Two-particle bound states and one-particle structure factor in a Heisenberg bilayer system (2008)
The S=1/2 Heisenberg bilayer spin model at zero temperature is studied in the dimerized phase using analytic triplet-wave expansions and dimer series expansions. The occurrence of two-triplon bound...
Genome-wide association mapping under the Malecot model and composite likelihood (2007)
Zhang, W., Jia, W., Hu, C., Maniatis, N., Collins, A., Morton, N.E.
Conference: Abstracts from the Fifteenth Annual Meeting of the International Genetic Epidemiology Society. St. Petersburg, Florida. November 16-17, 2006, St. Petersburg, Florida, 16 November 2006 to...
Lau, W., Kuo, T.Y., Tapper, W., Cox, S., Collins, A.
Linkage disequilibrium (LD) maps increase power and precision in association mapping, define optimal marker spacing and identify recombination hot-spots and regions influenced by natural selection....
Ennis, S., Goverdhan, S., Cree, A., Hoh, J., Collins, A., Lotery, A.
Aim: To present results from a nested association study of the complement factor H ( CFH) gene region using a novel methodology that uses a high- resolution genetic linkage disequilibrium map to...
Chen, L., Velasco Mondragon, H.E., Lazcano-Ponce, E., Collins, A., Shugart, Y.Y.
Little research has been undertaken on risk factors for obesity in young people in Latin America, including Mexico, despite the fact that obesity constitutes the number one public health problem in...
Maniatis, N., Gibson, J., Ennis, S., Collins, A., Morton, N.E.
We have developed a simple yet powerful approach for disease gene association mapping by linkage disequilibrium (LD). This method is unique since it applies a model with evolutionary theory that...
3q29 microdeletion syndrome: clinical and molecular characterization of a new syndrome (2005)
Willatt, L., Cox, J., Barber, J., Cabanas, E.D., Collins, A., Donnai, D., ...
We report the identification of six patients with 3q29 microdeletion syndrome. The clinical phenotype is variable despite an almost identical deletion size. The phenotype includes mild-to-moderate...
Multiple mechanisms are implicated in the generation of 5q35 microdeletions in Sotos syndrome (2005)
Tatton-Brown, K., Douglas, J., Coleman, K., Baujat, G., Chandler, K., Clarke, A., ...
BACKGROUND: Sotos syndrome is characterised by learning difficulties, overgrowth, and a typical facial appearance. Microdeletions at 5q35.3, encompassing NSD1, are responsible for approximately 10%...
3q29 microdeletion syndrome: clinical and molecular characterization of a new syndrome (2005)
Willatt, L., Cox, J., Barber, J., Cabanas, E.D., Collins, A., Donnai, D., ...
We report the identification of six patients with 3q29 microdeletion syndrome. The clinical phenotype is variable despite an almost identical deletion size. The phenotype includes mild-to-moderate...
The concept of project success – what 150 Australian project managers think (2004)
This paper provides a significant contribution to the knowledge of project success by providing empirical data on the subject, by means of a survey of 150 Australian project managers on the subject...
MaGIC: a program to generate targeted marker sets for genome-wide association studies (2004)
Simpson, C.L., Hansen, V.K., Sham, P.C., Collins, A., Powell, J.F., Al-Chalabi, A.
High-throughput genotyping technologies such as DNA pooling and DNA microarrays mean that whole-genome screens are now practical for complex disease gene discovery using association studies. Because...
Positional cloning by linkage disequilibrium (2003)
Maniatis, N., Collins, A., Gibson, J., Morton, N.E.
Recently, metric linkage disequilibrium (LD) maps that assign an LD unit (LDU) location for each marker have been developed (Maniatis et al. 2002). Here we present a multiple pairwise method for...
Does haplotype diversity predict power for positional cloning? (2003)
Zhang, W., Collins, A., Morton, N.E.
Many recent studies have established that haplotype diversity in a small region may not be greatly diminished when the number of markers is reduced to a smaller set of haplotype-tagging...
Positional cloning by linkage disequilibrium (2003)
Maniatis, N., Collins, A., Gibson, J., Zhang, W., Tapper, W., Morton, N.E.
Recently, metric linkage disequilibrium (LD) maps that assign an LD unit (LDU) location for each marker have been developed (Maniatis et al. 2002). Here we present a multiple pairwise method for...
Peacock, C.S., Sanjeevi, C.B., Shaw, M-A., Collins, A., Campbell, R.D., March, R., ...
Familial aggregation, high relative risk to siblings, and segregation analysis, suggest genetic control of visceral leishmaniasis in Brazil. Class II gene effects in mice, and high circulating tumour...
Howell, W.M., Bateman, A.C., Turner, S.J., Collins, A., Theaker, J.M.
Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is a potent regulator of vasculogenesis and tumour angiogenesis. We have investigated whether the VEGF -2578, -1154, +405 and +936 SNPs and associated...
