R. Wright

Publication List Details

Period

1853 - 2009

Number

164

Co-Authors

Faculty development for new technologies: Putting mobile learning in the hands of the teachers (2009)

Lefoe, G., Olney, I. W., Wright, R., Herrington, A.

This chapter identifies staff development strategies for the use of mobile learning technologies in higher education. We discuss how staff members were engaged in using the technologies for six...

Faculty development for new technologies: Putting mobile learning in the hands of the teachers (2009)

Lefoe, G., Olney, I. W., Wright, R., Herrington, A.

This chapter identifies staff development strategies for the use of mobile learning technologies in higher education. We discuss how staff members were engaged in using the technologies for six...

Faculty development for new technologies: Putting mobile learning in the hands of the teachers (2009)

Lefoe, G., Olney, I. W., Wright, R., Herrington, A.

This chapter identifies staff development strategies for the use of mobile learning technologies in higher education. We discuss how staff members were engaged in using the technologies for six...

1 SPEECH PERCEPTION (2008)

Richard Wright, Stefan Frisch, David B. Pisoni, R. Wright, S. F Risch, D. B. Pisoni

The study of speech perception is concerned with the process by which the human listener, as a participant in a communicative act, derives meaning from spoken utturances. Modern speech research began...

Determination of piezoelectric coefficients and elastic constant of thin films by laser scanning vibrometry techniques (2007)

Huang, Z, Leighton, G, Wright, R, Duval, F, Chung, H. C., Kirby, P, ...

Knowledge of the electro-active properties of piezoelectric materials is essential for the modeling and design of novel MEMS devices employing the piezoelectric effect. Cantilevers of piezoelectric...

What criteria do police officers use to measure the success of an interview with a child? (2007)

Wright, R., Powell, Martine, Ridge, D.

This study used a mixed-methods approach to explore the perceptions of a heterogeneous sample of 75 police interviewers regarding their performance in a mock interview with a 5-7-year-old child. Each...

What criteria do police officers use to measure the success of an interview with a child? (2007)

Wright, R., Powell, Martine, Ridge, D.

This study used a mixed-methods approach to explore the perceptions of a heterogeneous sample of 75 police interviewers regarding their performance in a mock interview with a 5-7-year-old child. Each...

Insights into social insects from the genome of the honeybee Apis mellifera (2006)

Weinstock, GM, Robinson, GE, Gibbs, RA, Worley, KC, Evans, JD, Maleszka, R, ...

Here we report the genome sequence of the honeybee Apis mellifera, a key model for social behaviour and essential to global ecology through pollination. Compared with other sequenced insect genomes,...

Insights into social insects from the genome of the honeybee Apis mellifera (2006)

Weinstock, GM, Robinson, GE, Gibbs, RA, Worley, KC, Evans, JD, Maleszka, R, ...

Here we report the genome sequence of the honeybee Apis mellifera, a key model for social behaviour and essential to global ecology through pollination. Compared with other sequenced insect genomes,...

Accessing the spoken word (2005)

Goldman, J., Renals, S., Bird, S. G., De Jong, F., Federico, M., Fleischhauer, C., ...

Spoken word audio collections cover many domains, including radio and television broadcasts, oral narratives, governmental proceedings, lectures, and telephone conversations. The collection, access...

Self-reported smoking, cotinine levels, and patterns of smoking in pregnancy (2005)

Pickett, K.E., Rathouz, P.J., Kasza, K., Wakschlag, L.S., Wright, R.

Non-pregnant adult smokers generally exhibit fairly stable smoking behaviour over time. In studies of this population, cotinine assays are considered a 'gold standard' measure of exposure to...

SOURCES OF AREOGRAPHIC COORDINATES, 1909-1954 (2005)

DE VAUCOULEURS, G., WRIGHT, R.

All published areographic coordinates measured since 1909 were compared and cross-identified after a thorough search for usable data was made in the existing Mars literature. The collected data for...

INVESTIGATIONS OF OXYGEN PLASMAS. (2005)

Bhattacharya,A. K., Wright,R., Cahn,J. H.

