Riede, F., Edinborough, K., Thomas, M.
Narratives of cultural change during the Mesolithic tend to be underwritten by assumptions of stable or steadily growing human population densities. In this paper, we show that a) on theoretical and...
M. Thomas, C. Kambhamettu, C. A. Geiger
In this work, we attempt to extend the body of knowledge on sea ice motion tracking in two specific directions. The first direction is the development of a computationally efficient, high resolution...
Face Recognition Using a Color PCA Framework (2009)
M. Thomas, S. Kumar, C. Kambhamettu
Abstract. This paper delves into the problem of face recognition using color as an important cue in improving recognition accuracy. To perform recognition of color images, we use the characteristics...
Face Recognition using a Color Subspace LDA approach (2009)
This paper delves into the problem of face recognition using color as an important cue in improving the accuracy of recognition. To perform recognition of color images, we use the characteristics of...
Vector Field Resampling using Local Streamline Approximation (2009)
In this paper, we propose an algorithm to resample coarse vector fields in order to obtain vector fields of a higher density. Unlike the typical linear interpolation scheme, our algorithm attempts to...
Vector field characterization in ERS-1 imagery of sea ice (2009)
M. Thomas, C. A. Geiger, C. Kambhamettu, Video/image Modeling Snow, Ice Branch
The non rigid motion of sea ice is an essential component when describing global climatology models. With the availability of sequential ERS-1 satellite imagery, we estimate high resolution motion...
Kreuz, M., Nesvizhevsky, V. V., Schmidt-Wellenburg, P., Soldner, T., Thomas, M., Boerner, H. G., ...
We present a method to measure the resonance transitions between the gravitationally bound quantum states of neutrons in the GRANIT spectrometer. The purpose of GRANIT is to improve the accuracy of...
Pulmonary distress following attempted suicidal hanging (2009)
Nair, S, Jacob, J, Aaron, S, Thomas, M, Joseph, M, Alexander, M
Performance studies of the CMS Strip Tracker before installation (2009)
Adam, W, Bergauer, T, Dragicevic, M, Friedl, M, Frühwirth, R, Hansel, S, ...
In March 2007 the assembly of the Silicon Strip Tracker was completed at the Tracker Integration Facility at CERN. Nearly 15% of the detector was instrumented using cables, fiber optics, power...
Möbius, A., Elbick, D., Feldmann, K., Schüßler, F., Borris, J., ...
A new potentially cost-efficient technology combining patterned atmospheric pressure dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) treatment, here referred to as "plasnia-printing". and galvanic plating for the...
Multilayer photoresist stamps for selective plasma treatment in micrometer scales (2009)
Stöhr, U., Dohse, A., Hoppe, P., Thomas, M., Kadel, K., ...
A novel plasma stamp has been developed allowing selective plasma treatment and coating of flat surfaces using dielectric barrier discharges at atmospheric pressure. The stamp consists of a flat...
Face Recognition using a color PCA framework (2008)
M. Thomas, S. Kumar, C. Kambhamettu
Abstract. This paper delves into the problem of face recognition using color as an important cue in improving recognition accuracy. To perform recognition of color images, we use the characteristics...
Playing Sport In The Stormy Sea Of Street Life (2008)
Currently, there are many street children in South Africa (SA). They have been robbed from the safe harbour of family life and on a daily basis experience the stormy sea of street life. Society has...
Experiences with Retargetable Compilation using Catalyst (2008)
W. De Rammelaere, E. Hilkens, T. Lawell, R. Mcgarity, P. Le Moenner, P. Kritzinger, ...
The design of a System on a Chip (SoC) is a challenging task, and tackled quite differently by different companies. The problems involved are in fact common to many marketplaces. First, the market
Development of NPACI Grid Application Portals and Portal Web Services (2008)
M. Thomas, J. Boisseau, M. Dahan, C. Mills, S. Mock, K. Mueller
Grid portals and services are emerging as convenient mechanisms for providing the scientific community with familiar and simplified interfaces to the Grid. Our experiences in implementing...
Caregiver experiences and perceptions of stroke (2008)
With the increasing prevalence of people in developing countries who suffer strokes, the long-term care of people who have had a stroke and who are living with disabilities has substantial...
M. Thomas, S. K. Misra, C. Kambhamettu, J. T. Kirby
Abstract. This paper describes a method for the estimation of a dynamic open contour by incorporating a modified particle swarm optimization technique. This scheme has been applied to a “Particle...
DOI 10.1007/s00348-006-0113-1 RESEARCH ARTICLE (2008)
Shubhra K. Misra, Æ M. Thomas, Æ C. Kambhamettu, J. T. Kirby, Æ F. Veron, Æ M. Brocchini, ...
Estimation of complex air–water interfaces from particle image velocimetry images
Role of Ice Dynamics in the Sea Ice Mass Balance (2008)
Hutchings, J., Geiger, C., Roberts, A., Richter-Menge, J., Doble, M., Forsberg, R., ...
ToF-SIMS imaging of DBD-plasma-printed microspots on BOPP substrates (2008)
Hinze, A., Zänker, A., Thomas, M., Wirth, T., Unger, W.E.S.
Imaging ToF-SIMS has been applied to characterize the surface chemistry variations across small areas produced by a DBD-type plasma printing technique on a BOPP substrate using pure nitrogen and a...
DNA from Pre-Clovis Human Coprolites in Oregon, North America (2008)
Thomas, M., Gilbert, P., Jenkins, Dennis L., Götherstrom, Anders, Naveran, Nuria, Sanchez, Juan J., ...
Weiss, P., Thomas, M., Sündermann, J.
Traditionally, global ocean tide models are forced by individual partial tides resulting from a decomposition of the complete lunisolar tidal potential in Fourier components. Implicitly, this...
Eichler, M., Michel, B., Thomas, M., Gabriel, M.
Using dielectric barrier discharges at atmospheric pressure, silicon wafers have been treated for low-temperature direct wafer bonding with annealing temperatures down to 100 °C. The experimental...
Allseitige Innenbeschichtung von fluidischen Systemen (2008)
Eichler, M., Berger, C., Thomas, M.
Für die Innenbeschichtung von gedeckelten fluidischen Systemen mit Atmosphärendruck-Plasmen wurde der Einfluss verschiedener Beschichtungsparameter auf das Schichtdickenprofil untersucht. Dabei...
Investigations of plasma-amination of polymer surfaces by dielectric barrier discharges (2008)
Grishin, A., Hinze, A., Thomas, M., Borris, J.
The introduction of amino groups into surfaces of polymers by contact with atmospheric-pressure discharges in nitrogen-containing gases is a relatively simple way to improve interfacial adhesion and...
Borris, J., Thomas, M., Zänker, A., Möbius, A., Elbick, D., ...
A new potentially cost-efficient technology combining patterned atmospheric pressure dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) treatment, here referred to as 'plasma-printing', and galvanic plating for the...
Kinetics of silanol condensation for low-temperature direct bonding (2008)
Eichler, M., Michel, B., Thomas, M.
This paper presents first results of fracture surface energies measurements performed in-situ during annealing of silicon wafers. The effect of wafer conditioning by atmospheric-pressure plasmas and...
Should medical students learn to develop a personal formulary? (2008)
DE VRIES, TPGM, DANIELS, JMA, MULDER, CW, GROOT, OA, WEWERINKE, L, BARNES, KI, ...
Low-Cost Airborne Thermal Sensors for Animal Monitoring (2008)
Marburg, A., Brown, J., Thomas, M.
Vertebrate pests are a major environmental and economic threat in New Zealand. One of the species that has high potential threat is possum (Trichosurus vulpecula). The direct environmental impacts of...
