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Mesophotic coral bleaching associated with changes in thermocline depth by Diaz, Clara, Foster, Nicola L., Attrill, Martin J., Bolton, Adam, Ganderton, Peter, Howell, Kerry L., Robinson, Edward, Hosegood, Phil

“…As global temperatures continue to rise, shallow coral reef bleaching has become more intense and widespread. Mesophotic coral ecosystems reside in deeper…”
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The Art Market and Politics: The Case of the Sigg Collection by Nicola Foster

“…On 13 June 2012 the Swiss collector Uli Sigg donated his collection of contemporary Chinese art to the new museum of visual art in Hong Kong: M+. In August…”
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Enhanced chondrogenic potential in GelMA-based 3D cartilage model via Wnt3a surface immobilization by Imere, Angela, Foster, Nicola C., Hajiali, Hadi, Okur, Kerime Ebrar, Wright, Abigail L., Barroso, Ines A., Haj, Alicia J. El

“…Cartilage tissue engineering aims to develop functional substitutes for treating cartilage defects and osteoarthritis. Traditional two-dimensional (2D) cell…”
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Automated identification of benthic epifauna with computer vision by Piechaud, Nils, Hunt, Christopher, Culverhouse, Phil F., Foster, Nicola L., Howell, Kerry L.

“…Benthic ecosystems are chronically undersampled, particularly in environments >50 m depth. Yet a rising level of anthropogenic threats makes data collection…”
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A framework for the development of a global standardised marine taxon reference image database (SMarTaR-ID) to support image-based analyses by Howell, Kerry L, Davies, Jaime S, Allcock, A Louise, Braga-Henriques, Andreia, Buhl-Mortensen, Pål, Carreiro-Silva, Marina, Dominguez-Carrió, Carlos, Durden, Jennifer M, Foster, Nicola L, Game, Chloe A, Hitchin, Becky, Horton, Tammy, Hosking, Brett, Jones, Daniel O B, Mah, Christopher, Laguionie Marchais, Claire, Menot, Lenaick, Morato, Telmo, Pearman, Tabitha R R, Piechaud, Nils, Ross, Rebecca E, Ruhl, Henry A, Saeedi, Hanieh, Stefanoudis, Paris V, Taranto, Gerald H, Thompson, Michael B, Taylor, James R, Tyler, Paul, Vad, Johanne, Victorero, Lissette, Vieira, Rui P, Woodall, Lucy C, Xavier, Joana R, Wagner, Daniel

“…Video and image data are regularly used in the field of benthic ecology to document biodiversity. However, their use is subject to a number of challenges,…”
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Light and temperature drive the distribution of mesophotic benthic communities in the Central Indian Ocean by Diaz, Clara, Howell, Kerry L., Robinson, Edward, Hosegood, Philip, Bolton, Adam, Ganderton, Peter, Arber, Peter, Attrill, Martin J., Foster, Nicola L.

“…AimResearch on mesophotic coral ecosystems (MCEs) has increased exponentially in recent decades, and the significance of this ecosystem has been recognised…”
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Two-Dimensional and Three-Dimensional Cartilage Model Platforms for Drug Evaluation and High-Throughput Screening Assays by Foster, Nicola C, Hall, Nicole M, Haj, Alicia J El

“…Osteoarthritis (OA) is a severely painful and debilitating disease of the joint, which brings about degradation of the articular cartilage and currently has…”
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Social determinants of the changing tuberculosis prevalence in Việt Nam: Analysis of population-level cross-sectional studies by Foster, Nicola, Nguyen, Hai V, Nguyen, Nhung V, Nguyen, Hoa B, Tiemersma, Edine W, Cobelens, Frank G J, Quaife, Matthew, Houben, Rein M G J

“…An ecological relationship between economic development and reduction in tuberculosis prevalence has been observed. Between 2007 and 2017, Việt Nam experienced…”
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Cost-effectiveness of Xpert MTB/RIF for tuberculosis diagnosis in South Africa: a real-world cost analysis and economic evaluation by Vassall, Anna, Prof, Siapka, Mariana, MSc, Foster, Nicola, MSc, Cunnama, Lucy, MSc, Ramma, Lebogang, MSc, Fielding, Katherine, Prof, McCarthy, Kerrigan, MSc, Churchyard, Gavin, Prof, Grant, Alison, Prof, Sinanovic, Edina, PhD

“…Summary Background In 2010 a new diagnostic test for tuberculosis, Xpert MTB/RIF, received a conditional programmatic recommendation from WHO. Several…”
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Using Top-down and Bottom-up Costing Approaches in LMICs: The Case for Using Both to Assess the Incremental Costs of New Technologies at Scale by Cunnama, Lucy, Sinanovic, Edina, Ramma, Lebogang, Foster, Nicola, Berrie, Leigh, Stevens, Wendy, Molapo, Sebaka, Marokane, Puleng, McCarthy, Kerrigan, Churchyard, Gavin, Vassall, Anna