A study was made of detailed behavior of free electrons in various temperature states in oxygen plasmas. It was shown that one can account for the apparent discrepancy between the drift tube data and...

Accessing the spoken word (2005)

Goldman, J., Renals, S., Bird, S. G., De Jong, F., Federico, M., Fleischhauer, C., ...

Spoken word audio collections cover many domains,including radio and television broadcasts, oral narratives,governmental proceedings, lectures, and telephone conversations.The collection, access and...

Accessing the spoken word (2005)

Goldman, J., Renals, S., Bird, S. G., De Jong, F., Federico, M., Fleischhauer, C., ...

Spoken word audio collections cover many domains,including radio and television broadcasts, oral narratives,governmental proceedings, lectures, and telephone conversations.The collection, access and...

Accessing the spoken word (2005)

Goldman, J., Renals, S., Bird, S. G., De Jong, F., Federico, M., Fleischhauer, C., ...

Spoken word audio collections cover many domains, including radio and television broadcasts, oral narratives, governmental proceedings, lectures, and telephone conversations. The collection, access...

Accessing the spoken word (2005)

Goldman, J., Renals, S., Bird, S. G., De Jong, F., Federico, M., Fleischhauer, C., ...

Spoken word audio collections cover many domains, including radio and television broadcasts, oral narratives, governmental proceedings, lectures, and telephone conversations. The collection, access...

Nonrespirability of Carbon Fibers in Rats from Repeated Inhalation Exposure (2004)

Thomson, S. A., Hilaski, R. J., Wright, R., Mattie, D.

Carbon fibers are light weight, high tensile strength synthetic fibers widely used in aircraft, and as the applications for carbon fiber expand, so does the probability of worker exposure via...

U.S. Coast Guard Hybrid Concept. (2002)

Hermanns,C., Wright,R., Meyer,J.

This report provides a feasibility analysis of the application of a physically well-defined buoyancy/fuel tank and hydrofoil system to a specific craft, an existing USCG 95-foot WPB. The purpose of...

Documenting surface magmatic activity at Mount Etna using ATSR remote sensing. (2001)

Rothery, D., Coltelli, M., Pirie, D., Wooster, M.J., Wright, R.

Analysis of thermally generated night-time volcanic radiances recorded with a 1-km pixel size at 1.6 and 11 µm during 1991-1993 and 1996-1999 for Mount Etna shows that lava flows extending beyond...

Recovery from acidification in European surface waters (2001)

C. D. Evans, J. M. Cullen, C. Alewell, J. Kopácek, A. Marchetto, F. Moldan, ...

Water quality data for 56 long-term monitoring sites in eight European countries are used to assess freshwater responses to reductions in acid deposition at a large spatial scale. In a consistent...

Recovery from acidification in European surface waters (2001)

Evans, C. D., Cullen, J. M., Alewell, C., Kopácek, J., Marchetto, A., Moldan, F., ...

Water quality data for 56 long-term monitoring sites in eight European countries are used to assess freshwater responses to reductions in acid deposition at a large spatial scale. In a consistent...

Recovery from acidification in European surface waters (2001)

Evans, C. D., Cullen, J. M., Alewell, C., Kopácek, J., Marchetto, A., Moldan, F., ...

Water quality data for 56 long-term monitoring sites in eight European countries are used to assess freshwater responses to reductions in acid deposition at a large spatial scale. In a consistent...

The trial of the twenty-one a reassessment of the Commandants of Norfolk Island, 1788-1814 and 1825-1855 (2001)

Wright, R. (Reg)

Typescript. Thesis (PhD)--Macquarie University, 2001. Bibliography: leaves 390-405 (v.1). Introduction -- The proselytiser -- The wayfarers -- The builder -- The playboy -- The first closure -- A...

Identification of Molecular Markers Linked to Leaf Curl Virus Disease Resistance in Cotton (1999)

M. Aslam, C.Jiang, R. Wright, A.H. Paterson

The identification of molecular markers linked to leaf curl virus (CLCuV) disease resistance in cotton has the potential to improve both the efficiency and the efficacy of selection in cotton...

