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  • Functional insights from an exploration of the inner structure of the patella : new perspectives for the study of the hominin fossil record 
    Cazenave, Marine (Société d'Anthropologie de Paris, 2022)
    This contribution is a short review of the functional significance of the patella in extant catarrhines and extinct hominins and of current functional, adaptive and evolutionary- related questions concerning the fossil ...
  • Functional investigation of five R2R3-MYB transcription factors associated with wood development in Eucalyptus using DAP-seq-ML 
    Takawira, Lazarus Tichararama; Bachir, Ines Hadj; Ployet, Raphael; Tulloch, Jade; Clemente, Helene San; Christie, Nanette; Ladouce, Nathalie; Dupas, Annabelle; Rai, Avanish; Grima-Pettenati, Jacqueline; Myburg, Alexander Andrew; Mizrachi, Eshchar; Mounet, Fabien; Hussey, Steven Grant (Springer, 2023-10)
    A multi-tiered transcriptional network regulates xylem differentiation and secondary cell wall (SCW) formation in plants, with evidence of both conserved and lineage-specific SCW network architecture. We aimed to elucidate ...
  • Functional mechanisms underlying pleiotropic risk alleles at the 19p13.1 breast-ovarian cancer susceptibility locus 
    Lawrenson, Kate; Kar, Siddhartha; McCue, Karen; Kuchenbaeker, Karoline; Michailidou, Kyriaki; Tyrer, Jonathan; Beesley, Jonathan; Ramus, Susan J.; Li, Qiyuan; Delgado, Melissa K.; Lee, Janet M.; Aittomaki, Kristiina; Andrulis, Irene L.; Anton-Culver, Hoda; Arndt, Volker; Arun, Banu K.; Arver, Brita; Bandera, Elisa V.; Barile, Monica; Barkardottir, Rosa B.; Barrowdale, Daniel; Beckmann, Matthias W.; Benitez, Javier; Berchuck, Andrew; Bisogna, Maria; Bjorge, Line; Blomqvist, Carl; Blot, William; Bogdanova, Natalia; Bojesen, Anders; Bojesen, Stig E.; Bolla, Manjeet K.; Bonanni, Bernardo; Borresen-Dale, Anne-Lise; Brauch, Hiltrud; Brennan, Paul; Brenner, Hermann; Bruinsma, Fiona; Brunet, Joan; Buhari, Shaik Ahmad; Burwinkel, Barbara; Butzow, Ralf; Buys, Saundra S.; Cai, Qiuyin; Caldes, Trinidad; Canniotto, Rikki; Chang-Claude, Jenny; Chiquette, Jocelyne; Choi, Ji-Yeob; Claes, Kathleen B.M.; GEMO Study Collaborators; Campbell, Ian; Cook, Linda S.; Cox, Angela; Cramer, Daniel W.; Cross, Simon S.; Cybulski, Cezary; Czene, Kamila; Daly, Mary B.; Damiola, Francesca; Dansonka-Mieszkowskaÿÿ, Agnieszka; Darabi, Hatef; Dennis, Joe; Devilee, Peter; Diez, Orland; Doherty, Jennifer A.; Domchek, Susan M.; Dorfling, Cecilia Maria; Dork, Thilo; Dumont, Martine; Ehrencrona, Hans; Ejlertsen, Bent; Ellis, Steve; EMBRACE; Engel, Christoph; Lee, Eunjung; Evans, D. Gareth; Fasching, Peter A.; Feliubadalo, Lidia; Figueroa, Jonine; Flesch-Janys, Dieter; Fletcher, Olivia; Flyger, Henrik; Foretova, Lenka; Fostira, Florentia; Foulkes, William D.; Fridley, Brooke L.; Friedman, Eitan; Frost, Debra; Gambino, Gaetana; Garber, Judy; Garcıa-Closas, Montserrat; Gentry-Maharaj, Aleksandra; Ghoussaini, Maya; Giles, Graham G.; Glasspool, Rosalind; Godwin, Andrew K.; Goldberg, Mark S.; Goldgar, David E.; Gonzalez-Neira, Anna; Goode, Ellen L.; Goodman, Marc T.; Greene, Mark H.; Gronwald, Jacek; Guenel, Pascal; Haiman, Christopher A.; Hall, Per; Hallberg, Emily; Hamann, Ute; Hansen, Thomas V.O.; Harrington, Patricia A.; Hartman, Mikael; Hassan, Norhashimah; Healey, Sue; The Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Research