J. M.

An assessment of the microbiological safety of dry yam (gbodo) processed in South West Nigeria (2006)

The microorganisms involved in dry-yam (gbodo) and water used in parboiling from different source (well, pipe-borne, river, stream and pond) were investigated. There was predominance of...

Microquasar hadronic jets at very high-energy gamma-rays (2006)

Microquasars (MQs) present emission over the whole spectrum, from radio wavelengths to gamma-rays. The microquasar spectral energy distribution is very complex, being a signature of the different...

Leptonic emission from microquasar jets: from radio to very high-energy gamma-rays (2006)

Microquasars are sources of very high-energy gamma-rays and, very probably, high-energy gamma-ray emitters. We propose a model for a jet that can allow to give accurate observational predictions for...

HepData and JetWeb: HEP data archiving and model validation (2006)

  • Buckley,
  • A.,
  • Butterworth,
  • J.M.,
  • Monk,
  • J.,
  • ...

13-17 February 2006

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...

Medicina y Patolog¡a Oral (2006)

A cholinergic mechanism underlies persistent neural activity necessary for eye fixation (2006)

  • Delgado-Garcia,
  • J.M.,
  • Yajeya,
  • J.,
  • Navarro-Lopez,
  • J.

It is generally accepted that the prepositus hypoglossi (PH) nucleus is the site where horizontal eye-velocity signals are integrated into eye-position ones. However, how does this neural structure...

Influence of seabed slope and Coriolis effects on the development of sandbanks near headlands (2006)

The mechanism responsible for asymmetric sediment accretion around an idealized, symmetrical headland is clearly the Coriolis force. What is not evident, however, is how the Coriolis force manifests...

Semiclassical expansions, the strong quantum limit, and duality (2005)

We show how to complement Feynman's exponential of the action so that it exhibits a ℤ2 duality symmetry. The latter illustrates a relativity principle for the notion of quantum versus classical.

Mobilidade e Reclusão na Pós-Modernidade: O Caso dos Turistas de Aeroporto (2005)

  • REBOUçAS,
  • J.M

Trabalho apresentado no Intercom Júnior, evento componente do XXVIII Congresso Brasileiro de Ciências da Comunicação, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 05-09,setembro,2005...

A política espetáculo e os ouvintes: Artifícios para conquistar a opinião pública (2005)

Trabalho apresentado no NP 06 - Rádio e Mídia Sonora no XXVII Congresso Brasileiro de Ciências da Comunicação, Porto Alegre RS, 2004.  A dobradinha rádio...

Taxionomia da Folkcomunicação: gêneros, formatos e tipos (2005)

Trabalho apresentado no NP17 - Folkcomunicação durante o XXVIII Congresso Brasileiro de Ciências da Comunicação, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 05-09,setembro,2005....

A quantum is a complex structure on classical phase space (2005)

Duality transformations within the quantum mechanics of a finite number of degrees of freedom can be regarded as the dependence of the notion of a quantum, i.e., an elementary excitation of the...

Faster development and evaluation of biocatalytic processes (2005)

  • Micheletti,
  • M.,
  • Gill,
  • N.,
  • Chen,
  • B.H.,
  • ...

13-14 September

Hemodynamic correlates of EEG: A heuristic (2005)

  • Kilner,
  • J.M.,
  • Mattout,
  • J.,
  • Henson,
  • R.,
  • ...

Tissue deformation and shape models in image-guided interventions: a discussion paper (2005)

  • Hawkes,
  • D.J.,
  • Barratt,
  • D.,
  • Blackall,
  • J.M.,
  • ...

This paper promotes the concept of active models in image-guided interventions. We outline the limitations of the rigid body assumption in image-guided interventions and describe how intraoperative...

Tapasin gene polymorphism in systemic onset juvenile rheumatoid arthritis: a family-based case-control study (2005)

  • Bukulmez,
  • H.,
  • Fife,
  • M.,
  • Tsoras,
  • M.,
  • ...

Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA) comprises a group of chronic systemic inflammatory disorders that primarily affect joints and can cause long-term disability. JRA is likely to be a complex genetic...

Withdrawal of parenteral phenobarbitone - implications for resource-poor countries (2005)

Parenteral phenobarbitone is an integral part of the management of status epilepticus, especially in the context of resource- poor countries. It is highly effective at controlling seizures. It is...

Etiology of mental retardation in children referred to a tertiary care center: a prospective study (2005)

A prospective assessment following a step-wise protocol in 281 patients with unexplained cognitive delay was used to assess diagnostic possibilities. Diagnostic procedures were complex and required a...

Growth-reductive therapy in children with Marfan syndrome (2005)

Objectives To determine the accuracy and precision of 2 height-prediction methods in Marfan syndrome and to assess the growth-reductive effect and side effects of sex hormone treatment. Study design...

Left ventricular non-compaction - Insights from cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging (2005)

  • Petersen,
  • S.E.,
  • Selvanayagam,
  • J.B.,
  • Wiesmann,
  • F.,
  • ...

OBJECTIVES We aimed to test the diagnostic accuracy of cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging in distinguishing pathological left ventricular non-compaction (LVNC) from lesser degrees of...

The impact of telomere erosion on memory CD8(+) T cells in patients with X-linked lymphoproliferative syndrome (2005)

  • Plunkett,
  • F.J.,
  • Franzese,
  • O.,
  • Belaramani,
  • L.L.,
  • ...

Patients with X-linked lymphoproliferative syndrome (XLP) experience excessive T cell proliferation after primary Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection, due to mutations in the signalling lymphocyte...

Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging after stage I Norwood operation for hypoplastic left heart syndrome (2005)

  • Muthurangu,
  • V.,
  • Taylor,
  • A.M.,
  • Hegde,
  • S.R.,
  • ...

BACKGROUND: After the Norwood operation, a patient's suitability for proceeding to a bidirectional cavopulmonary connection (BCPC) is assessed by a combination of echocardiography and diagnostic...

Loss of ZMPSTE24 (FACE-1) causes autosomal recessive restrictive dermopathy and accumulation of Lamin A precursors (2005)

  • Navarro,
  • C.L.,
  • Cadinanos,
  • J.,
  • Sandre-Giovannoli,
  • A.,
  • ...

Restrictive dermopathy (RD) is characterized by intrauterine growth retardation, tight and rigid skin with prominent superficial vessels, bone mineralization defects, dysplastic clavicles,...

MKKS/BBS6, a divergent chaperonin-like protein linked to the obesity disorder Bardet-Biedl syndrome, is a novel centrosomal component required for cytokinesis (2005)

Chaperonins are multisubunit, cylinder-shaped molecular chaperones involved in folding newly synthesized polypeptides. Here we show that MKKS/BBS6, one of several proteins associated with...

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...

Systemic Acyl-CoA:cholesterol acyltransferase inhibition reduces inflammation and improves vascular function in hypercholesterolemia (2005)

  • Kharbanda,
  • R.K.,
  • Wallace,
  • S.,
  • Walton,
  • B.,
  • ...

BACKGROUND: Circulating lipids may initiate and progress atherosclerosis by causing vascular inflammation. Monocytes and tissue macrophages are involved and regulate lipid metabolism in the vascular...

Mother-to-child transmission of HIV infection in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy (2005)

Background. Very low rates of mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are achievable with use of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). We examine risk...

Zinc supplementation and psychosocial stimulation: effects on the development of undernourished Jamaican children (2005)

  • Gardner,
  • J.M.,
  • Powell,
  • C.A.,
  • Baker-Henningham,
  • H.,
  • ...

BACKGROUND: Undernourished children have poor levels of development that benefit from stimulation. Zinc deficiency is prevalent in undernourished children and may contribute to their poor...

The human glomerular podocyte is a novel target for insulin action (2005)

Microalbuminuria is significant both as the earliest stage of diabetic nephropathy and as an independent cardiovascular risk factor in nondiabetic subjects, in whom it is associated with insulin...