Linkage disequilibrium maps: 'blocks' without haplotyping and application to disease mapping (2002)
Over the last few years, association mapping of disease genes has developed into one of the most dynamic research areas of human genetics. It focuses on identifying functional polymorphisms that...
Phylogeny of fragile X haplotypes from an English population (2002)
Ennis, S., Brightwell, G., Collins, A., Jacobs, P., Morton, N.E.
Phylogeny of fragile X haplotypes from an English population (2002)
Ennis, S., Brightwell, G., Collins, A., Jacobs, P., Morton, N.E.
Allelic association with SNPs: metrics, populations, and the linkage disequilibrium map (2001)
Collins, A., Ennis, S., Taillon-Miller, P., Kwok, P-Y., Morton, N. E.
Comparison of different metrics, using three large samples of haplotypes from different populations, demonstrates that rho is the most efficient measure of association between pairs of single...
Genetic epidemiology of glioma (2001)
Malmer, B., Iselius, L., Holmberg, E., Collins, A., Henriksson, R., Gronberg, H.
The present study performed a segregation analysis of a cohort of first-degree relatives (FDR) of glioma patients. The families with two or more gliomas were also expanded to determine if any more...
Trunk Road Investment, Environmental Costs and Bureaucracy.
investments ; environment
Innovative Activity Over the Buisness Cycle:an Alternative Interpretation.
Geroski and Walters (1995) conclude that changes in manufacturing output Granger caused changes in innovative activity and that the latter fluctuated pro-cyclically during the period 1948-83 in the...
SMEs and Non-Conforming Land Uses: From Zoning to Corporate Environmental Management.
Despite their important role in local and national activity, SMEs are widely recognised by governmental bodies and comminities to be a major source of local environmental quality degradation. This...
The Limits of Tourism as an Engine of Sustainable Development.
This paper explores the use and abuse of sustainability principles in tourism development. Problems are identified which can limit the use to tourism as an element in a genuine SD strategy.
Making a Crisis out of a Drama: Should we Continue Public Financial Support for the British Theatre?
This paper considers the arguments relating to the merits of continuing subsidies to the British theater arts. These are initially framed around the populist assertions typically levelled against...
Personal Introduction Agencies in the United Kingdom : Estimates of an Average Cost Function
Economists have hitherto neglected the behaviour of the personal introduction agency sector. This paper presents estimates of the average cost function. It is found to have a U-shaped pattern....
A Club Good Perspective on Gangsters and Revolutionaries.
This study presents an economic analysis of combined revolutionary and criminal enterprises. A club good perspective is employed to help determine the optimal membership of such combined...
Butler-Smith, P., Cameron, S., Collins, A.
As a logical extension to the microeconomic analysis of human relationships, this study examines the actual method of mate search, in particular the use of personal advertisements. Some empirical...
The Property Rights Approach: An Uprising in the Economics of Urban Public Transport
This paper outlines and critically evaluates a property rights driven model devised by Lein, Moore and Reja (1997) to guide the economic organization of urban public transport in a regime of full...
The problem of matching relationship partners, at the aggregate level, has been modelled mathematically in the important work of Burdett and Coles (1997) and the micro matching problem was earlier...
This paper provides a UK high resolution microeconometric study of parental preferences and the choice process for secondary schools. Given the particular geographical features of the region, first...
Prostitution Services : An Exploratory Empirical Analysis
Collins, A., Cameron, S., Thew, N.
This study provides an empirical analysis of the market for some male prostitution services in the UK. Flexible working hours, part-time working, and multiple job holding are considered as important...
What Makes a Blockbuster? Economic Analysis of Film Success in the United Kingdom.
Collins, A., Hand, C., Snell, M.C.
In this paper we attempt to evaluate whether a film's commercial performance can be forecast. The statistical distribution of film revenues in the UK is examined and found to have unbounded variance.
In this paper a model is presented that considers the factors influencing male decisions concerning whether or not to consume, at the margin, female prostitution services.
Does Plant Ownership Affect the level of Pollution Abatement Expenditure?.
This paper considers a number of hypotheses. Primarily amongst them is the notion that foreign owned plants spend more on pollution abatement than domestically owned plants after controlling for...
Economics of Dangerous Liaisons: Deliberate Misrepresentation of Preferences for Entertainment.
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Gender Differences in Mate Search Effort.
Butler-Smith, P., Cameron, S., Collins, A.
As a logical extension to the microeconomic analysis of human relationships, this study examines the actual method of mate search, in particular the use of personal advertisements.
Management of Musicians: An Exploratory Economic Analysis
Cameron, S., Collins, A., Murphy, L.
Management of artists is a generally neglected area of cultural economics research, despite the high profile that agent-artist relations have enjoyed in the popular media and specialist music...