Robert D. Stevens

Weakness in the ICU: a call to action (2009)

Stevens, Robert D, Hart, Nicholas, De Jonghe, Bernard, Sharshar, Tarek

Abstract Muscle weakness is prevalent in critically ill patients and can have a dramatic effect on short- and long-term outcomes, yet there are currently no interventions with proven efficacy in...

Issues in learning an ontology from text (2009)

Brewster, Christopher, Jupp, Simon, Luciano, Joanne, Shotton, David, Stevens, Robert D, Zhang, Ziqi

Abstract Ontology construction for any domain is a labour intensive and complex process. Any methodology that can reduce the cost and increase efficiency has the potential to make a major impact in...

Methodology capture: discriminating between the "best" and the rest of community practice (2008)

Eales, James M, Pinney, John W, Stevens, Robert D, Robertson, David L

Abstract Background The methodologies we use both enable and help define our research. However, as experimental complexity has increased the choice of appropriate methodologies has become an...

A Multimodal Interface for Blind Mathematics Students (2007)

Robert D Stevens, Yo Dd, Quai Saint-bernard

This paper was translated and published as: Une interface multimodale pour l'accss aux

Prosody to Improve Usability of a Speech-Based Interface (2007)

Robert D. Stevens, Peter C. Wright

This paper investigates the addition of prosody to a synthetic speech presentation of algebra notation in an algebra work-station for blind people. Prosody and lexical cues were evaluated in terms of...

e-Science and biological pathway semantics (2007)

Luciano, Joanne S, Stevens, Robert D

Abstract Background The development of e-Science presents a major set of opportunities and challenges for the future progress of biological and life scientific research. Major new tools are required...

The PanK2 Genes of Mouse and Human Specify Proteins with Distinct Subcellular Locations (2007)

Leonardi, Roberta, Zhang, Yong-Mei, Lydikis, Athanasios, Stevens, Robert D., Ilkayeva, Olga R., Wenner, Brett R., ...

Coenzyme A (CoA) biosynthesis is initiated by pantothenate kinase (PanK) and CoA levels are controlled through differential expression and feedback regulation of PanK isoforms. PanK2 is a...

e-Science and biological pathway semantics (2007)

Bmc Bioinformatics, Joanne S Luciano, Joanne S Luciano, Robert D Stevens, Robert D Stevens

Background: The development of e-Science presents a major set of opportunities and challenges for the future progress of biological and life scientific research. Major new tools are required and...

myGrid: personalised bioinformatics on the information grid (2003)

Stevens, Robert D., Robinson, Alan J., Goble, Carole A.

Motivation: The myGrid project aims to exploit Grid technology, with an emphasis on the Information Grid, and provide middleware layers that make it appropriate for the needs of bioinformatics....

Managing Biological Information Using Biological Knowledge (2001)

Carole A. Goble, Robert D. Stevens

The Transparent Access to Multiple Bioinformatics Information Sources (TAMBIS) system uses an ontology to give the illusion of a common query interface to multiple, diverse, heterogeneous...

Running head: Access to Mathematics and (1997)

Robert D. Stevens, Philip A. Harling

Access to mathematics for visually disabled students through multi-modal interaction

An Approach to the Evaluation of Assistive Technology (1996)

Robert D. Stevens

A valid criticism of may innovations in assistive technology is that they have not been evaluated. However, there are obstacles which make this form of technology difficult to evaluate according to...

Mathematical representations: Graphs, curves and formulas (1993)

Alistair Edwards And, Robert D. Stevens, Robert D. Stevens

Mathematics is communicated in visual forms, such as algebra and diagrams. This means that blind people are greatly disadvantaged with respect to education and employment in mathematics, science and...

Genetic Networks of Liver Metabolism Revealed by Integration of Metabolic and Transcriptional Profiling

Ferrara, Christine T., Wang, Ping, Neto, Elias Chaibub, Stevens, Robert D., Bain, James R., Wenner, Brett R., ...

Although numerous quantitative trait loci (QTL) influencing disease-related phenotypes have been detected through gene mapping and positional cloning, identification of the individual gene(s) and...

An Annotated Directory of Statistical and Related Microcomputer Software for Socioeconomic Data Analysis

Valerie Kelly, Robert D. Stevens, Thomas Stilwell, Michael T. Weber

This report provides detailed information about comprehensive general statistical software and provides information on other statistical and related software of special interest to those using...

Issues in learning an ontology from text

Brewster, Christopher, Jupp, Simon, Luciano, Joanne, Shotton, David, Stevens, Robert D, Zhang, Ziqi

Ontology construction for any domain is a labour intensive and complex process. Any methodology that can reduce the cost and increase efficiency has the potential to make a major impact in the life...

High heritability of metabolomic profiles in families burdened with premature cardiovascular disease

Shah, Svati H, Hauser, Elizabeth R, Bain, James R, Muehlbauer, Michael J, Haynes, Carol, Stevens, Robert D, ...

Integration of genetic and metabolic profiling holds promise for providing insight into human disease. Coronary artery disease (CAD) is strongly heritable, but the heritability of metabolomic...