G. Robinson

Publication List Details

Period

1784 - 2009

Number

82

Co-Authors

Exploring the dynamics of compliance with community penalties (2008)

Robinson, G., McNeill, F.

In this paper, we examine how compliance with community penalties has been theorized hitherto and seek to develop a new dynamic model of compliance with community penalties. This new model is...

Uptake of ΣDDT, arsenic, cadmium, copper, and lead by lettuce and radish grown in contaminated horticultural soils (2008)

Gaw, S. K., Kim, N. D., Northcoot, G. L., Wilkins, Alistair L., Robinson, G.

Horticultural soils can contain elevated concentrations of selected trace elements and organochlorine pesticides as a result of long-term use of agrichemicals and soil amendments. A glasshouse study...

Fortran 90 and High Performance Fortran for Dense Matrix-formulated Applications (2007)

G. Robinson, K.A. Hawick, G.C. Fox

We discuss the use of the Fortran 90 (F90) and High Performance Fortran (HPF) computer programming languages for use in effectively-dense matrix-formulated applications. We provide a brief...

2 (2007)

A. J. Walsh, A. R. Hyland, G. Robinson, M. G. Burton

A survey of ultracompact (UC) HII regions has been carried out by searching for 6.669GHz methanol maser emission from a sample of 535 IRAS selected candidates. A total of 201 candidates exhibit...

Non-invasive metabolic monitoring of patients under anaesthesia by continuous indirect calorimetry--an in vivo trial of a new method (2007)

Stuart-Andrews, C., Peyton, P., Robinson, G., Terry, D., O'Connor, B., ...

Background. Oxygen uptake is an important form of metabolic monitoring for patients under anaesthesia. In critically ill patients oxygen uptake has been shown to provide valuable clinical information...

Ngaripirliga'ajirri: an early intervention program on the Tiwi Islands (2007)

G Robinson, B Tyler

High rates of suicide, domestic violence and substance abuse on the Tiwi islands are a significant cause of problem behaviours amongst children. Parenting styles also differ from mainstream society,...

Ngaripirliga'ajirri: an early intervention program on the Tiwi Islands (2007)

G Robinson, B Tyler

High rates of suicide, domestic violence and substance abuse on the Tiwi islands are a significant cause of problem behaviours amongst children. Parenting styles also differ from mainstream society,...

Limit states and reliability-based design for a non-codified problem of aqueduct buoyancy (2006)

Robinson, G, Graham, J, Skaftfeld, K, Sorokowski, R

Limit states design methods and engineering judgement have been used to assess buoyancy issues for remediation of the 85 year old Shoal Lake Aqueduct in Manitoba. The study demonstrates how these...

Limit states and reliability-based design for a non-codified problem of aqueduct buoyancy (2006)

Robinson, G, Graham, J, Skaftfeld, K, Sorokowski, R

Limit states design methods and engineering judgement have been used to assess buoyancy issues for remediation of the 85 year old Shoal Lake Aqueduct in Manitoba. The study demonstrates how these...

Limit states and reliability-based design for a non-codified problem of aqueduct buoyancy (2006)

Robinson, G, Graham, J, Skaftfeld, K, Sorokowski, R

Limit states design methods and engineering judgement have been used to assess buoyancy issues for remediation of the 85 year old Shoal Lake Aqueduct in Manitoba. The study demonstrates how these...

Limit states and reliability-based design for a non-codified problem of aqueduct buoyancy (2006)

Robinson, G, Graham, J, Skaftfeld, K, Sorokowski, R

Limit states design methods and engineering judgement have been used to assess buoyancy issues for remediation of the 85 year old Shoal Lake Aqueduct in Manitoba. The study demonstrates how these...

Dynamic aphasia in progressive supranuclear palsy: A deficit in generating a fluent sequence of novel thought (2006)

Robinson, G., Shallice, T., Cipolotti, L.

We report a patient (KAS) who presented with pure dynamic aphasia in the context of progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP). KAS had the hallmark propositional language impairment in the context of...

