D. Bell

Publication List Details

Period

1976 - 2009

Number

54

Co-Authors

Isomer-specific effects of CLA on gene expression in human adipose tissue depending on PPARγ2 P12A polymorphism: a double blind, randomized, controlled cross-over study (2009)

Herrmann, J, Rubin, D, Häsler, R, Helwig, U, Pfeuffer, M, Auinger, A, ...

Abstract Background Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR)γ is a key regulator in adipose tissue. The rare variant Pro12Ala of PPARγ2 is associated with a decreased risk of insulin...

A multi-centre survey of inpatient pharmacological management strategies for alcohol withdrawal (2009)

Ward, D., Murch, N., Agarwal, G., Bell, D.

Background: It is well recognized that alcohol is a growing problem in the UK with significant morbidity and mortality and associated resource implications for the National Health Service (NHS). The...

An Economic Investigation of Urban Water Demand in the U.S. (2008)

Griffin, R., Bell, D.

What is the price of publicly supplied water and how is it changing in American cities? What is the demand for water in important American sectors? These are the questions addressed in the following...

Copyright 1995 RayChaudhuri, Hamey Bell. Appears in Control 369-373. Neural Network Control Using Active Learning (2007)

Tirthankar Raychaudhuri, Leonard G. C, Hamey Rodney, D. Bell

Neural networks have been shown to give considerably better results when controlling complex non-linear systems than conventional control methods. Most neural network controllers today are built...

The Oscillatory Squeeze flow rheometer: Comprehensive theory and a new experimental facility (2006)

Binding, David, Bell, D., Walters, K.

In this paper, we give detailed attention to a relatively recent method for the determination of the linear dynamic properties of viscoelastic systems, namely, the so-called oscillatory squeeze flow...

Field testing of vision based macadamia yield monitoring (2005)

Dunn, Mark, Billingsley, John, Bell, D.

[Abstract]: Algorithms for visually identifying macadamia nuts in real time have been previously reported in (Dunn and Billingsley, 2003). This paper describes field trials on that system, with the...

Specific and partial source memory: effects of aging (2004)

Simons, J.S., Dodson, C.S., Bell, D., Schacter, D.L.

Normal aging can be associated with impairments in source memory (recollecting an event's context). This study examined the effects of aging on specific-source memory (e.g., remembering which of 4...

Micro-level data sources for Scottish policy (2004)

Bell, D., Jack, G., Wright, R.E.

The process of devolution in Scotland has increased the demand for economic research focussing on Scottish-specific issues. The Scottish Economic Policy Network (http://www.scotecon.net), based at...

Micro-level data sources for Scottish policy (2004)

Bell, D., Jack, G., Wright, R.E.

The process of devolution in Scotland has increased the demand for economic research focussing on Scottish-specific issues. The Scottish Economic Policy Network (http://www.scotecon.net), based at...

The effect of savanna fires on SAR backscatter in northern Australia (2004)

Menges, C H, Bartolo, R E, Bell, D, Hill, G J E

This paper investigates the potential for utilizing multi-frequency, quad-polarized Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) for delineation of fire scars in the tropical savannas of northern Australia. Fire...

Modulation of bacterial growth by tumor necrosis factor-alpha in vitro and in vivo (2003)

Lee, JH, Del Sorbo, L, Khine, AA, De Azavedo, J, Low, DE, Bell, D, ...

Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) plays an important role in innate immunity. Recent in vitro studies have shown that TNF-alpha may also serve as a growth factor for some bacteria. We examined...

The gel filtration chromatographic-profiles of proteins and peptides of wort and beer: Effects of processing - malting, mashing, kettle boiling, fermentation and filtering (2003)

Osman, A.M., Coverdale, S.M., Onley-Watson, K., Bell, D., Healy, P.

Barley and malt proteins, of infusion (IoB) and decoction (EBC) mashing worts as well as commercial wort and beer, obtained from the Castlemaine Perkins brewery, Brisbane, were gel filtered, with or...

The gel filtration chromatographic-profiles of proteins and peptides of wort and beer: Effects of processing - malting, mashing, kettle boiling, fermentation and filtering (2003)

Osman, A.M., Coverdale, S.M., Onley-Watson, K., Bell, D., Healy, P.

Barley and malt proteins, of infusion (IoB) and decoction (EBC) mashing worts as well as commercial wort and beer, obtained from the Castlemaine Perkins brewery, Brisbane, were gel filtered, with or...

The gel filtration chromatographic-profiles of proteins and peptides of wort and beer: Effects of processing - malting, mashing, kettle boiling, fermentation and filtering (2003)

Osman, A.M., Coverdale, S.M., Onley-Watson, K., Bell, D., Healy, P.

Barley and malt proteins, of infusion (IoB) and decoction (EBC) mashing worts as well as commercial wort and beer, obtained from the Castlemaine Perkins brewery, Brisbane, were gel filtered, with or...

Host-dependent Anopheles flavirostris larval distribution reinforces the risk of malaria near water (2003)

Foley, D. H., Torres, E. P., Mueller, I., Bryan, J. H., Bell, D.

