Faculty of Science: Recent submissions
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SQL for data scientists
Published 2020The SQL query language is the 'lingua franca' of transactional databases, and is essential for scalable data analytics. Learning SQL requires practical exercises with databases, including those parts of SQL with side-effects ...Article -
Penetration of Phospholipid Membranes by Poly-L-Lysine Depends on Cholesterol and Phospholipid Composition
Published 2020-01-01Clusters of positively-charged basic amino acid residues, particularly lysine, are known to promote the interaction of many peripheral membrane proteins with the cytoplasmic surface of the plasma membrane via electrostatic ...Open AccessArticle -
Polarity of the ATP binding site of the Na+,K+-ATPase, gastric H+,K+-ATPase and sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase
Published 2020-01-01A fluorescence ratiometric method utilising the probe eosin Y is presented for estimating the ATP binding site polarity of P-type ATPases in different conformational states. The method has been calibrated by measurements ...Open AccessArticle -
Physiological roles of transverse lipid asymmetry of animal membranes
Published 2020-01-01The plasma membrane phospholipid distribution of animal cells is markedly asymmetric. Phosphatidylserine (PS) and phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) are concentrated in the inner leaflet, whereas phosphatidylcholine (PC) and ...Open AccessArticle -
Forecasting for COVID-19 has failed
Published 2020Epidemic forecasting has a dubious track-record, and its failures became more prominent with COVID-19. Poor data input, wrong modeling assumptions, high sensitivity of estimates, lack of incorporation of epidemiological ...Article