J. A.

PHYTOCHEMICAL SCREENING AND ANTIULCEROGENIC EFFECT OF MORINGA OLEIFERA   AQUEOUS LEAF EXTRACT (2006)

The effect of aqueous extract of Moringa oleifera   leaf was studied on experimentally induced gastric ulceration in rats. Pretreatment with extract 200, 300 and 400 mg/kg bw reduced the...

Trends in sexually transmitted infections in general practice 1990-2000: population based study using data from the UK general practice research database (2006)

  • Cassell,
  • J.A.,
  • Mercer,
  • C.H.,
  • Sutcliffe,
  • L.,
  • ...

Objective To describe the contribution of primary care to the diagnosis and management of sexually transmitted infections in the United Kingdom, 1990-2000, in the context of increasing incidence of...

The effects of unfractionated heparin, low molecular weight heparin and danaparoid on the thromboelastogram (TEG): an in-vitro comparison of standard and heparinase-modified TEGs with conventional coagulation assays (2006)

  • Coppell,
  • J.A.,
  • Thalheimer,
  • U.,
  • Zambruni,
  • A.,
  • ...

To investigate the effects of unfractionated heparin (UFH), low molecular weight heparin (LMWH) and danaparoid (DPD) added to whole blood in vitro on standard and heparinase-modified...

Human-environment interactions: towards synthesis and simulation. (2006)

  • Dearing,
  • J.A.,
  • Battarbee,
  • R.W.,
  • Dikau,
  • R.,
  • ...

Leaders of the PAGES Focus 5 programme ‘Past Ecosystem Processes and Human–Environment Interactions’ identify key issues for research on human–environment interactions for wider discussion. These...

Large Scale Energy Surveys in the UK Retail Sector (2006)

  • Brown,
  • N.,
  • Wright,
  • A.J.,
  • Caeiro,
  • J.A.,
  • ...

7-8 September 2006

Large Scale Energy Surveys in the UK Retail Sector (2006)

The UK retail sector accounts for around 18% of total non-domestic UK building floor space and a significant proportion of UK energy use. Much of the information available about energy use was...

Non-Gaussianity in the Very Small Array cosmic microwave background maps with smooth goodness-of-fit tests (2006)

We have used the Rayner and Best smooth tests of goodness-of-fit to study the Gaussianity of the Very Small Array (VSA) data. These tests are designed to be sensitive to the presence of `smooth'...

Antifungal and Antibacterial Activities of an Alcoholic Extract of Senna alata   Leaves (2005)

Methanolic, ethanolic and petroleum ether extracts of Senna alata   leaves were screened for phytochemicals, antibacterial and antifungal activities. Out of the three crude extracts, the methanolic...

Correio Mercantil do Rio de Janeiro: Modos Jornalísticos e Literários de Composição (2005)

Trabalho apresentado nas Mesas Temáticas do XXVIII Congresso Brasileiro de Ciências da Comunicação, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 05-09,setembro,2005  Nos séculos XIX e...

Estratégia Multimetodológica Em Pesquisa de Recepção: Revisitando a Investigação "Telenovela, Identidade Étnica e Cotidiano Familiar" (2005)

Trabalho apresentado no NP01 - Teorias da Comunicação no XXVII Congresso Brasileiro de Ciências da Comunicação, Porto Alegre RS, 2004.  O artigo trata da...

Desenho Teórico-Metodológico Para Estudar a Mediação Cotidiano Familiar Na Recepção (2005)

Trabalho apresentado no NP01 - Teorias da Comunicação no XXVIII Congresso Brasileiro de Ciências da Comunicação, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 05-09,setembro,2005  Este...

A Interface Como Estrutura de Produção do Jornalismo de Fonte Aberta (2005)

Trabalho apresentado no NP02 - Jornalismo no XXVII Congresso Brasileiro de Ciências da Comunicação, Porto Alegre RS, 2004.  Este trabalho procura discutir como a...

A Língua(gem) nas Organizações (em busca do paraíso perdido) (2005)

  • OLIVEIRA,
  • J.A

Trabalho apresentado no NP 05 - Relações Públicas e Comunicação Organizacional no XXVII Congresso Brasileiro de Ciências da Comunicação, Porto...

Noopolitik: O Concreto e o Virtual na Noosfera Midiatizada (2005)

  • MARTINUZZO,
  • J.A

Trabalho apresentado no NP 10 - Políticas e Estratégias de Comunicações no XXVII Congresso Brasileiro de Ciências da Comunicação, Porto Alegre RS,...

Memória e mídias informativas na década de 70: o processo do hipertexto da notícia à ficção (2005)

Trabalho apresentado no NP 15 - Semiótica da Comunicação no XXVII Congresso Brasileiro de Ciências da Comunicação, Porto Alegre RS, 2004.  Neste trabalho...

