Life Sciences

Smith, L., Thomas, E.L., Bell, J.D. and Hamer, M. 2014. The association between objectively measured sitting and standing with body composition: a pilot study using magnetic resonance imaging. BMJ Open. 4 (6) e005476. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2014-005476

Pilkington, K. and CAM-Cancer Consortium 2014. Artemisia absinthium. CAM-Cancer Database National Information Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NIFAB).

Nunn, A.V.W., Guy, G.W. and Bell, J.D. 2014. The intelligence paradox; will ET get the metabolic syndrome? Lessons from and for Earth. Nutrition and Metabolism. 11, p. 34. https://doi.org/10.1186/1743-7075-11-34

Moir, F. 2014. Heuristics of learning. 45th TCM Kongress. Rothenburg, Germany May 2014

Moir, F. 2014. Clinical reasoning. East Medicine Summer School 2014. University of Westminster, London Jul 2014

McEldowney, S. 2014. Meeting demand: water strategy, policy and legislation. in: Booth, C.A. and Charlesworth, S.M. (ed.) Water resources in the built environment: management issues and solutions Chichester Wiley. pp. 11-22

Kyazze, G. 2014. Biocatalysis for bioelectricity production. Keynote guest lecture presented at the New Horizons in Biocatalysis for Biomaterials Workshop for early career researchers holding a PhD. New Horizons in Biocatalysis for Biomaterials Workshop. Department of Bioengineering, Ege University, Turkey 8-12th April 2014

Keshavarz, T. 2014. Fermentation (industrial): control of fermentation conditions. in: Batt, C.A. and Tortorello, M.L. (ed.) Encyclopedia of food microbiology, 2nd ed., vol. 1 Academic Press. pp. 762-768

Iqbal, H.M.N., Kyazze, G., Tron, T. and Keshavarz, T. 2014. “One-pot” synthesis and characterisation of novel P(3HB)-ethyl cellulose based graft composites through lipase catalysed esterification. Polymer Chemistry. 24, pp. 7004-7012. https://doi.org/10.1039/C4PY00857J

Dowejko, M.M., Smith, C.L., Getting, S.J., Le Tissier, P. and Murray, J.F. 2014. The melanocortin system in the male reproductive axis. Endocrine Abstracts. 34, p. P338. https://doi.org/10.1530/endoabs.34.P338

Dowejko, M.M., Smith, C.L., Getting, S.J., Le Tissier, P. and Murray, J.F. 2014. Melanocortin receptor expression in the hypothalamo-pituitary-gonadal system of WT and MC3 null mice. International Congress of Neuroendocrinology 2014. Sydney 17-20 August 2014

Dowejko, M.M., Smith, C.L., Getting, S.J., Le Tissier, P. and Murray, J.F. 2014. Melanocortin 3 receptors (MC3) exert anti-inflammatory effects in mouse testicular inflammation by reducing nitric oxide (NO) release from Leydig cells. Society for Reproduction and Fertility Conference. EICC2, Edinburgh 1-2 September 2014

Cuthbertson, D.J., Weickert, M.O., Lythgoe, D., Sprung, V.S., Dobson, R., Shoajee-Moradie Fariba, Umpleby, A.M., Pfeiffer, A.F.H., Thomas, E.L., Bell, J.D., Jones, H. and Kemp, G.J. 2014. External validation of the fatty liver index and lipid accumulation product indices, using 1H-magnetic resonance spectroscopy, to identify hepatic steatosis in healthy controls and obese, insulin-resistant individuals. European Journal of Endocrinology. 171 (5), pp. 561-569. https://doi.org/10.1530/EJE-14-0112

Bodinham, C.L., Smith, L., Thomas, E.L., Bell, J.D., Swann Jonathan, Costabile, A., Russell-Jones, D., Umpleby, A.M. and Robertson, M.D. 2014. Efficacy of increased resistant starch consumption in human type 2 diabetes. Endocrine Connections. 3 (2), pp. 75-84. https://doi.org/10.1530/EC-14-0036

Basnett, P. 2014. Biosynthesis of polyhydroxyalkanoates, their novel blends and composites for biomedical applications. PhD thesis University of Westminster Faculty of Science and Technology https://doi.org/10.34737/8y9yx

Alzaid, F., Patel, V. and Preedy, V.R. 2014. Cardiovascular disease in aging and the role of oxidative stress. in: Preedy, V.R. (ed.) Aging: oxidative stress and dietary antioxidants Academic Press. pp. 23-36

McEldowney, J. and McEldowney, S. (ed.) 2014. Environmental regulation. Edward Elgar.

