M. Roberts

Publication List Details

Period

1979 - 2009

Number

119

Co-Authors

Evidence for Proton-Dominated Cosmic Ray Composition above 1.6 EeV (2009)

Abbasi, R. U., Abu-Zayyad, T., Al-Seady, M., Allen, M., Amman, J. F., Anderson, R. J., ...

We report studies of ultra-high energy cosmic ray composition via analysis of depth of airshower maximum (Xmax), for airshower events collected by the High Resolution Fly's Eye (HiRes) observatory....

Study on Aerosol Penetration Through Clothing and Individual Protection Equipment. (2009)

Roberts, M., Jamriska, M., Skvortsov, A., McCallum, R.

Aerosol particles, either liquid or solid, behave differently in air flows when compared to gases and vapours. Gases or chemical vapour are captured by the activated carbon adsorbent in air permeable...

Study on Aerosol Penetration Through Clothing and Individual Protection Equipment. (2009)

Roberts, M., Jamriska, M., Skvortsov, A., McCallum, R.

Aerosol particles, either liquid or solid, behave differently in air flows when compared to gases and vapours. Gases or chemical vapour are captured by the activated carbon adsorbent in air permeable...

Study on Aerosol Penetration Through Clothing and Individual Protection Equipment. (2009)

Roberts, M., Jamriska, M., Skvortsov, A., McCallum, R.

Aerosol particles, either liquid or solid, behave differently in air flows when compared to gases and vapours. Gases or chemical vapour are captured by the activated carbon adsorbent in air permeable...

Upper Limit on the Diffuse Flux of Ultrahigh Energy Tau Neutrinos from the Pierre Auger Observatory (2008)

Allard, D., Armengaud, E., Aublin, J., Beau, T., Berat, C., Billoir, P., ...

The surface detector array of the Pierre Auger Observatory is sensitive to Earth-skimming tau-neutrinos $\nu_\tau$ that interact in the Earth's crust. Tau leptons from $\nu_\tau$ charged-current...

Upper Limit on the Diffuse Flux of Ultrahigh Energy Tau Neutrinos from the Pierre Auger Observatory (2008)

Allard, D., Armengaud, E., Aublin, J., Beau, T., Berat, C., Billoir, P., ...

The surface detector array of the Pierre Auger Observatory is sensitive to Earth-skimming tau-neutrinos $\nu_\tau$ that interact in the Earth's crust. Tau leptons from $\nu_\tau$ charged-current...

Upper Limit on the Diffuse Flux of Ultrahigh Energy Tau Neutrinos from the Pierre Auger Observatory (2008)

Allard, D., Armengaud, E., Aublin, J., Beau, T., Berat, C., Billoir, P., ...

The surface detector array of the Pierre Auger Observatory is sensitive to Earth-skimming tau-neutrinos $\nu_\tau$ that interact in the Earth's crust. Tau leptons from $\nu_\tau$ charged-current...

Res. Lett. Inf. Math. Sci., 2004, Vol.6, pp159-170 (2008)

Available Online At, J. Mann, M. Roberts

Introduction Consider a population of constant size that we can split into three distinct classes in relation to an infection. Let S(t) be the number of people susceptible to the infection, I(t) be...

CBR Battlespace Information Systems: Outcomes of the September 2007 ITF-49 /ISWG Meeting and the 2007 Fusion Field Trial. (2008)

Roberts, M.

This report provides a summary of the outcomes of the September 2007 ITF-49/ISWG meeting and of the 2007 Fusion Field Trial. Both of these events are relevent to the development of the CBR capability...

CBR Battlespace Information Systems: Outcomes of the September 2007 ITF-49 /ISWG Meeting and the 2007 Fusion Field Trial. (2008)

Roberts, M.

This report provides a summary of the outcomes of the September 2007 ITF-49/ISWG meeting and of the 2007 Fusion Field Trial. Both of these events are relevent to the development of the CBR capability...

CBR Battlespace Information Systems: Outcomes of the September 2007 ITF-49 /ISWG Meeting and the 2007 Fusion Field Trial. (2008)

Roberts, M.

This report provides a summary of the outcomes of the September 2007 ITF-49/ISWG meeting and of the 2007 Fusion Field Trial. Both of these events are relevent to the development of the CBR capability...

CBR Battlespace Information Systems: Outcomes of the September 2007 ITF-49 /ISWG Meeting and the 2007 Fusion Field Trial. (2008)

Roberts, M.