Call centre management: responsibilities and performance (2006)

Robinson, G, Morley, C

PURPOSE - To investigate call centre management from the perspective of the managers, particularly what the key management responsibilities are in managing call centres and the key performance...

TiAIN superlattice structured PVD coatings: a new alternative in the machining of aluminium alloys for aerospace and automotive components (2005)

Hovsepian, P. E., Luo, Q., Pittman, M., Robinson, G.

A 3 μm thick superlattice structured TiAlN/VN coating has been deposited by the steered cathodic arc/unbalanced magnetron sputtering technique. The coating has been tested in dry high-speed milling...

A failure of high level verbal response selection in progressive dynamic aphasia (2005)

Robinson, G., Shallice, T., Cipolotti, L.

Different theoretical interpretations have been offered in order to account for a specific language impairment termed dynamic aphasia. We report a patient (CH) who presented with a dynamic aphasia in...

Candidate genes for behavioural ecology. (2005)

Fitzpatrick, M.J., Y. Ben-Shahar, H.M. Smid, Vet, L.E.M., G. Robinson, M. Sokolowski

In spite of millions of years of evolutionary divergence, the conservation of gene function is common across distant lineages. As such, genes that are known to influence behaviour in one organism are...

Admissions to acute psychiatric inpatient services in Auckland, New Zealand: A demographic and diagnostic review (2005)

Wheeler, A., Robinson, E., Robinson, G.

An open access copy of this article is available and complies with the copyright holder/publisher conditions.

Admissions to acute psychiatric inpatient services in Auckland, New Zealand: A demographic and diagnostic review (2005)

Wheeler, A., Robinson, E., Robinson, G.

An open access copy of this article is available and complies with the copyright holder/publisher conditions.

Biochemical anomalies in people with a visual sub-type of dyslexia (2004)

Sparkes, D., Robinson, G., Dunstan, H., Roberts, T.

Visual processing problems in people with dyslexia are now well recognised, with increasing evidence to suggest that such problems may be linked to anomalies in the metabolism of essential fatty...

Biochemical anomalies in people with a visual sub-type of dyslexia (2004)

Sparkes, D., Robinson, G., Dunstan, H., Roberts, T.

Visual processing problems in people with dyslexia are now well recognised, with increasing evidence to suggest that such problems may be linked to anomalies in the metabolism of essential fatty...

To play 'B' but not to say 'B': selective loss of letter names (2003)

Bevan, A., Robinson, G., Butterworth, B., Cipolotti, L.

This paper is the first report of an aphasic patient (GT) who shows a selective impairment in naming musical notes and letters in the context of preserved instrumental reading of notes. The ability...

Fractionation of visual memory: evidence from a case with multiple neurodevelopmental impairments (1999)

Cipolotti, L., Robinson, G., Blair, J., Frith, U.

It is known that the adult visual memory system is fractionable into functionally independent cognitive subsystems, selectively susceptible to brain damage. However, it is unclear whether these...

MED29/434: Using C&IT for Continuing Medical Education in Africa - a pilot project in Zimbabwe (1999)

Robinson, G, Dobson, M, Sewell, J

[This item is a preserved copy and is not necessarily the most recent version. To view the current item, visit http://www.jmir.org/1999/suppl1/e67/ ] Introduction: There are many problems associated...

Dynamic aphasia: an inability to select between competing verbal responses? (1998)

Robinson, G., Blair, J., Cipolotti, L.

In this study we report a patient (A.N.G.) who, following a malignant left frontal meningioma impinging upon Brodmann area 45, presented a 'pure' dynamic aphasia. Her spontaneous speech was markedly...

AMADEUS: advanced manipulation for deep underwater sampling (1997)

Lane, David M., Davies, J. B. C., Casalino, G., Bartolini, G., Cannata, G., Veruggio, G., ...

AMADEUS is a dexterous subsea robot hand incorporating force and slip contact sensing, using fluid filled tentacles for fingers. Hydraulic pressure variations in each of three flexible tubes...

