R. Evans

Publication List Details

Period

1972 - 2009

Number

183

Co-Authors

Modified constraint induced therapy for children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy: A feasibility study (2008)

Wallen, Margaret, Ziviani, J., Herbert, R., Evans, R., Novak, I.

Purpose: To determine the feasibility of family-focused, modified constraint-induced therapy with children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy and test study procedures in preparation for a randomized...

Modified constraint induced therapy for children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy: A feasibility study (2008)

Wallen, M., Ziviani, J., Herbert, R., Evans, R., Novak, I.

Purpose: To determine the feasibility of family-focused, modified constraint-induced therapy with children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy and test study procedures in preparation for a randomized...

Spatial overlap of wind farms on peatland with sensitive areas for birds (2008)

J.A. Bright, R. Bullman, R. Evans, S. Gardner

The UK Government has set stringent targets for renewable energy generation, prompting a substantial increase in proposals for wind farms, notably in the Scottish uplands which have a particularly...

y (2007)

Reference Architecture, D Scott, L Cahill, L Cahill, C Doran, C Doran, ...

Enabling resource sharing in language generation: an abstract reference architecture

Enabling Resource Sharing in Language Generation: An Reference Architecture (2007)

L Cahill, C Doran, R Evans, R Kibble, C Mellish, D Paiva, ...

The RAGS project aims to develop a reference architecture for natural language generation, to facilitate modular development of NLG systams as well as evaluation of components, systems and...

Reinterpretation of an existing•NLG system in a Generic Generation Architecture (2007)

L. Cahill, C. Doran, R. Evans, C. Meilish, D. Paiva, M. Reape, ...

The RAGS project aims to define a reference ar-chitecture for Natural Language Generation (NLG) systems. Currently the major part of this archi-tecture consists of a set of datatype definitions for...

Effective anisotropies and energy barriers of magnetic nanoparticles with Néel's surface anisotropy (2007)

Yanes, R., Chubykalo-Fesenko, O., Kachkachi, H., Garanin, D.A., Evans, R., Chantrell, R.W.

Magnetic nanoparticles with Néel surface anisotropy, different internal structures, surface arrangements and elongation are modelled as many-spin systems. The results suggest that the energy of...

Shared decision making between registrars and patients: web based decision aids (2007)

Thistlethwaite, Jill, Heal , Clare, Nan Tie, R., Evans, R.

BACKGROUND: Current evidence suggests that doctors do not always involve patients in decisions; this may be due to lack of training. This study explores the feasibility of using web based decision...

Condensation in a capped capillary is a continuous critical phenomenon (2007)

Parry, A. O., Rascon, C., Wilding, N. B., Evans, R.

We show that condensation in a capped capillary slit is a continuous interfacial critical phenomenon, related intimately to several other surface phase transitions. In three dimensions, the...

The Advanced Study Program in Science: challenging, motivating and inspiring our best science students (2007)

Blanchfield, J., McGraw, E., Bulmer, M., Thier, R., Byers, H., Myatt, P., ...

The Advanced Study Program in Science is an enrichment program for science students at The University of Queensland (UQ) which targets highly motivated, high achieving students with an interest in...

The Advanced Study Program in Science: challenging, motivating and inspiring our best science students (2007)

Blanchfield, J., McGraw, E., Bulmer, M., Thier, R., Byers, H., Myatt, P., ...

The Advanced Study Program in Science is an enrichment program for science students at The University of Queensland (UQ) which targets highly motivated, high achieving students with an interest in...

The Global Ocean Data Assimilation Experiment High-resolution Sea Surface Temperature Pilot Project (2007)

Donlon, C., Robinson, I., Casey, K.S., Vazquez-Cuervo, J., Armstrong, E., Arino, O., ...

A new generation of integrated sea surface temperature (SST) data products are being provided by the Global Ocean Data Assimilation Experiment (GODAE) High-Resolution SST Pilot Project (GHRSST-PP)....

Optical read out of nanoparticle fluorescence using supercontinuum generation for optical data storage (2007)

Chick, B. J., Chon, James W. M., Evans, R., Gu, M.

Spectral features of a photonic crystal fiber generated supercontinuum were used in the optical read out of nanoparticle fluorescence. Three nanoparticles, in this case colloidal semiconductor...

