D. Francis

Publication List Details

Period

1976 - 2009

Number

405

Co-Authors

The CMS barrel calorimeter response to particle beams from 2 to 350 GeV/c (2009)

Abdullin, S., Abramov, V., Acharya, B., Adam, N., Adams, M., Adzic, P., ...

The response of the CMS barrel calorimeter (electromagnetic plus hadronic) to hadrons, electrons and muons over a wide momentum range from 2 to 350 GeV/c has been measured. To our knowledge, this is...

Expected Performance of the ATLAS Experiment - Detector, Trigger and Physics (2008)

Abat, E., Abbott, B., Abdallah, J., Abdelalim, A. A., Abdesselam, A., ...

A detailed study is presented of the expected performance of the ATLAS detector. The reconstruction of tracks, leptons, photons, missing energy and jets is investigated, together with the performance...

Intercalibration of the barrel electromagnetic calorimeter of the CMS experiment at start-up (2008)

Adzic, P., Alemany-Fernandez, R., Almeida, N., Anagnostou, G., Andelin, D., Anfreville, M., ...

Calibration of the relative response of the individual channels of the barrel electromagnetic calorimeter of the CMS detector was accomplished, before installation, with cosmic ray muons and test...

A SCALABLE DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM USING THE CHORUS OPERATING SYSTEM R.W. Dobinson � W. Lu and J. Pag�es (2008)

D. Francis, R. Heeley, M. Ward

A Scalable Data Acquisition System has been designed using Chorus � a modular dis� tributed real�time operating system and serial point�to�point links. The SDAS is based on data�driven...

Integration of the Trigger and Data Acquisition Systems in ATLAS (2008)

Abolins, M, Adragna, P, Aleksandrov, E, Aleksandrov, I, Amorim, A, Anderson, K, ...

During 2006 and the first half of 2007, the installation, integration and commissioning of trigger and data acquisition (TDAQ) equipment in the ATLAS experimental area have progressed. There have...

Document Change Record (2008)

H. P. Beck, C. P. Bee, P. Y. Duval, D. Francis, D. Laugier, C. Meessen, ...

2 03 June ‘98 Discussion between DF & EF 4 18 June ‘98 Further discussion in Marseille & with DjF

Atlas DAQ Event Handler Supervisor High Level Design (2008)

C. P. Bee, P-y. Duval, E. Fede, D. Francis, D. Laugier, C. Meessen, ...

This paper describes a first approach of the supervision and control architecture of the Event Handler component of the ATLAS Event Filter system. A prototype implementation of the Supervisor should...

A study of the high-pressure polymorphs of L-serine using Ab initio structures and PIXEL calculations (2008)

Wood, P., Francis, D., Marshall, W., Moggach, S., Parsons, S., Pidcock, E., ...

Polymorphs of L-serine have been studied using ab initio density functional theory for pressures up to

A study of the high-pressure polymorphs of L-serine using Ab initio structures and PIXEL calculations (2008)

Wood, P., Francis, D., Marshall, W., Moggach, S., Parsons, S., Pidcock, E., ...

Polymorphs of L-serine have been studied using ab initio density functional theory for pressures up to

Triggering And Event Building Results Using The C104 Packet Routing Chip (2007)

Dobinson Cern, D. Francis, R. Heeley

Introduction The bandwidth and connectivity requirements of trigger and data acquisition systems for future HEP experiments at the CERN LHC and HERA-B at DESY, highlight the limitations in scaling...

The COTS Approach to the Read-Out Crate in ATLAS DAQ Prototype-1 (2007)

G. Ambrosini, H-p. Beck, S. Cetin, T. Conka, A. Fernandes, D. Francis, ...

A prototyping project has been undertaken by the ATLAS DAQ and Event Filter group. The aim is to design and implement a fully functional vertical slice of the ATLAS DAQ and Event Filter with maximum...

Event Building in the ATLAS DAQ/EF Prototype “-1” (2007)

G. Ambrosini, H. P. Beck, S. Cetin, T. Conka, D. Francis, F. Hogbe Nlend, ...

In the framework of the ATLAS DAQ/EF prototype “-1 ” a stand-alone smallscale event building prototype has been developed in order to study the issues of switch-based parallel event building as...

Testing on a Large Scale (2006)

Burckhart-Chromek, Doris, Abolins, M, Adragna, P, Albuquerque-Portes, M, Alexandrov, L, Amorim, A, ...

The ATLAS Data Acquisition (DAQ) and High Level Trigger (HLT) software system will be comprised initially of 2000 PC nodes which take part in the control, event readout, second level trigger and...

Testing on a Large Scale: Running the ATLAS Data Acquisition and High Level Trigger Software on 700 PC Nodes (2006)

Burckhart-Chromek, Doris, Abolins, M, Adragna, P, Alexandrov, L, Amorim, A, Armstrong, S, ...

The ATLAS Data Acquisition (DAQ) and High Level Trigger (HLT) software system will be comprised initially of 2000 PC nodes which take part in the control, event readout, second level trigger and...

Deployment of the ATLAS High-Level Trigger (2006)

Dos Anjos, A., Armstrong, S., P. Beck, H., Bee, C.P., Biglietti, M., ...

The ATLAS combined test beam in the second half of 2004 saw the first deployment of the ATLAS High-Level Trigger (HLT). The next steps are deployment on the pre-series farms in the experimental area...

Deployment of the ATLAS High-Level Trigger (2006)

Dos Anjos, A., Armstrong, S., P. Beck, H., Bee, C.P., Biglietti, M., ...

The ATLAS combined test beam in the second half of 2004 saw the first deployment of the ATLAS High-Level Trigger (HLT). The next steps are deployment on the pre-series farms in the experimental area...

Patient-reported pain is central to OMERACT rheumatology core measurement sets (2006)

Robinson, V, Boers, M, Brooks, P, Francis, D, Judd, M, McGowan, J, ...

This article provides evidence from the OMER-ACT (Outcome Measures in RheumAtology Clinical Trials) consensus conferences on patient-reported pain as a key outcome measure for most rheumatologic...

Deployment of the ATLAS High-Level Trigger (2006)

Dos Anjos, A., Armstrong, S., P. Beck, H., Bee, C.P., Biglietti, M., ...

The ATLAS combined test beam in the second half of 2004 saw the first deployment of the ATLAS High-Level Trigger (HLT). The next steps are deployment on the pre-series farms in the experimental area...

Patient-reported pain is central to OMERACT rheumatology core measurement sets (2006)

Robinson, V., Boers, M., Brooks, P., Francis, D., Judd, M., McGowan, J., ...

This article provides evidence from the OMER-ACT (Outcome Measures in RheumAtology Clinical Trials) consensus conferences on patient-reported pain as a key outcome measure for most rheumatologic...

Origins of compositional heterogeneity in olivine-hosted melt inclusions from the Baffin Island picrites (2004)

Yaxley, GM, Kamenetsky, VS, Kamenetsky, MB, Norman, MD, Francis, D

The Baffin Island picrites are highly magnesian (less than or equal to22 wt% MgO) olivine tholeiites, erupted through felsic continental crust. Plots of most major and minor element oxides against...

Origins of compositional heterogeneity in olivine-hosted melt inclusions from the Baffin Island picrites (2004)

Yaxley, G.M., Kamenetsky, V.S., Kamenetsky, M.B., Norman, M.D., Francis, D.

The Baffin Island picrites are highly magnesian (less than or equal to22 wt% MgO) olivine tholeiites, erupted through felsic continental crust. Plots of most major and minor element oxides against...

Origins of compositional heterogeneity in olivine-hosted melt inclusions from the Baffin Island picrites (2004)

Yaxley, G. M., Kamenetsky, V. S., Kamenetsky, M. B., Norman, M. D., Francis, D.

The Baffin Island picrites are highly magnesian (less than or equal to22 wt% MgO) olivine tholeiites, erupted through felsic continental crust. Plots of most major and minor element oxides against...

