B. Thomas

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Zeitraum

1975 - 2009

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89

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ABSTRACT Assigning Trust to Wikipedia Content ∗ (2009)

B. Thomas, Adler Krishnendu, Chatterjee Luca Alfaro, Marco Faella, Ian Pye, Vishwanath Raman

The Wikipedia is a collaborative encyclopedia: anyone can contribute to its articles simply by clicking on an “edit ” button. The open nature of the Wikipedia has been key to its success, but has...

ABSTRACT Measuring Author Contributions to the Wikipedia ∗ (2009)

B. Thomas, Adler Luca, Alfaro Ian, Pye Vishwanath Raman

We consider the problem of measuring user contributions to versioned, collaborative bodies of information, such as wikis. Measuring the contributions of individual authors can be used to divide...

Assigning Trust to Wikipedia Content* (2009)

B. Thomas, Adler Krishnendu, Chatterjee Luca, Alfaromarco Faella

ABSTRACT The Wikipedia is a collaborative encyclopedia: anyone can con-tribute to its articles simply by clicking on an "edit " button. The

ABSTRACT Measuring Author Contributions to the Wikipedia ∗ (2009)

B. Thomas, Adler Luca, Alfaro Ian, Pye Vishwanath Raman

We consider the problem of measuring user contributions to versioned, collaborative bodies of information, such as wikis. Measuring the contributions of individual authors can be used to divide...

Measuring Author Contributions to the Wikipedia* (2009)

B. Thomas, Adler Luca, Alfaro Ian, Pye Vishwanath Raman

Categories and Subject Descriptors H.5.3 [Information Interfaces and Presentation]: Group andOrganization Interfaces--Computer-supported cooperative work,

ABSTRACT Assigning Trust to Wikipedia Content ∗ (2009)

B. Thomas, Adler Krishnendu, Chatterjee Luca Alfaro, Marco Faella, Ian Pye, Vishwanath Raman

The Wikipedia is a collaborative encyclopedia: anyone can contribute to its articles simply by clicking on an “edit ” button. The open nature of the Wikipedia has been key to its success, but has...

Influence of substrate preparation and epitaxial growth parameters on the dislocation densities in 4H-SiC epitaxial layers (2009)

Kallinger, B., Thomas, B., Friedrich, J.

Basal Plane Dislocations (BPD) in SiC are thought to cause degradation of bipolar devices as they can trigger the formation and expansion of stacking faults during device operation. Therefore,...

Large-area homoepitaxial growth of low-doped thick epilayers for power devices with VBR > 4 kV (2009)

Thomas, B., Hecht, C., Kallinger, B.

In this paper we present results on the growth of low-doped thick erpitaxial layers on 4 degrees off-oriented 4H-SiC using a commercially available hot-wall multi-wafer CVD system. For the First time...

Influence of growth rate and C/Si-ratio on the formation of point and extended defects in 4H-SiC homoepitaxial layers investigated by DLTS (2009)

Zippelius, B., Krieger, M., Weber, H.B., Pensl, G., Kallinger, B., Friedrich, J., ...

4H-SiC epilayers are homoepitaxially grown on 4H-Sic substrates with different C/Si-ratios and different growth rates by the chemical vapour deposition method. DLTS investigations are applied in...

In-Vehicle Testing and Computer Modeling of Electric Vehicle Batteries (2008)

B. Thomas, W. B. Gu, J. Anstrom, C. Y. Wang, D. A. Streit

A combined simulation and testing approach has been developed to evaluate battery packs in real driving conditions as opposed to purely experimental testing. The new approach is costeffective,...

Endovascular treatment of scalp cirsoid aneurysms (2008)

Gupta, A.K., Purkayastha, S., Bodhey, N.K., Kapilamoorthy, T.R., Krishnamoorthy, T., Kesavadas, C., ...

Background: Scalp is the most common site of soft tissue arteriovenous fistulae and surgical excision has been the primary mode of treatment. Endovascular treatment has evolved as an alternative to...

Acta Cryst. (2004). D60, 13471354 DOI: 10.1107/S0907444904011370 1347 (2008)

Acta Crystallographica Section, Federico Ruiz, A Isabelle, A Andre Mitschler, Andrzejj Joachimiak, B Thomas, ...

te. Furthermore, in the conguration with the lower occupancy factor the difference electron-density map shows a clear peak (2.5) for the H atom in the hydrogen bond between the inhibitor's...

Effects of Nutritional Deficiency on Visual Acuity (2008)

B. Thomas, E. Umapathy, J. Iputo

This research reports the findings of the study carried out to determine the effects of dietary intake on visual acuity in high school children in and around Mthatha district of Eastern Cape...