Identification of Molecular Markers Linked to Leaf Curl Virus Disease Resistance in Cotton (1999)

M. Aslam, C.Jiang, R. Wright, A.H. Paterson

The identification of molecular markers linked to leaf curl virus (CLCuV) disease resistance in cotton has the potential to improve both the efficiency and the efficacy of selection in cotton...

Identification of Molecular Markers Linked to Leaf Curl Virus Disease Resistance in Cotton (1999)

M. Aslam, C.Jiang, R. Wright, A.H. Paterson

The identification of molecular markers linked to leaf curl virus (CLCuV) disease resistance in cotton has the potential to improve both the efficiency and the efficacy of selection in cotton...

First measurements of hadronic decays of the Z boson (1989)

Abrams, G. S., Adolphsen, C. E., Aleksan, R., Alexander, J. P., Averill, D., Ballam, J., ...

We have observed hadronic final states produced in the decays of Z bosons. In order to study the parton structure of these events, we compare the distributions in sphericity, thurst, aplanarity, and...

Initial measurements of Z-boson resonance parameters in e+e- annihilation (1989)

Abrams, G. S., Adolphsen, C. E., Aleksan, R., Alexander, J. P., Allen, M. A., Atwood, W. B., ...

We have measured the mass of the Z boson to be 91.11±0.23 GeV/c^2, and its width to be 1.61-0.43+0.60 GeV. If we constrain the visible width to its standard-model value, we find the partial width to...

A cell cycle-regulated bacterial DNA methyltransferase is essential for viability.

Stephens, C, Reisenauer, A, Wright, R, Shapiro, L

The CcrM adenine DNA methyltransferase, which specifically modifies GANTC sequences, is necessary for viability in Caulobacter crescentus. To our knowledge, this is the first example of an essential...

In vivo examination of membrane protein localization and degradation with green fluorescent protein.

Hampton, R Y, Koning, A, Wright, R, Rine, J

To test the utility of green fluorescent protein (GFP) as an in vivo reporter protein when fused to a membrane domain, we made a fusion protein between yeast hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA reductase and...

Complementation between Sindbis viral RNAs produces infectious particles with a bipartite genome.

Geigenmüller-Gnirke, U, Weiss, B, Wright, R, Schlesinger, S

Sindbis virus, the type member of the alpha-viruses, is an enveloped virus containing a nonsegmented positive-strand RNA genome. We show that the nonstructural and the structural genes can function...

The CcrM DNA methyltransferase is widespread in the alpha subdivision of proteobacteria, and its essential functions are conserved in Rhizobium meliloti and Caulobacter crescentus.

Wright, R, Stephens, C, Shapiro, L

The Caulobacter crescentus DNA methyltransferase CcrM (M.CcrMI) methylates the adenine residue in the sequence GANTC. The CcrM DNA methyltransferase is essential for viability, but it does not appear...

Penicillin-binding proteins in Haemophilus influenzae.

Makover, S D, Wright, R, Telep, E

The penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs) of Haemophilus influenzae were studied by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and fluorography. Eight major PBPs, ranging in molecular...

Evidence for specificity in the encapsidation of Sindbis virus RNAs.

Weiss, B, Nitschko, H, Ghattas, I, Wright, R, Schlesinger, S

We investigated the interaction of the capsid protein of Sindbis virus with Sindbis viral RNAs and defined a region of the genome that is required for binding in vitro and for packaging in vivo. The...

Genetics of adeno-associated virus: isolation and preliminary characterization of adeno-associated virus type 2 mutants.

Hermonat, P L, Labow, M A, Wright, R, Berns, K I, Muzyczka, N

We constructed insertion and deletion mutants with mutations within the adeno-associated virus (AAV) sequences of the infectious recombinant plasmid pSM620. Studies of these mutants revealed at least...

Mutation of a tyrosine localization signal in the cytosolic tail of yeast Kex2 protease disrupts Golgi retention and results in default transport to the vacuole.

