P. Townsend

Publication List Details

Period

1976 - 2009

Number

57

Co-Authors

Can Landscape-Scale Management Influence Insect Outbreak Dynamics? A Natural Experiment For Eastern Spruce Budworm (2009)

Sturtevant, B., Quinn, V., Robert, L-E., Kneeshaw, D., James, P., Fortin, M-J., ...

The balance of evidence suggests forest insect outbreaks today are more damaging than ever because of changes in forest composition and structure induced by fire suppression and post-harvest...

Controlled functional differential equations: Approximate and exact asymptotic tracking with prescribed transient performance (2009)

Ryan, E. P., Sangwin, C. J., Townsend, P.

A tracking problem is considered in the context of a class S of multi-input, multi-output, nonlinear systems modelled by controlled functional differential equations. The class contains, as a...

High extinction switching of SOAs for in-band crosstalk reduction in PON (2008)

Antony, C, Talli, G, Townsend, P, Bauwelinck, J, Smith, D, Lealman, I

Burst-mode operation in next-generation large-split, long-reach 10 Gbit/s passive optical networks (PONs) poses challenging requirements on optical network unit (ONU) design. One critical requirement...

Interwell relaxation times in p-Si/SiGe asymmetric quantum well structures: Role of interface roughness (2007)

Califano, Marco, Vinh, N. Q., Phillips, P. J., Ikonić, Z., Kelsall, R. W., Harrison, P., ...

We report the direct determination of nonradiative lifetimes in Si/SiGe asymmetric quantum well structures designed to access spatially indirect (diagonal) interwell transitions between heavy-hole...

Interwell Relaxation Times in p-Si/SiGe Asymmetric Quantum Well Structures: Role of Interface Roughness (2007)

Califano, M, Vinh, N Q, Phillips, P J, Ikonic, Z, Kelsall, R W, Harrison, P, ...

We report the direct determination of nonradiative lifetimes in Si/SiGe asymmetric quantum well structures designed to access spatially indirect (diagonal) interwell transitions between heavy-hole...

Interwell relaxation times in p-Si/SiGe asymmetric quantum well structures: the role of interface roughness (2007)

Califano, M., Vinh, N.Q., Phillips, P.J., Ikonić, Z., Kelsall, R.W., Harrison, P., ...

We report the direct determination of nonradiative lifetimes in Si∕SiGe asymmetric quantum well structures designed to access spatially indirect (diagonal) interwell transitions between heavy-hole...

Integrated metro and access network: PIEMAN (invited paper) (2007)

Talli, G, Chow, C, Townsend, P, Davey, R, De Ridder, T, Qiu, X, ...

We describe progress to date on the IST project PIEMAN (Photonic Integrated Extended Metro and Access Network, www.ist-pieman.org), which aims to build a radically new photonic (all-optical)...

Long reach passive optical networks (invited paper) (2007)

Townsend, P, Talli, G, Chow, C, MacHale, E, Anthony, C, Davey, R, ...

We discuss recent progress in the development of optically amplified, long reach passive optical networks, which aim to significantly reduce network complexity and cost by integrating metro and...

Surfactant protein D is proatherogenic in mice (2006)

Sorensen, G.L., Madsen, J., Kejling, K., Tornoe, I., Nielsen, O., Townsend, P., ...

Surfactant protein D (SP-D) is an important innate immune defense molecule that mediates clearance of pathogens and modulates the inflammatory response. Moreover, SP-D is involved in lipid...

Toward Silicon-Based Lasers for Terahertz Sources (2006)

Lynch, S A, Paul, D J, Townsend, P, Matmon, G, Suet, Z, Kelsall, R W, ...

Producing an electrically pumped silicon-based laser at terahertz frequencies is gaining increased attention these days. This paper reviews the recent advances in the search for a silicon-based...

Progress in IST project PIEMAN towards a 10 Gbit/s, multi-wavelength long reach PON (2006)

Davey, R, De Ridder, T, Qiu, X, Ossieur, P, Krimmel, H, Smith, D, ...

Progress to date on the IST PIEMAN project (start date January 2006) to build a radically new photonic (all-optical) communication system is described.

Silicon quantum cascade lasers for THz sources (2005)

Lynch, S. A., Paul, D. J., Townsend, P., Matmon, G., Kelsall, R. W., Ikonic, Z., ...

This paper covers some recent advances in the search for a silicon quantum cascade laser. These include intersubband lifetime measurements, growth of high quality structures on buried suicide layers,...

LO phonon scattering as a depopulation mechanism in Si/SiGe quantum cascades (2005)

Townsend, P., Paul, D. J., Lynch, S. A., Kelsall, R. W., Ikonic, Z., Harrison, P., ...

The linear optical phonon as a fast depopulation mechanism in Si/SiGe quantum cascade devices. Confirmed by pump-probe, the lifetime measurement is limited by the optical cycle of the source (

Temperature dependence of terahertz optical transitions from boron and phosphorus dopant impurities in silicon (2005)

Lynch, S.A., Townsend, P., Matmon, G., Paul, D.J., Bain, M., Gamble, H.S., ...

There has been considerable interest in using impurity dopants in silicon, such as boron and phosphorus, since it was demonstrated that such materials can show emission in the THz region of the...

Intersubband lifetimes in p-Si∕SiGe terahertz quantum cascade heterostructures (2005)

Kelsall, R.W., Ikonic, Z., Murzyn, P., Pidgeon, C.R., Phillips, P.J., Carder, D., ...

Time-resolved studies of the dynamics of intersubband transitions are reported in three different strain symmetrized p-Si/SiGe multiple-quantum-well and quantum cascade structures in the far-infrared...