Group Netherlands (HEBON); Heitz, Florian; Herzog, Josef; Hogdall, Estrid; Hogdall, Claus K.; Hogervorst, Frans B.L.; Hollestelle, Antoinette; Hopper, John L.; Hulick, Peter J.; Huzarski, Tomasz; Imyanitov, Evgeny N.; KConFab Investigators; Australian Ovarian Cancer Study Group; Isaacs, Claudine; Ito, Hidemi; Jakubowska, Anna; Janavicius, Ramunas; Jensen, Allan; John, Esther M.; Johnson, Nichola; Kabisch, Maria; Kang, Daehee; Kapuscinski, Miroslav; Karlan, Beth Y.; Khan, Sofia; Kiemeney, Lambertus A.; Kjaer, Susanne Kruger; Knight, Julia A.; Konstantopoulou, Irene; Kosma, Veli-Matti; Kristensen, Vessela; Kupryjanczyk, Jolanta; Kwong, Ava; De la Hoya, Miguel; Laitman, Yael; Lambrechts, Diether; Le, Nhu; De Leeneer, Kim; Lester, Jenny; Levine, Douglas A.; Li, Jingmei; Lindblom, Annika; Long, Jirong; Lophatananon, Artitaya; Loud, Jennifer T.; Lu, Karen; Lubinski, Jan; Mannermaa, Arto; Manoukian, Siranoush; Le Marchand, Loic; Margolin, Sara; Marme, Frederik; Massuger, Leon F.A.G.; Matsuo, Keitaro; Mazoyer, Sylvie; McGuffog, Lesley; McLean, Catriona; McNeish, Iain; Meindl, Alfons; Menon, Usha; Mensenkamp, Arjen R.; Milne, Roger L.; Montagna, Marco; Moysich, Kirsten B.; Muir, Kenneth; Mulligan, Anna Marie; Nathanson, Katherine L.; Ness, Roberta B.; Neuhausen, Susan L.; Nevanlinna, Heli; Nord, Silje; Nussbaum, Robert L.; Odunsi, Kunle; Offit, Kenneth; Olopade, Olufunmilayo I.; Olson, Janet E.; Olswold, Curtis; O’Malley, David; Orlow, Irene; Orr, Nick; Osorio, Ana; Park, Sue Kyung; Pearce, Celeste L.; Pejovic, Tanja; Peterlongo, Paolo; Pfeiler, Georg; Phelan, Catherine M.; Poole, Elizabeth M.; Pylkas, Katri; Radice, Paolo; Rantala, Johanna; Rashid, Muhammad Usman; Rennert, Gad; Rhenius, Valerie; Rhiem, Kerstin; Risch, Harvey A.; Rodriguez, Guz; Rossing, Mary Anne; Rudolph, Anja; Salvesen, Helga B.; Sangrajrang, Suleeporn; Sawyer, Elinor J.; Schildkraut, Joellen M.; Schmidt, Marjanka K.; Schmutzler, Rita K.; Sellers, Thomas A.; Seynaeve, Caroline; Shah, Mitul; Shen, Chen-Yang; Shu, Xiao-Ou; Sieh, Weiva; Singer, Christian F.; Sinilnikova, Olga M.; Slager, Susan; Song, Honglin; Soucy, Penny; Southey, Melissa C.; Stenmark-Askmalm, Marie; Stoppa-Lyonnet, Dominique; Teo, Soo H.; Terry, Kathryn L.; Terry, Mary Beth; Thomassen, Mads; Tibiletti, Maria Grazia; Tihomirova, Laima; Tognazzo, Silvia; Toland, Amanda Ewart; Tomlinson, Ian; Torres, Diana; Truong, Therese; Tseng, Chiu-chen; Tung, Nadine; Tworoger, Shelley S.; Vachon, Celine; Van den Ouweland, Ans M.W.; Van Doorn, Helena C.; Jansen van Rensburg, Elizabeth; Van’t Veer, Laura J.; Vanderstichele, Adriaan; Vergote, Ignace; Vijai, Joseph; Wang, Qin; Wang-Gohrke, Shan; Weitzel, Jeffrey N.; Wentzensen, Nicolas; Whittemore, Alice S.; Wildiers, Hans; Winqvist, Robert; Wu, Anna H.; Yannoukakos, Drakoulis; Yoon, Sook-Yee; Yu, Jyh-Cherng; Zheng, Wei; Zheng, Ying; Khanna, Kum Kum; Simard, Jacques; Monteiro, Alvaro N.; French, Juliet D.; Couch, Fergus J.; Freedman, Matthew L.; Easton, Douglas F.; Dunning, Alison M.; Pharoah, Paul D.; Edwards, Stacey L.; Chenevix-Trench, Georgia; Antoniou, Antonis C.; Gayther, Simon A. (Nature Publishing Group, 2016-09-07)
    A locus at 19p13 is associated with breast cancer (BC) and ovarian cancer (OC) risk. Here we analyse 438 SNPs in this region in 46,451 BC and 15,438 OC cases, 15,252 BRCA1 mutation carriers and 73,444 controls and identify ...