Streamline regularization for large discontinuous motion of sea ice (2008)
Non-rigid motion has to sometimes contend with the presence of discontinuous structures when it is estimated under a non-topology preserving deformation. In this paper, we propose an algorithm that...
Prechtl, E., Eisenmann, B., Weis, A., Süßdorf, W., Loeb, A., Stanke, D., ...
Jahrestagung Kerntechnik 2008, Hamburg, 27.-29.Mai 2008
Lebrat, J.F., Aliberti, G., D'Angelo, A., Billebaud, A., Brissot, R., Brockmann, H., ...
Nuclear Science and Engineering, 158(2008) S.49-67
User Interface Design for Mechanized Theorem Proving (2007)
Phil Gray, P. Gray, Tom Melham, M. Thomas
c discipline---namely, the study of Human-Computer Interaction. The interface designers are often primarily theorem-proving or formal methods experts; they seldom have extensive training in the...
IP Payload Compression Protocol (IPComp) (2007)
This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the...
Status of this Memo Advanced Sockets API for IPv6 (2007)
This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. Copyright Notice Copyright (C) The Internet...
on Quantum confinement without walls (2007)
S. Tsujino, S. J. Allen, M. Thomas, T. Eckhause, E. Gwinn, M. Rüfenacht, ...
We explore and demonstrate quantum confinement without walls in metal-clad InAs quantum wells. We observed intersubband absorption from confined states in InAs clad with Al, Sb, Nb, W, Pt, Ag, Au, Ti...
IP Payload Compression Protocol (IPComp) (2007)
Status Of This, R. Pereira, M. Thomas
This document describes a protocol intended to provide lossless compression for Internet Protocol datagrams in an Internet environment.
Propionibacterium acnes: an under-appreciated cause of post-neurosurgical infection (2007)
Nisbet, M., Briggs, S., Ellis-Pegler, R., Thomas, M., Holland, D.
Background Propionibacterium acnes is increasingly recognized as a cause of post-neurosurgical infection. This review of patients with P. acnes neurosurgical infection was carried out in order to...
Kerr, J.R., Christian, P., Hodgetts, A., Langford, P.R., Devanur, L.D., Petty, R., ...
Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is an illness characterised by disabling fatigue of at least 6 months duration, which is accompanied by various rheumatological, infectious and neuropsychiatric...
The Use of Exhaled Nitric Oxide to Guide Asthma Management: A Randomised Controlled Trial. (2007)
Shaw, D.E., Berry, Mike A., Thomas, M., Green, R.H., Brightling, C.E., Wardlaw, Andrew J., ...
This is the author’s final draft of the paper published as Shaw et al, 2007, The Use of Exhaled Nitric Oxide to Guide Asthma Management: A Randomised Controlled Trial, American Journal of...
Effects of sex pheromone in electrostatic powder on mating behaviour by Lobesia botrana males (2007)
Nansen, C., MacDonald, K.M., Rogers, C.D., Thomas, M., Poppy, G.M., Baxter, I.H.
In laboratory trials, mating behaviour of males of Lobesia botrana Den. and Schiff. (Lep., Tortricidae) was investigated after treatment with an electrostatically chargeable powder, EntostatTM. Male...
CMS physics technical design report, volume II: Physics performance (2007)
Bayatian, G. L., Chatrchyan, S., Hmayakyan, G., Sirunyan, A. M., Adam, W., Bergauer, T., ...
CMS is a general purpose experiment, designed to study the physics of pp collisions at 14 TeV at the Large Hadron Collider ( LHC). It currently involves more than 2000 physicists from more than 150...
Microplasma-based treatment of inner surfaces in microfluidic devices (2007)
Berger, C., Eichler, M., Thomas, M.
The paper presents one example of the utilization of microplasmas formed in cavities, which are surrounded partially or completely by dielectric materials, for surface technological processes. The...
Biological applications of an LCoS-based programmable array microscope (PAM) (2007)
Hagen, G., Caarls, W., Thomas, M., Hill, A., Lidke, K. A., Rieger, B., ...
Surface technology with cold microplasmas (2007)
Hinze, A., Lachmann, K., Berger, C., Borris, J., Eichler, M., ...
Various new plasma-based surface technological processes are made feasible by localizing atmospheric-pressure discharges to predefined volumes with sub-millimeter linear dimensions. So-called Plasma...
Thomas, M., Hausen, M. Von, Baumhof, P.
The present paper reports on a new approach for the DBD-based plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition of MAA coatings at atmospheric pressure, using a plasma-copolymerization with VTMS in order to...
Borris, J., Thomas, M., Faupel, F., Zaporojtchenko, V.
Amino group containing films of maximum 30 nm thickness were deposited on gold-coated wafers using atmospheric pressure dielectric barrier discharges (DBD) and process gases consisting of...
Einsatz von Atmosphärendruck-Mikroplasmen für die Aufbau- und Verbindungstechnik (2007)
Eichler, M., Michel, B., Thomas, M.
Bei Atmosphärendruck lassen sich im Gegensatz zum Niederdruck Plasmen in Kavitäten mit Ausdehnungen von nur wenigen 10 µm zünden. Dies eröffnet neue Möglichkeiten für die lokale...
Beschichtung der inneren Oberflächen in gedeckelten mikrofluidischen Systemen (2007)
Eichler, M., Berger, C., Thomas, M.
Mikrofluidische Systeme werden in den verschiedensten Bereichen für medizinische Diagnostik, Umweltanalytik, Biotechnologie und in der Lebensmittelchemie eingesetzt. Gerade im Bereich der...
Borris, J., Thomas, M., Zänker, A., Möbius, A., Elbick, D., ...
A new potentially cost-efficient technology combining patterned atmospheric pressure dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) treatment, here referred to as plasma printing, and galvanic plating for the...
Atmosphärendruck-Mikroplasmen in der Oberflächentechnik (2007)
Thomas, M., Eichler, M., Borris, J.
Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass bei Atmosphärendruck hergestellte Schichten oder Funktionalisierungen z. B. den industriellen nasschemischen Prozessen zur Oberflächenmodifikation deutlich überlegen...
Möbius, A., Elbick, D., Borris, J., Thomas, M., Zänker, A., ...
A new potentially cost-efficient technology combining patterned atmospheric pressure dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) treatrnent, here referred to as plasma-printing, and galvanic plating for the...
High resolution motion estimation of sea ice using an implicit quadtree approach (2007)
M. Thomas, C. A. Geiger, C. Kambhamettu
In this paper we estimate the motion between time-lagged Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) image pairs via an implicit quad-tree scheme. The algorithm provides a means to estimate motion at a spatial...
DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) Signatures (2007)
M. Delany, M. Libbey, J. Fenton, M. Thomas
This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the...
Lagrou, K., Vanderfaeillie, J., Froidecocur, C., Thomas, M., Massa, G., Tenoutasse, S., ...
Objective and design: Children born small for gestational age (SGA) are not only at risk for short stature, but also for neurodevelopmental and behavioral problems. In this study, we analyzed the...
Sussner, J, Thomas, M, Richens, Paul
This paper addresses the process of patterning reconfigurable video narrative by architectural theory, through a case-study of practice-based research on the interactive small-screen movie...
CMS Software Distribution on the LCG and OSG Grids (2006)
Rabbertz, K, Argirò, S, Ashby, S, Büge, V, Corvo, M, Darmenov, N, ...
The efficient exploitation of worldwide distributed storage and computing resources available in the grids require a robust, transparent and fast deployment of experiment specific software. The...
Coating with atmospheric pressure plasma processes: From large area to µ-structures (2006)
Atmospheric-pressure plasma processes based on dielectric barrier discharges (DBD) using air as process gas are commercially well established for cleaning surfaces and increasing wettability in, for...
Eichler, M., Mewes, H., Thomas, M., Ruddy, C., Reinecke, H., ...
