R. Duncan

Publication List Details

Period

1983 - 2009

Number

158

Co-Authors

Symptoms 'unexplained by organic disease' in 1144 new neurology out-patients: how often does the diagnosis change at follow-up? (2009)

Stone, Jon, Carson, A., Duncan, R., Coleman, R., Roberts, R., Warlow, C., ...

It has been previously reported that a substantial proportion of newly referred neurology out-patients have symptoms that are considered by the assessing neurologist as unexplained by ‘organic...

What Common Ground Exists for Descriptive, Prescriptive, and Normative Utility Theories? (2008)

R. Duncan, Luce Detlof Winterfeldt

Descriptive and normative modeling of decision making under risk and uncertainty have grown apart over the past decade. Psychological models attempt to accommodate the numerous violations of...

Problematic practice in integrated impact assessment: the role of consultants and predictive computer models in burying uncertainty (2008)

Duncan, R

It is well known in impact assessment that predictive model outputs will be as credible as their inputs and that model assumptions will drive outputs. What is less well known is how the practice of...

Hydroelectricity (2008)

Duncan, R, Kellow, AJ

Government attempts to reform Australia's energy and water sectors in the past decade have occurred during a time ofsustained change in the agricultural industry. The confluence of these factors has...

Problematic practice in integrated impact assessment: the role of consultants and predictive computer models in burying uncertainty (2008)

Duncan, R

It is well known in impact assessment that predictive model outputs will be as credible as their inputs and that model assumptions will drive outputs. What is less well known is how the practice of...

Hydroelectricity (2008)

Duncan, R, Kellow, AJ

Government attempts to reform Australia's energy and water sectors in the past decade have occurred during a time ofsustained change in the agricultural industry. The confluence of these factors has...

Problematic practice in integrated impact assessment: the role of consultants and predictive computer models in burying uncertainty (2008)

Duncan, R

It is well known in impact assessment that predictive model outputs will be as credible as their inputs and that model assumptions will drive outputs. What is less well known is how the practice of...

Problematic practice in integrated impact assessment: the role of consultants and predictive computer models in burying uncertainty (2008)

Duncan, R

It is well known in impact assessment that predictive model outputs will be as credible as their inputs and that model assumptions will drive outputs. What is less well known is how the practice of...

Hydroelectricity (2008)

Duncan, R, Kellow, AJ

Government attempts to reform Australia's energy and water sectors in the past decade have occurred during a time ofsustained change in the agricultural industry. The confluence of these factors has...

Specific Targeting of Pro-Death NMDA Receptor Signals with Differing Reliance on the NR2B PDZ Ligand (2008)

Clarke, P., Soriano, F. X., Martel, M. A., Papadia, S., Vaslin, A., Baxter, P., ...

NMDA receptors (NMDARs) mediate ischemic brain damage, for which interactions between the C termini of NR2 subunits and PDZ domain proteins within the NMDAR signaling complex (NSC) are emerging...

How do pain and function vary with compartmental distribution and severity of radiographic knee osteoarthritis? (2008)

Duncan, R., Peat, G., Thomas, E., Wood, L., Hay, E., Croft, P.

Objectives. In radiographic OA (ROA) of the knee, how does radiographic severity and pattern of compartmental involvement influence symptoms? Methods. Population-based study of 819 adults aged ≥50...

A question of balance in integrated assessment: negotiating away the environmental interest in Australia's Basslink Project (2007)

Duncan, R, Hay, P

It is argued that under the guise of integrated impact assessment, environmental capacity and quality are being eroded rather than enhanced. This proposition is examined in the context of a World...

A question of balance in integrated assessment: negotiating away the environmental interest in Australia's Basslink Project (2007)

Duncan, R, Hay, P

It is argued that under the guise of integrated impact assessment, environmental capacity and quality are being eroded rather than enhanced. This proposition is examined in the context of a World...

A question of balance in integrated assessment: negotiating away the environmental interest in Australia's Basslink Project (2007)

Duncan, R, Hay, P

It is argued that under the guise of integrated impact assessment, environmental capacity and quality are being eroded rather than enhanced. This proposition is examined in the context of a World...