Wilcox, C A, Redding, K, Wright, R, Fuller, R S

Kex2 protease processes pro-alpha-factor in a late Golgi compartment in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The first approximately 30 residues of the 115 amino acid CO2H-terminal cytosolic tail (C-tail) of...

Collagenase and collagenase inhibitors in osteoarthritic and normal cartilage.

Ehrlich, M G, Mankin, H J, Jones, H, Wright, R, Crispen, C, Vigliani, G

In advanced osteoarthritis, all of the cartilaginous components are lost from the joint surface. Although mechanisms exist for proteoglycan degradation, there is not known to be any system for...

Isolation and characterization of PEP3, a gene required for vacuolar biogenesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

Preston, R A, Manolson, M F, Becherer, K, Weidenhammer, E, Kirkpatrick, D, Wright, R, ...

The Saccharomyces cerevisiae PEP3 gene was cloned from a wild-type genomic library by complementation of the carboxypeptidase Y deficiency in a pep3-12 strain. Subclone complementation results...

Monocyte function in cirrhosis.

Holdstock, G, Leslie, B, Hill, S, Tanner, A, Wright, R

Monocyte function has been studied in a total of 51 patients with biopsy-proven cirrhosis and 35 controls. There was significantly reduced monocyte spreading (p less than 0.05), chemotaxis (p less...

Studies on Media for Enumerating Enterococci in Frozen Vegetables1

Splittstoesser, D. F., Wright, R., Hucker, G. J.

A study was made of the relative sensitivity and specificity of presumptive and confirmatory media for the most probable number enumeration of enterococci in frozen vegetables. Azide dextrose broth...

Needs and opportunities for improving the health, safety, and productivity of medical research facilities.

Hodgson, M, Brodt, W, Henderson, D, Loftness, V, Rosenfeld, A, Woods, J, ...

Medical research facilities, indeed all the nation's constructed facilities, must be designed, operated, and maintained in a manner that supports the health, safety, and productivity of the...

Efficacy of low-dose propranolol in preventing postoperative supraventricular tachyarrhythmias: a prospective, randomized study.

Silverman, N A, Wright, R, Levitsky, S

A prospective, randomized study was performed in 100 consecutive patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery to assess the efficacy of the early reinstitution of propranolol in reducing the...

Isolation and Characterization of Pep5, a Gene Essential for Vacuolar Biogenesis in Saccharomyces Cerevisiae

Woolford, C. A., Dixon, C. K., Manolson, M. F., Wright, R., Jones, E. W.

pep5 mutants of Saccharomyces cerevisiae accumulate inactive precursors to the vacuolar hydrolases. The PEP5 gene was isolated from a genomic DNA library by complementation of the pep5-8 mutation....

Hepatitis B in a hospital for the mentally subnormal in southern England.

Kingham, J G, McGuire, M, Paine, D H, Wright, R

The prevalence of hepatitis B viral (HBV) infection was assessed in 340 patients and 268 staff in a hospital for the mentally subnormal in Wessex. Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg), antibody to...

Histological evidence of carcinoma in a hepatic tumour associated with oral contraceptives.

Davis, M, Portmann, B, Searle, M, Wright, R, Williams, R

A primary hepatic tumour occurred in a 21-year-old woman who had been taking oral contraceptives for two years; she was treated by partial hepatectomy. Part of the neoplasm showed features suggestive...

A cell cycle-regulated bacterial DNA methyltransferase is essential for viability.

Stephens, C, Reisenauer, A, Wright, R, Shapiro, L

The CcrM adenine DNA methyltransferase, which specifically modifies GANTC sequences, is necessary for viability in Caulobacter crescentus. To our knowledge, this is the first example of an essential...

In vivo examination of membrane protein localization and degradation with green fluorescent protein.

Hampton, R Y, Koning, A, Wright, R, Rine, J

To test the utility of green fluorescent protein (GFP) as an in vivo reporter protein when fused to a membrane domain, we made a fusion protein between yeast hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA reductase and...

Complementation between Sindbis viral RNAs produces infectious particles with a bipartite genome.

