M. Williamson

Publication List Details

Period

1997 - 2009

Number

46

Co-Authors

Student experiences of virtual reality - a case study in learning special relativity (2009)

McGrath, D., Wegener, M., McIntyre, T. J., Savage, C. M., Williamson, M.

We present a study of student learning through the use of virtual reality. A software package is used to introduce concepts of special relativity to students in a game-like environment where users...

Teaching Physics Using Virtual Reality (2009)

Savage, C. M., McGrath, D., McIntyre, T. J., Wegener, M., Williamson, M.

We present an investigation of game-like simulations for physics teaching. We report on the effectiveness of the interactive simulation "Real Time Relativity" for learning special relativity. We...

Systematic review of interventions to improve prescribing (2009)

Ostini, R, Hegney, D. G., Jackson, C. L., Williamson, M., Mackson, J. M., Gurman, K., ...

OBJECTIVE: To update 2 comprehensive reviews of systematic reviews on prescribing interventions and identify the latest evidence about the effectiveness of the interventions. DATA SOURCES: Systematic...

Why is the use of clopidogrel increasing rapidly in Australia? An exploration of geographical location, age, sex and cardiac stenting rates as possible influences on clopidogrel use (2008)

Ostini, R., Hegney, D., Mackson, J. M., Williamson, M, Tett, S.E.

Purpose To explore clopidogrel use within Australia, investigating geography, age, sex and cardiac stenting rates. Methods Data for clopidogrel supply (Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) and...

Why is the use of clopidogrel increasing rapidly in Australia? An exploration of geographical location, age, sex and cardiac stenting rates as possible influences on clopidogrel use (2008)

Ostini, R., Hegney, D., Mackson, J. M., Williamson, M, Tett, S.E.

Purpose To explore clopidogrel use within Australia, investigating geography, age, sex and cardiac stenting rates. Methods Data for clopidogrel supply (Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) and...

Plexin-B1 mutations in prostate cancer (2007)

Wong, O.G.-W., Nitkunan, T., Oinuma, I., Zhou, C., Blanc, V., Brown, R.S.D., ...

Semaphorins are a large class of secreted or membrane-associated proteins that act as chemotactic cues for cell movement via their transmembrane receptors, plexins. We hypothesized that the function...

PCL–PU composite vascular scaffold production for vascular tissue engineering: attachment, proliferation and bioactivity of human vascular endothelial cells (2006)

Williamson, M., Black, R.A., Kielty, C.M.

A new compliant scaffold suitable for small-diameter vascular grafts has been developed that promotes strong attachment of endothelial cells. Composite scaffolds were produced by wet spinning...

PCL-PU composite vascular scaffold production for vascular tissue engineering: attachment, proliferation and bioactivity of human vascular endothelial cells (2006)

Williamson, M., Black, R.A., Kielty, C.M.

A new compliant scaffold suitable for small-diameter vascular grafts has been developed that promotes strong attachment of endothelial cells. Composite scaffolds were produced by wet spinning...

PCL-PU composite vascular scaffold production for vascular tissue engineering: attachment, proliferation and bioactivity of human vascular endothelial cells (2006)

Williamson, M., Black, R.A., Kielty, C.M.

A new compliant scaffold suitable for small-diameter vascular grafts has been developed that promotes strong attachment of endothelial cells. Composite scaffolds were produced by wet spinning...

Determining a Diagnostic Dose for Imidacloprid Susceptibility Testing of Field-Collected Isolates of Cat Fleas (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae) (2005)

M. K. Rust, I. Denholm, M. W. Dryden, P. Payne, B. L. Blagburn, D. E. Jacobs, ...

The susceptibility of four laboratory strains of cat fleas, Ctenocephalides felis (Bouché), to imidacloprid was determined by three different laboratories, by using a standardized bioassay protocol....

Drosophila molting neurohormone bursicon is a heterodimer and the natural agonist of the orphan receptor DLGR2 (2005)

Claeysen, S, Williamson, M, Hauser, F, ...

Bursicon is a neurohumoral agent responsible for tanning and hardening of the cuticle and expansion of the wings during the final phase of insect metamorphosis. Although the hormonal activity was...

A review of the psychometric properties of the Health of the Nation Outcomes Scales (HoNOS) family of measures (2005)

Pirkis, J. E., Burgess, P., Kirk, P., Dodson, S., Coombs, T. J., Williamson, M.