Mantle heterogeneity during the formation of the North Atlantic Igneous Province: Constraints from trace element and Sr-Nd-Os-O isotope systematics of Baffin Island picrites (2004)

Kent, A. J. R., Stopler, E. M., Francis, D., Woodhead, J., Frei, R., Eiler, J.

Sr-Nd-Os-O isotope and major and trace element data from ~62 Ma picrites from Baffin Island constrain the composition of mantle sources sampled at the inception of North Atlantic Igneous Province...

Comparison of methodologies for the in vivo assessment of 18FLT utilisation in colorectal cancer (2004)

Visvikis, D., Francis, D., Mulligan, R., Costa, D. C., Croasdale, I., Luthra, S. K., ...

Fluorine-18 3-deoxy-3-fluorothymidine (18FLT) is a tissue proliferation marker which has been suggested as a new tumour-specific imaging tracer in positron emission tomography (PET). The objectives...

Non-antibiotic treatments for sore throat [Protocol] (2004)

Francis, D., Del Mar, Chris, Thomas, M., Glasziou, Paul

This is the protocol for a review. The objective is as follows: 1. To determine the effect of non-antibiotic treatments in the management of sore throat in children and adults.

Non-antibiotic treatments for sore throat [Protocol] (2004)

Francis, D., Del Mar, Chris, Thomas, M., Glasziou, Paul

This is the protocol for a review. The objective is as follows: 1. To determine the effect of non-antibiotic treatments in the management of sore throat in children and adults.

The second level trigger of the ATLAS experiment at CERN's LHC (2004)

Dos Anjos, A., Abolins, M., Armstrong, S., T. Baines, J., Barisonzi, M., P. Beck, H., ...

The ATLAS trigger reduces the rate of interesting events to be recorded for off-line analysis in three successive levels from 40 MHz to /spl sim/100 kHz, /spl sim/2 kHz and /spl sim/200 Hz. The high...

The second level trigger of the ATLAS experiment at CERN's LHC (2004)

Dos Anjos, A., Abolins, M., Armstrong, S., T. Baines, J., Barisonzi, M., P. Beck, H., ...

The ATLAS trigger reduces the rate of interesting events to be recorded for off-line analysis in three successive levels from 40 MHz to /spl sim/100 kHz, /spl sim/2 kHz and /spl sim/200 Hz. The high...

Non-antibiotic treatments for sore throat [Protocol] (2004)

Francis, D., Del Mar, Chris, Thomas, M., Glasziou, Paul

This is the protocol for a review. The objective is as follows: 1. To determine the effect of non-antibiotic treatments in the management of sore throat in children and adults.

Origins of compositional heterogeneity in olivine-hosted melt inclusions from the Baffin Island picrites (2004)

Yaxley, GM, Kamenetsky, VS, Kamenetsky, MB, Norman, MD, Francis, D

The Baffin Island picrites are highly magnesian (less than or equal to22 wt% MgO) olivine tholeiites, erupted through felsic continental crust. Plots of most major and minor element oxides against...

The second level trigger of the ATLAS experiment at CERN's LHC (2004)

Dos Anjos, A., Abolins, M., Armstrong, S., T. Baines, J., Barisonzi, M., P. Beck, H., ...

The ATLAS trigger reduces the rate of interesting events to be recorded for off-line analysis in three successive levels from 40 MHz to /spl sim/100 kHz, /spl sim/2 kHz and /spl sim/200 Hz. The high...

Non-antibiotic treatments for sore throat [Protocol] (2004)

Francis, D., Del Mar, Chris, Thomas, M., Glasziou, Paul

This is the protocol for a review. The objective is as follows: 1. To determine the effect of non-antibiotic treatments in the management of sore throat in children and adults.

Origins of compositional heterogeneity in olivine-hosted melt inclusions from the Baffin Island picrites (2004)

Yaxley, GM, Kamenetsky, VS, Kamenetsky, MB, Norman, MD, Francis, D

The Baffin Island picrites are highly magnesian (less than or equal to22 wt% MgO) olivine tholeiites, erupted through felsic continental crust. Plots of most major and minor element oxides against...

Differential expression of putative floral genes in Pharbitis nil shoot apices cultured on glucose compared with sucrose (2004)

Parfitt, D., Herbert, R. J., Rogers, H. J., Francis, D.

If, following an inductive treatment of 2 d of continuous darkness, shoot apices of Pharbitis nil are cultured 1 d later on White's medium supplemented with 2% sucrose, they cannot form carpels, but...

Differential expression of putative floral genes in Pharbitis nil shoot apices cultured on glucose compared with sucrose (2004)

Parfitt, D., Herbert, R. J., Rogers, H. J., Francis, D.

If, following an inductive treatment of 2 d of continuous darkness, shoot apices of Pharbitis nil are cultured 1 d later on White's medium supplemented with 2% sucrose, they cannot form carpels, but...

The baseline dataflow system of the ATLAS trigger and DAQ (2003)

Vermeulen, J C, Abolins, M, Dos Anjos, A, Barisonzi, M, Beck, H P, Beretta, M, ...

In this paper the baseline design of the ATLAS High Level Trigger and Data Acquisition system with respect to the DataFlow aspects, as presented in the recently submitted ATLAS Trigger/DAQ/Controls...

Experience with multi-threaded C++ applications in the ATLAS DataFlow software (2003)

Gadomski, S, Abolins, M, Barisonzi, M, Beck, H P, Beretta, M, Blair, R, ...

The DataFlow is sub-system of the ATLAS data acquisition responsible for the reception, buffering and subsequent movement of partial and full event data to the higher level triggers: Level 2 and...

Experience with multi-threaded C++ applications in the ATLAS DataFlow software (2003)

Gadomski, S, Abolins, M, Barisonzi, M, Beck, H P, Beretta, M, Blair, R, ...

The DataFlow is sub-system of the ATLAS data acquisition responsible for the reception, buffering and subsequent movement of partial and full event data to the higher level triggers: Level 2 and...

Physics at CPLEAR (2003)

Angelopoulos, A., Apostolakis, A., Aslanides, E., Backenstoss, Gerhard., Bargassa, P., Bee, C.P., ...

LEAR offered unique opportunities to study the symmetries which exist between matter and antimatter. At variance with other approaches at this facility, CPLEAR was an experiment devoted to the study...

Physics at CPLEAR (2003)

Angelopoulos, A., Apostolakis, A., Aslanides, E., Backenstoss, Gerhard., Bargassa, P., Bee, C.P., ...

LEAR offered unique opportunities to study the symmetries which exist between matter and antimatter. At variance with other approaches at this facility, CPLEAR was an experiment devoted to the study...

Detection of Phosphorus and Nitrogen Deficiencies in Corn Using Spectral Radiance Measurements (2002)

Osbourne, S.L., Schepers, James S., Francis, D., Schlemmer, Michael R.

Applications of remote sensing in crop production are becoming increasingly popular due in part to an increased concern with pollution of surface and ground waters due to over-fertilization of...

Does primary medical practitioner involvement with a specialist team improve patient outcomes? A systematic review. (2002)

Mitchell, G. K., Del Mar, C., Francis, D.

Patients with chronic or complex medical or psychiatric conditions are treated by many practitioners, including general practitioners (GPs). Formal liaison between primary and specialist is often...

Does primary medical practitioner involvement with a specialist team improve patient outcomes? A systematic review. (2002)

Mitchell, G. K., Del Mar, C., Francis, D.

Patients with chronic or complex medical or psychiatric conditions are treated by many practitioners, including general practitioners (GPs). Formal liaison between primary and specialist is often...

Tissue Doppler analysis of age-dependency in diastolic ventricular behaviour and filling. A cross-sectional study of healthy hearts (the Umea General Population Heart Study) (2002)

Henein, M., Lindqvist, P., Francis, D., Mörner, S., Waldenström, A., Kazzam, E.

Background Much in the diagnosis of diastolic ventricular dysfunction is dependent upon the filling pattern, and most patients diagnosed with diastolic heart failure are elderly. Data from healthy...

