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Fresh living Arthrospira as dietary supplements: Current status and challenges
(Elsevier, 2019-04-21)Background Arthrospira (Spirulina) spp. has long been consumed as a dietary supplement that provides rich natural nutrients consisting of 60–70% proteins including essential amino acids, vitamins, and some minerals. The ... -
A novel training-free method for real-time prediction of femoral strain
(Elsevier, 2019-02-12)Surrogate methods for rapid calculation of femoral strain are limited by the scope of the training data. We compared a newly developed training-free method based on the superposition principle (Superposition Principle ... -
α-lipoic acid regulate growth, antioxidant status and lipid metabolism of Chinese mitten crab Eriocheir sinensis: Optimum supplement level and metabonomics response
(Elsevier, 2019-03-16)The α-lipoic acid (α-LA) is a novel feed additive to improve growth, antioxidant capacity and lipid metabolism in animal husbandry. In this study, isonitrogenous and isoenergetic diets were formulated at seven levels of ... -
Inter-sample contamination detection using mixture deconvolution comparison
(Elsevier, 2019-02-26)A recent publication has provided the ability to compare two mixed DNA profiles and consider their probability of occurrence if they do, compared to if they do not, have a common contributor. This ability has applications ... -
A fully continuous system of DNA profile evidence evaluation that can utilise STR profile data produced under different conditions within a single analysis
(Elsevier, 2017-09-08)The introduction of probabilistic DNA interpretation systems has made it possible to evaluate many profiles that previously (under a manual interpretation system) were not. These probabilistic systems have been around for ... -
Methods for analysis of glass in glass-containing gunshot residue (gGSR) particles
(Elsevier, 2019-03-16)When lead, barium and antimony, or lead, barium, calcium, silicon and tin are found together in particles associated with a shooting investigation they are considered characteristic of gunshot residue (GSR). Antimony and ... -
The impact of foliar applied zinc fertilizer on zinc and phytate accumulation in dorsal and ventral grain sections of four thai rice varieties with different grain zinc
(Elsevier, 2017-09-15)This study investigated the effect of foliar applied zinc (Zn) on the distribution of Zn and phytate in rice grain between four Thai rice varieties that differ in grain Zn. Foliar Zn application at 0.5% ZnSO4 was applied ... -
Analysis of the South Australian Aboriginal population using the Global AIMs Nano ancestry test
(Elsevier, 2019-03-23)We investigate the ability of the 31 SNP loci in the Global AIMs Nano set to distinguish self-declared Australian Aboriginal individuals from European, Oceanic, African, Native American and East Asian populations. Human ... -
Creating the first national linked dataset on perinatal and maternal outcomes in Australia: Methods and challenges
(Elsevier, 2019-03-16)Background Data linkage offers a powerful mechanism for examining healthcare outcomes across populations and can generate substantial robust datasets using routinely collected electronic data. However, it presents ... -
Sudden natural death behind the wheel: Review of driver deaths and fitness to drive assessment history in Victoria, Australia 2012–2013
(Elsevier, 2019-02-20)This study reviews the circumstances and medical causes of death of motor vehicle drivers who died in circumstances of sudden illness whilst behind the wheel in Victoria, Australia 2012-13. The driver's fitness to drive ... -
The efficacy of DNA mixture to mixture matching
(Elsevier, 2019-03-30)Standard practice in forensic science is to compare a person of interest’s (POI) reference DNA profile with an evidence DNA profile and calculate a likelihood ratio that considers propositions including and excluding the ... -
Field assessment of microbial inoculants to control Rhizoctonia root rot on wheat
(Elsevier, 2019-02-26)Rhizoctonia root rot caused by Rhizoctonia solani AG8 is a major disease in dryland cereal crops. Previous research identified a suite of microbes using in planta bioassay screening that are effective as seed-coated ... -
Cryptic lineage differentiation among Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) in the northwest Indian Ocean
(Elsevier, 2017-12-30)Phylogeography can provide insight into the potential for speciation and identify geographic regions and evolutionary processes associated with species richness and evolutionary endemism. In the marine environment, highly ... -
Twenty six new species of Leioproctus (Colletellus): Australian Neopasiphaeinae, all but one with two submarginal cells (Hymenoptera, Colletidae, Leioproctus)
(Pensoft, 2018-12-31)Twenty six new species of Australian Leioproctus (subgenus Colletellus) (Hymenoptera, Colletidae) are described: aberrans Leijs, sp. n., alatus Leijs, sp. n., albipilosus Leijs, sp. n., albiscopis Leijs, sp. n., aliceafontanus ... -
Chromosomal instability causes sensitivity to protein folding stress and ATP depletion
(The Company of Biologists Ltd, 2018-10-16)Aneuploidy – having an unbalanced genome – is poorly tolerated at the cellular and organismal level. It gives rise to proteotoxic stress as well as a stereotypical oxidative shift which makes these cells sensitive to ... -
Specific MHC class I supertype associated with parasite infection and color morph in a wild lizard population
(Wiley, 2018-09-17)The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) is a large gene family that plays a central role in the immune system of all jawed vertebrates. Nonavian reptiles are underrepresented within the MHC literature and little is ... -
Spatiotemporal use predicts social partitioning of bottlenose dolphins with strong home range overlap
(Wiley, 2018-12-11)Ranging behaviour and temporal patterns of individuals are known to be fundamental sources of variation in social networks. Spatiotemporal dynamics can both provide and inhibit opportunities for individuals to associate, ... -
Development of immune functionality in larval and juvenile crimson snapper Lutjanus erythropterus (Bloch 1790)
(Elsevier, 2018-03-07)Ontogenetic development of the immune system in crimson snapper (Lutjanus erythropterus Bloch 1790) larvae was histologically and enzymatically studied from hatch to 36 days post-hatch (DPH). Primitive hepatopancreas ... -
Population Connectivity of the Highly Migratory Shortfin Mako (Isurus oxyrinchus Rafinesque 1810) and Implications for Management in the Southern Hemisphere
(Frontiers, 2018-11-20)In this paper we combine analyses of satellite telemetry and molecular data to investigate spatial connectivity and genetic structure among populations of shortfin mako (Isurus oxyrinchus) in and around Australian waters, ... -
Skeletal Ontogeny and Anomalies in Larval and Juvenile Crimson Snapper, Lutjanus erythropterus Bloch, 1790
(ResearchersLinks, 2018-04-05)Skeletal anomalies in farmed fish affect animal welfare and economic return in aquaculture but very limited information exists on skeletal ontogeny and anomalies among species of the family Lutjanidae. This study describes ...