Prevalence of conventional and lupus-specific risk factors for cardiovascular disease in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: a case–control study (2006)

Bessant, R., Duncan, R., Ambler , G., Swanton, J., Isenberg, D.A., Gordon, C., ...

Objective: Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are significantly more likely to experience a myocardial infarction or a stroke than age-matched controls. We compared the prevalence of...

The Use of Predictive Modelling in Impact Assessment: Implications for Environmental Legislation and Regulation (2006)

Duncan, R

Predictive modelling is now an indispensable tool in the identification of social, economic and environmental impacts and risks. This article appraises its use in the assessment of environmental...

The Use of Predictive Modelling in Impact Assessment: Implications for Environmental Legislation and Regulation (2006)

Duncan, R

Predictive modelling is now an indispensable tool in the identification of social, economic and environmental impacts and risks. This article appraises its use in the assessment of environmental...

Background (2006)

Valerie J. Rice, Cpe Jerry, R. Duncan

What does it mean to be a “professional ”... and what does it mean to be an ergonomics professional? A position paper sponsored by the Foundation for Professional Ergonomics

The Use of Predictive Modelling in Impact Assessment: Implications for Environmental Legislation and Regulation (2006)

Duncan, R

Predictive modelling is now an indispensable tool in the identification of social, economic and environmental impacts and risks. This article appraises its use in the assessment of environmental...

PEG-based hybrid block copolymers containing α-helical coiled coil peptide sequences: Control of self-assembly and preliminary biological evaluation (2005)

Vandermeulen, G.W.M., Tziatzios, C., Duncan, R.

This study investigates the structure and organization of a series of hybrid diblock copolymers based on polyethylene glycol) (PEG) and peptide sequences inspired by the coiled coil protein folding...

Polyvalent dendrimer glucosamine conjugates prevent scar tissue formation (2004)

Shaunak, S., Thomas, S., Gianasi, E., Godwin, A., Jones, E., Teo, I., ...

Dendrimers are hyperbranched macromolecules that can be chemically synthesized to have precise structural characteristics. We used anionic, polyamidoamine, generation 3.5 dendrimers to make novel...

Science narratives : the construction, mobilisation and validation of Hydro Tasmania's case for Basslink. (2004)

Duncan, R

The central focus of this thesis is the role of narratives in the construction, mobilisation and validation of scientific knowledge claims. With an epistemological commitment to constructivism, which...

Science narratives : the construction, mobilisation and validation of Hydro Tasmania's case for Basslink. (2004)

Duncan, R, Duncan, R

The central focus of this thesis is the role of narratives in the construction, mobilisation and validation of scientific knowledge claims. With an epistemological commitment to constructivism, which...

Science narratives : the construction, mobilisation and validation of Hydro Tasmania's case for Basslink. (2004)

Duncan, R

The central focus of this thesis is the role of narratives in the construction, mobilisation and validation of scientific knowledge claims. With an epistemological commitment to constructivism, which...

Science narratives : the construction, mobilisation and validation of Hydro Tasmania's case for Basslink. (2004)

Duncan, R, Duncan, R

The central focus of this thesis is the role of narratives in the construction, mobilisation and validation of scientific knowledge claims. With an epistemological commitment to constructivism, which...

Science narratives : the construction, mobilisation and validation of Hydro Tasmania's case for Basslink. (2004)

Duncan, R, Duncan, R

The central focus of this thesis is the role of narratives in the construction, mobilisation and validation of scientific knowledge claims. With an epistemological commitment to constructivism, which...

Science narratives : the construction, mobilisation and validation of Hydro Tasmania's case for Basslink. (2004)

Duncan, R, Duncan, R

The central focus of this thesis is the role of narratives in the construction, mobilisation and validation of scientific knowledge claims. With an epistemological commitment to constructivism, which...