Wafer level packaging using silicon direct bonding is widely used for the production of Microsystems (MEMS). For most bonding processes an additional annealing step at high temperatures is required...
Im Rahmen eines zurzeit laufenden BMBF-Verbundprojektes (FKZ 13N8751, 13N8753) konnte gezeigt werden, dass es möglich ist, durch bei Atmosphärendruck mittels dielektrischer Barriereentladung (DBD)...
Patterned DBD pretreatment at ambient pressure for low temperature wafer bonding (2006)
Eichler, M., Michel, B., Thomas, M., Ruddy, C., Reinecke, H., Reiche, M., ...
Two new atmospheric-pressure plasma processes, Local Plasma Treatment (LPT) and Plasma Printing (PP), are described, which allow a localized dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) treatment at predefined...
Coating on the inside of microfluidic systems with DBD based atmospheric pressure PA-CVD (2006)
Eichler, M., Berger, C., Thomas, M.
Dielectric barrier discharges at atmospheric pressure can be sustained in sub-mm cavities. These micro plasmas can be used for surface modifications of sealed microfluidic systems. With this...
Ambient pressure plasma activation for low temperature bonding (2006)
Eichler, M., Michel, B., Thomas, M., Ruddy, C., Reinecke, H., ...
Compared to low pressure plasma and wet chemical treatments, respectively, the activation wuth dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) is very fast, cost efficient and environmentally firendly. This paper...
Patterned DBD pretreatment at ambient pressure for low-temperature wafer bonding (2006)
Eichler, M., Michel, B., Thomas, M., Ruddy, C., Reinecke, H., Reiche, M., ...
Thomas, M., Klages, C., Eichler, M., Berger, C.
DE 102006014317 A1 UPAB: 20080221 NOVELTY - The method for the manufacture of micro-reactor or microfluidic component, comprises producing a plasma by application of alternating electric field in gas...
Verfahren zum Plasmabehandeln einer Oberfläche (2006)
Thomas, M., Schlittenhardt, E.
WO 2008014915 A2 UPAB: 20080226 NOVELTY - The plasma treatment of a surface of an object such as plug or a micro titre plate in a hollow body (4) for changing its surface properties, comprises...
Vejarano, S., Thomas, M., Vences, M.
We describe the tadpoles of three species of Malagasy frogs, classified in the genus Spinomantis, based on specimens identified by DNA barcoding. The tadpole of Spinomantis aglavei is a typical Orton...
Dkim E. Allman, M. Delany, M. Libbey, J. Fenton, M. Thomas
draft-ietf-dkim-base-00 By submitting this Internet-Draft, each author represents that any applicable patent or other IPR claims of which he or she is aware have been or will be disclosed, and any of...
Lambda Station: Production Applications Exploiting (2006)
Advanced Networks In, A. Bobyshev, M. Crawford, P. Demar, V. Grigaliunas, M. Grigoriev, ...
High Energy Physics collaborations consist of hundreds to thousands of physicists and are world-wide in scope. Experiments and applications now running, or starting soon, need the data movement...
M. Thomas, J. Vilhuber, Cisco Systems
This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the...
McNulty, C. A. M., Richards, J., Livermore, D. M., Little, P., Charlett, A., Freeman, E., ...
Objectives: To determine whether patients with an uncomplicated community-acquired urinary tract infection (UTI) and an isolate resistant to trimethoprim had worse clinical outcomes following...
McNulty, C. A. M., Richards, J., Livermore, D. M., Little, P., Charlett, A., Freeman, E., ...
Objectives: To determine whether patients with an uncomplicated community-acquired urinary tract infection (UTI) and an isolate resistant to trimethoprim had worse clinical outcomes following...
CMS software distribution on the LCG and OSG Grids. (2006)
Argiro, S., Evans, D., Ratnikova, N., Rabbertz, K., Kim, B., Thomas, M., ...
Computing in High Energy and Nuclear Physics (CHEP 06), Mumbai, IND, February 13-17, 2006
Andersen-Tawil syndrome: new potassium channel mutations and possible phenotypic variation (2005)
Davies, N.P., Imbrici, P., Fialho, D., Herd, C., Bilsland, L.G., Weber, A., ...
Objective: To evaluate clinical, genetic, and electrophysiologic features of patients with Andersen-Tawil syndrome (ATS) in the United Kingdom. Methods: Clinical and neurophysiologic evaluation was...
Distributed Computing Grid Experiences in CMS (2005)
Andreeva, J., Anjum, A., Barrass, T., Bonacorsi, D., Bunn, J., Capiluppi, P., ...
The CMS experiment is currently developing a computing system capable of serving, processing and archiving the large number of events that will be generated when the CMS detector starts taking data....
JClarens: A Java Framework for Developing and Deploying Web Services for Grid Computing (2005)
Thomas, M, Steenberg, C, Van Lingen, F, Newman, H, Bunn, J, Ali, A, ...
High Energy Physics (HEP) and other scientific communities have adopted Service Oriented Architectures (SOA) as part of a larger Grid computing effort. This effort involves the integration of many...
A Case Of Ollier's Disease With Intracranial Enchondroma (2005)
Sidharthan, N, Sachin, S, Ravi, KA, Bhavadasan, K, Thomas, M
Ward, H., Shepherd, N., Robertson, S., Thomas, M.
Context: Only a quarter of all travel by car drivers is undertaken between the hours of 19.00 and 08.00, but it is in this period that 40 percent of fatal and serious injuries are sustained by...
Eichler, M., Thomas, M., Mewes, H.
In diesem Beitrag wird die Weiterentwicklung der dielektrischen Barrierenentladung zur Vorbehandlung von Wafern für das anschließende Bonden vorgestellt. Durch die beschriebenen Verfahren zur...
Neue PVD-Verfahren zur strukturierten Metallisierung von Kunststoffen (2005)
PDV-Verfahren spielen eine immer größere Rolle bei der vollflächigen Metallisierung von Kunststoffen z. B. für ESD- oder EMV-Schutz. Dagegen dominieren im Bereich der Sensorik und räumlichen...
Oberflächenbeschichtung bei Atmosphärendruck: Barrieren-Entladung (2005)
Oberflächenmodifizierungen und -beschichtungen im Niederdruckplasma mittels Barrierenentladungen sind schon vielfach in die industrielle Anwendung übernommen worden. Allerdings sind die Verfahren...
Innenbehandlung und -beschichtung von gedeckelten mikrofluidischen Systemen (2005)
Eichler, M., Hacker, J., Thomas, M.
In diesem Beitrag wird ein neues, bei Atmosphärendruck arbeitendes Plasmaverfahren zur Innenbehandlung (Oberflächenmodifizierung oder -beschichtung) von Mikrofluidiksystemen vorgestellt, welches...
Functional coatings deposition in microfluidic systems by dbd-based PA-CVD (2005)
Eichler, M., Thomas, M., Hacker, J.
Using atmospheric-pressure dielectric barrier discharges (DBD), microfluidic systems have been modified by deposition of Si-based coatings in order to obtain, e.g., hydrophilicity of internal walls....
Patterned DBD treatment for area-selective metallization of polymers-plasma printing (2005)
Kreitz, S., Penache, C., Thomas, M.
The present paper reports on the local atmospheric pressure plasma pretreatment of polymeric substrates for a subsequent metallization by electroless nickel and copper electrolytes, respectively....
Surface models for coupled modelling of runoff and sewer flow in urban areas (2005)
Ettrich, N., Steiner, K., Thomas, M., Rothe, R.
Traditional methods fail for the purpose of simulating the complete flow process in urban areas as a consequence of heavy rainfall and as required by the European Standard EN-752 since the...
Diese Diplomarbeit untersucht das Zusammenspiel von Softwareagenten und dem Semantic Web. Als zugrundeliegendes Szenario wurde die Zusammenstellung und Suche nach einer möglichst optimalen...