Comunicação e Cultura: Uma Perspectiva pragmática (2005)

  • OLIVEIRA,
  • J.A

Trabalho apresentado no VII Colóquio Brasil-França de Ciências da Comunicação, evento componente do XXVII Congresso Brasileiro de Ciências da...

Transition from placental to air breathing stimulates haem-oxygenase-1 expression without functional consequence for pulmonary vascular adaptation in pigs and mice (2005)

  • Stanford,
  • S.J.,
  • Hislop,
  • A.A.,
  • Oltmanns,
  • U.,
  • ...

In systemic vessels, haem-oxygenase (HO) is induced during oxidative stress and known to modulate vasodilatation and vascular remodelling. At birth, with the transition from placental to air...

Implication of Wt1 in the pathogenesis of nephrogenic failure in a mouse model of retinoic acid-induced caudal regression syndrome (2005)

Renal malformations are common human birth defects that sometimes occur in the context of the caudal regression syndrome. Here, we found that exposure of pregnant mice to all- trans retinoic acid, at...

Arterial distensibility in adolescents: the influence of adiposity, the metabolic syndrome, and classic risk factors (2005)

BACKGROUND: Atherosclerosis develops from childhood, but the determinants of this preclinical stage remain uncertain. We examined the relations of classic coronary risk factors, adiposity and its...

Localization of a type 1 diabetes locus in the IL2RA/CD25 region by use of tag single-nucleotide polymorphisms (2005)

  • Vella,
  • A.,
  • Cooper,
  • J.D.,
  • Lowe,
  • C.E.,
  • ...

As part of an ongoing search for genes associated with type 1 diabetes (T1D), a common autoimmune disease, we tested the biological candidate gene IL2RA (CD25), which encodes a subunit (IL-2R alpha)...

Functions of AP-3 and AP-1 in Tyrosinase Sorting from Endosomes to Melanosomes (2005)

  • Theos,
  • A.C.,
  • Tenza,
  • D.,
  • Martina,
  • J.A.,
  • ...

Monitoring Editor: Sandra Schmid Specialized cells exploit adaptor protein complexes for unique post-Golgi sorting events, providing a unique model system to specify adaptor function. Here, we show...

PRINTO/PRES international website for families of children with rheumatic diseases: www.pediatric-rheumatology.printo.it (2005)

  • Ruperto,
  • N.,
  • Garcia-Munitis,
  • P.,
  • Villa,
  • L.,
  • ...

OBJECTIVE: To prepare a website for families and health professionals containing up to date information about paediatric rheumatic diseases (PRD). METHODS: Firstly, paediatric rheumatology centres...

Sinus node revisited in the era of electroanatomical mapping and catheter ablation (2005)

  • Sanchez-Quintana,
  • D.,
  • Cabrera,
  • J.A.,
  • Farre,
  • J.,
  • ...

Objective: To study the architecture of the human sinus node to facilitate understanding of mapping and ablative procedures in its vicinity. Methods: The sinoatrial region was examined in 47 randomly...

Common polymorphism in H19 associated with birthweight and cord blood IGF-II levels in humans (2005)

Background: Common genetic variation at genes that are imprinted and exclusively maternally expressed could explain the apparent maternal-specific inheritance of low birthweight reported in large...

New phenotypic diversity associated with the mitochondrial tRNA (Ser(UCN)) gene mutation (2005)

  • Pulkes,
  • T.,
  • Liolitsa,
  • D.,
  • Eunson,
  • L.H.,
  • ...

We performed detailed clinical, histopathological, biochemical, in vitro translation and molecular genetic analysis in patients from two unrelated families harbouring the tRNA(Ser(UCN))...

GIN (Gaps-In-Noise) test performance in subjects with confirmed central auditory nervous system involvement (2005)

  • Musiek,
  • F.E.,
  • Shinn,
  • J.B.,
  • Jirsa,
  • R.,
  • ...

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of the present study was to investigate the value of a new gap detection procedure called Gaps-In-Noise (GIN) for assessment of temporal resolution in a clinical population....

Nephrocystin-5, a ciliary IQ domain protein, is mutated in Senior-Loken syndrome and interacts with RPGR and calmodulin (2005)

  • Otto,
  • E.A.,
  • Loeys,
  • B.,
  • Khanna,
  • H.,
  • ...

Nephronophthisis (NPHP) is the most frequent genetic cause of chronic renal failure in children(1-3). Identification of four genes mutated in NPHP subtypes 1- 4 (refs. 4- 9) has linked the...

Soluble adhesion molecules in acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (2005)

  • Martino,
  • D.,
  • Branson,
  • J.A.,
  • Church,
  • A.J.,
  • ...

Soluble adhesion molecules are overexpressed in neuroinflammatory disorders. Their synthesis parallels that of their membrane-bound counterparts, which modulate lymphocyte transmigration through the...

