MAXIMA: A Balloon-Borne Cosmic Microwave Background Anisotropy Experiment (2003)
Rabii, B., Winant, C. D., Abroe, M. E., Ade, P., Balbi, A., Bock, J. J., ...
We describe the Millimeter wave Anisotropy eXperiment IMaging Array (MAXIMA), a balloon-borne experiment designed to measure the temperature anisotropy of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) on...
Johnson, B. R., Abroe, M. E., Ade, P., Bock, J., Borrill, J., Collins, J. S., ...
We discuss MAXIPOL, a bolometric balloon-borne experiment designed to measure the E-mode polarization anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background radiation (CMB) on angular scales of 10 arcmin to 2...
Collins, J. S., Johnson, Eric R.
Experiments were conducted to measure the three-dimensional static and free vibrational response of two graphite-epoxy, thin-walled, open section frames. The frames are semi-circular with a radius of...
Heaney, A, Collins, J S, Watson, P R, Kalin, R M
We report the results of general practitioners' views on Helicobacter pylori-associated dyspepsia and use of screening tests in the community. The use of office serology tests in screening is of...
Heaney, A, Collins, J S, Watson, P R, Kalin, R M
We report the results of general practitioners' views on Helicobacter pylori-associated dyspepsia and use of screening tests in the community. The use of office serology tests in screening is of...
Dickey, W, Collins, J S, Watson, R G, Sloan, J M, Porter, K G
The hypothesis that non-secretors of ABO blood group antigens, a group shown to be more susceptible to certain bacterial infections, may be at greater risk of gastroduodenal disease because of...
Helicobacter pylori: comparison of DNA fingerprints provides evidence for intrafamilial infection.
Bamford, K B, Bickley, J, Collins, J S, Johnston, B T, Potts, S, Boston, V, ...
Although a high prevalence of antibodies to Helicobacter pylori has been documented within families, culture and DNA typing of strains from infected children and their parents has not been evaluated....
Lewis phenotype, secretor status, and coeliac disease.
Dickey, W, Wylie, J D, Collins, J S, Porter, K G, Watson, R G, McLoughlin, J C
Patients who cannot secrete ABO and Lewis blood group antigens into body fluids, an ability controlled by a single gene on chromosome 19, are known to be at increased risk of certain autoimmune...
Audit of the role of oesophageal manometry in clinical practice.
Johnston, P W, Johnston, B T, Collins, B J, Collins, J S, Love, A H
This oesophageal laboratory serves a population of 1.5 million. The study aimed to review referral patterns and assess the cost effectiveness of oesophageal manometry in clinical practice. All 276...
Collins, J S, Hamilton, P W, Watt, P C, Sloan, J M, Love, A H
Inflammatory cell counting in endoscopic biopsy sections was carried out on duodenal mucosal samples from defined sites in patients with duodenal ulcer, duodenitis but no ulcer, non-ulcer dyspepsia,...
McDougall, N I, Johnston, B T, Kee, F, Collins, J S, McFarland, R J, Love, A H
BACKGROUND--Although oesophagitis is the most common diagnosis made at upper gastrointestinal endoscopy, data on the longterm outcome of affected patients are sparse. AIMS--This study assessed the...
Effect of acute stress on oesophageal motility in patients with gastro-oesophageal reflux disease.
Johnston, B T, McFarland, R J, Collins, J S, Love, A H
BACKGROUND AND AIM--Sixty four per cent of people with heartburn believe that it is exacerbated by stress. An alteration in oesophageal motility is one possible mechanism for this apparent change...
Colitis complicating chronic granulomatous disease. A clinicopathological case report.
Sloan, J M, Cameron, C H, Maxwell, R J, McCluskey, D R, Collins, J S
BACKGROUND--This report concerns a female patient now aged 24 years, diagnosed at the age of 7 years as suffering from chronic granulomatous disease. At age 20 she developed diarrhoea accompanied by...
Twenty year review of duodenal ulcer.
Collins, J S, Glasgow, J F, Trouton, T G, McFarland, R J
Of 31 patients (18 male and 13 female) followed up 13-29 years after diagnosis, recurrent or persistent duodenal ulcer had occurred in four. In 22 (71%) gastrointestinal symptoms persisted into adult...
Perforated peptic ulcer and the civil disturbances in Belfast 1967-74.
Compton, S. A., Cooper, N. K., Clyde, R. J., Collins, J. S., Friel, C. M.
Outcome and benefits of upper gastrointestinal endoscopy in the elderly.
Brown, D. C., Collins, J. S., Love, A. H.
Presenting symptoms, physical findings and treatment were reviewed in 70 patients over 65 years old who underwent oesophago-gastro-duodenoscopy in the Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, during an...
Tham, T. C., Collins, J. S., Molloy, C., Sloan, J. M., Bamford, K. B., Watson, R. G.
This study compared high dose ranitidine versus low dose omeprazole with antibiotics for the eradication of H pylori. 80 patients (mean age 48 years, range 18-75) who had H pylori infection were...
Collins, J. S., Knill-Jones, R. P., Sloan, J. M., Hamilton, P. W., Watt, P. C., Crean, G. P., ...
The role of Helicobacter pylori infection in the symptom complex associated with non-ulcer dyspepsia is uncertain, despite the presence of the organism in a high proportion of these patients. In...
Live abdominal pregnancy presenting as massive rectal bleeding.
Bornman, P. C., Collins, J. S., Abrahamson, M. J., Gilinsky, N. H.
A case of massive rectal bleeding resulting from the placental attachment of an abdominal pregnancy to the sigmoid colon is reported. Both mother and infant survived this rare complication which...
Aperistaltic oesophageal disorders unmasked by severe post-fundoplication dysphagia.
O'Brien, C. J., Collins, J. S., Collins, B. J., McGuigan, J.
Two patients were referred because of persistent dysphagia which developed for the first time after Nissen fundoplication. Investigations, including oesophageal manometry, demonstrated the presence...