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Robert Ward

- Verified email at bangor.ac.uk - Cited by 8087

Robert Ward

- Verified email at usu.edu - Cited by 7729

Robert J Ward, MD, CCD, DABR

- Verified email at tufts.edu - Cited by 3311

DNA barcoding Australia's fish species

RD Ward, TS Zemlak, BH Innes… - … Transactions of the …, 2005 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Two hundred and seven species of fish, mostly Australian marine fish, were sequenced (barcoded)
for a 655 bp region of the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase subunit I gene (cox1). …

Butyrate improves insulin sensitivity and increases energy expenditure in mice

Z Gao, J Yin, J Zhang, RE Ward, RJ Martin… - Diabetes, 2009 - Am Diabetes Assoc
OBJECTIVE We examined the role of butyric acid, a short-chain fatty acid formed by fermentation
in the large intestine, in the regulation of insulin sensitivity in mice fed a high-fat diet. …

The campaign to DNA barcode all fishes, FISH‐BOL

RD Ward, R Hanner, PDN Hebert - Journal of fish biology, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
FISH‐BOL, the Fish Barcode of Life campaign, is an international research collaboration
that is assembling a standardized reference DNA sequence library for all fishes. Analysis is …

[BOOK][B] Political modernization in Japan and Turkey

RE Ward, DA Rustow - 2015 - books.google.com
Contributors compare and analyze the modernization experiences of Japan and Turkey: John
Whitney Hall, Halil Inalcik, Robert A. Scalapino, Roderic H. Davison, William W. Lockwood…

[PDF][PDF] Selective small molecule inhibitors of glycogen synthase kinase-3 modulate glycogen metabolism and gene transcription

…, LR Cox, D Mills, MJ Brown, D Haigh, RW Ward… - Chemistry & biology, 2000 - cell.com
Background: Glycogen synthase kinase-3 (GSK-3) is a serine/threonine protein kinase, the
activity of which is inhibited by a variety of extracellular stimuli including insulin, growth factors…

An improved staining method for electron microscopy

JG Stempak, RT Ward - The Journal of cell biology, 1964 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
METHOD One to 15 grams of hydrated uranyl acetate (UO2 (CH.~ COO) 22U20) are dissolved
in 25 ml of absolute, acetone-free methanol with a magnetic stirrer or by constant agitation…

Effect of intra-articular triamcinolone vs saline on knee cartilage volume and pain in patients with knee osteoarthritis: a randomized clinical trial

…, WF Harvey, LL Price, JB Driban, M Zhang, RJ Ward - Jama, 2017 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Synovitis is common and is associated with progression of structural characteristics
of knee osteoarthritis. Intra-articular corticosteroids could reduce cartilage damage …

Direct measurement of attentional dwell time in human vision

J Duncan, R Ward, K Shapiro - Nature, 1994 - nature.com
IN vision, attentional limitations are reflected in interference or reduced accuracy when two
objects must be identified at once in a brief display 1,2 . In our experiments a brief temporal …

[HTML][HTML] Oil and gas wells and their integrity: Implications for shale and unconventional resource exploitation

RJ Davies, S Almond, RS Ward, RB Jackson… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2014 - Elsevier
Data from around the world (Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Brazil, Canada, the Netherlands,
Poland, the UK and the USA) show that more than four million onshore hydrocarbon wells have …

Competitive brain activity in visual attention

J Duncan, G Humphreys, R Ward - Current opinion in neurobiology, 1997 - Elsevier
Visual attention can be considered from the perspective of distributed brain activity engendered
by visual input. We propose that visual objects compete for representation in multiple …