Abstract Measuring Author Contributions to the Wikipedia ∗ (2008)

B. Thomas, Adler Luca, Alfaro Ian, Pye Vishwanath Raman

We consider the problem of measuring user contributions to versioned, collaborative bodies of information, such as wikis. Measuring the contributions of individual authors can be used to divide...

Assigning Trust to Wikipedia Content ∗ (2008)

B. Thomas, Adler Krishnendu, Chatterjee Luca Alfaro, Marco Faella, Ian Pye, Vishwanath Raman

The Wikipedia is a collaborative encyclopedia: anyone can contribute to its articles simply by clicking on an “edit ” button. The open nature of the Wikipedia has been key to its success, but has...

Progress in RoboCup Soccer Research in 2000 (2007)

M. Asada, A. Birk, M. Fujita, I. Noda, S. Tadokoro, D. Duhaut, ...

Abstract: In addition to researchers in AI and robotics, RoboCup attracts ordinary people, especially kids, high school and university students. Over 3000 people from 35 nations around the world have...

SPKI Certificate Theory (2007)

Status Of This, B. Lampson, R. Rivest, B. Thomas, T. Ylonen

The SPKI Working Group has developed a standard form for digital certificates whose main purpose is authorization rather than authentication. These structures bind either names or explicit...

crystallization papers Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological (2007)

Christian Folsted Andersen, Monika An, B Thomas

Purification and crystallization of the yeast translation elongation factor eEF3 A Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain expressing full-length histidinetagged translation elongation factor 3 (eEF3) as the...

British Machine Vision Conference 1 Road Recognition Using Fuzzy Classifiers 1 (2007)

J. Shanahan, B. Thomas, M. Mirmehdi, N. Campbell, T. Martin, J. Baldwin

Current learning approaches to computer vision have mainly focussed on low-level image processing and object recognition, while tending to ignore higher level processing for understanding. We propose...

Lentiviral-mediated gene correction of mucopolysaccharidosis type IIIA (2007)

Anson, D.S., McIntyre, C., Thomas, B., Koldej, R., Ranieri, E., Roberts, A., ...

The electronic version of this article is the complete one and can be found online at: http://www.gvt-journal.com/content/5/1/1

Lentiviral-mediated gene correction of mucopolysaccharidosis type IIIA (2007)

Anson, D.S., McIntyre, C., Thomas, B., Koldej, R., Ranieri, E., Roberts, A., ...

The electronic version of this article is the complete one and can be found online at: http://www.gvt-journal.com/content/5/1/1

Experience with the Label Distribution Protocol (LDP) Status of This Memo (2007)

Category Informational, I. Minei, B. Thomas

This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. The purpose of this memo is to document how...

Abstract Assigning Trust to Wikipedia Content (2007)

B. Thomas, Adler Jason, Benterou Krishnendu, Chatterjee Luca Alfaro, Ian Pye, Vishwanath Raman

The Wikipedia is a collaborative encyclopedia: anyone can contribute to its articles simply by clicking on an “edit ” button. The open nature of the Wikipedia has been key to its success, but has...

Restructured eigenfilter matching for novelty detection in random textures (2004)

A. Monadjemi, M. Mirmehdi, B. Thomas

A new eigenfilter-based novelty detection approach to find abnormalities in random textures is presented. The proposed algorithm reconstructs a given texture twice using a subset of its own...

Interactions between selenium and sulphur nutrition in Arabidopsis thaliana (2004)

White, P. J., Bowen, H. C., Parmaguru, P., Fritz, M., Spracklen, W. P., Spiby, R. E., ...

Selenium (Se) is an essential plant micronutrient, but is toxic at high tissue concentrations. It is chemically similar to sulphur (S), an essential plant macronutrient. The interactions between Se...

Interactions between selenium and sulphur nutrition in Arabidopsis thaliana (2004)

White, P. J., Bowen, H. C., Parmaguru, P., Fritz, M., Spracklen, W. P., Spiby, R. E., ...

Selenium (Se) is an essential plant micronutrient, but is toxic at high tissue concentrations. It is chemically similar to sulphur (S), an essential plant macronutrient. The interactions between Se...

Misregulation of tetrapyrrole biosynthesis in transgenic tobacco seedlings expressing mammalian biliverdin reductase (2003)

Franklin, K.A., Linley, P.J., Montgomery, B.L., Lagarias, J.C., Thomas, B., Jackson, S.D., ...

Previous studies have established that the expression of mammalian biliverdin IXα reductase (BVR) in transgenic tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum cv. Maryland Mammoth) resulted in the loss of...