Large meta-analysis establishes the ACE insertion-deletion polymorphism as a marker of Alzheimer's disease (2005)

  • Lehmann,
  • D.J.,
  • Cortina-Borja,
  • M.,
  • Warden,
  • D.R.,
  • ...

Apolipoprotein E epsilon 4 (APOE*4) is the only fully established susceptibility allele for Alzheimer's disease. One of the most studied candidates is the insertion (I)/deletion (D) polymorphism...

Expression of FGFR-2 and FGFR-3 in the normal human fetal orbit (2005)

Aims: To demonstrate the expression patterns of two fibroblast growth factor receptors (FGFR-2 and FGFR-3) in the normal human fetal orbit. Methods: 6 mm orbital slide sections were prepared from 12...

Growth hormone for children with chronic renal failure and on dialysis (2005)

  • Kari,
  • J.A.,
  • Rees,
  • L.

We studied all children with CRF who received recombinant human growth hormone ( rhGH) for more than a year ( mean+/-SD duration of therapy 3.7+/-2.5 years) over an 11-year period. There were 32...

Molecular and clinical analyses of Greig cephalopolysyndactyly and Pallister-Hall syndromes: robust phenotype prediction from the type and position of GLI3 mutations (2005)

  • Johnston,
  • J.J.,
  • Olivos-Glander,
  • I.,
  • Killoran,
  • C.,
  • ...

Mutations in the GLI3 zinc-finger transcription factor gene cause Greig cephalopolysyndactyly syndrome (GCPS) and Pallister-Hall syndrome (PHS), which are variable but distinct clinical entities. We...

Reduction in diagnostic and therapeutic interventions by non-invasive determination of fetal sex in early pregnancy (2005)

  • Hyett,
  • J.A.,
  • Gardener,
  • G.,
  • Stojilkovic-Mikic,
  • T.,
  • ...

Objective This study reviews our clinical experience of non-invasive techniques for early sex determination. It assesses the effectiveness of these techniques at reducing invasive prenatal testing...

Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis or multiple sclerosis: can the initial presentation help in establishing a correct diagnosis? (2005)

The differential diagnosis of CNS white matter disease is broad, and can be divided into vascular, metabolic, infective, or inflammatory aetiologies. Isolated inflammatory disorders of the CNS are...

Complete paternal uniparental isodisomy of chromosome 1 resulting in Herlitz junctional epidermolysis bullosa (2005)

  • Fassihi,
  • H.,
  • Wessagowit,
  • V.,
  • Ashton,
  • G.H.S.,
  • ...

Herlitz junctional epidermolysis bullosa (JEB) is an autosomal recessive mechanobullous disorder that results from loss-of- function mutations in the genes encoding the basement membrane component,...

Prenatal diagnosis of Herlitz junctional epidermolysis bullosa in nonidentical twins (2005)

  • Fassihi,
  • H.,
  • Ashton,
  • G.H.S.,
  • Denyer,
  • J.,
  • ...

Advances in molecular diagnostics have led to the feasibility of DNA-based prenatal testing in families at risk for recurrence of severe forms of both dystrophic and junctional epidermolysis bullosa....

Developmental impairments following severe falciparum malaria in children (2005)

OBJECTIVE: Neurological deficits are reported in children after cerebral malaria (CM) but little is known about the prevalence and characteristics of persisting neurocognitive consequences. The...

Issues in the development of cross-cultural assessments of speech and language for children (2005)

Background: There is an increasing demand for the assessment of speech and language in clinical and research situations in countries where there are few assessment resources. Due to the nature of...

Persistent neurocognitive impairments associated with severe falciparum malaria in Kenyan children (2005)

  • Carter,
  • J.A.,
  • Mung'ala-Odera,
  • V.,
  • Neville,
  • B.G.R.,
  • ...

Objectives: There is little information on the characteristics of persisting impairments associated with severe forms of falciparum malaria. Previous work has suggested the existence of a group of...

Prenatal detection of Down's syndrome by rapid aneuploidy testing for chromosomes 13,18, and 21 by FISH or PCR without a full karyotype: a cytogenetic risk assessment (2005)

  • Caine,
  • A.,
  • Maltby,
  • A.E.,
  • Parkin,
  • C.A.,
  • ...

Background In 2004, the UK National Screening Committee (UKNSC) recommended that new screening programmes for Down's syndrome need not include karyotyping and can offer prenatal diagnosis for the...

Prenatal diagnosis - Reply (2005)

  • Caine,
  • A.,
  • Maltby,
  • E.L.,
  • Parkin,
  • C.A.,
  • ...

Thalidomide in the management of epidermolysis bullosa pruriginosa (2005)

  • Bulic,
  • S.O.,
  • Fassihi,
  • H.,
  • Mellerio,
  • J.E.,
  • ...

