On-line creativity and conceptual change in science (2008)
Kevin Dunbar, Kevin Dunbar, S. M. Smith, Kevin Dunbar
On-line creativity and conceptual change in
This paper presents results obtained from applying various tools from FSL (FMRIB Software Library) to data from the repetition priming experiment used for the HBM’05 Functional Image Analysis...
Characterization and Propegation of Uncertainty in Diffusion Weighted MR images. (2008)
M. W. Woolrich, M. Jenkinson, H. Johansen-berg, R. G. Nunes, P. M Matthews, ...
Reduced resting-state brain activity in the "default network" in normal aging (2008)
Damoiseaux, J.S., Beckmann, C.F., Arigita, E.J. Sanz, Barkhof, F., Scheltens, Ph., Stam, C.J., ...
Normal aging is associated with cognitive decline. Functions such as attention, information processing, and working memory are compromised. It has been hypothesized that not only regional changes,...
www.fmrib.ox.ac.uk / ~ steve (2007)
(Shorter versions have now been published in IJCV [66] and ICPR96 [64], and the relevant patent is [60]. To reference this research, cite [66])
Structural and functional abnormalities of the motor system in developmental stuttering (2007)
Watkins, K.E., Smith, S.M., Davis, S., Howell, P.
Though stuttering is manifest in its motor characteristics, the cause of stuttering may not relate purely to impairments in the motor system as stuttering frequency is increased by linguistic...
Imaging science at El Leoncito, Argentina (2006)
Martinis, C., Baumgardner, J., Smith, S. M., Colerico, M., Mendillo, M.
Thermospheric and mesospheric structures are studied using an all-sky imager located at El Leoncito, Argentina (31.8° S, 69.3° W, ?18° mag lat). This site has relatively high geographic latitude...
Imaging science at El Leoncito, Argentina (2006)
Martinis, C., Baumgardner, J., Smith, S. M., Colerico, M., Mendillo, M.
Thermospheric and mesospheric structures are studied using an all-sky imager located at El Leoncito, Argentina (31.8° S, 69.3° W, ?18° mag lat). This site has relatively high geographic latitude...
Poppe, L. J., DiGiacomo-Cohen, M. L., Smith, S. M., Stewart, H. F., Forfinski, N. A.
Author Posting. © Springer, 2006. This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here by permission of Springer for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published...
Francis, I., Clerens, Stefan, Halliday, A.M., ...
The genome of Arabidopsis thaliana contains six putative cell-wall type invertase genes (AtcwINV1-6). Heterologous expression of AtcwINV1, 3 and 6 cDNAs in Pichia pastoris revealed that the enzymes...
Variability in fMRI: A Re-Examination of Intersession Differences (2005)
McGonigle, David, Beckmann, C. F., Ramnani, N., Smith, S. M.
Variability in fMRI: A Re-Examination of Intersession Differences (2005)
McGonigle, David, Beckmann, C. F., Ramnani, N., Smith, S. M.
Johansen-Berg, H., Behrens, T.E.J., Ciccarelli, O., Thompson, A.J., Smith, S.M., Matthews, P.M., ...
Parcellation of the human thalamus based on cortical connectivity information inferred from non-invasive diffusion-weighted images identifies sub-regions that we have proposed correspond to nuclei....
Taylor,M. M., Smith,S. M., Clarke,D. P. J.
Detection performance in the monaural detection with contralateral cue (MDCC) task was measured for sinusoidal signals over a range of signal-masker levels at several cue intensities and phases. In...
Molecular Engineering of Pt-Based Electrocatalysts for Hydrocarbon Fuel Cell Electrodes. (2005)
Giner, J., Parry, J. M., Smith, S. M.
This report describes continued studies of the factors controlling the activity of Pt black catalysts for the anodic oxidation of hydrocarbons. Throughout this work particular attention has been...
Molecular Engineering of Pt-Based Electrocatalysts for Hydrocarbon Fuel Cell Electrodes. (2005)
Giner,J., Parry,J. M., Leung,C., Smith,S. M., Turchan,M.
The program was concerned with relating the activity of platinum black catalysts for the anodic oxidation of propane in 85% H3PO4 at 150C to their physical characteristics. The first phase consisted...
MOLECULAR ENGINEERING OF PT-BASED ELECTROCATALYSTS FOR HYDROCARBON FUEL CELL ELECTRODES. (2005)
Giner, J., Parry, J. M., Smith, S. M.
The activity of practical (high surface area) Pt catalysts for the anodic oxidation of propane is strongly dependent on the method of preparation. An examination was made of changes in activity and...
Taylor,M. M., Clarke,D. P. J., Smith,S. M.
The paper continues the presentation of data describing detection performance in the monaural detection with contralateral cue (MDCC) situation. Subjects detected a monaural sinusoid burst masked by...
BRENGMAN, Malaika, Geuens, M., Weijters, B., Smith, S.M., Swinyard, W.R.
Online surveys in the US and Belgium were conducted to cross-culturally validate the Internet shopper lifestyle scale (Smith and Swinyard, 2001). Special attention was devoted to sample, construct...
BRENGMAN, Malaika, Geuens, M., Weijters, B., Smith, S.M., Swinyard, W.R.
