M. Richards

Publication List Details

Period

1966 - 2009

Number

125

Co-Authors

Three-Dimensional Doppler Tomography of the RS Vulpeculae Interacting Binary (2009)

Richards, M., Sharova, O., Agafonov, M.

Three-dimensional Doppler tomography has been used to study the H$\alpha$ emission sources in the RS Vulpeculae interacting binary. The 2D tomogram of this binary suggested that most of the emission...

Ethical preferences for influencing superiors: A 41-society study (2009)

Ralston, D. A., Egri, C. P., Ramburuth, P., Terpstra-Tong, J., Pekerti, A. A., ...

With a 41-society sample of 9990 managers and professionals, we used hierarchical linear modeling to investigate the impact of both macro-level and micro-level predictors on subordinate influence...

Mitochondrial genomes of extinct aurochs survive in domestic cattle (2008)

Achilli, A., Olivieri, A., Pellecchia, M., Uboldi, C., Colli, L., Al-Zahery, N., ...

Archaeological and genetic evidence suggest that modern cattle might result from two domestication events of aurochs (Bos primigenius) in southwest Asia, which gave rise to taurine (Bos taurus) and...

Pollution Mapping: Visualization and Analysis Within a Grid Infrastructure (2007)

Ghanem Hassard Guo, M Ghanem, J Hassard, Y Guo M, M Richards

We present a distributed grid-based infrastructure for high throughput air pollution monitoring and mapping and discuss the main challenges that arise when building such an infrastructure, and...

Stratégies de subsistance et analyse culturelle de populations néolithiques de Ligurie : approche par l’étude isotopique (δ 13 C and δ 15 N) des restes osseux (2007)

Binder, D., Formicola, V., Duday, H., Couture-Veschambre, C., ...

Depuis environ dix millénaires, l’Homme a appris à gérer et produire ses propres ressources alimentaires. En Ligurie, l’exploitation du milieu marin proche et l’acquisition des techniques...

Developmental origins of midlife physical performance: evidence from a British birth cohort (2006)

Kuh, D., Hardy, R., Butterworth, S., Okell, L., Richards, M., Wadsworth, M., ...

The authors hypothesized that 1) physical growth, as a marker of the early development of muscle fibers, and 2) advanced childhood motor and cognitive abilities, as markers of central nervous system...

Stratégies de subsistance et analyse culturelle de populations néolithiques de Ligurie : approche par l’étude isotopique (δ13C and δ15N) des restes osseux (2006)

M. Richards, C. Couture-Veschambre, H. Duday, V. Formicola, D. Binder, ...

Depuis environ dix millénaires, l’Homme a appris à gérer et produire ses propres ressources alimentaires. En Ligurie, l’exploitation du milieu marin proche et l’acquisition des techniques...

Tailoring and evaluating an evidence-based group family intervention program for parents in indigenous communities (2006)

Turner, K. M. T., Sanders, M. R., Richards, M., Arthur, N., Katsikitis, Mary

This presentation details research evaluating the efficacy and cultural acceptability of a group behavioural family intervention program (Group Triple P – Positive Parenting Program) tailored for...

Tailoring and evaluating an evidence-based group family intervention program for parents in indigenous communities (2006)

Turner, K. M. T., Sanders, M. R., Richards, M., Arthur, N.

This presentation details research evaluating the efficacy and cultural acceptability of a group behavioural family intervention program (Group Triple P – Positive Parenting Program) tailored for...

Developmental origins of midlife physical performance: evidence from a British birth cohort (2006)

Kuh, D., Hardy, R., Butterworth, S., Okell, L., Richards, M., Wadsworth, M., ...

The authors hypothesized that 1) physical growth, as a marker of the early development of muscle fibers, and 2) advanced childhood motor and cognitive abilities, as markers of central nervous system...

Tailoring and evaluating an evidence-based group family intervention program for parents in indigenous communities (2006)

Turner, K. M. T., Sanders, M. R., Richards, M., Arthur, N.

