R. B.

Non-Gaussianity in the Very Small Array cosmic microwave background maps with smooth goodness-of-fit tests (2006)

We have used the Rayner and Best smooth tests of goodness-of-fit to study the Gaussianity of the Very Small Array (VSA) data. These tests are designed to be sensitive to the presence of `smooth'...

Short Communication - Anti-Stress Potential of Aqueous Seed Extract of Aframomum Melegueta   (2005)

  • Umukoro,
  • S,
  • Ashorobi,
  • R.B

This study presents the results of the phytochemical screening and anti-stress potential of aqueous seed extract of Aframomum melegueta   (MS) in mice. The forced swimming endurance test was...

A notícia de divulgação científica: eleição e síntese do que é socialmente relevante (2005)

Trabalho apresentado no NP09 - Comunicação Científica e Ambiental durante o XXVIII Congresso Brasileiro de Ciências da Comunicação, Rio de Janeiro, RJ,...

Arquitetura e Volume nos Quadrinhos de Luiz Gê; Aproximações Entre Imagens Gráficas e Imagens Digitais. (2005)

  • MORELATTO,
  • R.B

Trabalho apresentado no NP 16 - Histórias em Quadrinhos no XXVII Congresso Brasileiro de Ciências da Comunicação, Porto Alegre RS, 2004.  Análise da...

Estudo Comparativo Entre a Produção Brasileira de Histórias em Quadrinhos e a Produção Estrangeira, Veiculadas no País, Entre 1934 e 1970. (2005)

  • MORELATTO,
  • R.B

Trabalho apresentado no NP16 - Histórias em Quadrinhos durante o XXVIII Congresso Brasileiro de Ciências da Comunicação, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 05-09,setembro,2005.  O...

Functional analysis of the classical, alternative, and MBL pathways of the complement system: standardization and validation of a simple ELISA (2005)

  • Seelen,
  • M.A.,
  • Roos,
  • A.,
  • Wieslander,
  • J.,
  • ...

Primary defence against invading microorganisms depends on a functional innate immune system and the complement system plays a major role in such immunity. Deficiencies in one of the components of...

Prenatal paracetamol exposure and risk of asthma and elevated immunoglobulin E in childhood (2005)

Background We recently found that paracetamol (acetaminophen) use in late pregnancy was associated with an increased risk of early wheezing in the offspring. Objective To see whether use of...

A CLN5 mutation causing an atypical neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis of juvenile onset (2005)

  • Pineda-Trujillo,
  • N.,
  • Cornejo,
  • W.,
  • Carrizosa,
  • J.,
  • ...

Three related patients from Colombia presented with a juvenile- onset neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis. Electron microscopy of one case showed condensed fingerprint profiles, and genetic analyses...

Effects of antenatal multiple micronutrient supplementation on birthweight and gestational duration in Nepal: double-blind, randomised controlled trial (2005)

  • Osrin,
  • D.,
  • Vaidya,
  • A.,
  • Shrestha,
  • Y.,
  • ...

BACKGROUND: Neonatal mortality is the biggest contributor to global mortality of children younger than 5 years, and low birthweight is a crucial underlying factor. We tested the hypotheses that...

New Alstrom syndrome phenotypes based on the evaluation of 182 cases (2005)

BACKGROUND: Alstrom syndrome is a recessively inherited genetic disorder characterized by congenital retinal dystrophy that leads to blindness, hearing impairment, childhood obesity, insulin...

Preoperative assessment of secondary intraocular lens implantation for aphakia: a comparison of 2 techniques (2005)

PURPOSE: To compare the preoperative evaluation of secondary intraocular lens (IOL) implantation in aphakic adults following cataract extraction in childhood using slitlamp examination and...

Afterimage (2005)

  • Lotto,
  • R.B.,
  • Lythgoe,
  • M.,
  • Miodownik

Seeing the light: illumination as a contextual cue to color choice behavior in bumblebees (2005)

  • Lotto,
  • R.B.,
  • Chittka,
  • L.

The principal challenge faced by any color vision system is to contend with the inherent ambiguity of stimulus information, which represents the interaction between multiple attributes of the world...

Bees encode behaviorally significant spectral relationships in complex scenes to resolve stimulus ambiguity (2005)

  • Lotto,
  • R.B.,
  • Wicklein,
  • M.

Bees, like humans, can continue to see a surface from its color even when the scene's global illuminant changes (which is a phenomenon called color constancy). It is not known, however, whether they...

Radiolabelling of glycosylated MFE-23 :: CPG2 fusion protein (MFECP1) with Tc-99m for quantitation of tumour antibody-enzyme localisation in antibody-directed enzyme pro-drug therapy (ADEPT) (2004)

  • Francis,
  • R.J.,
  • Mather,
  • S.J.,
  • Chester,
  • K.,
  • ...

MFECP1 is a glycosylated recombinant fusion protein composed of MFE-23, a high-affinity anti-carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) single chain Fv (scFv), fused to the enzyme carboxypeptidase G2 (CPG2), and...

The Brn-3b transcription factor regulates the growth, behavior, and invasiveness of human neuroblastoma cells in vitro and in vivo (2004)

  • Irshad,
  • S.,
  • Pedley,
  • R.B.,
  • Anderson,
  • J.,
  • ...

Neuroblastomas are the second most common solid tumor in children but the molecular mechanisms underlying the initiation and progression of this disease are poorly understood. We previously showed...

SJG-136 (NSC 694501), a novel rationally designed DNA minor groove interstrand cross-linking agent with potent and broad spectrum antitumor activity. Part 1: Cellular pharmacology, in vitro and initial in vivo antitumor activity (2004)

  • Hartley,
  • J.A.,
  • Spanswick,
  • V.J.,
  • Brooks,
  • N.,
  • ...

SJG-136 (NSC 694501) is a rationally designed pyrrolobenzodiazepine dimer that binds in the minor groove of DNA. It spans 6 bp with a preference for binding to purine- GATC-pyrimidine sequences. The...

Antibody and radionuclide characteristics and the enhancement of the effectiveness of radioimmunotherapy by selective dose delivery to radiosensitive areas of tumour (2002)

Purpose: Estimating the absorbed dose to tumour relative to normal tissues has often been used in the assessment of the therapeutic efficacy of radiolabelled antibodies for radioimmuno-therapy....

CLN2- Classic late infantile NCL (2002)

  • Williams,
  • R.E.,
  • Gottlob,
  • I.,
  • Lake,
  • B.D.,
  • ...

Exclusion of late infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (LINCL) in a fetus by assay of tripeptidyl peptidase I in chorionic villi (2000)

We report the exclusion of late infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis in a fetus by assay of tripeptidyl peptidase I activity and by mutational analysis in chorionic villi. This is the first...

Clinical applications of phage-derived sFvs and sFv fusion proteins (2000)

  • Chester,
  • K.A.,
  • Bhatia,
  • J.,
  • Boxer,
  • G.,
  • ...

Single chain Fv antibodies (sFvs) have been produced from filamentous bacteriophage libraries obtained from immunised mice. MFE-23, the most characterised of these sFvs, is reactive with...

Frode Berge (1938-1997) (1999)

Exemplifying guidelines for preparation of recombinant DNA products in phase I trials in cancer: Preparation of a genetically engineered anti-CEa single chain Fv antibody (1997)

  • Mayer,
  • A.,
  • Chester,
  • K.A.,
  • Bhatia,
  • J.,
  • ...

Products of recombinant DNA technology have potential for the diagnosis or treatment of cancer. There is a need to investigate whether they function by the intended mechanism in small phase I...

 
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