BACKGROUND: The Health of the Nation Outcome Scales was developed to routinely measure outcomes for adults with mental illness. Comparable instruments were also developed for children and adolescents...

A review of the psychometric properties of the Health of the Nation Outcomes Scales (HoNOS) family of measures (2005)

Pirkis, J. E., Burgess, P., Kirk, P., Dodson, S., Coombs, T. J., Williamson, M.

BACKGROUND: The Health of the Nation Outcome Scales was developed to routinely measure outcomes for adults with mental illness. Comparable instruments were also developed for children and adolescents...

Disclaimer (2005)

P. Hovl, C. Pereira, M. Regalbuto, M. Williamson

see www.anl.gov. Availability of This Report This report is available, at no cost, at

Precipitation Casting of Polycaprolactone for Applications in Tissue Engineering and Drug Delivery (2004)

Coombes, A. G. A., Rizzi, S. C., Williamson, M., Barralet, J. E., Downes, S., Wallace, W. A.

Microporous materials have been produced by gradual precipitation from solutions of poly(var epsilon-caprolactone) (PCL) in acetone induced by solvent extraction across a semi-permeable PCL membrane...

Precipitation Casting of Polycaprolactone for Applications in Tissue Engineering and Drug Delivery (2004)

Coombes, A. G. A., Rizzi, S. C., Williamson, M., Barralet, J. E., Downes, S., Wallace, W. A.

Microporous materials have been produced by gradual precipitation from solutions of poly(var epsilon-caprolactone) (PCL) in acetone induced by solvent extraction across a semi-permeable PCL membrane...

Guidelines for the treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis for general practitioners (2002)

O'Neill, S., Sambrook, P. N., Diamond, T., Ebeling, P., Ferris, L. R., Flicker, L., ...

Background: Osteoporosis Australia has been committed to the education of general practitioners and the community with a series of updated guidelines on the management of osteoporosis. Since the last...

Guidelines for the treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis for general practitioners (2002)

O'Neill, S., Sambrook, P. N., Diamond, T., Ebeling, P., Ferris, L. R., Flicker, L., ...

Background: Osteoporosis Australia has been committed to the education of general practitioners and the community with a series of updated guidelines on the management of osteoporosis. Since the last...

First identification of a ranavirus from green pythons (Chondropython viridis) (2002)

Hyatt, AD, Williamson, M, Coupar, BEH, Middleton, D, Hengstberger, SG, Gould, AR, ...

Ten juvenile green pythons (Chondropython viridis) died or were euthanized shortly after having been illegally imported into Australia from Indonesia in 1998. Histologic examination of two of the...

First identification of a ranavirus from green pythons (Chondropython viridis) (2002)

Hyatt, AD, Williamson, M, Coupar, BEH, Middleton, D, Hengstberger, SG, Gould, AR, ...

Ten juvenile green pythons (Chondropython viridis) died or were euthanized shortly after having been illegally imported into Australia from Indonesia in 1998. Histologic examination of two of the...

Men and osteoporosis (2001)

Diamond, T., Sambrook, P., Williamson, M., Flicker, L., Nowson, Caryl, Fiatarone-Singh, M., ...

BACKGROUND: While strict criteria have been developed for defining osteoporosis in women (bone mineral density measurements more than 2.5 standard deviations below the mean for young adult normal...

Men and osteoporosis (2001)

Diamond, T., Sambrook, P., Williamson, M., Flicker, L., Nowson, Caryl, Fiatarone-Singh, M., ...

BACKGROUND: While strict criteria have been developed for defining osteoporosis in women (bone mineral density measurements more than 2.5 standard deviations below the mean for young adult normal...

Men and osteoporosis (2001)

Diamond, T., Sambrook, P., Williamson, M., Flicker, L., Nowson, Caryl, Fiatarone-Singh, M., ...

BACKGROUND: While strict criteria have been developed for defining osteoporosis in women (bone mineral density measurements more than 2.5 standard deviations below the mean for young adult normal...

Robot docking using mixtures of Gaussians (1999)

Williamson, M., Murray-Smith, R., Hansen, V.

This paper applies the Mixture of Gaussians probabilistic model, combined with Expectation Maximization optimization to the task of summarizing three dimensionals range data for the mobile robot....

Psychosocial sequelae of the 1989 Newcastle earthquake .3. Role of vulnerability factors in postdisaster morbidity (1997)

Carr, VJ, Lewin, TJ, Kenardy, JA, Webster, RA, Hazell, PL, Carter, GL, ...