Optical read out of nanoparticle fluorescence using supercontinuum generation for optical data storage (2007)

Chick, B. J., Chon, James W. M., Evans, R., Gu, Min

Spectral features of a photonic crystal fiber generated supercontinuum were used in the optical read out of nanoparticle fluorescence. Three nanoparticles, in this case colloidal semiconductor...

Game theoretic analysis of adaptive radar jamming (2006)

Bachmann, D., Evans, R., Moran, B., Antipov, I.

A radar and a jammer are considered as informed opponents 'playing' in a non-cooperative two-player, zero-sum game. The effects of incoherent noise jamming on the target detection performance of a...

Game theoretic analysis of adaptive radar jamming (2006)

Bachmann, D., Evans, R., Moran, B., Antipov, I.

A radar and a jammer are considered as informed opponents 'playing' in a non-cooperative two-player, zero-sum game. The effects of incoherent noise jamming on the target detection performance of a...

Game theoretic analysis of adaptive radar jamming (2006)

Bachmann, D., Evans, R., Moran, B., Antipov, I.

A radar and a jammer are considered as informed opponents 'playing' in a non-cooperative two-player, zero-sum game. The effects of incoherent noise jamming on the target detection performance of a...

The influence of shape and structure on the Curie temperature of Fe and Co nanoparticles (2006)

Evans, R., Nowak, Ulrich, Dorfbauer, Florian, Schrefl, Thomas, Mryasov, Oleg, Chantrell, Roy W., ...

We have investigated the effect of lattice fluctuations on the magnetic properties of nanoparticles of Fe and Co. Atomic structures were simulated using a molecular-dynamic approach, with the system...

Radiative equilibrium in Monte Carlo radiative transfer using frequency distribution adjustment (2005)

Stamatellos, D, Davies, JI, Whitworth, AP, Sabatini, S, Roberts, S, ...

The Monte Carlo method is a powerful tool for performing radiative equilibrium calculations, even in complex geometries. The main drawback of the standard Monte Carlo radiative equilibrium methods is...

Expectation Maximisation algorithm for detection of high bandwidth sonar pulses (2005)

Lourey, S.J., Evans, R., Moran, W., Larsson, A.

The use of high bandwidth pulses in active sonar systems can reduce interference from reverberation and variability due to channel fading. However, the matched filter detection performance is...

Networked sensor management and data rate control for tracking maneuvering targets (2005)

Evans, R., Krishnamurthy, V., Nair, G., Sciacca, L.

This paper presents sensor and data rate control algorithms for tracking maneuvering targets. The manuevering target is modeled as a jump Markov linear system. We present novel extensions of the...

Local Shape Optimization for Airframe Life Extension (2005)

M. Heller, R. Braemar, W. Waldman, R. Evans, M. Mcdonald, R. Kaye

Life extension repairs of ageing metallic airframe components can provide significant economic benefits by avoiding the need for component replacement, by potentially increasing the interval between...

Two isolated HI clouds in the Virgo cluster? (2005)

Van Driel, W., Davies, J., Minchin, R., Sabatini, S., Baes, M., Boyce, P., ...

Seventy years after the start of radio astronomical observations and over 50 years after the first observations of the 21 cm H I line, a seemingly 'routine' H I survey at Jodrell Bank of an already...

Two isolated HI clouds in the Virgo Cluster? (2005)

Davies, J, Minchin, R, Sabatini, S, Baes, M, Boyce, P, ...

Seventy years after the start of radio astronomical observations and over 50 years after the first observations of the 21 cm HI line, a seemingly 'routine' Hi survey at Jodrell Bank of an already...

Two isolated HI clouds in the Virgo cluster? (2005)

Van Driel, W., Davies, J., Minchin, R., Sabatini, S., Baes, M., Boyce, P., ...

Seventy years after the start of radio astronomical observations and over 50 years after the first observations of the 21 cm H I line, a seemingly 'routine' H I survey at Jodrell Bank of an already...

Expectation Maximisation algorithm for detection of high bandwidth sonar pulses (2005)

Lourey, S.J., Evans, R., Moran, W., Larsson, A.

The use of high bandwidth pulses in active sonar systems can reduce interference from reverberation and variability due to channel fading. However, the matched filter detection performance is...