Epidermolysis bullosa (EB) pruriginosa is a distinctive clinical subtype of dystrophic EB. We report a patient with dominant dystrophic EB pruriginosa, who had an excellent response to systemic...

Effects of quinine, quinidine, and chloroquine on alpha9alpha10 nicotinic cholinergic receptors (2005)

  • Ballestero,
  • J.A.,
  • Plazas,
  • P.V.,
  • Kracun,
  • S.,
  • ...

In this study, we report the effects of the quinoline derivatives quinine, its optical isomer quinidine, and chloroquine on alpha9alpha10-containing nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs). The...

Risk factors for persisting neurological and cognitive impairments following cerebral malaria (2005)

  • Idro,
  • R.,
  • Carter,
  • J.A.,
  • Fegan,
  • G.,
  • ...

OBJECTIVE: Persisting neurological and cognitive impairments are common after cerebral malaria. Although risk factors for gross deficits on discharge have been described, few studies have examined...

A comparison of a similarity-based and a feature-based 2-D-3-D registration method for neurointerventional use (2005)

  • McLaughlin,
  • R.A.,
  • Hipwell,
  • J.,
  • Hawkes,
  • D.J.,
  • ...

Two-dimensional (2-D)-to-three-dimensional (3-D) registration can improve visualization which may aid minimally invasive neurointerventions. Using clinical and phantom studies, two state-of-the-art...

Manual de Sa£de Bucal (2005)

  • Bedi,
  • R.,
  • Coventry,
  • J.F.,
  • Cunningham,
  • S.J.,
  • ...

[Neuroprotection of photoreceptor cells in rod-cone dystrophies: from cell therapy to cell signalling] (2005)

  • Sahel,
  • J.A.,
  • Mohand-Said,
  • S.,
  • Leveillard,
  • T.

Neuroprotection of photoreceptor cells in rod-cone dystrophies: from cell therapy to cell signalling. Neuroprotection of photoreceptor cells in rod-cone degenerations is primarily targeted at...

[Prevention of proliferative vitreoretinopathy using 5-FU heparin: clinical tolerance and efficacy] (2005)

  • Scheer,
  • S.,
  • Morel,
  • C.,
  • Poisson,
  • F.,
  • ...

PURPOSE: To study the safety and efficacy of adjuvant combination therapy using 5-fluorouracil and heparin for prevention of proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR) during vitrectomy for retinal...

Circadian fluctuations of macular edema in patients with morning vision blurring: correlation with arterial pressure and effect of light deprivation (2005)

  • Paques,
  • M.,
  • Massin,
  • P.,
  • Sahel,
  • J.A.,
  • ...

PURPOSE: This study explored the causes of vision fluctuations in patients with chronic macular edema. METHODS: Fifteen patients (16 eyes) with vision blurring at awakening due to post-central...

Diltiazem-induced neuroprotection in glutamate excitotoxicity and ischemic insult of retinal neurons (2005)

  • Vallazza-Deschamps,
  • G.,
  • Fuchs,
  • C.,
  • Cia,
  • D.,
  • ...

PURPOSE: Cell death is often related to an abnormal increase in Ca(2+) flux. In the retina, Ca(2+) channels are mainly from the L-type that do not inactivate with time. Under excitotoxic and ischemic...

Excessive activation of cyclic nucleotide-gated channels contributes to neuronal degeneration of photoreceptors (2005)

  • Vallazza-Deschamps,
  • G.,
  • Cia,
  • D.,
  • Gong,
  • J.,
  • ...

In different animal models, photoreceptor degeneration was correlated to an abnormal increase in cGMP concentration. The cGMP-induced photoreceptor toxicity was demonstrated by applying the...

Role of hyaluronidase in diplopia after peribulbar anesthesia for cataract surgery (2005)

  • Hamada,
  • S.,
  • Devys,
  • J.M.,
  • Xuan,
  • T.H.,
  • ...

OBJECTIVE: To determine the protective action of hyaluronidase on peribulbar anesthesia-related diplopia in patients undergoing cataract surgery. DESIGN: Single-center observational case series....

The sarcoglycan-sarcospan complex localization in mouse retina is independent from dystrophins (2005)

  • Fort,
  • P.,
  • Estrada,
  • F.J.,
  • Bordais,
  • A.,
  • ...

The sarcoglycan-sarcospan (SG-SSPN) complex is part of the dystrophin-glycoprotein complex that has been extensively characterized in muscle. To establish the framework for functional studies of...

Advanced glycation end products can induce glial reaction and neuronal degeneration in retinal explants (2005)

  • Lecleire-Collet,
  • A.,
  • Tessier,
  • L.H.,
  • Massin,
  • P.,
  • ...

