K. Olsen

Publication List Details

Period

1990 - 2009

Number

48

Co-Authors

Pushing the Boundaries of Conventional Core-Collapse Supernovae: The Extremely Energetic Supernova SN 2003ma (2009)

Rest, A., Foley, R. J., Gezari, S., Narayan, G., Draine, B., Olsen, K., ...

We report the discovery of a supernova (SN) with the highest apparent energy output to date and conclude that it represents an extreme example of the Type IIn subclass. The SN, which was discovered...

The Science Case for PILOT III: the Nearby Universe (2009)

Lawrence, J. S., Ashley, M. C. B., Bailey, J., Navascues, D. Barrado Y, Bedding, T., Bland-Hawthorn, J., ...

PILOT (the Pathfinder for an International Large Optical Telescope is a proposed 2.5 m optical/infrared telescope to be located at DomeC on the Antarctic plateau. The atmospheric conditions at Dome C...

The Science Case for PILOT I: Summary and Overview (2009)

Lawrence, J. S., Ashley, M. C. B., Bailey, J., Navascues, D. Barrado Y, Bedding, T., Bland-Hawthorn, J., ...

PILOT (the Pathfinder for an International Large Optical Telescope) is a proposed 2.5 m optical/infrared telescope to be located at Dome C on the Antarctic plateau. Conditions at Dome C are known to...

The SCEC/USGS Dynamic Earthquake Rupture Code Verification Exercise (2009)

Harris, R. A., Barall, M., Archuleta, R., Dunham, E., Aagaard, B. T., Ampuero, J. P., ...

Numerical simulations of earthquake rupture dynamics are now common, yet it has been difficult to test the validity of thesesimulations because there have been few field observations and no analytic...

The ACS Nearby Galaxy Survey Treasury. II. Young Stars and Their Relation to H and UV Emission Timescales in the M81 Outer Disk (2009)

Gogarten, SM, Dalcanton, JJ, Williams, BF, Seth, AC, Dolphin, A, Weisz, D, ...

We have obtained resolved stellar photometry from Hubble Space Telescope Advanced Camera for Surveys observations of a field in the outer disk of M81 as part of ANGST. Motivated by the recent...

The ACS Nearby Galaxy Survey Treasury. I. The Star Formation History of the M81 Outer Disk (2009)

Williams, BF, Dalcanton, JJ, Seth, AC, Weisz, D, Dolphin, A, Skillman, E, ...

The Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) Nearby Galaxy Survey Treasury is a large Hubble Space Telescope (HST)/ACS treasury program to obtain resolved stellar photometry for a volume-limited sample of...

The Science Case for PILOT III: the Nearby Universe. (2009)

Lawrence, J.S., Ashley, M.C.B., Bailey, J., Navascues, D.B.Y., Bedding, T.R., Bland-Hawthorn, J., ...

Original article can be found at: http://www.publish.csiro.au/nid/138/paper/AS08051.htm Copyright CSIRO. DOI: 10.1071/AS08051

The science case for PILOT I: summary and overview (2009)

Lawrence, J. S., Ashley, M. C. B., Bailey, J., Navascues, D., Barrado. Y., Bedding, T. R., ...

PILOT (the Pathfinder for an International Large Optical Telescope) is a proposed 2.5-m optical/infrared telescope to be located at Dome C on the Antarctic plateau. Conditions at Dome C are known to...

ORIGINAL ARTICLE Regionally Specific Disturbance of Dorsolateral Prefrontal–Hippocampal Functional Connectivity in Schizophrenia (2008)

Phd Rosanna, K. Olsen, Philip D. Kohn, Timothy Brown, Ms Olsen, ...

Background: Two brain regions often implicated in schizophrenia are the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) and the hippocampal formation (HF). It has been hypothesized that the pathophysiology of...

Scattered-Light Echoes from the Historical Galactic Supernovae Cassiopeia A and Tycho (SN 1572) (2008)

Rest, A., Welch, D. L., Suntzeff, N. B., Oaster, L., Lanning, H., Olsen, K., ...

We report the discovery of an extensive system of scattered light echo arclets associated with the recent supernovae in the local neighbourhood of the Milky Way: Tycho (SN 1572) and Cassiopeia A....

Spectral Identification of an Ancient Supernova using Light Echoes in the LMC (2008)

Rest, A., Matheson, T., Blondin, S., Bergmann, M., Welch, D. L., Suntzeff, N. B., ...

We report the successful identification of the type of the supernova responsible for the supernova remnant SNR 0509-675 in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) using Gemini spectra of surrounding light...

on Comparative analysis of Calanus finmarchicus demography at locations around the Northeast Atlantic (2007)

M. R. Heath, O. S. Astthorsson, J. Dunn, B. Ellertsen, E. Gaard, A. Gislason, ...

around the Northeast Atlantic to investigate regional variations in the seasonal demography of Calanus finmarchicus. Sites ranged from an inshore location in the North Sea, where C. finmarchicus...

