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Review article: prebiotics in the gastrointestinal tract by MACFARLANE, S., MACFARLANE, G. T., CUMMINGS, J. H.

“…Summary Background Prebiotics are short‐chain carbohydrates that alter the composition, or metabolism, of the gut microbiota in a beneficial manner. It is…”
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Oesophageal bacterial biofilm changes in gastro‐oesophageal reflux disease, Barrett's and oesophageal carcinoma: association or causality? by Blackett, K. L., Siddhi, S. S., Cleary, S., Steed, H., Miller, M. H., Macfarlane, S., Macfarlane, G. T., Dillon, J. F.

“…Summary Summary Barrett's oesophagus (BO) and gastro‐oesophageal reflux disease (GERD) are precursors of oesophageal adenocarcinoma (OAC). There is an…”
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Bacterial metabolism and health-related effects of galacto-oligosaccharides and other prebiotics by Macfarlane, G.T, Steed, H, Macfarlane, S

“…Most studies involving prebiotic oligosaccharides have been carried out using inulin and its fructo-oligosaccharide (FOS) derivatives, together with various…”
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Microbial biofilms in the human gastrointestinal tract by Macfarlane, S, Dillon, J.F

“…The human gastrointestinal tract contains rich and diverse microbiotas along its length. However, while extensive studies have been made on lumenal bacterial…”
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Human Security and the UN: A Critical History by MacFarlane, S. Neil, Khong, Yuen Foong

“…How did the individual human being become the focus of the contemporary discourse on security? What was the role of the United Nations in securing the…”
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Synbiotic consumption changes the metabolism and composition of the gut microbiota in older people and modifies inflammatory processes: a randomised, double‐blind, placebo‐controlled crossover study by Macfarlane, S., Cleary, S., Bahrami, B., Reynolds, N., Macfarlane, G. T.

“…Summary Background Ageing can result in major changes in the composition and metabolic activities of bacterial populations in the large gut and an impaired…”
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Induction of cytokine formation by human intestinal bacteria in gut epithelial cell lines by Bahrami, B., Macfarlane, S., Macfarlane, G.T.

“…Aims:  To investigate the effects of human gut micro‐organisms on cytokine production by human intestinal cell lines. Methods and Results:  Quantitative…”
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Clinical trial: the microbiological and immunological effects of synbiotic consumption – a randomized double‐blind placebo‐controlled study in active Crohn’s disease by Steed, H., Macfarlane, G. T., Blackett, K. L., Bahrami, B., Reynolds, N., Walsh, S. V., Cummings, J. H., Macfarlane, S.

“…Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2010; 32: 872–883 Summary Background  Crohn’s disease is an inflammatory illness in which the immune response against gut microorganisms…”
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Status and Prospects of Plant Virus Control Through Interference with Vector Transmission by BRAGARD, C, CACIAGLI, P, LEMAIRE, O, LOPEZ-MOYA, J. J, MACFARLANE, S, PETERS, D, SUSI, P, TORRANCE, L

“…Most plant viruses rely on vector organisms for their plant-to-plant spread. Although there are many different natural vectors, few plant virus-vector systems…”
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Plant Poly(ADP-Ribose) Polymerase 1 Is a Potential Mediator of Cross-Talk between the Cajal Body Protein Coilin and Salicylic Acid-Mediated Antiviral Defence by Spechenkova, Nadezhda, Samarskaya, Viktoriya O, Kalinina, Natalya O, Zavriev, Sergey K, MacFarlane, S, Love, Andrew J, Taliansky, Michael

“…The nucleolus and Cajal bodies (CBs) are sub-nuclear domains with well-known roles in RNA metabolism and RNA-protein assembly. However, they also participate…”
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The OmegaWhite survey for short-period variable stars – VI. Open clusters by Toma, R, Ramsay, G, Jeffery, C S, Macfarlane, S A, Woudt, P, Groot, P J

“…ABSTRACT Using light curves with ∼3 min cadence and a duration of 2 h made using the OmegaWhite survey, we present the results of a search for short-period…”
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Application of the Theoretical Domains Framework to identify factors that influence hand hygiene compliance in long-term care by Smith, J.D., Corace, K.M., MacDonald, T.K., Fabrigar, L.R., Saedi, A., Chaplin, A., MacFarlane, S., Valickis, D., Garber, G.E.

“…Healthcare worker (HCW) hand hygiene compliance is key to patient safety; however, compliance is suboptimal. Nevertheless hand hygiene compliance is not well…”
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Child abuse and neglect and mental health outcomes in adulthood by ethnicity: Findings from a 40-year longitudinal study in New Zealand/Aotearoa by Telfar, S., McLeod, G.F.H., Dhakal, B., Henderson, J., Tanveer, S., Broad, H.E.T., Woolhouse, W., Macfarlane, S., Boden, J.M.

“…Longitudinal studies consistently report adverse long-term outcomes of childhood maltreatment. Little is known about the impact of childhood maltreatment on…”
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Inflammatory Disease Processes and Interactions with Nutrition by Calder, P. C., Albers, R., Antoine, J.-M., Blum, S., Bourdet-Sicard, R., Ferns, G. A., Folkerts, G., Friedmann, P. S., Frost, G. S., Guarner, F., Løvik, M., Macfarlane, S., Meyer, P. D., M'Rabet, L., Serafini, M., van Eden, W., van Loo, J., Vas Dias, W., Vidry, S., Winklhofer-Roob, B. M., Zhao, J.

“…Inflammation is a stereotypical physiological response to infections and tissue injury; it initiates pathogen killing as well as tissue repair processes and…”
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Synbiotic therapy (Bifidobacterium longum/Synergy 1) initiates resolution of inflammation in patients with active ulcerative colitis: a randomised controlled pilot trial by Furrie, E, Macfarlane, S, Kennedy, A, Cummings, J H, Walsh, S V, O’Neil, D A, Macfarlane, G T

“…Background and aims: Ulcerative colitis (UC) is an acute and chronic inflammatory disease of the large bowel with unknown aetiology. The immune response…”
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Kto Vinovat? Why is there a crisis in Russia's relations with the West? by MacFarlane, S. Neil

“…This article addresses the deterioration in relations between Russia and the West from their high point in the early 1990s to the current conflict over issues…”
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The OmegaWhite survey for short-period variable stars – I. Overview and first results by Macfarlane, S. A., Toma, R., Ramsay, G., Groot, P. J., Woudt, P. A., Drew, J. E., Barentsen, G., Eislöffel, J.

“…We present the goals, strategy and first results of the OmegaWhite survey: a wide-field high-cadence g-band synoptic survey which aims to unveil the Galactic…”
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The OmegaWhite Survey for short period variable stars – II. An overview of results from the first four years by Toma, R., Ramsay, G., Macfarlane, S., Groot, P. J, Woudt, P. A., Dhillon, V., Jeffery, C. S., Marsh, T., Nelemans, G., Steeghs, D.

“…OmegaWhite is a wide-field, high cadence, synoptic survey targeting fields in the southern Galactic plane, with the aim of discovering short period variable…”
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The gut microbiota in inflammatory bowel disease by Macfarlane, G T, Blackett, K L, Nakayama, T, Steed, H, Macfarlane, S

“…Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis are the two principal forms of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The root causes of these chronic and acute…”
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China in Pakistan and the wider region: A cautious but effective leader? by Basit, Saira, Torjesen, Stina, Macfarlane, S. Neil

“…This article assesses China-Pakistan-Afghanistan relations in the period 2014-2018 and asks whether China has exercised distinct pressure on Pakistan to be a…”
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