COMPARISON OF SERUM {beta}-HEXOSAMINIDASE ISOENZYME B ACTIVITY WITH SERUM CARBOHYDRATE-DEFICIENT TRANSFERRIN AND OTHER MARKERS OF ALCOHOL ABUSE (1997)

STOWELL, L., STOWELL, L., GARRETT, N., ROBINSON, G.

We have compared β-hexosaminidase (β-Hex) activity, carbohydrate-deficient transferrin (CDT), mean corpuscular volume (MCV), γ-glutamyltransferase (GGT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and...

Conjugate Gradient Algorithms in Fortran 90 and High Performance Fortran (1995)

K.A. Hawick, K. Dincer, G. Robinson, G.C. Fox

We evaluate the Fortran-90 and High-Performance Fortran (HPF) languages for the compact expression and efficient implementation of conjugate gradient iterative matrix-solvers on High Performance...

A unified framework to assess myocardial function from 4D images (1995)

P. Shi, G. Robinson, A. Chakraborty, L. Staib, R. Constable, A. Sinusas, ...

Abstract. This paper describes efforts aimed at developing a unified framework to more accurately quantify the local, regional and global function of the left ventricle (LV) of the heart, under both...

HYPERURICAEMIA, GOUT AND KIDNEY FUNCTION IN NEW ZEALAND MAORI MEN (1984)

GIBSON, T., WATERWORTH, R., HATFIELD, P., ROBINSON, G., BREMNER, K.

Several previous studies have demonstrated an increased prevalence of gout in New Zealand Maoris. The aetiology of the hyperuricaemia and its effect on morbidity, apart from gout, are unknown. A...

The calculus of observations a treatise on numerical mathematics (1940)

Whittaker, E.T., Robinson, G.

Original conservado en la Biblioteca del Campus de Móstoles de la Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (sign. 517 WHI CAL).

Capt. James Cook [picture] (1784)

Robinson, G.

Oval portrait above a scene depicting the death of Cook.; Beddie, 3550.; Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an9186374; U3066.; Rex Nan Kivell...

Immunochemical studies of the endocrine cells of the gastrointestinal tract. II An immunoperoxide technique for the localization of secretin containing cells in human duodenum.

Robinson, G, Dawson, I

Endocrine cells containing secretin have been identified in the epithelium lining human duodenum by direct and indirect immunoperoxidase techniques using immune sera raised against pur natural...

Antibacterial activity of nifuratel in urine and serum

McGeachie, J., Robinson, G., Black, D.

The minimum inhibitory concentrations of nifuratel for 205 randomly selected isolates from urinary tract infections were tested by tube dilution. Of these, 177 (86·3%) were resistant to more than 6...

A formalin fixative for immunochemical and ultrastructural studies on gastrointestinal endocrine cells.

Robinson, G, Dawson, I

Using indirect immunofluorescence, indirect immunoperoxidase, and unlabelled antibody enzyme techniques, gastrin, pancreatic glucagon, insulin, and somatostatin were localised in sections of both...

Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of migraine in clinical practice

Pryse-Phillips, W E, Dodick, D W, Edmeads, J G, Gawel, M J, Nelson, R F, Purdy, R A, ...

OBJECTIVE: To provide physicians and allied health care professionals with guidelines for the diagnosis and management of migraine in clinical practice. OPTIONS: The full range and quality of...

Guidelines for the nonpharmacologic management of migraine in clinical practice

Pryse-Phillips, W E, Dodick, D W, Edmeads, J G, Gawel, M J, Nelson, R F, Purdy, R A, ...

OBJECTIVE: To provide physicians and allied health care professionals with guidelines for the nonpharmacologic management of migraine in clinical practice. OPTIONS: The full range and quality of...

What are the attitudes of general practitioners towards research?

Robinson, G, Gould, M

There is an urgent need for high quality primary care research to provide a firm scientific basis for a primary care-led National Health Service; however, relatively little is known about general...

Learning preferences and learning styles: a study of Wessex general practice registrars.

Lesmes-Anel, J, Robinson, G, Moody, S

BACKGROUND: Experienced trainers know that individual registrars react very differently to identical learning experiences generated during the year in practice. This divergence reflects differences...

