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Morrison PJ. Insurance, genetic testing and familial cancer: recent policy changes in the United Kingdom. THE ULSTER MEDICAL JOURNAL 2001; 70:79-88. [PMID: 11795771 PMCID: PMC2449245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Hughes J, Nevin NC, Morrison PJ. Familial craniosynostosis due to Pro250Arg mutation in the fibroblast growth factor receptor 3 gene. THE ULSTER MEDICAL JOURNAL 2001; 70:47-50. [PMID: 11428324 PMCID: PMC2449219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Honing ML, Smits P, Morrison PJ, Burnett JC, Rabelink TJ. C-type natriuretic peptide-induced vasodilation is dependent on hyperpolarization in human forearm resistance vessels. Hypertension 2001; 37:1179-83. [PMID: 11304521 DOI: 10.1161/01.hyp.37.4.1179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Animal studies have demonstrated that CNP causes endothelium-independent vasodilation, which is limited by neutral endopeptidase (NEP) activity. However, the vasodilating mechanism of CNP in humans is still unknown. Therefore, we investigated the vasodilator actions of CNP in human forearm resistance vessels before and after inhibition of nitric oxide (NO) and then prostacyclin production and after inhibition of Ca(2+)-dependent potassium channel activation and NEP activity. Three separate studies were performed. In each study, forearm blood flow was recorded by venous occlusion plethysmography in 8 healthy nonsmoking subjects. Brachial artery infusion of CNP (70, 140, 280, and 560 ng per 100 mL forearm volume per minute) caused significant forearm vasodilation in all studies (forearm blood flow from 3.94 to 8.50 mL per 100 mL forearm volume per minute). Inhibition of the endogenous generation of NO by L-N(G)-monomethyl arginine (by use of the NO-clamp technique) did not block the maximal vasodilating effects of CNP (forearm blood flow from 3.69 to 6.93). In addition, when the cyclooxygenase system was inhibited by 600 mg of acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin) administered orally 30 minutes before start of measurements, the rise in forearm blood flow remained intact (forearm blood flow from 3.31 to 8.27 mL per 100 mL forearm volume per minute). However, inhibition of Ca(2+)-dependent potassium channels with tetraethylammonium chloride (0.1 mg per 100 mL forearm volume per minute) significantly attenuated vasodilation caused by CNP (forearm blood flow from 2.28 to 3.06 mL per 100 mL forearm volume per minute), which suggests that CNP opens vascular potassium channels. Vasodilation to all doses of CNP was significantly increased when activity of NEP was blocked with thiorphan (30 nmol/min), which suggests that NEP activity limits vasodilation of CNP. CNP is a dilator of human resistance vessels that mediates its effects through hyperpolarization of the vessel wall independent of the NO and prostaglandin system. Inhibition of local NEP activity increases CNP bioavailability. This may be of relevance to cardiovascular disease, given that vascular tone is well balanced between NO and an endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor, which suggests that in pathological situations, impaired NO activity can be compensated for by enhanced endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor release to maintain vascular homeostasis.
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Intensive care is a process and not a location and should commence as soon as major trauma is recognised. The management of severely injured patients requires all of the skills and resources of modern day intensive care medicine and can be challenging and expensive. Despite prolonged stays in the intensive care units and hospitals, the outcome for these patients is often excellent.
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Morrison PJ. Paediatric and adult movement disorders (update). Eur J Paediatr Neurol 2001; 5:265-8. [PMID: 11764186 DOI: 10.1053/ejpn.2001.0528] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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McGovern MC, Stewart M, Morrison PJ, Webb D, Hawkins S. Early onset of Friedreich's ataxia in a compound heterozygote. Arch Dis Child 2000; 83:74-5. [PMID: 10869006 PMCID: PMC1718374 DOI: 10.1136/adc.83.1.74] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Friedreich's ataxia (FA) is an autosomal recessive condition caused by a GAA trinucleotide repeat expansion in the X25 gene on chromosome 9. We describe an unusual form of "pseudodominant" inheritance to illustrate how a diagnosis of FA in a parent does not preclude the diagnosis in the child.
