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Deglacial Pulse of Neutralized Carbon From the Pacific Seafloor: A Natural Analog for Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement? by Green, R. A., Hain, M. P., Rafter, P. A.

“…The ocean carbon reservoir controls atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) on millennial timescales. Radiocarbon (14C) anomalies in eastern North Pacific sediments…”
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Marine denitrification rates determined from a global 3-D inverse model by DeVries, T, Deutsch, C, Rafter, P. A, Primeau, F

“…A major impediment to understanding long-term changes in the marine nitrogen (N) cycle is the persistent uncertainty about the rates, distribution, and…”
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Deglacial Carbon Escape From the Northern Rim of the Southern Ocean by Umling, N. E., Sikes, E., Rafter, P., Goodkin, N. F., Southon, J. R.

“…The Southern Ocean regulates atmospheric CO2 and Earth's climate as a critical region for air‐sea gas exchange, delicately poised between being a CO2 source…”
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Inbreeding trends and genetic diversity in purebred sheep populations by Rafter, P., McHugh, N, Pabiou, T., Berry, D.P.

“…•Genetic diversity metrics were calculated for six sheep breeds.•The average generation interval was between 2.0 and 3.8 years in all six breeds.•Inbreeding…”
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Overturning circulation, nutrient limitation, and warming in the Glacial North Pacific by Rae, J W B, Gray, W R, Wills, R C J, Eisenman, I, Fitzhugh, B, Fotheringham, M, Littley, E F M, Rafter, P A, Rees-Owen, R, Ridgwell, A, Taylor, B, Burke, A

“…Although the Pacific Ocean is a major reservoir of heat and CO , and thus an important component of the global climate system, its circulation under different…”
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Assessment of C, N, and Si Isotopes as Tracers of Past Ocean Nutrient and Carbon Cycling by Farmer, J. R., Hertzberg, J. E., Cardinal, D., Fietz, S., Hendry, K., Jaccard, S. L., Paytan, A., Rafter, P. A., Ren, H., Somes, C. J., Sutton, J. N.

“…Biological productivity in the ocean directly influences the partitioning of carbon between the atmosphere and ocean interior. Through this carbon cycle…”
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New insights into sea ice nitrogen biogeochemical dynamics from the nitrogen isotopes by Fripiat, F., Sigman, D. M., Fawcett, S. E., Rafter, P. A., Weigand, M. A., Tison, J.-L.

“…We report nitrogen (N) isotopic measurements of nitrate, total dissolved nitrogen, and particulate nitrogen from Antarctic pack ice in early and late spring…”
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Toxoplasma gondii in Ireland: Seroprevalence and Novel Molecular Detection Method in Sheep, Pigs, Deer and Chickens by Halová, D., Mulcahy, G., Rafter, P., Turčeková, L., Grant, T., de Waal, T.

“…Summary Toxoplasma gondii is among the most studied parasites worldwide but there is not much information about it published in Ireland. The objectives of this…”
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Salmonella surveillance in raw and cooked meat and meat products in the Republic of Ireland from 2002 to 2004 by Jordan, E., Egan, J., Dullea, C., Ward, J., McGillicuddy, K., Murray, G., Murphy, A., Bradshaw, B., Leonard, N., Rafter, P., McDowell, S.

“…The food industry, under the regulation of the Department of Agriculture and Food (DAF) in the Republic of Ireland, is required to undertake all…”
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Use of harmonic imaging without echocardiographic contrast to improve two-dimensional image quality by Spencer, KirkT, Bednarz, James, Rafter, PatrickG, Korcarz, Claudia, Lang, RobertoM

“…The aim of this study was to determine whether harmonic imaging (HI) improves endocardial visualization during 2-dimensional echocardiography without…”
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Increased ultrasound contrast and decreased microbubble destruction rates with triggered ultrasound imaging by Porter, T R, Xie, F, Li, S, D'Sa, A, Rafter, P

“…Although transient myocardial contrast imaging has been able to produce visually evident myocardial contrast in animals and humans with very low intravenous…”
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Echocardiographic myocardial stiffness for the diagnosis and tissue characterization of cardiac amyloidosis by Benz, D, Sadeghi, A, Rafter, P, Clerc, O, Canseco Neri, J, Ho, C Y, Cuddy, S A M, Falk, R H, Dorbala, S

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Increased duration of transgene expression in the lung with plasmid DNA vectors harboring adenovirus E4 open reading frame 3 by Yew, N S, Marshall, J, Przybylska, M, Wysokenski, D M, Ziegler, R J, Rafter, P W, Li, C, Armentano, D, Cheng, S H

“…For gene therapy to be effective in the treatment of chronic diseases, plasmid DNA (pDNA) vectors that provide persistent expression of therapeutic levels of…”
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New insights into sea ice nitrogen biogeochemical dynamics from the nitrogen isotopes by FRIPIAT, F, SIGMAN, D. M, FAWCETT, S. E, RAFTER, P. A, WEIGAND, M. A, TISON, J.-L

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Cationic Lipid Structure and Formulation Considerations for Optimal Gene Transfection of the Lung by Marshall, John, Nietupski, Jennifer B., Lee, Edward R., Siegel, Craig S., Rafter, Patrick W., Rudginsky, Samantha A., Chang, Chau D., Eastman, Simon J., Harris, David J., Scheule, Ronald K., Cheng, Seng H.

“…Abstract Enhanced gene transduction to the lung using cationic lipids could be attained through optimization of the structure of the lipids and the formulation…”
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Myocardial delivery of colloid nanoparticles using ultrasound-targeted microbubble destruction by Vancraeynest, David, Havaux, Xavier, Pouleur, Anne-Catherine, Pasquet, Agnès, Gerber, Bernhard, Beauloye, Christophe, Rafter, Patrick, Bertrand, Luc, Vanoverschelde, Jean-Louis J.

“…Aims Ultrasound (US)-targeted microbubble destruction (UTMD) is a promising method for delivering genetic material to the heart. The aim of this study was: (i)…”
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Amylin-amide displays a proliferative effect on human umbilical vein endothelial cells by Datta, H, Rafter, P, Chen, Z, Wimalawansa, S, Macintyre, I

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Real-time three-dimensional myocardial contrast echocardiography: is it clinically feasible? by Bhan, A., Kapetanakis, S., Rana, B.S., Ho, E., Wilson, K., Pearson, P., Mushemi, S., Deguzman, J., Reiken, J., Harden, M.D., Walker, N., Rafter, P.G., Monaghan, M.J.

“…Aims Real-time 3D echocardiography (RT3DE) and 2D low mechanical index (LMI), contrast specific, myocardial perfusion imaging are now both accepted techniques…”
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Rediscovery of Trichinella spiralis in red foxes ( Vulpes vulpes) in Ireland after 30 years of oblivion by Rafter, Paul, Marucci, Gianluca, Brangan, Patrick, Pozio, Edoardo

“…Objective. To determine whether or not Ireland can be considered as Trichinella-free, after more than 30 years of no reported infections in domestic and…”
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Detection of coronary stenoses at rest with myocardial contrast echocardiography by WEI, Kevin, KHIM LENG TONG, BELCIK, Todd, RAFTER, Patrick, RAGOSTA, Michael, WANG, Xin-Qun, KAUL, Sanjiv

“…We hypothesized that autoregulatory changes in arteriolar blood volume (aBV) that develop distal to a stenosis can be measured with myocardial contrast…”
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