Science narratives : the construction, mobilisation and validation of Hydro Tasmania's case for Basslink. (2004)

Duncan, R, Duncan, R

The central focus of this thesis is the role of narratives in the construction, mobilisation and validation of scientific knowledge claims. With an epistemological commitment to constructivism, which...

Science narratives : the construction, mobilisation and validation of Hydro Tasmania's case for Basslink. (2004)

Duncan, R

The central focus of this thesis is the role of narratives in the construction, mobilisation and validation of scientific knowledge claims. With an epistemological commitment to constructivism, which...

Constructing barriers in the translation and deployment of science: Basslink - a case study (2003)

Duncan, R

The effect of the translation and deployment of science by development proponents in the impact assessment process is examined. Basslink, the 300 km power cable to transport electricity across Bass...

Constructing barriers in the translation and deployment of science: Basslink - a case study (2003)

Duncan, R

The effect of the translation and deployment of science by development proponents in the impact assessment process is examined. Basslink, the 300 km power cable to transport electricity across Bass...

Constructing barriers in the translation and deployment of science: Basslink - a case study (2003)

Duncan, R

The effect of the translation and deployment of science by development proponents in the impact assessment process is examined. Basslink, the 300 km power cable to transport electricity across Bass...

CONCEPT OF REPRESENTATIONAL MEASUREMENT (2001)

R. Duncan, Patrick Suppes

Representational measurement is, on the one hand, an attempt to understand the nature of empirical observations that can be usefully recoded, in some reasonably unique fashion, in terms of familiar...

Integrating Active Networking and Commercial-Grade Routing Platforms (2000)

R. Jaeger, S. Bhattacharjee, J. K. Hollingsworth, R. Duncan, T. Lavian, F. Travostino

Current network nodes enable connectivity between end-systems by supporting a static and well-defined set of protocols. The forwarding service provided by these network nodes is fixed, simple, and...

Dynamic Classification in Silicon-Based Forwarding Engine Environments (1999)

R. Jaeger, R. Duncan, F. Travostino, T. Lavian, J. Hollingsworth

Abstract--Current network devices enable connectivity between end systems with support for routing with a defined set of protocol software bundled with the hardware. These devices do not support user...

An Active Network Services Architecture for Routers with Silicon-Based Forwarding Engines (1999)

R. Jaeger, R. Duncan, F. Travostino, T. Lavian, J. Hollingsworth

Abstract--Current network devices enable connectivity between end systems with support for routing with a defined set of protocol software bundled with the hardware. These devices do not support user...

Greenhouse economics: the Australian Government mobilises the numbers in the lead up to Kyoto (1997)

Duncan, R

The Australian Government has not always opposed the setting of targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Indeed, in 1992 it was one of only three countries to support the then Toronoto target to...

Greenhouse economics: the Australian Government mobilises the numbers in the lead up to Kyoto (1997)

Duncan, R

The Australian Government has not always opposed the setting of targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Indeed, in 1992 it was one of only three countries to support the then Toronoto target to...

Greenhouse economics: the Australian Government mobilises the numbers in the lead up to Kyoto (1997)

Duncan, R

The Australian Government has not always opposed the setting of targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Indeed, in 1992 it was one of only three countries to support the then Toronoto target to...

Biological properties of adriamycin bound to biodegradable polymeric carriers (1993)

Hoes, C.J.T., Grootoonk, J., Duncan, R., Hume, I.C., Bhakoo, M., Bouma, J.M.W., ...

Three different conjugates having adriamycin (ADR) bound to the side chain carboxyl groups of high-molecular weight poly (¿--glutamic acid) (PGA) either directly or by interpolation of GlyGly and...

Biological properties of adriamycin bound to biodegradable polymeric carriers (1993)

Hoes, Dr. C.J.T., Grootoonk, Ing. J., Duncan, Prof.dr. R., Hume, I.C., Bhakoo, M., Bouma, J.M.W., ...

Three different conjugates having adriamycin (ADR) bound to the side chain carboxyl groups of high-molecular weight poly (¿--glutamic acid) (PGA) either directly or by interpolation of GlyGly and...

