Richard J. Davis

VSA Observations of the Anomalous Microwave Emission in the Perseus Region (2009)

Tibbs, Christopher T., Watson, Robert A., Dickinson, Clive, Davies, Rodney D., Davis, Richard J., Del Burgo, Carlos, ...

The dust feature G159.6--18.5 in the Perseus region has previously been observed with the COSMOSOMAS experiment \citep{Watson:05} on angular scales of $\approx$ 1$^{\circ}$, and was found to exhibit...

Follow-up observations at 16 and 33 GHz of extragalactic sources from WMAP 3-year data: II - Flux-density variability (2009)

Franzen, Thomas M. O., Davies, Matthew L., Davies, Rod D., Davis, Richard J., Feroz, Farhan, Genova-Santos, Ricardo, ...

Using the Arcminute Microkelvin Imager (AMI) at 16 GHz and the Very Small Array (VSA) at 33 GHz to make follow-up observations of sources in the New Extragalactic WMAP Point Source Catalogue, we have...

Follow-up observations at 16 and 33 GHz of extragalactic sources from WMAP 3-year data: I - Spectral properties (2009)

Davies, Matthew L., Franzen, Thomas M. O., Davies, Rod D., Davis, Richard J., Feroz, Farhan, Genova-Santos, Ricardo, ...

We present follow-up observations of 97 point sources from the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) 3-year data, contained within the New Extragalactic WMAP Point Source (NEWPS) catalogue...

Radio source calibration for the Very Small Array and other cosmic microwave background instruments at around 30 GHz (2008)

Hafez, Yaser A., Davies, Rod D., Davis, Richard J., Dickinson, Clive, Battistelli, Elia S., Blanco, Francisco, ...

Accurate calibration of data is essential for the current generation of cosmic microwave background (CMB) experiments. Using data from the Very Small Array (VSA), we describe procedures which will...

Radio source calibration for the VSA and other CMB instruments at around 30 GHz (2008)

Hafez, Yaser A., Davies, Rod D., Davis, Richard J., Dickinson, Clive, Battistelli, Elia S., Blanco, Francisco, ...

Accurate calibration of data is essential for the current generation of CMB experiments. Using data from the Very Small Array (VSA), we describe procedures which will lead to an accuracy of 1 percent...

Observations of the Corona Borealis supercluster with the superextended Very Small Array: further constraints on the nature of the non-Gaussian CMB cold spot (2008)

Genova-Santos, Ricardo, Rubino-Martin, Jose Alberto, Rebolo, Rafael, Battye, Richard A., Blanco, Francisco, Davies, Rod D., ...

We present interferometric imaging at 33 GHz, with the new superextended configuration of the Very Small Array (VSA), of a very deep decrement in the cosmic microwave background (CMB) temperature....

Multiple Ejections During the 1975 Outburst of (2007)

Gamma Erik Kuulkers, Erik Kuulkers, Ralph E. Spencer, Richard J. Davis, Ian Morison

The well-known black-hole X-ray transient A0620\Gamma00 was a bright radio source during the first part of its outburst in 1975. We have revisited the available data and find for the first time...

Constraints on spinning dust towards Galactic targets with the VSA: a tentative detection of excess microwave emission towards 3C396 (2007)

Scaife, Anna, Green, David A., Battye, Richard A., Davies, Rod D., Davis, Richard J., Dickinson, Clive, ...

We present results from observations made at 33 GHz with the Very Small Array (VSA) telescope towards potential candidates in the Galactic plane for spinning dust emission. In the cases of the...

Non-Gaussianity in the Very Small Array CMB maps with Smooth-Goodness-of-fit tests (2006)

Rubino-Martin, Jose Alberto, Aliaga, Antonio M., Barreiro, R. B., Battye, Richard A., Carreira, Pedro, Cleary, Kieran, ...

(Abridged) We have used the Rayner & Best (1989) smooth tests of goodness-of-fit to study the Gaussianity of the Very Small Array (VSA) data. Out of the 41 published VSA individual pointings...

A VSA search for the extended Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect in the Corona Borealis Supercluster (2005)

Genova-Santos, Ricardo, Rubino-Martin, Jose Alberto, Rebolo, Rafael, Cleary, Kieran, Davies, Rod D., Davis, Richard J., ...

We present interferometric imaging at 33 GHz of the Corona Borealis supercluster, using the extended configuration of the Very Small Array. A total area of 24 deg^2 has been imaged, with an angular...

Source subtraction for the extended Very Small Array and 33-GHz source count estimates (2004)

Cleary, Kieran A., Taylor, Angela C., Waldram, Elizabeth, Battye, Richard A., Dickinson, Clive, Davies, Rod D., ...