Background. This paper examines the contributions of dispositional and non-dispositional factors to post-disaster psychological morbidity. Data reported are from the 845 participants in the...

Psychosocial sequelae of the 1989 Newcastle earthquake .3. Role of vulnerability factors in postdisaster morbidity (1997)

Carr, VJ, Lewin, TJ, Kenardy, JA, Webster, RA, Hazell, PL, Carter, GL, ...

Background. This paper examines the contributions of dispositional and non-dispositional factors to post-disaster psychological morbidity. Data reported are from the 845 participants in the...

Robot docking using mixtures of Gaussians

Williamson, M., Murray-Smith, R., Hansen, V.

This paper applies the Mixture of Gaussians probabilistic model, combined with Expectation Maximization optimization to the task of summarizing three dimensionals range data for the mobile robot....

Mismatch Repair-Induced Meiotic Recombination Requires the Pms1 Gene Product

Borts, R. H., Leung, W. Y., Kramer, W., Kramer, B., Williamson, M., Fogel, S., ...

The presence of multiple heterologies in a 9-kilobase (kb) interval results in a decrease in meiotic crossovers from 26.0% to 10.1%. There is also an increase from 3.5% to 11.1% in gene conversions...

Three different prohormones yield a variety of Hydra-RFamide (Arg-Phe-NH2) neuropeptides in Hydra magnipapillata.

Darmer, D, Hauser, F, Nothacker, H P, Bosch, T C, Williamson, M, Grimmelikhuijzen, C J

The freshwater polyp Hydra is the most frequently used model for the study of development in cnidarians. Recently we isolated four novel Arg-Phe-NH2 (RFamide) neuropeptides, the Hydra-RFamides I-IV,...

Robot docking using mixtures of Gaussians

Williamson, M., Murray-Smith, R., Hansen, V.

This paper applies the Mixture of Gaussians probabilistic model, combined with Expectation Maximization optimization to the task of summarizing three dimensionals range data for the mobile robot....

Psychosocial sequelae of the 1989 Newcastle earthquake .3. Role of vulnerability factors in postdisaster morbidity

Carr, VJ, Lewin, TJ, Kenardy, JA, Webster, RA, Hazell, PL, Carter, GL, ...

Background. This paper examines the contributions of dispositional and non-dispositional factors to post-disaster psychological morbidity. Data reported are from the 845 participants in the...

Myelofibrosis presenting as spinal cord compression

Horwood, E, Dowson, H, Gupta, R, Kaczmarski, R, Williamson, M

This report describes a case of myelofibrosis presenting as spinal cord compression on account of extramedullary haemopoietic tissue encroaching upon the spinal cord from a large pelvic mass.

A 5' splice site mutation in fucosidosis.

Williamson, M, Cragg, H, Grant, J, Kretz, K, O'Brien, J, Willems, P J, ...

Fucosidosis is a rare, autosomal recessive, lysosomal storage disease, resulting from a deficiency of the enzyme alpha-fucosidase (EC 3.2.1.51). It is characterised clinically by progressive mental...

Fucosidosis: genetic and biochemical analysis of eight cases.

Cragg, H, Williamson, M, Young, E, O'Brien, J, Alhadeff, J, Fang-Kircher, S, ...

The molecular basis of the deficiency of alpha-L-fucosidase has been investigated in eight patients who had been diagnosed clinically and enzymatically as suffering from the autosomal recessive...

Impact of asthma on self-reported health status and quality of life: a population based study of Australians aged 18–64

Ampon, R, Williamson, M, Correll, P, Marks, G

Background: The impact of asthma has traditionally been measured in terms of the prevalence of the disease, mortality rates, and levels of healthcare utilisation, particularly hospital admissions....

Failure of the urinary group B streptococcal antigen test as a screen for neonatal sepsis.

Williamson, M., Fraser, S. H., Tilse, M.

The accuracy of the urinary group B streptococcal antigen latex agglutination (LA) test for screening infants at risk of group B streptococcal (GBS) sepsis in the first 24 hours of life was...

AuthorBase: a database of authoring systems software.

Lo, R., Locatis, C., Ullmer, E., Carr, V., Banvard, R., Le, Q., ...

A working prototype database of authoring system software was developed as part of a study of authoring software conducted by the National Library of Medicine. The database and development issues...