Assessment of urban flooding by dual drainage simulation model RisUrSim (2005)
Schmitt, T.G., Thomas, M., Ettrich, N.
The European research project in the EUREKA framework, RisUrSim is presented with its overall objective to develop an integrated planning tool to allow cost effective management for urban drainage...
Flying Doctor Ag-Pb-Zn Prospect, Northern Leases, Broken Hill, NSW (2005)
Hill, Steven Matthew, Thomas, M., Earl, K. L., Foster, K. A.
S.M. Hill, M. Thomas, K. Earl, and K.A. Foster
Flying Doctor Ag-Pb-Zn Prospect, Northern Leases, Broken Hill, NSW (2005)
Hill, Steven Matthew, Thomas, M., Earl, K. L., Foster, K. A.
S.M. Hill, M. Thomas, K. Earl, and K.A. Foster
Kapur, A, Malik, IS, Bagger, JP, Anderson, JR, Kooner, JS, Thomas, M, ...
Background Patients with diabetes have an increased incidence and severity of. ischemic heart disease, which leads to an increased requirement for coronary revascularization. Comparative information...
The Coronary Artery Revascularisation in Diabetes (CARDia) trial: Background aims and design (2005)
Kapur, A., Malik, I. S., Bagger, J. P., Anderson, J. R., Kooner, J. S., Thomas, M., ...
Background Patients with diabetes have an increased incidence and severity of ischemic heart disease, which leads to an increased requirement for coronary revascularization. Comparative information...
The Coronary Artery Revascularisation in Diabetes (CARDia) trial: Background aims and design (2005)
Kapur, A., Malik, I. S., Bagger, J. P., Anderson, J. R., Kooner, J. S., Thomas, M., ...
Background Patients with diabetes have an increased incidence and severity of ischemic heart disease, which leads to an increased requirement for coronary revascularization. Comparative information...
Kapur, A, Malik, IS, Bagger, JP, Anderson, JR, Kooner, JS, Thomas, M, ...
Background Patients with diabetes have an increased incidence and severity of. ischemic heart disease, which leads to an increased requirement for coronary revascularization. Comparative information...
Distributed Computing Grid Experiences in CMS (2005)
Andreeva Anjum Barrass, L. Taylor, M. Thomas, L. Tuura, T. Wildish, F. Van Lingen, ...
The CMS experiment is currently developing a computing system capable of serving, processing and archiving the large number of events that will be generated when the CMS detector starts taking data....
Thomas, M., Woodfield, G., Moses, C., Amos, G.
An open access copy of this article is available and complies with the copyright holder/publisher conditions.
Thomas, M., Woodfield, G., Moses, C., Amos, G.
An open access copy of this article is available and complies with the copyright holder/publisher conditions.
Management of hyponatraemia: are we doing enough? (2005)
Soran, H., Alio, Z., Pattison, T., Burrows, G., Cook, G., Thomas, M., ...
Use of Grid Tools to Support CMS Distributed Analysis (2004)
Fanfani, A, Andreeva, J, Anjum, A, Barrass, T, Bonacorsi, D, Bunn, J, ...
In order to prepare the Physic Technical Design Report, due by end of 2005, the CMS experiment needs to simulate, reconstruct and anlayse about 100 million events, corresponding to more than 200 TB...
Non-antibiotic treatments for sore throat [Protocol] (2004)
Francis, D., Del Mar, Chris, Thomas, M., Glasziou, Paul
This is the protocol for a review. The objective is as follows: 1. To determine the effect of non-antibiotic treatments in the management of sore throat in children and adults.
Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der Oberflächentechnik mit Barrierenentladung (2004)
Eichler, M., Penache, C., Thomas, M.
Die sogenannte dielektrische Barriereentladung (DBD = Dielectric Barrier Discharge) wurde 1857 von Siemens entdeckt und wird seit etwa 50 Jahren fuer die Vorbehandlung von Kunststoffen fuer die...
Vergoehl, M., Neumann, F., Thomas, M., Hunsche, B., Rickers, C.
WO2003051787 A UPAB: 20030719 NOVELTY - The inactive layer is locally heated to effect modification, thus causing transition to a photo-catalytic form and confer photo-hydrophilicity. In addition or...
Non-antibiotic treatments for sore throat [Protocol] (2004)
Francis, D., Del Mar, Chris, Thomas, M., Glasziou, Paul
This is the protocol for a review. The objective is as follows: 1. To determine the effect of non-antibiotic treatments in the management of sore throat in children and adults.
Syrmis, M. W., Whiley, D. M., Thomas, M., Mackay, I. M., Williamson, J., Siebert, D. J., ...
Cell culture and direct fluorescent antibody (DFA) assays have been traditionally used for the laboratory diagnosis of respiratory viral infections. Multiplex reverse transcriptase polymerase chain...
Non-antibiotic treatments for sore throat [Protocol] (2004)
Francis, D., Del Mar, Chris, Thomas, M., Glasziou, Paul
This is the protocol for a review. The objective is as follows: 1. To determine the effect of non-antibiotic treatments in the management of sore throat in children and adults.
Syrmis, M. W., Whiley, D. M., Thomas, M., Mackay, I. M., Williamson, J., Siebert, D. J., ...
Cell culture and direct fluorescent antibody (DFA) assays have been traditionally used for the laboratory diagnosis of respiratory viral infections. Multiplex reverse transcriptase polymerase chain...
Living with HIV in New Zealand: Balancing health and quality of life (2004)
Grierson, J., Pitts, M., Whyte, M., Misson, S., Hughes, A., Saxton, P., ...
An open access copy of this article is available and complies with the copyright holder/publisher conditions.
Living with HIV in New Zealand: Balancing health and quality of life (2004)
Grierson, J., Pitts, M., Whyte, M., Misson, S., Hughes, A., Saxton, P., ...
An open access copy of this article is available and complies with the copyright holder/publisher conditions.
Incidence of self-reported occupational injuries in seafaring--an international study (2004)
Jensen, O. C., Sørensen, J. F. L., Canals, M. L., Hu, Y. P., Nikolic, N., Thomas, M.
Aims Seafaring is known as a high-risk industry. The aims were to describe the incidence of non-fatal injuries among seafarers, including testing the hypothesis that long working hours might result...
Incidence of self-reported occupational injuries in seafaring--an international study (2004)
Jensen, O. C., Sørensen, J. F. L., Canals, M. L., Hu, Y. P., Nicolic, N., Thomas, M.
Aims Seafaring is known as a high-risk industry. The aims were to describe the incidence of non-fatal injuries among seafarers, including testing the hypothesis that long working hours might result...
Incidence of self-reported occupational injuries in seafaring--an international study (2004)
Jensen, O. C., Sørensen, J. F. L., Canals, M. L., Hu, Y. P., Nicolic, N., Thomas, M.
Aims Seafaring is known as a high-risk industry. The aims were to describe the incidence of non-fatal injuries among seafarers, including testing the hypothesis that long working hours might result...
Thomas, M., Greenough, A., Johnson, A., Limb, E., Marlow, N., Peacock, J.L., ...
OBJECTIVE: To determine if chest radiograph appearance at 28 days or 36 weeks postmenstrual age (PMA) can predict recurrent wheeze or cough at follow up in prematurely born infants more effectively...
Seshagiri, PB, Thomas, M, Sreekumar, A, Ray, P, Mariappa, D
To fertilize the oocyte, mammalian spermatozoa must undergo capacitation and acrosome reaction. These events are believed to be associated with various biochemical changes primarily mediated by cAMP,...
Optical and infrared photometry of the unusual Type Ia supernova 2000cx (2003)
Candia, P., Krisciunas, K., Suntzeff, N. B., Gonzalez, D., Espinoza, J., Leiton, R., ...