Online surveys in the US and Belgium were conducted to cross-culturally validate the Internet shopper lifestyle scale (Smith and Swinyard, 2001). Special attention was devoted to sample, construct...
Connectivity based anatomical parcellation of cortical grey matter (2004)
Johansen-Berg, H., Behrens, T. E. J., Drobnjak, I., Smith, S. M., Higham, D. J., Matthews, P. M.
Connectivity based anatomical parcellation of cortical grey matter (2004)
Johansen-Berg, H., Behrens, T.E.J., Drobnjak, I., Smith, S.M., Higham, D.J., Matthews, P.M.
Connectivity based anatomical parcellation of cortical grey matter (2004)
Johansen-Berg, H., Behrens, T.E.J., Drobnjak, I., Smith, S.M., Higham, D.J., Matthews, P.M.
Johansen-Berg, H., Behrens, T.E.J., Robson, M.D., Drobnjak, I., Rushworth, M.F.S., Brady, J.M., ...
A fundamental issue in neuroscience is the relation between structure and function. However, gross landmarks do not correspond well to microstructural borders and cytoarchitecture cannot be...
Behrens, T. E. J., Johansen-Berg, H., Smith, S. M., Drobnjak, I., Brady, J. M., Matthews, P. M., ...
Johansen-Berg, H., Behrens, T.E.J., Robson, M.D., Drobnjak, I., Rushworth, M.F.S., Brady, J.M., ...
A fundamental issue in neuroscience is the relation between structure and function. However, gross landmarks do not correspond well to microstructural borders and cytoarchitecture cannot be...
Johansen-Berg, H., Behrens, T.E.J., Robson, M.D., Drobnjak, I., Rushworth, M.F.S., Brady, J.M., ...
A fundamental issue in neuroscience is the relation between structure and function. However, gross landmarks do not correspond well to microstructural borders and cytoarchitecture cannot be...
Spatial consistency of fMRI resting state networks across sessions and across subjects (2004)
M. De Luca, C. Beckmann, P. M. Matthews, N. De Stefano, S. M. Smith
Resting State Networks (RSNs) represent correlations in the brain in the “resting ” condition. Previous work [2,3] has showed that the main frequency power is localized around 0.02Hz, thus...
C. C. Vance, K. R. Kirby, J. R. Malcolm, S. M. Smith
Insects of forest canopies are poorly known, especially in temperate forests of eastern North America. From June to August 2001, we sampled Cerambycidae using paired canopy and understorey...
Non-invasive mapping of connections between human thalamus and cortex using diffusion imaging (2003)
Behrens, T.E.J., Johansen-Berg, H., Woolrich, M.W., Smith, S.M., Boulby, P.A., ...
Evidence concerning anatomical connectivities in the human brain is sparse and based largely on limited post-mortem observations. Diffusion tensor imaging has previously been used to define large...
Physical inactivity and hypocaloric nutrition: effects on bone turnover (2003)
Heer, M., Boese, A., Baecker, N., Zittermann, A., Smith, S.M.
ICA-Based Segmentation of the Brain on Perfusion Data (2003)
Tasciyan, T. A., Beckmann, C. F., Morris, E. D., Smith, S. M.
An Independent Component Analysis (ICA) based segmentation technique is presented allowing the quantitative assessment of cerebral blood volume (CBV), cerebral blood flow (CBF) and mean transit time...
Thackaberry, E. A., Bedrick, E. J., Goens, M. B., Danielson, L., Lund, A. K., Gabaldon, D., ...
The aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) was originally characterized because of its high affinity binding of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin. However, studies using AhR-null mice have demonstrated...
Thackaberry, E. A., Bedrick, E. J., Goens, M. B., Danielson, L., Lund, A. K., Gabaldon, D., ...
The aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) was originally characterized because of its high affinity binding of 2, 3, 7, 8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin. However, studies using AhR-null mice have demonstrated...
Thackaberry, E. A., Bedrick, E. J., Goens, M. B., Danielson, L., Lund, A. K., Gabaldon, D., ...
The aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) was originally characterized because of its high affinity binding of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin. However, studies using AhR-null mice have demonstrated...
Digitized Navigation, Depth and Magnetic Data from Scripps Cruises Processed Through 1977. (2002)
Smith,S. M., Albright,U. G., Psaropulos,V. W., Papadopoulos,G., Hydock,L.
The SIO Geological Data Center coordinates underway data collection; processes the digital navigation, depth and magnetics; and produces cruises reports and computer generated plots for archiving and...
S. L. Erb, R. S. Bourchier, K. Van Frankenhuyzen, S. M. Smith
Parasitoid-pathogen interactions were examined using gypsy moth, Lymantria dispar (L.), Bacillus thuringiensis Berliner, and Compsilura concinnata (Meigen). The objectives of this study were to...
Germain, V., Rylott, E.L., Larson, T.R., Sherson, S.M., Bechtold, N., Carde, J.P., ...
3-ketoacyl-CoA thiolase (KAT) (EC: 2.3.1.16) catalyses a key step in fatty acid β-oxidation. Expression of the Arabidopsis thaliana KAT gene on chromosome 2 (KAT2), which encodes a peroxisomal...
