M. J. Collins

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1995 - 2008

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114

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Diagnosing post-mortem treatments which inhibit DNA amplification from US MIAs buried at the Punchbowl (2008)

Koon, H.E.C., Loreille, L.M., Covington, A.D., Christensen, A.F., Parsons, T.J., Collins, M.J.

The US military is committed to recovering and identifying the remains of unknown military service members. Casualties of the Korean War were exhumed from the National Memorial Cemetery of the...

Estimating corneal surface topography in videokeratoscopy in the presence of strong signal interference (2008)

Alonso-Caneiro, David, Iskander, D. R., Collins, M. J.

Videokeratoscopy techniques rely on a number of factors in order to achieve accurate estimates of corneal surface topography. Good tear film quality, minimal reflections from eyelashes, and minimal...

The application of amino acid racemization in the acid soluble fraction of enamel to the estimation of the age of human teeth (2008)

Griffin, R.C., Moody, H., Penkman, K.E.H., Collins, M.J.

Estimation of age-at-death for skeletonised forensic remains is one of the most significant problems in forensic anthropology. The majority of existing morphological and histological techniques are...

Estimating corneal surface topography in videokeratoscopy in the presence of strong signal interference (2008)

Alonso-Caneiro, David, Iskander, D. R., Collins, M. J.

Videokeratoscopy techniques rely on a number of factors in order to achieve accurate estimates of corneal surface topography. Good tear film quality, minimal reflections from eyelashes, and minimal...

Estimating corneal surface topography in videokeratoscopy in the presence of strong signal interference (2008)

Alonso-Caneiro, David, Iskander, D. R., Collins, M. J.

Videokeratoscopy techniques rely on a number of factors in order to achieve accurate estimates of corneal surface topography. Good tear film quality, minimal reflections from eyelashes, and minimal...

Estimating corneal surface topography in videokeratoscopy in the presence of strong signal interference (2008)

Alonso-Caneiro, David, Iskander, D. R., Collins, M. J.

Videokeratoscopy techniques rely on a number of factors in order to achieve accurate estimates of corneal surface topography. Good tear film quality, minimal reflections from eyelashes, and minimal...

Ancient biomolecules from deep ice cores reveal a forested Southern Greenland (2007)

Willerslev, E., Cappellini, E., Boomsma, W., Nielsen, R., Hebsgaard, M.B., Brand, T.B., ...

It is difficult to obtain fossil data from the 10% of Earth's terrestrial surface that is covered by thick glaciers and ice sheets, and hence, knowledge of the paleoenvironments of these regions has...

Effect of tear additives on the shear stress and normal stress acting on the ocular surface (2007)

Jones, M. B., Fulford, G. R., Please, C. P., McElwain, D. L. S., Collins, M. J., Jacobs, Peter, ...

Based on lubrication theory, an elastohydrodynamic model of the human tear film is presented. Using this model we investigate the effect altering the viscosity of the tears has on the stresses acting...

Effect of tear additives on the shear stress and normal stress acting on the ocular surface (2007)

Jones, M. B., Fulford, G. R., Please, C. P., McElwain, D. L. S., Collins, M. J.

Based on lubrication theory, an elastohydrodynamic model of the human tear film is presented. Using this model we investigate the effect altering the viscosity of the tears has on the stresses acting...

Effect of tear additives on the shear stress and normal stress acting on the ocular surface (2007)

Jones, M. B., Fulford, G. R., Please, C. P., McElwain, D. L. S., Collins, M. J.

Based on lubrication theory, an elastohydrodynamic model of the human tear film is presented. Using this model we investigate the effect altering the viscosity of the tears has on the stresses acting...

Computer simulation of visual outcomes of wavefront-only corneal ablation (2006)

Yi, F., Iskander, D. R., Franklin, R., Collins, M. J.

Purpose. To evaluate the effectiveness, predicted visual outcome, and limitations of a corneal ablation algorithm that uses wavefront aberration measurement alone without the need for corneal shape...

The effect of the lipid layer on tear film behaviour (2006)

McElwain, D. L. S., Jones, M. B., Fulford, G., Collins, M. J., Roberts, A. P.

This paper investigates the effect of surfactants during tear film deposition and subsequent thinning. The surfactants occur naturally on the surface of the tear film in the form of a lipid layer. A...

The effect of the lipid layer on tear film deposition and thinning (2006)

McElwain, D. L. S., Jones, M. B., Fulford, G., Collins, M. J., Roberts, A. P.

This work mathematically models the effects of surfactants during tear film deposition and subsequent thinning. The surfactants occur naturally on the surface of the tear film in the form of a lipid...

The effect of the lipid layer on tear film behaviour (2006)

McElwain, D. L. S., Jones, M. B., Fulford, G., Collins, M. J., Roberts, A. P.

