56 Result(s)

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Ecological effects of a supra-seasonal drought on macroinvertebrate communities differ between near-perennial and ephemeral river reaches

The duration, intensity and frequency of hydrological droughts are predicted to increase significantly over the 21st century globally, threatening the long-term stability of lotic communities. In this paper we...

M. J. Hill, K. L. Mathers, S. Little, T. Worrall, J. Gunn, P. J. Wood in Aquatic Sciences (2019)

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The aquatic macroinvertebrate biodiversity of urban ponds in a medium-sized European town (Loughborough, UK)

Urbanisation is one of the greatest threats to freshwater biodiversity, with the area of land covered by towns and cities predicted to increase significantly in the future. Ponds are common features in the urb...

M. J. Hill, K. L. Mathers, P. J. Wood in Hydrobiologia (2015)

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Allelic differences in nuclear protein binding at a genome-wide significant risk variant for schizophrenia in ZNF804A

M J Hill, N J Bray in Molecular Psychiatry (2011)

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Some Observations on Induction in Predicate Probabilistic Reasoning

We consider the desirability, or otherwise, of various forms of induction in the light of certain principles and inductive methods within predicate uncertain reasoning. Our general conclusion is that there rem...

M. J. Hill, J. B. Paris, G. M. Wilmers in Journal of Philosophical Logic (2002)

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Chain-folding and structures in nylon 6 oligoamide lamellar crystals

A series of carefully selected monodisperse nylon 6 oligomers, terminated with short alkane segments, have been crystallised from solution. This contribution contains an overview of the folding and structures ...

E. D. T. Atkins, M. J. Hill, N. A. Jones, P. Sikorski in Journal of Materials Science (2000)

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The transmission of Fusarium subglutinans from maize seeds to seedlings

The transmission of Fusarium subglutinans from maize (Zea mays) seeds to seedlings has not been clearly demonstrated. The objectives of this study were to determine whether P. subglutinans is seed transmitted, an...

F. Kabeere, M. J. Hill, J. G. Hampton in Australasian Plant Pathology (1997)

Chapter

Dietary Fibre and Human Cancer

Burkitt (1969, 1971, 1973) postulated that dietary fibre was a major protective factor against colorectal carcinogenesis, based on his studies in Africa. He hypothesised that the carbohydrate that reached the ...

M. J. Hill in Dietary Fiber in Health and Disease (1997)

Chapter

Anticarcinogens/Inhibitors in the Diet

It was natural that most of the early interest in carcinogenesis should have centred on the identification of the causes of cancer and the mechanisms by which they act. It is also self-evident that the study of i...

M. J. Hill in Public Education on Diet and Cancer (1992)

Chapter

Final Conclusions

During the last two decades many groups have attempted to summarize the current knowledge on diet and cancer and to present the conclusions in the form of sets of guidelines. These have been reviewed here in t...

M. J. Hill, E. Benito, A. Giacosa in Public Education on Diet and Cancer (1992)

Chapter and Conference Paper

The Role of Intestinal Microbes in Ulcerative Colitis: Studies on the Rectal Mucosa-Associated Microflora

There is broad agreement that microbes play an important role in the aetiology and pathogenesis of ulcerative colitis (UC), probably via an abnormal local immune response to one or several microbial antigens o...

M. G. Hartley, M. J. Hudson, M. J. Hill, A. E. Gent… in Updates in Colo-Proctology (1992)

Chapter and Conference Paper

Development of a Reliable Measure for Determining Nitrate Exposure for Use in Epidemiological Studies

Regardless of dose or matrix, 24-h urinary nitrate reliably accounts for 50 to 60% of daily nitrate ingestion, except in those individuals who are immune stimulated and endogenously synthesize nitrate and thos...

P. J. Packer, P. R. Randell, S. N. Duncan, B. Van Acker… in Nitrate Contamination (1991)

Chapter and Conference Paper

Faecal bile acids in pouch and pouchitis patients

In previous studies we have reported on the faecal bile acids in patients with chronic ulcerative colitis and in familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) patients. In the former group of patients there was a relat...

M. J. Hill, R. W. Owen in Topics in Colorectal Disease (1991)

Chapter and Conference Paper

Bacteriology (II)

Chronic inflammation in the reservoir occurs in almost every case; acute inflammatory changes, often severe and associated with diarrhoea (pouchitis) occur in some colitic patients but not in those with polypo...

M. J. Hill, F. Fernandez in Topics in Colorectal Disease (1991)

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Abstracts

L. Rosen, J. Reed, D. Ufberg, H. Thorburn, K. Carter… in Diseases of the Colon & Rectum (1990)