Biological properties of adriamycin bound to biodegradable polymeric carriers (1993)

Hoes, C.J.T., Grootoonk, J., Duncan, R., Hume, I.C., Bhakoo, M., Bouma, J.M.W., ...

Three different conjugates having adriamycin (ADR) bound to the side chain carboxyl groups of high-molecular weight poly (¿--glutamic acid) (PGA) either directly or by interpolation of GlyGly and...

Energy balance and cold stress in polar travellers. (1983)

Duncan, R.

Thesis (D.M.)--University of Aberdeen, 1983.

Autoantigens interact with cis-acting elements of rubella virus RNA.

Pogue, G P, Hofmann, J, Duncan, R, Best, J M, Etherington, J, Sontheimer, R D, ...

Rubella virus (RV) infections in adult women can be associated with acute and chronic arthritic symptoms. In many autoimmune individuals, antibodies are found targeting endogenous proteins, called...

A unique transactivation sequence motif is found in the carboxyl-terminal domain of the single-strand-binding protein FBP.

Duncan, R, Collins, I, Tomonaga, T, Zhang, T, Levens, D

The far-upstream element-binding protein (FBP) is one of several recently described factors which bind to a single strand of DNA in the 5' region of the c-myc gene. Although cotransfection of FBP...

Shutoff of host translation by encephalomyocarditis virus infection does not involve cleavage of the eucaryotic initiation factor 4F polypeptide that accompanies poliovirus infection.

Mosenkis, J, Daniels-McQueen, S, Janovec, S, Duncan, R, Hershey, J W, Grifo, J A, ...

Studies were conducted to determine whether encephalomyocarditis virus infection causes proteolytic cleavage of any of the polypeptides which comprise eucaryotic initiation factor 4F. Since no such...

Double-stranded RNA-dependent protein kinase and 2-5A system are both activated in interferon-treated, encephalomyocarditis virus-infected HeLa cells.

Rice, A P, Duncan, R, Hershey, J W, Kerr, I M

Activation of the interferon-inducible, double-stranded RNA-dependent protein kinase was monitored in monolayer cultures of control and interferon-treated HeLa cells infected with...

Synthesis of the infectious pancreatic necrosis virus polyprotein, detection of a virus-encoded protease, and fine structure mapping of genome segment A coding regions.

Duncan, R, Nagy, E, Krell, P J, Dobos, P

Full-length and truncated genome segment A-specific infectious pancreatic necrosis virus cDNA was subcloned into plasmid transcription vectors, and runoff transcripts were produced in vitro. These...

Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (disodium salt)-labile bovine immunoglobulin M Fc binding to Brucella abortus: a cause of nonspecific agglutination.

Nielsen, K, Stilwell, K, Stemshorn, B, Duncan, R

It was demonstrated by a radioimmunoassay procedure that Brucella abortus agglutinins from noninfected cattle sera, absorbed to B. abortus antigen and eluted with ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid...

Entamoeba histolytica interactions with polarized human intestinal Caco-2 epithelial cells.

Li, E, Stenson, W F, Kunz-Jenkins, C, Swanson, P E, Duncan, R, Stanley, S L

To model the initial pathogenic effects of Entamoeba histolytica trophozoites on intestinal epithelial cells, the interactions of E. histolytica HM1-IMSS trophozoites with polarized human intestinal...

Genes that modify expression of major urinary proteins in mice.

Duncan, R, Matthai, R, Huppi, K, Roderick, T, Potter, M

A survey of major urinary proteins (MUPs) from eight BALB/c mouse substrains by isoelectric focusing identified a common pattern with about 10 protein bands in males. One substrain, BALB/cJPt,...

Effect of molecular size of 125I-labelled poly(vinylpyrrolidone) on its pinocytosis by rat visceral yolk sacs and rat peritoneal macrophages.

Duncan, R, Pratten, M K, Cable, H C, Ringsdorf, H, Lloyd, J B

Rates of pinocytosis of different molecular-weight distributions of 125I-labelled poly(vinylpyrrolidone) by rat visceral yolk sacs and rat peritoneal macrophages were measured in vitro. Four...