Geigenmüller-Gnirke, U, Weiss, B, Wright, R, Schlesinger, S

Sindbis virus, the type member of the alpha-viruses, is an enveloped virus containing a nonsegmented positive-strand RNA genome. We show that the nonstructural and the structural genes can function...

The CcrM DNA methyltransferase is widespread in the alpha subdivision of proteobacteria, and its essential functions are conserved in Rhizobium meliloti and Caulobacter crescentus.

Wright, R, Stephens, C, Shapiro, L

The Caulobacter crescentus DNA methyltransferase CcrM (M.CcrMI) methylates the adenine residue in the sequence GANTC. The CcrM DNA methyltransferase is essential for viability, but it does not appear...

Penicillin-binding proteins in Haemophilus influenzae.

Makover, S D, Wright, R, Telep, E

The penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs) of Haemophilus influenzae were studied by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and fluorography. Eight major PBPs, ranging in molecular...

Evidence for specificity in the encapsidation of Sindbis virus RNAs.

Weiss, B, Nitschko, H, Ghattas, I, Wright, R, Schlesinger, S

We investigated the interaction of the capsid protein of Sindbis virus with Sindbis viral RNAs and defined a region of the genome that is required for binding in vitro and for packaging in vivo. The...

Genetics of adeno-associated virus: isolation and preliminary characterization of adeno-associated virus type 2 mutants.

Hermonat, P L, Labow, M A, Wright, R, Berns, K I, Muzyczka, N

We constructed insertion and deletion mutants with mutations within the adeno-associated virus (AAV) sequences of the infectious recombinant plasmid pSM620. Studies of these mutants revealed at least...

Mutation of a tyrosine localization signal in the cytosolic tail of yeast Kex2 protease disrupts Golgi retention and results in default transport to the vacuole.

Wilcox, C A, Redding, K, Wright, R, Fuller, R S

Kex2 protease processes pro-alpha-factor in a late Golgi compartment in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The first approximately 30 residues of the 115 amino acid CO2H-terminal cytosolic tail (C-tail) of...

Collagenase and collagenase inhibitors in osteoarthritic and normal cartilage.

Ehrlich, M G, Mankin, H J, Jones, H, Wright, R, Crispen, C, Vigliani, G

In advanced osteoarthritis, all of the cartilaginous components are lost from the joint surface. Although mechanisms exist for proteoglycan degradation, there is not known to be any system for...

Isolation and characterization of PEP3, a gene required for vacuolar biogenesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

Preston, R A, Manolson, M F, Becherer, K, Weidenhammer, E, Kirkpatrick, D, Wright, R, ...

The Saccharomyces cerevisiae PEP3 gene was cloned from a wild-type genomic library by complementation of the carboxypeptidase Y deficiency in a pep3-12 strain. Subclone complementation results...

Monocyte function in cirrhosis.

Holdstock, G, Leslie, B, Hill, S, Tanner, A, Wright, R

Monocyte function has been studied in a total of 51 patients with biopsy-proven cirrhosis and 35 controls. There was significantly reduced monocyte spreading (p less than 0.05), chemotaxis (p less...

Studies on Media for Enumerating Enterococci in Frozen Vegetables1

Splittstoesser, D. F., Wright, R., Hucker, G. J.

A study was made of the relative sensitivity and specificity of presumptive and confirmatory media for the most probable number enumeration of enterococci in frozen vegetables. Azide dextrose broth...

Isolation and Characterization of Pep5, a Gene Essential for Vacuolar Biogenesis in Saccharomyces Cerevisiae

Woolford, C. A., Dixon, C. K., Manolson, M. F., Wright, R., Jones, E. W.

pep5 mutants of Saccharomyces cerevisiae accumulate inactive precursors to the vacuolar hydrolases. The PEP5 gene was isolated from a genomic DNA library by complementation of the pep5-8 mutation....

Needs and opportunities for improving the health, safety, and productivity of medical research facilities.

Hodgson, M, Brodt, W, Henderson, D, Loftness, V, Rosenfeld, A, Woods, J, ...

Medical research facilities, indeed all the nation's constructed facilities, must be designed, operated, and maintained in a manner that supports the health, safety, and productivity of the...