We present optical and infrared photometry of the unusual Type Ia supernova 2000cx. With the data of Li et al. and Jha, this constitutes the largest data set ever assembled for a Type Ia SN, more...
Optimisation of Noosa BNR plant to improve performance and reduce operating costs (2003)
Thomas, M, Wright, P, Blackall, L, Urbain, V, Keller, J
Noosa WWTP is publicly owned and privately operated by Australian Water Services. The process includes primary sedimentation, raw sludge fermentation, biological nutrient removal (BNR), sand...
Cross-curricular collaboration in teaching social aspects of genetics (2003)
Ratcliffe, M., Harris, R., McWhirter, J., Thomas, M.
Science teachers can lack pedagogic skill and confidence in handling multi-faceted socio-scientific issues. This project has explored the development, implementation and evaluation of a...
Optimisation of Noosa BNR plant to improve performance and reduce operating costs (2003)
Thomas, M., Wright, P., Blackall, L., Urbain, V., Keller, J.
Noosa WWTP is publicly owned and privately operated by Australian Water Services. The process includes primary sedimentation, raw sludge fermentation, biological nutrient removal (BNR), sand...
Symptom complaints following aerial spraying with biological insecticide Foray 48B (2003)
Petrie, K.J., Thomas, M., Broadbent, E.
An open access copy of this article is available and complies with the copyright holder/publisher conditions.
Symptom complaints following aerial spraying with biological insecticide Foray 48B (2003)
Petrie, K.J., Thomas, M., Broadbent, E.
An open access copy of this article is available and complies with the copyright holder/publisher conditions.
Treatment of Epithelioid Sarcoma at the Royal Marsden Hospital (2003)
L. Livi, N. Shah, F. Paiar, C. Fisher, I. Judson, E. Moskovic, ...
Purpose: The aim of this study was to assess treatment and outcome with respect to clinical and pathological features.Patients and methods: Thirty-nine patients were identified (range 7–66 years,...
Kingdon, E. J., Knight, C. J., Dustan, K., Irwin, A. G., Thomas, M., Powis, S. H., ...
Objectives. Although it only occurs in a minority of patients, renal involvement is a life‐threatening complication of scleroderma (SSc). We have investigated the utility of two...
The purpose of this paper is to present the findings of five complementary studies of residents and tourists which were carried out in the towns of Charters Towers, Hughenden, Innisfail, Mareeba and...
Optical and Infrared Photometry of the Unusual Type Ia Supernova 2000cx (2002)
Candia, P., Krisciunas, K., Suntzeff, Nicholas B., Gonzalez, D., Espinoza, J., Leiton, R., ...
We present optical and infrared photometry of the unusual Type Ia supernova 2000cx. With the data of Li et al. (2001) and Jha (2002), this comprises the largest dataset ever assembled for a Type Ia...
Stables, RH, Booth, J, Erbel, R, Wahrborg, P, Lubsen, J, ...
Background Results of trials, comparing percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) with coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), indicate that rates of death or myocardial infarction are...
Airway resistance estimation by best fit analysis in very premature infants (2002)
Thomas, M., Greenough, A., Blowes, R., Rafferty, G.F., Calvert, S., Marlow, N., ...
Plethysmographic measurement of airway resistance (R(aw)) has been determined by single-point analysis, usually at 50% of maximum inspiratory flow (MIF). Computer-assisted (best fit) analysis,...
Designing-out crime: raising awareness of crime reduction in the design industry (2002)
Erol, R., Press, M., Cooper, R., Thomas, M.
Crime and crime reduction are issues which currently receive little attention from the design profession. However, informed design can be used effectively as a tool for reducing crime associated with...
Matthee, T., Jung, T., Klages, C., Thomas, M.
DE 10129313 C UPAB: 20021209 NOVELTY - Sputtering process comprises: activating the substrate surface in the regions exposed by an electrode mask by igniting a plasma at a process pressure of 1-70...
A framework for regolith-landform mapping in the Flying Doctor Prospect, Broken Hill, NSW (2002)
Thomas, M., Earl, K. L., Hill, Steven Matthew, Foster, K.A.
M. Thomas, K.L. Earl, S.M. Hill & K.A. Foster
A framework for regolith-landform mapping in the Flying Doctor Prospect, Broken Hill, NSW (2002)
Thomas, M., Earl, K. L., Hill, Steven Matthew, Foster, K.A.
M. Thomas, K.L. Earl, S.M. Hill & K.A. Foster
Optimisation of noosa BNR plant to improve performance and reduce operating costs (2002)
Thomas, M., Wright, P., Blackall, L. L., Urbain, V., Keller, J.
Nitrogen removal in a SBR using the OGAR process control system (2002)
Tomlins, Z, Thomas, M, Keller, J, Audic, JM, Urbain, V
OGAR((R)) is an industrial process control system that utilises on-line redox measurements to control the aeration sequence in an activated sludge process. Compared to conventional process control...
Optimisation of noosa BNR plant to improve performance and reduce operating costs (2002)
Thomas, M., Wright, P., Blackall, L. L., Urbain, V., Keller, J.
Nitrogen removal in a SBR using the OGAR process control system (2002)
Tomlins, Z, Thomas, M, Keller, J, Audic, JM, Urbain, V
OGAR((R)) is an industrial process control system that utilises on-line redox measurements to control the aeration sequence in an activated sludge process. Compared to conventional process control...
A Pascal-based Approach towards Statistical Computing (2002)
F. Katritzke, W. Merzenich, M. Thomas
Most statistical programming languages (like S, R or XploRe) are dynamically typed and employ an interpreter for program execution. However, the interactivity supported by that approach is usually...
New Zealand's HIV infected population under active follow-up during 2000 (2002)
Mills, G., Yardley, A.M., Thomas, M., Blackmore, T., Pithie, A., Schroeder, B., ...
An open access copy of this article is available and complies with the copyright holder/publisher conditions.
Effect of thoracic epidural anaesthesia on colonic blood flow (2002)
Gould, T. H., Grace, K., Thorne, G., Thomas, M.
Background. The effect of thoracic epidural block on splanchnic blood flow is unclear. It remains to be resolved if sympathetic block, increases or decreases regional splanchnic blood flow and...
Alvarez, R.G., Hunter, I.S., Suckling, C.J., Thomas, M., Vitinius, U.
Abstract The oxidation of 3-alkyl benzofurans, indoles, and a benzothiophene by the chloroperoxidase from Caldariomyces fumago has been investigated. Under conditions in which the catalase activity...
Alvarez, R.G., Hunter, I.S., Suckling, C.J., Thomas, M., Vitinius, U.
Abstract The oxidation of 3-alkyl benzofurans, indoles, and a benzothiophene by the chloroperoxidase from Caldariomyces fumago has been investigated. Under conditions in which the catalase activity...
Monitoring wood decay in poles by the vibroacoustic method (2001)
Craighead, I.A. *, Thackery, S., Redstall, M., Thomas, M.
Despite recent advances in the development of new materials, wood continues to be used globally for the support of overhead cable networks used by telecommunications and electrical utility companies....
Monitoring wood decay in poles by the vibroacoustic method (2001)
Craighead, I.A., Thackery, S., Redstall, M., Thomas, M.
Despite recent advances in the development of new materials, wood continues to be used globally for the support of overhead cable networks used by telecommunications and electrical utility companies....
Monitoring wood decay in poles by the vibroacoustic method (2001)
Craighead, I.A., Thackery, S., Redstall, M., Thomas, M.
Despite recent advances in the development of new materials, wood continues to be used globally for the support of overhead cable networks used by telecommunications and electrical utility companies....
McCarthy, L.C., Hosford, DA, Riley, JH, Bird, MI, White, NJ, Hewett, DR, ...
