Informal beliefs and the social structure of science: the case of molecular genetics by David Alan French

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The informational aspects of direct-to-consumer genetic tests by Corin Egglestone

“…A minority reported a change in health anxiety, mainly but not exclusively a decrease, with mechanisms again identified. …”
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Genetic variation and differentiation among a native British and five migrant South Asian populations of the East Midlands (UK) based on CODIS forensic STR loci by Ella Jane Brearley, Puneetpal Singh, Jasvinder Singh Bhatti, Sarabjit Mastana

Subjects: “…South Asian…”
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Genetic analysis of CRHRA1 and CRHRA2 microsatellites and their association with rheumatoid arthritis in South Asian and Caucasian populations of the East Midlands, UK by Anant M. Ghelani, Sophia Steer, Sheila A. Fisher, Bhaneeta Mistry, Leslie Goh, Adrian C. Jones, Ash Samanta, Sarabjit Mastana

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Genomic diversity and differentiation of Alu insertion polymorphisms in a native British and four South Asian migrant populations by Rebekah Beaumont, Liz Akam, Puneetpal Singh, Jasvinder Singh Bhatti, Sarabjit Mastana

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Efficient optimisation of building design using a genetic algorithm by Ali F. Alajmi

“…Whereas for the constrained problem, eight sets of parameters were evaluated. Again the experiments were requiring a further 60,000 trial simulations. …”
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Paraoxonase 1 gene polymorphisms (Q192R and L55M) are associated with coronary artery disease susceptibility in Asian Indians by Sumanpreet Kaur, Gurjit Kaur Bhatti, Rajesh Vijayvergiya, Puneetpal Singh, Sarabjit Mastana, Rupinder Tewari, Jasvinder Singh Bhatti

Subjects: “…Genetics not elsewhere classified…”
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ENPP1 K121Q functional variant enhances susceptibility to insulin resistance and dyslipidemia with metabolic syndrome in Asian Indians by Gurjit Kaur Bhatti, Sumanpreet Kaur, Rajesh Vijayergiya, Sanjay Kumar Bhadada, Sarabjit Mastana, Bhupinder Singh, Jasvinder Singh Bhatti

Subjects: “…Genetics not elsewhere classified…”
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Genetic analysis of common variants of MMPs and their involvement in Rheumatoid Arthritis in the East Midlands, UK by C. McMullan, Monika Dowejko, Nick Cox, Anant M. Ghelani, Liz Akam, Ash Samanta, Sarabjit Mastana

“…South Asians showed a significant doubling of RA risk with a total genetic risk score of three or more. …”
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Occurrence and genetic characteristics of mcr-1-positive colistin-resistant E. coli from poultry environments in Bangladesh by Mohammed Badrul Amin, Ajrin Sultana Sraboni, Muhammed Iqbal Hossain, Subarna Roy, TIM Amin Uddin Mozmader, Leanne Unicomb, Emily Rousham, Mohammad Aminul Islam

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Most of the extant mtDNA boundaries in South and Southwest Asia were likely shaped during the initial settlement of Eurasia by anatomically modern humans by Mait Metspalu, Toomas Kivisild, Ene Metspalu, Juri Parik, Georgi Hudjashov, Katrin Kaldma, Piia Serk, Monika Karmin, Doron M. Behar, M. Thomas P. Gilbert, Phillip Endicott, Sarabjit Mastana, Surinder S. Papiha, Karl Skorecki, Antonio Torroni, Richard Villems

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Genetic risk scores for the determination of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in North India by Lisa Mitsuko Shitomi-Jones, Liz Akam, David Hunter, Puneetpal Singh, Sarabjit Mastana

“…Background: Globally, type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is one of the fastest-growing noncommunicable multifactorial and polygenic diseases, which leads to many health complications and significant morbidity and mortality. South Asians have a high genetic predisposition to T2DM, with India being home to one in six diabetics. …”
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Genetic analysis of eight candidate genes in South Asian and Caucasian rheumatoid arthritis patients of the East Midlands by Anant M. Ghelani

“…RA is a complex polygenic and multifactorial disease and has not been analysed comprehensively among South Asians, specifically in the East Midlands. Two genetic approaches were used; case-control and sib-TDT analyses. …”
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Genetic scores of ENOS, ACE and VEGFA genes are predictive of endothelial dysfunction associated osteoporosis in postmenopausal women by Puneetpal Singh, Monica Singh, Rubanpal Khinda, Srishti Valecha, Nitin Kumar, Surinderpal Singh, Pawan K Juneja, Taranpal Kaur, Sarabjit Mastana