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Verhaar MC, Grahn AY, Van Weerdt AW, Honing ML, Morrison PJ, Yang YP, Padley RJ, Rabelink TJ. Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamic effects of ABT-627, an oral ETA selective endothelin antagonist, in humans. Br J Clin Pharmacol 2000; 49:562-73. [PMID: 10848720 PMCID: PMC2015037 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2125.2000.00171.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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AIMS Endothelins (ETs) may play a role in the pathogenesis of a variety of cardiovascular diseases. The present study was designed to investigate the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic effects of the orally active ETA selective receptor antagonist ABT-627 in healthy humans. METHODS Healthy volunteers were included in two studies with cross-over design. Subjects received single or multiple dose (an 8 day period) administration of oralABT-627 or matched placebo, in a dose range of 0.2-40 mg. The pharmacokinetics of ABT-627 were described and its effects on systemic haemodynamics under resting conditions and on forearm vasoconstriction in response to ET-1 were assessed. RESULTS ABT-627 was generally well tolerated in both studies, with transient headache being the most reported adverse event (in 62% vs 4% during placebo, P < 0.05, for Study 1 and in 42% vs 60%, P = 0.2, for Study 2). ABT-627 was rapidly absorbed, reaching maximum plasma levels at approximately 1 h post dose. Single dose ABT-627, at a dose of 20 and 40 mg, inhibited ET-1 induced forearm vasoconstriction at 8 h post dose. Eight days ABT-627 treatment, at a dose level of 5 mg and above, also effectively blocked forearm vasoconstriction to ET-1. ABT-627 caused a significant reduction in peripheral resistance as compared with placebo (16 +/- 1 vs 19 +/- 1, 18 +/- 2 vs 23 +/- 3, 15 +/- 1 vs 17 +/- 1 AU at 1, 5, 20 mg in Study 2) with only a mild decrease in blood pressure (79 +/- 2 vs 84 +/- 3, 80 +/- 4 vs 90 +/- 5, 75 +/- 3 vs 79 +/- 1 at 1, 5, 20 mg in Study 2). ABT-627 caused a moderate dose-dependent increase in circulating immunoreactive ET levels (a maximal increase of 50% over baseline at the 20 mg dose level). CONCLUSIONS The oral ETA receptor blocker ABT-627 is well tolerated, rapidly absorbed, effectively blocks ET-1 induced vasoconstriction and causes a decrease in total peripheral resistance and mean arterial pressure. Our data suggest that ABT-627 may be a valuable tool in treatment of cardiovascular disease.
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Honing ML, Smits P, Morrison PJ, Rabelink TJ. Bradykinin-induced vasodilation of human forearm resistance vessels is primarily mediated by endothelium-dependent hyperpolarization. Hypertension 2000; 35:1314-8. [PMID: 10856283 DOI: 10.1161/01.hyp.35.6.1314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Bradykinin (BK) stimulates endothelial cells to release a number of relaxing factors, such as NO, prostanoids (PGs), and an endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor (EDHF). However, the contributions of NO, PG, and EDHF in the vascular relaxation to BK vary with species and anatomic origin of blood vessels used. Therefore, the present study was designed to investigate the contributions of NO, PG, and EDHF in vasodilation caused by BK in human forearm resistance vessels. Forearm blood flow (FBF) was recorded with venous occlusion plethysmography in healthy nonsmoking subjects. At first, studies were performed to validate the NO clamp technique for its ability to inhibit endogenous NO generation. Brachial artery infusion of serotonin (0.6, 1.8, and 6 ng. 100 mL forearm volume [FAV](-1). min(-1)) caused significant forearm vasodilation (2.6 to 4.6 mL. 100 mL FAV(-1). min(-1)), which is known to be NO mediated. Indeed, during the NO clamp, cumulative doses of serotonin caused no vasodilation (2.4 to 2.6 mL. 100 mL FAV(-1). min(-1)), indicating that the generation of endogenous NO was completely blocked. Thereafter, the vasodilative actions of BK were investigated. Brachial artery infusion of BK (50, 100, and 200 ng. 100 mL FAV(-1). min(-1)) caused significant forearm vasodilation in all studies (from 3.1 to 20.4 mL. 100 mL FAV(-1). min(-1)). After the inhibition of cyclooxygenase and NO synthase activity through the use of aspirin and the NO-clamp technique, BK increased FBF in a similar manner (3.9 to 18.9 mL. 100 mL FAV(-1). min(-1)), indicating that the vasodilative actions of BK are independent of NO and PG generation. However, vasodilation caused by the 2 lower doses of BK were significantly attenuated after K(Ca) channel activity was blocked with tetraethylammonium chloride (0.1 mg. 100 mL FAV(-1). min(-1)), suggesting that in the lower dose range, BK mediates vasodilation through the opening of vascular potassium channels. In conclusion, BK is a potent vasodilator peptide in human forearm resistance vessels, causing vasodilation through hyperpolarization of the vascular wall independent of NO and PG production. In addition, the NO-clamp technique is a valid instrument to investigate the contribution of NO in the vasodilative response to different agents.
