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University of Queensland
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About: University of Queensland is a education organization based out in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Poison control. The organization has 51138 authors who have published 155721 publications receiving 5717659 citations. The organization is also known as: UQ & The University of Queensland.
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TL;DR: It is found that the majority of urban bird and plant species are native in the world's cities, with the most common being Columba livia and Poa annua and few plants and birds are cosmopolitan.
Abstract: Urbanization contributes to the loss of the world's biodiversity and the homogenization of its biota. However, comparative studies of urban biodiversity leading to robust generalities of the status and drivers of biodiversity in cities at the global scale are lacking. Here, we compiled the largest global dataset to date of two diverse taxa in cities: birds (54 cities) and plants (110 cities). We found that the majority of urban bird and plant species are native in the world's cities. Few plants and birds are cosmopolitan, the most common being Columba livia and Poa annua. The density of bird and plant species (the number of species per km2) has declined substantially: only 8% of native bird and 25% of native plant species are currently present compared with estimates of non-urban density of species. The current density of species in cities and the loss in density of species was best explained by anthropogenic features (landcover, city age) rather than by non-anthropogenic factors (geography, climate, topography). As urbanization continues to expand, efforts directed towards the conservation of intact vegetation within urban landscapes could support higher concentrations of both bird and plant species. Despite declines in the density of species, cities still retain endemic native species, thus providing opportunities for regional and global biodiversity conservation, restoration and education.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the lifecycle cost and carbon impacts of Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC) and geopolymers in an Australian context, with an identification of some key challenges for geopolymer development.
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TL;DR: In this article, a comparison of several density functional methods for calculating vibrational frequencies is reported, including the local S-VWN (LSDA) functional, the non-local B-LYP and B-VNN functionals, and the hybrid B3-P86 functionals.
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TL;DR: The mobile and dynamic nature of this organelle is shown, and the adoption of a unified nomenclature to consolidate terminology in this emerging field of lipid droplet cell biology is advocated.
Abstract: Lipid droplets form the main lipid store in eukaryotic cells. Although all cells seem to be able to generate lipid droplets, their biogenesis, regulatory mechanisms and interactions with other organelles remain largely elusive. In this article, we outline some of the recent developments in lipid droplet cell biology. We show the mobile and dynamic nature of this organelle, and advocate the adoption of a unified nomenclature to consolidate terminology in this emerging field.
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TL;DR: It is proposed that four different types of tumor microenvironment exist based on the presence or absence of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes and programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) expression, and this stratification is reviewed.
Abstract: Cancer immunotherapy may become a major treatment backbone in many cancers over the next decade. There are numerous immune cell types found in cancers and many components of an immune reaction to cancer. Thus, the tumor has many strategies to evade an immune response. It has been proposed that four different types of tumor microenvironment exist based on the presence or absence of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes and programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) expression. We review this stratification and the latest in a series of results that shed light on new approaches for rationally designing ideal combination cancer therapies based on tumor immunology.
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Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
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Graham A. Colditz | 261 | 1542 | 256034 |
George Davey Smith | 224 | 2540 | 248373 |
David J. Hunter | 213 | 1836 | 207050 |
Daniel Levy | 212 | 933 | 194778 |
Christopher J L Murray | 209 | 754 | 310329 |
Matthew Meyerson | 194 | 553 | 243726 |
Luigi Ferrucci | 193 | 1601 | 181199 |
Nicholas G. Martin | 192 | 1770 | 161952 |
Paul M. Thompson | 183 | 2271 | 146736 |
Jie Zhang | 178 | 4857 | 221720 |
Alan D. Lopez | 172 | 863 | 259291 |
Ian J. Deary | 166 | 1795 | 114161 |
Steven N. Blair | 165 | 879 | 132929 |
Carlos Bustamante | 161 | 770 | 106053 |
David W. Johnson | 160 | 2714 | 140778 |