Rajendram, R., Preedy, V.R. and Patel, V. (ed.) 2014. Branched chain amino acids in clinical nutrition: volume 2. Humana Press.

Rajendram, R., Preedy, V.R. and Patel, V. (ed.) 2014. Branched chain amino acids in clinical nutrition: volume 1. Humana Press.

Zorzela, L., Golder, S., Liu, Y., Pilkington, K., Hartling, L., Joffe, A., Loke, Y. and Vohra, S. 2014. Quality of reporting in systematic reviews of adverse events: systematic review. British Medical Journal. 348, p. f7668. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.f7668

Opoku-Okrah, C., Gordge, M.P., Kweku Nakua, E., Abgenyega, T., Parry, M., Robertson, C.E. and Smith, C.L. 2014. An investigation of the protective effect of alpha+-thalassaemia against severe Plasmodium falciparum amongst children in Kumasi, Ghana. International Journal of Laboratory Haematology. 36 (1), pp. 62-70. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijlh.12122

Fernando, E., Keshavarz, T. and Kyazze, G. 2014. Complete degradation of the azo dye Acid Orange-7 and bioelectricity generation in an integrated microbial fuel cell, aerobic two-stage bioreactor system in continuous flow mode at ambient temperature. Bioresource Technology. 156, pp. 155-162. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2014.01.036

Adelaja, O., Keshavarz, T. and Kyazze, G. 2014. Enhanced biodegradation of phenanthrene using different inoculum types in a microbial fuel cell. Engineering in Life Sciences. 14 (2), pp. 218-228. https://doi.org/10.1002/elsc.201300089

Safari, M., Amache, R., Esmaeilishirazifard, E. and Keshavarz, T. 2014. Microbial metabolism of quorum-sensing molecules acyl-homoserine lactones, γ-heptalactone and other lactones. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 98 (8), pp. 3401-3412. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-014-5518-9

Frost, G.S., Sleeth Michelle, L., Sahuri-Arisoylu, Meliz, Lizarbe, Blanca, Cerdan, Sebastian, Brody, Leigh, Anastasovska, J., Ghourab, Samar, Hankir, M., Zhang Shuai, Carling, David, Swann, Jonathan, Gibson, G.R., Viardot, A., Morrison, Douglas, Thomas, E.L. and Bell, J.D. 2014. The short-chain fatty acid acetate reduces appetite via a central homeostatic mechanism. Nature Communications. 5 3611. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms4611

Fernando, E., Keshavarz, T. and Kyazze, G. 2014. External resistance as a potential tool for influencing azo dye reductive decolourisation kinetics in microbial fuel cells. International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation. 89, pp. 7-14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibiod.2013.12.011

Gale, C., Thomas, E.L., Jeffries, Suzan, Durighel, G., Logan, Karen M., Parkinson, J.R.C., Uthaya, S.N., Santhakumaran, S., Bell, J.D. and Modi, N. 2014. Adiposity and hepatic lipid in healthy full-term, breastfed, and formula-fed human infants: a prospective short-term longitudinal cohort study. American Journal of Clinical Nutition. 99 (5), pp. 1034-1040. https://doi.org/10.3945/ajcn.113.080200

Brock, C., Whitehouse, J., Tewfik, I. and Towell, A. 2014. American skullcap (Scutellaria lateriflora): a randomised, double-blind placebo-controlled crossover study of its effects on mood in healthy volunteers. Phytotherapy Research. 28 (5), pp. 692-698. https://doi.org/10.1002/ptr.5044

Scholtz, S., Miras, A.D., Chhina, N., Prechtl, C.G., Sleeth Michelle, L., Daud Norlida, M., Ismail Nurhafzan, Durighel, G., Ahmed, A.R., Olbers, T., Vincent, R.P., Alaghband-Zadeh, J., Ghatei, M.A., Waldman, A.D., Frost, G.S., Bell, J.D., le Roux, C.W. and Goldstone, A.P. 2014. Obese patients after gastric bypass surgery have lower brain-hedonic responses to food than after gastric banding. Gut. 63 (6), pp. 891-902. https://doi.org/10.1136/gutjnl-2013-305008

