Search Results - "Brierley, G."

The Use of Evolutionary Trajectories to Guide 'Moving Targets' in the Management of River Futures by Brierley, G. J., Fryirs, K. A.

“…River histories provide important guidance with which to inform river management. Evolutionary trajectories and appraisals of system responses to changing flux…”
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RANGELAND DEGRADATION ON THE QINGHAI-TIBET PLATEAU: IMPLICATIONS FOR REHABILITATION by Li, X.-L., Gao, J., Brierley, G., Qiao, Y.-M., Zhang, J., Yang, Y.-W.

“…ABSTRACTWith ever intensifying land use, land degradation is becoming an increasingly important issue around the world, especially in China. This paper…”
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Assessing geomorphic sensitivity in relation to river capacity for adjustment by Reid, H.E., Brierley, G.J.

“…River sensitivity describes the nature and rate of channel adjustments. An approach to analysis of geomorphic river sensitivity outlined in this paper relates…”
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QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENT OF DEGRADATION CLASSIFICATIONS for DEGRADED ALPINE MEADOWS (HEITUTAN), SANJIANGYUAN, WESTERN CHINA by Li, X.-L., Perry, G. L. W., Brierley, G., Sun, H.-Q., Li, C.-H., Lu, G.-X.

“…ABSTRACT Improving our understanding of abiotic and biotic thresholds that are transgressed during ecosystem degradation is vital for effective landscape‐level…”
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Geomorphological effectiveness of floods to rework gravel bars: Insight from hyperscale topography and hydraulic modelling by Reid, H.E., Williams, R.D., Brierley, G.J., Coleman, S.E., Lamb, R., Rennie, C.D., Tancock, M.J.

“…Bars are key morphological units in river systems, fashioning the sediment regime and bedload transport processes within a reach. Reworking of these features…”
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Hydromorphological frameworks: emerging trajectories by Gurnell, A. M, Rinaldi, M, Buijse, A. D, Brierley, G, Piégay, H

“…This paper forms a post-script to a Special Issue of Aquatic Sciences devoted to the rationale, nature and application of a multi-scale, hierarchical framework…”
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Stuck at the Bar: Larger‐Than‐Average Grain Lag Deposits and the Spectrum of Particle Mobility by Williams, R. D., Reid, H. E., Brierley, G. J.

“…Larger‐than‐average grain deposits in gravel bed rivers potentially exert a distinctive influence upon fluvial morphodynamics and flow resistance. They are…”
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Multi-scalar controls on channel geometry of headwater streams in New Zealand hill country by Chappell, P.R., Brierley, G.J.

“…Catchment-, reach-, and local-scale controls upon channel geometry are examined for small headwater streams in adjacent sub-catchments with variable land use…”
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The relationship of acute mountain sickness to arterial oxygen saturation at altitudes of 3,324 to 5,176 m by Brierley, G, Parks, T, Wolff, C B

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Silencing of the Insulin Receptor Isoform A Favors Formation of Type 1 Insulin-Like Growth Factor Receptor (IGF-IR) Homodimers and Enhances Ligand-Induced IGF-IR Activation and Viability of Human Colon Carcinoma Cells by Brierley, G. V, Macaulay, S. L, Forbes, B. E, Wallace, J. C, Cosgrove, L. J, Macaulay, V. M

“…Insulin receptor (IR) overexpression is common in cancers, with expression of the A isoform (IR-A, exon 11−) predominating over the B isoform. The IR-A signals…”
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Application of the River Styles framework as a basis for river management in New South Wales, Australia by Brierley, G, Fryirs, K, Outhet, D, Massey, C

“…If strategies in natural resource management are to ‘work with nature’, reliable biophysical baseline data on ecosystem structure and function are required…”
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Delineation of the IGF-II C domain elements involved in binding and activation of the IR-A, IR-B and IGF-IR by Henderson, S.T, Brierley, G.V, Surinya, K.H, Priebe, I.K, Catcheside, D.E.A, Wallace, J.C, Forbes, B.E, Cosgrove, L.J

“…Abstract Objective Human insulin-like growth factor-I and -II (IGF-I and -II) ligands share a high degree of sequence and structural homology. Despite their…”
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A geomorphological framework for river characterization and habitat assessment by Thomson, J.R., Taylor, M.P., Fryirs, K.A., Brierley, G.J.

“…1. Methods to assess the physical habitat available to aquatic organisms provide important tools for many aspects of river management, including river health…”
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Post-European changes to the fluvial geomorphology of Bega catchment, Australia: implications for river ecology by Brierley, Gary J., Cohen, Tim, Fryirs, Kirstie, Brooks, Andrew

“…1. Within a few decades of European disturbance in the mid‐nineteenth century, river character and behaviour were transformed in Bega catchment on the south…”
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The role of landscape setting in minimizing hydrogeomorphic impacts of flow regulation by REID, H.E., BRIERLEY, G.J., MCFARLANE, K., COLEMAN, S.E., TROWSDALE, S.

“…The Tongariro Power Development Scheme （TPDS） is used to regulate flow in the headwaters of the largest catchment on the North Island of New Zealand （the…”
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Serum concentrations of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) are decreased in colorectal cancer patients by Brierley, G V, Priebe, I K, Purins, L, Fung, K Y C, Tabor, B, Lockett, T, Nice, E, Gibbs, P, Tie, J, McMurrick, P, Moore, J, Ruszkiewicz, A, Burgess, A, Cosgrove, L J

“…To determine the usefulness of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) as a diagnostic biomarker for colorectal cancer (CRC). ELISA immunoassay was used to…”
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Influence of bed heterogeneity and habitat type on macroinvertebrate uptake in peri-urban streams by REID, H. E. BRIERLEY, G. j. BOOTHROYD, I. K. G

“…The role of geomorphic structure, referred to as physical heterogeneity, and its influence upon the colonization of habitat by macroinvertebrates was analysed…”
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Variability in sediment delivery and storage along river courses in Bega catchment, NSW, Australia: implications for geomorphic river recovery by Fryirs, Kirstie, Brierley, Gary J

“…In many catchments in southeastern Australia, alluvial stores have been the dominant source of sediments mobilised in the period since European settlement. In…”
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Slope–channel decoupling in Wolumla catchment, New South Wales, Australia: the changing nature of sediment sources following European settlement by Fryirs, Kirstie, Brierley, Gary J

“…Within a few decades of European settlement, channel incision transformed discontinuous river courses throughout Wolumla catchment, on the south coast of New…”
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Ending Too-Big-To-Fail: Progress Since the Crisis, the Importance of Loss-Absorbing Capacity and the UK Approach to Resolution by Brierley, Peter G.

“…In 2008 the largest cross-border banks were too big to fail and had to be bailed out, inappropriately penalising taxpayers and rewarding bank investors. This…”
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