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Effect of obesity-linked FTO rs9939609 variant on physical activity and dietary patterns in physically active men and women by Nathan R. West, James L. Dorling, Alice Thackray, Nicola C. Hanson, Samantha E. Decombel, David Stensel, Stuart J. Grice

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Emulsion copolymerization of styrene and butyl acrylate in the presence of a chain transfer agent. Part 1: modelling and experimentation of batch and fedbatch processes by Brahim Benyahia, M. Abderrazak Latifi, Christian Fonteix, Fernand Pla, Saci Nacef

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On the application of 'seeding' techniques in the primary separation of plasmid DNA from neutralised E-coli lysates by Eirini Theodosiou, Owen R.T. Thomas

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Whole life cost methods for computer systems by Malcolm Bradley

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Analysis of a complete DNA-protein affinity landscape by William Rowe, Mark Platt, David C. Wedge, Philip J.R. Day, Douglas B. Kell, Joshua Knowles

“…Properties of biological fitness landscapes are of interest to a wide sector of the life sciences, from ecology to genetics to synthetic biology. For biomolecular fitness landscapes, the information we currently possess comes primarily from two sources: sparse samples obtained from directed evolution experiments; and more fine-grained but less authentic information from ‘in silico’ models (such as NK-landscapes). …”
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M13 bacteriophage-activated superparamagnetic beads for affinity separation by Julien Muzard, Mark Platt, Gil U. Lee

“…The growth of the biopharmaceutical industry has created a demand for new technologies for the purification of genetically engineered proteins. The efficiency of large-scale, highgradient magnetic fishing could be improved if magnetic particles offering higher binding capacity and magnetization were available. …”
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Is the endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) gene a susceptibility gene for coronary artery disease, hypertension and type 2 diabetes among North Indian populations? by Jacqueline S. Fitt

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A review of resilience within the UK food manufacturing sector by James Colwill, Stella Despoudi, Ran Bhamra

“…Research on food security and resilience has focused primarily on improving production of traditional crops and livestock (agriculture, crop science, genetics etc.). However significant losses occur after this initial production phase during storage, transportation, processing and preparation. …”
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Association analysis of TNFR2, VDR, A2M, GSTT1, GSTM1, and ACE genes with rheumatoid arthritis in South Asians and Caucasians of East Midlands in the United Kingdom by Anant M. Ghelani, Ash Samanta, Adrian C. Jones, Sarabjit Mastana

“…Genetic associations of TNFR2, VDR (Bsm I and Fok I), A2M, GSTT , GSTM and ACE in South Asian and Caucasian patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) were assessed in this study. …”
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Early apoptosis of porcine alveolar macrophages limits avian influenza virus replication and pro-inflammatory dysregulation by Pengxiang Chang, Suresh V. Kuchipudi, Kenneth H. Mellits, Sujith Sebastian, Joe James, Jinhua Liu, Holly Shelton, Kin-Chow Chang

“…Although porcine AM (PAM) are crucial in influenza virus control, their mode of control is unclear. To gain insight into the possible role of PAM in the mediation of avian influenza virus resistance, we compared the host effects and replication of two avian (H2N3 and H6N1) and three mammalian (swine H1N1, human H1N1 and pandemic H1N1) influenza viruses in PAM. …”
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Designing multi-period supply chain network considering risk and emission: a multi-objective approach by Ravi Shankar Kumar, Alok Choudhary, Soudagar A. K. Irfan Babu, Sri K. Kumar, A. Goswami, Manoj K. Tiwari

“…This research formulates a multi-objective problem (MOP) for supply chain network (SCN) design by incorporating the issues of social relationship, carbon emissions, and supply chain risks such as disruption and opportunism. …”
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Life-cycle maintenance of deteriorating structures by multi-objective optimization involving reliability, risk, availability, hazard and cost by Giorgio Barone, Dan M. Frangopol

“…When aging phenomena have significant effects on the life-cycle performance of the structure, it becomes essential to perform actions to maintain or improve structural safety, in agreement with the system requirements and available funds. Various optimization methods and performance indicators have been proposed for the determination of optimal maintenance plans for simple and complex systems. …”
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A carbon market sensitive optimization model for integrated forward–reverse logistics by Alok Choudhary, Sagar Sarkar, Srikar Settur, Manoj K. Tiwari