This paper investigates the effect of surfactants during tear film deposition and subsequent thinning. The surfactants occur naturally on the surface of the tear film in the form of a lipid layer. A...

The effect of the lipid layer on tear film deposition and thinning (2006)

McElwain, D. L. S., Jones, M. B., Fulford, G., Collins, M. J., Roberts, A. P.

This work mathematically models the effects of surfactants during tear film deposition and subsequent thinning. The surfactants occur naturally on the surface of the tear film in the form of a lipid...

The earliest record of human activity in northern Europe (2005)

Parfitt, S.A., Barendregt, R.W., Breda, M., Candy, I., Collins, M.J., Coope, G.R., ...

The colonization of Eurasia by early humans is a key event after their spread out of Africa, but the nature, timing and ecological context of the earliest human occupation of northwest Europe is...

The earliest humans in Northern Europe: Artefacts from the Cromer forest-bed formation at Pakefield, Suffolk, UK (2005)

Parfitt, S.A., Barendregt, R.W., Breda, M., Candy, I., Collins, M.J., Coope, G.R., ...

The colonization of Eurasia by early humans is a key event after their spread out of Africa, but the nature, timing and ecological context of the earliest human occupation of northwest Europe is...

The earliest record of human activity in northern Europe (2005)

Parfitt, S.A., Barendregt, R.W., Breda, M., Candy, I., Collins, M.J., Russell Coope, G., ...

The colonization of Eurasia by early humans is a key event after their spread out of Africa, but the nature, timing and ecological context of the earliest human occupation of northwest Europe is...

Assessing the distribution of Asian Palaeolithic sites : a predictive model of collagen degradation. (2005)

Holmes, K. M., Robson Brown, K. A., Oates, W. P., Collins, M. J.

Abstract Having previously shown that there is a statistically significant relationship between areas of low collagen degradation and the location of archaeological sites in Africa [K.M. Holmes, K.A....

Osteocalcin protein sequences of Neanderthals and modern primates (2005)

Nielsen-Marsh, C.M., Richards, M.P., Hauschka, P., Thomas-Oates, J.E., Collins, M.J.

We report here protein sequences of fossil hominids, from two Neanderthals dating to {approx}75,000 years old from Shanidar Cave in Iraq. These sequences, the oldest reported fossil primate protein...

Osteocalcin protein sequences of Neanderthals and modern primates (2005)

Nielsen-Marsh, C.M., Richards, M.P., Hauschka, P., Thomas-Oates, J.E., Collins, M.J.

We report here protein sequences of fossil hominids, from two Neanderthals dating to {approx}75,000 years old from Shanidar Cave in Iraq. These sequences, the oldest reported fossil primate protein...

Biochemical and physical correlates of DNA contamination in archeological human bones and teeth excavated at Matera, Italy. (2005)

Gilber, M.T.P., Rudbeck, L., Willerslev, E., Hansen, A.J., Smith, C., Penkman, K.E.H., ...

The majority of ancient DNA studies on human specimens have utilised teeth and bone as a source of genetic material. In this study the levels of endogenous contamination (i.e. present within the...

Osteocalcin protein sequences of Neanderthals and modern primates. (2005)

Nielsen-Marsh, C. M., Richards, M. P., Hauschka, P. V., Thomas-Oates, J. E., Trinkaus, E., Pettitt, P. B., ...

We report here protein sequences of fossil hominids, from two Neanderthals dating to ≈75,000 years old from Shanidar Cave in Iraq. These sequences, the oldest reported fossil primate protein...

Assessing the distribution of African Palaeolithic sites : a predictive model of collagen degradation. (2005)

Holmes, K. M., Brown, K. A. R., Oates, W. P., Collins, M. J.

In order to assess the distribution of African Palaeolithic sites and hominin remains, we need an understanding of the factors that may affect the preservation of archaeological material in the...

Physiological, growth, yield and quality responses of ´shiraz´ berries manipulated using PRD and drip irrigation (2005)

Collins, M. J., Barlow, E. W. R., Wood, R., Kelly, G., Fuentes, Sigfredo

A study was conducted to investigate the effect of partial rootzone drying (PRD) in comparison to drip irrigation with two different water levels (0.45 and 0.9 ETc) on the physiological, growth,...

Physiological, growth, yield and quality responses of ´shiraz´ berries manipulated using PRD and drip irrigation (2005)

Collins, M. J., Barlow, E. W. R., Wood, R., Kelly, G., Fuentes, Sigfredo

A study was conducted to investigate the effect of partial rootzone drying (PRD) in comparison to drip irrigation with two different water levels (0.45 and 0.9 ETc) on the physiological, growth,...

