Search Results - "McCartney, L."
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Biochemical regulation of pigment motility in vertebrate chromatophores: a review of physiological color change mechanisms
Published in Current zoology (01-06-2016)“…The fundamental unit of rapid, physiological color change in vertebrates is the dermal chromato- phore unit. This unit, comprised of cellular associations…”
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Prebiotic effects: metabolic and health benefits
Published in British journal of nutrition (01-08-2010)“…The different compartments of the gastrointestinal tract are inhabited by populations of micro-organisms. By far the most important predominant populations are…”
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Long-term outcomes and management of the heart transplant recipient
Published in Best practice & research. Clinical anaesthesiology (01-06-2017)“…Cardiac transplantation remains the gold standard in the treatment of advanced heart failure. With advances in immunosuppression, long-term outcomes continue…”
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Resting-State Brain Functional Connectivity Is Altered in Type 2 Diabetes
Published in Diabetes (New York, N.Y.) (01-09-2012)“…Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a risk factor for Alzheimer disease (AD). Populations at risk for AD show altered brain activity in the default mode network…”
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The mid‐point transverse process to pleura (MTP) block: a new end‐point for thoracic paravertebral block
Published in Anaesthesia (01-10-2017)“…Summary Current descriptions of thoracic paravertebral block techniques require the needle tip to be anterior to the superior costotransverse ligament. We…”
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Epigenetic prediction of complex traits and death
Published in Genome Biology (27-09-2018)“…Genome-wide DNA methylation (DNAm) profiling has allowed for the development of molecular predictors for a multitude of traits and diseases. Such predictors…”
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A physics-based life prediction methodology for thermal barrier coating systems
Published in Acta materialia (01-03-2007)“…A novel mechanistic approach is proposed for the prediction of the life of thermal barrier coating (TBC) systems. The life prediction methodology is based on a…”
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Identification of polymorphic and off-target probe binding sites on the Illumina Infinium MethylationEPIC BeadChip
Published in Genomics data (01-09-2016)“…Genome-wide analysis of DNA methylation has now become a relatively inexpensive technique thanks to array-based methylation profiling technologies. The…”
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Comparison of Variational and Generalized Plane Strain approaches for matrix cracking in general symmetric laminates
Published in International journal of damage mechanics (01-04-2018)“…The current research work is aimed at comparing a stress-based variational approach with generalized plane strain (GPS) model for predicting stress transfer in…”
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Neurological Complications After Regional Anesthesia: Contemporary Estimates of Risk
Published in Anesthesia and analgesia (01-04-2007)“…Regional anesthesia (RA) provides excellent anesthesia and analgesia for many surgical procedures. Anesthesiologists and patients must understand the risks in…”
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Physiological and Bifidogenic Effects of Prebiotic Supplements in Infant Formulae
Published in Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition (01-06-2011)“…ABSTRACT Objectives: This randomized controlled trial involving 110 healthy neonates studied physiological and bifidogenic effects of galactooligosaccharides…”
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Sirolimus Therapy for Angiomyolipoma in Tuberous Sclerosis and Sporadic Lymphangioleiomyomatosis: A Phase 2 Trial
Published in Clinical cancer research (15-06-2011)“…Renal angiomyolipomas are a frequent manifestation of tuberous sclerosis and sporadic lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM). These disorders are associated with…”
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Life-course exposure to air pollution and biological ageing in the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936
Published in Environment international (01-11-2022)“…•Life course air pollution exposure and biological ageing markers were investigated in 525 older adults.•Young-to-middle adulthood exposure was associated with…”
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Maxwell's far-field methodology predicting elastic properties of multiphase composites reinforced with aligned transversely isotropic spheroids
Published in Philosophical magazine (Abingdon, England) (07-11-2010)“…Maxwell's methodology, developed to estimate the effective electrical conductivity of isotropic particulate composites, was used with a far-field elasticity…”
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Genome and epigenome wide studies of neurological protein biomarkers in the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936
Published in Nature communications (18-07-2019)“…Although plasma proteins may serve as markers of neurological disease risk, the molecular mechanisms responsible for inter-individual variation in plasma…”
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Bayesian reassessment of the epigenetic architecture of complex traits
Published in Nature communications (08-06-2020)“…Linking epigenetic marks to clinical outcomes improves insight into molecular processes, disease prediction, and therapeutic target identification. Here, a…”
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Assessing the causal role of epigenetic clocks in the development of multiple cancers: a Mendelian randomization study
Published in eLife (29-03-2022)“…Epigenetic clocks have been associated with cancer risk in several observational studies. Nevertheless, it is unclear whether they play a causal role in cancer…”
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Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron-derived outer membrane vesicles promote regulatory dendritic cell responses in health but not in inflammatory bowel disease
Published in Microbiome (08-06-2020)“…Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron (Bt) is a prominent member of the human intestinal microbiota that, like all gram-negative bacteria, naturally generates nanosized…”
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Energy methods for modelling damage in laminates
Published in Journal of composite materials (01-09-2013)“…The paper represents the author’s contribution to the Third World-Wide Failure Exercise, which is aimed at benchmarking current models of damage, matrix…”
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Refining epigenetic prediction of chronological and biological age
Published in Genome medicine (28-02-2023)“…Epigenetic clocks can track both chronological age (cAge) and biological age (bAge). The latter is typically defined by physiological biomarkers and risk of…”
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