Malaria control strategies are more likely to be successful if groups at high risk can be accurately predicted. Given that mosquitoes have an obligate aquatic phase we were interested in determining...

An Application of Knowledge Management using Intelligent Agents, the Intelligent CONtent Management (2001)

K. Greer, D. Bell, Y. Bi, G. Guo

In this paper we shall outline an approach for using some new technologies to create a knowledge management system that uses both explicit and tacit knowledge to provide a service for a user. The...

Randomized, open-label, phase II trial of oral capecitabine (Xeloda(R)) vs. a reference arm of intravenous CMF (cyclophosphamide, methotrexate and 5-fluorouracil) as first-line therapy for advanced/metastatic breast cancer (2001)

O'Shaughnessy, J. A., Blum, J., Moiseyenko, V., Jones, S. E., Miles, D., Bell, D., ...

Background Oral capecitabine was evaluated in terms of overall response rate, safety, and tolerability as first-line therapy in women aged ≥55 years with advanced/metastatic breast cancer...

HIV, hepatitis C and risk behaviour in a Canadian medium-security federal penitentiary (2000)

Ford, P.M., Pearson, M., Sankar-Mistry, P., Stevenson, T., Bell, D., Austin, J.

In a voluntary anonymous HIV and hepatitis C serology screen in a Canadian male medium security federal penitentiary, 68% of 520 prisoners volunteered a blood sample and 99% of those...

Automatically Acquiring Requirements of Business Information Systems by Reusing Business Ontology (1998)

Z. Jin, D. Bell, F. G. Wilkie

Requirement elicitation is the most important parts in the development process of the Business Information Systems(BIS). Errors made at this stage are extremely expensive to correct when they are...

A phase II study of gemcitabine in platinum pre-treated patients with advanced epithelial ovarian cancer (1998)

Friedlander, M., Millward, M.J., Bell, D., Bugat, R., Harnett, P., Moreno, J.A., ...

Background: Most patients with advanced ovarian cancer will relapse following platinum-based combination chemotherapy and be considered for second-line treatment. Gemcitabine, a nucleoside analogue,...

Stimulation of germination of Acacia Pulchella: laboratory basis for forest management options (1990)

Portlock, C., Shea, S., Majer, Jonathan, Bell, D.

(a) The leguminous shrub Acacia pulchella is a valued understorey species of jarrah (Eucalyptus marginata)forests in south-western Australia. It regenerates from buried seeds mainly after fire, which...

Stimulation of germination of Acacia Pulchella: laboratory basis for forest management options (1990)

Portlock, C., Shea, S., Majer, Jonathan, Bell, D.

(a) The leguminous shrub Acacia pulchella is a valued understorey species of jarrah (Eucalyptus marginata)forests in south-western Australia. It regenerates from buried seeds mainly after fire, which...

Altered Lung Vascular Permeability During Intermittent Haemodialysis (1988)

Bell, D., Nicoll, J., Jackson, Melanie, Millar, A., Winney, R. J., Muir, A. L.

Hypoxia is known to develop during intermittent haemodialysis. To investigate if increased pulmonary capillary permeability to protein contributes to this phenomenon, a dual-isotope technique using...

Electrical properties of TCNQ complexes. (1982)

Bell, D.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Nottingham, 1982.

Programmer selection and programming errors (1976)

Bell, D.

The high cost of training programmers prohibits a trial and error approach to selection. This paper investigates the qualities required in a modern programmer and a means of evaluating them. The...

Adherence to antiviral drug regimens in HIV-infected adolescent patients engaged in care in a comprehensive adolescent and young adult clinic.

Martinez, J., Bell, D., Camacho, R., Henry-Reid, L. M., Bell, M., Watson, C., ...

Inconsistent use of antiviral medications for the treatment of HIV may lead to the emergence of resistant strains in HIV-infected adults. Patterns of adherence with these drug regimens in adolescents...

Intermedin (adrenomedullin-2): a novel counter-regulatory peptide in the cardiovascular and renal systems

Bell, D, McDermott, B J

Intermedin (IMD) is a novel peptide related to calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) and adrenomedullin (AM). Proteolytic processing of a larger precursor yields a series of biologically active...

Diagnosis of malaria in a remote area of the Philippines: comparison of techniques and their acceptance by health workers and the community.

Bell, D., Go, R., Miguel, C., Walker, J., Cacal, L., Saul, A.

OBJECTIVE: To compare the efficacies of remote symptom-based diagnosis of malaria, rapid diagnostic tests and microscopy in an area of low endemicity in the Philippines. METHODS: In Trial I, 350...

A randomised trial of cisplatin and vindesine versus supportive care only in advanced non-small cell lung cancer.

Woods, R. L., Williams, C. J., Levi, J., Page, J., Bell, D., Byrne, M., ...

The value of chemotherapy in advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) remains contentious. Because of this two separate but very similar trials were set up in Australia and Southampton (UK). Two...