Recombination between paralogues at the rp1 rust resistance locus in maize (2001)
Sun, Q., Collins, Nicholas Charles, Ayliffe, M. A., Smith, S. M., Drake, J., Pryor, A. J., ...
Rp1 is a complex rust resistance locus of maize. The HRp1-D haplotype is composed of Rp1-D and eight paralogues, seven of which also code for predicted nucleotide binding site-leucine rich repeat...
Recombination between paralogues at the rp1 rust resistance locus in maize (2001)
Sun, Q., Collins, Nicholas Charles, Ayliffe, M. A., Smith, S. M., Drake, J., Pryor, A. J., ...
Rp1 is a complex rust resistance locus of maize. The HRp1-D haplotype is composed of Rp1-D and eight paralogues, seven of which also code for predicted nucleotide binding site-leucine rich repeat...
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Perfusion, Dynamic Susceptibility (2001)
Keyw Or Ds, T. A. Tasciyan, C. F. Beckmann, E. D. Morris, S. M. Smith
INTRODUCTION The segmentation of perfusion images is essential for tissue-specific quantitative assessment of cerebral blood volume (CBV), cerebral blood flow (CBF), and mean transit time (MTT)...
Postgerminative growth and lipid catabolism in oilseeds lacking the glyoxylate cycle (2000)
Eastmond, P.J., Germain, V., Lange, P.R., Bryce, J.H., Smith, S.M., Graham, I.A.
The glyoxylate cycle is regarded as essential for postgerminative growth and seedling establishment in oilseed plants. We have identified two allelic Arabidopsis mutants, icl-1 and icl-2, which lack...
Postgerminative growth and lipid catabolism in oilseeds lacking the glyoxylate cycle (2000)
Eastmond, P.J., Germain, V., Lange, P.R., Bryce, J.H., Smith, S.M., Graham, I.A.
The glyoxylate cycle is regarded as essential for postgerminative growth and seedling establishment in oilseed plants. We have identified two allelic Arabidopsis mutants, icl-1 and icl-2, which lack...
Postgerminative growth and lipid catabolism in oilseeds lacking the glyoxylate cycle (2000)
Eastmond, P.J., Germain, V., Lange, P.R., Bryce, J.H., Smith, S.M., Graham, I.A.
The glyoxylate cycle is regarded as essential for postgerminative growth and seedling establishment in oilseed plants. We have identified two allelic Arabidopsis mutants, icl-1 and icl-2, which lack...
The index is an outgrowth of one originally developed for internal use by the Underway Data Processing Group to indicate the status of digitized data. It is not a complete index of all oceanographic...
A STUDY OF ATMOSPHERIC DUST, (1998)
Hoidale,G. B., Smith,S. M., Blanco,A. J., Barber,T. L.
This report discusses the techniques used in and the results of an investigation of the mineral constituency of the dust component of the atmospheric aerosol over White Sands Missile Range, New...
Distribution and Statistical Analysis of Sea-Floor Relief in the Northeast Pacific, (1998)
Smith,S. M., Chase,T. E., Farrell,W. E., Taylor,I. L., Weed,M. E.
Krause and Menard recently reported on an analysis of North Pacific seafloor topography which was made by visually selecting and measuring parameters of individual hills along profiles 60 miles in...
Morrison,A. D., Hurley,G. E., Smith,S. M., Meuse,D. J.
The prototype system for the production process for manufacturing single crystal spinel ribbon (1 in. wide by 0.020 in. thick) from the melt was built and now produces as scheduled. Analytical...
MOLECULAR ENGINEERING OF PT-BASED ELECTROCATALYSTS FOR HYDROCARBON FUEL CELL ELECTRODES. (1998)
Giner, J., Parry, J. M., Smith, S. M.
The main objective of this work is to correlate the physical parameters of Pt-catalysts of very different characteristics with their activity for anodic propane oxidation. In particular, the effect...
MOLECULAR ENGINEERING OF PT-BASED ELECTROCATALYSTS FOR HYDROCARBON FUEL CELL ELECTRODES. (1998)
Giner, J., Parry, J. M., Smith, S. M.
This report describes continued studies of the factors influencing the activity of platinum black catalysts for the electrochemical oxidation of propane. Two factors are considered in detail--the...
Molecular Engineering of Pt-Based Electrocatalysts for Hydrocarbon Fuel Cell Electrodes. (1998)
Giner, J., Parry, J. M., Smith, S. M.
The report describes continued studies of the factors controlling the activity of Pt black catalysts for the anodic oxidation of hydrocarbons. Particular attention has been given to the separation of...
J. Fang, S. M. Smith, I. Elishakoff
An approach to the optimum design of structures, in which uncertainties with a fuzzy nature in the magnitude of the loads are considered, is proposed in this study. The optimization process under...
Susan - a new approach to low level image processing (1997)
(Shorter versions have now been published in IJCV [66] and ICPR96 [64], and the relevant patent is [60]. To reference this research, cite [66])
Smith, S.M, Warwick Univ., Coventry (GB).
Thesis (Ph.D.)
Edge Detector in Detail (1995)
S M Smith, J M Brady, S M Smith, J M Brady
■ c = member of usan? r r ⎧1 if c ( r, r0 0 ■ n = Area USAN ⎩ if r r r n ( r) c ( r, r) 0 0 r r r I ( r) − I ( r0) ≤t r r I ( r) − I ( r)> t ■ R = edge response r r r ⎧g − n (...