This report provides a summary of the outcomes of the September 2007 ITF-49/ISWG meeting and of the 2007 Fusion Field Trial. Both of these events are relevent to the development of the CBR capability...

A Bootstrap Evaluation of the Variation of Rainfall Sample Histograms Estimated from Finite Historical Records (2007)

R. G. Addie, M. Roberts

In this paper the error in estimating the conditional distribution of rainfall given a particular pre-existing or coexisting southern oscillation condition due to the limited length of the historical...

DELETE: Crystal structure of the RNA polymerase domain of the West Nile Virus non-structural protein 5 (2007)

Malet, H, Egloff, MP, Selisko, B, Butcher, RE, Wright, PJ, Roberts, M, ...

Viruses of the family Flaviviridae are important human and animal pathogens. Among them, the Flaviviruses dengue ( DENV) and West Nile ( WNV) cause regular outbreaks with fatal outcomes. The...

Crystal structure of the RNA polymerase domain of the West Nile Virus non-structural protein 5 (2007)

Malet, H., Egloff, M., Selisko, B., Butcher, R., Wright, P., Roberts, M., ...

Viruses of the family Flaviviridae are important human and animal pathogens. Among them, the Flaviviruses dengue ( DENV) and West Nile ( WNV) cause regular outbreaks with fatal outcomes. The...

Crystal structure of the RNA polymerase domain of the West Nile Virus non-structural protein 5 (2007)

Malet, H., Egloff, M., Selisko, B., Butcher, R., Wright, P., Roberts, M., ...

Viruses of the family Flaviviridae are important human and animal pathogens. Among them, the Flaviviruses dengue ( DENV) and West Nile ( WNV) cause regular outbreaks with fatal outcomes. The...

The Lidar System of the Pierre Auger Observatory (2006)

BenZvi, S. Y., Cester, R., Chiosso, M., Connolly, B. M., Filipcic, A., Garcia, B., ...

The Pierre Auger Observatory in Malargue, Argentina, is designed to study the origin of ultrahigh energy cosmic rays with energies above 10^18 eV. The energy calibration of the detector is based on a...

Understanding Organisational and Personal Behaviours to Sustain High Productivity and Safety (2005)

Roberts, M.

Although Australia's coal mining industry is currently experiencing a pleasing period of price relief, long-term trends toward lower real prices will surely continue. Higher price levels attract...

Occurrence and origin of andalusite in peraluminous felsic igneous rocks (2005)

Clarke, D B, Dorais, M, Barbarin, B, Barker, D, Cesare, B, Clarke, G, ...

Andalusite occurs as an accessory mineral in many types of peraluminous felsic igneous rocks, including rhyolites, aplites, granites, pegmatites, and anatectic migmatites. Some published stability...

Unidirectional inversion of ibuprofen in Caco-2 cells: Developing a suitable model for presystemic chiral inversion study (2005)

Hao, HP, Wang, GJ, Sun, JG, Ding, ZQ, Wu, XL, Roberts, M

Intestinal chiral inversion of ibuprofen is still lacking direct evidence. In a preliminary experiment, ibuprofen was found to undergo inversion in Caco-2 cells. This investigation was thus conducted...

Uptake and metabolism of ginsenoside Rh2 and its aglycon protopanaxadiol by Caco-2 cells (2005)

Xie, H. T., Wang, G.X., Chen, M, Jiang, X. L., Li, H, Lv, H, ...

The uptake and metabolism profiles of ginsenoside Rh2 and its aglycon protopanaxadiol (ppd) were studied in the human epithelial Caco-2 cell line. High-performance liquid chromatography-mass...

Understanding Organisational and Personal Behaviours to Sustain High Productivity and Safety (2005)

Roberts, M.

Although Australia's coal mining industry is currently experiencing a pleasing period of price relief, long-term trends toward lower real prices will surely continue. Higher price levels attract...

Uptake and metabolism of ginsenoside Rh2 and its aglycon protopanaxadiol by Caco-2 cells (2005)

Xie, H. T., Wang, G.X., Chen, M, Jiang, X. L., Li, H, Lv, H, ...

The uptake and metabolism profiles of ginsenoside Rh2 and its aglycon protopanaxadiol (ppd) were studied in the human epithelial Caco-2 cell line. High-performance liquid chromatography-mass...

Understanding Organisational and Personal Behaviours to Sustain High Productivity and Safety (2005)

Roberts, M.

Although Australia's coal mining industry is currently experiencing a pleasing period of price relief, long-term trends toward lower real prices will surely continue. Higher price levels attract...

