What do we gain from simplicity versus complexity in species distribution models?

C Merow, MJ Smith, TC Edwards Jr, A Guisan… - …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Species distribution models (SDMs) are widely used to explain and predict species ranges
and environmental niches. They are most commonly constructed by inferring species' …

Endocytosis at the blood–brain barrier: from basic understanding to drug delivery strategies

MW Smith, M Gumbleton - Journal of drug targeting, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
The blood–brain barrier (BBB) protects the central nervous system (CNS) from potentially
harmful xenobiotics and endogenous molecules. Anatomically, it comprises the brain …

Zoledronic acid and skeletal complications in patients with solid tumors and bone metastases: analysis of a national medical claims database

HT Hatoum, SJ Lin, MR Smith… - … Journal of the …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND. Bone is among the most common sites of metastasis in patients with advanced
cancer, and the development of bone metastases places patients at increased risk for …

Changing beginning teachers' content knowledge and its effects on student learning

…, I Kim, P Ward, M Curtner-Smith… - … Education and Sport …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Lack of content knowledge (CK) is problematic in teaching in classroom subject
areas and in physical education. There is a dearth of data-based research on interventions …

Sport education: A panacea for hegemonic masculinity in physical education or more of the same?

MB Parker, MD Curtner-Smith - Sport, Education and Society, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Sport education has received considerable support from teachers, teacher educators and
the sport pedagogy literature as a cure for much that ails physical education. The purpose of …

Spatial expression and functionality of drug transporters in the intact lung: objectives for further research

…, K Kreitmeyr, CJ Morris, MW Smith - Advanced drug delivery …, 2011 - Elsevier
This commentary provides a background appraising evidence in the intact lung on the spatial
expression of drug transporters and, where available, evidence in the intact lung of the …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic diversity and host specificity varies across three genera of blood parasites in ducks of the Pacific Americas flyway

AB Reeves, MM Smith, BW Meixell, JP Fleskes… - PLoS …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Birds of the order Anseriformes, commonly referred to as waterfowl, are frequently infected
by Haemosporidia of the genera Haemoproteus, Plasmodium, and Leucocytozoon via …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of pathogenic CNVs on physical traits in participants of the UK Biobank

D Owen, M Bracher-Smith, KM Kendall, E Rees… - BMC genomics, 2018 - Springer
Background Copy number variants (CNVs) have been shown to increase risk for physical
anomalies, developmental, psychiatric and medical disorders. Some of them have been …

Transsplenic portal system catheterization: review of current indications and techniques

KS Zurcher, MV Smith, SG Naidu, G Saini, IJ Patel… - …, 2022 - pubs.rsna.org
Multiple diseases of the portal system require effective portal vein access for endovascular
management. While percutaneous transhepatic and transjugular approaches remain the …

[HTML][HTML] Caveolin-1 in renal cell carcinoma promotes tumour cell invasion, and in co-operation with pERK predicts metastases in patients with clinically confined …

…, R Griffiths, S Gumbleton, MW Smith… - Journal of translational …, 2013 - Springer
Background Up to 40% of patients initially diagnosed with clinically-confined renal cell
carcinoma (RCC) and who undergo curative surgery will nevertheless relapse with metastatic …