Microwave radiometers from 0.6 to 22 GHz for Juno, a Polar Orbiter around Jupiter (2009)
Pingree, Paula J., Janssen, M., Oswald, J., Brown, S., Chen, J., Hurst, K., ...
NASA/JPL
Externality-correcting taxes and regulation (2009)
Much of the literature on externalities has considered taxes and direct regulation as alternative policy instruments. Both instruments may in practice be imperfect, reflecting informational...
Microwave radiometers from 0.6 to 22 GHz for Juno, a polar orbiter around Jupiter. (2009)
Pingree, P., Janssen, M., Oswald, J., Brown, S., Chen, J., Hurst, K., ...
A compact radiometer instrument is under development at JPL for Juno, the next NASA New Frontiers mission, scheduled to launch in 2011. This instrument is called the MWR (Micro Wave Radiometer), and...
Summerbell, C. D., Douthwaite, W., Whittaker, V., Ells, L. J., Hillier, F., Smith, S., ...
1 Introduction Obesity arises from a complex interplay between genetic susceptibility and behaviour, primarily relating to dietary habits and physical activity (Foresight, 2007). Evidence for...
Computer-based modelling plays an important part in the assessment of the optical frequency (OF) signatures of naval platforms. The nature of such signatures means that they are heavily dependent on...
Computer-based modelling plays an important part in the assessment of the optical frequency (OF) signatures of naval platforms. The nature of such signatures means that they are heavily dependent on...
Welfare reform and Lone Parents in the UK (2009)
Harkness, S, Gregg, P, Smith, S
A series of reforms to help low income families with children were introduced in the UK in 1999, including in-work tax credits and welfare-to-work programmes. Lone parents were a key target for these...
Computer-based modelling plays an important part in the assessment of the optical frequency (OF) signatures of naval platforms. The nature of such signatures means that they are heavily dependent on...
Supervised control of a flying performing robot using its intrinsic sound (2009)
Passow, Benjamin N., Gongora, Mario Augusto, Smith, S., Hopgood, Adrian A.
Managing uncertainty in sound based control for an autonomous helicopter (2009)
Passow, Benjamin N., Gongora, Mario Augusto, Smith, S., Hopgood, Adrian A.
Does welfare reform affect fertility? Evidence from the UK (2008)
Brewer, M., Ratcliffe, A., Smith, S.
In 1999 the UK government made major reforms to the system of child-contingent benefits, including the introduction of Working Families’ Tax Credit and an increase in means-tested Income Support...
Abstract Knowledge Sifter: Ontology-Driven Search over Heterogeneous Databases (2008)
L. Kerschberg, M. Chowdhury, A. Damiano, H. Jeong, S. Mitchell, J. Si, ...
Knowledge Sifter is a scaleable agent-based system that supports access to heterogeneous information sources such as the Web, open-source repositories, XML-databases and the emerging Semantic Web....
Griffiths, S., Smith, S., MacGregor, S.J., Anderson, J.G., Van Der Walle, Christopher F., Beveridge, J.R., ...
To investigate the effectiveness of pulsed electric field (PEF) treatment as a new method for inactivation of micro-organisms in complex biomatrices and to assess this by quantifying the inactivation...
Characterization of Campylobacter concisus hemolysins (2008)
Istivan, T, Smith, S, Fry, B, Coloe, P
Campylobacter concisus is an opportunistic pathogen commonly found in the human oral cavity. It has also been isolated from clinical sources including gastroenteritis cases. Both secreted and...
Flexural behaviour of indeterminate concrete beams reinforced with FRP bars (2008)
This paper presents a theoretical study of the flexural behaviour of indeterminate concrete beams reinforced with fibre reinforced polymer (FRP) bars using a local deformation model developed by the...
Continuous-time model predictive control of food extruder (2008)
Wang, L, Smith, S, Chessari, C
This paper presents the design and implementation of a continuous-time model predictive controller using Laguerre functions. The application is to control motor torque and specific mechanic energy of...
Jones, R., McCaffrey, K., Imber, J., Wightman, R., Smith, S., Holdsworth, R., ...
Rapidly developing methods of digital acquisition, visualization and analysis allow highly detailed outcrop models to be constructed, and used as analogues to provide quantitative information about...
Going Global: Graduate Teacher Accreditation across Jurisdictions (2008)
Kean, B, Readman, K, Lancaster, N, Smith, S
In recent years teacher education institutions have seen an increase in the number of graduates seeking to teach in jurisdictions other than the state or province in which they trained. A further...
Primary Care Surveillance in the UK - Actions, Outcomes, Benefits (2007)
D. L. Cooper, G. E. Smith, A. Elliot, S. E. Harcourt, S. Smith, P. Loveridge, ...
The process of ‘collective creation’ in the composition of UK hip-hop turntable team routines (2007)
Determinants of Modular Macaulay Matrices (2007)
Introduction: Resultants of multi-variate polynomials are fundamental for solving systems of polynomial equations and have numerous applications. Thus they are being intensely studied. Macaulay [3]...
