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Rapid and efficient quality control analysis of isolated mitochondria by interferometric light microscopy

VIEW, EarlyView.
Mitochrial transplantation is a promising therapy to restore energy in damaged cells, but it lacks fast and reliable methods to assess mitochondrial quality before use. In this study, we used a label‐free imaging technique called interferometric light microscopy to rapidly measure the size and concentration of isolated mitochondria.
Sabah Mozafari, Christopher Ribes, Dmitry Ayollo, Florence Gazeau, Amanda K. A. Silva, Kelly Aubertin   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

How weather got its words: a history of meteorological English – Part 1: Old English to the Age of Discovery

Weather, EarlyView.
The English language is a gargantuan, gluttonous beast. It has become extraordinary among its peers in its powers of assimilation – such that we rarely consider the diverse origins of the words we use. In this two‐part paper, we will explore these origins, including the Pontic‐Caspian steppe, the British Empire, latinophone scientists and a TV show. We
Kieran M. R. Hunt
wiley   +1 more source

Sesame & Sesame Oil Profile [PDF]

, 2018
NYS IPM Type: Minimum Risk PesticideSesame is an extensively grown food plant producing both edible seeds and oils. Various parts of the plant are used as pesticides.
Baker, Brian P., Grant, Jennifer A.
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Leukocyte profiles reveal sex and age differences in immune investment in a polygynous bat

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
Analysis of over 500 blood cell profiles, including repeat samples over four years, reveals that male bats from a long‐lived species with a polygynous mating system invest more in innate than adaptive immunity. Investment in innate immunity increases with age, as estimated by a DNA methylation clock and mark‐recapture data.
Gerald S. Wilkinson, Jillian A. Kaiser, Katherine N. Armenta, Ana S. G. Cunningham, Severine B. S. W. Hex, Alexis M. Lawson, Jack G. Rayner   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Dust Impact Monitor DIM Onboard Rosetta / Philae: Comparison of experimental Results and the Theory behind the Experiment [PDF]

, 2013
The Rosetta lander spacecraft Philae will land on the nucleus surface of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in November 2014. Philae is equipped with the Dust Impact Monitor (DIM).
Seidensticker, Klaus J., Sperl, M., Arnold, W., Sperl, Matthias, Arnold, Walter, Flandes, A., Krüger, H., Fischer, Hans­-Herbert, Flandes, Alberto, Fischer, H., Krueger, Harald, Hirn, Attila, Seidensticker, Klaus Jürgen, Loose, A., Loose, Alexander, Seidensticker, Klaus Juergen, Fischer, Hans-Herbert, Seidensticker, K., Krüger, Harald   +18 more
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Understanding Farmer Behaviour for Successful Climate Change Mitigation in Voluntary Initiatives

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Private and voluntary initiatives, such as voluntary carbon markets, can support public policies aimed at reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in agriculture. This study investigates the impact of behavioural factors (reluctance to change) and social dynamics (peer imitation) on the adoption of two mitigation practices on Swiss dairy and ...
Marta Tarruella, Robert Huber, Nadja El Benni, Gabriele Mack, David Schäfer, Robert Finger   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

‘From the Fields Into the Bars’: The Story of Israel's First Transgender Novel, The Cut (1977)

Gender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In 1977, an Israeli transgender woman, Judy Spotheim, published an autobiographical novel entitled The Cut. It describes the emergence of a trans community in the commercial‐sex areas of Tel Aviv‐Jaffa, hoping to humanise trans women (coccinelles). This article is the first to study the novel and present a biography of Spotheim.
Gil Engelstein, Iris Rachamimov
wiley   +1 more source

Masculinity, Prostitution, and the Imaginary Northwest in Chinese Travel Writings About Shanxi and Western Inner Mongolia, 1920–1949

Gender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article considers travel writings by metropolitan men in Republican China about Shanxi and western Inner Mongolia as a case study to further explore the transformations and continuities of Chinese masculinities. Drawing upon a range of popular travel narratives, it shows that so‐called “Worn‐Out Shoes (poxie)” – women perceived as ...
Amanda Zhang
wiley   +1 more source

Comparing Different Extraction Methods of Sesame Oil [PDF]

Sesame seed has the most oil compounds (%50), but all of its oil not extracts due to being difficult of extraction. The target of this review article is comparing different extraction method of sesame oil.
Kaviani, Mehdi/M, Tomovska, Julijana/J
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‘Fine Men from Afar’: Cricket and Empire on the Home Front

History, EarlyView.
Abstract During the Second World War, contrary to enduring images of bombardment and scarcity, people on Britain's ‘Home Front’ continued to take part in a broad array of sporting activities. Cricket played a more significant role in the wartime sporting landscape than many historians have previously recognized.
Michael Collins
wiley   +1 more source