$T$-violation and $CPT$-invariance measurements in the CPLEAR experiment: a detailed description of the analysis of neutral-kaon decays to $e\pi\nu$ (2001)

Angelopoulos, Angelos, Aslanides, Elie, Backenstoss, Gerhard, Bargassa, P, Behnke, O, Benelli, A, ...

A detailed description of the analysis of neutral kaons decaying to \pen\ is given, based on the complete set of data collected with the CPLEAR experiment. Using a novel approach involving initially...

Developing manufacturing agility in SMEs (2001)

Bessant, J., Brown, S., Francis, D., Meredith, S.

The problem of manufacturing in the late twentieth century can be seen as the latest version of two long-standing puzzles to do with responding to demanding internal and external environments. The...

Ethylene induces cell death at particular phases of the cell cycle in the tobacco TBY-2 cell line (2001)

Herbert, R.J., Vilhar, B., Evett, C., Orchard, C.B., Rogers, H.J., Davies, M.S., ...

It was examined whether ethylene induces programmed cell death in a cell cycle‐specific manner. Following synchronization of the tobacco TBY‐2 cell line with aphidicolin and its...

Constraints on the Trace Element Composition of the Archean Mantle Root beneath Somerset Island, Arctic Canada (2001)

SCHMIDBERGER, S. S., FRANCIS, D.

Peridotites that sample Archean mantle roots are frequently incompatible trace element enriched despite their refractory major element compositions. To constrain the trace element budget of the...

A detailed description of the analysis of the decay of neutral kaons to $\pi^+ \pi^-$ in the CPLEAR experiment (2000)

Apostolakis, Alcibiades J, Aslanides, Elie, Backenstoss, Gerhard, Bargassa, P, Behnke, O, Benelli, A, ...

A detailed description is given of the analysis of neutral kaons decaying to \pipi , based on the complete data sample collected with the CPLEAR experiment.Using a novel approach involving initially...

A detailed description of the analysis of the decay of neutral kaons to $\pi^+ \pi^-$ in the CPLEAR experiment (2000)

Apostolakis, A., Aslanides, E., Backenstoss, G., Bargassa, P., Behnke, O., Benelli, A., ...

A detailed description is given of the analysis of neutral kaons decaying to \pipi , based on the complete data sample collected with the CPLEAR experiment.Using a novel approach involving initially...

A detailed description of the analysis of the decay of neutral kaons to $\pi^+ \pi^-$ in the CPLEAR experiment (2000)

Apostolakis, A., Aslanides, E., Backenstoss, G., Bargassa, P., Behnke, O., Benelli, A., ...

A detailed description is given of the analysis of neutral kaons decaying to \pipi , based on the complete data sample collected with the CPLEAR experiment.Using a novel approach involving initially...

A detailed description of the analysis of the decay of neutral kaons to $\pi^+ \pi^-$ in the CPLEAR experiment (2000)

Apostolakis, A., Aslanides, E., Backenstoss, G., Bargassa, P., Behnke, O., Benelli, A., ...

A detailed description is given of the analysis of neutral kaons decaying to \pipi , based on the complete data sample collected with the CPLEAR experiment.Using a novel approach involving initially...

A detailed description of the analysis of the decay of neutral kaons to $\pi^+ \pi^-$ in the CPLEAR experiment (2000)

Apostolakis, A., Aslanides, E., Backenstoss, G., Bargassa, P., Behnke, O., Benelli, A., ...

A detailed description is given of the analysis of neutral kaons decaying to \pipi , based on the complete data sample collected with the CPLEAR experiment.Using a novel approach involving initially...

A detailed description of the analysis of the decay of neutral kaons to $\pi^+ \pi^-$ in the CPLEAR experiment (2000)

Apostolakis, A., Aslanides, E., Backenstoss, G., Bargassa, P., Behnke, O., Benelli, A., ...

A detailed description is given of the analysis of neutral kaons decaying to \pipi , based on the complete data sample collected with the CPLEAR experiment.Using a novel approach involving initially...

Measurement of the energy dependence of the form factor $f_{+}$ in $K^{0}_{e3}$ decay (1999)

Apostolakis, Alcibiades J, Aslanides, Elie, Backenstoss, Gerhard, Bargassa, P, Behnke, O, Benelli, A, ...

Neutral-kaon decays to \pielnu\ % recorded by the CPLEAR experimentwere analysed to determine the $q^2$ dependence of the \Kzet\ electroweak form factor $f_+$. Based on $365\,612$ events,this form...

Dispersion relation analysis of the neutral kaon regeneration amplitude in carbon (1999)

Angelopoulos, Angelos, Apostolakis, Alcibiades J, Locher, M P, Markushin, V E, Aslanides, Elie, Backenstoss, Gerhard, ...

We apply a forward dispersion relation to the regeneration amplitude for kaon scattering on /sup 12/C using all available data. The CPLEAR data at low energies allow the determination of the net...

$K^{0}-\overline{K}^{0}$ mass and decay-width differences: CPLEAR evaluation (1999)

Angelopoulos, Angelos, Apostolakis, Alcibiades J, Aslanides, Elie, Backenstoss, Gerhard, Bargassa, P, Behnke, O, ...

The CPT-violation parameters \redd\ and \imd\ determined recently by CPLEAR are used to evaluate the \kn --\knb\ mass and decay-width differences, as given by the difference between the diagonal...

A determination of the CP violation parameter $\eta_{+-}$ from the decay of strangeness-tagged neutral kaons (1999)

Apostolakis, Alcibiades J, Aslanides, Elie, Backenstoss, Gerhard, Bargassa, P, Behnke, O, Benelli, A, ...

We report a measurement of the CP violation parameter $\eta$ from the time-dependent asymmetry between the decay rates of initially tagged \kn\ and \knb . The results are based on the complete data...

Determination of the T- and CPT-violation parameters in the neutral-kaon system using the Bell-Steinberger relation and data from CPLEAR (1999)

Apostolakis, Alcibiades J, Aslanides, Elie, Backenstoss, Gerhard, Bargassa, P, Behnke, O, Benelli, A, ...

Data from the CPLEAR experiment, together with the most recent world averages for some of the neutral-kaon parameters, were constrained with the Bell--Steinberger (or unitarity) relation, allowing...

Tests of the equivalence principle with neutral kaons (1999)

Apostolakis, Alcibiades J, Aslanides, Elie, Backenstoss, Gerhard, Bargassa, P, Behnke, O, Benelli, A, ...

We test the Principle of Equivalence for particles and antiparticles, using CPLEAR data on tagged Pkao and Pkab decays into $pi^+ pi^-$. For the first time, we search for possible annual, monthly and...

Dispersion relation analysis of the neutral kaon regeneration amplitude in carbon (1999)

Angelopoulos, A., Apostolakis, A., Backenstoss, G., Aslanides, E., Bargassa, P., Behnke, O., ...

We apply a forward dispersion relation to the regeneration amplitude for kaon scattering on $\PCtw$ using all available data. The CPLEAR data at low energies allow the determination of the net...

Dispersion relation analysis of the neutral kaon regeneration amplitude in carbon (1999)

Angelopoulos, A., Apostolakis, A., Backenstoss, G., Aslanides, E., Bargassa, P., Behnke, O., ...

We apply a forward dispersion relation to the regeneration amplitude for kaon scattering on $\PCtw$ using all available data. The CPLEAR data at low energies allow the determination of the net...

Dispersion relation analysis of the neutral kaon regeneration amplitude in carbon (1999)

Angelopoulos, A., Apostolakis, A., Backenstoss, G., Aslanides, E., Bargassa, P., Behnke, O., ...

We apply a forward dispersion relation to the regeneration amplitude for kaon scattering on $\PCtw$ using all available data. The CPLEAR data at low energies allow the determination of the net...

Dispersion relation analysis of the neutral kaon regeneration amplitude in carbon (1999)

Angelopoulos, A., Apostolakis, A., Backenstoss, G., Aslanides, E., Bargassa, P., Behnke, O., ...

We apply a forward dispersion relation to the regeneration amplitude for kaon scattering on $\PCtw$ using all available data. The CPLEAR data at low energies allow the determination of the net...

