Sarah Smith

Publication List Details

Period

1919 - 2008

Number

67

Co-Authors

HE Higher Education (2008)

Terry Russell, L Gr, Tünde Varga-atkins, L Gr, Sarah Smith

While government aims to increase online access for UK citizens, there is still a large group for whom the only bridge across the ‘digital divide ’ is Digital TV. The eLearning Place (TeLP)...

Affected by Temperature and Initial Concentration of Spoilage Organisms (2008)

Monte Carlo Simulation, Pasteurized Milk As, Donald W. Schaffner, Jennifer Mcentire, Siobain Duffy, Rebecca Montville, ...

Predictive microbiology and quantitative microbial risk assessment are rapidly developing disciplines that use mathematical models to quantitatively estimate the presence and growth of microbes in...

Care and Sexuality in Disabled/Nondisabled Intimate Relationships (2008)

Smith, Sarah

Humanities: 2nd Place (The Ohio State University Edward F. Hayes Graduate Research Forum)

CONDOR: a database resource of developmentally associated conserved non-coding elements (2007)

Woolfe, Adam, Goode, Debbie K, Cooke, Julie, Callaway, Heather, Smith, Sarah, Snell, Phil, ...

Abstract Background Comparative genomics is currently one of the most popular approaches to study the regulatory architecture of vertebrate genomes. Fish-mammal genomic comparisons have proved...

Using Groupings of Static Analysis Alerts to Identify Files Likely to Contain Field Failures (2007)

Mark S. Sherriff, Sarah Smith

In this paper, we propose a technique for leveraging historical field failure records in conjunction with automated static analysis alerts to determine which alerts or sets of alerts are predictive...

What can be learned from the lensed cosmic microwave background B-mode polarization power spectrum? (2006)

Smith, Sarah, Challinor, Anthony, Rocha, Graça

The effect of weak gravitational lensing on the cosmic microwave background (CMB) temperature anisotropies and polarization will provide access to cosmological information that cannot be obtained...

What can be learned from the lensed cosmic microwave background B-mode polarization power spectrum? (2005)

Smith, Sarah, Challinor, Anthony, Rocha, Graca

The effect of weak gravitational lensing on the cosmic microwave background (CMB) temperature anisotropies and polarization will provide access to cosmological information that cannot be obtained...

A study into osteopathic treatment of pregnant women in NSW and Queensland (2005)

Smith, Sarah

Throughout pregnancy, the body undergoes continual musculoskeletal changes, which can be frequently associated with functional limitations and disability such as pelvic pain and low back pain,...

A study into osteopathic treatment of pregnant women in NSW and Queensland (2005)

Smith, Sarah

Throughout pregnancy, the body undergoes continual musculoskeletal changes, which can be frequently associated with functional limitations and disability such as pelvic pain and low back pain,...

A study into osteopathic treatment of pregnant women in NSW and Queensland (2005)

Smith, Sarah

Throughout pregnancy, the body undergoes continual musculoskeletal changes, which can be frequently associated with functional limitations and disability such as pelvic pain and low back pain,...

A study into osteopathic treatment of pregnant women in NSW and Queensland (2005)

Smith, Sarah

Throughout pregnancy, the body undergoes continual musculoskeletal changes, which can be frequently associated with functional limitations and disability such as pelvic pain and low back pain,...

A study into osteopathic treatment of pregnant women in NSW and Queensland (2005)

Smith, Sarah

Throughout pregnancy, the body undergoes continual musculoskeletal changes, which can be frequently associated with functional limitations and disability such as pelvic pain and low back pain,...

A study into osteopathic treatment of pregnant women in NSW and Queensland (2005)

Smith, Sarah

Throughout pregnancy, the body undergoes continual musculoskeletal changes, which can be frequently associated with functional limitations and disability such as pelvic pain and low back pain,...

A study into osteopathic treatment of pregnant women in NSW and Queensland (2005)

Smith, Sarah

Throughout pregnancy, the body undergoes continual musculoskeletal changes, which can be frequently associated with functional limitations and disability such as pelvic pain and low back pain,...