Occurrence and origin of andalusite in peraluminous felsic igneous rocks (2005)

Clarke, D. B., Dorais, M., Barbarin, B., Barker, D., Cesare, B., Clarke, G., ...

Andalusite occurs as an accessory mineral in many types of peraluminous felsic igneous rocks, including rhyolites, aplites, granites, pegmatites, and anatectic migmatites. Some published stability...

The Development of a High-Density Canine Microarray (2005)

Holzwarth, J. A., Middleton, R. P., Roberts, M., Mansourian, R., Raymond, F., Hannah, S. S.

DNA microarrays can give global transcriptional views of cellular responses to disease, development, nutrition, and other biological states. They can be used to elucidate biological networks, develop...

The Development of a High-Density Canine Microarray (2005)

Holzwarth, J. A., Middleton, R. P., Roberts, M., Mansourian, R., Raymond, F., Hannah, S. S.

DNA microarrays can give global transcriptional views of cellular responses to disease, development, nutrition, and other biological states. They can be used to elucidate biological networks, develop...

Representing El Niño in coupled ocean-atmosphere GCMs: the dominant role of the atmospheric component (2004)

Guilyardi, E., Slingo, J., Cole, J., Delecluse, P., Gualdi, S., Navarra, A., ...

A systematic modular approach to investigate the respective roles of the ocean and atmosphere in setting El Niño characteristics in coupled general circulation models is presented. Several...

Measurement of the flux of ultrahigh energy cosmic rays from monocular observations by the High Resolution Fly's Eye experiment (2004)

Abu-Zayyad, T, Amann, J F, Archbold, G, Bellido, J A, Belov, K, ...

We have measured the cosmic ray spectrum above 10(17.2) eV using the two air-fluorescence detectors of the High Resolution Fly's Eye observatory operating in monocular mode. We describe the detector,...

Deregulation Provides Incentive to Conserve - New Meters at LCRA Offer a Closer Look at Facility Costs (2003)

Roberts, M., Knutsen, T.

Prior to Texas' electric utility deregulation, the Lower Colorado River Authority's (LCRA's) facilities and plant station service energy use was considered a cost of business - power consumed and...

High levels of telomere dysfunction bestow a selective disadvantage during the progression of human oral squamous cell carcinoma (2003)

Gordon, K.E., Ireland, H., Roberts, M., Steeghs, K., McCaul, J.A., MacDonald, D.G., ...

Human epithelial cells experience multiple barriers to cellular immortality in culture (mortality mechanisms 0, 1, and 2). Mortality mechanism 2 (M2) is termed crisis and involves telomere...

Scale-up of mixer granulators for effective liquid distribution (2002)

Litster, J. D., Hapgood, K. P., Michaels, J. N., Sims, A., Roberts, M., Kameneni, S. K.

There is considerable anecdotal evidence from industry that poor wetting and liquid distribution can lead to broad granule size distributions in mixer granulators. Current scale-up scenarios lead to...

Scale-up of mixer granulators for effective liquid distribution (2002)

Litster, J. D., Hapgood, K. P., Michaels, J. N., Sims, A., Roberts, M., Kameneni, S. K.

There is considerable anecdotal evidence from industry that poor wetting and liquid distribution can lead to broad granule size distributions in mixer granulators. Current scale-up scenarios lead to...

Vertical transport and electroluminescence in InAs/GaSb/InAs structures: GaSb thickness and hydrostatic pressure studies (2001)

Roberts, M., Chung, Y. C., Lyapin, S., Mason, N. J., Nicholas, R. J., Klipstein, P. C.

We have measured the current-voltage (I-V) of type II InAs/GaSb/InAs double heterojunctions (DHETs) with 'GaAs like' interface bonding and GaSb thickness between 0-1200 \AA. A negative differential...

Liquid distribution in wet granulation: dimensionless spray flux (2001)

Litster, J. D., Hapgood, K. P., Michaels, J. N., Sims, A., Roberts, M., Kameneni, S. K., ...

This study investigates binder distribution in wet granulation and focuses on the nucleation zone, which is the area where the liquid binder and powder surface come into contact and form the initial...

Liquid distribution in wet granulation: dimensionless spray flux (2001)

Litster, J. D., Hapgood, K. P., Michaels, J. N., Sims, A., Roberts, M., Kameneni, S. K., ...

This study investigates binder distribution in wet granulation and focuses on the nucleation zone, which is the area where the liquid binder and powder surface come into contact and form the initial...

Modern management systems for higher margins (1998)

Roberts, M.