ALTRUISM: Interpretation of Three-Dimensional Information for Autonomous Vehicle Control (1995)
In order to be able to successfully navigate autonomously, a vehicle needs to have an understanding of the local world. It must understand where it is safe to drive and be able to recognize static...
Synthesis of the small subunit of ribulose-1, 5-bisphosphate carboxylase. (1980)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Warwick, 1980.
Geophysical data collected underway on glomar challenger, leg 47B (1979)
SIBUET, Jean-Claude, RYAN, William B.F., GUSTAFSON, Ted B., SMITH, S.M.
The scientific party aboard Glomar Challenger collected geophysical data during DSDP Leg 47B, which commenced from Vigo, Spain, and terminated at Brest, France (Figure 1). Site 398 (40°57.6'N,...
Smith, S M, Markham, R B, Jeang, K T
The development of an effective vaccine for human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) would be a major advance toward controlling the AIDS pandemic. Several disparate strategies for a safe and...
Wind-induced plant motion immediately increases cytosolic calcium.
Knight, M R, Smith, S M, Trewavas, A J
Wind is one of the most unusual and more dramatic of the environmental signals to modify plant development. Wind-stimulated crops are also known to experience considerable reductions in growth and...
Ciprofloxacin therapy for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections or colonizations.
Smith, S M, Eng, R H, Tecson-Tumang, F
Thirty patients were treated for colonization or for skin and soft tissue infections caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Three treatment regimens were evaluated, each progressively...
Inoculum effect of beta-lactam antibiotics on Enterobacteriaceae.
Eng, R H, Cherubin, C, Smith, S M, Buccini, F
Seven beta-lactam antibiotics were studied for both their antimicrobial activity and the degree to which they produced inoculum effect on Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, and Salmonella...
Seven quinolone antibiotics were tested against 115 isolates of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. The MICs for 90% of the strains tested were 0.5 microgram/ml for A-56619, A-56620,...
Inoculum effect of new beta-lactam antibiotics on Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
Eng, R H, Smith, S M, Cherubin, C
The degree of the inoculum effect shown by the new beta-lactam antibiotics with Pseudomonas aeruginosa was investigated, and the antibiotics were divided into three groups based upon the...
Penetration of aztreonam into cerebrospinal fluid of patients with and without inflamed meninges.
Duma, R J, Berry, A J, Smith, S M, Baggett, J W, Swabb, E A, Platt, T B
Aztreonam was administered as a single, 2-g intravenous dose to 25 patients with noninflamed meninges and to 9 patients with inflamed meninges. It was well tolerated and was detected in the...
Eng, R H, Cherubin, C, Smith, S M, Buccini, F
One Salmonella and four Escherichia coli isolates from patients with bacterial meningitis who had responded slowly, relapsed, or failed to respond to monotherapy with moxalactam were examined. For...
Activity of ciprofloxacin against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
Ciprofloxacin, a carboxy quinolone antibiotic with a broad spectrum of activity, was tested against 54 strains of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. The ciprofloxacin MICs for 50 and 90% of...
Eng, R H, Smith, S M, Goldstein, E J, Miyasaki, K T, Quah, S E, Buccini, F
Reported is a case of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans endocarditis which developed after dental prophylaxis with vancomycin and erythromycin. In vitro results indicated that this isolate and 20...
Effect of rifampin on ampicillin killing of group B streptococci.
Smith, S M, Eng, R H, Landesman, S
The activity of rifampin against group B streptococci as a single agent and in combination with ampicillin was examined. The minimum concentration of rifampin required to inhibit 90% of the isolates...
Antifungal activity in human urine and serum after ingestion of garlic (Allium sativum).
Caporaso, N, Smith, S M, Eng, R H
A fresh extract of garlic (Allium sativum) was administered orally to human volunteers. At intervals, serum and urine were collected and assayed for antifungal activity. The maximum tolerable dose...
Vancomycin-dependent Enterococcus faecium isolated from stool following oral vancomycin therapy.
Dever, L L, Smith, S M, Handwerger, S, Eng, R H
The isolation of clinical strains of enterococci requiring vancomycin for growth has only recently been reported. We describe the isolation of Enterococcus faecium requiring vancomycin for growth...
Smith, S M, Maldarelli, F, Jeang, K T
Intracellular applications of ribozymes have been limited partly by the availability of suitable high-expression systems. For RNA effectors, consideration of an RNA virus vector system for delivery...
D-lactic acid production as a monitor of the effectiveness of antimicrobial agents.
Most bacteria at an infection site obtain energy by the breakdown of glucose via microaerophilic or anaerobic pathways and in the process yield various end products. In this study, production of...
Bactericidal effects of antibiotics on slowly growing and nongrowing bacteria.
Eng, R H, Padberg, F T, Smith, S M, Tan, E N, Cherubin, C E
Antimicrobial agents are most often tested against bacteria in the log phase of multiplication to produce the maximum bactericidal effect. In an infection, bacteria may multiply less optimally. We...
Development of resistance in candida isolates from patients receiving prolonged antifungal therapy.