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Davies NP, Eunson LH, Gregory RP, Mills KR, Morrison PJ, Hanna MG. Clinical, electrophysiological, and molecular genetic studies in a new family with paramyotonia congenita. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2000; 68:504-7. [PMID: 10727489 PMCID: PMC1736851 DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.68.4.504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To characterise the clinical and electrophysiological features and to determine the molecular genetic basis of pure paramyotonia congenita in a previously unreported large Irish kindred. METHODS Clinical and neurophysiological examination was performed on three of the five affected family members. Five unaffected and three affected members of the family were available for genetic testing. Direct sequence analysis of the SCN4A gene on chromosome 17q, was performed on the proband's DNA. Restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis was used to screen other family members and control chromosomes for the SCN4A mutation identified. RESULTS Each affected member had clinical and examination features consistent with pure paramyotonia congenita. Electrophysiological studies disclosed a 78% drop in compound muscle action potential (CMAP) amplitude on cooling to 20 degrees C. DNA sequence analysis identified a heterozygous point mutation G4367A in exon 24 of the SCN4A gene which segregated with paramyotonia and was absent in 200 control chromosomes. The mutation is predicted to result in a radical amino acid substitution at a highly conserved position within the voltage sensing fourth transmembrane segment of the fourth repeated domain of the sodium channel. CONCLUSIONS The G4367A mutation is likely to be pathogenic and it associates with a pure paramyotonia phenotype. In keeping with other paramyotonia mutations in this region of the skeletal muscle sodium channel, it is predicted that this mutation will impair voltage sensing or sodium channel fast inactivation in a temperature dependent fashion. This study provides further evidence that exon 24 in SCN4A is a hot spot for paramyotonia mutations and this has implications for a DNA based diagnostic service.
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Bhat M, Morrison PJ, Getty A, McManus D, Tubman R, Nevin NC. First clinical case of small de novo duplication of 19q (13.3-13.4) confirmed by FISH. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS 2000; 91:201-3. [PMID: 10756343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/16/2023]
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Partial trisomy of 19q has been reported in only 13 patients, of which all but one have been due to unbalanced translocations. Only one previous report of a de novo duplication of distal 19q has been described in a fetal chorionic villus sample. There was no description of clinical phenotype in this report. We describe the clinical manifestations and cytogenetic analysis in a child with an inverted duplication of 19q 13.3 to 13.4 confirmed by FISH using a chromosome 19 whole chromosome probe. This case represents the first report of a liveborn with "pure" distal trisomy 19q. Findings defining this uncommon aneusomy are a flat facies, down turned mouth, abnormal ears, and a short neck with redundant skin folds.
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Morrison PJ. Adult and paediatric movement disorders. Eur J Paediatr Neurol 2000; 4:45-7. [PMID: 10701105 DOI: 10.1053/ejpn.1999.0260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Morrison PJ. The spinocerebellar ataxias: molecular progress and newly recognized paediatric phenotypes. Eur J Paediatr Neurol 2000; 4:9-15. [PMID: 10701099 DOI: 10.1053/ejpn.1999.0254] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Carré IJ, Johnston BT, Thomas PS, Morrison PJ. Familial hiatal hernia in a large five generation family confirming true autosomal dominant inheritance. Gut 1999; 45:649-52. [PMID: 10517898 PMCID: PMC1727703 DOI: 10.1136/gut.45.5.649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/08/2022]
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BACKGROUND Familial hiatal hernia has only rarely been documented. AIMS To describe the pattern of inheritance of familial hiatal hernia within an affected family. SUBJECTS Thirty eight members of a family pedigree across five generations. METHODS All family members were interviewed and investigated by barium meal for evidence of a hiatal hernia. RESULTS Twenty three of 38 family members had radiological evidence of a hiatal hernia. No individual with a hiatal hernia was born to unaffected parents. In one case direct male to male transmission was shown. CONCLUSIONS Familial inheritance of hiatal hernia does occur. Evidence of direct male to male transmission points to an autosomal dominant mode of inheritance.
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Yates JR, Bagshaw J, Aksmanovic VM, Coomber E, McMahon R, Whittaker JL, Morrison PJ, Kendrick-Jones J, Ellis JA. Genotype-phenotype analysis in X-linked Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy and identification of a missense mutation associated with a milder phenotype. Neuromuscul Disord 1999; 9:159-65. [PMID: 10382909] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/13/2023]
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Direct sequencing of the emerin gene in 22 families with Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy (EMD) revealed mutations in 21 (95%), confirming that emerin mutations can be identified in the majority of families with X-linked EMD. Most emerin mutations result in absence of the protein. In this study three mutations (a missense mutation Pro183Thr and two in-frame deletions removing residues 95-99 and 236-241, respectively) were unusual in being associated with expression of mutant protein. The phenotype in these families was compared in detail with the clinical features in cases with typical null mutations. For the in-frame deletions there were no significant differences. In the family with the missense mutation the phenotype was milder. Age at onset was later for first symptoms and for development of ankle contractures and muscle weakness. These findings have diagnostic implications as well as pointing to functionally important regions of the emerin protein.