Chromosomal Location of the Regulator of Mouse α-Fetoprotein, Afr-1

Blankenhorn, E. P., Duncan, R., Huppi, K., Potter, M.

Afr-1 is a gene whose product contributes to the adult regulation of mouse α-fetoprotein (AFP). In Afr-1(b/b) homozygotes, the adult serum levels of AFP are 10- to 20-fold higher than in Afr-1(a/a)...

General practice computing in Scotland.

Taylor, M W, Ritchie, L D, Taylor, R J, Ryan, M P, Paterson, N I, Duncan, R, ...

OBJECTIVE--To investigate a method of assessing the extent of routine patient data held on computer by Scottish general practitioners. DESIGN--An "electronic questionnaire" in the form of an...

CT, MR and SPECT imaging in temporal lobe epilepsy.

Duncan, R, Patterson, J, Hadley, D M, Macpherson, P, Brodie, M J, Bone, I, ...

Cranial computed tomography (CT) with modified temporal lobe technique, 0.15T magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) were carried out on 30 patients...

Ictal/postictal SPECT in the pre-surgical localisation of complex partial seizures.

Duncan, R, Patterson, J, Roberts, R, Hadley, D M, Bone, I

Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) used in conjunction with HM-PAO (Ceretec-Amersham International) was used to image regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) in 28 patients with medically...

Brainstem encephalitis and the Miller Fisher syndrome.

Petty, R K, Duncan, R, Jamal, G A, Hadley, D, Kennedy, P G

A case is described of a man with an acute onset areflexic ataxic syndrome with partial ophthalmoparesis and normal limb muscle power. There was evidence of both a peripheral neuropathy and a...

Blindness in eclampsia: CT and MR imaging.

Duncan, R, Hadley, D, Bone, I, Symonds, E M, Worthington, B S, Rubin, P C

Three cases of cortical blindness complicating eclampsia are described, with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and X-ray computed tomography (CT). The correspondence of MRI lesions (hyperintense on T2...

Stroke without dissection from a neck holding manoeuvre in martial arts

McCarron, M O, Patterson, J, Duncan, R

Carotid artery trauma is a known cause of stroke in young people. The vessel may occlude, dissect or shower thrombotic emboli into intracranial vessels. This paper reports the use of single photon...

Psychopathology in people with epilepsy and intellectual disability; an investigation of potential explanatory variables

Espie, C, Watkins, J, Curtice, L, Espie, A, Duncan, R, Ryan, J, ...

Objectives:There are few studies on epilepsy and psychopathology in people with intellectual disability (mental retardation) despite epilepsy prevalence rates that are thirty times higher than in the...

Pseudosleep events in patients with psychogenic non-epileptic seizures: prevalence and associations

Duncan, R, Oto, M, Russell, A, Conway, P

Objectives: To determine the prevalence and clinical associations of a history of events during sleep in patients with psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES, pseudoseizures), and to compare the...

Use of short term video EEG in the diagnosis of attack disorders

McGonigal, A, Russell, A, Mallik, A, Oto, M, Duncan, R

Objective: To assess the usefulness of SVEEG in the diagnosis of attack disorders.

Developing Countries Export Growth Technology and Labour Markets in Developed Countries: General Equilibrium Perspectives.

Tyers, R., Duncan, R.

This paper briefly summarizes the state and the debate and describes the results of a recent study of the links between trade, technical change and labour market behavior.

A history of the Northern Territory pastoral industry 1863-1910

Duncan, R.

Typescript (carbon copy). Includes bibliographical references (leaves 477-482).

Acute rhabdomyolysis associated with atypical Guillain-Barré syndrome.

Scott, A. J., Duncan, R., Henderson, L., Jamal, G. A., Kennedy, P. G.

We report a patient with atypical Guillain-Barré syndrome associated with acute rhabdomyolysis. Rhabdomyolysis may be the cause of elevation of creatine kinase sometimes seen in patients with...