Koivula, R.W., Heggie, A., Barnett, A., Cederberg, H., Hansen, T.H., Koopman, A.D., Ridderstråle, M., Rutters, F., Vestergaard, H., Gupta, R., Herrgård, S., Heymans, M.W., Perry, M.H., Rauh, S., Siloaho, M., Teare, H.J.A., Thorand, B., Bell, J.D., Brunak, S., Frost, G.S., Jablonka, B., Mari, A., McDonald, T.J., Dekker, J.M., Hansen, T., Hattersley, A., Laakso, M., Pedersen, O., Koivisto, V., Ruetten, H., Walker, M., Pearson, E. and Franks, P.W. 2014. Discovery of biomarkers for glycaemic deterioration before and after the onset of type 2 diabetes: rationale and design of the epidemiological studies within the IMI DIRECT Consortium. Diabetologia. 57 (6), pp. 1132-1142. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00125-014-3216-x

Goldstone, A.P., Prechtl, C.G., Scholtz, S., Miras, A.D., Chhina, N., Durighel, G., Deliran, S.S., Beckmann, C., Ghatei, M.A., Ashby, D.R., Waldman, A.D., Gaylinn, B.D., Thorner, M.O., Frost, G.S., Bloom, S.R. and Bell, J.D. 2014. Ghrelin mimics fasting to enhance human hedonic, orbitofrontal cortex, and hippocampal responses to food. American Journal of Clinical Nutition. 99 (6), pp. 1319-1330. https://doi.org/10.3945/ajcn.113.075291

Daud Norlida, M., Ismail Nurhafzan, Thomas, E.L., Fitzpatrick, J., Swann Jonathan, Costabile, A., Pedersen, C., Frost, G.S., Bell, J.D., Childs, C.E. and Goldstone, A.P. 2014. The impact of oligofructose on stimulation of gut hormones, appetite regulation and adiposity. Obesity (Silver Spring). 22 (6), pp. 1430-1438. https://doi.org/10.1002/oby.20754

Conway, M.E., El Hindy, M., Hezwani, M., Hull, J., Corry, D., Mansbridge, A., Hassler, M., Patel, V., Kehoe, P.G., Love, S., Harris, M., Forshaw, T., Lee, C.S., El Amraoui, F. and Wilson, A. 2014. The branched-chain aminotransferase proteins: novel redox chaperones for protein disulfide isomerase: implications in Alzheimer’s disease. Antioxidants and Redox Signaling. 20 (16), pp. 2497-2513. https://doi.org/10.1089/ars.2012.4869

Kiss, T., Borsody, P., Terstyanszky, G., Winter, S., Greenwell, P., McEldowney, S. and Heindl, H. 2014. Large-scale virtual screening experiments on Windows Azure-based cloud resources. Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience. 26 (10), pp. 1760-1770. https://doi.org/10.1002/cpe.3113

Chilumuri, A., Markiv, A. and Milton, N.G.N. 2014. Immunocytochemical staining of endogenous nuclear proteins with the HIS-1 anti-poly-histidine monoclonal antibody: a potential source of error in His-tagged protein detection. Acta Histochemica. 116 (6), pp. 1022-1028. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acthis.2014.04.006

Adelaja, O., Kyazze, G. and Keshavarz, T. 2014. Effect of hydraulic retention time on the performance of a novel tubular MFC fed with petroleum hydrocarbons. New Biotechnology. 31, p. S98. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nbt.2014.05.1845

Iqbal, H.M.N., Kyazze, G., Tron, T. and Keshavarz, T. 2014. A preliminary study on the development and characterisation of enzymatically grafted P(3HB)-ethyl cellulose based novel composites. Cellulose. 21 (5), pp. 3613-3621. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-014-0337-9

Iqbal, H.M.N., Kyazze, G., Tron, T. and Keshavarz, T. 2014. Laccase-assisted grafting of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) onto the bacterial cellulose as backbone polymer: development and characterisation. Carbohydrate Polymers. 113, pp. 131-137. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbpol.2014.07.003

Granger, C.A., Polley, M.J., Pilkington, K. and Draper, A. 2013. Understanding the professional characteristics, needs and experience of nutritional therapy practitioners working with cancer patients. European Journal of Integrative Medicine. 5 (6), p. 579. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eujim.2013.08.018

Pilkington, K. 2013. Acupuncture therapy for psychiatric illness. International Review of Neurobiology. 111, pp. 197-216. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-411545-3.00010-9