Networked sensor management and data rate control for tracking maneuvering targets (2005)

Evans, R., Krishnamurthy, V., Nair, G., Sciacca, L.

This paper presents sensor and data rate control algorithms for tracking maneuvering targets. The manuevering target is modeled as a jump Markov linear system. We present novel extensions of the...

Expectation Maximisation algorithm for detection of high bandwidth sonar pulses (2005)

Lourey, S.J., Evans, R., Moran, W., Larsson, A.

The use of high bandwidth pulses in active sonar systems can reduce interference from reverberation and variability due to channel fading. However, the matched filter detection performance is...

Networked sensor management and data rate control for tracking maneuvering targets (2005)

Evans, R., Krishnamurthy, V., Nair, G., Sciacca, L.

This paper presents sensor and data rate control algorithms for tracking maneuvering targets. The manuevering target is modeled as a jump Markov linear system. We present novel extensions of the...

The HI detection of low column density clouds and galaxies (2004)

Minchin, RF, Davies, JI, Baes, M, Evans, R, Roberts, S, ...

The HIDEEP survey was carried out in an attempt to find objects having low inferred neutral hydrogen column densities, yet it found a distribution that was strongly peaked at 10(20.65) cm(-2). In an...

A search for low surface brightness dwarf galaxies in different environments (2004)

Davies, J, Sabatini, S, Van Driel, W, O'Neil, K, Baes, M, ...

According to the cold dark matter (CDM) hierarchical clustering theory of galaxy and large-scale structure formation, there should be numerous low-mass dark matter haloes present in the Universe...

Criteria of candidacy for unilateral cochlear implantation in postlingually deafened adults I: Theory and measures of effectiveness (2004)

Toner, J., McAnallen, C., Proops, D., Cooper, H., Raine, C., Khan, S., ...

Objectives: The objectives of this study were to distinguish the equivalent-effectiveness, health-economic, and actuarial approaches to specifying criteria of candidacy for medical interventions; to...

A multibeam HI survey of the Virgo cluster - two isolated HI clouds? (2004)

Minchin, R, Sabatini, S, Van Driel, W, Baes, M, Boyce, P, ...

We have carried out a fully sampled large area (4degrees x 8degrees) 21-cm H I line survey of part of the Virgo cluster using the Jodrell Bank multibeam instrument. The survey has a sensitivity some...

Distributed sensor fusion with network constraints (2004)

Wang, X., Evans, R., Legg, J.

In a practical multi-sensor tracking network, the sensor data processors communicate only a subset of the data available from each sensor, usually in the form of tracks due to constraints in the...

Distributed sensor fusion with network constraints (2004)

Wang, X., Evans, R., Legg, J.

In a practical multi-sensor tracking network, the sensor data processors communicate only a subset of the data available from each sensor, usually in the form of tracks due to constraints in the...

Assassination Attempt, 1868 (2004)

Evans, R, Scott, J

Radical Brisbane extends the 'Radical City' series into the Red North. Two experienced activists, academics and writers turn South East Queensland history on its head. With a revealing foreword by...

Distributed sensor fusion with network constraints (2004)

Wang, X., Evans, R., Legg, J.

In a practical multi-sensor tracking network, the sensor data processors communicate only a subset of the data available from each sensor, usually in the form of tracks due to constraints in the...

Radiative transfer in disc galaxies - III. The observed kinematics of dusty disc galaxies (2003)

Davies, JI, Dejonghe, H, Sabatini, S, Roberts, S, Evans, R, ...

We present skirt (Stellar Kinematics Including Radiative Transfer), a new Monte Carlo radiative transfer code that allows the calculation of the observed stellar kinematics of a dusty galaxy. The...

Galaxies as fluctuations in the ionizing background radiation at low redshift (2003)

Gunesch, R, Davies, JI, Baes, M, Evans, R, Roberts, S, ...

Some Lyman continuum photons are likely to escape from most galaxies, and these can play an important role in ionizing gas around and between galaxies, including gas that gives rise to Lyman-alpha...

Detection of West Nile Virus Infection in birds in the United States by blocking ELISA and immunohistochemistry (2003)

Jozan, M., Evans, R., McLean, R., Hall, R., Tangredi, B., Reed, L., ...

A blocking ELISA targeting an immunodominant West Nile epitope on the West Nile Virus NS1 protein was assessed for the detection of West Nile-specific antibodies in blood samples collected from 584...