Efficacy of low-dose propranolol in preventing postoperative supraventricular tachyarrhythmias: a prospective, randomized study.

Silverman, N A, Wright, R, Levitsky, S

A prospective, randomized study was performed in 100 consecutive patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery to assess the efficacy of the early reinstitution of propranolol in reducing the...

Hepatitis B in a hospital for the mentally subnormal in southern England.

Kingham, J G, McGuire, M, Paine, D H, Wright, R

The prevalence of hepatitis B viral (HBV) infection was assessed in 340 patients and 268 staff in a hospital for the mentally subnormal in Wessex. Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg), antibody to...

Histological evidence of carcinoma in a hepatic tumour associated with oral contraceptives.

Davis, M, Portmann, B, Searle, M, Wright, R, Williams, R

A primary hepatic tumour occurred in a 21-year-old woman who had been taking oral contraceptives for two years; she was treated by partial hepatectomy. Part of the neoplasm showed features suggestive...

Studies on hepatic uptake of antigen: I. Comparison of inferior vena cava and portal vein routes of immunization

Triger, D. R., Cynamon, M. H., Wright, R.

An experimental animal model is described in which small injections of antigen (SRBC) into the portal venous system of the rat produces a reduced immune response in comparison with that obtained...

Studies on hepatic uptake of antigen: II. The effect of hepatotoxins on the immune response

Triger, D. R., Wright, R.

Using the previously described animal model in which the effect of hepatic uptake of SRBC injected into the rat portal venous system was studied, the effect of two hepatotoxins—carbon tetrachloride...

Deoxyribonucleic acid amplification and hybridisation in Crohn's disease using a chlamydial plasmid probe.

McGarity, B H, Robertson, D A, Clarke, I N, Wright, R

The possibility that Crohn's disease is caused by infection with Chlamydia trachomatis was examined by probing for chlamydial plasmid deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) in DNA extracts from Crohn's disease...

Reticulin antibodies in patients with coeliac disease and their relatives.

Stevens, F M, Lloyd, R, Egan-Mitchell, B, Mylotte, M J, Fottrell, P F, Wright, R, ...

The sera of 69 index coeliac patients, 121 of their first-degree relatives, and 104 controls were screened for the presence of reticulin antibodies. Among the untreated coeliac patients 75% of adults...

Ferritin in Crohn's disease tissue: detection by electron microscopy.

Whorwell, P J, Baldwin, R C, Wright, R

Using immune electron microscopy, an attempt has been made to visualise viral particles in Crohn's disease tissue and faeces. No particles resembling viruses were observed, but in the absence of a...

Treatment of HBsAg-positive chronic active hepatitis with human fibroblast interferon.

Kingham, J G, Ganguly, N K, Shaari, Z D, Mendelson, R, McGuire, M J, Holgate, S J, ...

Two patients with HBsAg positive chronic active hepatitis have been treated with human fibroblast interferon 10(7) units daily for two weeks. Before treatment, both patients had high levels of...

IgA and IgG reticulin antibodies in coeliac and non-coeliac patients.

Eade, O E, Lloyd, R S, Lang, C, Wright, R

Using indirect immunofluorescence, comparisons were made of patterns of staining of five tissue substrates with 28 RI reticulin antibody-positive coeliac sera, and 23 RI reticulin antibody-positive...

Prevalence of diverticular disease of the colon in patients with ischaemic heart disease.

Foster, K J, Holdstock, G, Whorwell, P J, Guyer, P, Wright, R

In view of the similar patterns of incidence of diverticular disease of the colon (DD) and ischaemic heart disease (IHD) in different communities, the prevalence of diverticular disease was...

Serum lysozyme levels in malignant histiocytosis of the intestine.

Hodges, J R, Isaacson, P, Eade, O E, Wright, R

Serum lysozyme levels were significantly raised in a group of eight patients with malabsorption associated with gastrointestinal lymphomas of a type recently characterised as malignant histiocytosis...

Quantitative liver imaging using 131-I Rose Bengal as an index of liver function and prognosis.