Dispersion relation analysis of the neutral kaon regeneration amplitude in carbon (1999)

Angelopoulos, A., Apostolakis, A., Backenstoss, G., Aslanides, E., Bargassa, P., Behnke, O., ...

We apply a forward dispersion relation to the regeneration amplitude for kaon scattering on $\PCtw$ using all available data. The CPLEAR data at low energies allow the determination of the net...

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 440 (2000) 202}212 (1999)

Experience With Bre, G. Ambrosini, H. P. Beck, D. Francis, M. Joos, G. Lehmann, ...

Fibre Channel equipment has been evaluated in the environment of the ATLAS DAQ prototype !1a. Fibre Channel PCI and PMC cards have been tested on PowerPC-based VME processor boards running LynxOS and...

The impact of cachexia on cardiorespiratory reflex control in chronic heart failure (1999)

Ponikowski, P., Piepoli, M., Chua, T.P., Banasiak, W., Francis, D., Anker, S.D., ...

Background The mechanism of persistent neurohormonal and cardiorespiratory reflex abnormalities in chronic heart failure remain unclear. Also, why chronic heart failure patients who develop cachexia...

First direct observation of time-reversal non-invariance in the neutral-kaon system (1998)

Angelopoulos, A, Apostolakis, Alcibiades J, Aslanides, Elie, Backenstoss, Gerhard, Bargassa, P, Behnke, O, ...

We report on the first observation of time-reversal symmetry violation through a comparison of the probabilities of $\knb$ transforming into $\kn$ and $\kn$ into $\knb$ as a function of the...

Measurement of the $K_{L}-K_{S}$ mass difference using semileptonic decays of tagged neutral kaons (1998)

Angelopoulos, Angelos, Apostolakis, Alcibiades J, Aslanides, Elie, Backenstoss, Gerhard, Bargassa, P, Behnke, O, ...

We report on a new measurement of the \kl--\ks\ mass difference \dm\ using the CPLEAR full data sample of neutral-kaon decays to \semi. The result is $\dm = (0.5295 \pm 0.0020_{\stat} \pm...

A determination of the CPT violation parameter Re($\delta$) from the semileptonic decay of strangeness-tagged neutral kaons (1998)

Angelopoulos, Angelos, Apostolakis, Alcibiades J, Aslanides, Elie, Backenstoss, Gerhard, Bargassa, P, Behnke, O, ...

We have improved by two orders of magnitude the limit currently available for the CPT violation parameter \red . To this purpose we have analyzed the full sample of neutral-kaon decays to \semi\...

First direct observation of time-reversal non-invariance in the neutral-kaon system (1998)

Angelopoulos, Angelos, Apostolakis, Alcibiades J, Aslanides, Elie, Backenstoss, Gerhard, Bargassa, P, Behnke, O, ...

We report on the first observation of time-reversal symmetry violation through a comparison of the probabilities of $\knb$ transforming into $\kn$ and $\kn$ into $\knb$ as a function of the...

The neutral kaon decays to ${\pi^+ \pi^- \pi^0$}: a detailed analysis of the CPLEAR data (1998)

Angelopoulos, Angelos, Apostolakis, Alcibiades J, Aslanides, Elie, Backenstoss, Gerhard, Bargassa, P, Behnke, O, ...

A detailed analysis of neutral kaons decaying to \Pgpp \Pgpm \Pgpz\ is presented based on the complete data set containing half a million events. Time-dependent decay rate asymmetries are measured...

Experience with fibre channel in the environment of the ATLAS DAQ protoype "-1" project (1998)

Ambrosini, G, Beck, H P, Francis, D, Joos, M, Lehmann, G, Mailov, A A, ...

Fibre Channel equipment has been evaluated in the environment of the ATLAS DAQ prototype "-1". Fibre Channel PCI and PMC cards have been tested on PwerPC-based VME processor boards running LynxOS and...

Search for CP violation in the decay of tagged $\overline{K}^0$ and $K^0$ to $\pi^{0}\pi^{0}\pi^{0}$ (1998)

Angelopoulos, Angelos, Apostolakis, Alcibiades J, Aslanides, Elie, Backenstoss, Gerhard, Bargassa, P, Behnke, O, ...

The CPLEAR experiment measured the eigentime-dependent asymmetry in the rates of initially tagged \kzerob\ and \kzero\ decaying to \threepizero\ in order to study the interference between the...

Measurement of the $K_{L}-K_{S}$ mass difference using semileptonic decays of tagged neutral kaons (1998)

Angelopoulos, A., Apostolakis, A., Aslanides, E., Backenstoss, G., Bargassa, P., Behnke, O., ...

We report on a new measurement of the \kl--\ks\ mass difference \dm\ using the CPLEAR full data sample of neutral-kaon decays to \semi. The result is $\dm = (0.5295 \pm 0.0020_{\stat} \pm...

First direct observation of time-reversal non-invariance in the neutral-kaon system (1998)

Angelopoulos, A., Apostolakis, A., Aslanides, E., Backenstoss, G., Bargassa, P., Behnke, O., ...

We report on the first observation of time-reversal symmetry violation through a comparison of the probabilities of $\knb$ transforming into $\kn$ and $\kn$ into $\knb$ as a function of the...

A determination of the CPT violation parameter Re($\delta$) from the semileptonic decay of strangeness-tagged neutral kaons (1998)

Angelopoulos, A., Apostolakis, A., Aslanides, E., Backenstoss, G., Bargassa, P., Behnke, O., ...

We have improved by two orders of magnitude the limit currently available for the CPT violation parameter \red . To this purpose we have analyzed the full sample of neutral-kaon decays to \semi\...

Direct determination of two-pion correlations for $\overline{p}p \to 2\pi^{+}2\pi^{-}$ annihilation at rest (1998)

Angelopoulos, A., Apostolakis, A., Aslanides, E., Backenstoss, G., Backenstoss, G., Behnke, O., ...

Abstract: We study $\pi\pi$ correlations in the exclusive reaction $\ppb \to 2\pi^+2\pi^-$ at rest measured by the CPLEAR experiment. Avoiding the introduction of an arbitrary reference sample, we...

Measurement of the CP-violation parameter $\eta_{00}$ using tagged $\overline{K^{0}}$ and $K^{0}$ (1998)

Angelopoulos, A., Apostolakis, A., Aslanides, E., Backenstoss, G., Backenstoss, G., Behnke, O., ...

Abstract: The CP-violation parameter \etazero\ is determined through the eigentime-dependent asymmetry in the rates of initially tagged \kzerob\ and \kzero\ decaying to \pizero \pizero. From the...

An EPR experiment testing the non-separability of the $K^{0} \overline{K^{0}}$ wave function (1998)

Apostolakis, A., Aslanides, E., Backenstoss, G., Bargassa, P., Behnke, O., Benelli, A., ...

Abstract: The EPR-type strangeness correlation in the \PKz \PaKz ~system produced in the reaction $\Pap \Pp \rightarrow \PKz \PaKz$ at rest has been tested using the CPLEAR detector. The strangeness...

Measurement of the $K_{L}-K_{S}$ mass difference using semileptonic decays of tagged neutral kaons (1998)

Angelopoulos, A., Apostolakis, A., Aslanides, E., Backenstoss, G., Bargassa, P., Behnke, O., ...

We report on a new measurement of the \kl--\ks\ mass difference \dm\ using the CPLEAR full data sample of neutral-kaon decays to \semi. The result is $\dm = (0.5295 \pm 0.0020_{\stat} \pm...

First direct observation of time-reversal non-invariance in the neutral-kaon system (1998)

Angelopoulos, A., Apostolakis, A., Aslanides, E., Backenstoss, G., Bargassa, P., Behnke, O., ...

We report on the first observation of time-reversal symmetry violation through a comparison of the probabilities of $\knb$ transforming into $\kn$ and $\kn$ into $\knb$ as a function of the...

A determination of the CPT violation parameter Re($\delta$) from the semileptonic decay of strangeness-tagged neutral kaons (1998)

Angelopoulos, A., Apostolakis, A., Aslanides, E., Backenstoss, G., Bargassa, P., Behnke, O., ...