This presentation details research evaluating the efficacy and cultural acceptability of a group behavioural family intervention program (Group Triple P – Positive Parenting Program) tailored for...

Social outcomes in adulthood of children with intellectual impairment: evidence from a birth cohort (2005)

Hall, I., Strydom, A., Richards, M., Hardy, R., Bernal, J., Wadsworth, M.

Background: Social Policy for people with intellectual disabilities (ID) continues to evolve, but little is known about the lives to which such policies are applied. We aimed to use a prospective...

Childhood cognitive ability and deaths up until middle age: a post-war birth cohort study (2004)

Kuh, D., Richards, M., Hardy, R., Butterworth, S., Wadsworth, M.E.J.

Background: Childhood IQ has been related to mortality in later life in four studies. Cognitive ability may be a mediator between early disadvantage and mortality, a marker of the efficiency of...

Cognitive ability in childhood and cognitive decline in mid-life: longitudinal birth cohort study (2004)

Richards, M., Shipley, B., Fuhrer, R., Wadsworth, M.E.J.

Objective: To examine the association between cognitive ability in childhood and mid-life cognitive decline in the normal population. Design: Longitudinal, population based, birth cohort study....

Sensor Grids for Air Pollution Monitoring (2004)

M. Ghanem, Y. Guo, J. Hassard, M. Osmond, M. Richards

In this paper we describe the use of sensor grids within Discovery Net to construct a distributed system for urban air pollution monitoring and control. We present the background to urban air...

Page 1 of 2 (2004)

M. Ghanem, Y. Guo, J. Hassard, M. Osmond, M Richards

this paper, we discuss the main informatics challenges that arise when a high throughput sensor network is constructed with view to addressing real environmental challenges, such as real-time urban...

Sensor Grids For Air Pollution Monitoring (2004)

Ghanem Guo Hassard, M. Ghanem, Y. Guo, J. Hassard, M. Osmond, M Richards

this paper, we ma ke a distinction between "Sensor Networks" and "Sensor Grids". Whereas the design of a network addresses the logical and physical connectivity of the sensors,...

Lifetime antecedents of cognitive reserve (2003)

Richards, M., Sacker, A.

We used path analysis on data from the British 1946 birth cohort to model lifetime antecedents of cognitive reserve, represented by the NARTat 53 years, and compared this model for verbal memory and...

Cigarette smoking and cognitive decline in midlife: evidence from a prospective birth cohort study (2003)

Richards, M., Jarvis, M.J., Thompson, N., Wadsworth, M.E.J.

Objectives: The authors investigated the effects of cigarette smoking on midlife cognitive performance. Methods: Multiple regression was used to test the association between cigarette smoking and...

Development of sexually abusive behaviour in sexually victimised males: a longitudinal study (2003)

Salter, D., McMillan, D., Richards, M., Talbot, T., Hodges, J., Bentovim, A., ...

Background: Sexual maltreatment is one of the most common forms of child abuse. To identify risk factors for sexually abusive behaviour by adults, we prospectively assessed childhood experiences and...

Palaeolithic Radiocarbon Chronology: Quantifying our confidence beyond two half-lives (2003)

Pettitt, P. B., Davies, W., Gamble, C. S., Richards, M.

It is now three decades since Waterbolk introduced evaluation criteria to 14C chronology. Despite this, and other subsequent attempts to introduce quality control in the use of 14C data, no...

Founding mothers of Jewish communities: geographically separated Jewish groups were independently founded by very few female ancestors (2002)

Thomas, M.G., Weale, M.E., Jones, A.L., Richards, M., Smith, A., Redhead, N., ...

We have analyzed the maternally inherited mitochondrial DNA from each of nine geographically separated Jewish groups, eight non-Jewish host populations, and an Israeli Arab/Palestinian population,...

Mortality in adults aged 26-54 years related to socioeconomic conditions in childhood and adulthood: post war birth cohort study (2002)

Kuh, D., Hardy, R., Langenberg, C., Richards, M., Wadsworth, M.E.J.

