Search Results - "Wessels, William"

Prevention of biofilm-induced capsular contracture with antibiotic-impregnated mesh in a porcine model by Jacombs, Anita, Allan, James, Hu, Honghua, Valente, Pedro Miguel, Wessels, William L F, Deva, Anand K, Vickery, Karen

“…A growing body of evidence implicates subclinical (biofilm) infection around breast implants as an important cause of capsular contracture (CC). The authors…”
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Transverse ionic mobility measured in a dynamic light scattering device by Kirk, William R., Wessels, William S.

“…[Display omitted] •A chiral measurement of electrophoretic mobility is introduced.•Chiral molecules are observed to have differential mobility with…”
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In Vitro and In Vivo Investigation of the Influence of Implant Surface on the Formation of Bacterial Biofilm in Mammary Implants by Jacombs, Anita, Tahir, Shamaila, Hu, Honghua, Deva, Anand K., Almatroudi, Ahmad, Wessels, William Louis Fick, Bradshaw, David A., Vickery, Karen

“…Capsular contracture remains the most common complication following breast augmentation surgery, and evidence suggests that bacterial biofilm on the implant…”
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Human GLTP: Three Distinct Functions for the Three Tryptophans in a Novel Peripheral Amphitropic Fold by Kamlekar, Ravi Kanth, Gao, Yongguang, Kenoth, Roopa, Molotkovsky, Julian G., Prendergast, Franklyn G., Malinina, Lucy, Patel, Dinshaw J., Wessels, William S., Venyaminov, Sergei Y., Brown, Rhoderick E.

“…Human glycolipid transfer protein (GLTP) serves as the GLTP-fold prototype, a novel, to our knowledge, peripheral amphitropic fold and structurally unique…”
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Environment and Mobility of a Series of Fluorescent Reporters at the Amino Terminus of Structurally Related Peptide Agonists and Antagonists Bound to the Cholecystokinin Receptor by Harikumar, Kaleeckal G., Pinon, Delia I., Wessels, William S., Prendergast, Franklyn G., Miller, Laurence J.

“…Fluorescence is a powerful biophysical tool for the analysis of the structure and dynamics of proteins. Here, we have developed two series of new fluorescent…”
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Measurement of intermolecular distances for the natural agonist Peptide docked at the cholecystokinin receptor expressed in situ using fluorescence resonance energy transfer by Harikumar, Kaleeckal G, Pinon, Delia I, Wessels, William S, Dawson, Eric S, Lybrand, Terry P, Prendergast, Franklyn G, Miller, Laurence J

“…Fluorescence resonance energy transfer is a powerful biophysical technique used to analyze the structure of membrane proteins. Here, we used this tool to…”
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Breast Implant–Associated Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma in Australia and New Zealand: High-Surface-Area Textured Implants Are Associated with Increased Risk by Loch-Wilkinson, Anna, Beath, Kenneth J., Knight, Robert John William, Wessels, William Louis Fick, Magnusson, Mark, Papadopoulos, Tim, Connell, Tony, Lofts, Julian, Locke, Michelle, Hopper, Ingrid, Cooter, Rodney, Vickery, Karen, Joshi, Preeti Avinash, Prince, H. Miles, Deva, Anand K.

“…BACKGROUND:The association between breast implants and breast implant associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma (BIA-ALCL), has been confirmed. Implant related…”
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Electrophoretic mobility of weakly-charged (dipolar) hydrogels in water: Contribution of hydrogen-bonding in the solvent dipole layer by Kirk, William, Wessels, William

“…[Display omitted] •Uncharged and Weakly-charged nano-hydrogels have negative electrophoretic mobility.•H-bonding in the dipole-layer is hypothesized to be…”
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Photophysics of EGFP (E222H) Mutant, with Comparisons to Model Chromophores: Excited State pK’s, Progressions, Quenching and Exciton Interaction by Kirk, William, Allen, Thomas, Atanasova, Elena, Wessels, William, Yao, Janet, Prendergast, Franklyn

“…A novel version of the well-known and commercially successful Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP) variant known as EGFP, with an introduced E222H mutation, was…”
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Photophysics of ANS. IV. electron transfer quenching of ANS in alcoholic solvents and mixtures by Kirk, William, Wessels, William

“…ANS is observed to decay from the fluorescent state with distributed kinetics in nearly pure ethanol solvent, notwithstanding that in mixed ethanol/water…”
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Enhanced biological cathodoluminescence by Fisher, Phyllis J., Wessels, William S., Dietz, Allan B., Prendergast, Franklyn G.

“…We have combined the specificity of antibody labeling, the power of fluorescence detection, and the resolution of scanning electron microscopy (SEM) to…”
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Photophysics of ANS V. decay modes of ANS in proteins: The IFABP–ANS complex by Kirk, William, Kurian, Elizabeth, Wessels, William

“…The fluorescence properties of ANS as bound to proteins are treated. Several points of view concerning the origin of these properties are reviewed and…”
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Reconstruction of the lower eye lid with a rotation-advancement tarsoconjunctival cheek flap by Wessels, William Louis Fick, Graewe, F R, van Deventer, Petrus V

“…Repair of full-thickness defects of the lower eyelids poses a challenge because a graft in combination with a flap is typically used to replace either the…”
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Reliability engineering approach to achieve RCM for mechanical systems - 2012 by Wessels, W. R.

“…The foundation for reliability-centered maintenance is the characterization of reliability failure models. Reliability is currently defined as the probability…”
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Abstract: Epidemiology and Risk Factors for Breast Implant-Associated Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma (BIA-ALCL) in Australia & New Zealand by Knight, Robert, Loch-Wilkinson, Anna-Marie, Wessels, William, Papadopoulos, Timothy, Magnusson, Mark, Lofts, Julian, Connell, Tony, Hopper, Ingrid, Beath, Kenneth, Lade, Stephen, Prince, Henry, Deva, Anand

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Photophysics of ANS. I. Protein–ANS complexes: Intestinal fatty acid binding protein and single- trp mutants by Klimtchuk, Elena, Venyaminov, Sergei, Kurian, Elizabeth, Wessels, William, Kirk, William, Prendergast, Franklyn G.

“…We continue investigations into the physical chemistry of intestinal fatty acid binding protein, I-FABP, and its interaction with ANS and other ligands [ cf…”
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Use of the Weibull versus Exponential to Model Part Reliability by Wessels, W.R.

“…The best practice for characterization of the reliability parameters for a part from historical or empirical data often erroneously uses the…”
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Enhanced biological cathodoluminescence: Special Issue on Optics in Life Sciences by FISHER, Phyllis J, WESSELS, William S, DIETZ, Allan B, PRENDERGAST, Franklyn G

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Reliability analysis required to determine CBM condition indicators by Wessels, W.R., Sautter, F.C.

“…The implementation of condition-based maintenance, CBM, is growing by organizations that seek to gain a competitive advantage in the global economy. CBM,…”
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Cost-optimized scheduled maintenance interval for reliability-centered maintenance by Wessels, W.R.

“…Implementation of a reliability-centered maintenance program is based on performance of proactive maintenance actions that serves to preserve system…”
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