BACKGROUND/AIMS: Neuronal degeneration has been reported to occur in diabetic retinopathy before the onset of detectable microvascular abnormalities. To investigate whether advanced glycation end...

Does GDNF exert its neuroprotective effects on photoreceptors in the rd1 retina through the glial glutamate transporter GLAST? (2005)

  • Delyfer,
  • M.N.,
  • Simonutti,
  • M.,
  • Neveux,
  • N.,
  • ...

PURPOSE: We previously demonstrated that exogenous glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) induces histological and functional protection of photoreceptors in the retinal degeneration...

Evidence for glutamate-mediated excitotoxic mechanisms during photoreceptor degeneration in the rd1 mouse retina (2005)

  • Delyfer,
  • M.N.,
  • Forster,
  • V.,
  • Neveux,
  • N.,
  • ...

PURPOSE: Kinetic studies of photoreceptor cell death in the retinal degeneration (rd1) mouse model suggest that photoreceptor degeneration could result from cumulative damage. Since alterations in...

Optical coherence tomography findings in tamoxifen retinopathy (2005)

  • Gualino,
  • V.,
  • Cohen,
  • S.Y.,
  • Delyfer,
  • M.N.,
  • ...

PURPOSE: To describe optical coherence tomography (OCT) findings in two cases of typical tamoxifen retinopathy. DESIGN: Observational cases report. METHODS: Two patients with tamoxifen retinopathy...

Retinal-cell-conditioned medium prevents TNF-alpha-induced apoptosis of purified ganglion cells (2005)

  • Fuchs,
  • C.,
  • Forster,
  • V.,
  • Balse,
  • E.,
  • ...

PURPOSE: Retinal ischemic processes occurring in glaucoma or diabetic retinopathy induce the secretion of tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha. This cytokine was reported to be either toxic to or...

Rhodopsin maturation defects induce photoreceptor death by apoptosis: a fly model for RhodopsinPro23His human retinitis pigmentosa (2005)

  • Galy,
  • A.,
  • Roux,
  • M.J.,
  • Sahel,
  • J.A.,
  • ...

rhodopsin mutations result in autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa (ADRP), the most frequent being Proline-23 substitution by histidine (RhoP23H). Although cellular and rodent animal models have...

Age-related macular disease: how to assess the retina using scanning laser techniques? (2005)

  • Bellmann,
  • C.,
  • Kabanarou,
  • S.A.,
  • Sahel,
  • J.A.,
  • ...

Age-related macular disease (AMD) is the leading cause of legal blindness among the elderly in Western nations. The magnitude of the problem will undoubtedly grow, as age is a significant risk factor...

GOAnno: GO annotation based on multiple alignment (2005)

  • Chalmel,
  • F.,
  • Lardenois,
  • A.,
  • Thompson,
  • J.D.,
  • ...

SUMMARY: GOAnno is a web tool that automatically annotates proteins according to the Gene Ontology (GO) using evolutionary information available in hierarchized multiple alignments. GO terms present...

Molecular cloning and protein expression of Duchenne muscular dystrophy gene products in porcine retina (2005)

  • Bordais,
  • A.,
  • Bolanos-Jimenez,
  • F.,
  • Fort,
  • P.,
  • ...

Due to the difference between rodent and human retinal circuitry, we characterize a new animal model of retinal perturbation in neurotransmission in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) patients. We...

Management of Aquifer Recharge (2005)

  • Neumann,
  • I.,
  • Barker,
  • J.A.,
  • Macdonald,
  • D.,
  • ...

What status for the Quaternary? (2005)

Use of clinical syndromes to target antibiotic prescribing in seriously ill children in malaria endemic area: observational study (2005)

  • Berkley,
  • J.A.,
  • Maitland,
  • K.,
  • Mwangi,
  • I.,
  • ...

OBJECTIVES: To determine how well antibiotic treatment is targeted by simple clinical syndromes and to what extent drug resistance threatens affordable antibiotics. DESIGN: Observational study...

Cosmic microwave background observations from the Cosmic Background Imager and Very Small Array: a comparison of coincident maps and parameter estimation methods (2005)

  • Rajguru,
  • N.,
  • Myers,
  • S.T.,
  • Battye,
  • R.A.,
  • ...

WWe present coincident observations of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) from the Very Small Array (VSA) and Cosmic Background Imager (CBI) telescopes. The consistency of the full data sets is...

Short Communication- Electrophoretic characterization of crude leaf proteins in Lycopersicon and Trichosanthes cultivars (2004)

Young leaves of three cultivars of Lycopersicon esculentum (Mill) and a cultivar ofTrichosanthes cucumerina   var. anguina (Haines) were freshly collected at 50% flowering. Crude leaf proteins were...

