HVS7: a chemically peculiar hyper-velocity star (2008)
Przybilla, N., Nieva, M. F., Tillich, A., Heber, U., Butler, K., Brown, W. R.
Context: Hyper-velocity stars are suggested to originate from the dynamical interaction of binary stars with the supermassive black hole in the Galactic centre (GC), which accelerates one component...
Hypervelocity Stars: From the Galactic Center to the Halo (2008)
Kenyon, S. J., Bromley, B. C., Geller, M. J., Brown, W. R.
Hypervelocity stars (HVS) traverse the Galaxy from the central black hole to the outer halo. We show that the Galactic potential within 200 pc acts as a high pass filter preventing low velocity HVS...
The rapidly flaring afterglow of the very bright and energetic GRB 070125 (2008)
Updike, A.C., Haislip, J.B., Nysewander, M.C., Fruchter, A.S., Kann, D.A., Klose, S., ...
We report on multiwavelength observations, ranging from X-ray to radio wave bands, of the IPN-localized gamma-ray burst GRB 070125. Spectroscopic observations reveal the presence of absorption lines...
HH-53/MOL Gemini B Towing Stability Test Plan, (2005)
This report presents a preliminary plan that describes the operations required to evaluate the lift and stable towing capability of a USAF HH-53 helicopter and MOL Gemini B combination when in...
A Probe for the Instantaneous Measurement of Surface Temperature. (2005)
Shoemaker, John R., MacArthur, Robert C., Korytkowski, Henry M., Brown, W. R.
This report describes the design, development and evaluation of a probe system with which instantaneous temperatures can be measured on a ariety of surfaces heated by radiation. It discusses a 1000 F...
The Century Survey Galactic Halo Project I: Stellar Spectral Analysis (2003)
Brown, W. R., Prieto, C. Allende, Beers, T. C., Wilhelm, R., Geller, M. J., Kenyon, S. J., ...
The Century Survey Galactic Halo Project is a photometric and spectroscopic survey from which we select relatively blue stars (V-R
Spectroscopic Discovery of the Supernova 2003dh Associated with GRB 030329 (2003)
Stanek, K. Z., Matheson, T., Garnavich, P. M., Martini, P., Berlind, P., Caldwell, N., ...
We present early observations of the afterglow of the Gamma-Ray Burst (GRB) 030329 and the spectroscopic discovery of its associated supernova SN 2003dh. We obtained spectra of the afterglow of GRB...
Torres, M. A. P., Callanan, P. J., Garcia, M. R., McClintock, J. E., Garnavich, P., Balog, Z., ...
We present spectroscopic observations of the X-ray transient XTE J1118+480 acquired during different epochs following the 2000 March outburst. We find that the emission line profiles show variations...
Redshifts for 2410 Galaxies in the Century Survey Region (2001)
Wegner, G., Thorstensen, J. R., Kurtz, M. J., Brown, W. R., Fabricant, D. G., Geller, M. J., ...
The `Century Survey' strip covers 102 square degrees within the limits 8.5h \leq \alpha_{1950} \leq 16.5h, 29.0 degrees \leq \delta_{1950} \leq 30.0 degrees. The strip passes through the Corona...
Performance of 7.62mm Ablative Ammunition. (1998)
A study is reported in which standard NATO 7.62mm ammunition with and without ablative fluid modification, was tested for effects on barrel temperatures and erosion. This modified ammunition is...
Performance of 20mm Ablative Ammunition. (1998)
Brown, W. R., Fisher, E. B., Sudlik, D. J., Vassallo, F. A.
M55 A2, 20mm ammunition was modified by placing five cubic centimeters of gelled dimethyl silicone compound between the propellant charge and the projectile. The function of the silicone was to...
Performance of 20mm and 7.62 mm Ablative Ammunition. (1998)
Brown, W. R., Baran, W. J., Sudlik, D. J., Vassallo, F. A.
M55 A2, 20mm ammunition modified with gelled dimethyl silicone to reduce barrel heating and erosion was found to cause heavy coppering in unplated M61 barrels. Extensive single-shot and burst...
Heat Transfer and Erosion in the Ares 75mm High Velocity Cannon. Volume 2. (1998)
Single-shot firings of the 75mm high velocity cannon conducted at Ares during initial weapon development, indicated potentially severe erosion of the breech end of the barrel (short barrel). Extended...
Calibration of a Neutron Polarimeter (1995)
Niculescu, I., Madey, R., Eden, T., Baker, K., Niculescu, G., Anderson, B.D., ...
