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John Ferguson

Lecturer (Assistant Professor), University of Essex
Verified email at essex.ac.uk
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A review of the arsenic cycle in natural waters

JF Ferguson, J Gavis - Water research, 1972 - Elsevier
A review of the occurrence and cycling of arsenic in fresh waters is presented. The fate of
arsenic in natural waters has received little attention in past years, in spite of the fact that …

Phenylketonuria Scientific Review Conference: state of the science and future research needs

KM Camp, MA Parisi, PB Acosta, GT Berry… - Molecular genetics and …, 2014 - Elsevier
New developments in the treatment and management of phenylketonuria (PKU) as well as
advances in molecular testing have emerged since the National Institutes of Health 2000 …

Water Use Efficiency as a Constraint and Target for Improving the Resilience and Productivity of C3 and C4 Crops

ADB Leakey, JN Ferguson, CP Pignon… - Annual review of …, 2019 - annualreviews.org
The ratio of plant carbon gain to water use, known as water use efficiency (WUE), has long
been recognized as a key constraint on crop production and an important target for crop …

Global and regional effects of potentially modifiable risk factors associated with acute stroke in 32 countries (INTERSTROKE): a case-control study

MJ O'Donnell, SL Chin, S Rangarajan, D Xavier, L Liu… - The lancet, 2016 - thelancet.com
Background Stroke is a leading cause of death and disability, especially in low-income and
middle-income countries. We sought to quantify the importance of potentially modifiable risk …

Solubilization of particulate organic carbon during the acid phase of anaerobic digestion

JA Eastman, JF Ferguson - Journal (Water Pollution Control Federation), 1981 - JSTOR
Acid phase solubilization of particulate organic carbon was investigated in laboratory-scale
anaerobic digesters when methane production was suppressed by operational control. The …

Strong, light, multifunctional fibers of carbon nanotubes with ultrahigh conductivity

N Behabtu, CC Young, DE Tsentalovich, O Kleinerman… - science, 2013 - science.org
Broader applications of carbon nanotubes to real-world problems have largely gone
unfulfilled because of difficult material synthesis and laborious processing. We report high …

The use of chemical potentials as indices of toxicity

J Ferguson - Proceedings of the Royal Society of London …, 1939 - royalsocietypublishing.org
A number of investigation have been published in which attempts are made to correlate the
chemical or physical properties of substances with the intensity of their toxic action. Among …

The relationship between personality, approach to learning and academic performance

A Duff, E Boyle, K Dunleavy, J Ferguson - Personality and individual …, 2004 - Elsevier
This study considers the relationship between students' approaches to learning, as
measured by a short-form of Entwistle and Tait's (1995) Revised Approaches to Studying …

The nuclease activity of Mre11 is required for meiosis but not for mating type switching, end joining, or telomere maintenance

S Moreau, JR Ferguson… - Molecular and cellular …, 1999 - Taylor & Francis
The Saccharomyces cerevisiae MRE11 gene is required for the repair of ionizing radiation-
induced DNA damage and for the initiation of meiotic recombination. Sequence analysis has …

Fish migration, dams, and loss of ecosystem services in the Mekong basin

PJ Dugan, C Barlow, AA Agostinho, E Baran, GF Cada… - Ambio, 2010 - Springer
The past decade has seen increased international recognition of the importance of the
services provided by natural ecosystems. It is unclear however whether such international …