J. Allen

Publication List Details

Period

1742 - 2009

Number

40

Co-Authors

The Fluorescence Detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory (2009)

Abreu, P., Aglietta, M., Aguirre, C., Ahn, E. J., Allard, D., ...

The Pierre Auger Observatory is a hybrid detector for ultra-high energy cosmic rays. It combines a surface array to measure secondary particles at ground level together with a fluorescence detector...

Astrophysical Sources of Cosmic Rays and Related Measurements with the Pierre Auger Observatory (2009)

Abreu, P., Aglietta, M., Aguirre, C., Ahn, E. J., Allard, D., ...

Studies of the correlations of ultra-high energy cosmic ray directions with extra-Galactic objects, of general anisotropy, of photons and neutrinos, and of other astrophysical effects, with the...

Operations of and Future Plans for the Pierre Auger Observatory (2009)

Abreu, P., Aglietta, M., Aguirre, C., Ahn, E. J., Allard, D., ...

Technical reports on operations and features of the Pierre Auger Observatory, including ongoing and planned enhancements and the status of the future northern hemisphere portion of the Observatory....

Calibration and Monitoring of the Pierre Auger Observatory (2009)

Abreu, P., Aglietta, M., Aguirre, C., Ahn, E. J., Allard, D., ...

Reports on the atmospheric monitoring, calibration, and other operating systems of the Pierre Auger Observatory. Contributions to the 31st International Cosmic Ray Conference, Lodz, Poland, July 2009.

The Cosmic Ray Energy Spectrum and Related Measurements with the Pierre Auger Observatory (2009)

Abreu, P., Aglietta, M., Aguirre, C., Ahn, E. J., Allard, D., ...

Studies of the cosmic ray energy spectrum at the highest energies with the Pierre Auger Observatory.

Studies of Cosmic Ray Composition and Air Shower Structure with the Pierre Auger Observatory (2009)

Abreu, P., Aglietta, M., Aguirre, C., Ahn, E. J., Allard, D., ...

Studies of the composition of the highest energy cosmic rays with the Pierre Auger Observatory, including examination of hadronic physics effects on the structure of extensive air showers....

Southampton Oceanography Centre (2009)

J. Allen, V. Cornell, C. M. Moore, N. Crisp, J. Dunning

SeaSoar is a towed undulating vehicle capable of achieving undulations from surface to 500 metres at speeds of around 8 knots. To achieve this the SeaSoar is towed from a standard Rochester cable...

The diarylquinoline TMC207 for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (2009)

Diacon, A. H., Pym, A., Grobusch, M., Patientia, R., Rustomjee, R., Page-Shipp, L., ...

BACKGROUND: The diarylquinoline TMC207 offers a new mechanism of antituberculosis action by inhibiting mycobacterial ATP synthase. TMC207 potently inhibits drug-sensitive and drug-resistant...

Evaluation of a community-based mental health drug and alcohol nurse in the care of people living with HIV/AIDS (2009)

Allen, J., Hamilton, A., Nunn, R., Crock, L., Frecker, J., Burk, N.

There is a growing need for advanced practice mental health and drug and alcohol nursing roles in the care of people living with HIV/AIDS; however, limited publications address these domains. This...

ACORNE: Acoustic COsmic Ray Neutrino Experiment (2008)

J. Allen, R. Binns, S. L. Danaher, C. J. Rhodes, T. Sloan, L. F. Thompson, ...

A programme of work is proposed to develop hydrophones in water as a method of detecting the interactions of ultra high energy (UHE) cosmic ray neutrinos ( � 10 10 GeV), a region which is likely to...

Phase II study of sequentially administered low-dose mitomycin-C (MMC) and irinotecan (CPT-11) in women with metastatic breast cancer (MBC) (2008)

Mrozek, E., Kolesar, J., Young, D., Allen, J., Villalona-Calero, M., Shapiro, C. L.

Background: Preclinical studies show that mitomycin-C (MMC) followed by irinotecan (CPT-11) is synergistic. Therefore, we evaluated the toxicity and efficacy of sequentially administered low-dose MMC...

Joint LIGO and TAMA300 search for gravitational waves from inspiralling neutron star binaries (2006)

Abbott, B., Abbott, R., Adhikari, R., Ageev, A., Agresti, J., Ajith, P., ...

We search for coincident gravitational wave signals from inspiralling neutron star binaries using LIGO and TAMA300 data taken during early 2003. Using a simple trigger exchange method, we perform an...

Search for gravitational-wave bursts in LIGO's third science run (2006)

Abbott, B, Abbott, R, Adhikari, R, Agresti, J, Ajith, P, Allen, B, ...

We report on a search for gravitational-wave bursts in data from the three LIGO interferometric detectors during their third science run. The search targets sub-second bursts in the frequency range...

Modelling an isolated dust grain in a plasma using matched asymptotic expansions (2006)

Ockendon, J. R., Arinaminpathy, N., Allen, J.

The study of dusty plasmas is of significant practical use and scientific interest. A characteristic feature of dust grains in a plasma is that they are typically smaller than the electron Debye...

Phase I trial of liposomal encapsulated doxorubicin (MyocetTM; D-99) and weekly docetaxel in advanced breast cancer patients (2005)

Mrózek, E., Rhoades, C. A., Allen, J., Hade, E. M., Shapiro, C. L.

Background:: We conducted a phase I trial to determine the safety and maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of non-pegylated liposome-encapsulated doxorubicin (Myocet™; D-99) administered with weekly...