  • Functional metagenomics unveils a multifunctional glycosyl hydrolase from the family 43 catalysing the breakdown of plant polymers in the calf rumen 
    Ferrer, Manuel; Ghazi, Azam; Beloqui, Ana; Vieites, Jose Marıa; Lopez-Cortes, Nieves; Marın-Navarro, Julia; Nechitaylo, Taras Y.; Guazzaroni, Marıa-Eugenia; Polaina, Julio; Waliczek, Agnes; Chernikova, Tatyana N.; Reva, Oleg N.; Golyshina, Olga V.; Golyshin, Peter N. (2012-06-25)
    Microbial communities from cow rumen are known for their ability to degrade diverse plant polymers at high rates. In this work, we identified 15 hydrolases through an activity-centred metagenome analysis of a fibre-adherent ...
  • Functional morphology of the ankle extensor muscle‐tendon units in the springhare Pedetes capensis shows convergent evolution with macropods for bipedal hopping locomotion 
    Veiga, Gabriela N.; Biewener, Andrew A.; Fuller, Andrea; Van de Ven, Tanja M.F.N.; McGowan, Craig P.; Panaino, Wendy; Snelling, Edward P. (Wiley, 2020-09)
    This study assesses the functional morphology of the ankle extensor muscle‐tendon units of the springhare Pedetes capensis, an African bipedal hopping rodent, to test for convergent evolution with the Australian bipedal ...
  • Functional niche partitioning occurs over body size but not nutrient reserves nor melanism in a polar Carabid beetle along an altitudinal gradient 
    Espel, Diane; Coux, Camille; Pertierra, Luis R.; Eymar-Dauphin, Pauline; Lembrechts, Jonas J.; Renault, David (MDPI, 2023-01)
    Phenotypic plasticity can favor the emergence of different morphotypes specialized in specific ranges of environmental conditions. The existence of intraspecific partitioning confers resilience at the species scale and ...
  • Functional outcomes and quality of life following complex tibial fractures treated with circular external fixation : a comparison between proximal, midshaft, and distal tibial fractures 
    Naude, Jaco; Manjra, Muhammad A.; Birkholt, Franz; Barnard, Annette-Christi; Tetsworth, Kevin; Glatt, Vaida; Hohmann, Erik (Jaypee Brothers Medical Publisher, 2021-01)
    AIM AND OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to compare clinical results following complex proximal, midshaft, and distal tibial fractures and investigate whether there are differences in outcomes between these ...
  • Functional outcomes of patients in ICU using the Chelsea Critical Care Physical Assessment tool : an integrative review 
    Tjale, Lebogang; Hanekom, Silmara G.; Mshunqane, Nombeko (AOSIS, 2023-11-16)
    BACKGROUND : Outcome measures can assess the change in the health status of a patient in an intensive care unit (ICU). The Chelsea Critical Care Physical Assessment (CPAx) tool is used to assess the functional outcomes ...
  • Functional outcomes of the failed plate fixation in distal tibial fractures salvaged by hexapod external fixator 
    Molepo, Maketo; Barnard, Annette-Christi; Birkholtz, Franz Friedrich; Tetsworth, Kevin; Glatt, Vaida; Hohmann, Erik (Springer, 2018-12)
    PURPOSE : The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical and functional outcomes of failed plate fixation in distal tibia fractures salvaged with hexapod circular fixators. MATERIALS AND METHODS : The database of ...
  • The functional potential of the rhizospheric microbiome of an invasive tree species, Acacia dealbata 
    Kamutando, Casper N.; Vikram, Surendra; Makhalanyane, Thulani Peter; Greve, Michelle; Le Roux, Johannes J.; Richardson, David M.; Cowan, Don A.; Valverde, Angel (Springer, 2019-01)
    Plant-microbe interactions mediate both the invasiveness of introduced plant species and the impacts that they have in invaded ecosystems. Although the phylogenetic composition of the rhizospheric microbiome of Acacia ...