This research was sponsored by the National Science Foundation Grant NSF PHY-9314783
Calibration of a Neutron Polarimeter (1995)
Niculescu, I., Madey, R., Eden, T., Baker, K., Niculescu, G., Anderson, B.D., ...
This research was sponsored by the National Science Foundation Grant NSF PHY-9314783
Developing a program of agricultural education in Cuthbert [Ga.] High School. (1949)
Project in applied education (M. Ed.)--University of Georgia, 1949.
Mini-chromosomes derived from the human Y chromosome by telomere directed chromosome breakage.
Heller, R, Brown, K E, Burgtorf, C, Brown, W R
We have used telomeric DNA to break two acrocentric derivatives of the human Y chromosome into mini-chromosomes that are small enough to be size- fractionated by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. One...
McQueen, C E, Boedeker, E C, Le, M, Hamada, Y, Brown, W R
Infection of rabbits with Escherichia coli RDEC-1 is a useful model for diarrheal disease caused by mucosally attaching E. coli. Understanding of the protective immunity induced by RDEC-1 infection...
Phosphorylation of RAS1 and RAS2 proteins in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Cobitz, A R, Yim, E H, Brown, W R, Perou, C M, Tamanoi, F
RAS1 and RAS2 proteins of Saccharomyces cerevisiae are guanine nucleotide-binding proteins involved in the regulation of adenylate cyclase. In this paper, we report that these proteins are...
A model for the separation of large DNA molecules by crossed field gel electrophoresis.
Southern, E M, Anand, R, Brown, W R, Fletcher, D S
The idea that large DNA molecules adopt a stretched conformation as they pass through gels suggests a simple mechanism for the separation of DNA by crossed field electrophoresis: at each change in...
Telomere directed fragmentation of mammalian chromosomes.
Barnett, M A, Buckle, V J, Evans, E P, Porter, A C, Rout, D, Smith, A G, ...
Cloned human telomeric DNA can integrate into mammalian chromosomes and seed the formation of new telomeres. This process occurs efficiently in three established human cell lines and in a mouse...
Correlation between serological and mucosal inflammatory responses to Helicobacter pylori.
Pérez-Pérez, G I, Brown, W R, Cover, T L, Dunn, B E, Cao, P, Blaser, M J
In 82 patients who underwent gastroduodenoscopy, acute and chronic gastric mucosal inflammation was scored for severity, and systemic humoral immune responses to Helicobacter pylori antigens were...
A physical map of the human pseudoautosomal region.
A physical map of the human pseudoautosomal region has been constructed using pulsed field gel electrophoresis and the infrequently cutting restriction enzymes BssHIII, EagI, SstII, NotI, MluI and...
Pseudomonas aeruginosa in hospital pharmacies.
Baird, R M, Brown, W R, Shooter, R A
The environments of hospital pharmacies and the preparations made in these pharmacies were examined for Pseudomonas aeruginosa. This organism was widely distributed in the pharmacies and was isolated...
Mini-chromosomes derived from the human Y chromosome by telomere directed chromosome breakage.
Heller, R, Brown, K E, Burgtorf, C, Brown, W R
We have used telomeric DNA to break two acrocentric derivatives of the human Y chromosome into mini-chromosomes that are small enough to be size- fractionated by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. One...
McQueen, C E, Boedeker, E C, Le, M, Hamada, Y, Brown, W R
Infection of rabbits with Escherichia coli RDEC-1 is a useful model for diarrheal disease caused by mucosally attaching E. coli. Understanding of the protective immunity induced by RDEC-1 infection...
Phosphorylation of RAS1 and RAS2 proteins in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Cobitz, A R, Yim, E H, Brown, W R, Perou, C M, Tamanoi, F
RAS1 and RAS2 proteins of Saccharomyces cerevisiae are guanine nucleotide-binding proteins involved in the regulation of adenylate cyclase. In this paper, we report that these proteins are...
A model for the separation of large DNA molecules by crossed field gel electrophoresis.
Southern, E M, Anand, R, Brown, W R, Fletcher, D S
The idea that large DNA molecules adopt a stretched conformation as they pass through gels suggests a simple mechanism for the separation of DNA by crossed field electrophoresis: at each change in...
Telomere directed fragmentation of mammalian chromosomes.
Barnett, M A, Buckle, V J, Evans, E P, Porter, A C, Rout, D, Smith, A G, ...
Cloned human telomeric DNA can integrate into mammalian chromosomes and seed the formation of new telomeres. This process occurs efficiently in three established human cell lines and in a mouse...
Correlation between serological and mucosal inflammatory responses to Helicobacter pylori.