Objective: To examine premature mortality in adults in relation to socioeconomic conditions in childhood and adulthood. Design: Nationally representative birth cohort study with prospective...

Birth weight and cognitive function in the British 1946 birth cohort: longitudinal population based study (2001)

Richards, M., Hardy, R., Kuh, D., Wadsworth, M.E.J.

Objective: To examine the association between birth weight and cognitive function in the normal population. Design: A longitudinal, population based, birth cohort study. Participants: 3900 males and...

Long-term affective disorder in people with mild learning disability (2001)

Richards, M., Maughan, B., Hardy, R., Hall, I., Strydom, A., Wadsworth, M.

Background: Increased risk of affective disorder in learning disability has been reported, although the extent to which this is due to adverse social and material circumstances is uncertain and there...

Neuronal sodium-channel alpha 1-subunit mutations in generalized epilepsy with febrile seizures plus (2001)

Wallace, RH, Scheffer, IE, Barnett, S, Richards, M, Dibbens, L, Desai, RR, ...

Generalized epilepsy with febrile seizures plus (GEFS+) is a familial epilepsy syndrome characterized by the presence of febrile and afebrile seizures. The first gene, GEFS1, was mapped to chromosome...

Neuronal sodium-channel alpha 1-subunit mutations in generalized epilepsy with febrile seizures plus (2001)

Wallace, RH, Scheffer, IE, Barnett, S, Richards, M, Dibbens, L, Desai, RR, ...

Generalized epilepsy with febrile seizures plus (GEFS+) is a familial epilepsy syndrome characterized by the presence of febrile and afebrile seizures. The first gene, GEFS1, was mapped to chromosome...

Teenage family life, life chances, lifestyles, and health: a comparison of two contemporary cohorts (2000)

Ely, M., West, P., Sweeting, H., Richards, M.

The main aim of this paper is to compare the association of family structure with outcomes for young people in living in the West of Scotland (the Twenty-07 Study, N=1009) with their contemporaries...

Interactive Text Retrieval Based on Document Similarities (2000)

A. Klose, A. Nürnberger, R. Kruse, G. Hartmann, M. Richards

a software tool for document retrieval which groups/arranges (pre-processed) documents based on a similarity measure. The prototype was developed based on self-organising maps to realise interactive...

A study to investigate the prevalence, severity and correlates of fatigue among patients with cancer in comparison with a control group of volunteers without cancer (2000)

Stone, P., Richards, M., A'Hern, R., Hardy, J.

Background: Determining the prevalence of fatigue among cancer patients is complicated by the high prevalence of fatigue symptoms in the general population. The aim of this study was to determine the...

Teenage family life, life chances, lifestyles and health: a comparison of two contemporary cohorts (2000)

Ely, M, West, P, Sweeting, H, Richards, M

The main aim of this paper is to compare the association of family structure with outcomes for young people in living in the West of Scotland (the Twenty-07 Study, N=1009) with their contemporaries...

DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT OF 3He IN SOLID 4He (1978)

Allen, A., Richards, M., Schratter, J.

Improved measurements of the diffusion coefficient D are reported for dilute solutions of 3He in solid 4He at fractional impurity content (x3) from 10-2 to 10-4. Dx3 does not become constant until x3...

N. M. R. MEASUREMENTS ON 3He ADSORBED ON GRAPHITE (1978)

Owers-Bradley, J., Thomson, A., Richards, M.

N.M.R. relaxation times are reported for 3He adsorbed on the graphite substrates, grafoil and UCAR ZYX. 2D solid, 2D fluid and registry phases are observed with marked anisotropy for the latter...

NMR STUDIES OF ADSORBED 3He (1978)

Richards, M.

NMR results for 3He adsorbed on graphite and other substrates are reviewed. Emphasis is given to results which have a clear interpretation and unsolved problems are highlighted.

DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT OF 3He IN SOLID 4He (1978)

Allen, A., Richards, M., Schratter, J.

Improved measurements of the diffusion coefficient D are reported for dilute solutions of 3He in solid 4He at fractional impurity content (x3) from 10-2 to 10-4. Dx3 does not become constant until x3...

