Search Results - "Wright, P. K."

Role of sleep and circadian disruption on energy expenditure and in metabolic predisposition to human obesity and metabolic disease by McHill, A. W., Wright, K. P.

“…Summary Weight gain, obesity and diabetes have reached alarming levels in the developed world. Traditional risk factors such as over‐eating, poor nutritional…”
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Rapid suppression of bone formation marker in response to sleep restriction and circadian disruption in men by Swanson, C.M., Kohrt, W.M., Wolfe, P., Wright, K.P., Shea, S.A., Cain, S.W., Munch, M., Vujović, N., Czeisler, C.A., Orwoll, E.S., Buxton, O.M.

“…Summary We describe the time course of bone formation marker (P1NP) decline in men exposed to ~ 3 weeks of sleep restriction with concurrent circadian…”
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Association between objective sleep duration and bone mineral density in older postmenopausal women from the Study of Osteoporotic Fractures (SOF) by Swanson, C.M., Blatchford, P.J., Orwoll, E.S., Cauley, J.A., LeBlanc, E.S., Fink, H.A., Wright, K.P., Wierman, M.E., Kohrt, W.M., Stone, K.L.

“…Summary Methodological limitations preclude determination of the association between sleep duration and bone mineral density (BMD) from existing literature…”
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Identification of a Preliminary Plasma Metabolome-based Biomarker for Circadian Phase in Humans by Cogswell, D., Bisesi, P., Markwald, R. R., Cruickshank-Quinn, C., Quinn, K., McHill, A., Melanson, E. L., Reisdorph, N., Wright, K. P., Depner, C. M.

“…Measuring individual circadian phase is important to diagnose and treat circadian rhythm sleep-wake disorders and circadian misalignment, inform chronotherapy,…”
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Repeated fear-induced diurnal rhythm disruptions predict PTSD-like sensitized physiological acute stress responses in F344 rats by Thompson, R. S., Strong, P. V., Clark, P. J., Maslanik, T. M., Wright Jr, K. P., Greenwood, B. N., Fleshner, M.

“…Aim To identify objective factors that can predict future sensitized stress responses, thus allowing for effective intervention prior to developing…”
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Sleep duration and bone health measures in older men by Swanson, C. M., Blatchford, P. J., Stone, K. L., Cauley, J. A., Lane, N. E., Rogers-Soeder, T. S., Redline, S., Bauer, D. C., Wright, K. P., Wierman, M. E., Kohrt, W. M., Orwoll, E. S.

“…Summary The associations between objective measures of sleep duration and bone outcomes in older men are unknown. No consistent, significant association was…”
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Opinion: How do we define ‘healthy’ lighting? by Brown, TM, Wright, KP

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Evolution of a diffusion aluminide bond coat for thermal barrier coatings during thermal cycling by Pan, D, Chen, M.W, Wright, P.K, Hemker, K.J

“…The thermal cyclic durability of a TBC is thought to be strongly dependent on the physical and mechanical properties of the bond coat layer. A novel high…”
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Intrinsic Near-24-h Pacemaker Period Determines Limits of Circadian Entrainment to a Weak Synchronizer in Humans by Wright, Kenneth P., Hughes, Rod J, Kronauer, Richard E., Dijk, Derk-Jan, Czeisler, Charles A.

“…Endogenous circadian clocks are robust regulators of physiology and behavior. Synchronization or entrainment of biological clocks to environmental time is…”
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The effect of female tobacco smoking on IVF outcomes by Wright, K.P., Trimarchi, J.R., Allsworth, J., Keefe, D.

“…BACKGROUND: Cigarette smoking is widely believed to be associated with decreased fecundity in naturally conceiving populations; however, the effect of female…”
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Mechanisms governing the performance of thermal barrier coatings by Wright, P.K., Evans, A.G.

“…Thermal barrier coatings (TBCs) are now used on hot section components in most commercial turbine engines. They are used to enhance the temperature…”
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Topical aminolaevulinic acid-photodynamic therapy produces an inflammatory infiltrate but reduces Langerhans cells in healthy human skin in vivo by Evangelou, G., Farrar, M.D., White, R.D., Sorefan, N.B., Wright, K.P., McLean, K., Andrew, S., Watson, R.E.B., Rhodes, L.E.

“…Summary Background  Topical photodynamic therapy (PDT) elicits a therapeutic response in both skin cancer and immune‐mediated skin disorders. While PDT induces…”
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Effects of menstrual cycle phase and oral contraceptives on alertness, cognitive performance, and circadian rhythms during sleep deprivation by Wright, Kenneth P, Badia, Pietro

“…The influence of menstrual cycle phase and oral contraceptive use on neurobehavioral function and circadian rhythms were studied in healthy young women ( n=25)…”
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Nitric oxide is a mediator of apoptosis in the rheumatoid joint by van't Hof, R. J., Hocking, L., Wright, P. K., Ralston, S. H.

“…Objective. To study the role of nitric oxide (NO) derived from the inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) pathway in the induction of apoptosis in the…”
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Diurnal variation in anxiety and activity is influenced by chronotype and probable anxiety-related disorder status by Cox, Rebecca C., Wright, Kenneth P., Axelsson, John, Balter, Leonie J.T.

“…•Anxiety symptoms and daily activities fluctuated throughout the day.•Anxiety was worst in the evening in evening chronotypes with probable anxiety…”
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Comparison of SurePath® and ThinPrep® liquid‐based cervical cytology using positive predictive value, atypical predictive value and total predictive value as performance indicators by Wright, P.K, Marshall, J, Desai, M

“…P. K. Wright, J. Marshall and M. Desai Comparison of SurePath ® and ThinPrep ® liquid‐based cervical cytology using positive predictive value, atypical…”
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Volumetric feature recognition for machining components with freeform surfaces by Sundararajan, V., Wright, P.K.

“…This paper describes a procedure for the extraction of features of a part containing a combination of 2.5D features and freeform surfaces. This work invokes a…”
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Wireless manufacturing: a literature review, recent developments, and case studies by Huang, G. Q., Wright, P. K., Newman, S. T.

“…Wireless manufacturing (WM) has emerged as a next-generation advanced manufacturing technology (AMT). WM relies substantially on wireless devices such as RFID…”
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Acute effects of bright light and caffeine on nighttime melatonin and temperature levels in women taking and not taking oral contraceptives by Wright Jr, Kenneth P, Myers, Bryan L, Plenzler, Steven C, Drake, Christopher L, Badia, Pietro

“…Caffeine and bright light effects on nighttime melatonin and temperature levels in women were tested during the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle ( n=30) or…”
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Topographical and temporal patterns of brain activity during the transition from wakefulness to sleep by WRIGHT, K. P, BADIA, P, WAUQUIER, A

“…Changes in electroencephalographic (EEG) spectral power, coherence and frequency were examined for the last minute of wakefulness and the first minute of sleep…”
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