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The nature of fracture permeability in the basement greywacke at Kawerau Geothermal Field, New Zealand
(Stanford University, 2012-01-30)The Mesozoic basement at Kawerau Geothermal Field comprises well indurated, inter-bedded sandstones and argillites with a complex structural history. These rocks have very low matrix porosity but nonetheless host both ... -
Nerve growth factor (NGF)-mediated regulation of p75(NTR) expression contributes to chemotherapeutic resistance in triple negative breast cancer cells
(Elsevier, 2016)Triple negative breast cancer [TNBC] cells are reported to secrete the neurotrophin nerve growth factor [NGF] and express its receptors, p75 neurotrophin receptor [p75(NTR)] and TrkA, leading to NGF-activated pro-survival ... -
Nerve Growth Factor in Cancer Cell Death and Survival
(MDPI, 2011-02)One of the major challenges for cancer therapeutics is the resistance of many tumor cells to induction of cell death due to pro-survival signaling in the cancer cells. Here we review the growing literature which shows that ... -
Nerve growth factor-mediated inhibition of apoptosis post-caspase activation is due to removal of active caspase-3 in a lysosome-dependent manner
(Nature Publishing Group, 2014-05-01)Nerve growth factor (NGF) is well characterised as an important pro-survival factor in neuronal cells that can inhibit apoptotic cell death upstream of mitochondrial outer membrane permeabilisation. Here we addressed the ... -
Neuronal cell death in neurodegenerative diseases: recurring themes around protein handling
(Wiley, 2008-06-27)Neuronal cell death plays a role in many chronic neurodegenerative diseases with the loss of particular subsets of neurons. The loss of the neurons occurs during a period of many years, which can make the mode(s) of cell ... -
Neurotrophins and B-cell malignancies
(Springer Verlag, 2015-09-23)Neurotrophins and their receptors act as important proliferative and pro-survival factors in a variety of cell types. Neurotrophins are produced by multiple cell types in both pro and mature forms, and can act in an autocrine ... -
A new era for homolytic aromatic substitution: replacing Bu3SnH with efficient light-induced chain reactions
(Royal Society of Chemistry, 2016-04-01)Herein is a pertinent review of recent photochemical homolytic aromatic substitution (HAS) literature. Issues with using the reductant Bu3SnH in an oxidative process where the net loss of a hydrogen atom occurs is discussed. ... -
New experimental insights into acetylene oxidation through novel ignition delay times, laminar burning velocities and chemical kinetic modelling
(Elsevier, 2018-08-03)The oxidation of acetylene is central to the oxidation of virtually all hydrocarbon fuels. It is also important for commercial industry, due to its wide range of applications such as flame photometry, atomic absorption, ... -
New Zealand geothermal power plants as critical facilities: an active fault avoidance study in the Wairakei Geothermal Field, New Zealand
(International Geothermal Association, 2015-04-19)Active faults in rifts commonly provide high crustal permeability and control geothermal fluid pathways. However, active faults can also pose surface deformation hazards to geothermal power plants and associated infrastructure. ... -
NHDC and PHDC: Non-propagating and propagating heat diffusion classifiers
(12th International Conference on Neural Information Processing, 2005)Abstract - By imitating the way that heat flows in a medium with a geometric structure, we propose two novel classification algorithms, Non-propagating Heat Diffusion Classifier (NHDC) and Propagating Heat Diffusion ... -
Non-invasive evaluation of skin tension lines with elastic waves
(Wiley, 2017-11-20)Background: Since their discovery by Karl Langer in the 19th Century, Skin Tension Lines (STLs) have been used by surgeons to decide the location and orientation of an incision. Although these lines are patient-specific, ... -
Non-principal surface waves in deformed incompressible materials
(Elsevier, 2005)The Stroh formalism is applied to the analysis of infinitesimal surface wave propagation in a statically, finitely and homogeneously deformed isotropic half-space. The free surface is assumed to coincide with one of the ... -
Noninvasive detection of nanoscale structural changes in cornea associated with cross-linking treatment
(Wiley, 2020-02-17)Corneal cross-linking (CXL) using ultraviolet-A (UVA) irradiation with a riboflavin photosensitizer has grown from an interesting concept to a practical clinical treatment for corneal ectatic diseases globally, such as ... -
Noninvasive measurement of local stress inside soft materials with programmed shear waves
(American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2023-03-08)Mechanical stresses across different length scales play a fundamental role in understanding biological systems¿ functions and engineering soft machines and devices. However, it is challenging to noninvasively probe local ... -
Nonlinear correction to the Euler buckling formula for compressed cylinders with guided-guided end conditions
(Springer, 2011-02)Euler's celebrated buckling formula gives the critical load N for the buckling of a slender cylindrical column with radius B and length L as N/([pi]^3 B^2 )=(E/4)(B/L)^2, where E is Young's modulus. Its derivation relies ... -
Nonlinear elastic vector solitons in hard-magnetic soft mechanical metamaterials
(Elsevier, 2023-07-14)We propose a design of a metamaterial for magnetically tunable propagation of nonlinear vector solitary waves. The metamaterial consists of a periodic array of units of hard-magnetic inclusion embedded in a soft matrix. ... -
Nonlinear Euler buckling
(Royal Society Publishing, 2008-11)The buckling of hyperelastic incompressible cylindrical tubes of arbitrary length and thickness under compressive axial load is considered within the framework of nonlinear elasticity. Analytical and numerical methods for ... -
Nonlinear response and axisymmetric wave propagation in functionally graded soft electro-active tubes
(Elsevier, 2020-10-02)Soft electro-active (SEA) materials can be designed and manufactured with gradients in their material properties, to modify and potentially improve their mechanical response in service. Here, we investigate the nonlinear ... -
Nonlinear transverse waves in deformed dispersive solids
(Elsevier, 2008)We present a phenomenological approach to dispersion in nonlinear elasticity. A simple, thermomechanically sound, constitutive model is proposed to describe the (non-dissipative) properties of a hyperelastic dispersive ... -
North Eastern Atlantic cephalopods stock assessment in a data limited framework Surplus Production in a Continuous Time (SPiCT): Annex1to WP.4.2deliverable
(Cephs and Chefs (Interreg Atlantic Area Community Engagement Publications), 2021)The lack of management leaves fishery resources vulnerable to increases in fishing pressure.Although some cephalopods are of commercial importance, most of Northeast Atlantic stocks are non-quota ...