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Evidence for a Specific Uptake and Retention Mechanism for 25-Hydroxyvitamin D (25OHD) in Skeletal Muscle Cells by Abboud, M, Puglisi, D. A, Davies, B. N, Rybchyn, M, Whitehead, N. P, Brock, K. E, Cole, L, Gordon-Thomson, C, Fraser, D. R, Mason, R. S

“…Little is known about the mechanism for the prolonged residence time of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25OHD) in blood. Several lines of evidence led us to propose that…”
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Low vitamin D status is associated with physical inactivity, obesity and low vitamin D intake in a large US sample of healthy middle-aged men and women by Brock, K., Huang, W.-Y., Fraser, D.R., Ke, L., Tseng, M., Stolzenberg-Solomon, R., Peters, U., Ahn, J., Purdue, M., Mason, R.S., McCarty, C., Ziegler, R.G., Graubard, B.

“…The aim of this study was to investigate modifiable predictors of vitamin D status in healthy individuals, aged 55–74, and living across the USA. Vitamin D…”
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Relationship between vitamin D status, body composition and physical exercise of adolescent girls in Beijing by Foo, L. H, Zhang, Q, Zhu, K, Ma, G, Trube, A, Greenfield, H, Fraser, D. R

“…Summary Little is known about the prevalence of actual vitamin D deficiency in healthy school-aged adolescents, particularly in China. The aim of this study…”
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Sunlight exposure is just one of the factors which influence vitamin D status by Abboud, M, Rybchyn, M S, Rizk, R, Fraser, D R, Mason, R S

“…Studies on the determinants of vitamin D status have tended to concentrate on input - exposure to ultraviolet B radiation and the limited sources in food. Yet,…”
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Why did the dinosaurs become extinct? Could cholecalciferol (vitamin D 3 ) deficiency be the answer? by Fraser, D R

“…Palaeontological deductions from the fossil remnants of extinct dinosaurs tell us much about their classification into species as well as about their…”
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The origin and metabolism of vitamin D in rainbow trout by Pierens, S.L., Fraser, D.R.

“…An explanation for the origin and the high concentration of vitamin D (cholecalciferol) in some species of fish is still not apparent. Because fish may live in…”
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The role of disulfide bond formation in the structural transition observed in the intermediate filaments of developing hair by Bruce Fraser, R.D., Parry, David A.D.

“…Hair keratin is a composite structure in which intermediate filaments (IF) are embedded in a protein matrix. During the early stages of development in the hair…”
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Editorial Commentary on the IJGI Special Issue “Mapping Indigenous Knowledge in the Digital Age” by Thumbadoo, Romola V., Taylor, D. R. Fraser

“…Indigenous mapping is rapidly entering the domain of cartography, and digital technology is facilitating the engagement of communities, particularly Indigenous…”
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Meeting the Challenges of the UN Sustainable Development Goals through Holistic Systems Thinking and Applied Geospatial Ethics by Caudill, Christy M., Pulsifer, Peter L., Thumbadoo, Romola V., Taylor, D. R. Fraser

“…The halfway point for the implementation of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) was marked in 2023, as set forth in the 2030 Agenda…”
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Gas migration into gas hydrate-bearing sediments on the southern Hikurangi margin of New Zealand by Crutchley, G. J., Fraser, D. R. A., Pecher, I. A., Gorman, A. R., Maslen, G., Henrys, S. A.

“…We present multichannel seismic data from New Zealand's Hikurangi subduction margin that show widespread evidence for gas migration into the field of gas…”
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Reprint of “The origin and metabolism of vitamin D in rainbow trout” by Pierens, S.L., Fraser, D.R.

“…An explanation for the origin and the high concentration of vitamin D (cholecalciferol) in some species of fish is still not apparent. Because fish may live in…”
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Predictors of vitamin D biochemical status in a large sample of middle-aged male smokers in Finland by Brock, K.E, Graubard, B.I, Fraser, D.R, Weinstein, S.J, Stolzenberg-Solomon, R.Z, Lim, U, Tangrea, J.A, Virtamo, J, Ke, L, Snyder, K, Albanes, D

“…Background/Objectives: As vitamin D deficiency is considered to be more common in regions with little solar ultraviolet (UV) light in winter, the aim of this…”
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Effects of diet and exercise on plasma vitamin D (25(OH)D) levels in Vietnamese immigrant elderly in Sydney, Australia by Brock, K, Cant, R, Clemson, L, Mason, R.S, Fraser, D.R.

“…Vitamin D deficiency may be associated with osteoporosis and fractures in the elderly. In Australia where there is a sizeable Vietnamese population, research…”
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Vitamin D by Fraser, D R

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Carryover effects of potassium supplementation on calcium homeostasis in dairy cows at parturition by Bhanugopan, M S, Fulkerson, W J, Fraser, D R, Hyde, M, McNeill, D M

“…The purpose of this study was to test whether supplementation with K improves bone mineral density (BMD) in older cows so that by parturition their bone is…”
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Milk consumption and bone mineral content in chinese adolescent girls by DU, X. Q, GREENFIELD, H, FRASER, D. R, GE, K. Y, LIU, Z. H, HE, W

“…A cross-sectional study of a random sample of 649 girls, aged 12-14 years (mean +/- SD: 12.9 +/- 0.6 years), in the Beijing area examined the relationship…”
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The structural basis of the filament-matrix texture in the avian/reptilian group of hard β-keratins by Fraser, R.D. Bruce, Parry, David A.D.

“…Avian hard keratin has a filament-matrix texture in which the filaments contain a helical array of twisted β-sheets and the matrix has unusually high…”
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Fifty years of coiled-coils and α-helical bundles: A close relationship between sequence and structure by Parry, David A.D., Fraser, R.D. Bruce, Squire, John M.

“…α-Helical coiled coils are remarkable for the diversity of related conformations that they adopt in both fibrous and globular proteins, and for the range of…”
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Lepidosaur ß-keratin chains with four 34-residue repeats: Modelling reveals a potential filament-crosslinking role by Fraser, R.D. Bruce, Parry, David A.D.

“…•The four 34-residue repeat chains may have repeats in different filaments thereby crosslinking them together.•This would endow the epidermal appendage with…”
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Amino acid sequence homologies in the hard keratins of birds and reptiles, and their implications for molecular structure and physical properties by Fraser, R.D. Bruce, Parry, David A.D.

“…Avian and reptilian epidermal appendages such as feathers, claws and scales exhibit a filament–matrix texture. Previous studies have established that both…”
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