Motivation and Outcome Expectancies Predict Adherence to CPAP before Experience with CPAP (2007)
Olsen, S., Smith, S., Douglas, J., Oei, T.
Introduction: Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) can be an effective therapy for Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (OSA), but adherence is often poor. Biomedical indices explain little of the variance...
Smith, S., Griffiths, S., Grant, M.H., MacGregor, S.J., Anderson, J.G.
Paper investigating the effect of a Pulsed Electric Field (PEF) as a novel sterilisation method for collagen based biomatrices, testing the resultant collagen structure and function with physical and...
Griffiths, S., Smith, S., Grant, M.H., MacGregor, S.J., Anderson, J.G.
Paper discussing the application of pulsed electric fields to eliminate Escherichia coli from collagen biomatrices.
As a requirement for teacher registration, all pre-service teacher education students must engage in community service for 20 days as an integral component of the specific program, including both...
A. Seryi, DESY Forschung Hochenergiephysik, J.A. Amann, R. Arnold, F. Asiri, ...
Contribution to a conf. proceeding (book/online)
In common with other OECD countries, the UK experienced more than two decades of declining labour-market activity among older men from the 1970s to the early 1990s, a trend that has only recently...
Van Der Zwan, Rick, Daini, R, Smith, S, Brooks, Anna, Reid, Russell J, Quinn, C
Spatial neglect is a complex neurological syndrome in which patients appear to experience a variety of attentional deficits across sensory modalities. The syndrome does not involve impairment in...
Van Der Zwan, Rick, Daini, R, Smith, S, Brooks, Anna, Reid, Russell J, Quinn, C
Spatial neglect is a complex neurological syndrome in which patients appear to experience a variety of attentional deficits across sensory modalities. The syndrome does not involve impairment in...
Van Der Zwan, Rick, Daini, R, Smith, S, Brooks, Anna, Reid, Russell J, Quinn, C
Spatial neglect is a complex neurological syndrome in which patients appear to experience a variety of attentional deficits across sensory modalities. The syndrome does not involve impairment in...
Partially oxidised organic compounds in urban aerosol using GCxGC-TOF/MS (2004)
Hamilton, J., Webb, P., Lewis, A., Hopkins, J., Smith, S., Davy, P.
Partially oxidised organic compounds associated with PM2.5 aerosol collected in London, England, have been analysed using direct thermal desorption coupled to comprehensive gas chromatography-time of...
The North Dublin randomized controlled trial of structured diabetes shared care (2004)
Smith, S, Bury, G, O'Leary, M, Shannon, W, Tynan, A, Staines, A, ...
Background. A new diabetes shared care service was introduced in North Dublin. It was designed as a randomized controlled trial with a complex intervention comprising education of participating...
An initial investigation into visual cues for altitude perception in terrain following flight (2003)
Pongracic, H., Doman, J., Grabovac, M., Yildiz, J., Smith, S.
Previous work indicates that texture on terrain and vertical features extending above the terrain surface are effective in aiding perception and control of altitude during a flight task. Texture and...
An initial investigation into visual cues for altitude perception in terrain following flight (2003)
Pongracic, H., Doman, J., Grabovac, M., Yildiz, J., Smith, S.
Previous work indicates that texture on terrain and vertical features extending above the terrain surface are effective in aiding perception and control of altitude during a flight task. Texture and...
Pension incentives and the pattern of early retirement (2002)
Blundell, R., Meghir, C., Smith, S.
This mix of state and private pension provision in the United Kingdom provides a rare degree of variation in pension incentives for retirement. Using a sample of individuals from the UK Retirement...
Evaluating Machine Learning Approaches for Aiding Probe Selection for Gene-Expression Arrays (2002)
Michael N. Molla, Ph. D, Ph. D. Computer, Sciences Genetics Minor, G. Weinstock, R. Gibbs, ...
The economics of duty-free shopping (2001)
In 1999 the EU abolished duty-free on intra-EU travel, whilst other countries still retain duty-free shopping for international travellers. We address several aspects of duty-free trade, including...
Evangelou, N., Konz, D., Esiri, M. M., Smith, S., Palace, J., Matthews, P. M.
Axonal damage is found in both acute and chronic lesions of multiple sclerosis. Direct axon counting in post-mortem tissue has suggested that smaller axons might have a greater susceptibility to...
Orientation processing mechanisms revealed by the plaid tilt illusions (2001)
Smith, S, Wenderoth, Peter, Van Der Zwan, Rick
The tilt after-effect (TAE) and tilt illusion (TI) have revealed a great deal about the nature of orientation coding of 1-dimensional (1D) lines and gratings. Comparatively little research however...