Fan-Havard, P, Capano, D, Smith, S M, Mangia, A, Eng, R H
The impact of prolonged antifungal therapy on the development of resistance was examined in 61 patients with oropharyngeal thrush. Fifty-nine patients had symptomatic human immunodeficiency virus...
Involvement of Gardnerella vaginalis in urinary tract infections in men.
Smith, S M, Ogbara, T, Eng, R H
Fifteen male patients from whose urine samples Gardnerella vaginalis was isolated (clinical incidence of 0.1%) were evaluated for clinical signs and symptoms of urinary tract infection and modality...
D-lactic acid measurements in the diagnosis of bacterial infections.
Smith, S M, Eng, R H, Campos, J M, Chmel, H
Body fluids suspected of bacterial infection were cultured and examined for the presence of D-lactic acid, a specific bacterial metabolite. We examined 206 patients and 264 specimens. D-Lactic acid...
Eng, R H, Bishburg, E, Smith, S M, Mangia, A
Thirty acquired immunodeficiency syndrome patients with mycobacterial bacteremia documented by Du Pont Isolator (Du Pont Co., Wilmington, Del.) blood cultures underwent microscopic examination of...
Several commercial systems are available to distinguish between Staphylococcus aureus and the coagulase-negative species of the Micrococcaceae family. Four latex agglutination systems (Accu-Staph,...
Bishburg, E, Eng, R H, Smith, S M, Kapila, R
The yield in cultures of bone marrow aspirations or biopsies was determined in 50 patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Most patients were febrile and had no identifiable source of...
Pseudomonas mesophilica infections in humans.
Smith, S M, Eng, R H, Forrester, C
Reported here is the case of a patient with metastatic adenocarcinoma of the lung who had bacteremia involving Pseudomonas mesophilica. Of the common laboratory media tested at 35 degrees C, buffered...
Smith, S M, Cundy, K R, Gilardi, G L, Wong, W
With the Enterobacteriaceae Plus Biochemical Card, the AutoMicrobic system (Vitek Systems, Inc., Hazelwood, Mo.) is purported to identify members of the family Enterobacteriaceae and seven species of...
Epidemiology of Klebsiella antibiotic resistance and serotypes.
Smith, S M, Digori, J T, Eng, R H
Because of the emergence of drug-resistant Klebsiella strains in many hospitals, the distribution of the serotypes was reexamined to determine whether there was any correlation between the serotype...
In vitro evaluation of the BACTEC resin-containing blood culture bottle.
The BACTEC resin-containing blood culture bottle (16B; Johnston Laboratories) was designed to bind antibiotics and to support bacterial growth. However, only modest increases in the recovery rates of...
Keana, J F, McBurney, R N, Scherz, M W, Fischer, J B, Hamilton, P N, Smith, S M, ...
Four diarylguanidine derivatives were synthesized. These compounds were found to displace, at submicromolar concentrations, 3H-labeled 1-[1-(2-thienyl)cyclohexyl]piperidine and (+)-[3H]MK-801 from...
Contrasting impairments in IgM and IgG responses of vitamin A-deficient mice.
Mice fed a semipurified, vitamin A-deficient diet (A- mice) and control animals fed the same diet with added retinyl acetate (A+ mice) were used to investigate the effect of vitamin A deficiency on...
Rankin, J A, Schrader, C E, Smith, S M, Lewis, R A
The capacity of interferon-gamma to regulate the generation and release of leukotriene B4 (LTB4) from human alveolar macrophages of normal nonsmoking individuals was evaluated. When alveolar...
Lustig, B, Lin, N H, Smith, S M, Jernigan, R L, Jeang, K T
A prototypic hammerhead ribozyme has three helices that surround an asymmetrical central core loop. We have mutagenized a hammerhead type ribozyme. In agreement with previous studies, progressive...
Smith, S M, Bedbrook, J, Speirs, J
We have isolated and sequenced three cDNA clones for the nuclear-encoded precursor to the small subunit of the chloroplast enzyme, ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase of wheat. The nucleotide...
Effect of lipopolysaccharide and lipid A on mouse liver pyruvate kinase activity.
Several investigators have reported lipid A as the biologically active unit in the lipopolysaccharide (LPS) molecule. To determine if lipid A was responsible for the reported increases in pyruvate...
Complement activation by cell wall fractions of Micropolyspora faeni.
Smith, S M, Burrell, R, Snyder, I S
The ability of several cell wall fractions of Micropolyspora faeni, a thermophilic actinomycete associated with farmer's lung disease, to activate complement is reported. Cell walls, obtained by...
Qureshi, M Y, Smith, S M, Murphy, G M
A new method for the simpler colorimetric assay of serum total 3 alpha-hydroxy bile acid concentrations without prior extraction has been investigated. The lowest concentration that could be reliably...
Changes in connectivity profiles define functionally distinct regions in human medial frontal cortex
Johansen-Berg, H., Behrens, T. E. J., Robson, M. D., Drobnjak, I., Rushworth, M. F. S., Brady, J. M., ...
A fundamental issue in neuroscience is the relation between structure and function. However, gross landmarks do not correspond well to microstructural borders and cytoarchitecture cannot be...
Frankel, M R, Shapiro, M F, Duan, N, Morton, S C, Berry, S H, Brown, J A, ...
