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ShipwreckFinder: A QGIS Tool for Shipwreck Detection in Multibeam Sonar Data Open

Tyler Smithline, Andrew Scheffer, David J. Smith, Rachel Bird, Katherine A. Skinner · 2025

In this paper, we introduce ShipwreckFinder, an open-source QGIS plugin that detects shipwrecks from multibeam sonar data. Shipwrecks are an important historical marker of maritime history, and can be discovered through manual inspection o…

Emerging directions for biologically active fluids Open

David J. Smith, Smitha Maretvadakethope, Laurence G. Wilson, Marco Polin · 2025

CNearest: A C++ toolkit to use the nearest-neighbour method of regularised stokeslets algorithm to solve viscous flow problems Open

Neil Butcher, James Tyrrell, David J. Smith · 2025

Perforated Appendicitis in a 23-Month-Old Child Open

J.A. Verdún Aguilar, Allan L. Goldman, Adi Cohen, David J. Smith · 2025

Appendicitis is caused by a blockage of the appendix, leading to the proliferation of intestinal bacteria and subsequent inflammation of the appendix. Within the scope of pediatrics, appendicitis is associated with an atypical presentation…

146 LA cervix care: Improving cervical cancer prevention in Louisiana – Identification of barriers to care for those women at increased risk for cervical dysplasia Open

Deborah Smith, David J. Smith, Donna Williams, Bilikisu Elewonibi, Jennifer Cameron , et al. · 2025

Objectives/Goals: Cervical cancer is preventable through HPV vaccination and the detection/removal of precancerous lesions. Incidence and mortality rates have only decreased by 3–4% in the past decade. Despite having the tools to prevent a…

Mathematical modelling of the vitamin C clock reaction: a study of two kinetic regimes Open

Aliya A Alsaleh, David J. Smith, Sara Jabbari · 2025

Chemically reacting systems exhibiting a repeatable delay period before a visible and sudden change are referred to as clock reactions ; they have a long history in education and provide an idealization of various biochemical and industria…

Mathematical modelling of the vitamin C clock reaction: a study of two kinetic regimes Open

Aliya A Alsaleh, David J. Smith, Sara Jabbari · 2024

Chemically reacting systems exhibiting a repeatable delay period before a visible and sudden change are referred to as clock reactions; they have a long history in education and provide an idealisation of various biochemical and industrial…

Vascular adhesion protein-1 blockade in primary sclerosing cholangitis: Open-label, multicenter, single-arm, phase II trial Open

Gideon M. Hirschfield, Katherine Arndtz, Amanda Kirkham, Yung‐Yi Chen, Richard Fox , et al. · 2024

Background: Primary sclerosing cholangitis is a progressive inflammatory liver disease characterized by biliary and liver fibrosis. Vascular adhesion protein-1 (VAP-1) is important in the inflammatory process driving liver fibrosis. We eva…

Development and application of an optimised Bayesian shrinkage prior for spectroscopic biomedical diagnostics Open

Hin On Chu, Emma Buchan, David J. Smith, Pola Goldberg Oppenheimer · 2024

With potential applications in aiding diagnosis from small spectroscopic datasets and are compatible with a range of spectroscopic data formats. As seen with the classification of IR and Raman spectra. These results are highly promising fo…

Mathematics in medical and life sciences: a multidisciplinary journal championing accessible, complete and transparent communication of mathematics applied to medical, biological and ecological systems Open

David J. Smith · 2024

Fluid extraction from the left-right organizer uncovers mechanical properties needed for symmetry breaking Open

Pedro Sampaio, Sara Pestana, Catarina Bota, Adán Guerrero, Ivo A. Telley , et al. · 2023

Humans and other vertebrates define body axis left-right asymmetry in the early stages of embryo development. The mechanism behind left-right establishment is not fully understood. Symmetry breaking occurs in a dedicated organ called the l…

Author response: Fluid extraction from the left-right organizer uncovers mechanical properties needed for symmetry breaking Open

Pedro Sampaio, Sara Pestana, Catarina Bota, Adán Guerrero, Ivo A. Telley , et al. · 2023

Full text Figures and data Side by side Abstract Editor's evaluation Introduction Results Discussion Methods Data availability References Decision letter Author response Article and author information Abstract Humans and other vertebrates …

Squirmer hydrodynamics near a periodic surface topography Open

Kenta Ishimoto, Eamonn A. Gaffney, David J. Smith · 2023

The behaviour of microscopic swimmers has previously been explored near large-scale confining geometries and in the presence of very small-scale surface roughness. Here, we consider an intermediate case of how a simple microswimmer, the ta…

Supplementary Figure and Table Legends from A Risk Variant in an miR-125b Binding Site in BMPR1B Is Associated with Breast Cancer Pathogenesis Open

Pål Sætrom, Jacob Biesinger, Sierra M. Li, David J. Smith, Laurent F. Thomas , et al. · 2023

Supplementary Figure and Table Legends from A Risk Variant in an miR-125b Binding Site in BMPR1B Is Associated with Breast Cancer Pathogenesis

What are the predictors of change in multimorbidity among people with HIV? A longitudinal observational cohort study Open

Michael Casten, Simone Herbert, David J. Smith, Kathy Petoumenos, Craig P. Coorey , et al. · 2023

Introduction Multimorbidity is common among people living with HIV (PLWH), with numerous cross‐sectional studies demonstrating associations with older age and past immunosuppression. Little is known about the progression of multimorbidity,…

Axonemal regulation by curvature explains sperm flagellar waveform modulation Open

Meurig T. Gallagher, Jackson Kirkman‐Brown, David J. Smith · 2023

Flagellar motility is critical to natural and many forms of assisted reproduction. Rhythmic beating and wave propagation by the flagellum propels sperm through fluid and enables modulation between penetrative progressive motion, activated …

Understanding the mechanism by which Gd(iii) coiled coils achieve magnetic resonance relaxivity – a study into the water coordination chemistry Open

Sarah Lauren Newton, Alicja Franke, Achim Zahl, Francesco Molinaro, Alan M. Kenwright , et al. · 2023

The mechanism by which a new class of Gd coiled coils alter the relaxation time of bulk water.