Mikkelsen, A.L., Smith, S., Lindenberg, S.
The purpose of the present study was to analyse the results of maturation of oocytes obtained in unstimulated normal women after a leading follicle of 10 mm diameter and an endometrium of at least 5...
Evangelou, N., Konz, D., Esiri, M. M., Smith, S., Palace, J., Matthews, P. M.
Previous imaging studies have suggested that there is substantial axonal loss in the normal-appearing white matter (NAWM) of brains from multiple sclerosis patients and that this axonal loss may be...
Lee, M. A., Smith, S., Palace, J., Narayanan, S., Silver, N., Minicucci, L., ...
It is generally believed that most T2-weighted (T2) lesions in the central white matter of patients with multiple sclerosis begin with a variable period of T1-weighted (T1) gadolinium (Gd)...
Environmental and public finance aspects of the taxation of energy (1998)
This paper reviews potential applications of environmental taxes in the energy sector. Theoretical and practical arguments for using environmental taxes are reviewed, and possible arrangements...
Pesant, S., Legendre, L., Gosselin, M., Ashjian, C., Booth, B., Daly, K., ...
The fate of large-sized phytoplankton and pathways of carbon cycling in surface waters, i.e. recycling within or export out of the euphotic zone, were investigated in the Northeast Water (NEW)...
Environmental and public finance aspects of the taxation of energy (1998)
This paper reviews potential applications of environmental taxes in the energy sector. Theoretical and practical arguments for using environmental taxes are reviewed, and possible arrangements...
Teenage truancy, part-time working and wages (1997)
Dustmann, C., Rajah, N., Smith, S.
Part-time work whilst still in full-time education is common in many industrialized countries, and teenagers constitute a significant component of the work force in some sectors of the labour market....
The definitive regime for VAT (1997)
The European Commission has proposed a fundamental reform of VAT in member states, aimed at establishing a durable, or 'definitive' VAT regime, compatible with the requirements of the increasingly...
Financing regional government in Britain (1996)
Devolution and regional government are once again at the centre of policy debate in Britain. This reports considers the economic issues in designing a system of regional government, and its fiscal...
Earning and learning: educational policy and the growth of part-time work by full-time pupils (1996)
Dustmann, C., Micklewright, J., Rajah, N., Smith, S.
This paper draws on research funded by the Leverhulme Trust and by the ESRC Research Centre at IFS (grant no. M544285001). The authors are grateful to the editors and a referee for comments and to...
Predominance of null mutations in ataxia-telangiectasia (1996)
Gilad, S, Khosravi, R, Shkedy, D, Uziel, T, Ziv, Y, Savitsky, K, ...
Seizures and status epilepticus in childhood cerebral malaria (1996)
Crawley, J, Smith, S, Kirkham, F, Muthinji, P, Waruiru, C, Marsh, K
'Green' taxes and charges: policy and practice in Britain and Germany (1995)
In this Commentary, the authors look at the likely effects that real year-by-year increases in road fuel duties will have on the use of cars by households and on their economic welfare, with...
The Internal Structure Of An Active Sea-floor Massive Sulfide Deposit (1995)
Humphris, SE, Herzig, PM, Miller, DJ, Alt, JC, Becker, K, Brown, D, ...
THE hydrothermal circulation of sea water through permeable ocean crust results in rock-water interactions that lead to the formation of massive sulphide deposits. These are the modern analogues of...
The role of the European Union in environmental taxation (1995)
The paper considers the extent to which environmental taxation should be coordinated by, or assigned to, the European Union (EU) rather than its member states. An economic interpretation of the...
Tax and benefit reform in the Czech and Slovak republics (1995)
Book description: This book takes stock of the first five years of fiscal reform in the transitional economies of Central and Eastern Europe, comparing the structures of taxation and expenditure...
Options for business rate reform (1995)
Denny, K., Hall, J., Smith, S.
The national non-domestic rate was introduced in 1990 to replace a system of locally varying business rates which had lasted for almost four centuries. Five years after the. 1990 reforms, this report...
Labouring and learning: part-time work and full-time education (1994)
Micklewright, J., Rajah, M., Smith, S.
This article analyses the part-time working patterns of 16-18 year olds still in full-time education in Great Britain. Drawing upon pooled Family Expenditure Survey data, it shows that participation...
Vortkamp, Andrea, Gessler, Manfred, Paslier, D. Le, Elaswarapu, R., Smith, S., Grzeschik, Karl-Heinz
Disruption of the zinc finger gene GLI3 has been shown to be the cause of Greig cephalopolysyndactyly syndrome (GCPS), at least in some GCPS translocation patients. To characterize this genomic...
Distributional aspects of the introduction of VAT on domestic energy (1993)
Crawford, I., Smith, S., Webb, S.