  • Functional requirements for adding digital forensic readiness as a security component in IoT environments 
    Kebande, Victor Rigworo; Karie, Nickson M.; Venter, H.S. (Hein) (Indonesian Society for Knowledge and Human Development, 2018)
    For every contact made on a digital device, a trace is left behind; this means that every digital device contains some form of electronic evidence that may be associated to the behaviour of the users in a given environment. ...
  • Functional rescue of inactivating mutations of the human neurokinin 3 receptor using pharmacological chaperones 
    Anderson, Ross Calley; Hanyroup, Sharika; Song, Yong Bhum; Mohamed-Moosa, Zulfiah; Van den Bout, Iman; Schwulst, Alexis C.; Kaiser, Ursula B.; Millar, Robert P.; Newton, Claire L. (MDPI, 2022-04-21)
    G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) facilitate the majority of signal transductions across cell membranes in humans, with numerous diseases attributed to inactivating GPCR mutations. Many of these mutations result in ...
  • Functional response of the hypopharyngeal glands to a social parasitism challenge in Southern African honey bee subspecies 
    Langlands, Zoe; Du Rand, Esther Elizabeth; Yusuf, Abdullahi Ahmed; Pirk, Christian Walter Werner (Springer, 2022-01)
    Hypopharyngeal gland (HPG) development in honey bee workers is primarily age-dependent and changes according to the tasks performed in the colony. HPG activity also depends on colony requirements and is flexible in relation ...
  • Functional responses in the habitat selection of a generalist mega-herbivore, the African savannah elephant 
    Roever, Carrie Lynn; Van Aarde, Rudi J.; Leggett, K. (Wiley, 2012)
    Resource selection function (RSF) models are commonly used to quantify species/ habitat associations and predict species occurrence on the landscape. However, these models are sensitive to changes in resource availability ...
  • Functional responses of retaliatory killing versus recreational sport hunting of leopards in South Africa 
    Swanepoel, Lourens Hendrik; Somers, Michael J.; Dalerum, Fredrik (Public Library of Science, 2015-04-23)
    Predation strategies in response to altering prey abundances can dramatically influence the demographic effects of predation. Despite this, predation strategies of humans are rarely incorporated into quantitative assessments ...
  • Functional traits—not nativeness—shape the effects of large mammalian herbivores on plant communities 
    Lundgren, Erick J.; Bergman, Juraj; Trepel, Jonas; Le Roux, Elizabeth; Monsarrat, Sophie; Kristensen, Jeppe Aagaard; Pedersen, Rasmus Østergaard; Pereyra, Patricio; Tietje, Melanie; Svenning, Jens-Christian (American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2024-02)
    Large mammalian herbivores (megafauna) have experienced extinctions and declines since prehistory. Introduced megafauna have partly counteracted these losses yet are thought to have unusually negative effects on plants ...
  • Functional urban schools amid dysfunctional settings : lessons from South Africa 
    Mawdsley, Ralph D.; Bipath, Keshni; Mawdsley, James L. (SAGE, 2014-05)
    Similar to Dickens’s Tale of Two Cities, this research study is about a tale of two schools. The first type of school is a dysfunctional school. Dysfunctional schools are schools in a state of chaos (Shipengrower & Conway, ...
  • Functionality of maize, wheat, teff and cassava starches with stearic acid and xanthan gum 
    Maphalla, Thabelang Gladys; Emmambux, Mohammad Naushad (Elsevier, 2016-01)
    Consumer concerns to synthetic chemicals have led to strong preference for ‘clean’ label starches. Lipidand hydrocolloids are food friendly chemicals. This study determines the effects of stearic acid and xan-than gum alone ...
  • Functionality of the storage proteins in gluten-free cereals and pseudocereals in dough systems 
    Taylor, J.R.N. (John Reginald Nuttall); Taylor, Janet; Campanella, Osvaldo H.; Hamaker, Bruce R. (Elsevier, 2016-01)
    The dough functionality of the storage proteins in “gluten-free” grains has been studied for almost 25 years. Zein, maize prolamin, when isolated as a-zein can form a wheat gluten-like visco-elastic dough when mixed with ...
  • Functionalized graphene foam as electrode for improved electrochemical storage 
    Bello, Abdulhakeem; Fabiane, Mopeli; Momodu, Damilola Y.; Khamlich, Saleh; Dangbegnon, Julien K.; Manyala, Ncholu I. (Springer, 2014-09)
    We report on a non-covalent functionalization of graphene foam (GF) synthesized via chemical vapour deposition (CVD). The GF was treated with pyrene carboxylic acid (PCA) which acted as a source of oxygen and/or ...