We describe the source subtraction strategy and observations for the extended Very Small Array, a CMB interferometer operating at 33 GHz. A total of 453 sources were monitored at 33 GHz using a...

High sensitivity measurements of the CMB power spectrum with the extended Very Small Array (2004)

Dickinson, Clive, Battye, Richard A., Cleary, Kieran, Davies, Rod D., Davis, Richard J., Genova-Santos, Ricardo, ...

We present deep Ka-band ($\nu \approx 33$ GHz) observations of the CMB made with the extended Very Small Array (VSA). This configuration produces a naturally weighted synthesized FWHM beamwidth of...

Cosmological parameter estimation using Very Small Array data out to l=1500 (2004)

Rebolo, Rafael, Battye, Richard A., Carreira, Pedro, Cleary, Kieran, Davies, Rod D., Davis, Richard J., ...

We estimate cosmological parameters using data obtained by the Very Small Array (VSA) in its extended configuration, in conjunction with a variety of other CMB data and external priors. Within the...

Estimating the bispectrum of the Very Small Array data (2004)

Smith, Sarah, Rocha, Graca, Challinor, Anthony, Battye, Richard A., Carreira, Pedro, Cleary, Kieran, ...

We estimate the bispectrum of the Very Small Array data from the compact and extended configuration observations released in December 2002, and compare our results to those obtained from Gaussian...

Cosmological parameter estimation using Very Small Array data out to l? = 1500 (2004)

Rebolo, Rafael, Battye, Richard A., Carreira, Pedro, Cleary, Kieran, Davies, Rod D., Davis, Richard J., ...

Searching for non-Gaussianity in the VSA data (2003)

Savage, Richard, Battye, Richard A., Carreira, Pedro, Cleary, Kieran, Davies, Rod D., Davis, Richard J., ...

We have tested Very Small Array (VSA) observations of three regions of sky for the presence of non-Gaussianity, using high-order cumulants, Minkowski functionals, a wavelet-based test and a Bayesian...

The CMB power spectrum out to l=1400 measured by the VSA (2002)

Grainge, Keith, Carreira, Pedro, Cleary, Kieran, Davies, Rod D., Davis, Richard J., Dickinson, Clive, ...

We have observed the cosmic microwave background (CMB) in three regions of sky using the Very Small Array (VSA) in an extended configuration with antennas of beamwidth 2 degrees at 34 GHz. Combined...

Cosmological parameter estimation and Bayesian model comparison using VSA data (2002)

Slosar, Anze, Carreira, Pedro, Cleary, Kieran, Davies, Rod D., Davis, Richard J., Dickinson, Clive, ...

We constrain the basic comological parameters using the first observations by the Very Small Array (VSA) in its extended configuration, together with existing cosmic microwave background data and...

First results from the Very Small Array -- IV. Cosmological parameter estimation (2002)

Rubino-Martin, Jose Alberto, Rebolo, Rafael, Carreira, Pedro, Cleary, Kieran, Davies, Rod D., Davis, Richard J., ...

We investigate the constraints on basic cosmological parameters set by the first compact-configuration observations of the Very Small Array (VSA), and other cosmological data sets, in the standard...

First results from the Very Small Array -- I. Observational methods (2002)

Watson, Robert A., Carreira, Pedro, Cleary, Kieran, Davies, Rod D., Davis, Richard J., Dickinson, Clive, ...

The Very Small Array (VSA) is a synthesis telescope designed to image faint structures in the cosmic microwave background on degree and sub-degree angular scales. The VSA has key differences from...

First results from the Very Small Array -- II. Observations of the CMB (2002)

Taylor, Angela C., Carreira, Pedro, Cleary, Kieran, Davies, Rod D., Davis, Richard J., Dickinson, Clive, ...

We have observed the cosmic microwave background temperature fluctuations in eight fields covering three separated areas of sky with the Very Small Array at 34 GHz. A total area of 101 square degrees...

Multiple ejections during the 1975 outburst of A0620-00 (1999)

Kuulkers, Erik, Fender, R. P., Spencer, Ralph E., Davis, Richard J., Morison, Ian

The well-known black-hole X-ray transient A0620-00 was a bright radio source during the first part of its outburst in 1975. We have revisited the available data and find for the first time evidence...

Synergistic regulation of vertebrate muscle development by Dach2, Eya2, and Six1, homologs of genes required for Drosophila eye formation (1999)

Heanue, Tiffany A., Reshef, Ram, Davis, Richard J., Mardon, Graeme, Oliver, Guillermo, Tomarev, Stanislav, ...

