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Corrigendum: A database of marine phytoplankton abundance, biomass and species composition in Australian waters.

Davies, CH Coughlan, A Hallegraeff, G Ajani, P Armbrecht, L Atkins, N Bonham, P Brett, S Brinkman, R Burford, M Clementson, L Coad, P Coman, F Davies, D Dela-Cruz, J Devlin, M Edgar, S Eriksen, R Furnas, M Hassler, C Hill, D Holmes, M Ingleton, T Jameson, I Leterme, SC Lønborg, C McLaughlin, J McEnnulty, F McKinnon, AD Miller, M Murray, S Nayar, S Patten, R Pritchard, T Proctor, R Purcell-Meyerink, D Raes, E Rissik, D Ruszczyk, J Slotwinski, A Swadling, KM Tattersall, K Thompson, P Thomson, P Tonks, M Trull, TW Uribe-Palomino, J Waite, AM Yauwenas, R Zammit, A Richardson, AJ

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Anecdotes of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Qu, LF

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Antibiotic-specific differences in the response of Staphylococcus aureus to treatment with antimicrobials combined with manuka honey

Liu, M Lu, J Mueller, P Turnbull, L Burke, CM Schlothauer, RC Carter, DA Whitchurch, CB Harry, EJ

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Multidrug efflux pumps: The structures of prokaryotic ATP-binding cassette transporter efflux pumps and implications for our understanding of eukaryotic P-glycoproteins and homologues.

Kerr, I Jones, PM George, AM

One of the Holy Grails of ATP-binding cassette transporter research is a structural understanding of drug binding and transport in a eukaryotic multidrug resistance pump. These transporters are fro...

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Effects of ß2 Agonists, Corticosteroids, and Novel Therapies on Rhinovirus-Induced Cytokine Release and Rhinovirus Replication in Primary Airway Fibroblasts

Van Ly, D King, NJ Moir, LM Burgess, JK Black, JL Oliver, BG

Rhinovirus-(RV-) induced asthma exacerbations account for high asthma-related health costs and morbidity in Australia. The cellular mechanism underlying this pathology is likely the result of RV-in...

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Cigarette smoking and brain regulation of energy homeostasis.

Chen, H Saad, S Sandow, SL Bertrand, PP

Cigarette smoking is an addictive behavior, and is the primary cause of cardiovascular and pulmonary disease, and cancer (among other diseases). Cigarette smoke contains thousands of components tha...

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Stemming the tide: progress towards resolving the causes of decline and implementing management responses for the disappearing mammal fauna of northern Australia

Ziembicki, MR Woinarski, JCZ Webb, JK Vanderduys, E Tuft, K Smith, J Ritchie, EG Reardon, TB Radford, IJ Preece, N Perry, J Murphy, BP McGregor, H Legge, S Leahy, L Lawes, MJ Kanowski, J Johnson, CN James, A Griffiths, AD Gillespie, G Frank, ASK Fisher, A Burbidge, AA

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Assessing a potential electroencephalography based algorithm during a monotonous train driving task in train drivers

Jap, B Fischer, P Lal, S

Electroencephalography can be utilized to detect driver fatigue. One algorithm that shows promising results in detecting fatigue is the equation ((?+a)/ß). The current study observes the result of ...

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Life-history strategies in basal snakes: reproduction and dietary habits of the African thread snake Leptotyphlops scutifrons (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae)

Webb, JK Shine, R Branch, WR Harlow, PS

Information on the biology of 'primitive' blind snakes can help clarify the origin of ecological traits typical of 'higher' snakes. We examined and dissected 360 museum specimens to obtain informat...

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An Algorithm Based on the RGB Colour Model to Estimate Plant Chlorophyll and Nitrogen Contents

Ali, MM Al-Ani, A Eamus, D Tan, DK

Leaf colour gives a good indication of chlorophyll (Ch) and nitrogen (N)status in plants. In this paper we developed a new, easy to use and non-destructive diagnostic approach to detect plantCh and...

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