Guillain-Barré syndrome following acute head trauma.

Duncan, R., Kennedy, P. G.

A case of classical Guillain-Barré syndrome following acute head trauma is described. The association of Guillain-Barré syndrome with head injury per se is not well recognized, and a possible...

Ethical considerations in presymptomatic testing for variant CJD

Duncan, R, Delatycki, M, Collins, S, Boyd, A, Masters, C, Savulescu, J

Variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (vCJD) is a fatal, transmissible, neurodegenerative disorder for which there is currently no effective treatment. vCJD arose from the zoonotic spread of bovine...

An enterprise web viewing system for clinical and administrative data

Duncan, R, Shabot, M

The authors will demonstrate the comprehensive web based viewing system for clinical and administrative data in widespread use in the Cedars-Sinai Health System. This system encompasses over a dozen...

Technology architecture guidelines for a health care system.

Jones, D. T., Duncan, R., Langberg, M. L., Shabot, M. M.

Although the demand for use of information technology within the healthcare industry is intensifying, relatively little has been written about guidelines to optimize IT investments. A technology...

The safety of antiepileptic drug withdrawal in patients with non-epileptic seizures

Oto, M, Espie, C, Pelosi, A, Selkirk, M, Duncan, R

Background: To determine whether withdrawal of anticonvulsant drugs (AED) can be carried out safely in patients with non-epileptic seizures (NES).

N-(2-hydroxypropyl)methacrylamide copolymers targeted to the hepatocyte galactose-receptor: pharmacokinetics in DBA2 mice.

Seymour, L. W., Ulbrich, K., Wedge, S. R., Hume, I. C., Strohalm, J., Duncan, R.

N-(2-Hydroxypropyl)methacrylamide (HPMA) copolymers containing doxorubicin (DOX) and galactosamine can be targeted to the hepatocyte galactose receptor for organ-specific chemotherapy of primary and...

Anticancer agents coupled to N-(2-hydroxypropyl)methacrylamide copolymers. I. Evaluation of daunomycin and puromycin conjugates in vitro.

Duncan, R., Kopecková-Rejmanová, P., Strohalm, J., Hume, I., Cable, H. C., Pohl, J., ...

During recent years N-(2-hydroxypropyl)methacrylamide (HPMA) copolymers have been developed as targetable drug carriers. These soluble synthetic polymers are internalized by cells by pinocytosis and...

Tumour tropism and anti-cancer efficacy of polymer-based doxorubicin prodrugs in the treatment of subcutaneous murine B16F10 melanoma.

Seymour, L. W., Ulbrich, K., Steyger, P. S., Brereton, M., Subr, V., Strohalm, J., ...

Doxorubicin (5 mg kg-1) was administered intravenously to C57 mice bearing subcutaneous B16F10 melanomas, distributing into the tumour with an area under the concentration-time curve (0-48 h; AUC) of...

Anticancer agents coupled to N-(2-hydroxypropyl)methacrylamide copolymers. II. Evaluation of daunomycin conjugates in vivo against L1210 leukaemia.

Duncan, R., Kopecková, P., Strohalm, J., Hume, I. C., Lloyd, J. B., Kopecek, J.

DBA2 mice were inoculated i.p. with 10(5)L1210 cells. Animals subsequently treated with daunomycin (single i.p. dose, 0.25-5.0 mg kg-1) all died. The maximum increase in mean survival time observed...

Characterisation and protein expression profiling of annexins in colorectal cancer

Duncan, R, Carpenter, B, Main, L C, Telfer, C, Murray, G I

The annexins are family of calcium-regulated phospholipid-binding proteins with diverse roles in cell biology. Individual annexins have been implicated in tumour development and progression, and in...

PDEPT: polymer-directed enzyme prodrug therapy

Satchi, R, Connors, T A, Duncan, R

Polymer-directed enzyme prodrug therapy (PDEPT) is a novel two-step antitumour approach using a combination of a polymeric prodrug and polymer-enzyme conjugate to generate cytotoxic drug selectively...