We have improved by two orders of magnitude the limit currently available for the CPT violation parameter \red . To this purpose we have analyzed the full sample of neutral-kaon decays to \semi\...

Direct determination of two-pion correlations for $\overline{p}p \to 2\pi^{+}2\pi^{-}$ annihilation at rest (1998)

Angelopoulos, A., Apostolakis, A., Aslanides, E., Backenstoss, G., Backenstoss, G., Behnke, O., ...

Abstract: We study $\pi\pi$ correlations in the exclusive reaction $\ppb \to 2\pi^+2\pi^-$ at rest measured by the CPLEAR experiment. Avoiding the introduction of an arbitrary reference sample, we...

Measurement of the CP-violation parameter $\eta_{00}$ using tagged $\overline{K^{0}}$ and $K^{0}$ (1998)

Angelopoulos, A., Apostolakis, A., Aslanides, E., Backenstoss, G., Backenstoss, G., Behnke, O., ...

Abstract: The CP-violation parameter \etazero\ is determined through the eigentime-dependent asymmetry in the rates of initially tagged \kzerob\ and \kzero\ decaying to \pizero \pizero. From the...

An EPR experiment testing the non-separability of the $K^{0} \overline{K^{0}}$ wave function (1998)

Apostolakis, A., Aslanides, E., Backenstoss, G., Bargassa, P., Behnke, O., Benelli, A., ...

Abstract: The EPR-type strangeness correlation in the \PKz \PaKz ~system produced in the reaction $\Pap \Pp \rightarrow \PKz \PaKz$ at rest has been tested using the CPLEAR detector. The strangeness...

Measurement of the $K_{L}-K_{S}$ mass difference using semileptonic decays of tagged neutral kaons (1998)

Angelopoulos, A., Apostolakis, A., Aslanides, E., Backenstoss, G., Bargassa, P., Behnke, O., ...

We report on a new measurement of the \kl--\ks\ mass difference \dm\ using the CPLEAR full data sample of neutral-kaon decays to \semi. The result is $\dm = (0.5295 \pm 0.0020_{\stat} \pm...

First direct observation of time-reversal non-invariance in the neutral-kaon system (1998)

Angelopoulos, A., Apostolakis, A., Aslanides, E., Backenstoss, G., Bargassa, P., Behnke, O., ...

We report on the first observation of time-reversal symmetry violation through a comparison of the probabilities of $\knb$ transforming into $\kn$ and $\kn$ into $\knb$ as a function of the...

A determination of the CPT violation parameter Re($\delta$) from the semileptonic decay of strangeness-tagged neutral kaons (1998)

Angelopoulos, A., Apostolakis, A., Aslanides, E., Backenstoss, G., Bargassa, P., Behnke, O., ...

We have improved by two orders of magnitude the limit currently available for the CPT violation parameter \red . To this purpose we have analyzed the full sample of neutral-kaon decays to \semi\...

Direct determination of two-pion correlations for $\overline{p}p \to 2\pi^{+}2\pi^{-}$ annihilation at rest (1998)

Angelopoulos, A., Apostolakis, A., Aslanides, E., Backenstoss, G., Backenstoss, G., Behnke, O., ...

We study $\pi\pi$ correlations in the exclusive reaction $\ppb \to 2\pi^+2\pi^-$ at rest measured by the CPLEAR experiment. Avoiding the introduction of an arbitrary reference sample, we analyse...

Measurement of the CP-violation parameter $\eta_{00}$ using tagged $\overline{K^{0}}$ and $K^{0}$ (1998)

Angelopoulos, A., Apostolakis, A., Aslanides, E., Backenstoss, G., Backenstoss, G., Behnke, O., ...

The CP-violation parameter \etazero\ is determined through the eigentime-dependent asymmetry in the rates of initially tagged \kzerob\ and \kzero\ decaying to \pizero \pizero. From the analysis of...

An EPR experiment testing the non-separability of the $K^{0} \overline{K^{0}}$ wave function (1998)

Apostolakis, A., Aslanides, E., Backenstoss, G., Bargassa, P., Behnke, O., Benelli, A., ...

Abstract: The EPR-type strangeness correlation in the \PKz \PaKz ~system produced in the reaction $\Pap \Pp \rightarrow \PKz \PaKz$ at rest has been tested using the CPLEAR detector. The strangeness...

Measurement of the $K_{L}-K_{S}$ mass difference using semileptonic decays of tagged neutral kaons (1998)

Angelopoulos, A., Apostolakis, A., Aslanides, E., Backenstoss, G., Bargassa, P., Behnke, O., ...

We report on a new measurement of the \kl--\ks\ mass difference \dm\ using the CPLEAR full data sample of neutral-kaon decays to \semi. The result is $\dm = (0.5295 \pm 0.0020_{\stat} \pm...

First direct observation of time-reversal non-invariance in the neutral-kaon system (1998)

Angelopoulos, A., Apostolakis, A., Aslanides, E., Backenstoss, G., Bargassa, P., Behnke, O., ...

We report on the first observation of time-reversal symmetry violation through a comparison of the probabilities of $\knb$ transforming into $\kn$ and $\kn$ into $\knb$ as a function of the...

A determination of the CPT violation parameter Re($\delta$) from the semileptonic decay of strangeness-tagged neutral kaons (1998)

Angelopoulos, A., Apostolakis, A., Aslanides, E., Backenstoss, G., Bargassa, P., Behnke, O., ...

We have improved by two orders of magnitude the limit currently available for the CPT violation parameter \red . To this purpose we have analyzed the full sample of neutral-kaon decays to \semi\...

Direct determination of two-pion correlations for $\overline{p}p \to 2\pi^{+}2\pi^{-}$ annihilation at rest (1998)

Angelopoulos, A., Apostolakis, A., Aslanides, E., Backenstoss, G., Backenstoss, G., Behnke, O., ...

We study $\pi\pi$ correlations in the exclusive reaction $\ppb \to 2\pi^+2\pi^-$ at rest measured by the CPLEAR experiment. Avoiding the introduction of an arbitrary reference sample, we analyse...

Measurement of the CP-violation parameter $\eta_{00}$ using tagged $\overline{K^{0}}$ and $K^{0}$ (1998)

Angelopoulos, A., Apostolakis, A., Aslanides, E., Backenstoss, G., Backenstoss, G., Behnke, O., ...

The CP-violation parameter \etazero\ is determined through the eigentime-dependent asymmetry in the rates of initially tagged \kzerob\ and \kzero\ decaying to \pizero \pizero. From the analysis of...

An EPR experiment testing the non-separability of the $K^{0} \overline{K^{0}}$ wave function (1998)

Apostolakis, A., Aslanides, E., Backenstoss, G., Bargassa, P., Behnke, O., Benelli, A., ...

Abstract: The EPR-type strangeness correlation in the \PKz \PaKz ~system produced in the reaction $\Pap \Pp \rightarrow \PKz \PaKz$ at rest has been tested using the CPLEAR detector. The strangeness...

Measurement of the $K_{L}-K_{S}$ mass difference using semileptonic decays of tagged neutral kaons (1998)

Angelopoulos, A., Apostolakis, A., Aslanides, E., Backenstoss, G., Bargassa, P., Behnke, O., ...

We report on a new measurement of the \kl--\ks\ mass difference \dm\ using the CPLEAR full data sample of neutral-kaon decays to \semi. The result is $\dm = (0.5295 \pm 0.0020_{\stat} \pm...

First direct observation of time-reversal non-invariance in the neutral-kaon system (1998)

Angelopoulos, A., Apostolakis, A., Aslanides, E., Backenstoss, G., Bargassa, P., Behnke, O., ...

We report on the first observation of time-reversal symmetry violation through a comparison of the probabilities of $\knb$ transforming into $\kn$ and $\kn$ into $\knb$ as a function of the...

A determination of the CPT violation parameter Re($\delta$) from the semileptonic decay of strangeness-tagged neutral kaons (1998)

Angelopoulos, A., Apostolakis, A., Aslanides, E., Backenstoss, G., Bargassa, P., Behnke, O., ...