Maximising margins in today's competitive international commodity markets demands superior productivity. This requires more than selecting the best equipment. It requires continually improving the...

Modern management systems for higher margins (1998)

Roberts, M.

Maximising margins in today's competitive international commodity markets demands superior productivity. This requires more than selecting the best equipment. It requires continually improving the...

Review of A Solution to the Ecological Inference Problem (1998)

D. A. Freedman, S. P. Klein, M. Ostland, M. Roberts

In his 1997 book, King announced “A Solution to the Ecological Inference Problem”. This review discusses King’s method, and tests it on data where truth is known. In the test data, his method...

Modern management systems for higher margins (1998)

Roberts, M.

Maximising margins in today's competitive international commodity markets demands superior productivity. This requires more than selecting the best equipment. It requires continually improving the...

New Zealand's family court - reflections for the family law act of England and Wales (1997)

Roberts, M

The proposals for mediation and the emphasis on party autonomy for resolving disputes between divorcing spouses contained in the Family Law Act 1996 of England and Wales are examined in the light of...

Martin meets Maximus: the meaning of a late Roman banquet (1995)

ROBERTS, M.

Cette étude traite des réponses poétiques apportées par Paulin de Périgueux et Venance Fortunat à un passage très célèbre de la Vie de saint Martin composée par Sulpice Sévère, à savoir...

Muscarinic receptor subtypes, beta-adrenoceptors and cAMP in the tracheal smooth muscle of conventional and double-muscled calves (1992)

Burvenich, C, Roberts, M

The total muscarinic (M1 + M2 + M3) and beta-adrenergic receptors in the tracheal smooth muscle of conventional and double-muscled calves were identified and characterized with the non-specific...

The Development of a Common Investment Appraisal for Urban Transport Projects. (1991)

May, A.D., Bristow, A.L., Fowkes, A.S., Hopkinson, P.G., Mackie, P.J., Nash, C.A., ...

In December 1990 we were invited by Birmingham City Council and Centro to submit a proposal for an introductory study of the development of a common investment appraisal for urban transport projects....

A COMPARISON OF TRENCH FILLING MATERIALS FOR SUB-MICRON CMOS (1988)

Bolbot, P., Roberts, M., Medhurst, P.

This paper discusses the fabrication of trench isolated CMOS using different filling materials. Preliminary studies of dielectric films have been compared with polysilicon for trench-filling ease ;...

A SUB-MICRON CMOS PROCESS EMPLOYING TRENCH ISOLATION (1988)

Roberts, M., Bolbot, P., Foster, D.

A high density trench isolated CMOS process has been developed. Circuit designs have been initially fabricated at 1µm dimensions. Excellent device performance is demonstrated at channel lengths of...

A COMPARISON OF TRENCH FILLING MATERIALS FOR SUB-MICRON CMOS (1988)

Bolbot, P., Roberts, M., Medhurst, P.

This paper discusses the fabrication of trench isolated CMOS using different filling materials. Preliminary studies of dielectric films have been compared with polysilicon for trench-filling ease ;...

A SUB-MICRON CMOS PROCESS EMPLOYING TRENCH ISOLATION (1988)

Roberts, M., Bolbot, P., Foster, D.

A high density trench isolated CMOS process has been developed. Circuit designs have been initially fabricated at 1µm dimensions. Excellent device performance is demonstrated at channel lengths of...

The Institutional Conservation Program: A Funding Option for Energy Retrofits (1988)

Roberts, M.

The Institutional Conservation Program (ICP) provides matching grants to K-12 schools, colleges/universities, and hospitals for energy-related retrofit studies and the implementation of capital...

The Energy Resource Center: On-Site Technical Assistance and Training Programs for Texas School Districts (1988)

Roberts, M., Sanders, M.

Created by the 68th Session of the Texas Legislature, the Energy Resource Center for Texas Schools (ERC) is the primary source of facility management services for Texas School districts. The purpose...

Cold-pretreatment of Excised Flower Buds in Float Culture of Tobacco Anthers (1979)

SUNDERLAND, N., ROBERTS, M.

Pretreatment of excised flower buds at 7–9 °C is shown to be more effective in float culture of Nicotiana tabacum anthers than pretreatment at 5 °C. The small temperature difference results in...

Determinants of chronic bronchitis and lung dysfunction in Western Australian gold miners.

Holman, C D, Psaila-Savona, P, Roberts, M, McNulty, J C

The relation of chronic bronchitis and respiratory dysfunction to age, tobacco smoking, and occupational exposure to surface and underground mining operations were examined in a cross sectional...