Effect of valve regulated lead/acid battery positive paste carbon fibre additive (2003)

Ball, R. J., Evans, R., Thacker, E. L., Stevens, R.

The majority of lead acid battery failures can be attributed to degradation of the positive active material. In this paper the results from a study to investigate the effects of adding carbon fibre...

Socio-economic factors in soil erosion and conservation (2003)

Evans, R

Farmer decisions with regard to production and land use are strongly influenced by socio-economic factors. In the developed world, the role of agricultural subsidies, quotas and guaranteed prices is...

Angiosperm phylogeny based on matK sequence information (2003)

Hilu, K.W., Borsch, T., Muller, K., Soltis, D.E., Savolainen, V., Chase, M.W., ...

Plastid matK gene sequences for 374 genera representing all angiosperm orders and 12 genera of gymnosperms were analyzed using parsimony (MP) and Bayesian inference (BI) approaches. Traditionally,...

Effect of soaking time on the positive active material and performance of the valve regulated lead/acid battery (2002)

Lawrence, E. L., Ball, R. J., Evans, R., Stevens, R.

During valve regulated lead/acid (VRLA) battery production bottlenecks occurring on the production line can result in varying delays between the different stages of production thus acting as a source...

Study of valve-regulated lead/acid batteries manufactured with different separator papers (2002)

Ball, R. J., Kurian, R., Evans, R., Stevens, R.

The separator paper is a key component within a valve-regulated lead/acid (VRLA) battery. Here we describe an experimental program aimed at elucidating how separator papers influence battery...

Failure mechanisms in valve regulated lead/acid batteries for cyclic applications (2002)

Ball, R. J., Kurian, R., Evans, R., Stevens, R.

Valve regulated lead/acid (VRLA) batteries are used in a variety of different applications, one of which is cycling. Cycle life testing of a batch of 40 Ah VRLA batteries showed a large variation in...

Influence of positive active material type and grid alloy on corrosion layer structure and composition in the valve regulated lead/acid battery (2002)

Ball, R. J., Kurian, R., Evans, R., Stevens, R.

Performance of a valve regulated lead/acid battery is affected by the properties of the positive grid corrosion layer. An investigation has been carried out using a range of experimental techniques...

Finite element (FE) modelling of current density on the valve regulated lead/acid battery positive grid (2002)

Ball, R. J., Evans, R., Stevens, R.

During operation of the valve regulated lead/acid (VRLA) battery, a mixed stoichiometry lead oxide corrosion layer is formed on the surface of the positive electrode. The formation of this layer has...

Characterisation of separator papers for use in valve regulated lead/acid batteries (2002)

Ball, R. J., Evans, R., Stevens, R.

Separator papers are an essential component of a valve regulated lead/acid (VRLA) battery. In addition to separating the positive and negative electrodes, they provide a constant pressure on the...

Characterisation of defects observed within the positive grid corrosion layer of the valve regulated lead/acid battery (2002)

Ball, R. J., Evans, R., Deven, M., Stevens, R.

An investigation into the failure of a series of cycled 40 Ah valve regulated lead acid batteries, identified a number of different defect types present in the corrosion layer. In this paper, a...

Creating a peaceful school learning environment: a controlled study of an elementary school intervention to reduce violence (2001)

Twemlow, S.W., Fonagy, P., Sacco, F.C., Gies, M.L., Evans, R., Ewbank, R.

Objective: The impact of a manual-based antiviolence program on the learning climate in an elementary school over 4 years was compared with the outcome in a control school. Method: The two schools...

Genetic parameters for production and fertility in spring-calving Irish dairy cattle (2001)

Evans, R., Buckley, F., Dillon, P., Veerkamp, R.F.

The objective of this study was to estimate genetic parameters for milk production and selected fertility traits in Irish dairy cattle. Data were derived from 74 seasonal spring-calving dairy herds...

Cytoplasmic recruitment of INI1 and PML on incoming HIV preintegration complexes: interference with early steps of viral replication. (2001)

Turelli, P, Doucas, V, Craig, E, Mangeat, B, Klages, N, Evans, R, ...

During the early phase of the retroviral life cycle, only a fraction of internalized virions end up integrating their genome into the chromosome, even though the resulting proviruses are almost...