We have improved by two orders of magnitude the limit currently available for the CPT violation parameter \red . To this purpose we have analyzed the full sample of neutral-kaon decays to \semi\...

Direct determination of two-pion correlations for $\overline{p}p \to 2\pi^{+}2\pi^{-}$ annihilation at rest (1998)

Angelopoulos, A., Apostolakis, A., Aslanides, E., Backenstoss, G., Backenstoss, G., Behnke, O., ...

We study $\pi\pi$ correlations in the exclusive reaction $\ppb \to 2\pi^+2\pi^-$ at rest measured by the CPLEAR experiment. Avoiding the introduction of an arbitrary reference sample, we analyse...

Measurement of the CP-violation parameter $\eta_{00}$ using tagged $\overline{K^{0}}$ and $K^{0}$ (1998)

Angelopoulos, A., Apostolakis, A., Aslanides, E., Backenstoss, G., Backenstoss, G., Behnke, O., ...

The CP-violation parameter \etazero\ is determined through the eigentime-dependent asymmetry in the rates of initially tagged \kzerob\ and \kzero\ decaying to \pizero \pizero. From the analysis of...

An EPR experiment testing the non-separability of the $K^{0} \overline{K^{0}}$ wave function (1998)

Apostolakis, A., Aslanides, E., Backenstoss, G., Bargassa, P., Behnke, O., Benelli, A., ...

Abstract: The EPR-type strangeness correlation in the \PKz \PaKz ~system produced in the reaction $\Pap \Pp \rightarrow \PKz \PaKz$ at rest has been tested using the CPLEAR detector. The strangeness...

Measurement of the CP-violation parameter $\eta_{00}$ using tagged $\overline{K^{0}}$ and $K^{0}$ (1997)

Angelopoulos, Angelos, Apostolakis, Alcibiades J, Aslanides, Elie, Backenstoss, Gerhard, Bargassa, P, Behnke, O, ...

The CP-violation parameter \etazero\ is determined through the eigentime-dependent asymmetry in the rates of initially tagged \kzerob\ and \kzero\ decaying to \pizero \pizero. From the analysis of...

An EPR experiment testing the non-separability of the $K^{0} \overline{K^{0}}$ wave function (1997)

Apostolakis, Alcibiades J, Aslanides, Elie, Backenstoss, Gerhard, Bargassa, P, Behnke, O, Benelli, A, ...

The EPR-type strangeness correlation in the \PKz \PaKz ~system produced in the reaction $\Pap \Pp \rightarrow \PKz \PaKz$ at rest has been tested using the CPLEAR detector. The strangeness was tagged...

Direct determination of two-pion correlations for $\overline{p}p \to 2\pi^{+}2\pi^{-}$ annihilation at rest (1997)

Angelopoulos, Angelos, Apostolakis, Alcibiades J, Aslanides, Elie, Backenstoss, Gerhard, Bargassa, P, Behnke, O, ...

We study $\pi\pi$ correlations in the exclusive reaction $\ppb \to 2\pi^+2\pi^-$ at rest measured by the CPLEAR experiment. Avoiding the introduction of an arbitrary reference sample, we analyse...

Measurement of the neutral kaon regeneration amplitude in carbon at momenta below 1 GeV/c (1997)

Angelopoulos, Angelos, Apostolakis, Alcibiades J, Aslanides, Elie, Backenstoss, Gerhard, Bargassa, P, Behnke, O, ...

The neutral kaon regeneration amplitude in carbon at momenta between 250 and 750~MeV/$c$ was determined by measuring the interference of inherent and coherently regenerated \PKS\ amplitudes. This...

CPLEAR results on the CP parameters of neutral kaons decaying to $\pi^+ \pi^- \pi^0$ (1997)

Adler, R, Angelopoulos, Angelos, Apostolakis, Alcibiades J, Aslanides, Elie, Backenstoss, Gerhard, Bargassa, P, ...

The CPLEAR experiment measured time-dependent decay-rate asymmetries of \PKz\ and \PaKz\ decaying to \pipmz\ in order to study the interference between the decay amplitudes of \PKzS\ --- either...

Contribution of CPLEAR to the physics of the neutral kaon system (1997)

Pavlopoulos, P, Adler, R, Alhalel, T, Angelopoulos, Angelos, Apostolakis, Alcibiades J, Aslanides, Elie, ...

We present the physics results of the CP-- and CPT--violation measurements performed by CPLEAR. CPLEAR has experimentally determined for the first time, the violation of T invariance and is able to...

CPLEAR results on the CP parameters of neutral kaons decaying to $\pi^+ \pi^- \pi^0$ (1997)

Adler, R., Angelopoulos, A., Apostolakis, A., Aslanides, E., Backenstoss, G., Bargassa, P., ...

Abstract: The CPLEAR experiment measured time-dependent decay-rate asymmetries of \PKz\ and \PaKz\ decaying to \pipmz\ in order to study the interference between the decay amplitudes of \PKzS\ ---...

Measurement of the neutral kaon regeneration amplitude in carbon at momenta below 1 GeV/c (1997)

Angelopoulos, A., Apostolakis, A., Aslanides, E., Backenstoss, G., Backenstoss, G., Behnke, O., ...

Abstract: The neutral kaon regeneration amplitude in carbon at momenta between 250 and 750~MeV/$c$ was determined by measuring the interference of inherent and coherently regenerated \PKS\...

CPLEAR results on the CP parameters of neutral kaons decaying to $\pi^+ \pi^- \pi^0$ (1997)

Adler, R., Angelopoulos, A., Apostolakis, A., Aslanides, E., Backenstoss, G., Bargassa, P., ...

Abstract: The CPLEAR experiment measured time-dependent decay-rate asymmetries of \PKz\ and \PaKz\ decaying to \pipmz\ in order to study the interference between the decay amplitudes of \PKzS\ ---...

Measurement of the neutral kaon regeneration amplitude in carbon at momenta below 1 GeV/c (1997)

Angelopoulos, A., Apostolakis, A., Aslanides, E., Backenstoss, G., Backenstoss, G., Behnke, O., ...

Abstract: The neutral kaon regeneration amplitude in carbon at momenta between 250 and 750~MeV/$c$ was determined by measuring the interference of inherent and coherently regenerated \PKS\...

CPLEAR results on the CP parameters of neutral kaons decaying to $\pi^+ \pi^- \pi^0$ (1997)

Adler, R., Angelopoulos, A., Apostolakis, A., Aslanides, E., Backenstoss, G., Bargassa, P., ...

The CPLEAR experiment measured time-dependent decay-rate asymmetries of \PKz\ and \PaKz\ decaying to \pipmz\ in order to study the interference between the decay amplitudes of \PKzS\ --- either...

Measurement of the neutral kaon regeneration amplitude in carbon at momenta below 1 GeV/c (1997)

Angelopoulos, A., Apostolakis, A., Aslanides, E., Backenstoss, G., Backenstoss, G., Behnke, O., ...

The neutral kaon regeneration amplitude in carbon at momenta between 250 and 750~MeV/$c$ was determined by measuring the interference of inherent and coherently regenerated \PKS\ amplitudes. This...

CPLEAR results on the CP parameters of neutral kaons decaying to $\pi^+ \pi^- \pi^0$ (1997)

Adler, R., Angelopoulos, A., Apostolakis, A., Aslanides, E., Backenstoss, G., Bargassa, P., ...

The CPLEAR experiment measured time-dependent decay-rate asymmetries of \PKz\ and \PaKz\ decaying to \pipmz\ in order to study the interference between the decay amplitudes of \PKzS\ --- either...

Measurement of the neutral kaon regeneration amplitude in carbon at momenta below 1 GeV/c (1997)

Angelopoulos, A., Apostolakis, A., Aslanides, E., Backenstoss, G., Backenstoss, G., Behnke, O., ...

The neutral kaon regeneration amplitude in carbon at momenta between 250 and 750~MeV/$c$ was determined by measuring the interference of inherent and coherently regenerated \PKS\ amplitudes. This...