OBJECTIVE: The design and implementation of a nationally representative probability sample of persons with a low-prevalence disease, HIV/AIDS. DATA SOURCES/STUDY SETTING: One of the most significant...
Measuring clinical performance: comparison and validity of telephone survey and administrative data.
Thompson, B L, O'Connor, P, Boyle, R, Hindmarsh, M, Salem, N, Simmons, K W, ...
OBJECTIVE: To compare and validate self-reported telephone survey and administrative data for two Health Plan Employer Data and Information Set (HEDIS) performance measures: mammography and diabetic...
Smith, S M, Kane, S E, Gal, S, Mason, R W, Gottesman, M M
Cathepsin L is a major lysosomal cysteine proteinase in mouse and human cells. Despite similar predicted molecular masses, procathepsin L in these two species migrates on SDS/polyacrylamide gels with...
DNA sequences encoding ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase small subunit precursor from Pisum sativum L. have been transcribed from plasmids containing the SP6 promoter, and translated in a wheat...
Benkirane, M, Neuveut, C, Chun, R F, Smith, S M, Samuel, C E, Gatignol, A, ...
TAR RNA binding protein (TRBP) belongs to an RNA binding protein family that includes the double-stranded RNA-activated protein kinase (PKR), Drosophila Staufen and Xenopus xlrbpa. One member of this...
Caesium ions activate chloride channels in rat cultured spinal cord neurones.
Hughes, D, McBurney, R N, Smith, S M, Zorec, R
1. Caesium ions (Cs+), applied extracellularly, caused a decrease in the input resistance of cultured spinal cord (s.c.) neurones and depolarized the neurones when they contained 140 mM-CsCl. 2. The...
Smith, S M, Colwell, L S, Sniezek, J E
To evaluate the usefulness of International Classification of Diseases external cause-of-injury and poisoning codes (E codes) for public health surveillance of nonfatal injuries, we analyzed E codes...
Recombination between paralogues at the Rp1 rust resistance locus in maize.
Sun, Q, Collins, N C, Ayliffe, M, Smith, S M, Drake, J, Pryor, T, ...
Rp1 is a complex rust resistance locus of maize. The HRp1-D haplotype is composed of Rp1-D and eight paralogues, seven of which also code for predicted nucleotide binding site-leucine rich repeat...
Using injuries associated with three-wheeled all-terrain vehicles in Alaska as an example, the existing injury data bases were assessed for usefulness, cost, simplicity, acceptability, flexibility,...
Smith, S M, Markham, R B, Jeang, K T
The development of an effective vaccine for human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) would be a major advance toward controlling the AIDS pandemic. Several disparate strategies for a safe and...
Wind-induced plant motion immediately increases cytosolic calcium.
Knight, M R, Smith, S M, Trewavas, A J
Wind is one of the most unusual and more dramatic of the environmental signals to modify plant development. Wind-stimulated crops are also known to experience considerable reductions in growth and...
Ciprofloxacin therapy for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections or colonizations.
Smith, S M, Eng, R H, Tecson-Tumang, F
Thirty patients were treated for colonization or for skin and soft tissue infections caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Three treatment regimens were evaluated, each progressively...
Inoculum effect of beta-lactam antibiotics on Enterobacteriaceae.
Eng, R H, Cherubin, C, Smith, S M, Buccini, F
Seven beta-lactam antibiotics were studied for both their antimicrobial activity and the degree to which they produced inoculum effect on Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, and Salmonella...
Seven quinolone antibiotics were tested against 115 isolates of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. The MICs for 90% of the strains tested were 0.5 microgram/ml for A-56619, A-56620,...
Inoculum effect of new beta-lactam antibiotics on Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
Eng, R H, Smith, S M, Cherubin, C
The degree of the inoculum effect shown by the new beta-lactam antibiotics with Pseudomonas aeruginosa was investigated, and the antibiotics were divided into three groups based upon the...
Penetration of aztreonam into cerebrospinal fluid of patients with and without inflamed meninges.
Duma, R J, Berry, A J, Smith, S M, Baggett, J W, Swabb, E A, Platt, T B
Aztreonam was administered as a single, 2-g intravenous dose to 25 patients with noninflamed meninges and to 9 patients with inflamed meninges. It was well tolerated and was detected in the...
Eng, R H, Cherubin, C, Smith, S M, Buccini, F
One Salmonella and four Escherichia coli isolates from patients with bacterial meningitis who had responded slowly, relapsed, or failed to respond to monotherapy with moxalactam were examined. For...
Activity of ciprofloxacin against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
Ciprofloxacin, a carboxy quinolone antibiotic with a broad spectrum of activity, was tested against 54 strains of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. The ciprofloxacin MICs for 50 and 90% of...
Eng, R H, Smith, S M, Goldstein, E J, Miyasaki, K T, Quah, S E, Buccini, F
Reported is a case of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans endocarditis which developed after dental prophylaxis with vancomycin and erythromycin. In vitro results indicated that this isolate and 20...
Effect of rifampin on ampicillin killing of group B streptococci.
Smith, S M, Eng, R H, Landesman, S
The activity of rifampin against group B streptococci as a single agent and in combination with ampicillin was examined. The minimum concentration of rifampin required to inhibit 90% of the isolates...
