Weeds are a major constraint to crop production, and are responsible for considerable yield losses in maize production systems throughout the world. Herbicides are widely used for weed control in maize production systems, but can have negative enviro...
The strain-hardening behavior and microstructural development of polycrystalline as-cast Mg-Zn-Y alloys with various volume fractions of the long-period stacking ordered (LPSO) phase subjected to cyclic loading were experimentally evaluated. For all ...
Designing new energy storage system is necessary for renewable energy development. With the large surface area and appropriate pore structure for good electrolyte wetting and rapid ionic motion, electric double layer capacitors (EDLC), as an ultracap...
The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of cereal soluble dietary fibres (SDFs), beta-glucans (BG) from oat and barley as well as arabinoxylans (AX) from wheat and rye, on the lipolysis of p-nitrophenyl laurate (p-NP laurate). p-NP laura...
DNA vaccines have many advantages such as thermostability and the ease and rapidity of manufacture; for example, in an influenza pandemic situation where rapid production of vaccine is essential. However, immunogenicity of DNA vaccines was shown to b...
Mitchell, M. D.;Scholz-Romero, K.;Reed, S.;Peiris, H. N.;Koh, Y. Q.;Meier, S.;Walker, C. G.;Burke, C. R.;Roche, J. R.;Rice, G.;Salomon, C. Cell-to-cell communication in physiological and pathological conditions may be influenced by neighboring cells, distant tissues, or local environmental factors. Exosomes are specific subsets of extracellular vesicles that internalize and deliver thei...
Patterns of hard coral cover and benthic composition were assessed at seven sites around Barrow Island in the Pilbara region of Western Australia between 2008 and 2013. While the per cent hard coral cover around Barrow Island was relatively stable be...
The C-4 photosynthetic pathway evolved to allow efficient CO2 capture by plants where effective carbon supply may be limiting as in hot or dry environments, explaining the high growth rates of C-4 plants such as maize. Important crops such as wheat a...
Pathogenic human viruses cause over half of gastroenteritis cases associated with recreational water use worldwide. They are difficult to concentrate from environmental waters due to low numbers and small sizes. Rapid enumeration of viruses by quanti...