SJG-136 (NSC 694501), a novel rationally designed DNA minor groove interstrand cross-linking agent with potent and broad spectrum antitumor activity. Part 1: Cellular pharmacology, in vitro and initial in vivo antitumor activity (2004)

  • Hartley,
  • J.A.,
  • Spanswick,
  • V.J.,
  • Brooks,
  • N.,
  • ...

SJG-136 (NSC 694501) is a rationally designed pyrrolobenzodiazepine dimer that binds in the minor groove of DNA. It spans 6 bp with a preference for binding to purine- GATC-pyrimidine sequences. The...

Assessment of a technique for 2D-3D registration of cerebral intra-arterial angiography (2004)

  • Byrne,
  • J.V.,
  • Colominas,
  • C.,
  • Hipwell,
  • J.,
  • ...

This study assesses the ability of a computer algorithm to perform automated 2D-3D registrations of digitally subtracted cerebral angiograms. The technique was tested on clinical studies of five...

Cosmological parameter estimation using Very Small Array data out to l= 1500 (2004)

  • Rebolo,
  • R.,
  • Battye,
  • R.A.,
  • Carreira,
  • P.,
  • ...

We estimate cosmological parameters using data obtained by the Very Small Array (VSA) in its extended configuration, in conjunction with a variety of other cosmic microwave background (CMB) data and...

Estimating the bispectrum of the Very Small Array data (2004)

  • Smith,
  • S.,
  • Rocha,
  • G.,
  • Challinor,
  • A.,
  • ...

We estimate the bispectrum of the Very Small Array data from the compact and extended configuration observations released in 2002 December, and compare our results with those obtained from Gaussian...

High-sensitivity measurements of the cosmic microwave background power spectrum with the extended Very Small Array (2004)

  • Dickinson,
  • C.,
  • Battye,
  • R.A.,
  • Carreira,
  • P.,
  • ...

We present deep Ka-band (ν~ 33 GHz) observations of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) made with the extended Very Small Array (VSA). This configuration produces a naturally weighted...

Searching for non-Gaussianity in the Very Small Array data (2004)

  • Savage,
  • R.,
  • Battye,
  • R.A.,
  • Carreira,
  • P.,
  • ...

We have tested Very Small Array (VSA) observations of three regions of sky for the presence of non-Gaussianity, using high-order cumulants, Minkowski functionals, a wavelet-based test and a Bayesian...

Evaluation of Fisheries Catch Trend on Lake Kainji, in Nigeria, 1995-2001 (2003)

The highlights of the analysis of fisheries data collected between 1995 and 2001 for the purpose of monitoring and evaluating the Kainji Lake fishery in Nigeria was presented. There was a downward...

THE EFFECT OF Tetracera potatoria   AND ITS CONSTITUENT BETULINIC ACID ON GASTRIC ACID SECRETION AND EXPERIMENTALLY- INDUCED GASTRIC ULCERATION (2003)

This study was designed to examine possible antiulcerogenic activity of methanolic extract of Tetracera potatoria   (MeTp) and betulinic acid isolated from it. Results showed that various doses of...

Adhesion of bone cells to ion-implanted titanium (2003)

  • Nayab,
  • S.,
  • Shinawi,
  • L.,
  • Hobkirk,
  • J.A.,
  • ...

Rubber toughened methacrylates as soft prosthetic delivery devices (2003)

  • Nazhat,
  • S.N.,
  • Chayawatana,
  • A.,
  • Vardon-Odonkor,
  • M.,
  • ...

19-23 July 2003

Genome scan meta-analysis of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, part III: Bipolar disorder. (2003)

  • Segurado,
  • R.,
  • Detera-Wadleigh,
  • S.D.,
  • Levinson,
  • D.F.,
  • ...

Genome scans of bipolar disorder (BPD) have not produced consistent evidence for linkage. The rank-based genome scan meta-analysis (GSMA) method was applied to 18 BPD genome scan data sets in an...

Intensity-based 2-D-3-D registration of cerebral angiograms (2003)

We propose a new method for aligning three-dimensional (3-D) magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) with 2-D X-ray digital subtraction angiograms (DSA). Our method is developed from our algorithm to...

Myocardial delineation via registration in a polar coordinate system (2003)

  • Noble,
  • N.M.,
  • Hill,
  • D.L.,
  • Breeuwer,
  • M.,
  • ...

RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES: Cardiovascular disease is the number one cause of premature death in the western world. Analysis of cardiac function provides clinically useful diagnostic and prognostic...

The rod opsin pigments from two marsupial species, the South American bare-tailed woolly opossum and the Australian fat-tailed dunnart (2003)

Rod visual pigment genes have been studied in a wide range of vertebrates including a number of mammalian species. However, no marsupials have yet been examined. To correct this omission, we have...

Paclitaxel plus platinum-based chemotherapy versus conventional platinum-based chemotherapy in women with relapsed ovarian cancer: the ICON4/AGO-OVAR-2.2 trial (2003)

  • Parmar,
  • M.K.B.,
  • Ledermann,
  • J.A.,
  • Colombo,
  • N.,
  • ...

