Search Results - "O'Brien, W J"

Lessons learnt from the construction and implementation of a prospective ventral hernia database by Sadaka, A. H., O’Brien, W. J., Rosenthal, R., Itani, K. M. F.

“…Purpose The New England VA Hernia Registry was created in 2011 to prospectively collect relevant details of ventral hernia repairs, with the intention to…”
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Climate-Related Variations in Mixing Dynamics in an Alaskan Arctic Lake by MacIntyre, Sally, Fram, Jonathan P., Kushner, Paul J., Bettez, Neil D., O'Brien, W. J., Hobbie, J. E., Kling, George W.

“…Mean epilimnetic temperatures from mid-June through mid-August in a small, arctic kettle lake had no trend from 1975 to 2008 and varied annually up to ±3°C…”
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Stable Isotope Signatures of Benthic Invertebrates in Arctic Lakes Indicate Limited Coupling to Pelagic Production by Hershey, A. E., S. Beaty, K. Fortino, Kelly, S., M. Keyse, Luecke, C., W. J. O'Brien, S. C. Whalen

“…We tested the hypotheses that benthic macroinvertebrates, especially chironomid larvae in the Tribe Chironomini, from small oligotrophic arctic lakes are only…”
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Predator-induced phenotypic plasticity in the exotic cladoceran Daphnia lumholtzi by Dzialowski, Andrew R., Lennon, Jay T., O'Brien, W.J., Smith, Val H.

“…Summary 1. The exotic cladoceran Daphnia lumholtzi has recently invaded freshwater systems throughout the United States. Daphnia lumholtzi possesses…”
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Effect of landscape factors on fish distribution in arctic Alaskan lakes by HERSHEY, A. E., BEATY, S., FORTINO, K., KEYSE, M., MOU, P. P., O'BRIEN, W. J., ULSETH, A. J., GETTEL, G. A., LIENESCH, P. W., LUECKE, C., MCDONALD, M. E., MAYER, C. H., MILLER, M. C., RICHARDS, C., SCHULDT, J. A., WHALEN, S. C.

“…Summary 1. The distribution of species is affected by many factors operating at a variety of temporal and spatial scales in a heterogeneous landscape. In…”
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Do food and stress biomarkers work for wastewater-based epidemiology? A critical evaluation by Choi, P.M., Bowes, D.A., O'Brien, J.W., Li, J., Halden, R.U., Jiang, G., Thomas, K.V., Mueller, J.F.

“…Dietary characteristics and oxidative stress are closely linked to the wellbeing of individuals. In recent years, various urinary biomarkers of food and…”
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The increasing burden of the 2-week wait colorectal cancer pathway in a single centre: the impact of faecal immunochemical tests by Farkas, N, O'Brien, J W, Palyvos, L, Maclean, W, Benton, S, Rockall, T, Jourdan, I

“…Two-week wait (TWW) volume and colorectal cancer (CRC) detection pose an increasing challenge for NHS cancer services. Primary aims were to assess the…”
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Does intra‐operative flexible endoscopy reduce anastomotic complications following left‐sided colonic resections? A systematic review and meta‐analysis by Aly, M., O'Brien, J. W., Clark, F., Kapur, S., Stearns, A. T., Shaikh, I.

“…Aim Postoperative anastomotic leakage (AL) or bleeding (AB) significantly impacts on patient outcome following colorectal resection. To minimize such…”
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Assessing the effect of increasing injection activity for myocardial perfusion imaging in overweight patients by NOTGHI, A, SUNDRAM, F. X, O'BRIEN, J. W, SMITH, N. B

“…In our previous publication, we proposed to increase the injection activity for overweight patients. We have now implemented this for our patients, i.e…”
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Gastric outlet obstruction secondary to a wandering spleen: systematic review and surgical management of a case by Moore, E, O'Brien, J W, Merali, N, Farkas, N, Madhavan, A, Abbassi-Ghadi, N, Preston, S, Singh, P

“…A wandering spleen occurs when laxity or absence of the suspensory ligaments allows migration throughout the abdomen. Gastric outlet obstruction resulting from…”
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A Mössbauer effect and X-ray diffraction investigation of Ti–Sn intermetallic compounds: I. Equilibrium phases by O’Brien, J.W, Dunlap, R.A, Dahn, J.R

“…A thorough X-ray diffraction and Mössbauer effect investigation of Ti 3Sn, Ti 2Sn, Ti 5Sn 3, Ti 6Sn 5, and Ti 2Sn 3 phases in the Ti–Sn binary system has been…”
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A Mössbauer effect investigation of superparamagnetic behavior in ball milled Mn–Zn ferrites by Dunlap, R.A, Alghamdi, A, O’Brien, J.W, Penney, S.J

“…Nanostructured Mn 1− x Zn x Fe 2O 4, with x=0.4, 0.5, 0.6 and 0.7, were prepared by ball milling and were investigated using X-ray diffraction and 57Fe…”
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Preparation of nanocomposite alumina-Sn2Fe by mechanical alloying by DUNLAP, R. A, KEHOE, S. W, DAHN, J. R, O'BRIEN, J. W

“…Nanocomposites of Al2O3 and Sn2Fe were prepared by ball milling alumina with elemental Sn and Fe. Samples were prepared with molar ratios of Al2O3 and Sn2Fe of…”
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Neuropsychological Profile of Executive Function in Girls with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder by O'Brien, Jessica W., Dowell, Lauren R., Mostofsky, Stewart H., Denckla, Martha B., Mahone, E. Mark

“…The majority of research on neurobehavioral functioning among children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is based on samples comprised…”
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Growth, Survivorship and Reproduction of Daphnia middendorffiana in Several Arctic Lakes and Ponds by Yurista, P. M., O'brien, W. J.

“…The growth, survivorship and reproduction of Arctic region Daphnia middendorffiana was investigated in several lakes and ponds on the tundra in northern Alaska…”
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A Mossbauer effect and X-ray diffraction investigation of Ti-Sn intermetallic compounds: II. Nanostructured phases prepared by ball milling with Al2O3 and TiN by O'Brien, J W, Dunlap, R A, Dahn, J R

“…A thorough X-ray diffraction and 119Sn Mossbauer effect investigation of Ti3Sn, Ti2Sn, Ti5Sn3, Ti6Sn5, and Ti2Sn3 phases ball milled with Al2O3 and TiN has…”
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Color distribution of three regions of extracted human teeth by O'Brien, William J., Hemmendinger, Henry, Boenke, Kenneth M., Linger, Jackson B., Groh, Carole L.

“…Knowledge of human tooth color and its distribution are critical to the understanding of shade matching in esthetic dentistry. The color of human teeth shows a…”
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Long-term impact of an invertebrate predator, Heterocope septentrionalis, on an arctic pond zooplankton community by O'BRIEN, W. John

“…A long-term field experiment to determine what forces structure and maintain the large-bodied zooplankton assemblages in ponds which lack visual predators was…”
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A survey of doctors at a UK teaching hospital to assess understanding of recent changes to consent law by O'Brien, J.W., BSc MRCS, Natarajan, M., BSc MRCS, Shaikh, I., MD FRCS

“…Abstract Background The UK Supreme Court recently ruled that when consenting patients for treatments or procedures, clinicians must also discuss any associated…”
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Laparoscopic Common Bile Duct Exploration for Retrieval of Impacted Dormia Basket following Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography with Mechanical Failure: Case Report with Literature Review by Harris, A. M., Shaukat, S., Tyler, R., O’Brien, James

“…Dormia baskets are commonly used during endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP). One complication is basket retention, through impaction with a…”
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