“…Globalized supply chains, volatile energy and material prices, increased carbon regulations and competitive marketing pressure for environmental sustainability are driving supply chain decision makers to reduce carbon emissions. …”
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Pedestrian safety in an automated driving environment: calibrating and evaluating the responsibility-sensitive safety model by Xuesong Wang, Caiyang Ye, Mohammed Quddus, Andrew Morris

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Endogamy, consanguinity and the health implications of changing marital choices in the UK Pakistani community by Neil Small, Alan H. Bittles, Emily Petherick, John Wright

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In-network database query processing for wireless sensor networks by Noura Y.S. Al-Hoqani

“…The system considers a graph-based network structure, evaluates multiple query execution plans, and selects the best plan with the lowest cost obtained from an energy consumption model. …”
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Trans-ancestral genome-wide association study of longitudinal pubertal height growth and shared heritability with adult health outcomes by JP Bradfield, RL Kember, A Ulrich, Z Balkiyarova, A Alyass, IM Aris, JA Bell, KA Broadaway, Z Chen, JF Chai, NM Davies, D Fernandez-Orth, M Bustamante, R Fore, A Ganguli, A Heiskala, JJ Hottenga, C Íñiguez, S Kobes, J Leinonen, E Lowry, LP Lyytikainen, A Mahajan, N Pitkänen, TM Schnurr, CT Have, DP Strachan, E Thiering, S Vogelezang, KH Wade, CA Wang, A Wong, LA Holm, A Chesi, C Choong, M Cruz, P Elliott, S Franks, C Frithioff-Bøjsøe, WJ Gauderman, JT Glessner, V Gilsanz, K Griesman, RL Hanson, M Kaakinen, H Kalkwarf, A Kelly, J Kindler, M Kähönen, C Lanca, J Lappe, NR Lee, S McCormack, FD Mentch, JA Mitchell, N Mononen, H Niinikoski, E Oken, K Pahkala, X Sim, YY Teo, LJ Baier, T van Beijsterveldt, LS Adair, DI Boomsma, E de Geus, M Guxens, JG Eriksson, JF Felix, FD Gilliland, PM Biobank, T Hansen, Rebecca Hardy, MF Hivert, JC Holm, VWV Jaddoe, MR Järvelin, T Lehtimäki, DA Mackey, D Meyre, KL Mohlke, J Mykkänen, S Oberfield, CE Pennell, JRB Perry, O Raitakari, F Rivadeneira, SM Saw, S Sebert, JA Shepherd, M Standl, TIA Sørensen, NJ Timpson, M Torrent, G Willemsen, E Hypponen, C Power, MI McCarthy, RM Freathy, E Widén

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Unity in diversity: An overview of the genomic anthropology of India by Sarabjit Mastana

“…As a result, interpretations of the origins and affinities of Indian populations as well as health and disease conditions require complex and sophisticated genetic analysis. …”
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The effect of exercise on endothelial function and cardiovascular disease risk markers in South Asians and white Europeans by Matthew Roberts

“…People of Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Sri Lankan, Nepalese, Bhutanese,and Burmese heritage are collectively called South Asians (SAs). South Asians contribute the highest proportion of the global cardiovascular disease (CVD) burden compared with other ethnic groups. …”
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An integrated block based motion estimation framework for video applications by Harish Bhaskar

“…We also present a novel extension to the 2D affine genetic algorithm combination for handling specific 3D rotational changes to blocks. …”
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Key body pose detection and movement assessment of fitness performances by Pablo Fernandez de Dios

“…A multi-class, multi-target machine learning classifier is trained with features extracted from previous motion alignment. …”
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Coverage-guided testing for recurrent neural networks by Wei Huang, Youcheng Sun, Xingyu Zhao, James Sharp, Wenjie Ruan, Jie Meng, Xiaowei Huang

“…Their vulnerability to input perturbation is also known. Aligning with a view from software defect detection, this article aims to develop a coverage-guided testing approach to systematically exploit the internal behavior of RNNs, with the expectation that such testing can detect defects with high possibility. …”
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Mimicking exercise in three-dimensional bioengineered skeletal muscle to investigate cellular and molecular mechanisms of physiological adaptation by Andreas M. Kasper, Daniel C. Turner, Neil Martin, Adam Sharples

“…Bioengineering of skeletal muscle in-vitro in order to produce highly aligned myofibres in relevant three dimensional (3D) matrices have allowed scientists to model the in-vivo skeletal muscle niche. …”
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