A representation for complex and evolving data dependencies in generation (2000)

D Scott, C Mellish, C Mellish, R Evans, R Evans, L Cahill, ...

This work was supported by the EPSRC under grants GR/L77041 and GR/L77102.

Reinterpretation of an existing NLG system in a Generic Generation Architecture (2000)

L. Cahill, C. Doran, R. Evans, C. Mellish, D. Paiva, M. Reape, ...

The RAGS project aims to define a reference architecture for Natural Language Generation (NLG) systems. Currently the major part of this architecture consists of a set of datatype definitions for...

Reinterpretation of an existing NLG system in a Generic Generation Architecture (2000)

Cahill Doran Evans, L. Cahill, C. Doran, R. Evans, C. Mellish, D. Paiva, ...

The RAGS project aims to define a reference architecture for Natural Language Generation (NLG) systems. Currently the major part of this architecture consists of a set of datatype definitions for...

A Representation for Complex and Evolving Data Dependencies in Generation (2000)

C. Mellish, R. Evans, L. Cahill, C. Doran, D. Paiva, M. Reape, ...

This paper introduces an approach to representing the kinds of information that components in a natural language generation (NLG) system will need to communicate to one another. This information may...

Reinterpretation of an existing NLG system in a Generic Generation Architecture (2000)

L. Cahill, C. Doran, R. Evans, C. Mellish, D. Paiva, M. Reape, ...

The RAGS project aims to define a reference architecture for Natural Language Generation (NLG) systems. Currently the major part of this architecture consists of a set of datatype definitions for...

A new determination of supernova rates and a comparison with indicators for galactic star formation (1999)

Cappellaro, E., Evans, R., Turatto, M.

We have computed new estimates of the local rates of supernovae (SNe) adding the updated log of Evans' visual search to our SN search database. In this way, we have accumulated the largest SN...

Depletion potential in hard-sphere fluids (1999)

Gotzelmann, B., Roth, R., Dietrich, S., Dijkstra, M., Evans, R.

A versatile new approach for calculating the depletion potential in a hard-sphere mixture is presented. This is valid for any number of components and for arbitrary densities. We describe two...

Stability Of An Adaptive Regulator For Partially Known Nonlinear Stochastic Systems (1999)

Brockwell Borovkov, A. Brockwell, K. Borovkov, R. Evans

.<F3.835e+05> We investigate the properties of a fast-identification style of control algorithm applied to a class of stochastic dynamical systems in continuous time which are sampled at a...

Phase behavior and structure of binary hard-sphere mixtures (1998)

Dijkstra, M., Roij, R. Van, Evans, R.

By integrating out the degrees of freedom of the small spheres in a binary mixture of large and small hard spheres, we derive an explicit effective Hamiltonian for the large spheres. Using the...

Effectiveness of high modulus interference-fit bushes for fatigue life extension of plates with circular holes (1997)

Evans, R.

Holes exist in metallic aircraft structures for either design or construction reasons and their stress concentrating effect is such that they are common regions of crack initiation. Theoretical and...

Effectiveness of high modulus interference-fit bushes for fatigue life extension of plates with circular holes (1997)

Evans, R.

Holes exist in metallic aircraft structures for either design or construction reasons and their stress concentrating effect is such that they are common regions of crack initiation. Theoretical and...

Effectiveness of high modulus interference-fit bushes for fatigue life extension of plates with circular holes (1997)

Evans, R.

Holes exist in metallic aircraft structures for either design or construction reasons and their stress concentrating effect is such that they are common regions of crack initiation. Theoretical and...

Phase Diagrams for Deformable Toroidal and Spherical Surfaces with Intrinsic Orientational Order (1995)

Evans, R.

A theoretical study of toroidal membranes with various degrees of intrinsic orientational order is presented at mean-field level. The study uses a simple Ginzburg-Landau style free energy functional,...

Phase Diagrams for Deformable Toroidal and Spherical Surfaces with Intrinsic Orientational Order (1995)

Evans, R.

A theoretical study of toroidal membranes with various degrees of intrinsic orientational order is presented at mean-field level. The study uses a simple Ginzburg-Landau style free energy functional,...

LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS OF FIXED PATIENT FACTORS FOR POSTOPERATIVE SICKNESS: A MODEL FOR RISK ASSESSMENT (1993)

PALAZZO, M., EVANS, R.