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A new approach for detecting and mapping sewage impacts (2001)
Costanzo, SD, ODonohue, MJ, Dennison, WC, Loneragan, NR, Thomas, M
Increased nitrogen loading has been implicated in eutrophication occurrences worldwide. Much of this loading is attributable to the growing human population along the world's coastlines. A...
A new approach for detecting and mapping sewage impacts (2001)
Costanzo, SD, ODonohue, MJ, Dennison, WC, Loneragan, NR, Thomas, M
Increased nitrogen loading has been implicated in eutrophication occurrences worldwide. Much of this loading is attributable to the growing human population along the world's coastlines. A...
Treatment of reflex sympathetic dystrophy with pamidronate: 29 cases (2001)
Kubalek, I., Fain, O., Paries, J., Kettaneh, A., Thomas, M.
Objective. To evaluate the efficacy of treatment with pamidronate in reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD) refractory to previous treatment. Methods. We studied the response...
Foley, D.P., Pieper, M., Wijns, W., Suryapranata, H., Grollier, G., Legrand, V., ...
Aims To prospectively evaluate the influence of stent length on 6 month clinical and angiographic outcome, in patients with native coronary lesions up to 45mm in length, undergoing elective Magic...
InAs-AlSb quantum wells in tilted magnetic fields (2000)
Brosig, S., Ensslin, K., Jansen, A. G., Nguyen, C., Brar, B., Thomas, M., ...
InAs-AlSb quantum wells are investigated by transport experiments in magnetic fields tilted with respect to the sample normal. Using the coincidence method we find for magnetic fields up to 28 T that...
What is the object of the encapsulation of a process? (2000)
Tall, David, Thomas, M., Davis, G., Gray, E., Simpson, A.
Several theories have been proposed to describe the transition from process to object in mathematical thinking. Yet, what is the nature of this ''object'' produced by the ''encapsulation'' of a...
Intoxicated across Europe: in search of meaning (2000)
Cameron, D., Thomas, M., Thornton, C., Bergmark, A., Garretsen, H.F.L., Terzidau, M.
InAs-AlSb quantum wells in tilted magnetic fields (2000)
Brosig, S., Ensslin, K., Jansen, A. G., Nguyen, C., Brar, B., Thomas, M., ...
Zero-field spin splitting in InAs-AlSb quantum wells revisited (1999)
Brosig, S., Ensslin, K., Warburton, R. J., Nguyen, C., Brar, B., Thomas, M., ...
We present magnetotransport experiments on high-quality InAs-AlSb quantum wells that show a perfectly clean single-period Shubnikov-de Haas oscillation down to very low magnetic fields. In contrast...
Cholest-5-ene-3 beta,4 beta-diyl diacetate (1999)
Kennedy, A.R., Pitt, A.R., Suckling, C.J., Suckling, K.E., Thomas, M.
The title steroid, C31 H5004, is shown to pack in a highly anisotropic manner. Only a-face-to-/~-face contacts are found in the stacks formed along the b direction, there are only head-to-tail...
Cholest-5-ene-3 beta,4 beta-diyl diacetate (1999)
Kennedy, A.R., Pitt, A.R., Suckling, C.J., Suckling, K.E., Thomas, M.
The title steroid, C31 H5004, is shown to pack in a highly anisotropic manner. Only a-face-to-/~-face contacts are found in the stacks formed along the b direction, there are only head-to-tail...
A new class of Bayesian estimators in paretian excessof -loss reinsurance (1999)
For estimating the shape parameter of Paretian excess claims, certain Bayesian estimators, which are closely related to the Hill estimator, have been suggested in the insurance literature. It turns...
AP site structural determinants for Fpg specific recognition (1999)
Castaing, B, Fourrey, JL, Hervouet, N, Thomas, M, Boiteux, S, Zelwer, C
Thomas, M., Blank, H. R., Wong, K. C., Kroemer, H., Hu, E.
We have studied the current-voltage characteristics of superconducting weak links in which the coupling medium is the 2-D electron gas in InAs-based semiconductor quantum wells, with relatively large...
Physical quality of pelleted food. A feed model study. (1998)
http://library.wur.nl/wda/abstracts/ab2457.html
Recovery of Natuphos in pelleted broiler feed. Effect of moisture, temperature and feed flux. (1998)
The shape of the Year 2000 problem around the world is becoming clearer, as many companies finish building their inventories of affected systems and processes, and are able to assess the time and...
Vilgis, M., Wicke, A., Thomas, M., Winkelmann, I., Hauske, H.
Winter, M. [Hrsg.]
Modelling and analysing user views of telecommunications services (1997)
User views of calls are modelled by behaviour trees, which are synchronised to form a network of users. High level presentations of the models are given using process algebra and an explicit theory...
Towards a Symbolic Modal Logic for LOTOS (1997)
C. Kirkwood, M. Thomas, Carron Kirkwood
©Copyright in this paper belongs to the author(s) Published in collaboration with the
Baudin, T., Penelle, R., Naka, S., Thomas, M.
Pas de Résumé disponible
Baudin, T., Penelle, R., Naka, S., Thomas, M.
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Phases, Modes and Information Flow in Theory Development (1996)
Stuart Aitken, Phil Gray, P. Gray, Tom Melham, M. Thomas
We define the concept of phase in interactive theory development and relate it to interface modes by considering the information required in each phase of theory development. The design of an...
Interactive Proof Discovery: An Empirical Study of HOL Users (1995)
Stuart Aitken, P. Gray, Tom Melham, M. Thomas, Stuart Aitken, Phil Gray, ...
Introduction One commonly cited obstacle to the widespread use of theorem provers is the poor quality of the user interface. Research projects which have addressed this problem have had mixed...
Interactive Theorem Proving: An Empirical Study of User Activity (1995)
J. S. Aitken, P. Gray, T. Melham, M. Thomas
In this paper the interaction between users and the interactive theorem prover HOL is investigated from a human-computer interaction perspective. First, we outline three possible views of...
Prelevic, Gordana M., Ginsburg, Jean, Maletic, D., Hardiman, P., Okolo, S., Balint-Peric, Ljiljana, ...
The elevated luteinizing hormone (LH) and androgen concentrations characteristic of women with polycystic ovaries (PCO) are considered crucial factors in their infertility. The somatostatin analogue...
Calcium balance and intact PTH variations during haemodiafiltration (1995)
Argilés, A., Mion, C. M., Thomas, M.
Background. Recent approaches to prevent and treat secondary hyperparathyroidism in dialysis patients include decreasing dialysate Ca content from 1.75 to 1.5 mM or lower. We have recently observed...
Aortitis: A New Manifestation of Primary Antiphospholipid Syndrome (1995)
FAIN, O., MATHIEU, E., SEROR, O., GANNE, N., AUROUSSEAU, M. H., CODERC, E., ...
Upper respiratory tract illnesses and accidents (1994)
Smith, A. P., Harvey, I., Richmond, P., Peters, T. J., Thomas, M., Brockman, P.
Anecdotal accounts suggest that colds and influenza may increase human error. This view is supported by laboratory studies of the effects of upper respiratory tract illnesses (URTIs) on performance...
Tools for fusion and diagnosis provided with the TOPMUSS-system (1991)
Gianetto, L., Kirsch, H., Thomas, M., Quante, F.
The uniform methodology of object-orientedness is used for the analysis of system requirements and the design of tools needed for the TOPMUSS-system. Processing stages of a general M and D system and...
Engelhard, M., Meusers, P., Brittinger, G., Brack, N., Dornoff, W., Enne, W., ...
In a prospective multicenter trial the efficiency of the response-adapted COP-BLAM–IMVP-16 protocol to induce complete remissions (CR) in high-grade malignant non-Hodgkin's lymphomas as well as the...