Echoes from Ancient Supernovae in the Large Magellanic Cloud (2005)

Rest, A., Suntzeff, N. B., Olsen, K., Prieto, J. L., Smith, R. C., Welch, D. L., ...

In principle, the light from historical supernovae could still be visible as scattered-light echoes even centuries later. However, while echoes have been discovered around some nearby extragalactic...

Testing LMC Microlensing Scenarios: The Discrimination Power of the SuperMACHO Microlensing Survey (2005)

Rest, A., Stubbs, C., Becker, A. C., Miknaitis, G. A., Miceli, A., Covarrubias, R., ...

Characterizing the nature and spatial distribution of the lensing objects that produce the previously measured microlensing optical depth toward the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) remains an open...

The SuperMACHO Microlensing Survey (2004)

Becker, A. C., Rest, A., Stubbs, C., Miknaitis, G. A., Miceli, A., Covarrubias, R., ...

We present the first results from our next-generation microlensing survey, the SuperMACHO project. We are using the CTIO 4m Blanco telescope and the MOSAIC imager to carry out a search for...

Really Cool Stars and the Star Formation History at the Galactic Center (2003)

Blum, R. D., Ramirez, Solange V., Sellgren, K., Olsen, K.

We present R=550 to 1200 near infrared H and K spectra for a magnitude limited sample of 79 asymptotic giant branch and cool supergiant stars in the central ~ 5 pc (diameter) of the Galaxy. We use a...

Management of Mongolian Gazelles as a Sustainable Resource (2003)

Zahler, P., Olsen, K., Khuukhenbaatar, Ganzorig, Byamba, Boldbaatar, Schaller, G., Grigg, G. C., ...

An international workshop on gazelle harvesting and management was held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, in October, 2003. The major output from this workshop was the general agreement that no commercial...

Management of Mongolian Gazelles as a Sustainable Resource (2003)

Zahler, P., Olsen, K., Khuukhenbaatar, Ganzorig, Byamba, Boldbaatar, Schaller, G., Grigg, G. C., ...

An international workshop on gazelle harvesting and management was held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, in October, 2003. The major output from this workshop was the general agreement that no commercial...

Management of Mongolian Gazelles as a Sustainable Resource (2003)

Zahler, P., Olsen, K., Khuukhenbaatar, Ganzorig, Byamba, Boldbaatar, Schaller, G., Grigg, G. C., ...

An international workshop on gazelle harvesting and management was held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, in October, 2003. The major output from this workshop was the general agreement that no commercial...

Management of Mongolian Gazelles as a Sustainable Resource (2003)

Zahler, P., Olsen, K., Khuukhenbaatar, Ganzorig, Byamba, Boldbaatar, Schaller, G., Grigg, G. C., ...

An international workshop on gazelle harvesting and management was held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, in October, 2003. The major output from this workshop was the general agreement that no commercial...

Aspects of duality (1999)

Olsen, K

This thesis discusses various aspects of duality in quantum field theory and string theory. In the first part we consider duality in topological quantum field theories, concentrating on the Donaldson...

Modeling dynamic rupture in a 3D earthquake fault (1998)

R. Madariaga, K. Olsen, R. Archuleta

Abstract We propose a fourth-order staggered-grid finite-difference method to study dynamic faulting in three dimensions. The method uses an implementation of the boundary conditions on the fault...

Direct Ex Vivo Measurement of CD8+ T-Lymphocyte Responses to Human Parvovirus B19

Tolfvenstam, T., Oxenius, A., Price, D. A., Shacklett, B. L., Spiegel, H. M. L., Hedman, K., ...

Parvovirus B19 is a common human pathogen which can cause severe syndromes, including aplastic anemia and fetal hydrops. The mapping of the first parvovirus B19-derived CD8+ T-lymphocyte epitope is...

Pharmacodynamics and bactericidal activity of ceftriaxone therapy in experimental cephalosporin-resistant pneumococcal meningitis.

Lutsar, I, Ahmed, A, Friedland, I R, Trujillo, M, Wubbel, L, Olsen, K, ...

Adequate concentrations of beta-lactam antibiotics in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) are difficult to achieve for meningitis caused by drug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae. Ceftriaxone in dosages of...

Pharmacokinetics and plasma bactericidal activity of aztreonam in low-birth-weight infants.

Likitnukul, S, McCracken, G H, Threlkeld, N, Darabi, A, Olsen, K

Aztreonam (30 mg/kg) was administered intravenously every 12 h during week 1 and every 8 h during weeks 2 to 4 of life to 26 low-birth-weight (less than 2,000 g) infants, and plasma...

Pharmacology of ketoconazole suspension in infants and children.

Ginsburg, C M, McCracken, G H, Olsen, K

The pharmacokinetics of ketoconazole administered as either a commercially prepared suspension or as a crushed tablet in applesauce were studied in 12 children. The mean peak plasma concentration of...