One hundred and forty-seven patients undergoing minor orthopaedic surgery were studied prospec-tively by logistic regression analysis to determine the association of independent fixed patient factors...

Water quality requirement for oil industry water injection projects. (1992)

Evans, R.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Cranfield Institute of Technology, 1992.

THE IRON BINDING-SITES OF CHICKEN OVOTRANSFERRIN (1986)

Lindley, P., Evans, R., Garratt, R., Hasnain, S.

We have shown previously that the EXAFS spectrum of diferric chicken ovotransferrin (Fe2COT) can only be adequately simulated assuming a split first shell co-ordination [1]. EXAFS and XANES spectra...

THE IRON BINDING-SITES OF CHICKEN OVOTRANSFERRIN (1986)

Lindley, P., Evans, R., Garratt, R., Hasnain, S.

We have shown previously that the EXAFS spectrum of diferric chicken ovotransferrin (Fe2COT) can only be adequately simulated assuming a split first shell co-ordination [1]. EXAFS and XANES spectra...

Sex Differences in the Beliefs on Nonsmokers about why Cigarette Smokers Smoke (1984)

Evans, R, Lowe, J B

Nonsmokers are becoming more actively used in smoking cessation treatments in social support roles. This study sought to determine if nonsmokers understand the reasons smokers of their own sex and of...

Running median filters and a general despiker (1982)

R. Evans

Running mean filters have long been used as time domain, digital, low-pass filters. They are a convolution in the time domain with a boxcar function (or, more generally, with functions designed for...

A MODEL FOR THE STRUCTURE OF SOME SEMICONDUCTING LIQUID ALLOYS : EVIDENCE FOR IONIC BONDING (1980)

Copestake, A., Evans, R., Telo Da Gama, M.M.

Several liquid metallic alloys exhibit a transition from a metallic to a "semiconducting" state as a function of concentration. At the particular stoichiometric composition where the transition...

SURFACES.THE SURFACE PROPERTIES OF LIQUID METALS (1980)

Evans, R.

We briefly review recent theoretical and experimental work on the surfaces of various liquids and liquid mixtures. While there has been much progress in understanding the surface structure and...

A MODEL FOR THE STRUCTURE OF SOME SEMICONDUCTING LIQUID ALLOYS : EVIDENCE FOR IONIC BONDING (1980)

Copestake, A., Evans, R., Telo Da Gama, M.M.

Several liquid metallic alloys exhibit a transition from a metallic to a "semiconducting" state as a function of concentration. At the particular stoichiometric composition where the transition...

SURFACES.THE SURFACE PROPERTIES OF LIQUID METALS (1980)

Evans, R.

We briefly review recent theoretical and experimental work on the surfaces of various liquids and liquid mixtures. While there has been much progress in understanding the surface structure and...

The synthesis and processing of a nuclear RNA precursor to rat pregrowth hormone messenger RNA (1979)

Harpold, M.M., Dobner, P.R., Evans, R., Bancroft, F.C., Darnell, J.E.

A recombinant DNA plasmid, pBR322-GHl, which contains about 80% of the sequences of rat pregrowth hormone (pGH) mRNA, allowed an analysis of nuclear RNA from GH3 cells for possible precursors of...

Rat growth hormone gene: intervening sequences separate the mRNA regions (1979)

Soreq, H., Harpold, M., Evans, R., Darnell, J.E., Bancroft, F.C.

Rat genomic DNA was digested with various restriction endonucleases, separated by gel electrophoresis and hybridized to 125I-labeled mRNA for the precursor protein to growth hormone. Restriction...

Femtosecond laser driven shock waves

Badger, AD, Evans, R, Fallies, F, Hall, TA, Mahdieh, MH, Audebert, P, ...

Advances in Laser Interaction with Matter and Inertial Fusion, Proceedings of 24th ECLIM Eds G Velarde, J M Martinez-Val, E Minguez, J M Perlado, publ World Scientific 661-664 (1997)

Reputational Externality and Self-Regulation

Evans, R., Guinnane, T.W.

Professional associations and other producer groups often complain that their reputation is damaged by other groups providing a similar but lower-quality service and that the latter should be...

Simple Efficient Contracts in Complex Environments

Evans, R.