Neural crest cell origin for intrinsic ganglia of the developing chicken lung (2005)

The development of intrinsic ganglia, comprised of neurons and glia cells that innervate airway smooth muscle, is a recognized component of the growing lung. However, the embryological origin of...

Deficient knowledge of genetics relevant for daily practice among medical students nearing graduation (2005)

PURPOSE: The objective of this study was to investigate whether the knowledge of genetics relevant for daily practice among medical students nearing graduation in the Netherlands was sufficient to...

Mutations of the catalytic subunit of RAB3GAP cause Warburg Micro syndrome (2005)

  • Aligianis,
  • I.A.,
  • Johnson,
  • C.A.,
  • Gissen,
  • P.,
  • ...

Warburg Micro syndrome (WARBM1) is a severe autosomal recessive disorder characterized by developmental abnormalities of the eye and central nervous system and by microgenitalia. We identified...

Quantum chromodynamics at colliders (2005)

30 Jun - 5 Jul 2005

Alignment of sparse freehand 3-D ultrasound with preoperative images of the liver using models of respiratory motion and deformation (2005)

We present a method for alignment of an interventional plan to optically tracked two-dimensional intraoperative ultrasound (US) images of the liver. Our clinical motivation is to enable the accurate...

Mutant carbonic anhydrase 4 impairs pH regulation and causes retinal photoreceptor degeneration (2005)

  • Yang,
  • Z.,
  • Alvarez,
  • B.V.,
  • Chakarova,
  • C.,
  • ...

Retina and retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) belong to the metabolically most active tissues in the human body. Efficient removal of acid load from retina and RPE is a critical function mediated by...

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....

Mechanics of the turbulent/non-turbulent interface of a jet (2005)

  • Westerweel,
  • J.,
  • Pedersen,
  • J.M.,
  • Fukushima,
  • C.,
  • ...

Cooperative Glutamatergic and Cholinergic Mechanisms Generate Short-Term Modifications of Synaptic Effectiveness in Prepositus Hypoglossi Neurons (2005)

To maintain horizontal eye position on a visual target after a saccade, extraocular motoneurons need a persistent (tonic) neural activity, called "eye-position signal," generated by prepositus...

Levels and patterns of neutrophil cell counts over the first 8 years of life in children of HIV-1-infected mothers (2004)

  • Giaquinto,
  • C.,
  • Rampon,
  • O.,
  • Giacomet,
  • V.,
  • ...

Background: Antiretroviral drugs (ARV) as prophylaxis to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV results in decreased haematological parameters during and shortly after exposure, with recent data...

Hepatic nervous system development (2004)

During embryonic development, the liver emerges from the foregut as a thickening of the ventral endodermal epithelium. The embryonic liver then develops into a bud of cells that proliferates and...

Registered computed tomography images as an alternative to postimplantation magnetic resonance imaging in the assessment of subthalamic electrode placement (2004)

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) after implantation of electrodes in the subthalamic nuclei is currently performed at a number of sites, but a recent adverse incident and changes in MRI technology...

A corn-based delivery system for animal vaccines: an oral transmissible gastroenteritis virus vaccine boosts lactogenic immunity in swine (2004)

Recombinant plant expression systems offer a means to produce large quantities of selected antigens for subunit vaccines. Cereals are particularly well-suited expression vehicles since the expressed...

Beam tests of ATLAS SCT silicon strip detector modules (2004)

The design and technology of the silicon strip detector modules for the Semiconductor Tracker (SCT) of the ATLAS experiment have been finalised in the last several years. Integral to this process has...

Natural organic matter in sedimentary basins and its relation to arsenic in anoxic ground water: the example of West Bengal and its worldwide implications (2004)

In order to investigate the mechanism of As release to anoxic ground water in alluvial aquifers, the authors sampled ground waters from 3 piezometer nests, 79 shallow (80 m) wells, in an area 750 m...

A Cholinergic Synaptically Triggered Event Participates in the Generation of Persistent Activity Necessary for Eye Fixation (2004)

  • Navarro-Lopez,
  • J.,
  • Alvarado,
  • J.C.,
  • Marquez-Ruiz,
  • J.,
  • ...