Clinical evaluation of 4-channel ambulatory EEG monitoring in the management of patients with epilepsy.

Oxley, J, Roberts, M

The role of 4-channel EEG taped monitoring in the management of patients with severe epilepsy has been evaluated, by examining the recordings from 100 consecutive patients referred for monitoring....

"Saturday night fever": ecstasy related problems in a London accident and emergency department.

Williams, H, Dratcu, L, Taylor, R, Roberts, M, Oyefeso, A

OBJECTIVES: To report on the extent and nature of acute MDMA (ecstasy) related problems presenting to a large London hospital's accident and emergency (A&E) department. METHOD: The computerised...

A failure to communicate: patients with cerebral aneurysms and vascular neurosurgeons

King, J, Yonas, H, Horowitz, M, Kassam, A, Roberts, M

Objective: To assess communication between vascular neurosurgeons and their patients with unruptured cerebral aneurysms about treatment options and expected outcomes.

Safer storage of firearms at home and risk of suicide: a study of protective factors in a nationally representative sample

Shenassa, E., Rogers, M., Spalding, K., Roberts, M.

Objective: To estimate the protective effect of storing firearms locked or unloaded, or both, on the risk of suicide by firearms among people with relatively low intention to die.

Lay people's attitudes to treatment of depression: results of opinion poll for Defeat Depression Campaign just before its launch.

Priest, R. G., Vize, C., Roberts, A., Roberts, M., Tylee, A.

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the attitudes of the general public towards depression before the Defeat Depression Campaign of the Royal Colleges of Psychiatrists and General Practitioners; these results...

A one-centre prospective audit of peri- and postoperative blood loss and transfusion practice in patients undergoing hip or knee replacement surgery.

Roberts, M., Ahya, R., Greaves, M., Maffulli, N.

We prospectively audited peri-operative blood loss and blood transfusion practice in 42 elderly patients (mean age, 71.8 years, 68% female) undergoing hip or knee surgery in an orthopaedic unit. Only...

Recurrent hypercalcaemia in a young man with mono-ostotic Paget's disease.

Bannister, P., Roberts, M., Sheridan, P.

A 32 year old man presented on two separate occasions with severe hypercalcaemia. Both episodes followed the fracture of a single pagetic bone but were not associated with immobilization. To our...

The design of integrated transport strategies

May, A. D., Roberts, M

Integrated transport strategies use a combination of infrastructure, management and pricing measures to achieve better performance against transport policy objectives. This principle is incorporated...

30th International Cosmic Ray Conference The Absolute, Relative and Multi-Wavelength Calibration of the Pierre Auger Observatory Fluorescence Detectors

R. Knapik, P. Bauleo, B. R. Becker, J. Brack, R. Caruso, C. Delle Fratte, ...

Abstract: Absolute calibration of the Pierre Auger Observatory fluorescence detectors uses a 375 nm light source at the telescope aperture. This end-to-end technique accounts for the combined effects...

30TH INTERNATIONAL COSMIC RAY CONFERENCE Measurement of Aerosols at the Pierre Auger Observatory

S. Y. Benzvi, J. Matthews, D. Melo, R. Meyhandan, M. Micheletti, ...

The air fluorescence detectors (FDs) of the Pierre Auger Observatory are vital for the determination of the air shower energy scale. To compensate for variations in atmospheric conditions that affect...

Early oral contraceptive use and breast cancer: results of another case-control study.

McPherson, K., Vessey, M. P., Neil, A., Doll, R., Jones, L., Roberts, M.

We report the results of a case-control study of oral contraceptive use and breast cancer conducted in London, Oxford and Edinburgh between 1980 and 1984. One thousand one hundred and twenty-five...

Alcohol, cigarette smoking and breast cancer.

Meara, J., McPherson, K., Roberts, M., Jones, L., Vessey, M.

The results of two case-control studies of breast cancer which included questions on exposure to tobacco and alcohol are reported. One study included 998 hospital cases and a like number of matched...

Pharmacokinetics and Safety of Famciclovir in Children with Herpes Simplex or Varicella-Zoster Virus Infection▿

Sáez-Llorens, X., Yogev, R., Arguedas, A., Rodriguez, A., Spigarelli, M. G., ...

Two multicenter, open-label, single-arm, two-phase studies evaluated single-dose pharmacokinetics and single- and multiple-dose safety of a pediatric oral famciclovir formulation (prodrug of...