http://hdl.handle.net/2440/295 2013-05-25T13:36:21Z 2013-05-25T13:36:21Z Martin, Jennifer H. Somogyi, Andrew Alexander http://hdl.handle.net/2440/77934 2013-05-22T05:30:53Z 2011-12-31T13:30:00Z

Title: Pharmacogenomics and Warfarin therapy Author: Martin, Jennifer H.; Somogyi, Andrew Alexander

2011-12-31T13:30:00Z Chen, Chang Kostakis, Chris Irvine, Rodney James Felgate, Peter White, Jason Mark http://hdl.handle.net/2440/77668 2013-05-13T05:31:03Z 2011-12-31T13:30:00Z

Title: Evaluation of pre-analysis loss of dependent drugs in wastewater: stability and binding assessments Author: Chen, Chang; Kostakis, Chris; Irvine, Rodney James; Felgate, Peter; White, Jason Mark Description: Article first published online: 9 OCT 2012

2011-12-31T13:30:00Z Turner, Renée Jade Corrigan, Frances Emily Vink, Robert http://hdl.handle.net/2440/77416 2013-05-06T05:30:18Z 2011-12-31T13:30:00Z

Title: Magnesium in acute brain injury Author: Turner, Renée Jade; Corrigan, Frances Emily; Vink, Robert Abstract: Acute injury to the central nervous system, such as stroke and traumatic brain injury (TBI), is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality, and represents a significant public health issue worldwide. Despite extensive pre-clinical investigation, few therapeutic treatment options are available to patients meaning that severe disability and requirement of long-term rehabilitation are common outcomes. The majority of the damage that occurs following stroke and TBI is initiated by the primary injury and develops over time. Such secondary injury encompasses a number of damaging biochemical and pathophysiological events. However, the delayed nature of such injury provides an opportunity for therapeutic intervention. Indeed, magnesium decline has been identified as a key secondary injury process, one that is associated with significant functional impairment. Magnesium administration has been extensively evaluated in both experimental and clinical stroke and TBI with varied success. This chapter focuses on the role of magnesium in TBI and stroke pathophysiology, with particular emphasis on magnesium as a potential therapeutic agent.

2011-12-31T13:30:00Z Scoleri, Tony Henneberg, Maciej http://hdl.handle.net/2440/77265 2013-04-29T07:30:16Z 2011-12-31T13:30:00Z

Title: View-independent prediction of body dimensions in crowded environments Author: Scoleri, Tony; Henneberg, Maciej Abstract: This paper considers the problem of inferring the dimensions of non-visible body parts from images of incomplete bodies. This situation often occurs in CCTV videos of crowded scenes where people are mostly occluded. The approach we present relies on the ability to measure an observable body part which correlates to a missing body part. Anthropometric regression equations are then used to predict the dimension of the sought body part from the observable one. The example application of the paper considers acquiring a person’s head height to infer their stature. It is shown how a judicious selection of anthropometric points enables computation of the head height from any perspective images taken in uncontrolled environments with uncooperative subjects. Two regression models are proposed to infer stature from head height. Three real-life case studies have been chosen to assess the performance of our method on subjects observed in low resolution images and under various poses. Results show that the proposed method can yield statures of comparable accuracy to truth and two geometric methods.

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