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Morrison PJ, Chu CE, Nevin NC. A second family with probable CRAC (colorectal adenomata and carcinoma) syndrome--a new familial cancer. DISEASE MARKERS 1999; 15:120-2. [PMID: 10595264 PMCID: PMC3851419 DOI: 10.1155/1999/493489] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Morrison PJ, Steel CM, Vasen HF, Eccles D, Evans DG, Møller P, Hodgson S, Stoppa-Lyonnet D, Chang-Claude J, Caligo M, Olah E, Haites NE, Nevin NC. Insurance implications for individuals with a high risk of breast and ovarian cancer in Europe. DISEASE MARKERS 1999; 15:159-65. [PMID: 10595272 PMCID: PMC3851117 DOI: 10.1155/1999/748254] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Møller P, Evans G, Haites N, Vasen H, Reis MM, Anderson E, Apold J, Hodgson S, Eccles D, Olsson H, Stoppa-Lyonnet D, Chang-Claude J, Morrison PJ, Bevilacqua G, Heimdal K, Maehle L, Lalloo F, Gregory H, Preece P, Borg A, Nevin NC, Caligo M, Steel CM. Guidelines for follow-up of women at high risk for inherited breast cancer: consensus statement from the Biomed 2 Demonstration Programme on Inherited Breast Cancer. DISEASE MARKERS 1999; 15:207-11. [PMID: 10595280 PMCID: PMC3850824 DOI: 10.1155/1999/920109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Protocols for activity aiming at early diagnosis and treatment of inherited breast or breast-ovarian cancer have been reported. Available reports on outcome of such programmes are considered here. It is concluded that the ongoing activities should continue with minor modifications. Direct evidence of a survival benefit from breast and ovarian screening is not yet available. On the basis of expert opinion and preliminary results from intervention programmes indicating good detection rates for early breast cancers and 5-year survival concordant with early diagnosis, we propose that women at high risk for inherited breast cancer be offered genetic counselling, education in ‘breast awareness’ and annual mammography and clinical expert examination from around 30 years of age. Mammography every second year may be sufficient from 60 years on. BRCA1 mutation carriers may benefit from more frequent examinations and cancer risk may be reduced by oophorectomy before 40–50 years of age. We strongly advocate that all activities should be organized as multicentre studies subjected to continuous evaluation to measure the effects of the interventions on long-term mortality, to match management options more precisely to individual risks and to prepare the ground for studies on chemoprevention.
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Morrison PJ. Adult and paediatric movement disorders. Eur J Paediatr Neurol 1999; 3:39-41. [PMID: 10727191 DOI: 10.1053/ejpn.1999.0178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Stoppa-Lyonnet D, Caligo M, Eccles D, Evans DG, Haites NE, Hodgson NS, Møller P, Morrison PJ, Steel CM, Vasen HF, Chang-Claude J. Genetic testing for breast cancer predisposition in 1999: which molecular strategy and which family criteria? DISEASE MARKERS 1999; 15:67-8. [PMID: 10595254 PMCID: PMC3851960 DOI: 10.1155/1999/239471] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Reduction is a process that uses symmetry to lower the order of a Hamiltonian system. The new variables in the reduced picture are often not canonical: there are no clear variables representing positions and momenta, and the Poisson bracket obtained is not of the canonical type. Specifically, we give two examples that give rise to brackets of the noncanonical Lie-Poisson form: the rigid body and the two-dimensional ideal fluid. From these simple cases, we then use the semidirect product extension of algebras to describe more complex physical systems. The Casimir invariants in these systems are examined, and some are shown to be linked to the recovery of information about the configuration of the system. We discuss a case in which the extension is not a semidirect product, namely compressible reduced MHD, and find for this case that the Casimir invariants lend partial information about the configuration of the system.
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Casti AR, Morrison PJ, Spiegel EA. Negative energy modes and gravitational instability of interpenetrating fluids. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1998; 867:93-108. [PMID: 12088055 DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1998.tb11252.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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We study the longitudinal instabilities of two interpenetrating fluids interacting only through gravity. When one of the constituents is of relatively low density, it is possible to have a band of unstable wavenumbers well separated from those involved in the usual Jeans instability. If the initial streaming is large enough, and there is no linear instability, the indefinite sign of the free energy has the possible consequence of explosive interactions between positive and negative energy modes in the nonlinear regime. The effect of dissipation on the negative energy modes is also examined.
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Morrison PJ, Smith NM, Martin KE, Young ID. Mosaic partial trisomy 17 due to a ring chromosome identified by fluorescence in situ hybridisation. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1998. [DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-8628(19970110)68:1<50::aid-ajmg9>3.0.co;2-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Morrison PJ. Spinocerebellar ataxia genes--expansion of the phenotype. IRISH MEDICAL JOURNAL 1998; 91:194, 196. [PMID: 10069123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/11/2023]
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