Minocycline inhibits caspase activation and reactivation, increases the ratio of XIAP to smac/DIABLO, and reduces the mitochondrial leakage of cytochrome C and smac/DIABLO (2004)

Scarabelli, T.M., Stephanou, A., Pasini, E., Gitti, G., Townsend, P., Lawrence, K., ...

Objectives: This study is aimed at investigating the novel use of minocycline for cardiac protection during ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury, as well as its mechanism of action. Background:...

Supergravity supertubes (2001)

Mateos, D, Emparan, R, Townsend, P

We find the asymptotic supergravity solution sourced by a supertube: a 1/4-supersymmetric D0-charged IIA superstring that has been blown up to a cylindrical D2-brane by angular momentum. It has no...

Nodal rhythm and bradycardia during inhalation induction with sevoflurane in infants: a comparison of incremental and high-concentration techniques (2000)

Green, D. H., Townsend, P., Bagshaw, O., Stokes, M. A.

We studied heart rate and rhythm changes during sevoflurane inhalation induction in 60 healthy, unpremedicated infants. Patients were allocated randomly to receive an incremental (2%...

Methods for Volume Metamorphosis (1995)

M. Chen, M. W. Jones, P. Townsend

The problem of creating a sequence of inbetween volumes smoothly transforming from one given volume to another is referred to as volume metamorphosis or volume morphing. Several methods that provide...

Methods for Volume Metamorphosis (1994)

Chen Jones And, M. Chen, M. W. Jones, P. Townsend

The problem of creating a sequence of inbetween volumes smoothly transforming from one given volume to another is referred to as volume metamorphosis or volume morphing. Several methods that provide...

Long term bradycardia by electrical pacing: a new method for studying heart rate reduction (1994)

Brown, M D, Davies, M K, Hudlicka, O, Townsend, P

Objective: The aim was to develop a method of inducing bradycardia on a chronic basis by electrical pacing and to study its effect upon myocardial capillarity in pigs. Methods: Farm pigs were...

PLENARY SESSIONPrimary processes in radiation damage (1980)

Townsend, P., Agullo-Lopez, F.

This paper surveys the low energy processes which might lead to the generation of intrinsic defects in insulators and semiconductors. Several clear guidelines are apparent but only for the alkali...

PLENARY SESSIONPrimary processes in radiation damage (1980)

Townsend, P., Agullo-Lopez, F.

This paper surveys the low energy processes which might lead to the generation of intrinsic defects in insulators and semiconductors. Several clear guidelines are apparent but only for the alkali...

PLENARY SESSIONPrimary processes in radiation damage (1980)

Townsend, P., Agullo-Lopez, F.

This paper surveys the low energy processes which might lead to the generation of intrinsic defects in insulators and semiconductors. Several clear guidelines are apparent but only for the alkali...

COLOUR CENTRES IN DOPED ALKALI HALIDES.THE ROLE OF OXYGEN AND TITANIUM IN THE LUMINESCENCE OF LiF : Mg : Ti (1976)

Wintersgill, M., Townsend, P., Cusso-Perez, F.

In commercial dosimeter material LiF : Mg : Ti the concentrations of the impurity ions are chosen to optimise the thermoluminescence. It has been assumed that the luminescence occurs by hole capture...

COLOUR CENTRES IN DOPED ALKALI HALIDES.THE ROLE OF OXYGEN AND TITANIUM IN THE LUMINESCENCE OF LiF : Mg : Ti (1976)

Wintersgill, M., Townsend, P., Cusso-Perez, F.

In commercial dosimeter material LiF : Mg : Ti the concentrations of the impurity ions are chosen to optimise the thermoluminescence. It has been assumed that the luminescence occurs by hole capture...

COLOUR CENTRES IN DOPED ALKALI HALIDES.THE ROLE OF OXYGEN AND TITANIUM IN THE LUMINESCENCE OF LiF : Mg : Ti (1976)

Wintersgill, M., Townsend, P., Cusso-Perez, F.

In commercial dosimeter material LiF : Mg : Ti the concentrations of the impurity ions are chosen to optimise the thermoluminescence. It has been assumed that the luminescence occurs by hole capture...

Tumour necrosis factor alpha secretion in leporine endotoxaemia: role of the liver and effects of hepatic ischaemia.

Badger, I L, Townsend, P, Buckels, J A

A leporine model to investigate tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNF alpha) secretion after peripheral vein or mesenteric vein lipopolysaccharide injection was devised. Mesenteric vein injection...

A recombinant fragment of human SP-D reduces allergic responses in mice sensitized to house dust mite allergens

STRONG, P, TOWNSEND, P, MACKAY, R, REID, K B M, CLARK, H W

C57Bl6 mice sensitized to Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus and challenged with D. pteronyssinus allergen extract given intranasally followed by treatment with intranasal applications of a 60-kDa...

Control of cyclic AMP levels in primary cultures of human tracheal smooth muscle cells.

Hall, I. P., Widdop, S., Townsend, P., Daykin, K.

1. [3H]-adenosine 3':5'-cyclic monophosphate ([3H]-cyclic AMP) responses were studied in primary cultures of human tracheal smooth muscle cells derived from explants of human trachealis muscle and in...

Book Review - Poverty in the United Kingdom

P Townsend

Professor Townsend's monumental study of poverty in the United Kingdom has been long awaited. It is based on a specially commissioned household survey and the results are meticulously documented. It...

Widening inequality of health in northern England, 1981-91.

Phillimore, P., Beattie, A., Townsend, P.

OBJECTIVE--To identify relative and absolute changes in mortality in the Northern region of England between 1981 and 1991. DESIGN--1981 and 1991 census data were used to rank 678 wards on an index of...