Background Despite improvements in the treatment of ovarian cancer, most patients develop recurrent disease within 3 years of diagnosis. There is no agreed second-line treatment at relapse. We...

Partner notification in primary care (2003)

  • Cassell,
  • J.A.,
  • Brook,
  • M.G.,
  • Slack,
  • R.,
  • ...

Skeletal growth and long-term bone turnover after enterocystoplasty in a chronic rat model (2003)

  • Gerharz,
  • E.W.,
  • Gasser,
  • J.A.,
  • Mosekilde,
  • L.,
  • ...

OBJECTIVE: To investigate skeletal growth and bone metabolism in a chronic animal model of urinary diversion. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Young male Wistar rats (120) were allocated randomly to four...

Targeted pharmacological depletion of serum amyloid P component for treatment of human amyloidosis (2002)

  • Pepys,
  • M.B.,
  • Herbert,
  • J.,
  • Hutchinson,
  • W.L.,
  • ...

The normal plasma protein serum amyloid P component (SAP) binds to fibrils in all types of amyloid deposits, and contributes to the pathogenesis of amyloidosis. In order to intervene in this process...

Unicentric Castleman's disease complicated by systemic AA amyloidosis: a curable disease (2002)

Background: Castleman's disease (angiofollicular lymph node hyperplasia) is a group of rare lymphoproliferative disorders sharing characteristic clinical and histological features, and usually...

Growth reference charts for use in the United Kingdom (2002)

Since the introduction of new growth charts in the mid 1990s, there has been confusion about which charts should be used, with many districts using more than one version. Because of this uncertainty,...

Repair of DNA interstrand crosslinks as a mechanism of clinical resistance to melphalan in multiple myeloma (2002)

  • Spanswick,
  • V.J.,
  • Craddock,
  • C.,
  • Sekhar,
  • M.,
  • ...

Melphalan is widely used as a preparative agent in patients with multiple myeloma (MM) undergoing autologous stem cell transplantation (SCT). Although disease relapse is the major cause of death...

Cost-effectiveness of different MRSA screening methods (2002)

  • Kunori,
  • T.,
  • Cookson,
  • B.,
  • Roberts,
  • J.A.,
  • ...

We describe a model to examine the cost-effectiveness of various laboratory-screening approaches to detect methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). A critical literature review was used to...

Deforming a preoperative volume to represent the intraoperative scene (2002)

  • Penney,
  • G.P.,
  • Little,
  • J.A.,
  • Weese,
  • J.,
  • ...

Soft-tissue deformation can be a problem if a preoperative modality is used to help guide a surgical or interventional procedure. We present a method that can warp a preoperative CT image to...

The effect of preconditioning (ischemic and pharmacological) on myocardial necrosis following coronary artery bypass graft surgery (2002)

  • Teoh,
  • L.K.,
  • Grant,
  • R.,
  • Hulf,
  • J.A.,
  • ...

OBJECTIVES: Ischemic preconditioning is known to protect the human heart from ischemic injury during coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery but is not practised routinely. Adenosine A1 receptor...

Birth upregulates nitric oxide synthase activity in the porcine lung (2002)

Developmental changes in the lung occur at birth, allowing for the transition from placental to air breathing. Here we have measured nitric oxide synthase (NOS) activity in the porcine lung pre and...

Postnatal changes in beta-adrenoceptors in the lung and the effect of hypoxia induced pulmonary hypertension of the newborn (2002)

  • Hislop,
  • A.A.,
  • Mak,
  • J.C.,
  • Kelly,
  • D.,
  • ...

1. beta-adrenoceptor activation leads to pulmonary vasodilatation. The increase in circulating catecholamines at birth may assist the postnatal fall in vascular resistance by their activation. To...

Energy requirements and body composition in stable pediatric intensive care patients receiving ventilatory support (2002)

  • Wells,
  • J.C.,
  • Mok,
  • Q.,
  • Johnson,
  • A.W.,
  • ...

Energy requirements of pediatric intensive-care patients are unknown due to the difficulty of measuring total energy expenditure in free- living conditions. We investigated energy expenditure and...

Comparison of survival, palliation, and quality of life with three chemotherapy regimens in metastatic colorectal cancer: a multicentre randomised trial (2002)

Background This randomised trial compared three chemotherapy regimens in the first-line treatment of advanced colorectal cancer, in terms of their effect on overall and progression- free survival;...

Influence of a combined subsoiler with winged tine upon work efficiency (2001)

Before renovation of orchards and previous to planting it is necessary to reestablish the soil porosity to ensure rapid growth of the root system for all the plants. This condition is achieved by...

