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Ultraviolet Activity as Indicators of Small-scale Magnetic Fields in γ Cassiopeiae by Smith, Myron A.

“…The recorded activity of γ Cas (B0.5 IVe) in the ultraviolet is important to an understanding of the mechanism behind this prototypical Be star's high-energy…”
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Velocity monitoring of γ Cas stars reveals their binarity status by Nazé, Yaël, Rauw, Gregor, Czesla, Stefan, Smith, Myron A, Robrade, Jan

“…ABSTRACT The binary status of γ Cas stars has been discussed while theoretically examining the origin of their peculiar X-ray emission. However, except in two…”
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Transcriptome analysis of a social caterpillar, Drepana arcuata: De novo assembly, functional annotation and developmental analysis by Yadav, Chanchal, Smith, Myron L, Yack, Jayne E

“…The masked birch caterpillar, Drepana arcuata, provides an excellent opportunity to study mechanisms mediating developmental changes in social behaviour…”
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The X-ray emission of the γ Cassiopeiae stars by Smith, Myron A., Lopes de Oliveira, R., Motch, C.

“…Long considered as the “odd man out” among X-ray emitting Be stars, γ Cas (B0.5e IV) is now recognized as the prototype of a class of stars that emit hard…”
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The X-ray emission of Be+stripped star binaries by Nazé, Yaël, Rauw, Gregor, Smith, Myron A, Motch, Christian

“…ABSTRACT Using observations from Chandra, Swift, and XMM-Newton, we investigate the high-energy properties of all known (18) Be+sdO systems as well as seven…”
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Zinc oxide and silver nanoparticles toxicity in the baker's yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae by Galván Márquez, Imelda, Ghiyasvand, Mergan, Massarsky, Andrey, Babu, Mohan, Samanfar, Bahram, Omidi, Katayoun, Moon, Thomas W, Smith, Myron L, Golshani, Ashkan

“…Engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) are increasingly incorporated into a variety of commercial applications and consumer products; however, ENMs may possess…”
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Let there be more variability in two γ Cas stars by Nazé, Yaël, Pigulski, Andrzej, Rauw, Gregor, Smith, Myron A

“…ABSTRACT We investigate the short-term optical variability of two γ Cas analogues,  πAqr and BZ Cru, thanks to intensive ground-based spectroscopic and…”
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Spectrophotometric-Based Assay to Quantify Relative Enzyme-Mediated Degradation of Commercially Available Bioplastics by Hoekstra, Matthew, Smith, Myron L

“…We present a spectrophotometric-based assay to identify enzymes that degrade commercially available bioplastics. Bioplastics comprise aliphatic polyesters with…”
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The antifungal eugenol perturbs dual aromatic and branched-chain amino acid permeases in the cytoplasmic membrane of yeast by Darvishi, Emad, Omidi, Mansoor, Bushehri, Ali Akbar Shahnejat, Golshani, Ashkan, Smith, Myron L

“…Eugenol is an aromatic component of clove oil that has therapeutic potential as an antifungal drug, although its mode of action and precise cellular target(s)…”
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Compost teas provide reduction of grey mould (Botrytis cinerea Pers.) on tomato plants by Bakker, Charlotte, Popescu, Irina, Schott, Hannah, Smith, Myron L., Avis, Tyler J.

“…Compost teas are watery fermented extracts with proven suppressive effects against plant pathogens. Compost teas were prepared from six different compost…”
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Three discoveries of γ Cas analogues from dedicated XMM–Newton observations of Be stars by Nazé, Yaël, Motch, Christian, Rauw, Gregor, Kumar, Shami, Robrade, Jan, Lopes de Oliveira, Raimundo, Smith, Myron A, Torrejón, José M

“…ABSTRACT In the last years, a peculiarity of some Be stars – their association with unusually hard and intense X-ray emission – was shown to extend beyond a…”
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Clonal evolution and genome stability in a 2500-year-old fungal individual by Anderson, James B, Bruhn, Johann N, Kasimer, Dahlia, Wang, Hao, Rodrigue, Nicolas, Smith, Myron L

“…Individuals of the basidiomycete fungus Armillaria are well known for their ability to spread from woody substrate to substrate on the forest floor through the…”
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Microbial inhibitors of the fungus Pseudogymnoascus destructans, the causal agent of white-nose syndrome in bats by Micalizzi, Emma W, Mack, Jonathan N, White, George P, Avis, Tyler J, Smith, Myron L

“…Pseudogymnoascus destructans, the fungus that causes white-nose syndrome in hibernating bats, has spread across eastern North America over the past decade and…”
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gPhoton: THE GALEX PHOTON DATA ARCHIVE by Million, Chase, Fleming, Scott W., Shiao, Bernie, Seibert, Mark, Loyd, Parke, Tucker, Michael, Smith, Myron, Thompson, Randy, White, Richard L.

“…ABSTRACT gPhoton is a new database product and software package that enables analysis of GALEX ultraviolet data at the photon level. The project's stand-alone,…”
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THE ORIGIN OF THE PUZZLING HARD X-RAY EMISSION OF γ CASSIOPEIAE by Motch, Christian, Oliveira, Raimundo Lopes de, Smith, Myron A.

“…ABSTRACT Massive B and Be stars produce X-rays from shocks in high-velocity winds with temperatures of a few million degrees and maximum X-ray luminosities of…”
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Microbial compost tea properties affect suppression of strawberry grey mould (Botrytis cinerea Pers.) by Barghouth, Zina, Khazzam, Emma, Ramlawi, Serine, Wong, Alex, Smith, Myron L., Avis, Tyler J.

“…Compost teas are aqueous filtrates of steeped composted materials, which can be applied to the phyllosphere or rhizosphere of plants. Compost teas possess…”
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Disruption of protein synthesis as antifungal mode of action by chitosan by Galván Márquez, Imelda, Akuaku, Jones, Cruz, Isabel, Cheetham, James, Golshani, Ashkan, Smith, Myron L.

“…The antimicrobial activity of chitosan has been acknowledged for more than 30years and yet its mode-of-action remains ambiguous. We analyzed chemical–genetic…”
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Octopamine receptor gene influences social grouping in the masked birch caterpillar by Yadav, Chanchal, Yack, Jayne E, Smith, Myron L

“…Abstract Objective Group-living plays a key role in the success of many insects, but the mechanisms underlying group formation and maintenance are poorly…”
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Experimental evolution of bet hedging under manipulated environmental uncertainty in Neurospora crassa by Graham, Jeffrey K., Smith, Myron L., Simons, Andrew M.

“…All organisms are faced with environmental uncertainty. Bet-hedging theory expects unpredictable selection to result in the evolution of traits that maximize…”
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Propionic acid disrupts endocytosis, cell cycle, and cellular respiration in yeast by Micalizzi, Emma W, Golshani, Ashkan, Smith, Myron L

“…Abstract Objective We previously identified propionic acid as a microbially-produced volatile organic compound with fungicidal activity against several…”
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