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Greenness in semi-arid areas across the globe 1981–2007 — an Earth Observing Satellite based analysis of trends and drivers by Fensholt, Rasmus, Langanke, Tobias, Rasmussen, Kjeld, Reenberg, Anette, Prince, Stephen D., Tucker, Compton, Scholes, Robert J., Le, Quang Bao, Bondeau, Alberte, Eastman, Ron, Epstein, Howard, Gaughan, Andrea E., Hellden, Ulf, Mbow, Cheikh, Olsson, Lennart, Paruelo, Jose, Schweitzer, Christian, Seaquist, Jonathan, Wessels, Konrad

“…Semi-arid areas, defined as those areas of the world where water is an important limitation for plant growth, have become the subject of increased interest due…”
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Unleashing endogenous TNF-alpha as a cancer immunotherapeutic by Josephs, Steven F, Ichim, Thomas E, Prince, Stephen M, Kesari, Santosh, Marincola, Francesco M, Escobedo, Anton Rolando, Jafri, Amir

“…Tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha was originally identified in the 1970s as the serum mediator of innate immunity capable of inducing hemorrhagic necrosis in…”
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Vegetation Responses to Climate Variability in the Northern Arid to Sub-Humid Zones of Sub-Saharan Africa by Rishmawi, Khaldoun, Prince, Stephen D, Xue, Yongkang

“…In water limited environments precipitation is often considered the key factor influencing vegetation growth and rates of development. However; other climate…”
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Challenges for remote sensing of the Sustainable Development Goal SDG 15.3.1 productivity indicator by Prince, Stephen D.

“…Progress towards combatting land degradation as intended by Sustainable Development Goal 15.3.1 will be monitored using three sub-indicators, of which…”
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Desertification: Inappropriate images lead to inappropriate actions by Prince, Stephen D., Podwojewski, Pascal

“…Among policy institutions, researchers in other fields, and the public, there is an enduring misunderstanding of the nature of desertification. To a…”
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Environmental and Anthropogenic Degradation of Vegetation in the Sahel from 1982 to 2006 by Rishmawi, Khaldoun, Prince, Stephen D

“…There is a great deal of debate on the extent, causes, and even the reality of land degradation in the Sahel. Investigations carried out before approximately…”
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Land Use and Degradation in a Desert Margin: The Northern Negev by Prince, Stephen, Safriel, Uriel

“…Degradation in a range of land uses was examined across the transition from the arid to the semi-arid zone in the northern Negev desert, representative of…”
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Decision making in xia2 by Winter, Graeme, Lobley, Carina M. C., Prince, Stephen M.

“…xia2 is an expert system for the automated reduction of macromolecular crystallography (MX) data employing well trusted existing software. The system can…”
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Degradation of Non-Photosynthetic Vegetation in a Semi-Arid Rangeland by Jackson, Hasan, Prince, Stephen

“…Land degradation in drylands is the process in which undesirable conditions emerge due to human and natural causes. Despite the particularly deleterious…”
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Degradation of net primary production in a semiarid rangeland by Jackson, Hasan, Prince, Stephen D

“…Anthropogenic land degradation affects many biogeophysical processes, including reductions of net primary production (NPP). Degradation occurs at scales from…”
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Application of particle swarm optimization technique for optimal location of FACTS devices considering cost of installation and system loadability by Saravanan, M., Slochanal, S. Mary Raja, Venkatesh, P., Abraham, J. Prince Stephen

“…This paper presents the application of particle swarm optimization (PSO) technique to find the optimal location of flexible AC transmission system (FACTS)…”
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Global potential net primary production predicted from vegetation class, precipitation, and temperature by Del Grosso, Stephen, Parton, William, Stohlgren, Thomas, Zheng, Daolan, Bachelet, Dominique, Prince, Stephen, Hibbard, Kathy, Olson, Richard

“…Net primary production (NPP), the difference between CO2 fixed by photosynthesis and CO2 lost to autotrophic respiration, is one of the most important…”
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The Dual PDZ Domain from Postsynaptic Density Protein 95 Forms a Scaffold with Peptide Ligand by Rodzli, Nazahiyah A., Lockhart-Cairns, Michael P., Levy, Colin W., Chipperfield, John, Bird, Louise, Baldock, Clair, Prince, Stephen M.

“…PSD-95 is a member of the membrane-associated guanylate kinase class of proteins that forms scaffolding interactions with partner proteins, including ion and…”
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Intraocular robotic interventional surgical system (IRISS): Mechanical design, evaluation, and master–slave manipulation by Wilson, Jason T., Gerber, Matthew J., Prince, Stephen W., Chen, Cheng‐Wei, Schwartz, Steven D., Hubschman, Jean‐Pierre, Tsao, Tsu‐Chin

“…Background: Since the advent of robotic‐assisted surgery, the value of using robotic systems to assist in surgical procedures has been repeatedly demonstrated…”
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Structure of ABCB1/P-Glycoprotein in the Presence of the CFTR Potentiator Ivacaftor by Barbieri, Alessandro, Thonghin, Nopnithi, Shafi, Talha, Prince, Stephen M, Collins, Richard F, Ford, Robert C

“…ABCB1/P-glycoprotein is an ATP binding cassette transporter that is involved in the clearance of xenobiotics, and it affects the disposition of many drugs in…”
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Desertification in the Sahel: a reinterpretation of a reinterpretation by PRINCE, STEPHEN D, WESSELS, KONRAD J, TUCKER, COMPTON J, NICHOLSON, SHARON E

“…In semiarid regions the ratio of annual net primary production to precipitation, rain-use efficiency (RUE), has been used as an index of desertification. In a…”
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Quantification of Impact of Orbital Drift on Inter-Annual Trends in AVHRR NDVI Data by Nagol, Jyoteshwar R, Vermote, Eric F, Prince, Stephen D

“…The Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) time-series data derived from Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) have been extensively used for…”
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Use of a molecular decoy to segregate transport from antigenicity in the FrpB iron transporter from Neisseria meningitidis by Saleem, Muhammad, Prince, Stephen M, Rigby, Stephen E J, Imran, Muhammad, Patel, Hema, Chan, Hannah, Sanders, Holly, Maiden, Martin C J, Feavers, Ian M, Derrick, Jeremy P

“…FrpB is an outer membrane transporter from Neisseria meningitidis, the causative agent of meningococcal meningitis. It is a member of the TonB-dependent…”
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Digital Visual Effects in Cinema: The Seduction of Reality by Prince, Stephen

“…Avatar. Inception. Jurassic Park. Lord of the Rings. Ratatouille. Not only are these some of the highest-grossing films of all time, they are also prime…”
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Effects of atmospheric variation on AVHRR NDVI data by Nagol, Jyoteshwar R., Vermote, Eric F., Prince, Stephen D.

“…The AVHRR (Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer) series of instruments has frequently been used for vegetation studies. The 25+ year record has enabled…”
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