N. M. R. MEASUREMENTS ON 3He ADSORBED ON GRAPHITE (1978)

Owers-Bradley, J., Thomson, A., Richards, M.

N.M.R. relaxation times are reported for 3He adsorbed on the graphite substrates, grafoil and UCAR ZYX. 2D solid, 2D fluid and registry phases are observed with marked anisotropy for the latter...

NMR STUDIES OF ADSORBED 3He (1978)

Richards, M.

NMR results for 3He adsorbed on graphite and other substrates are reviewed. Emphasis is given to results which have a clear interpretation and unsolved problems are highlighted.

DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT OF 3He IN SOLID 4He (1978)

Allen, A., Richards, M., Schratter, J.

Improved measurements of the diffusion coefficient D are reported for dilute solutions of 3He in solid 4He at fractional impurity content (x3) from 10-2 to 10-4. Dx3 does not become constant until x3...

N. M. R. MEASUREMENTS ON 3He ADSORBED ON GRAPHITE (1978)

Owers-Bradley, J., Thomson, A., Richards, M.

N.M.R. relaxation times are reported for 3He adsorbed on the graphite substrates, grafoil and UCAR ZYX. 2D solid, 2D fluid and registry phases are observed with marked anisotropy for the latter...

NMR STUDIES OF ADSORBED 3He (1978)

Richards, M.

NMR results for 3He adsorbed on graphite and other substrates are reviewed. Emphasis is given to results which have a clear interpretation and unsolved problems are highlighted.

Teenage family life, life chances, lifestyles, and health: a comparison of two contemporary cohorts

Ely, M., West, P., Sweeting, H., Richards, M.

The main aim of this paper is to compare the association of family structure with outcomes for young people in living in the West of Scotland (the Twenty-07 Study, N=1009) with their contemporaries...

Human peripheral monocytes express putative receptors for neuroexcitatory amino acids.

Malone, J D, Richards, M, Kahn, A J

Human peripheral mononuclear cells responded chemotactically to 4-carboxyl-L-glutamic acid. The maximal chemotactic response occurred at 0.1 nM. No chemotactic response was found with neutrophils or...

Neuronal Sodium-Channel α1-Subunit Mutations in Generalized Epilepsy with Febrile Seizures Plus

Wallace, R. H., Scheffer, I. E., Barnett, S., Richards, M., Dibbens, L., Desai, R. R., ...

Generalized epilepsy with febrile seizures plus (GEFS+) is a familial epilepsy syndrome characterized by the presence of febrile and afebrile seizures. The first gene, GEFS1, was mapped to chromosome...

Effects of lymphoma on the peripheral nervous system.

Hughes, R A, Britton, T, Richards, M

Peripheral nervous system abnormalities occur in 5% of patients with lymphoma and have a wide differential diagnosis. Herpes zoster is the commonest cause. Vinca alkaloids are the only drugs used in...

Mitochondrial footprints of human expansions in Africa.

Watson, E, Forster, P, Richards, M, Bandelt, H J

mtDNA studies support an African origin for modern Eurasians, but expansion events within Africa have not previously been investigated. We have therefore analyzed 407 mtDNA control-region sequences...

The emerging tree of West Eurasian mtDNAs: a synthesis of control-region sequences and RFLPs.

Macaulay, V, Richards, M, Hickey, E, Vega, E, Cruciani, F, Guida, V, ...

Variation in the human mitochondrial genome (mtDNA) is now routinely described and used to infer the histories of peoples, by means of one of two procedures, namely, the assaying of RFLPs throughout...

Human peripheral monocytes express putative receptors for neuroexcitatory amino acids.

Malone, J D, Richards, M, Kahn, A J

Human peripheral mononuclear cells responded chemotactically to 4-carboxyl-L-glutamic acid. The maximal chemotactic response occurred at 0.1 nM. No chemotactic response was found with neutrophils or...