The paper studies a general model of hold-up in a setting encompassing the models of Segal (1999) and Che and Hausch (1999) among others. It is shown that if renegotiation is modelled as an...

Mechanism Design with Renegotiation and Costly Messages

Evans, R.

According to standard theory, the set of implementable outcome functions is reduced if the mechanism or contract can be renegotiated ex post. In some cases contracts can achieve nothing and so, for...

Imperfect Commitment and the Revelation Principle: the Multi-Agent Case with Transferable Utility

Evans, R., Reich, S.

Bester and Strausz (2000) showed that the revelation principle of Bester and Strausz (2001) does not apply in a setting of many agents and no commitment. In their counterexample only one agent has...

Renegotiation in Repeated Games with Transfers.

Baliga, S., Evans, R.

We consider repeated games with transferable utility: players have an endowment of wealth in each period in which transfers can be made. We show that if endowments are large enough and the comon...

Toward a Healthier Economics. Reflections on Ken Bassetts' Problem.

Evans, R.

Ken Bassett's problem: "Why would intelligent and competent professionals routinely behave in ways that they know to be illogical and scientifically unsound?". This paper thus complements that by Uwe...

Impact of operating and balance sheet performance of Japanese international banks on bank safety levels and risk ratings

J. Evans, J. Simpson, A. A. Mahate, R. Evans

Using a simultaneous equation model initially developed by Shrieves and Dahl this article shows that Japanese banks in comparison to European banks, have focused on factors other than those that...

Policy Review Section

J. Mawson, R. Evans

Previous issues of the Policy Review Section have considered the Government's proposals for the setting up of a network of Training and Enterprise Councils (TECs) which were announced in March 1989....

Computerized surveillance of adverse drug events in hospital patients*

Classen, D, Pestotnik, S, Evans, R, Burke, J, Battles, J

Design: Prospective study of all patients admitted to our hospital over an 18 month period.

Urinary tract ultrasonography in the evaluation of haematuria--a report of over 1,000 cases.

Datta, S. N., Allen, G. M., Evans, R., Vaughton, K. C., Lucas, M. G.

Over a 5-year period, 1007 patients with haematuria were investigated, using a protocol based on ultrasonography as the upper tract imaging modality of choice. Intravenous urography (IVU) was only...

Adenine nucleotide loss in the skeletal muscles during exercise in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Steiner, M, Evans, R, Deacon, S, Singh, S, Patel, P, Fox, J, ...

Background: Skeletal muscle adenine nucleotide loss has been associated with fatigue during high intensity exercise in healthy subjects but has not been studied in patients with chronic obstructive...

Testicular neoplasms: seminoma.

Reddy, E. K., Burke, M., Giri, S., Krishnan, L., Gemer, L., Evans, R., ...

From 1969 to 1984, 58 patients with a diagnosis of testicular seminoma were seen and treated at the University of Kansas Medical Center. The median age was 34 years (range of 20 to 62 years). The...

Testing by Sysmex UF‐100 flow cytometer and with bacterial culture in a diagnostic laboratory: a comparison

Evans, R, Davidson, M M, Sim, L R W, Hay, A J

A large proportion of the samples tested in routine diagnostic microbiology laboratory are urine samples. The gold standard is bacterial culture, but a high proportion of samples cultured are...

Lack of correlation between in vivo rejection of syngeneic fibrosarcomas and in vitro non-specific macrophage cytotoxicity.

Evans, R., Booth, C. G., Spencer, F.

Two transplantable, highly immunogenic syngeneic C57BL fibrosarcomas, FS1 and FS6, were shown to have tumour-specific rejection antigens, as shown by excision of the primary tumours and i.p. or i.m....

Non-specific cytotoxicity of spleen cells in mice bearing transplanted chemically induced fibrosarcomas.

Mantovani, A., Evans, R., Alexander, P.

Spleen cells collected from mice bearing transplanted chemically induced syngeneic fibrosarcomas non-specifically inhibited DNA synthesis of sarcoma and lymphoma target cells in vitro. Splenocytes...

Effect of X-irradiation on host-cell infiltration and growth of a murine fibrosarcoma.

Evans, R.

Whole body X-irradiation (400 rad) of C57BL mice, either before or after i.m. implantation of the syngeneic fibrosarcoma, FS6, influenced both the growth of the tumours and their cellular...