Spur, G., Herter, J., Thomas, M.
Nach kurzer Klärung der Begriffe Bedienungsanleitung und Bedienerführung wird dargelegt, wie eine benutzerfreundliche Bedienerführung für flexible Fertigungssysteme zu entwickeln ist. Das...
Surface defects in as-grown Ti3Al + V (1989)
Ehrhart, I., Thomas, M., Vassel, A., Veyssière, P.
A transmission electron microscope (TEM) investigation of surface defects contained in an as-grown Ti 3Al + V ordered alloy (DO19) was carried out and evidence was obtained for two categories of...
Surface defects in as-grown Ti3Al + V (1989)
Ehrhart, I., Thomas, M., Vassel, A., Veyssière, P.
A transmission electron microscope (TEM) investigation of surface defects contained in an as-grown Ti 3Al + V ordered alloy (DO19) was carried out and evidence was obtained for two categories of...
A remote control eucentric goniometer head for use within a top loading helium cryostat (1984)
Berneron, M., Filhol, A., Vernier, J.J., Thomas, M.
The eucentric goniometer head is cylindrical in shape and is small enough (e.g. ∅ 38 mm, H = 80 mm for the prototype) to be fixed to the central stick of a cryostat and lowered to the cold...
A remote control eucentric goniometer head for use within a top loading helium cryostat (1984)
Berneron, M., Filhol, A., Vernier, J.J., Thomas, M.
The eucentric goniometer head is cylindrical in shape and is small enough (e.g. ∅ 38 mm, H = 80 mm for the prototype) to be fixed to the central stick of a cryostat and lowered to the cold...
Interpretation of the effects of propranolol on coronary reactive hyperaemia (1983)
THOMAS, M., GABE, I., MILLS, C.
The effect of propranolol on the hyperaemic response after transient coronary arterial occlusion has been evaluated. The excess volume of blood delivered to the myocardium after an occlusion is...
PREPARATION AND PROPERTIES OF POLYSILANES : MODEL COMPOUNDS FOR HYDROGENATED a-Si (1981)
John, P., Odeh, I., Thomas, M., Wilson, J.
The infrared and electronic spectra of hydrogenated polysilanes, of approximate composition -(SiH2)n- and -(SiH)n- have been compared to hydrogenated a-Si. An investigation of the oxidative stability...
PREPARATION AND PROPERTIES OF POLYSILANES : MODEL COMPOUNDS FOR HYDROGENATED a-Si (1981)
John, P., Odeh, I., Thomas, M., Wilson, J.
The infrared and electronic spectra of hydrogenated polysilanes, of approximate composition -(SiH2)n- and -(SiH)n- have been compared to hydrogenated a-Si. An investigation of the oxidative stability...
Diagnostic endoscopy in the patient with chest pain (1981)
MEANCOCK, C.I., STUBBS, J., THOMAS, M.
In an investigation into the incidence of gastrointestinal pathology in patients referred to hospital with a uspected diagnosis of ischaemic heart disease, 83 patients were selected from 700 for...
MÖSSBAUER AND MAGNETIC PROPERTIES OF HEUSLER ALLOYS (1976)
Price, D., Rush, J., Johnson, C., Thomas, M., Webster, P.
Theoretical models that are currently used to describe the magnetic coupling between Mn ions and the magnetic hyperfine interactions at non-magnetic s, p ions in X2MnZ Heusler alloys are discussed....
SPIN REORIENTATION IN RARE EARTH ORTHOFERRITES (1976)
Durbin, G., Johnson, C., Prelorendjo, L., Thomas, M.
The Mössbauer effect was used to detect spin reorientation of Fe3+ ions in single crystal samples of the rare earth orthoferrites YFeO3, GdFeO3 and EuFeO3. Spin reorientation was induced by applying...
TIMOGIANNAKIS, G., AMENDE, I., MARTINEZ, E., THOMAS, M.
AUTHORS' SYNOPSISCarbonized radioactive tracer microspheres of 15 ± 5 ö diameter labelled with gamma-emitting nuclides 141Ce and 85Sr were used to determine regional left ventricular blood flow...
PELIDES, L. J., REID, D. S., THOMAS, M., SHILLINGFORD, J. P.
AUTHORS' SYNOPSISThe changes in height and extent of the ST segment elevation after the administration of the β-blocking drug practolol to nine patients with acute myocardial infarction have been...
Essai sur la pourriture d'hopital / (1831)
Thesis (doctoral)--Faculté de médecine de Strasbourg, 1831.
Modelling and analysing user views of telecommunications services
User views of calls are modelled by behaviour trees, which are synchronised to form a network of users. High level presentations of the models are given using process algebra and an explicit theory...
Engraving;Robert Fulton (1765-1815). Esquire. Engraved for the Analetic Magazine. Published by M. Thomas.
Engraving;Robert Fulton (1765-1815). Esquire. Engraved for the Analetic Magazine. Published by M. Thomas.
Vitamin D and parathyroid hormone and bone mineralisation in adults with cystic fibrosis.
Stead, R J, Houlder, S, Agnew, J, Thomas, M, Hodson, M E, Batten, J C, ...
Vitamin D and parathyroid hormone concentrations were assessed in 31 adults with cystic fibrosis (mean age 24, range 17-52 years), in 28 of whom the bone mineral index in the forearm was also...
Morphometry of pulmonary arteries from angiograms in chronic obstructive lung disease.
The application of morphometric techniques based on Strahler orders to the study of pulmonary angiograms is described. When the pulmonary arterial tree is ordered by Strahler's method, peripheral...
Anterior horn cell dysfunction in Alzheimer's disease.
Thomas, M, Ballantyne, J P, Hansen, S, Weir, A I, Doyle, D
Electrophysiological studies were undertaken on 29 patients with Alzheimer's Disease. A reduction in the number of functioning motor units was found in the extensor digitorum brevis muscle. The...
Pickles, H, Brown, M M, Thomas, M, Hewazy, A H, Redmond, S, Zilkha, E, ...
Cerebral blood flow (CBF) has been measured using a non-invasive Xenon133 clearance technique in six normal subjects after 2 days pretreatment with oral indomethacin at a dose of 100 mg/day. The...
Cerebral blood flow after carotid occlusion and extracranial-intracranial bypass.
Thomas, M, Hennerici, M, Marshall, J
Eleven patients with occlusion of one internal carotid artery showed marked reduction of regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) through the hemisphere on the affected side with high rCBF on the opposite...
Antibiotics after puncture wounds to the foot
Report by Magnus Harrison, Clinical Research Fellow Checked by Martin Thomas, Research Fellow
Derivation of a typology for the classification of risks in emergency medicine
Thomas, M, Mackway-Jones, K, Boreham, N
Objectives: To develop a graded classification system for risks in emergency medicine. To test the inter-user reliability of this classification system.
Identifying and comparing risks in emergency medicine
Thomas, M, Morton, R, Mackway-Jones, K
Objectives: To identify common risk types occurring in emergency departments (EDs). To compare the risks occurring between different emergency departments.
King, L., Thomas, M., Gatenby, K., Georgiou, A., Hua, M.
Objectives—As a serious yet preventable problem, scald injuries in children have been a priority for prevention in Australia and other developed countries. Not only can the occurrence of scalds be...
Y chromosome haplotypes and testicular cancer in the English population
Quintana-Murci, L, Weale, M, Thomas, M, Erdei, E, Bradman, N, Shanks, J, ...
Breathing retraining for dysfunctional breathing in asthma: a randomised controlled trial
Thomas, M, McKinley, R, Freeman, E, Foy, C, Prodger, P, Price, D
Background: Functional breathing disorders may complicate asthma and impair quality of life. This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of physiotherapy based breathing retraining for patients...