Simulation of non-Gaussian CMB maps (2004)

Rocha, Graca, Hobson, M. P., Smith, Sarah, Ferreira, Pedro, Challinor, Anthony

A simple method is presented for the rapid simulation of statistically-isotropic non-Gaussian maps of CMB temperature fluctuations with a given power spectrum and analytically-calculable bispectrum...

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...

UK Household Portfolios (2000)

James Banks, James Banks, Sarah Smith, Sarah Smith

This paper presents a detailed analysis of the composition of household portfolios, using both aggregate and micro-data. Among the key findings are that:

Retirement in the UK

Sarah Smith, James Banks

Like other OECD countries, the UK experienced more than two decades of declining labour market activity among older men in the 1970s, 1980s and early 1990s. A number of measures to reverse this trend...

Persistency of pension contributions in the UK: Evidence from aggregate and micro-data

Sarah Smith

This paper presents evidence on the persistency of contributions to individual pensions, including an analysis of micro-data from the British Household Panel Survey. It finds variation in persistency...

The retirement-consumption puzzle and involuntary early retirement: Evidence from the British Household Panel Survey

Sarah Smith

This paper uses data from the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS) to shed further light on the fall in consumption at retirement (the “retirement-consumption puzzle”). Comparing food spending...

Retirement in the UK

Sarah Smith, James Banks

Like other OECD countries, the UK experienced more than two decades of declining labour market activity among older men in the 1970s, 1980s and early 1990s. A number of measures to reverse this trend...

Persistency of pension contributions in the UK: Evidence from aggregate and micro-data

Sarah Smith

This paper presents evidence on the persistency of contributions to individual pensions, including an analysis of micro-data from the British Household Panel Survey. It finds variation in persistency...

The retirement-consumption puzzle and involuntary early retirement: Evidence from the British Household Panel Survey

Sarah Smith

This paper uses data from the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS) to shed further light on the fall in consumption at retirement (the “retirement-consumption puzzle”). Comparing food spending...

The Labour Supply Effect of the Abolition of the Earnings Rule for Older Workers in the United Kingdom

Richard Disney, Sarah Smith

High effective tax rates on work at and around state pension age deter participation. An example is the ‘earnings test’ operating in several OECD countries. The United States abolished its test...

Generation and Analysis of 25 Mb of Genomic DNA from the Pufferfish Fugu rubripes by Sequence Scanning

Elgar, Greg, Clark, Melody S., Meek, Stephen, Smith, Sarah, Warner, Sarah, Edwards, Yvonne J.K., ...

We have generated and analyzed >50,000 shotgun clones from 1059 Fugu cosmid clones. All sequences have been minimally edited and searched against protein and DNA databases. These data are all...

Evaluation of a Clostridium perfringens Predictive Model, Developed under Isothermal Conditions in Broth, To Predict Growth in Ground Beef during Cooling

Smith, Sarah, Schaffner, Donald W.

Proper temperature control is essential in minimizing Clostridium perfringens germination, growth, and toxin production. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service...

Retirement in the UK

James Banks, Sarah Smith

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...

Persistency of pension contributions in the UK: evidence from the British Household Panel Survey

SMITH, SARAH

This paper presents evidence from the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS) on the persistency of contributions to individual, private pensions. The BHPS contains a wealth of information on...

Generation and Analysis of 25 Mb of Genomic DNA from the Pufferfish Fugu rubripes by Sequence Scanning

Elgar, Greg, Clark, Melody S., Meek, Stephen, Smith, Sarah, Warner, Sarah, Edwards, Yvonne J.K., ...

We have generated and analyzed >50,000 shotgun clones from 1059 Fugu cosmid clones. All sequences have been minimally edited and searched against protein and DNA databases. These data are all...

Evaluation of a Clostridium perfringens Predictive Model, Developed under Isothermal Conditions in Broth, To Predict Growth in Ground Beef during Cooling

Smith, Sarah, Schaffner, Donald W.

Proper temperature control is essential in minimizing Clostridium perfringens germination, growth, and toxin production. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service...