CPLEAR results on the CP parameters of neutral kaons decaying to $\pi^+ \pi^- \pi^0$ (1997)

Adler, R., Angelopoulos, A., Apostolakis, A., Aslanides, E., Backenstoss, G., Bargassa, P., ...

The CPLEAR experiment measured time-dependent decay-rate asymmetries of \PKz\ and \PaKz\ decaying to \pipmz\ in order to study the interference between the decay amplitudes of \PKzS\ --- either...

Measurement of the neutral kaon regeneration amplitude in carbon at momenta below 1 GeV/c (1997)

Angelopoulos, A., Apostolakis, A., Aslanides, E., Backenstoss, G., Backenstoss, G., Behnke, O., ...

The neutral kaon regeneration amplitude in carbon at momenta between 250 and 750~MeV/$c$ was determined by measuring the interference of inherent and coherently regenerated \PKS\ amplitudes. This...

The CPLEAR detector at CERN (1996)

Adler, R, Albrecht, W, Alhalel, T, Angelopoulos, Angelos, Apostolakis, Alcibiades J, Aslanides, Elie, ...

The CPLEAR collaboration has constructed a detector at CERN for an extensive programme of CP-, T- and CPT-symmetry studies using ${\rm K}^0$ and $\bar{\rm K}^0$ produced by the annihilation of...

Observation of the CP-conserving K$_{S}$ --> $\pi^{+}\pi^{- }\pi^{0}$ decay amplitude (1996)

Adler, R, Alhalel, T, Angelopoulos, Angelos, Aspostolakis, A, Aslanides, Elie, Backenstoss, Gerhard, ...

The interference between CP-conserving $\ks$ and $\kl \rightarrow \threepi$ decay amplitudes was observed by studying the decay rate asymmetries between initial $\ko$ and $\kob$ separately for the...

Search for CP-violation in the decay of neutral kaons to $\pi^{+}\pi^{- }\pi^{0}$ (1996)

Adler, R, Alhalel, T, Angelopoulos, Angelos, Apostolakis, Alcibiades J, Aslanides, Elie, Backenstoss, Gerhard, ...

The time-dependent rate asymmetry of initial \ko and \kob decaying into \threepi was measured in order to reveal the CP-violating amplitude of the \ks \rightarrow \threepi decay. For the real and the...

Parallelization of an existing high-energy physics event reconstruction software package (1996)

Schiefer, R, Francis, D

Software parallelization allows an efficient use of available computing power to in- crease the performance of applications. In a case study we have investigated the parallelization of high-energy...

Triggering and event building results using the C104 packet routing chip (1996)

Dobinson, Robert W, Francis, D, Heeley, R, Moonen, J R

The C104 is an asynchronous 32-way dynamic packet routing chip. It has a 264Mbytes/s bi-directional bandwidth and a 1 µsec switching latency. It offers high-density cost- effective commodity...

Test of CPT symmetry and quantum mechanics with experimental data from CPLEAR (1995)

Adler, R, Angelopoulos, Angelos, Apostolakis, Alcibiades J, Aslanides, Elie, Backenstoss, Gerhard, Bee, C P, ...

We use fits to recent published CPLEAR data on neutral kaon decays to \pi^+\pi^- and \pi e\nu to constrain the CPT--violation parameters appearing in a formulation of the neutral kaon system as an...

Experimental tests of CPT symmetry and quantum mechanics at CPLEAR (1995)

Mavromatos, Nikolaos E, Ellis, Jonathan Richard, López, J L, Nanopoulos, Dimitri V, Adler, R, Alhalel, T, ...

We review a phenomenological parametrization of an open quantum-mechanical formalism for CPT violation in the neutral kaon system, and constrain the parameters using fits to recent CPLEAR data.

Parallelization of an Existing High-Energy Physics Event Reconstruction Software Package (1995)

R. Schiefer, D. Francis

Software parallelization allows an efficient use of available computing power to increase the performance of applications. In a case study we have investigated the parallelization of high-energy...

An effect of zinc on M-phase and G1 of the plant cell cycle in the synchronous TBY-2 tobacco cell suspension (1995)

Francis, D., Davies, M.S., Braybrook, C., James, N.C., Herbert, R.J.

An analysis was undertaken of the effects of a toxic metal, zinc, on plant cell suspension cultures of the TBY–2 cell line of tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum cv. Bright Yellow 2) in order to determine...

Zinc-induced Vacuolation in Root Meristematic Cells of Cereals (1992)

DAVIES, K. L., DAVIES, M. S., FRANCIS, D.

In the absence of Zn, vacuolar volume fractions of root meristematic cells of Secale cereale L. cv. K2, Triticum aestivum L. cv. Chinese Spring and Oryza sativa L. cv. IR34 were 5.64 × 10−2, 2.17...

Changes in Lipid Composition during Callus Differentiation in Cultures of Oilseed Rape (Brassica napus L.) (1991)

WILLIAMS, M., FRANCIS, D., HANN, A. C., HARWOOD, J. L.

The lipid composition of different callus cultures of Brassica napus varied according to their state of differentiation. Photomixotrophic callus was characterized by the ability to synthesize...

Synthesis and structure of ferrocene-linked Schiff base porphyrins. (1990)

Vaijayanthimala, G, Francis, D, Krishnan, V

A series of mono ferrocene Schiff-base porphyrins in which the ferrocene unit is disposed in different orientations to the porphyrin core have been synthesized from meso-5(o- or...

Synthesis and structure of ferrocene-linked Schiff base porphyrins. (1990)

Vaijayanthimala, G, Francis, D, Krishnan, V

A series of mono ferrocene Schiff-base porphyrins in which the ferrocene unit is disposed in different orientations to the porphyrin core have been synthesized from meso-5(o- or...

Changes to Proteins in the Shoot Meristem of Silene coeli-rosa during the Transition to Flowering (1990)

Taylor, M., Francis, D., Rembur, J., Nougarède, A.

Changes in proteins were measured to test whether they were linked to flowering, the cell cycle or both in Silene coeli-rosa shoot apices. Seeds were germinated and grown at 20�C in short days (SD)...

Changes in Nuclear DNA Content, Cell and Nuclear Size, and Frequency of Cell Division in the Cotyledons of Brassica napus L. during Embryogenesis (1990)

SILCOCK, D. J., FRANCIS, D., BRYANT, J. A., HUGHES, S. G.

Cellular behaviour was examined during embryogenesis in Brassica napus to test whether or not polyploidy occurs in the cotyledons during the phase of oil deposition. Nuclear DNA content, nuclear and...

Changes in the Pattern of Cell Division in the Shoot and Root Meristems of Lolium perenne during the Transition from Vegetative to Floral Growth (1989)

GONTHIER, R, FRANCIS, D.

For Lolium perenne cv. Cropper, a system which resulted in 100% flowering comprised 90 short days (SD) at 4 �C (vernalization) and 30 SD at 18 �C followed by 8 long days (LD). The mitotic index...

Replicon Size, Mean Rate of DNA Replication and the Duration of the Cell Cycle and its Component Phases in Eight Monocotyledonous Species of Contrasting DNA C Values (1987)

KIDD, A. D., FRANCIS, D., BENNETT, M. D.

Various aspects of the cell cycle were measured in the apical meristem of primary and seminal roots of eight monocotyledonous angiosperms: Oryza sativa (0.6 pg), Zea mays (2.4 pg), Pennisetum...

Differences in Cell Cycle Duration of Sister Cells in Secondary Root Meristems of Cocos nucifera L. (1985)

ARMSTRONG, S. W., FRANCIS, D.

Cell lengths of Gl/Gl pairs of sister cells and in mitotic packets of cells were measured in secondary roots of Cocos nucifera L. Due to symplastic growth cell length ratios of sister cells, over a...

Mutants of Polysphondylium pallidum altered in cell aggregation and in the expression of a carbohydrate epitope on cell surface glycoproteins (1985)

Francis, D., Toda, K., Merkl, Rainer, Hatfield, T., Gerisch, G.

