Many patients referred for PET suffer from anxiety, possibly affecting the workflow and patient
experience. In addition, patient anxiety may affect image quality through uptake of 18 F-…

The Monte Carlo program for the OPAL experiment at the LEP e+ e-collider is described.
This program is based on the GEANTsimulation package. The general organization of the …

In lab-on-chip devices, on which complete (bio-)chemical analysis laboratories are miniaturized
and integrated, it is essential to manipulate fluids in sub-millimetre channels and sub-…

The work presented in this thesis is primarily a study of the reversal mechanisms of the
magnetic layers within spin-valve materials. Spin-valve materials display the phenomenon of …

Objective Exaggerated central nervous system (CNS) inflammatory responses to peripheral
stressors may be implicated in delirium. This study hypothesised that the IL-1β family is …

Barrett's esophagus is an increasingly common disease that is strongly associated with
reflux of stomach acid and usually a hiatus hernia, and it strongly predisposes to esophageal …

Epidemiological and clinical studies provide growing evidence for marked sex differences
in the incidence of certain neurological disorders that are largely attributed to the …

Hypoxia is thought to be critical in regulating physiological processes within the female
reproductive system, including ovulation, composition of the fluid in the oviductal/uterine lumens …

Background Emergency abdominal surgery is associated with poor patient outcomes. We
studied the effectiveness of a national quality improvement (QI) programme to implement a …

The incidence of certain neurological disorders, including Parkinson's disease, appears to
be more prevalent in men. Studies involving estrogen treatment of ovariectomised rodents …