Gay, lesbian and bisexual health care issues and medical curricula.

Robinson, G, Cohen, M

The authors respond to Nancy Robb's account of the inadequacy of medical school curricula in addressing health care issues relevant to gay, lesbian and bisexual people (see page 765 of this issue) by...

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). Indications for abdominal surgery, pathology, and outcome.

Wilson, S E, Robinson, G, Williams, R A, Stabile, B E, Cone, L, Sarfeh, I J, ...

Thirty-six major abdominal operations were performed on 35 Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) patients (33 men, two women). Twenty-two elective operations were indicated for diagnosis of...

Attitudes towards practice nurses--survey of a sample of general practitioners in England and Wales.

Robinson, G, Beaton, S, White, P

Practice nursing has expanded rapidly since the 1990 contract for general practitioners. In 1990, a national survey was undertaken of the attitudes of a random sample of general practitioners towards...

How accurately do parents collect urine samples from their children? A pilot study in general practice.

Giddens, J, Robinson, G

Childhood urinary tract infections (UTIs) are of great importance, but few data exist on how accurately parents collect urine samples. By instituting three simple, practical changes we reduced the...

Competency development in public health leadership.

Wright, K, Rowitz, L, Merkle, A, Reid, W M, Robinson, G, Herzog, B, ...

The professional development of public health leaders requires competency-based instruction to increase their ability to address complex and changing demands for critical services. This article...

Olfactory mucosa in herpes simplex encephalitis.

Twomey, J A, Barker, C M, Robinson, G, Howell, D A

The olfactory mucosa was examined in three patients dying from herpes simplex encephalitis. It showed changes attributed to infection by the herpes simplex virus. It is suggested that in some...

Blood pressure response to glucose potassium insulin therapy in patients with acute stroke with mild to moderate hyperglycaemia

Scott, J, Robinson, G, French, J, O'Connell, J, Alberti, K, Gray, C

Insulin is neuroprotective in animal stroke models but its effects in acute stroke in humans are unknown. The Glucose Insulin in Stroke Trial (GIST-UK) is a randomised controlled trial investigating...

Caffeine levels following treatment of obstructive sleep apnoea

Robinson, G, Pepperell, J, Davies, R, Stradling, J

Methods: Plasma caffeine levels before and after treatment with either therapeutic (n=52) or subtherapeutic (control, n=49) CPAP were measured in stored blood samples from a previous randomised...

Sleep · 6: Obstructive sleep apnoea/hypopnoea syndrome and hypertension

Robinson, G, Stradling, J, Davies, R

The use of CPAP to control excessive daytime sleepiness in OSAHS probably also produces a substantial reduction in vascular risk. This is reviewed with particular reference to hypertension.

Circulating cardiovascular risk factors in obstructive sleep apnoea: data from randomised controlled trials

Robinson, G, Pepperell, J, Segal, H, Davies, R, Stradling, J

Background: Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is associated with high cardiovascular morbidity and mortality and is an independent risk factor for hypertension. Novel circulating cardiovascular risk...

Exploring the scope for advocacy by paediatricians

Rudolf, M, Bundle, A, Damman, A, Garner, M, Kaur, V, Khan, M, ...

AIMS—To ascertain the type and extent of problems requiring advocacy in paediatrics. To develop an approach for analysing problems according to their root causes and the level of society at which...

The European Exchange Rate Mechanism and the Volatility of the Sterling-Deutschemark Exchange Rate.

Pesaran, B, Robinson, G

Sterling membership of the ERM focused interest on the sterling-deutsche mark exchange rate, with commentators predicting a reduction in exchange rate volatility. This paper analyzes the...

The spread of development around Kuala Lumpur: A methodology for an exploratory test of some assumptions of the growth-pole model

G. Robinson, Kamal Salih

Robinson G and Kamal B. Salih (1971) The spread of development around Kuala Lumpur: A methodology for an exploratory test of some assumptions of the growth-pole model, Reg. Studies 5, 303--314. A...