Gamlen, T R, Triger, D R, Ackery, D M, Fleming, J S, Grant, R W, Kenny, R W, ...

A technique for assessing quantitatively hepatic function by direct measurement of liver parenchymal cell uptake of 131I Rose Bengal using a scintillation camera with a digital store and retrieval...

Diffuse enterochromaffin-like (ECL) cell hyperplasia and multiple gastric carcinoids: a complication of pernicious anaemia.

Hodges, J R, Isaacson, P, Wright, R

A man with long-standing pernicious anaemia developed multiple gastric carcinoid tumours with a background of diffuse enterochromaffin-like cell hyperplasia. There is evidence that...

Glycerol clearance in alcoholic liver disease.

Johnston, D G, Alberti, K G, Wright, R, Blain, P G

Glycerol clearance was studied by a primed dose-constant infusion technique in 14 patients with alcoholic liver disease and six normal control subjects. Fasting blood glycerol concentrations were...

Pharmacology of propranolol in patients with cirrhosis and portal hypertension.

Arthur, M J, Tanner, A R, Patel, C, Wright, R, Renwick, A G, George, C F

Ten patients with cirrhosis and protal hypertension received an initial 20 mg oral test dose of propranolol and subsequently 160 mg of a slow release preparation, orally, each day for seven days....

Improved cultural detection of Burkholderia cepacia from sputum in patients with cystic fibrosis

Wright, R, Moore, J, Shaw, A, Dunbar, K, Dodd, M, Webb, K, ...

Aims—To evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of two selective media for the isolation of Burkholderia cepacia from sputum specimens in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF).

A comparative study of lysosomal enzyme activity in monocytes and Kupffer cells isolated simultaneously in a rat model of liver injury.

Reiner, R G, Tanner, A R, Keyhani, A H, Wright, R

Macrophages have been isolated and cultured in vitro from normal rat livers and from livers into which macrophages have been recruited in vivo, following an intravenous injection of killed...

Natural killer activity in patients with biopsy-proven liver disease.

Serdengecti, S, Jones, D B, Holdstock, G, Wright, R

Most previous studies of lymphocyte-mediated cytotoxicity to animal and human hepatocytes have not taken into account the ability to human lymphoid cells to kill spontaneously cultured cell lines,...

The effect of plasma exchange on the in vitro monocyte function of patients with immune complex diseases.

Steven, M M, Tanner, A R, Holdstock, G E, Cockerell, R, Smith, J, Smith, D S, ...

In vitro function tests were performed on peripheral blood monocytes isolated from patients with putative immune complex diseases undergoing therapeutic plasma exchange. Bacterial killing by...

DNA-binding antibodies and hepatitis B markers in acute and chronic liver disease.

Kingham, J G, Rassam, S, Ganguly, N, Mcguire, M J, Nasrat, B, Holgate, S T, ...

A Farr technique has been used to assay antibodies to double-stranded DNA in the serum of patients with acute and chronic liver disease and carriers of HBsAg from the United Kingdom and Iraq. These...

Antibodies to maize in patients with Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis and coeliac disease.

Davidson, I W, Lloyd, R S, Whorwell, P J, Wright, R

The incidence of antibodies to maize using an immunofluorescent technique has been found to be 14% in controls, 33% in Crohn's disease, 50% in ulcerative colitis and 44% in coeliac disease. This...

Measles antibodies and autoantibodies in autoimmune disorders.

Triger, D R, Gamlen, T R, Paraskevas, E, Lloyd, R S, Wright, R

Measles CF antibodies have been examined in the sera of patients with a variety of clinical disorders associated with the production of autoantibodies. Previous reports of high-titre reactions in DLE...

Immunofluorescent antibodies in patients with bird-fancier's lung.

Eade, O E, Hodges, J R, Berrill, W T, Lang, C, Lloyd, R S, Wright, R

To assess its value as a screen for avian antibodies, indirect immunofluorescence against avian intestinal tissue has been to test sera from thirty-nine patients with documented bird-fancier's lung...

Autoimmunity in myasthenia gravis: a family study

Wright, R., Kerr, J. H.