Neural network prediction of setting of calcium aluminate cements containing additions (2001)

Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK, 16-19 July 2001

Hepatotoxicity in HIV-1-infected patients receiving nevirapine- containing antiretroviral therapy (2001)

  • Martinez,
  • E.,
  • Blanco,
  • J.L.,
  • Arnaiz,
  • J.A.,
  • ...

OBJECTIVES: To assess the incidence and risk factors for hepatotoxicity associated with nevirapine. DESIGN: A prospective cohort study in a teaching and referral hospital involving all consecutive...

Multiple immediate-early gene-deficient herpes simplex virus vectors allowing efficient gene delivery to neurons in culture and widespread gene delivery to the central nervous system in vivo (2001)

  • Lilley,
  • C.E.,
  • Groutsi,
  • F.,
  • Han,
  • Z.,
  • ...

Herpes simplex virus (HSV) has several potential advantages as a vector for delivering genes to the nervous system. The virus naturally infects and remains latent in neurons and has evolved the...

Physiological tremor in human subjects with X-linked Kallmann's syndrome and mirror movements (2001)

Human physiological tremor consists of mechanical-reflex and neurogenic components. The origin of the neurogenic component, classically detected in the frequency range 7-12 Hz, has been much debated....

Phosphatidylinositol transfer proteins and protein kinase C make separate but non-interacting contributions to the phosphorylation state necessary for secretory competence in rat mast cells (2001)

  • Pinxteren,
  • J.A.,
  • Gomperts,
  • B.D.,
  • Rogers,
  • D.,
  • ...

Mast cells permeabilized by streptolysin O undergo exocytosis when stimulated with Ca(2+) and guanosine 5'-[gamma-thio]triphosphate but become progressively refractory to this stimulus if it is...

Increased nuchal translucency as a prenatal manifestation of congenital adrenal hyperplasia (2001)

  • Masturzo,
  • B.,
  • Hyett,
  • J.A.,
  • Kalache,
  • K.D.,
  • ...

We present two cases of pregnant women with a previous history of congenital adrenal hyperplasia. In both cases the only abnormal feature in the initial pregnancy had been increased nuchal...

Development of plant-based immunocontraceptive vaccines for marsupials. (2001)

This paper summarizes the current status in the development of plant-based immunocontraceptive vaccine as an alternative to the lethal control of marsupial population. The results from the ongoing...

Development and optimization of herpes simplex virus vectors for multiple long-term gene delivery to the peripheral nervous system (2000)

Herpes simplex virus (HSV) has often been suggested as a suitable vector for gene delivery to the peripheral nervous system as it naturally infects sensory nerve terminals before retrograde transport...

A comparison of hemodynamic data derived by pulmonary artery flotation catheter and the esophageal Doppler monitor in preeclampsia (2000)

  • Penny,
  • J.A.,
  • Anthony,
  • J.,
  • Shennan,
  • A.H.,
  • ...

OBJECTIVE: This study was undertaken to compare hemodynamic data derived with the esophageal Doppler monitor against those obtained with a pulmonary artery flotation catheter in women with...

Surface Geochemistry of the clay minerals (1999)

  • Sposito,
  • G.,
  • Skipper,
  • N.T.,
  • Sutton,
  • R.,
  • ...

Commercial production of (ampersand)bgr;-glucuronidase (GUS): a model system for the production of proteins in plants (1998)

We have generated transgenic maize seed containing [beta]-glucuronidase(GUS) for commercial production. While many other investigators have demonstrated the expression of GUS as a scoreable marker,...

KW-2149 (7-N-[2-[gamma-L-glutamylamino]ethyldithio-ethyl] mitomycin C): DNA interactions and drug uptake following serum activation (1998)

7-N-[2-[gamma-L-glutamylamino]ethyldithio-ethyl] mitomycin C (KW-2149) is a mitomycin-C analogue currently being evaluated in clinical trials. It has been shown that KW-2149 is unusual in that it is...

Deaths from low dose paracetamol poisoning (1998)

  • Bridger,
  • S.,
  • Henderson,
  • K.,
  • Glucksman,
  • E.,
  • ...

KW-2149 (7-N-[2-[gamma-L-glutamylamino]ethyldithio-ethyl] mitomycin C): DNA interactions and drug uptake following serum activation (1998)

7-N-[2-[gamma-L-glutamylamino]ethyldithio-ethyl] mitomycin C (KW-2149) is a mitomycin-C analogue currently being evaluated in clinical trials. It has been shown that KW-2149 is unusual in that it is...

Retention and release of ions from glass ionomer matrix (1996)

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Fruticultura tropical / J. A. Samson (1991)

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British Conservatives and collective security, 1918-1928 /--by Joe Allen Thompson. (1966)

Microfilm of typescript. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University Microfilms, 1967? -- 1 reel ; 35 mm.

 
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