Osteocalcin protein sequences of Neanderthals and modern primates (2005)

Nielsen-Marsh, C.M., Richards, M.P., Hauschka, P.V., Thomas-Oates, J.E., Trinkaus, E., Pettitt, P.B., ...

We report here protein sequences of fossil hominids, from two Neanderthals dating to ≈75,000 years old from Shanidar Cave in Iraq. These sequences, the oldest reported fossil primate protein...

Dynamics of tear film deposition and draining (2005)

McElwain, D. L. S., Jones, M. B., Please, C. P., Fulford, G., Roberts, A. P., Collins, M. J.

This paper investigates the deposition of the tear film on the cornea of the human eye. The tear film is laid down by the motion of the upper eyelid and then subsequently flows and thins. Of...

Dynamics of tear film deposition and draining (2005)

Jones, M. B., Please, C. P., McElwain, D. L. S., Fulford, G. R., Roberts, A. P., Collins, M. J.

This paper investigates the deposition of the tear film on the cornea of the human eye. The tear film is laid down by the motion of the upper eyelid and then subsequently flows and thins. Of...

Physiological, growth, yield and quality responses of 'shiraz' berries manipulated using PRD and drip irrigation (2005)

Collins, M. J., Barlow, E. W. R., Wood, R., Wine Network Australia (Firm), Kelley, Georgina, ...

A study was conducted to investigate the effect of partial rootzone drying (PRD) in comparison to drip irrigation with two different water levels (0.45 and 0.9 Etc) on the physiological, growth,...

Dynamics of tear film deposition and draining (2005)

McElwain, D. L. S., Jones, M. B., Please, C. P., Fulford, G., Roberts, A. P., Collins, M. J.

This paper investigates the deposition of the tear film on the cornea of the human eye. The tear film is laid down by the motion of the upper eyelid and then subsequently flows and thins. Of...

Sub-micron spongiform porosity is the major ultra-structural alteration occurring in archaeological bone (2004)

Turner-Walker, G., Nielsen-Marsh, C.M., Syversen, U., Kars, H., Collins, M.J.

Total pore volume and pore size distribution are indicators of the degree of post-mortem modification of bone. Direct measurements of pore size distribution in archaeological bones using mercury...

Sub-micron spongiform porosity is the major ultra-structural alteration occurring in archaeological bone (2004)

Turner-Walker, G., Nielsen-Marsh, C.M., Syversen, U., Kars, H., Collins, M.J.

Total pore volume and pore size distribution are indicators of the degree of post-mortem modification of bone. Direct measurements of pore size distribution in archaeological bones using mercury...

The identification of prehistoric dairying activities in the Scottish Atlantic Margins: an integrated biomolecular approach (2004)

Craig, O.E., Taylor, G., Mulville, J., Collins, M.J., Pearson, M.

The antiquity of dairying in regions considered to be marginal, such as the Western Isles of Scotland, has generated considerable debate. Complementary biomolecular methods are now available for...

A practical approach to the identification of low temperature heated bone using TEM (2003)

Koon, H.E.C., Nicholson, R.A., Collins, M.J.

Unlike burnt bone, cooked bone leaves no obvious trace. The ability to identify cooked bone has far reaching implications within the fields of palaeo-anthropology, archaeology and forensic science....

The thermal history of human fossils and the likelihood of successful DNA amplification (2003)

Smith, C.I., Chamberlain, A.T., Riley, M.S., Stringer, C., Collins, M.J.

Recent success in the amplification of ancient DNA (aDNA) from fossil humans has led to calls for further tests to be carried out on similar material. However, there has been little systematic...

The taphonomy of cooked bone : characterizing boiling and its physico-chemical effects. (2002)

Roberts, S. J., Smith, C. I., Millard, A. R., Collins, M. J.

Cooking is perhaps the most common pre–burial taphonomic transformation that occurs to bone, yet it is still one of the least understood. Little progress has been made in determining a method of...

The survival of organic matter in bone : a review. (2002)

Collins, M. J., Nielsen-Marsh, C. M., Hiller, J., Smith, C. I., Roberts, J. P., Prigodich, R. V., ...

If bone is considered as a composite of collagen (protein) and bioapatite (mineral), then three pathways of diagenesis are identified: (1) chemical deterioration of the organic phase; (2) chemical...

The taphonomy of cooked bone : characterizing boiling and its physico–chemical effects. (2002)

Roberts, S. J., Smith, C. I., Millard, A., Collins, M. J.

Cooking is perhaps the most common pre–burial taphonomic transformation that occurs to bone, yet it is still one of the least understood. Little progress has been made in determining a method of...