This paper considers the impact on households of imposing VAT on domestic energy, and the extent to which the social security system will safeguard poorer households against the additional tax burden.
The pattern of energy efficiency measures amongst domestic households in the UK (1992)
This commentary attempts to analyse the decision by households to invest in energy efficiency measures using the tools of microeconomic analysis.
Serum growth factors and oncoproteins in firefighters (1992)
Ford, J., Smith, S., Luo, Jiin-Chyuan, Friedman-Jimenez, G., Brandt-Rauf, P., Markowitz, S., ...
Firefighters are potentially at increased risk for cancer and non-malignant respiratory disease due to their toxic exposures on the job. Growth factors and oncogene proteins are thought to play a...
A Study of Neuropathy in HIV Infection (1992)
WINER, JB, BANG, B, KNOX, K, COOK, TJ, GOMPELS, M, ...
A prospective study of possible aetiological factors for neuropathy associated with HIV infection was performed in 80 patients and 28 homosexual controls. At entry to the study twelve patients (15...
Domestic energy conservation (1991)
Helm, D., Smith, S., Brechling, V.
Book description: The new environmental policy agenda for the 1990s will require major changes in economic behaviour: in the generation of power; in transport; and in the exploitation of natural...
Smith, S., Botha, J. L., Goosey, R., Daintith, H.
Women returning for assessment of abnormal breast screens completed user satisfaction questionnaires: 103 at the clinic(100 per cent response) and 79 (87 per cent) of 91 without malignancies a week...
The distributional consequences of environmental taxes (1990)
Johnson, P., McKay, S., Smith, S.
This commentary concentrates on the particular issues raised by environmental taxation, in the form of the additional tax burden and its distribution accross households.
Local government finance: the 1990 reforms (1990)
In this commentary we describe in detail reforms taking place to local authority finances and analyse their effects on local authorities and local tax payers. The study includes the results of a...
Taxation and environmental policy: some initial evidence (1990)
This commentary assembles some initial evidence about a number of possible options for environmental taxation, setting out the costs and benefits of different policy options, and their likely effects.
LAMB, R. K., PRABHAKAR, G., THORPE, J. A. C., SMITH, S., NORTON, R., DYDE, J. A.
Sixty patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery were studied prospectively in order to investigate the effect of a cardioselective beta-blocker on the incidence of postoperative...
Mutant Allele Frequencies in Upper Midwestern Cat Populations in the United States (1988)
Klein, K., Smith, S., Schmidt, J., Shostak, J., Kerr, S. J.
Coat phenotypes of four midwestern cat populations were recorded during 1985 and 1986 These populations were located in Stevens County, western Minnesota; Rapid City, South Dakota; Duluth, Minnesota;...
INVOLVEMENT OF NUCLEOPHILES IN THE INACTIVATION OF ATRACURIUM (1987)
Atracurium was incubated in 0.9% sodium chloride solution at pH 7.4 and 37 °C. The following compounds were added to the incubation solution: propionic acid, alanine and cysteine (0.1 mol...
High temperature corrosion in atmospheres of low oxygen and high sulphur potential. (1981)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, 1981.
Evaluation of a rosetting method in detection of breast cancer cells.
Buckman, R., Redding, W. H., Dearnaley, D. P., Smith, S., Coombes, R. C.
Anaemia in patients with myelomatosis.
Ting, W. C., Cavill, I., Jacobs, A., Kaaba, S., May, A., Smith, S., ...
Twenty-four untreated patients with myelomatosis were studied in order to characterize their anaemia, using standard haematological and ferrokinetic techniques, together with measurements of...
The retinoid anticancer signal: mechanisms of target gene regulation
Liu, T, Bohlken, A, Kuljaca, S, Lee, M, Nguyen, T, Smith, S, ...
Retinoids induce growth arrest, differentiation, and cell death in many cancer cell types. One factor determining the sensitivity or resistance to the retinoid anticancer signal is the...
Scott, L, Lamb, J, Smith, S, Wheatley, D N
The effects of arginine deprivation (–Arg) has been examined in 26 cell lines. Less than 10% of those with transformed or malignant phenotype survived for > 5 days, and many died more rapidly,...
ATP7A is a novel target of retinoic acid receptor β2 in neuroblastoma cells
Bohlken, A, Cheung, B B, Bell, J L, Koach, J, Smith, S, Sekyere, E, ...
Increased retinoic acid receptor β (RARβ2) gene expression is a hallmark of cancer cell responsiveness to retinoid anticancer effects. Moreover, low basal or induced RARβ2 expression is a common...
Instructional design and the emergency department
Smith, S, Thirumamanivannan, G
This paper studies the effectiveness of different educational programmes. A number of cohorts of junior doctors received one of two different induction training packages. These programmes differed...