The prevalence of autoantibodies to muscle, epithelial cells of calf thymus, thyroid, gastric parietal cells and antinuclear and rheumatoid factors has been studied in the sera of thirty-two patients...

Neurological manifestations of Erdheim-Chester disease

Wright, R, Hermann, R., Parisi, J.

Erdheim-Chester disease is a rare sporadic systemic histiocytic disease of unknown aetiology that affects multiple organ systems. The case records of all patients with Erdheim-Chester disease who had...

FIAT MONEY IN SEARCH EQUILIBRIUM

KIYOTAKI, N., WRIGHT, R.

commodities ; production ; money ; costs ; taxation

SEARCH FOR A THEORY OF MONEY.

KIYOTAKI, N., WRIGHT, R.

economic equilibrium ; models ; currencies ; expectations

Barter and Monetary Exchange Under Private Information.

Williamson, S., Wright, R.

commodities ; economic equilibrium ; money ; welfare economics

Accessing the spoken word

Goldman, J., Renals, S., Bird, S. G., De Jong, F., Federico, M., Fleischhauer, C., ...

Spoken word audio collections cover many domains,including radio and television broadcasts, oral narratives,governmental proceedings, lectures, and telephone conversations.The collection, access and...

A double-blind controlled trial of the effect of sodium cromoglycate in preventing relapse in ulcerative colitis.

Whorwell, P. J., Whorwell, G. M., Bamforth, J., Colin Jones, D., Down, P., Edwards, A., ...

A double-blind controlled trial of the effect of sodium cromoglycate (SCG) in preventing relapse in ulcerative colitis has been completed in 100 subjects. In patients already taking sulphasalazine,...

Liver disease in patients with diabetes mellitus.

Foster, K. J., Griffith, A. H., Dewbury, K., Price, C. P., Wright, R.

Liver function tests were assessed in 60 unselected out-patient diabetics stabilized on insulin or oral hypoglycaemic agents. Routine liver function tests, particularly plasma concentrations of...

Hepatitis B among Indochinese refugees in Great Britain.

Chadwick, R. G., Hall, A. J., Davidson, I., Bull, F. G., Wright, R.

Six hundred and thirty-two blood samples from 879 consecutive admissions to one resettlement camp for Indochinese refugees in Great Britain were screened for markers of hepatitis B (HB) virus...

Cirrhosis in partial lipodystrophy.

Robertson, D. A., Wright, R.

A patient with partial lipodystrophy, fatty liver and cirrhosis, and autoimmune thyroid disease is described. Treatment with thyroxine led to partial improvement in the hepatic abnormality.

Bleeding oesophageal varices associated with anabolic steroid use in an athlete.

Winwood, P. J., Robertson, D. A., Wright, R.

A 30 year old bodybuilder who had been taking anabolic steroids for 18 months presented with bleeding oesophageal varices. Serious liver disease secondary to anabolic steroids including peliosis...

Teleradiology.

Wright, R., Loughrey, C.

Advances in telecommunications and computer software have led to the development of radiology image transfer systems. Radiologists may now report radiographs at a site distant from that of the...

Human monoclonal antibodies to lung-cancer antigens.

Sikora, K., Wright, R.

Lymphocytes obtained from hilar and bronchial lymph nodes from 23 patients undergoing radical surgery for carcinoma of the bronchus were fused with established rat or mouse myeloma lines. 62% of the...

Induction of bladder cancer in rats by fractionated intravesicular doses of N-methyl-N-nitrosourea.

Severs, N. J., Barnes, S. H., Wright, R., Hicks, R. M.

Experiments were conducted to determine the dose response of rat bladder urothelium to a range of different single and fractionated intravesicular doses of the carcinogen, N-methyl-N-nitrosourea...

The induction of rat bladder cancer by 2-naphthylamine

Hicks, R. M., Wright, R., Wakefield, J. St J.

The widely held belief that 2-naphthylamine is not carcinogenic for the rat has been re-examined. Twenty female Wistar rats were dosed by gastric intubation weekly for 57 weeks with 2-naphthylamine,...