The survival of organic matter in bone : a review. (2002)

Collins, M. J., Nielsen-Marsh, C. M., Hiller, J., Smith, C. I., Roberts, S. J., Prigodich, R. V., ...

If bone is considered as a composite of collagen (protein) and bioapatite (mineral), then three pathways of diagenesis are identified: (1) chemical deterioration of the organic phase; (2) chemical...

Neanderthal DNA: not just old but old and cold? (2001)

Smith, C.I., Chamberlain, A.T., Riley, M.S., Cooper, A., Stringer, C.B., Collins, M.J.

[First paragraph]The successful retrieval of ancient DNA from two geographically dispersed Neanderthal skeletons has fuelled a demand for more Neanderthal DNA sequences for analysis. However, these...

Neanderthal DNA: not just old but old and cold? (2001)

Smith, C.I., Chamberlain, A.T., Riley, M.S., Cooper, A., Stringer, C.B., Collins, M.J.

[First paragraph]The successful retrieval of ancient DNA from two geographically dispersed Neanderthal skeletons has fuelled a demand for more Neanderthal DNA sequences for analysis. However, these...

Predicting protein decomposition: the case of aspartic-acid racemization kinetics (1999)

Collins, M.J., Waite, E.R.

The increase in proportion of the non-biological (D-) isomer of aspartic acid (Asp) relative to the L- isomer has been widely used in archaeology and geochemistry as a tool for dating. The method has...

Predicting protein decomposition: the case of aspartic-acid racemization kinetics (1999)

Collins, M.J., Waite, E.R.

The increase in proportion of the non-biological (D-) isomer of aspartic acid (Asp) relative to the L- isomer has been widely used in archaeology and geochemistry as a tool for dating. The method has...

Helicobacter hepaticus sp. nov., a microaerophilic bacterium isolated from livers and intestinal mucosal scrapings from mice.

Fox, J G, Dewhirst, F E, Tully, J G, Paster, B J, Yan, L, Taylor, N S, ...

A bacterium with a spiral shape and bipolar, single, sheathed flagella was isolated from the livers of mice with active, chronic hepatitis. The bacteria also colonized the cecal and colonic mucosae...

Sensitivity of enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, complement fixation, and hemagglutination inhibition serological tests for detection of Sendai virus antibody in laboratory mice.

Parker, J C, O'Beirne, A J, Collins, M J

The enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay technique for detection of Sendai virus antibody in mice was approximately 100- and 300-fold more sensitive than the complement fixation and hemagglutination...

Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for detection of antibodies to murine hepatitis virus.

Peters, R L, Collins, M J, O'Beirne, A J, Howton, P A, Hourihan, S L, Thomas, S F

An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was developed for the detection of antibodies to murine hepatitis virus. A high prevalence of antibody to murine hepatitis virus was found by the enzyme-linked...

Predicting protein decomposition: the case of aspartic-acid racemization kinetics.

Collins, M J, Waite, E R, Van Duin, A C

The increase in proportion of the non-biological (D-) isomer of aspartic acid (Asp) relative to the L-isomer has been widely used in archaeology and geochemistry as a tool for dating. the method has...

Peritoneal macrophage alterations caused by naturally occurring mouse hepatitis virus.

Boorman, G. A., Luster, M. I., Dean, J. H., Campbell, M. L., Lauer, L. A., Talley, F. A., ...

During routine harvest of murine resident peritoneal cells for macrophage function assays the authors recently noted that mice showed a 3-4-fold spontaneous increase in number of peritoneal cells...

Analysis of prosthetic cardiac devices: a guide for the practising pathologist

Butany, J, Collins, M J

Pathologists all over the world increasingly encounter prosthetic cardiac devices. A good evaluation of these devices is a valuable source of information, which can contribute to patient care and the...

Coronary artery stents: identification and evaluation

Butany, J, Carmichael, K, Leong, S W, Collins, M J

First introduced in the 1980s, the coronary stent has been used to reduce the rate of arterial restenosis. Coronary stent implantation is currently a common procedure performed by interventional...

Closed-system behaviour of the intra-crystalline fraction of amino acids in mollusc shells

Penkman, K.E.H., Kaufman, D.S., Maddy, D., Collins, M.J.

When mollusc shells are analysed conventionally for amino acid geochronology, the entire population of amino acids is included, both inter- and intra-crystalline. This study investigates the utility...

Testing the aminostratigraphy of fluvial archives: the evidence from intra-crystalline proteins within freshwater shells

Penkman, K.E.H., Preece, R.C., Keen, D.H., Maddy, D., Schreve, D.C., Collins, M.J.

Until recently few studies of amino acid racemization of fossil bivalves and gastropods collected from river terrace deposits in Europe were based on the analysis of the intra-crystalline fraction....