Evaluation of antimicrobial regimens for treatment of experimental penicillin- and cephalosporin-resistant pneumococcal meningitis.

Friedland, I R, Paris, M, Ehrett, S, Hickey, S, Olsen, K, McCracken, G H

The most appropriate therapy for meningitis caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae strains resistant to the extended-spectrum cephalosporins is unknown. We evaluated ceftriaxone, vancomycin, and rifampin...

Cloning, analysis, and expression of murine perforin 1 cDNA, a component of cytolytic T-cell granules with homology to complement component C9.

Lowrey, D M, Aebischer, T, Olsen, K, Lichtenheld, M, Rupp, F, Hengartner, H, ...

The nucleotide sequence coding for the cytotoxic T-lymphocyte (CTL) protein perforin 1 (P1) has been determined and the corresponding protein sequence has been derived. Murine CTL cDNA libraries...

Temperature-dependent modulation of lipopolysaccharide-induced interleukin-1 beta and tumor necrosis factor alpha expression in cultured human astroglial cells by dexamethasone and indomethacin.

Velasco, S, Tarlow, M, Olsen, K, Shay, J W, McCracken, G H, Nisen, P D

In bacterial meningitis, LPS induces production in cerebrospinal fluid of the cytokines IL-1 beta and tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF alpha), which are the principle mediators of meningeal...

Direct Ex Vivo Measurement of CD8+ T-Lymphocyte Responses to Human Parvovirus B19

Tolfvenstam, T., Oxenius, A., Price, D. A., Shacklett, B. L., Spiegel, H. M. L., Hedman, K., ...

Parvovirus B19 is a common human pathogen which can cause severe syndromes, including aplastic anemia and fetal hydrops. The mapping of the first parvovirus B19-derived CD8+ T-lymphocyte epitope is...

Pharmacodynamics and bactericidal activity of ceftriaxone therapy in experimental cephalosporin-resistant pneumococcal meningitis.

Lutsar, I, Ahmed, A, Friedland, I R, Trujillo, M, Wubbel, L, Olsen, K, ...

Adequate concentrations of beta-lactam antibiotics in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) are difficult to achieve for meningitis caused by drug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae. Ceftriaxone in dosages of...

Pharmacokinetics and plasma bactericidal activity of aztreonam in low-birth-weight infants.

Likitnukul, S, McCracken, G H, Threlkeld, N, Darabi, A, Olsen, K

Aztreonam (30 mg/kg) was administered intravenously every 12 h during week 1 and every 8 h during weeks 2 to 4 of life to 26 low-birth-weight (less than 2,000 g) infants, and plasma...

Pharmacology of ketoconazole suspension in infants and children.

Ginsburg, C M, McCracken, G H, Olsen, K

The pharmacokinetics of ketoconazole administered as either a commercially prepared suspension or as a crushed tablet in applesauce were studied in 12 children. The mean peak plasma concentration of...

Evaluation of antimicrobial regimens for treatment of experimental penicillin- and cephalosporin-resistant pneumococcal meningitis.

Friedland, I R, Paris, M, Ehrett, S, Hickey, S, Olsen, K, McCracken, G H

The most appropriate therapy for meningitis caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae strains resistant to the extended-spectrum cephalosporins is unknown. We evaluated ceftriaxone, vancomycin, and rifampin...

Cloning, analysis, and expression of murine perforin 1 cDNA, a component of cytolytic T-cell granules with homology to complement component C9.

Lowrey, D M, Aebischer, T, Olsen, K, Lichtenheld, M, Rupp, F, Hengartner, H, ...

The nucleotide sequence coding for the cytotoxic T-lymphocyte (CTL) protein perforin 1 (P1) has been determined and the corresponding protein sequence has been derived. Murine CTL cDNA libraries...

Temperature-dependent modulation of lipopolysaccharide-induced interleukin-1 beta and tumor necrosis factor alpha expression in cultured human astroglial cells by dexamethasone and indomethacin.

Velasco, S, Tarlow, M, Olsen, K, Shay, J W, McCracken, G H, Nisen, P D

In bacterial meningitis, LPS induces production in cerebrospinal fluid of the cytokines IL-1 beta and tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF alpha), which are the principle mediators of meningeal...

Neurohormonal activation late after cavopulmonary connection

Hjortdal, V, Stenbog, E, Ravn, H, Emmertsen, K, Jensen, K, Pedersen, E, ...

OBJECTIVE—To determine whether patients with cavopulmonary connection have higher levels of vasoactive/water-salt regulating hormones and if so, whether hormone levels are related to postoperative...

p53 as a prognostic factor in stage I breast cancer. South-East Sweden Breast Cancer Group.

Stenmark-Askmalm, M., Stål, O., Olsen, K., Nordenskjöld, B.

Accumulation of the tumour-suppressor protein p53 in breast cancer is associated with several prognostic factors that indicate an aggressive, rapidly proliferating tumour with an unstable genome. To...