool in grassland soils, yet the importance of these N-pools for…”
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