Fertility and Women’s Education in the UK: A Cohort Analysis

Anita Ratcliffe, Sarah Smith

Against a background of falling and low fertility, this paper presents an analysis of trends in fertility in the UK across cohorts born between 1935 and 1975. The decline in fertility is shown to...

ATM and ATR promote Mre11 dependent restart of collapsed replication forks and prevent accumulation of DNA breaks

Trenz, Kristina, Smith, Eloise, Smith, Sarah, Costanzo, Vincenzo

Ataxia-telangiectasia mutated (ATM), ataxia-telangiectasia Rad3-related (ATR) and the Mre11/Rad50/Nbs1 complex ensure genome stability in response to DNA damage. However, their essential role in DNA...

Pension Incentives and the Pattern of Early Retirement

Richard Blundell, Costas Meghir, Sarah Smith

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...

Welfare Reform and Lone Parents in the UK

Paul Gregg, Susan Harkness, Sarah Smith

The last thirty years saw dramatic increases in the proportion of children living in lone parent households. In 1997 the incoming Labour government initiated a series of policy reforms aimed at...

Does Welfare Reform Affect Fertility? Evidence from the UK

Mike Brewer, Anita Ratcliffe, Sarah Smith

This paper presents evidence on the fertility effect of welfare from a set of reforms that took place in the UK in 1999 and that substantially increased support for poorer families with children. The...

The Retirement-Consumption Puzzle and Involuntary Early Retirement: Evidence from the British Household Panel Survey

Sarah Smith

This article uses data from the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS) to shed further light on the fall in consumption at retirement (the 'retirement-consumption puzzle'). Comparing food spending of...

The Labour Supply Effect of the Abolition of the Earnings Rule for Older Workers in the United Kingdom

Richard Disney, Sarah Smith

High effective tax rates on work at and around state pension age deter participation. An example is the "earnings test" operating in several OECD countries. The United States abolished its test for...

Savings and wealth in the UK: evidence from micro-data

James Banks, Sarah Smith

The late 1980s saw a dramatic fall in personal saving rates in Britain and the United States which attracted the attention of academics and policymakers alike. The period was also marked by a number...

Can the retirement consumption puzzle be solved?

Sarah Smith

This paper uses UK panel data to shed further light on the fall in spending at retirement (the “retirement-consumption puzzle”). It compares the profiles of spending and well-being at retirement...

(UBS Pensions series 21) Stopping short? Evidence on contributions to long-term savings from aggregate and micro data

Sarah Smith

With a move away from up-front charges following the introduction of stakeholder pensions, consumers are no longer penalised for lapsing on many long-term savings policies. Nevertheless, persistency...

(UBS Pensions Series 033) Can the retirement-consumption puzzle be resolved? Evidence from the British Household Panel Survey

Sarah Smith

  This paper uses data from the British Household Panel Survey to shed further light on the fall in spending at retirement (the “retirement-consumption puzzle”).  Comparing food spending for...

How important is pro-social behaviour in the delivery of public services?

Paul Gregg, Paul A. Grout, Anita Ratcliffe, Sarah Smith, Frank Windmeijer

A number of papers have posited that there is a relationship between institutional structure and pro-social behaviour, in particular donated labour, in the delivery of public services, such as...

How important is pro-social behaviour in the delivery of public services?

Paul Gregg, Paul A. Grout, Anita Ratcliffe, Sarah Smith, Frank Windmeijer

A number of papers have posited that there is a relationship between institutional structure and pro-social behaviour, in particular donated labour, in the delivery of public services, such as...

Pension Reform and Economic Performance in Britain in the 1980s and 1990s

Richard Disney, Carl Emmerson, Sarah Smith

The late 1980s saw a major shift in pension provision in the United Kingdom, when for the first time individuals were permitted to opt out of part of the social security program into individual...

Welfare Reform and Lone Parents in the UK

Paul Gregg, Susan Harkness, Sarah Smith

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...

Does welfare reform affect fertility? Evidence from the UK

Mike Brewer, Anita Ratcliffe, Sarah Smith

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 for...