The Association of State Telehealth Payment Parity Policy with Telehealth Use, Attitudes, and Practice Health Open

David J. Smith, Rebecca Etz, Jennifer M. Mellor · 2023

CONTEXT: Although telehealth visits surged in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, challenges remain with its implementation and utilization. One such difficulty is the lack of uniformity regarding physician telehealth visit reimburseme…

The Seasonality of Respiratory Syncytial Virus in Western Australia Prior to Implementation of SARS-CoV-2 Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions Open

Cara Minney‐Smith, David P. Foley, Chisha Sikazwe, Avram Levy, David J. Smith · 2022

Background Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) seasonality is dependent on the local climate. We assessed the stability of RSV seasonality prior to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in Western Australia (WA), a state spanning temperate and tropical re…

346 Feeding Hempseed Cake Alters the Bovine gut, Respiratory and Reproductive Microbiota Open

Thomas Winders, Devin B. Holman, Kaycie N. Schmidt, David J. Smith, Bryan W Neville , et al. · 2022

A growing number of studies have investigated the viability of feeding hemp by-products as livestock feedstuffs; however, their impact on livestock microbiomes remains unexplored. Here, we evaluated the effects of feeding hempseed cake (HS…

Axonemal regulation by curvature explains sperm flagellar waveform modulation Open

Meurig T. Gallagher, Jackson Kirkman‐Brown, David J. Smith · 2022

Flagellar motility is critical to natural and many forms of assisted reproduction. The rhythmic beating and wave propagation by the flagellum propels sperm through fluid and enables modulation between penetrative progressive motion, activa…

Axonemal regulation by curvature explains sperm flagellar waveform modulation Open

Meurig T. Gallagher, David J. Smith, Jackson Kirkman‐Brown · 2022

Flagellar motility is critical to natural and many forms of assisted reproduction. The rhythmic beating and wave propagation by the flagellum propels sperm through fluid and enables modulation between penetrative progressive motion, activa…

Axonemal regulation by curvature explains sperm flagellar waveform modulation Open

Meurig T. Gallagher, Jackson Kirkman‐Brown, David J. Smith · 2022

Flagellar motility is critical to natural and many forms of assisted reproduction. Rhythmic beating and wave propagation by the flagellum propels sperm through fluid and enables modulation between penetrative progressive motion, activated …

75 Nurse-led sedation is safe and effective, shortening procedure times, and improving access for selected transcatheter aortic valve implantation (tavi) patients Open

Suzannah Browne, David J. Smith, Daniel Adams, Sumesh Thiruthalil, Ian McGovern , et al. · 2022

Background Aortic Stenosis is the commonest single cardiac valve lesion and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) is now the dominant treatment modality for intervention. The great majority of TAVI procedures are performed under s…

Burn Injury-Induced Extracellular Vesicle Production and Characteristics Open

Xiaoyuan Yang, Victor Chatterjee, Ethan Zheng, Amanda J. Reynolds, Yonggang Ma , et al. · 2022

Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are nano-sized membrane-bound particles containing biologically active cargo molecules. The production and molecular composition of EVs reflect the physiological state of parent cells, and once released into th…

Fluid extraction from the left-right organizer uncovers mechanical properties needed for symmetry breaking Open

Pedro Sampaio, Sara Pestana, Adán Guerrero, Ivo A. Telley, David J. Smith , et al. · 2022

Humans and other vertebrates define body axis left-right asymmetry in the early stages of embryo development (Shiratori and Hamada, 2006). The mechanism behind left-right establishment is not fully understood (Mizuno et al ., 2020; Maerker…

The Toxicity of Corticosteroids Open

David J. Smith, Venu Sen · 2022

Minimization of steroid therapy has always been one of the main objectives of immunosuppressive protocols after kidney transplantation, due to numerous side effects. The use of a further reduced daily dose of steroids is considered by many…

Differential remodelling of mitochondrial subpopulations and mitochondrial dysfunction are a feature of early stage diabetes Open

Bodour S. Rajab, Sarah Kassab, Connor D. Stonall, Hussam Daghistani, Stephen Gibbons , et al. · 2022

The Role of the Double-Layer Potential in Regularised Stokeslet Models of Self-Propulsion Open

David J. Smith, Meurig T. Gallagher, Rudi Schuech, Thomas D. Montenegro‐Johnson · 2021

The method of regularised stokeslets is widely used to model microscale biological propulsion. The method is usually implemented with only the single-layer potential, the double-layer potential being neglected, despite this formulation oft…

The Role of the Double Layer Potential in Regularized Stokeslet Models of Self-Propulsion Open

David J. Smith, Meurig T. Gallagher, Rudi Schuech, Thomas D. Montenegro‐Johnson · 2021

The method of regularized stokeslets is widely-used to model microscale biological propulsion. The method is usually implemented with only the single layer potential, with the double layer potential being neglected, despite this formulatio…

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