Neuronal Sodium-Channel α1-Subunit Mutations in Generalized Epilepsy with Febrile Seizures Plus

Wallace, R. H., Scheffer, I. E., Barnett, S., Richards, M., Dibbens, L., Desai, R. R., ...

Generalized epilepsy with febrile seizures plus (GEFS+) is a familial epilepsy syndrome characterized by the presence of febrile and afebrile seizures. The first gene, GEFS1, was mapped to chromosome...

Effects of lymphoma on the peripheral nervous system.

Hughes, R A, Britton, T, Richards, M

Peripheral nervous system abnormalities occur in 5% of patients with lymphoma and have a wide differential diagnosis. Herpes zoster is the commonest cause. Vinca alkaloids are the only drugs used in...

The emerging tree of West Eurasian mtDNAs: a synthesis of control-region sequences and RFLPs.

Macaulay, V, Richards, M, Hickey, E, Vega, E, Cruciani, F, Guida, V, ...

Variation in the human mitochondrial genome (mtDNA) is now routinely described and used to infer the histories of peoples, by means of one of two procedures, namely, the assaying of RFLPs throughout...

Mitochondrial footprints of human expansions in Africa.

Watson, E, Forster, P, Richards, M, Bandelt, H J

mtDNA studies support an African origin for modern Eurasians, but expansion events within Africa have not previously been investigated. We have therefore analyzed 407 mtDNA control-region sequences...

The origins of the Polynesians: an interpretation from mitochondrial lineage analysis.

Sykes, B, Leiboff, A, Low-Beer, J, Tetzner, S, Richards, M

Using mitochondrial lineage analysis of 1,178 individuals from Polynesia, the western Pacific, and Taiwan, we show that the major prehistoric settlement of Polynesia was from the west and involved...

Teenage family life, life chances, lifestyles, and health: a comparison of two contemporary cohorts

Ely, M., West, P., Sweeting, H., Richards, M.

The main aim of this paper is to compare the association of family structure with outcomes for young people in living in the West of Scotland (the Twenty-07 Study, N=1009) with their contemporaries...

Mitochondrial DNA recombination-no need to panic.

Macaulay, V, Richards, M, Sykes, B

Recombination has recently been invoked as an explanation for the large amount of homoplasy observed in a collection of complete or nearly complete human mitochondrial sequences. Here we show that...

Neuronal sodium-channel alpha 1-subunit mutations in generalized epilepsy with febrile seizures plus

Wallace, RH, Scheffer, IE, Barnett, S, Richards, M, Dibbens, L, Desai, RR, ...

Generalized epilepsy with febrile seizures plus (GEFS+) is a familial epilepsy syndrome characterized by the presence of febrile and afebrile seizures. The first gene, GEFS1, was mapped to chromosome...

Measurement of functional ability following traumatic brain injury using the Clinical Outcomes Variable Scale: A reliability study

Choy, NL, Kuys, S, Richards, M, Isles, R

This study determined the inter-tester and intra-tester reliability of physiotherapists measuring functional motor ability of traumatic brain injury clients using the Clinical Outcomes Variable Scale...

Paleolithic and neolithic lineages in the European mitochondrial gene pool.

Richards, M., Côrte-Real, H., Forster, P., Macaulay, V., Wilkinson-Herbots, H., Demaine, A., ...

Phylogenetic and diversity analysis of the mtDNA control region sequence variation of 821 individuals from Europe and the Middle East distinguishes five major lineage groups with different internal...

Optimal single intraocular lens power for the Nepali population

Murchison, A, Richards, M, Tabin, G, Ruit, S, Gurung, R

Aim: To evaluate optimal standard intraocular lens power for Nepalese eye camp cataract patients.

Effects of amyloid induction on plasma protein turnover, and its implication.

Kisilevsky, R., Axelrad, M., Brunet, S., Richards, M.

Using polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and radioiodinated plasma proteins, data on the rate constant for synthesis and fractional degradation rates for albumin, alpha1-, alpha2-, beta-, and...

Dose-response study with ibuprofen in rheumatoid arthritis: clinical and pharmacokinetic findings.

