The role that the human microbiome and metabolome may play in health and disease is well established. To date however, research focus has centred on the human gut microbiome. The microbiome of the respiratory tract has ...

In this article, the author presents a reflection on the practice of directing the first performances of a Barker text, The Forty (Few Words), for performance by final year undergraduates. In doing so, he extends the formal ...

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We describe an extension of the ht://Dig robot-based internet indexing and search engine to include the retrieval of information included in a variety of molecular data formats as defined by chemical MIME types. This is ...

The White River Ash, a prominent stratigraphic marker bed in Alaska (USA) and Yukon (Canada), consists of multiple compositional units belonging to two geochemical groups. The compositional units are characterized using ...

This paper describes the application of the receptor density algorithm, an artificial immune system, as used to detect chemicals from data provided by various spectrometers. The system creates chemical signatures which are ...

We describe how a collection of documents expressed in XML-conforming languages such as CML and XHTML can be authenticated and validated against digital signatures which make use of established X.509 certificate technology. ...

Recent studies have illustrated the effects of cis-9,trans-11 conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) on human health. Ruminant-derived meat, milk and dairy products are the predominant sources of cis-9,trans-11 CLA in the human ...

Postpartum infections of the endometrium and metritis are common causes of delayed conception and infertility in cattle. These infections are characterized by inflammation of the endometrium and secretion of the chemokine ...