Freitag, L, Ernst, A, Thomas, M, Prenzel, R, Wahlers, B, Macha, H
Background: Bulky endobronchial tumours in patients with lung cancer are difficult to treat. Brachytherapy and photodynamic therapy (PDT) are variably effective, and the combination of these...
Report by Martin Thomas, Specialist RegistrarChecked by Stewart Teece, Clinical Research Fellow
Swimmers view or supine oblique views to visualise the cervicothoracic junction
Contractor, N., Thomas, M., Mackway-Jones, K
Checked by Martin Thomas, Specialist Registrar Report by Nasreen Contractor, Specialist Registrar
Point source sulphur dioxide peaks and hospital presentations for asthma
OBJECTIVE: To examine the effect on hospital presentations for asthma of brief exposures to sulphur dioxide (SO2) (within the range 0-8700 micrograms/m3) emanating from two point sources in a remote...
Iron status of Asian children aged 2 years living in England
Lawson, M, Thomas, M, Hardiman, A
Haemoglobin and ferritin values were analysed in blood from 1057 children, aged 2 years, of Asian parents living in England. Children who had thalassaemia trait or a current/recent infection were...
Hospitalisation for RSV infection in ex-preterm infants—implications for use of RSV immune globulin
Thomas, M., Bedford-Russell, A., Sharland, M.
BACKGROUND—Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) specific immune globulin is now being marketed for prevention of RSV infection in ex-preterm infants. However, there are no published UK data on the...
Trends in age at diagnosis of Turner syndrome
Massa, G, Verlinde, F, De Schepper, J, Thomas, M, Bourguignon, J, Craen, M, ...
Frequent wheeze at follow up of very preterm infants: which factors are predictive?
Thomas, M, Greenough, A, Johnson, A, Limb, E, Marlow, N, Peacock, J, ...
Objective: To determine if chest radiograph appearance at 28 days or 36 weeks postmenstrual age (PMA) can predict recurrent wheeze or cough at follow up in prematurely born infants more effectively...
Serum 1,25 dihydroxyvitamin D and osteocalcin concentrations in thalassaemia major.
Dandona, P, Menon, R K, Houlder, S, Thomas, M, Hoffbrand, A V, Flynn, D M
In view of the claim that low 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25-OHD) concentrations may contribute to the pathogenesis of bone disease in patients with beta thalassaemia major and iron overload, we have...
ANCA associated pauci-immune retinal vasculitis
Gallagher, M J, Ooi, K G-J, Thomas, M, Gavin, M
Background: Antinuclear cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA) are useful diagnostic serological markers for the most common forms of necrotising vasculitis. ANCA associated vasculitides represent distinctive...
Consumption Smoothing Among Working-Class American Families Before Social Insurance.
James, J.A., Palumbo, M.G., Thomas, M.
This paper examines whether the saving decisions among a large, unique sample of working-class American families around the turn of the twentieth century are consistent with consumption smoothing...
The questions raised by this paper include the following: Did working-class American families around the turn of the twentieth century save more for precautionary purposes, to finance retirement or...
Labour Market Segmentation in Cameroonian Manufacturing.
labour market ; developing countries
Treatment of Epithelioid Sarcoma at the Royal Marsden Hospital
Livi, L., Shah, N., Paiar, F., Fisher, C., Judson, I., Moskovic, E., ...
Purpose: The aim of this study was to assess treatment and outcome with respect to clinical and pathological features.
We compared the 3-month dislocation rate for hip hemiarthroplasties inserted via the posterior and direct lateral routes. In all, 2906 primary hemiarthroplasties, performed between 1986 and 1992 in...
Acute barium intoxication following ingestion of ceramic glaze.
Thomas, M., Bowie, D., Walker, R.
A case of deliberate overdose of barium sulphide in a psychiatric setting is presented, with resulting flaccid paralysis, malignant arrhythmia, respiratory arrest and severe hypokalaemia, but...
Dysphagia, a reversible cause not to be forgotten.
An 84-year-old man presented with dysphagia two years after the onset of symptoms. Repeated assessments at both ENT and neurology clinics had not recorded any of the more classical signs of...
The study of future outbreaks of 'epidemic neuromyasthenia' syndromes would be easier if there were a standing advisory arrangement for the co-ordination of basic standart studies, diagnostic tests...
Diffuse involvement of the leptomeninges by tumour--a clinical and pathological study of 63 cases.
Boyle, R., Thomas, M., Adams, J. H.
The clinical and pathological features of 63 cases of post-mortem-proved diffuse infiltration of the leptomeninges by tumour are presented. A wide variety of tumours of the nervous system, both...
Herzmann, C, Whiting, S.J, Thomas, M, Byrne, P., Johnson, M.A, Youle, M
The use of nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors in the treatment of HIV infection is associated with antiretroviral toxic polyneuropathy (ATN). Previous studies suggest that long term...
Construction of an index of housing need based on data from the National Dwelling and Housing Survey
This paper describes the construction of an index designed to measure the level of housing need among households in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. The index, which uses data from the National...
Are drug eluting stents really worth the money?
The cost effectiveness of drug eluting stents is being called into question. But is this fair in the light of all the available clinical data?
RF System for the NSLS Coherent Infrared Radiation Source
W. Broome, R. Biscardi, J. Keane, P. Mortazavi, M. Thomas, J. M. Wang
The existing NSLS X-ray Lithography Source (XLS Phase I) is being considered for a coherent synchrotron radiation source. The existing 211 MHz warm cavity will be replaced with a 5-cell 2856 MHz...
Breathing therapies and bronchodilator use in asthma
Breathing modification techniques may have a useful role in the management of asthma
Prognostic significance of Helix pomatia lectin and c-erbB-2 oncoprotein in human breast cancer.
Thomas, M., Noguchi, M., Fonseca, L., Kitagawa, H., Kinoshita, K., Miyazaki, I.
We investigated the prognostic significance of Helix pomatia lectin (HPA) staining on disease-free and overall survival in 120 primary breast carcinomas. HPA staining was present in 58 (48%) of these...
Noguchi, M., Thomas, M., Kitagawa, H., Kinoshita, K., Ohta, N., Nagamori, M., ...
We investigated the relation between Helix pomatia (HPA) staining of primary breast cancer and the presence of axillary (AX) or internal mammary (IM) metastases, and evaluated its predictive value...
Abnormalities of the p53 MDM2 and DCC genes in human leiomyosarcomas.
Patterson, H., Gill, S., Fisher, C., Law, M. G., Jayatilake, H., Fletcher, C. D., ...
In this study we have screened a series of 29 primary leiomyosarcomas for abnormalities of both the p53 gene and the MDM2 gene, which encodes a p53-associated protein. SSCP (single-strand...
Effect of route of administration of 5-fluorouracil on its concentration in blood and lymph.
The concentration of 5-fluorouracil (FU) in thoracic-duct lymph, portal-vein blood and peripheral arterial blood of beagle dogs was greater after administration into the submucosa of the stomach than...
Thomas, M., Nicklee, T., Hedley, D. W.
The intracellular distribution of glutathione (GSH) was measured by a quantitative image cytometry method, using the sulphydryl-reactive agent mercury orange. This readily forms fluorescent adducts...
Symonds, R. P., McIlroy, P., Khorrami, J., Paul, J., Pyper, E., Alcock, S. R., ...
The aim of this study was to see if antibiotic pastilles could reduce radiation mucositis, pain, dysphagia and weight loss in patients undergoing radical radiotherapy for head and neck cancer. A...
Santin, A D, Zhan, F, Cane', S, Bellone, S, Palmieri, M, Thomas, M, ...
Uterine serous papillary cancer (USPC) represents a rare but highly aggressive variant of endometrial cancer, the most common gynecologic tumour in women. We used oligonucleotide microarrays that...