Antifungal activity in human urine and serum after ingestion of garlic (Allium sativum).
Caporaso, N, Smith, S M, Eng, R H
A fresh extract of garlic (Allium sativum) was administered orally to human volunteers. At intervals, serum and urine were collected and assayed for antifungal activity. The maximum tolerable dose...
Vancomycin-dependent Enterococcus faecium isolated from stool following oral vancomycin therapy.
Dever, L L, Smith, S M, Handwerger, S, Eng, R H
The isolation of clinical strains of enterococci requiring vancomycin for growth has only recently been reported. We describe the isolation of Enterococcus faecium requiring vancomycin for growth...
Smith, S M, Maldarelli, F, Jeang, K T
Intracellular applications of ribozymes have been limited partly by the availability of suitable high-expression systems. For RNA effectors, consideration of an RNA virus vector system for delivery...
D-lactic acid production as a monitor of the effectiveness of antimicrobial agents.
Most bacteria at an infection site obtain energy by the breakdown of glucose via microaerophilic or anaerobic pathways and in the process yield various end products. In this study, production of...
Bactericidal effects of antibiotics on slowly growing and nongrowing bacteria.
Eng, R H, Padberg, F T, Smith, S M, Tan, E N, Cherubin, C E
Antimicrobial agents are most often tested against bacteria in the log phase of multiplication to produce the maximum bactericidal effect. In an infection, bacteria may multiply less optimally. We...
Development of resistance in candida isolates from patients receiving prolonged antifungal therapy.
Fan-Havard, P, Capano, D, Smith, S M, Mangia, A, Eng, R H
The impact of prolonged antifungal therapy on the development of resistance was examined in 61 patients with oropharyngeal thrush. Fifty-nine patients had symptomatic human immunodeficiency virus...
Involvement of Gardnerella vaginalis in urinary tract infections in men.
Smith, S M, Ogbara, T, Eng, R H
Fifteen male patients from whose urine samples Gardnerella vaginalis was isolated (clinical incidence of 0.1%) were evaluated for clinical signs and symptoms of urinary tract infection and modality...
D-lactic acid measurements in the diagnosis of bacterial infections.
Smith, S M, Eng, R H, Campos, J M, Chmel, H
Body fluids suspected of bacterial infection were cultured and examined for the presence of D-lactic acid, a specific bacterial metabolite. We examined 206 patients and 264 specimens. D-Lactic acid...
Eng, R H, Bishburg, E, Smith, S M, Mangia, A
Thirty acquired immunodeficiency syndrome patients with mycobacterial bacteremia documented by Du Pont Isolator (Du Pont Co., Wilmington, Del.) blood cultures underwent microscopic examination of...
Several commercial systems are available to distinguish between Staphylococcus aureus and the coagulase-negative species of the Micrococcaceae family. Four latex agglutination systems (Accu-Staph,...
Bishburg, E, Eng, R H, Smith, S M, Kapila, R
The yield in cultures of bone marrow aspirations or biopsies was determined in 50 patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Most patients were febrile and had no identifiable source of...
Pseudomonas mesophilica infections in humans.
Smith, S M, Eng, R H, Forrester, C
Reported here is the case of a patient with metastatic adenocarcinoma of the lung who had bacteremia involving Pseudomonas mesophilica. Of the common laboratory media tested at 35 degrees C, buffered...
Smith, S M, Cundy, K R, Gilardi, G L, Wong, W
With the Enterobacteriaceae Plus Biochemical Card, the AutoMicrobic system (Vitek Systems, Inc., Hazelwood, Mo.) is purported to identify members of the family Enterobacteriaceae and seven species of...
Epidemiology of Klebsiella antibiotic resistance and serotypes.
Smith, S M, Digori, J T, Eng, R H
Because of the emergence of drug-resistant Klebsiella strains in many hospitals, the distribution of the serotypes was reexamined to determine whether there was any correlation between the serotype...
In vitro evaluation of the BACTEC resin-containing blood culture bottle.
The BACTEC resin-containing blood culture bottle (16B; Johnston Laboratories) was designed to bind antibiotics and to support bacterial growth. However, only modest increases in the recovery rates of...
Keana, J F, McBurney, R N, Scherz, M W, Fischer, J B, Hamilton, P N, Smith, S M, ...
Four diarylguanidine derivatives were synthesized. These compounds were found to displace, at submicromolar concentrations, 3H-labeled 1-[1-(2-thienyl)cyclohexyl]piperidine and (+)-[3H]MK-801 from...
Contrasting impairments in IgM and IgG responses of vitamin A-deficient mice.
Mice fed a semipurified, vitamin A-deficient diet (A- mice) and control animals fed the same diet with added retinyl acetate (A+ mice) were used to investigate the effect of vitamin A deficiency on...
Rankin, J A, Schrader, C E, Smith, S M, Lewis, R A
The capacity of interferon-gamma to regulate the generation and release of leukotriene B4 (LTB4) from human alveolar macrophages of normal nonsmoking individuals was evaluated. When alveolar...
Lustig, B, Lin, N H, Smith, S M, Jernigan, R L, Jeang, K T
A prototypic hammerhead ribozyme has three helices that surround an asymmetrical central core loop. We have mutagenized a hammerhead type ribozyme. In agreement with previous studies, progressive...
