Search Results - "MORRIS, M. D"

Transformations and invariance in the sensitivity analysis of computer experiments by Borgonovo, E, Tarantola, S, Plischke, E, Morris, M. D

“…Monotonic transformations are widely employed in statistics and data analysis. In computer experiments they are often used to gain accuracy in the estimation…”
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Buried Wood: A Common Yet Poorly Documented Form of Deadwood by Moroni, M. T, Morris, D. M, Shaw, C, Stokland, J. N, Harmon, M. E, Fenton, N. J, Merganičová, K, Merganič, J, Okabe, K, Hagemann, U

“…Buried wood (BW: downed deadwood buried more than 50% by soil, litter, or ground vegetation) is a common but understudied part of forest ecosystems. We…”
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Subsurface Probing in Diffusely Scattering Media Using Spatially Offset Raman Spectroscopy by Matousek, P., Clark, I. P., Draper, E. R. C., Morris, M. D., Goodship, A. E., Everall, N., Towrie, M., Finney, W. F., Parker, A. W.

“…We describe a simple methodology for the effective retrieval of Raman spectra of subsurface layers in diffusely scattering media. The technique is based on the…”
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Numerical Simulations of Subsurface Probing in Diffusely Scattering Media Using Spatially Offset Raman Spectroscopy by Matousek, P., Morris, M. D., Everall, N., Clark, I. P., Towrie, M., Draper, E., Goodship, A., Parker, A. W.

“…We present the first elementary model predicting how Raman intensities vary for a range of experimental variables for spatially offset Raman spectroscopy…”
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Social, economic, and psychological impacts of MDR-TB treatment in Tijuana, Mexico: a patient's perspective by Morris, M. D., Quezada, L., Bhat, P., Moser, K., Smith, J., Perez, H., Laniado-Laborin, R., Estrada-Guzman, J., Rodwell, T. C.

“…SETTING: The State of Baja California, Mexico, had the highest prevalence of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in Mexico in 2009.OBJECTIVE: To…”
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Nutrient Contributions from Alluvial Soils Associated with the Restoration of Shallow Water Habitat in the Lower Missouri River by Heimann, D. C, Morris, D. M, Gemeinhardt, T. R

“…The Missouri River has been extensively altered as the result of channelization, bank stabilization, and the construction of six main stem reservoirs. In…”
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Magnetic resonance imaging relaxation time measurements of the placenta at 1.5 T by Wright, C, Morris, D.M, Baker, P.N, Crocker, I.P, Gowland, P.A, Parker, G.J, Sibley, C.P

“…Abstract Placental insufficiency is a major cause of fetal growth restriction (FGR) and accumulating evidence indicates several aspects of placental morphology…”
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Fracture healing with alendronate treatment in the Brtl/+ mouse model of osteogenesis imperfecta by Meganck, J.A, Begun, D.L, McElderry, J.D, Swick, A, Kozloff, K.M, Goldstein, S.A, Morris, M.D, Marini, J.C, Caird, M.S

“…Abstract Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) is a heritable bone dysplasia characterized by increased skeletal fragility. Patients are often treated with…”
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A Model for the Stability of Films Stabilized by Randomly Packed Spherical Particles by Morris, Gareth D. M, Neethling, Stephen J, Cilliers, Jan J

“…Particle stabilized thin films occur in a range of industrial applications where their properties affect the efficiency of the process concerned. However, due…”
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Transit Observations of the WASP-10 System by Dittmann, J. A, Close, L. M, Scuderi, L. J, Morris, M. D

“…We present here observations of the transit of WASP-10b on 2009 October 14 UT taken from the University of Arizona's 1.55 m Kuiper telescope on Mount Bigelow…”
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Absence of Po2 change in fetal brain despite Po2 increase in placenta in response to maternal oxygen challenge by Huen, I, Morris, DM, Wright, C, Sibley, CP, Naish, JH, Johnstone, ED

“…Objective Magnetic resonance imaging allows the noninvasive observation of Po2 changes between air breathing and oxygen breathing through quantification of the…”
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WATER QUALITY DURING TWO HIGH-FLOW YEARS ON THE LOWER MISSOURI RIVER: THE EFFECTS OF RESERVOIR AND TRIBUTARY CONTRIBUTIONS by Morris, D. M., Gemeinhardt, T. R., Gosch, N. J. C., Jensen, D. E.

“…ABSTRACT Complex socioeconomic and ecological issues, ranging from impaired streams to Gulf of Mexico hypoxia, have made nutrient management an increasingly…”
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A longitudinal study of hepatitis C virus testing and infection status notification on behaviour change in people who inject drugs by Spelman, T, Morris, M D, Zang, G, Rice, T, Page, K, Maher, L, Lloyd, A, Grebely, J, Dore, G J, Kim, A Y, Shoukry, N H, Hellard, M, Bruneau, J

“…BackgroundHepatitis C virus (HCV) testing and counselling have the potential to impact individual behaviour and transmission dynamics at the population level…”
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Prognostic factors for thyroid carcinoma : A population-based study of 15,698 cases from the Surveillance, Epidemiology and end Results (SEER) program 1973-1991 by GILLILAND, F. D, HUNT, W. C, MORRIS, D. M, KEY, C. R

“…A number of prognostic factors for thyroid carcinoma have been identified, including sociodemographic characteristics, such as age and gender, and tumor…”
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Ultrastructural changes accompanying the mechanical deformation of bone tissue: a Raman imaging study by Carden, A, Rajachar, R M, Morris, M D, Kohn, D H

“…Raman spectroscopy and imaging are known to be valuable tools for the analysis of bone, the determination of protein secondary structure, and the study of the…”
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The learned nonuse phenomenon: implications for rehabilitation by Taub, E, Uswatte, G, Mark, V W, Morris, D M M

“…Research on monkeys with a single forelimb from which sensation is surgically abolished demonstrates that such animals do not use their deafferented limb even…”
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A polymorphism in the cystatin C gene is a novel risk factor for late-onset Alzheimer's disease by CRAWFORD, F. C, FREEMAN, M. J, ANAND, R, MULLAN, M. J, SCHINKA, J. A, ABDULLAH, L. I, GOLD, M, HARTMAN, R, KRIVIAN, K, MORRIS, M. D, RICHARDS, D, DUARA, R

“…To investigate whether or not a coding polymorphism in the cystatin C gene (CST3) contributes risk for AD. A case-control genetic association study of a…”
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Evolution of a Journal by Morris, M. D

“…The Journal of Construction Engineering and Management came into being by the effort of a small group of engineers. It was a struggle, but just as they…”
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Multi-component high- K gate dielectrics for the silicon industry by Manchanda, L, Morris, M.D, Green, M.L, van Dover, R.B, Klemens, F, Sorsch, T.W, Silverman, P.J, Wilk, G, Busch, B, Aravamudhan, S

“…The exponential growth of the silicon industry can be attributed to that fact that silicon has a native oxide that is silicon dioxide. With SiO 2 soon…”
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Estimating the number of pure chemical components in a mixture by maximum likelihood by Levina, E., Wagaman, A.S., Callender, A.F., Mandair, G.S., Morris, M.D.

“…This paper addresses the problem of determining the number of pure chemical components in a mixture by applying the maximum likelihood estimator (MLE) of…”
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