“…Purpose Estimating the incremental costs of scaling‐up novel technologies in low‐income and middle‐income countries is a methodologically challenging and…”
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Using species-area relationships to inform baseline conservation targets for the deep North East Atlantic by Foster, Nicola L, Foggo, Andrew, Howell, Kerry L

“…Demands on the resources of the deep-sea have increased in recent years. Consequently, the need to create and implement a comprehensive network of Marine…”
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Hurricane-driven patterns of clonality in an ecosystem engineer: the Caribbean coral Montastraea annularis by Foster, Nicola L, Baums, Iliana B, Sanchez, Juan A, Paris, Claire B, Chollett, Iliana, Agudelo, Claudia L, Vermeij, Mark J A, Mumby, Peter J

“…K-selected species with low rates of sexual recruitment may utilise storage effects where low adult mortality allows a number of individuals to persist through…”
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Connectivity of Caribbean coral populations: complementary insights from empirical and modelled gene flow by FOSTER, NICOLA L., PARIS, CLAIRE B., KOOL, JOHNATHAN T., BAUMS, ILIANA B., STEVENS, JAMIE R., SANCHEZ, JUAN A., BASTIDAS, CAROLINA, AGUDELO, CLAUDIA, BUSH, PHILLIPPE, DAY, OWEN, FERRARI, RENATA, GONZALEZ, PATRICIA, GORE, SHANNON, GUPPY, REIA, McCARTNEY, MICHAEL A., McCOY, CROY, MENDES, JUDITH, SRINIVASAN, ASHWANTH, STEINER, SASCHA, VERMEIJ, MARK J. A., WEIL, ERNESTO, MUMBY, PETER J.

“…Understanding patterns of connectivity among populations of marine organisms is essential for the development of realistic, spatially explicit models of…”
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Symbiodinium biogeography tracks environmental patterns rather than host genetics in a key Caribbean reef-builder, Orbicella annularis by Kennedy, Emma V., Tonk, Linda, Foster, Nicola L., Chollett, Iliana, Ortiz, Juan-Carlos, Dove, Sophie, Hoegh-Guldberg, Ove, Mumby, Peter J., Stevens, Jamie R.

“…The physiological performance of a reef-building coral is a combined outcome of both the coral host and its algal endosymbionts, Symbiodinium. While Orbicella…”
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Hydrostatic pressure promotes chondrogenic differentiation and microvesicle release from human embryonic and bone marrow stem cells by Luo, Lu, Foster, Nicola C., Man, Kenny L., Brunet, Mathieu, Hoey, David A., Cox, Sophie C., Kimber, Susan J., El Haj, Alicia J.

“…Mechanical stimulation plays in an important role in regulating stem cell differentiation and their release of extracellular vesicles (EVs). In this study,…”
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Risk factors for poor engagement with a smart pillbox adherence intervention among persons on tuberculosis treatment in Ethiopia by Tadesse, Amare Worku, Cusinato, Martina, Weldemichael, Gedion Teferra, Abdurhman, Tofik, Assefa, Demelash, Yazew, Hiwot, Gadissa, Demekech, Shiferaw, Amanuel, Belachew, Mahilet, Sahile, Mamush, van Rest, Job, Bedru, Ahmed, Foster, Nicola, Jerene, Degu, Fielding, Katherine Linda

“…Non-adherence to tuberculosis treatment increases the risk of poor treatment outcomes. Digital adherence technologies (DATs), including the smart pillbox…”
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Familial strife on the seashore: Aggression increases with relatedness in the sea anemone Actinia equina by Foster, Nicola L., Briffa, Mark

“…•Contests occur when rivals compete over indivisible resources.•Contests may involve injurious or non-injurious behaviour.•We investigated the effects of…”
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Strengthening health systems to improve the value of tuberculosis diagnostics in South Africa: A cost and cost-effectiveness analysis by Foster, Nicola, Cunnama, Lucy, McCarthy, Kerrigan, Ramma, Lebogang, Siapka, Mariana, Sinanovic, Edina, Churchyard, Gavin, Fielding, Katherine, Grant, Alison D, Cleary, Susan

“…In South Africa, replacing smear microscopy with Xpert-MTB/RIF (Xpert) for tuberculosis diagnosis did not reduce mortality and was cost-neutral. The unchanged…”
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Evidence of fostering in an internally brooding sea anemone by Lane, Sarah M., Briffa, Mark, Wilson, Alastair J., Truebano, Manuela, Foster, Nicola L.

“…Evidence of alloparental care during the incubation stage has largely been demonstrated for species that incubate their offspring externally in a nest…”
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Time-related expression profiles for heat shock protein gene transcripts (HSP40, HSP70) in the central nervous system of Lymnaea stagnalis exposed to thermal stress by Foster, Nicola L, Lukowiak, Ken, Henry, Theodore B

“…Organisms exposed to environmental stressors respond by rapidly synthesising a suite of highly conserved proteins called heat shock proteins (HSPs)…”
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