An exciting topic regarding integrative properties of the nervous system is how transient motor commands or brief sensory stimuli are able to evoke persistent neuronal changes, mainly as a sustained,...

Role of Cerebellar Interpositus Nucleus in the Genesis and Control of Reflex and Conditioned Eyelid Responses (2004)

The role of cerebellar circuits in the acquisition of new motor abilities is still a matter of intensive debate. To establish the contribution of posterior interpositus nucleus (PIN) to the...

Belemnites of Valanginian, Hauterivian and Barremian age: Sr-isotope stratigraphy, composition (87Sr/86Sr, δ13C, δ18O, Na, Sr, Mg), and palaeo-oceanography (2004)

  • McArthur,
  • J.M.,
  • Mutterlose,
  • J.,
  • Price,
  • G.D.,
  • ...

We present new data on 87Sr/86Sr, ? 13C and ? 18O, and elemental compositions of belemnites from 85 m of Valanginian, Hauterivian and Barremian strata at Speeton, Yorkshire, eastern England. The...

Self-assessment of genital anatomy, sexual sensitivity and function in women: implications for genitoplasty (2004)

OBJECTIVE: To assess the perceptions of healthy women of their genital anatomy and sexual sensitivity, and to provide suggestions for genitoplasty based on this information, as the success of...

Genotype-phenotype correlation in patients suspected of having sotos syndrome (2004)

BACKGROUND: Deletions and mutations in the NSD1 gene are the major cause of Sotos syndrome. We wanted to evaluate the genotype-phenotype correlation in patients suspected of having Sotos syndrome and...

MICRO syndrome: an entity distinct from COFS syndrome (2004)

  • Graham,
  • J.M.,
  • Jr.,
  • Hennekam,
  • R.,
  • Dobyns,
  • ...

Children born with the findings of microcephaly, cataracts and microcornea can result not only from a prenatal viral infection, but also from an autosomal recessive Mendelian disorders. We present...

Rise of circulating thrombopoietin following cardiothoracic surgery is potentiated in patients with coronary atherosclerosis: correlation with a preceding increase in levels of interleukin-6 (2003)

  • Cotton,
  • J.M.,
  • Hong,
  • Y.,
  • Hawe,
  • E.,
  • ...

Thrombopoietin (TPO) is the major regulator of platelet production. Plasma levels of TPO are thought to be regulated by its binding to platelets and megakaryocytes. Here we have used a model of...

Structural characteristics of multi-subunit complexes (2003)

  • Kabir,
  • T.,
  • Gorse,
  • D.,
  • Postingl,
  • H.,
  • ...

Friedreich's Ataxia: Disease mechanisms, antioxidant and coenzyme Q_{10} therapy (2003)

Mitochondria clearly play a central role in the pathogenesis of Friedreich's Ataxia. The most common genetic abnormality results in the deficiency of the protein frataxin, which is targeted to the...

Retinal transplantation: progress and problems in clinical application (2003)

There is currently no real treatment for blinding disorders that stem from the degeneration of cells in the retina and affect at least 50 million individuals worldwide. The excitement that...

Recent pilot studies of chlamydia screening (2003)

  • Stephenson,
  • J.M.,
  • Hopwood,
  • J.,
  • Babiker,
  • A.,
  • ...

Allorestricted cytotoxic T cells specific for human CD45 show potent antileukemic activity (2003)

  • Amrolia,
  • P.J.,
  • Reid,
  • S.D.,
  • Gao,
  • L.,
  • ...

Recent advances have made haploidentical transplantation for leukemia feasible, but the rigorous T-cell depletion used contributes to the high relapse rates observed. We have attempted to improve the...

Circulating endothelial progenitor cells, vascular function, and cardiovascular risk (2003)

  • Hill,
  • J.M.,
  • Zalos,
  • G.,
  • Halcox,
  • J.P.,
  • ...

BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular risk factors contribute to atherogenesis by inducing endothelial-cell injury and dysfunction. We hypothesized that endothelial progenitor cells derived from bone marrow...

Identification and characterization of 13 new mutations in mucopolysaccharidosis type I patients (2003)

  • Matte,
  • U.,
  • Yogalingam,
  • G.,
  • Brooks,
  • D.,
  • ...

In this study we have investigated a group of 29 Brazilian patients, who had been diagnosed with the lysosomal storage disorder, Mucopolysaccharidosis type I (MPS-I). MPS I is caused by a deficiency...

New 234U-230Th coral dates from the western Gulf of Corinth: implications for extensional tectonics (2003)

  • Houghton,
  • S.L.,
  • Roberts,
  • G.P.,
  • Papanikolaou,
  • I.,
  • ...

We derive rates of uplift of ?0.7?0.8 mm/yr for the western end of the Gulf of Corinth, Greece, using geomorphic paleaoshoreline modeling. We calibrate the modeling with new 234U-230Th dates on the...

Paleoceanographic changes of the Late Pliensbachian-EarlyToarcian interval: a possible link to the genesis of anOceanic Anoxic Event (2003)

  • Bailey,
  • T.R.,
  • Rosenthal,
  • Y.,
  • McArthur,
  • J.M.,
  • ...

Secular records of the elemental and isotopic composition of belemnite calcite were studied in Pliensbachian and Toarcian sections from the Yorkshire coast, UK, and Southern Germany, to investigate...

On-chain defect emission in conjugated polymers - Comment on 'Exciton dissociation dynamics in a conjugated polymer containing aggregate states' - [A. Haugeneder, U. Lemmer, U. Scherf, Chem. Phys. Lett. 351 (2002) 354] (2002)

On-chain chemical defects have recently been identified as the source of broad, low-energy emission features in polyfluorenes. By considering the evolution of the time-resolved luminescence spectrum...

A molecular thermometer based on long-lived emission from platinum octaethyl porphyrin (2002)

A highly sensitive molecular thermometer based on platinum octaethyl porphyrin, which can be employed in a range of environments, is presented. The thermal activation of the emission spectrum results...

Frequency up-conversion as a temperature probe of organic opto- electronic devices (2002)

Frequency up-conversion is demonstrated in a polyfluorene-based conjugated polymer. Up-converted emission is observed upon excitation to the red of the 0-0 luminescence band. The emission intensity...

Event-related brain dynamics (2002)

A clinically prognostic scoring system for patients receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy: results from the EuroSIDA study (2002)

  • Lundgren,
  • J.D.,
  • Mocroft,
  • A.,
  • Gatell,
  • J.M.,
  • ...

The risk of clinical progression for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected persons receiving treatment with highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) is poorly defined. From an inception...

Impact of repeated surgical procedures on the incidence and prevalence of latex allergy: A prospective study of 1263 children (2002)

Assessment with questionnaire, skin tests, and immunoglobulin E measurements showed 6 (0.5%) of 1263 children having elective surgery had latex allergy; 50 (4%) others were latex-sensitized. Any...

Acute rise of circulating vascular endothelial growth factor-A in patients with coronary artery disease following cardiothoracic surgery (2002)

  • Cotton,
  • J.M.,
  • Mathur,
  • A.,
  • Hong,
  • Y.,
  • ...

AIMS: Vascular endothelial growth factor-A (VEGF-A) is an angiogenic and vasoprotective molecule whose expression is modulated by hypoxia and inflammatory mediators. Here we have tested the...

Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans (2002)

  • Henderson,
  • B.,
  • Wilson,
  • M.,
  • Sharp,
  • L.,
  • ...

Assessment and Management of Orofacial Pain (2002)

  • Aghabeigi,
  • B.,
  • Chong,
  • M.S.,
  • Harrison,
  • S.D.,
  • ...

HPV types in HIV-related dysplastic warts (2002)

  • Sancheng,
  • M.,
  • Liu,
  • H.,
  • Du,
  • M.,
  • ...

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