Mutants of the cellular slime mold Polysphondylium pallidum have been selected using a cell sorter and a fluorescentlabeled monoclonal antibody, mAb 293. This antibody blocks cell adhesion when...

A CONTROLLED TRIAL OF EXTRADURAL FENTANYL IN LABOUR (1982)

JUSTINS, D. M., FRANCIS, D., HOULTON, P. G., REYNOLDS, F.

In a double-blind trial carried out on patients in the first stage of labour, either fentanyl 80 μg (n = 35) or physiological saline (n=33) was added to the test dose of bupivacaine...

Some Observations on Invertase Activity in Roots of Vicia faba L. (1977)

MACLEOD, R. D., FRANCIS, D.

Invertase activity has been determined at intervals along primary roots of Vicia faba as they elongated from 0·5 to 8 cm. Little activity was evident in 0·5–1·0 cm long primaries but in those...

Some Cytological Changes accompanying the Regeneration of Meristematic Activity at the Apex of Decapitated Roots of Vicia faba L. (1977)

FRANCIS, D., MACLEOD, R. D.

The changes that took place in mitotic index (MI), labelling index (LI) and the relative proportions of interphase nuclei with different amounts of DNA have been investigated during the regeneration...

Cortical Cell Breakdown and Lateral Root Primordium Development in Vicia faba L (1976)

MACLEOD, R. D., FRANCIS, D.

The effect of the formation of a cavity in the cortex of the primary root of Vicia faba adjacent to lateral root primordia on root development has been investigated. Premature exposure of such...

Infectious disease physicians rate microbiology services and practices.

Baron, E J, Francis, D, Peddecord, K M

Recent years have seen increasing emphasis on cost containment and quality improvement in clinical laboratory activities. Modifying those activities to enhance clinical relevance is one strategy that...

Mutants of Polysphondylium pallidum altered in cell aggregation and in the expression of a carbohydrate epitope on cell surface glycoproteins

Francis, D., Toda, K., Merkl, R., Hatfield, T., Gerisch, G.

Mutants of the cellular slime mold Polysphondylium pallidum have been selected using a cell sorter and a fluorescentlabeled monoclonal antibody, mAb 293. This antibody blocks cell adhesion when...

Comparison of the antiemetics metoclopramide and promethazine in labour.

Vella, L, Francis, D, Houlton, P, Reynolds, F

A double blind trial was conducted in 477 mothers in labour to compare the antiemetics metoclopramide 10 mg and promethazine 25 mg and placebo when added to the first dose of pethidine....

Three Genes Which Affect Founding of Aggregations in Polysphondylium Pallidum

Francis, D., Shaffer, A., Smoyer, K.

PN6024 is an extraordinary mutant strain of the cellular slime mold Polysphondylium pallidum, characterized by having defects in many unlinked genes. New strains with altered development appeared...

High frequency recombination during the sexual cycle of Dictyostelium discoideum.

Francis, D

Analysis of Dictyostelium development and cell biology has suffered from the lack of an ordinary genetic system whereby genes can be arranged in new combinations. Genetic exchange between two long...

Infectious disease physicians rate microbiology services and practices.

Baron, E J, Francis, D, Peddecord, K M

Recent years have seen increasing emphasis on cost containment and quality improvement in clinical laboratory activities. Modifying those activities to enhance clinical relevance is one strategy that...

Mutants of Polysphondylium pallidum altered in cell aggregation and in the expression of a carbohydrate epitope on cell surface glycoproteins

Francis, D., Toda, K., Merkl, R., Hatfield, T., Gerisch, G.

Mutants of the cellular slime mold Polysphondylium pallidum have been selected using a cell sorter and a fluorescentlabeled monoclonal antibody, mAb 293. This antibody blocks cell adhesion when...

Three Genes Which Affect Founding of Aggregations in Polysphondylium Pallidum

Francis, D., Shaffer, A., Smoyer, K.

PN6024 is an extraordinary mutant strain of the cellular slime mold Polysphondylium pallidum, characterized by having defects in many unlinked genes. New strains with altered development appeared...

Comparison of the antiemetics metoclopramide and promethazine in labour.

Vella, L, Francis, D, Houlton, P, Reynolds, F

A double blind trial was conducted in 477 mothers in labour to compare the antiemetics metoclopramide 10 mg and promethazine 25 mg and placebo when added to the first dose of pethidine....

High frequency recombination during the sexual cycle of Dictyostelium discoideum.

Francis, D

Analysis of Dictyostelium development and cell biology has suffered from the lack of an ordinary genetic system whereby genes can be arranged in new combinations. Genetic exchange between two long...

Does primary medical practitioner involvement with a specialist team improve patient outcomes? A systematic review

Mitchell, G, Del Mar, C, Francis, D

Patients with chronic or complex medical or psychiatric conditions are treated by many practitioners, including general practitioners (GPs). Formal liaison between primary and specialist is often...

Chronic heart failure in the elderly: value of cardiopulmonary exercise testing in risk stratification

Davies, L, Francis, D, Piepoli, M, Scott, A, Ponikowski, P, Coats, A

OBJECTIVE—To assess the value of cardiopulmonary exercise testing in predicting prognosis in a cohort of elderly patients with chronic heart failure (CHF).
DESIGN—A retrospective cohort study...

Raised urinary glucocorticoid and adrenal androgen precursors in the urine of young hypertensive patients: possible evidence for partial glucocorticoid resistance

Shamim, W, Yousufuddin, M, Francis, D, Gualdiero, P, Honour, J, Anker, S, ...

OBJECTIVE—To evaluate urinary glucocorticoid excretion profiles in a cohort of recently diagnosed young hypertensive patients.
METHODS—After excluding patients with secondary causes,...

Enzymic histamine metabolism in guinea-pig skin and its role in immediate hypersensitivity reactions.

Yamamoto, S, Francis, D, Greaves, M W

Incubation of histamine with guinea-pig skin or with a particle-free supernatant fraction of homogenized skin caused progressive temperature dependent decay of histamine activity. The loss of...

Enzymatic histamine degradation by human skin.

Francis, D, Greaves, M W, Yamamoto, S

1. Degradation of histamine by homogenized human skin in vitro, in the presence of the cofactor S-adenosyl methionine, indicates the presence of the histamine metabolizing enzyme histamine-N-methyl...

Thoracoscopic, histological, and clinical findings in nine case of rheumatoid pleural effusion.

Faurschou, P, Francis, D, Faarup, P

A characteristic thoracoscopic picture of a granular parietal pleural surface was found in nine patients with rheumatoid pleurisy. Characteristic changes could be identified histopathologically in...

Directly inherited partial trisomy of chromosome 6p identified in a father and daughter by chromosome microdissection

Delatycki, M., Voullaire, L., Francis, D., Petrovic, V., Robertson, A., Webber, L., ...

Cytogenetic analysis of a 4 year old girl with developmental delay and dysmorphic features showed extra chromosomal material of unknown origin on 20p (46,XX,add(20)(p13)). Familial chromosome...

Paediatric continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis.

Eastham, E J, Kirpalani, H, Francis, D, Gokal, R, Jackson, R H

Ten children in end-stage renal failure were treated by continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD). This represents a total of 3.4 patient years. Biochemical control was good, and parent and...

Antibody repertoire development in fetal and newborn piglets, III. Colonization of the gastrointestinal tract selectively diversifies the preimmune repertoire in mucosal lymphoid tissues

Butler, J E, Sun, J, Weber, P, Navarro, P, Francis, D

Changes in the VH-region repertoire of isolator piglets reared for 6 weeks under germ-free (GF) conditions and those colonized (COL) with a defined exclusion flora on the 1st day of life were...

Imatinib mesylate (Gleevec®) in advanced breast cancer-expressing C-Kit or PDGFR-β: clinical activity and biological correlations

Cristofanilli, M., Morandi, P., Krishnamurthy, S., Reuben, J. M., Francis, D., ...

Background: Novel molecular therapies for metastatic breast cancer (MBC) are necessary to improve the dismal prognosis of this condition. Imatinib mesylate (Gleevec®) inhibits several protein...