Search Results - "Michael MacDonald"
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In Vivo Recognition of Human Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor by Molecularly Imprinted Polymers
Published in Nano letters (12-04-2017)“…One of the mechanisms responsible for cancer-induced increased blood supply in malignant neoplasms is the overexpression of vascular endothelial growth factor…”
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Pyruvate Carboxylase Is Up-Regulated in Breast Cancer and Essential to Support Growth and Invasion of MDA-MB-231 Cells
Published in PloS one (12-06-2015)“…Pyruvate carboxylase (PC) is an anaplerotic enzyme that catalyzes the carboxylation of pyruvate to oxaloacetate, which is crucial for replenishing…”
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Multimorbidity in patients with heart failure from 11 Asian regions: A prospective cohort study using the ASIAN-HF registry
Published in PLoS medicine (27-03-2018)“…Comorbidities are common in patients with heart failure (HF) and complicate treatment and outcomes. We identified patterns of multimorbidity in Asian patients…”
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Association of obesity with heart failure outcomes in 11 Asian regions: A cohort study
Published in PLoS medicine (24-09-2019)“…Asians are predisposed to a lean heart failure (HF) phenotype. Data on the 'obesity paradox', reported in Western populations, are scarce in Asia and have only…”
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Rapid assessment of ecosystem services provided by two mineral extraction sites restored for nature conservation in an agricultural landscape in eastern England
Published in PloS one (20-04-2015)“…Despite growing recognition that mineral sites restored for nature conservation can enhance local biodiversity, the wider societal benefits provided by this…”
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Plant–environment microscopy tracks interactions of Bacillus subtilis with plant roots across the entire rhizosphere
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (30-11-2021)“…Our understanding of plant–microbe interactions in soil is limited by the difficulty of observing processes at the microscopic scale throughout plants’ large…”
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Metformin suppresses gluconeogenesis by inhibiting mitochondrial glycerophosphate dehydrogenase
Published in Nature (London) (26-06-2014)“…Metformin treatment of rats at physiologically relevant doses inhibits the redox shuttle enzyme mitochondrial glycerophosphate dehydrogenase. Molecular…”
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Integrated vector management for malaria control
Published in Malaria journal (11-12-2008)“…Integrated vector management (IVM) is defined as "a rational decision-making process for the optimal use of resources for vector control" and includes five key…”
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The Vanguard of The Avant-Garde: Keywords For Political Agency
Published in Changing English (02-01-2023)“…This article examines the terms avant-garde and vanguard as keywords for teaching English through the concept of political agency. For example, political…”
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Ancient and modern inscriptions in the basalt desert: News from the 2023 season of the Badia Epigraphic Survey in north‐east Jordan
Published in Arabian archaeology and epigraphy (01-11-2024)“…The Badia Epigraphic Survey (BES) Project was launched in 2015 by Ali Al‐Manaser and Michael C. A. Macdonald and, with two gaps, has been conducting annual…”
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Smart soils track the formation of pH gradients across the rhizosphere
Published in Plant and soil (01-07-2024)“…Aims Our understanding of the rhizosphere is limited by the lack of techniques for in situ live microscopy. Current techniques are either destructive or…”
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From Deficit to Asset: Locating Discursive Resistance in a Refugee-Background Student's Written and Oral Narrative
Published in Journal of language, identity, and education (04-03-2017)“…This article examines how a refugee-background student of Somali Bantu heritage employs linguistic resources to make sense of his experience with forced…”
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In situ laser manipulation of root tissues in transparent soil
Published in Plant and soil (01-11-2021)“…Aims Laser micromanipulation such as dissection or optical trapping enables remote physical modification of the activity of tissues, cells and organelles. To…”
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CCAAT-enhancer binding protein-α (C/EBPα) and hepatocyte nuclear factor 4α (HNF4α) regulate expression of the human fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase 1 (FBP1) gene in human hepatocellular carcinoma HepG2 cells
Published in PloS one (22-03-2018)“…Fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase (FBP1) plays an essential role in gluconeogenesis. Here we report that the human FBP1 gene is regulated by two liver-enriched…”
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Overview of High-Power and Wideband Radar Technology Development at MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Published in Remote sensing (Basel, Switzerland) (01-05-2024)“…This paper summarizes over 60 years of radar system development at MIT Lincoln Laboratory, from early research on satellite tracking and planetary radar to the…”
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Prescribing patterns of evidence-based heart failure pharmacotherapy and outcomes in the ASIAN-HF registry: a cohort study
Published in The Lancet global health (01-09-2018)“…Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors or angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARBs), β blockers, and mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists (MRAs) are of…”
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Acoustic tractor beam
Published in Physical review letters (02-05-2014)“…Negative radiation forces act opposite to the direction of propagation, or net momentum, of a beam but have previously been challenging to definitively…”
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Mechanical evidence of the orbital angular momentum to energy ratio of vortex beams
Published in Physical review letters (08-05-2012)“…We measure, in a single experiment, both the radiation pressure and the torque due to a wide variety of propagating acoustic vortex beams. The results…”
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Pseudocapacitive and Magnetic Properties of SrFe12O19–Polypyrrole Composites
Published in Journal of composites science (01-09-2024)“…This study is inspired by the importance of advanced composites, combining spontaneous magnetization with electrical charge storage properties. It is focused…”
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Capacitive Properties of Ferrimagnetic NiFe2O4-Conductive Polypyrrole Nanocomposites
Published in Journal of composites science (01-02-2024)“…This investigation addresses increasing interest in advanced composite materials, combining capacitive properties and spontaneous magnetization for energy…”
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