Grennan, D M, Aarons, L, Siddiqui, M, Richards, M, Thompson, R, Higham, C

Clinical response and plasma pharmacokinetics were studied in 20 rheumatoid patients receiving three dosages of ibuprofen. There was a significant response to 1600 mg daily of ibuprofen by all three...

Deverbatiewe in Zulu /

Richards, M.

Proefskrif (M.A.)--Randse Afrikaanse Universiteit, 1987.

The relationship between visuospatial ability and perceptual motor function in Parkinson's disease.

Richards, M, Cote, L J, Stern, Y

To assess the contribution of visuoperceptual function to complex visuomotor responding in Parkinson's disease, 14 patients with idiopathic PD and 12 normal controls matched for age, education and...

Family history and perceived vulnerability to some common diseases: a study of young people and their parents.

Ponder, M, Lee, J, Green, J, Richards, M

During the last two decades, health promotion has concentrated on lifestyle factors. However, recent research in genetics has shown that inherited susceptibility may be important in many common...

Lay understanding of genetics: a test of a hypothesis.

Richards, M, Ponder, M

There have been growing calls for more education in genetics for the public and in schools. However, studies of the public, school children, and those who have received genetic counselling show that...

Is there any evidence for a protective effect of antithrombotic medication on cognitive function in men at risk of cardiovascular disease? Some preliminary findings.

Richards, M, Meade, T W, Peart, S, Brennan, P J, Mann, A H

To explore whether antithrombotic medication may protect against cognitive decline, tests of verbal memory, attention, abstract reasoning, verbal fluency, and mental flexibility were administered to...

Issues of consent and feedback in a genetic epidemiological study of women with breast cancer

Richards, M, Ponder, M, Pharoah, P, Everest, S, Mackay, J

Women (N=21) who had had breast cancer and had been enrolled in a large genetic breast cancer epidemiological study were interviewed about their experience of participation in the study, their...

Long term effects of early adversity on cognitive function

Richards, M, Wadsworth, M

Aims: To investigate long term effects of early adverse circumstances on cognitive function.

Trisomy 21 associated transient neonatal myeloproliferation in the absence of Down's syndrome

Richards, M, Welch, J, Watmore, A, Readett, D, Vora, A

Although usually associated with Down's syndrome, transient neonatal myeloproliferation (TMD) can occur in the absence of a constitutional trisomy 21. This report describes two such cases, both of...

Leisure activities and cognitive function in middle age: evidence from the Whitehall II study

Singh-Manoux, A, Richards, M, Marmot, M

Objectives: To test the hypothesis of a positive association, independent of social position, between participation in leisure activities and cognitive function in middle age. The nature of this...

Skin to skin contact for very low birthweight infants and their mothers.

Whitelaw, A, Heisterkamp, G, Sleath, K, Acolet, D, Richards, M

Separation between mothers and very low birthweight infants is often prolonged with subsequent psychological distress, behaviour problems, and lactation failure. Babies as small as 700 g, who no...

Conducting clinical research in the new NHS: the model of cancer. United Kingdom Coordinating Committee on Cancer Research.

Smyth, J. F., Mossman, J., Hall, R., Hepburn, S., Pinkerton, R., Richards, M., ...

The United Kingdom Coordinating Committee on Cancer Research represents the major organizations funding cancer research in the United Kingdom. The deliberations of a working party convened by the...

Inequalities in breast cancer care and outcome.

Richards, M., Sainsbury, R., Kerr, D.

Comparisons across Europe suggest that survival from breast cancer is less good in the United Kingdom than in many countries. The care given in some UK breast cancer units is exemplary. However, it...

Survival following relapse in childhood haematological malignancies diagnosed in 1974–2003 in Yorkshire, UK

Feltbower, R G, Kinsey, S E, Richards, M, Shenton, G, Michelagnoli, M P, McKinney, P A

We examined population-based information on relapsed childhood haematological cancers, investigating factors that might influence both overall survival and survival following relapse among the 1177...