Smith, S M, Bedbrook, J, Speirs, J
We have isolated and sequenced three cDNA clones for the nuclear-encoded precursor to the small subunit of the chloroplast enzyme, ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase of wheat. The nucleotide...
Effect of lipopolysaccharide and lipid A on mouse liver pyruvate kinase activity.
Several investigators have reported lipid A as the biologically active unit in the lipopolysaccharide (LPS) molecule. To determine if lipid A was responsible for the reported increases in pyruvate...
Complement activation by cell wall fractions of Micropolyspora faeni.
Smith, S M, Burrell, R, Snyder, I S
The ability of several cell wall fractions of Micropolyspora faeni, a thermophilic actinomycete associated with farmer's lung disease, to activate complement is reported. Cell walls, obtained by...
Qureshi, M Y, Smith, S M, Murphy, G M
A new method for the simpler colorimetric assay of serum total 3 alpha-hydroxy bile acid concentrations without prior extraction has been investigated. The lowest concentration that could be reliably...
Changes in connectivity profiles define functionally distinct regions in human medial frontal cortex
Johansen-Berg, H., Behrens, T. E. J., Robson, M. D., Drobnjak, I., Rushworth, M. F. S., Brady, J. M., ...
A fundamental issue in neuroscience is the relation between structure and function. However, gross landmarks do not correspond well to microstructural borders and cytoarchitecture cannot be...
Frankel, M R, Shapiro, M F, Duan, N, Morton, S C, Berry, S H, Brown, J A, ...
OBJECTIVE: The design and implementation of a nationally representative probability sample of persons with a low-prevalence disease, HIV/AIDS. DATA SOURCES/STUDY SETTING: One of the most significant...
Measuring clinical performance: comparison and validity of telephone survey and administrative data.
Thompson, B L, O'Connor, P, Boyle, R, Hindmarsh, M, Salem, N, Simmons, K W, ...
OBJECTIVE: To compare and validate self-reported telephone survey and administrative data for two Health Plan Employer Data and Information Set (HEDIS) performance measures: mammography and diabetic...
Smith, S M, Kane, S E, Gal, S, Mason, R W, Gottesman, M M
Cathepsin L is a major lysosomal cysteine proteinase in mouse and human cells. Despite similar predicted molecular masses, procathepsin L in these two species migrates on SDS/polyacrylamide gels with...
DNA sequences encoding ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase small subunit precursor from Pisum sativum L. have been transcribed from plasmids containing the SP6 promoter, and translated in a wheat...
Benkirane, M, Neuveut, C, Chun, R F, Smith, S M, Samuel, C E, Gatignol, A, ...
TAR RNA binding protein (TRBP) belongs to an RNA binding protein family that includes the double-stranded RNA-activated protein kinase (PKR), Drosophila Staufen and Xenopus xlrbpa. One member of this...
Caesium ions activate chloride channels in rat cultured spinal cord neurones.
Hughes, D, McBurney, R N, Smith, S M, Zorec, R
1. Caesium ions (Cs+), applied extracellularly, caused a decrease in the input resistance of cultured spinal cord (s.c.) neurones and depolarized the neurones when they contained 140 mM-CsCl. 2. The...
Smith, S M, Colwell, L S, Sniezek, J E
To evaluate the usefulness of International Classification of Diseases external cause-of-injury and poisoning codes (E codes) for public health surveillance of nonfatal injuries, we analyzed E codes...
Recombination between paralogues at the Rp1 rust resistance locus in maize.
Sun, Q, Collins, N C, Ayliffe, M, Smith, S M, Drake, J, Pryor, T, ...
Rp1 is a complex rust resistance locus of maize. The HRp1-D haplotype is composed of Rp1-D and eight paralogues, seven of which also code for predicted nucleotide binding site-leucine rich repeat...
Using injuries associated with three-wheeled all-terrain vehicles in Alaska as an example, the existing injury data bases were assessed for usefulness, cost, simplicity, acceptability, flexibility,...
Consistent resting-state networks across healthy subjects
Damoiseaux, J. S., Barkhof, F., Scheltens, P., Stam, C. J., Smith, S. M., ...
Functional MRI (fMRI) can be applied to study the functional connectivity of the human brain. It has been suggested that fluctuations in the blood oxygenation level-dependent (BOLD) signal during...
Caesium ions: a glycine-activated channel agonist in rat spinal cord neurones grown in cell culture.
1. The chloride (Cl-) currents activated by caesium ions (Cs+), glycine and gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) were compared following their application to rat neurones that had been grown in cell...
Carter, T D, Zupancic, G, Smith, S M, Wheeler-Jones, C, Ogden, D
Vesicular secretion from single human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) was monitored by changes in membrane capacitance (Cm). Secretion was evoked by dialysis with strongly buffered...
Segmenting Internet shoppers based on their web-usage-related lifestyle: a cross-cultural validation
M. BRENGMAN, M. GEUENS, B. WEIJTERS, S. M. SMITH, R. SWINYARD
Online surveys in the US and Belgium were conducted to cross-culturally validate the Internet shopper lifestyle scale (Smith and Swinyard, 2001). Special attention was devoted to sample, construct...