Phase I trial of liposomal encapsulated doxorubicin (MyocetTM; D-99) and weekly docetaxel in advanced breast cancer patients (2005)

Mrózek, E., Rhoades, C. A., Allen, J., Hade, E. M., Shapiro, C. L.

Background: We conducted a phase I trial to determine the safety and maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of non-pegylated liposome-encapsulated doxorubicin (MyocetTM; D-99) administered with weekly...

Teamwork-centered autonomy for extended human-agent interaction in space applications (2004)

J. M. Bradshaw, A. Acquisti, J. Allen, M. Breedy, L. Bunch, N. Chambers, ...

This paper summarizes our efforts to bring together and extend the best in current theory and technologies for teamwork-centered autonomy for space applications. Traditional planning technologies at...

Challenges in Information Retrieval and Language Modeling (2003)

Allen, J., Aslam, J., Belkin, N., Buckley, C., Callan, J., Croft, W.B., ...

Information retrieval (IR) research has reached a point where it is appropriate to assess progress and to define a research agenda for the next five to ten years. This report summarizes a discussion...

Naltrexone in the treatment of male alcoholics - an effectiveness study in Singapore (2001)

Lee, A., Tan, S., Lim, D., Winslow, R.M., Wong, K.E., Allen, J., ...

Naltrexone has been demonstrated in western studies to be a useful pharmacological adjunct within treatment programmes for alcoholic patients. We report the first study of its efficacy and usefulness...

ST depression only on the initial 12-lead ECG: early diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction (2001)

Menown, I.B.A, Allen, J, Anderson, J.McC, Adgey, A.A.J

Aims To compare the diagnostic ability of the 12-lead ECG with body surface mapping for early detection of acute myocardial infarction in patients presenting with ST depression only on the 12-lead...

An Architecture for a Generic Dialogue Shell (2000)

J. Allen, D. Byron, M. Dzikovska, G. Ferguson, L. Galescu, A. Stent

This paper documents our progress and what we have learned so far based on building and adapting systems in a series of di#erent problem solving domains. The first system, TRAINS, was built in 1995...

The changing generic location of crime in film : a content analysis of film synopses, 1945-1991 (1997)

Allen, J., Livingstone, Sonia, Reiner, R.

Is the number of films containing crime increasing? If so, for which kinds of films? Using a sample of synopses for all films released in Britain between 1945 and 1991 we identify shifts in the major...

Modal Analysis of Homogeneous Optical Waveguides by Boundary Integral Method (1997)

Lei Wang, J. Allen, Cox Avner Friedman

The optical �eld in a weakly guiding homogeneous waveguide satis�es scalar Helmholtz equations in both the core and cladding, and transmission conditions on the boundary. The transverse...

EFFECTS OF THIOPENTONE AND CHLORMETHIAZOLE ON HUMAN MYOMETRIAL ARTERIES FROM TERM PREGNANT WOMEN (1992)

ALLEN, J., SVANE, D., PETERSEN, L. K., CHRISTENSEN, J. H., FORMAN, A.

We have investigated the effects of thiopentone and chlormethiazole on maternal intramyometrial arteries dissected from myometrial biopsies taken during Caesarean section at term. Ring preparations...

EFFECTS OF THIOPENTONE OR CHLORMETHAZOLE ON HUMAN PLACENTAL STEM VILLOUS ARTERIES (1987)

ALLEN, J., MAIGAARD, S., CHRISTENSEN, J. H., ANDREASEN, F., FORMAN, F.

Small placenta/ stem villous arteries were micro dissected from specimens obtained at normal term vaginal delivery (n= 25). Ring preparations of the vessels were mounted in organ baths and isometric...

MIXED VALENT SEMICONDUCTORS : SmB6 (1980)

Allen, J., Martin, R.

An overview is given of the experimental and theoretical evidence that SmB6 is a homogeneously mixed valent semiconductor. It is emphasized that the experimental transport properties imply that the...

Electronic structure of Sm surface studied by synchrotron-radiation-excited-photoelectron spectroscopies (1979)

Allen, J., Johansson, L., Bauer, R., Gustafsson, T., Lindau, I., Hagström, S.

We have utilized synchrotron radiation in the 50-250 eV range to make surface sensitive photoelectron measurements on Sm. For 150 eV photons the valence band photoelectron energy distribution shows...

DISSIPATION IN THE SUPERFLUID FILM BELOW IK (1978)

Armitage, J., Allen, J., Toft, M.

We have measured the transfer rate of the surperfluid helium film at temperatures from 11 mK to 1 K. If the level difference, ∝h, is less than 50 µm the dissipation rises rapidly but more...

Temozolomide induces senescence but not apoptosis in human melanoma cells

Mhaidat, N M, Zhang, X D, Allen, J, Avery-Kiejda, K A, Scott, R J, Hersey, P

Temozolomide (TMZ), a DNA alkylating agent used in the treatment of melanoma, is believed to mediate its effect by addition of a methyl group to the O6 position of guanine in DNA. Resistance to the...

Intrathecal treatment of neoplastic meningitis due to breast cancer with a slow-release formulation of cytarabine

Jaeckle, K A, Phuphanich, S, Aiken, R, Batchelor, T, Campbell, T, ...

DepoCyte is a slow-release formulation of cytarabine designed for intrathecal administration. The goal of this multi-centre cohort study was to determine the safety and efficacy of DepoCyte for the...