Structural characterization of the FKHR gene and its rearrangement in alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma (1995)

Davis, Richard J., Bennicelli, Jeannette L., Macina, Roberto A., Nycum, Lynn M., Biegel, Jaclyn A., Barr, Frederic G.

The FKHR gene, which contains a forkhead DNA-binding motif, is fused to either PAX3 or PAX7 by the t(2;13) or t(1;13) translocation in alveolar rhabdo-myosarcoma, respectively. These tumors express...

The relationship of building construction features in the venting of gas-air deflagrations. (1988)

Davis, Richard J.

Thesis (M.S.)--Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

How the supervision theory applies to the pastor in relationship to the staff of the elementary school of his parish to promote a healthy and productive ministry /--by Richard J. Davis. (1980)

Davis, Richard J.

Thesis (M. Div.)--Concordia Theological Seminary, Ft. Wayne, 1980.

Fusion genes resulting from alternative chromosomal translocations are overexpressed by gene-specific mechanisms in alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma

Davis, Richard J., Barr, Frederic G.

Chromosomal translocations identified in hematopoietic and solid tumors result in deregulated expression of protooncogenes or creation of chimeric proteins with tumorigenic potential. In the...

Dach1 Mutant Mice Bear No Gross Abnormalities in Eye, Limb, and Brain Development and Exhibit Postnatal Lethality

Davis, Richard J., Shen, Weiping, Sandler, Yakov I., Amoui, Mehran, Purcell, Patricia, Maas, Richard, ...

Drosophila dachshund is necessary and sufficient for compound eye development and is required for normal leg and brain development. A mouse homologue of dachshund, Dach1, is expressed in the...

Synergistic regulation of vertebrate muscle development by Dach2, Eya2, and Six1, homologs of genes required for Drosophila eye formation

Heanue, Tiffany A., Reshef, Ram, Davis, Richard J., Mardon, Graeme, Oliver, Guillermo, Tomarev, Stanislav, ...

We have identified a novel vertebrate homolog of the Drosophila gene dachshund, Dachshund2 (Dach2). Dach2 is expressed in the developing somite prior to any myogenic genes with an expression profile...

Fusion genes resulting from alternative chromosomal translocations are overexpressed by gene-specific mechanisms in alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma

Davis, Richard J., Barr, Frederic G.

Chromosomal translocations identified in hematopoietic and solid tumors result in deregulated expression of protooncogenes or creation of chimeric proteins with tumorigenic potential. In the...

Dach1 Mutant Mice Bear No Gross Abnormalities in Eye, Limb, and Brain Development and Exhibit Postnatal Lethality

Davis, Richard J., Shen, Weiping, Sandler, Yakov I., Amoui, Mehran, Purcell, Patricia, Maas, Richard, ...

Drosophila dachshund is necessary and sufficient for compound eye development and is required for normal leg and brain development. A mouse homologue of dachshund, Dach1, is expressed in the...

Synergistic regulation of vertebrate muscle development by Dach2, Eya2, and Six1, homologs of genes required for Drosophila eye formation

Heanue, Tiffany A., Reshef, Ram, Davis, Richard J., Mardon, Graeme, Oliver, Guillermo, Tomarev, Stanislav, ...

We have identified a novel vertebrate homolog of the Drosophila gene dachshund, Dachshund2 (Dach2). Dach2 is expressed in the developing somite prior to any myogenic genes with an expression profile...

The CB1 receptor antagonist SR141716A selectively increases monoaminergic neurotransmission in the medial prefrontal cortex: implications for therapeutic actions

Tzavara, Eleni T, Davis, Richard J, Perry, Kenneth W, Li, Xia, Salhoff, Craig, Bymaster, Frank P, ...

In order to explore potential therapeutic implications of cannabinoid antagonists, the effects of the prototypical cannabinoid antagonist SR141716A on monoamine efflux from the medial prefrontal...

EP4 prostanoid receptor-mediated vasodilatation of human middle cerebral arteries

Davis, Richard J, Murdoch, Colin E, Ali, Mozam, Purbrick, Stuart, Ravid, Rivka, Baxter, Gordon S, ...

Dilatation of the cerebral vasculature is recognised to be involved in the pathophysiology of migraine. Furthermore, elevated levels of prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) occur in the blood, plasma and saliva...

Acetylcholine release by human colon cancer cells mediates autocrine stimulation of cell proliferation

Cheng, Kunrong, Samimi, Roxana, Xie, Guofeng, Shant, Jasleen, Drachenberg, Cinthia, Wade, Mark, ...

Most colon cancers overexpress M3 muscarinic receptors (M3R), and post-M3R signaling stimulates human colon cancer cell proliferation. Acetylcholine (ACh), a muscarinic receptor ligand traditionally...