Scientific Report (2003)

Automated Identification Of, A Osareh, M Mirmehdi, B Thomas, R Markham

measurements were based on 10610 windows where each window was considered as an exudate or a non-exudate region. The reported sensitivity and specificity only represent an approximate accuracy of...

Biliverdin reductase-induced phytochrome chromophore deficiency in transgenic tobacco (2001)

Montgomery, B.L., Franklin, K.A., Terry, M.J., Thomas, B., Jackson, S.D., Crepeau, M.W., ...

Targeted expression of mammalian biliverdin IXalpha reductase (BVR), an enzyme that metabolically inactivates linear tetrapyrrole precursors of the phytochrome chromophore, was used to examine the...

LDP Specification (2001)

L Andersson, P Doolan, N Feldman, Ibm Corp, A Fredette, Photonex Corp, ...

The architecture for Multi Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) is described in RFC 3031. A fundamental concept in MPLS is that two Label Switching Routers (LSRs) must agree on the meaning of the labels...

Ultraviolet-B exposure leads to up-regulation of senescence-associated genes in Arabidopsis thaliana (2001)

John, C.F., Morris, K., Jordan, B.R., Thomas, B.

Exposure to UV‐B radiation resulted in a loss of chlorophyll and an increase in lipid damage in a similar manner to that induced during natural senescence. In addition, exposure to UV‐B...

Emodin and syringaldehyde from Rhamnus pubescens (Rhamnaceae) (2001)

Sharp, Hazel J., Latif, Zahid, Bartholomew, Barbara, Thomas, David, Thomas, B., Sarker, S. D., ...

Rhamnus pubescens Sibth. & Sm. non Poir., originally from Greece, is a European species of Rhamnaceae (PANDORA Taxonomic Database System, 1999. Flora Europaea. Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, UK....

Phytochrome regulation of phytochrome A mRNA levels in the model short-day-plant Pharbitis nil (2000)

Carter, C.E., Szmidt-Jaworska, A., Hughes, M., Thomas, B., Jackson, S.

The exposure of dark‐grown Pharbitis nil seedlings to continuous R induces a rapid decrease in PHYA mRNA abundance with a half‐life of about 2 h. A 5 min R pulse also induces this...

SPKI Certificate Theory (1999)

B. Lampson, R. Rivest, B. Thomas, T. Ylonen

The SPKI Working Group has developed a standard form for digital certificates whose main purpose is authorization rather than authentication. These structures bind either names or explicit...

SPKI Certificate Theory (1999)

Spki Certificate Theory, B. Lampson, R. Rivest, B. Thomas, T. Ylonen

The SPKI Working Group developed standard form for digital certificates whose main purpose authorization rather than authentication. These structures bind either names explicit authorizations keys...

Hercules and the hydra. C. D. E. Fortnum, Arthur Evans and the Ashmolean Museum (1999)

Thomas, B

During the 1890s, C. D. E. Fortnum often had cause to complain of Oxford University in his letters to Arthur Evans, the Keeper of the Ashmolean Museum. The obstacles placed in the way of the creation...

The Fortnum archive in the Ashmolean museum (1999)

Thomas, B

C. D. E. Fortnum was an active and well-connected figure in the worlds of nineteenth-century museums, collecting and scholarship. A methodical man, he kept meticulous records concerning the objects...

Annexe 1. Autobiographical sketch by C. D. E. Fortnum, 1889 (1999)

Thomas, B

This document is in the archives of the Department of Antiquities of the Ashmolean Museum in a box-file entitled 'Unsorted Correspondence, John and Arthur Evans'. The 'autobiographical sketch' is...

Recristallisation Dynamique dans les aciers (1995)

Schmitt, J., Fabregue, P., Thomas, B.

Les courbes représentatives du comportement à chaud des aciers (aciers austénitiques au carbone, aciers inoxydables austénitiques et ferritiques, aciers au silicium) se caractérisent par trois...

Recristallisation Dynamique dans les aciers (1995)

Schmitt, J., Fabregue, P., Thomas, B.

Les courbes représentatives du comportement à chaud des aciers (aciers austénitiques au carbone, aciers inoxydables austénitiques et ferritiques, aciers au silicium) se caractérisent par trois...

Phenylpropanoid defence responses in transgenic Lotus corniculatus: II. Modelling plant defence responses in transgenic root cultures using thiol and carbohydrate elicitors (1995)

Robbins, M.P., Thomas, B., Morris, P.

Transformed root cultures of Lotus corniculatus L. cv. Leo were treated with a range of thiol and carbohydrate elicitors. Both thiol reagents and fungal carbohydrate preparations resulted in an...