Pérez-Pérez, G I, Brown, W R, Cover, T L, Dunn, B E, Cao, P, Blaser, M J
In 82 patients who underwent gastroduodenoscopy, acute and chronic gastric mucosal inflammation was scored for severity, and systemic humoral immune responses to Helicobacter pylori antigens were...
A physical map of the human pseudoautosomal region.
A physical map of the human pseudoautosomal region has been constructed using pulsed field gel electrophoresis and the infrequently cutting restriction enzymes BssHIII, EagI, SstII, NotI, MluI and...
Pseudomonas aeruginosa in hospital pharmacies.
Baird, R M, Brown, W R, Shooter, R A
The environments of hospital pharmacies and the preparations made in these pharmacies were examined for Pseudomonas aeruginosa. This organism was widely distributed in the pharmacies and was isolated...
Characterization of the bovine C alpha gene.
Brown, W R, Rabbani, H, Butler, J E, Hammarström, L
The complete genomic sequence of a bovine C alpha gene is reported here. The genomic sequence was obtained from a C alpha phage clone that had been cloned from a genomic EMBL4 phage vector library....
Hamada, Y, Kobayashi, K, Brown, W R
Previously, we describe a unique binding site for the Fc region of IgG in human intestinal goblet cells, but regulation of the intestinal IgG Fc binding site (Fc gamma IBS) has not been clarified. In...
Breast feeding helps to protect the nursing infant against infectious diarrhoeas, but the relative importance of antibodies compared with other components present in milk is unsettled. In order to...
IgA antibodies in rat bile inhibit cholera toxin-induced secretion in ileal loops in situ.
The biological actions of IgA antibodies in bile are largely undefined. We therefore tested whether biliary IgA antibodies could specifically inhibit cholera enterotoxin (CT)-induced secretion in the...
Lymphocyte cell surface glycoproteins which bind to soybean and peanut lectins.
In cellular immunology, peanut (Arachis hypogaea) lectin has been used to selectively agglutinate immature lymphoid cells and soybean (Glycine max-lectin to agglutinate B lymphocytes. We have used...
Hibi, T, Ohara, M, Kobayashi, K, Brown, W R, Toda, K, Takaishi, H, ...
Circulating anti-goblet cell antibody and its corresponding antigen in patients with inflammatory bowel disease were investigated. Anti-goblet cell antibody in the serum was examined by...
Brown, W. R., Butterfield, D., Savage, D., Tada, T.
Seven patients with gastrointestinal disorders and deficiencies of serum and secretory immunoglobulins were evaluated clinically, microbiologically, and immunologically. Five patients had generalized...
Kobayashi, K, Ogata, H, Morikawa, M, Iijima, S, Harada, N, Yoshida, T, ...
Background and aims: Mucus released from goblet cells is important in intestinal mucosal defence, and mucin glycoproteins are thought to be major components of mucus. Recently, we identified and...
Nagura, H, Tsutsumi, Y, Hasegawa, H, Watanabe, K, Nakane, P K, Brown, W R
IgA synthesized in hepatobiliary tissues accounts for about one-half of the IgA present in human hepatic bile, but the location of the IgA synthesizing cells has been in doubt because few plasma...
Brown, W R, Smith, P D, Lee, E, McCalmon, R T, Nagura, H
Because human bile contains a lot of secretory IgA, it has been suspected that the human liver, like rat liver, transfers polymeric IgA from plasma to bile. Hence, a rich source of polymeric IgA...
Immunoglobulin E (IgE) and IgE-containing cells in human gastrointestinal fluids and tissues.
Brown, W R, Borthistle, B K, Chen, S T
Human gastric, small intestinal, colonic and rectal mucosae were examined for IgE-containing cells by single- and double-antibody immunofluorescence techniques, and IgE in intesinal fluids was...
Goldlust, M. B., Rich, L. C., Brown, W. R.
The effects of varying intra-articular (ia) doses of bovine serum albumin (BSA) antigen on immune synovitis in rabbits have been investigated. Chronic synovitis, characterized by mononuclear cell...
Seaton, A, Ruckley, V A, Addison, J, Brown, W R
Four men who mined barytes in Scotland and who developed pneumoconiosis are described. Three developed progressive massive fibrosis, from which two died; and one developed a nodular simple...
Pneumoconiosis of shale miners.
Seaton, A, Lamb, D, Brown, W R, Sclare, G, Middleton, W G
Four patients are described in whom pneumoconiosis was diagnosed towards the end of a lifetime's work in shale mines. All developed complicated pneumoconiosis, diagnosed in two cases at necropsy, in...