Comparison of ofloxacin with doxycycline in the treatment of non-gonococcal urethritis and cervical chlamydial infection (1990)

Kitchen, V. S., Donegan, C., Ward, H., Thomas, B., Harris, J. R. W., Taylor-Robinson, D.

The efficacy of ofloxacin was compared with that of doxycyline in the treatment of non-gonococcal urethritis (NGU) and cervical chlamydial infection in an open randomized study. In total, 182 men and...

Photoregulation of Phytochrome Synthesis in Germinating Embryos of Avena sativa L. (1987)

HILTON, JANET R., THOMAS, B.

Hilton, J. R. and Thomas, B. 1987. Photoregulation of phytochrome synthesis in germinating embryos of Avena sativa L.—J. exp. Bot. 38: 1704–1712. The effect of light on the accumulation of...

COMPOSITION AND TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE OF MAGNETIC TRANSITIONS IN SPUTTERED GdCo FILMS FOR MAGNETO-OPTIC DATA STORAGE (1985)

Carey, R., Newman, D., Thomas, B.

Magnetization reversal in a number of r.f. sputtered GdCo films with compositions in the range 20-46 at.% Gd has been studied using the polar Kerr effect at λ = 633 nm and drive fields up to ±...

SPUTTERED NdFe FILMS WITH PERPENDICULAR ANISOTROPY (1985)

Carey, R., Crapper, P., Thomas, B.

Thin films of NdFe with composition in the region of 60 at.% Nd have been prepared by r.f.sputtering on to glass substrates at room temperature and investigated using the polar Kerr effect . All...

THE MAGNETO-OPTIC PROPERTIES OF SPUTTERED CoCr FILMS (1985)

Carey, R., Thomas, B., Twiggs, D.

CoCr is considered a major contender in the search for high density, perpendicular, digital storage media (1, 2 ) . The optimization of magneto-optic readout (4) requires a knowledge of the...

COMPOSITION AND TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE OF MAGNETIC TRANSITIONS IN SPUTTERED GdCo FILMS FOR MAGNETO-OPTIC DATA STORAGE (1985)

Carey, R., Newman, D., Thomas, B.

Magnetization reversal in a number of r.f. sputtered GdCo films with compositions in the range 20-46 at.% Gd has been studied using the polar Kerr effect at λ = 633 nm and drive fields up to ±...

SPUTTERED NdFe FILMS WITH PERPENDICULAR ANISOTROPY (1985)

Carey, R., Crapper, P., Thomas, B.

Thin films of NdFe with composition in the region of 60 at.% Nd have been prepared by r.f.sputtering on to glass substrates at room temperature and investigated using the polar Kerr effect . All...

THE MAGNETO-OPTIC PROPERTIES OF SPUTTERED CoCr FILMS (1985)

Carey, R., Thomas, B., Twiggs, D.

CoCr is considered a major contender in the search for high density, perpendicular, digital storage media (1, 2 ) . The optimization of magneto-optic readout (4) requires a knowledge of the...

ANALYTICAL TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY WITH A THERMALLY STABILIZED FIELD EMISSION GUN (1984)

Thomas, B., Bourgeot, J., Chemelle, P., Rîbes, A.

The improvements in the microanalytic capabilities in transmission electron microscopy are described and discussed.

ANALYTICAL TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY WITH A THERMALLY STABILIZED FIELD EMISSION GUN (1984)

Thomas, B., Bourgeot, J., Chemelle, P., Rîbes, A.

The improvements in the microanalytic capabilities in transmission electron microscopy are described and discussed.

CINÉTIQUE ET MORPHOLOGIE DE LA PRÉCIPITATION INTERGRANULAIRE DE BOROCARBURES M23(B, C)6 DANS LES ACIERS (1975)

Henry, G., Maitrepierre, Ph., Michaut, B., Thomas, B.

Nous essayons dans cet article de faire la synthèse des connaissances acquises sur la précipitation intergranulaire de M23(B, C)6. Cette précipitation qui se produit dans la phase austénitique de...

Effects of cimetidine and indomethacin on the growth of dimethylhydrazine-induced or transplanted intestinal cancers in the rat.

Caignard, A., Martin, M., Reisser, D., Thomas, B., Martin, F.

The effects of cimetidine and indomethacin on the growth of dimethylhydrazine induced or transplanted intestinal tumours in the rat have been studied. Cimetidine is a histamine type 2 receptor...

Randomised controlled trial of mammographic screening in women from age 40: results of screening in the first 10 years

Moss, S, Thomas, I, Evans, A, Thomas, B, Johns, L

Debate continues over the effectiveness of screening by mammography in women below age 50. We report here on results of screening in the first 10 years of a randomised trial to study the effect on...