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Mitchell RW, Lloyd DC, van de Water LGA, Ellis PR, Metcalfe KA, Sibbald C, Davies LH, Enache DI, Kelly GJ, Boyes ED, Gai PL. Effect of Pretreatment Method on the Nanostructure and Performance of Supported Co Catalysts in Fischer–Tropsch Synthesis. ACS Catal 2018. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.8b02320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Johnson Matthey Technology Centre, Belasis Avenue, Stockton-on-Tees, Billingham TS23 1LH, U.K
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- Johnson Matthey Technology Centre, Blounts Court, Sonning Common RG4 9NH, U.K
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- Johnson Matthey, Belasis Avenue, Stockton-on-Tees, Billingham TS23 1LH, U.K
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- Johnson Matthey, Belasis Avenue, Stockton-on-Tees, Billingham TS23 1LH, U.K
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- Johnson Matthey, Belasis Avenue, Stockton-on-Tees, Billingham TS23 1LH, U.K
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- Johnson Matthey, Belasis Avenue, Stockton-on-Tees, Billingham TS23 1LH, U.K
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- Johnson Matthey, Belasis Avenue, Stockton-on-Tees, Billingham TS23 1LH, U.K
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Davies LH, Wallis JF, Harrington RW, Waddell PG, Higham LJ. Air-stable fluorescent primary phosphine complexes of molybdenum and tungsten. J COORD CHEM 2016. [DOI: 10.1080/00958972.2016.1193169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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- Laura H. Davies
- School of Chemistry, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- School of Chemistry, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- School of Chemistry, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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Nigam S, Burke BP, Davies LH, Domarkas J, Wallis JF, Waddell PG, Waby JS, Benoit DM, Seymour AM, Cawthorne C, Higham LJ, Archibald SJ. Structurally optimised BODIPY derivatives for imaging of mitochondrial dysfunction in cancer and heart cells. Chem Commun (Camb) 2016; 52:7114-7. [DOI: 10.1039/c5cc08325g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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BODIPY based optical imaging agents with mitochondrial membrane potential dependent uptake are described.
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Harlan NP, Davies LH, Weaver LK, Cloward TV, Churchill S, Deru K, Yanase L. Spontaneous cerebral gas embolism and pulmonary arteriovenous malformation: a case report. Undersea Hyperb Med 2015; 42:425-428. [PMID: 26591982] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Pulmonary barotrauma can cause cerebral arterial gas embolism (CAGE) from pulmonary overdistension of alveoli forcing gas into the pulmonary vasculature. We report a case of CAGE in a man found to have occult pulmonary arteriovenous malformation (PAVM) and undiagnosed obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). A 46-year-old man was admitted to the hospital for an acute seizure and left-sided weakness, with telangiectasias on his lower lip and tongue. Brain-computed tomography (CT) showed gas emboli in the right hemisphere. Chest CT revealed a 1.8-cm PAVM in the posterior right costophrenic sulcus. A transthoracic echocardiogram showed no intracardiac shunt or patent foramen ovale. He was treated with phenytoin, lidocaine and hyperbaric oxygen. The PAVM was occluded with a detachable balloon followed by coil embolization. Polysomnography revealed severe obstructive sleep apnea, which was treated with CPAP. Seven years later, the patient was functioning at his pre-event baseline. We propose the CAGE was caused by high negative intrathoracic pressures while breathing against an obstructed upper airway, with air entrainment into the PAVM and subsequent arterialization.
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Davies LH, Kasten BB, Benny PD, Arrowsmith RL, Ge H, Pascu SI, Botchway SW, Clegg W, Harrington RW, Higham LJ. Re and (99m)Tc complexes of BodP3--multi-modality imaging probes. Chem Commun (Camb) 2014; 50:15503-5. [PMID: 25248386 PMCID: PMC4659712 DOI: 10.1039/c4cc06367h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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A fluorescent tridentate phosphine, BodP3 (2), forms rhenium complexes which effectively image cancer cells. Related technetium analogues are also readily prepared and have potential as dual SPECT/fluorescent biological probes.
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- Laura H Davies
- School of Chemistry, Newcastle University, Bedson Building, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, UK.
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The syntheses of highly fluorescent analogues of PPh3and PhPCy2based on the Bodipy chromophore are described.
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- Laura H. Davies
- School of Chemistry
- Bedson Building
- Newcastle University
- Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- School of Chemistry
- Bedson Building
- Newcastle University
- Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- School of Chemistry
- Bedson Building
- Newcastle University
- Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- School of Chemistry
- Bedson Building
- Newcastle University
- Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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Davies LH, Stewart B, Harrington RW, Clegg W, Higham LJ. Inside Back Cover: Air-Stable, Highly Fluorescent Primary Phosphanes (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 20/2012). Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2012. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201202206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Davies LH, Stewart B, Harrington RW, Clegg W, Higham LJ. Innenrücktitelbild: Air-Stable, Highly Fluorescent Primary Phosphanes (Angew. Chem. 20/2012). Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2012. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201202206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Davies LH, Stewart B, Harrington RW, Clegg W, Higham LJ. Air-stable, highly fluorescent primary phosphanes. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2012; 51:4921-4. [PMID: 22431324 PMCID: PMC3531623 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201108416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2011] [Revised: 01/10/2012] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Laura H Davies
- School of Chemistry, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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Yeomans MR, Ripley T, Davies LH, Rusted JM, Rogers PJ. Effects of caffeine on performance and mood depend on the level of caffeine abstinence. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 2002; 164:241-9. [PMID: 12424547 DOI: 10.1007/s00213-002-1204-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2000] [Accepted: 07/05/2002] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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RATIONALE Most studies of the effects of caffeine on performance have used regular caffeine consumers who are deprived at test. Thus the reported effects of caffeine could be explained through reversal of caffeine withdrawal. OBJECTIVES To test how preloading deprived caffeine consumers with 0, 1 or 2 mg/kg caffeine altered the subsequent ability of caffeine to modify mood and performance. METHODS Thirty moderate caffeine consumers were given a drink containing 0, 1 or 2 mg/kg caffeine at breakfast followed 60 min later by a second drink containing either 0 or 1 mg/kg caffeine. Performance on a measure of sustained attention and mood were measured before and after each drink. RESULTS Administration of both 1 and 2 mg/kg caffeine at breakfast decreased reaction time and 1 mg/kg caffeine also increased performance accuracy on the sustained attention (RVIP) task relative to placebo. Both breakfast doses of caffeine also improved rated mental alertness. Similarly, 1 mg/kg caffeine administered 60 min after breakfast decreased reaction time and increased rated mental alertness in the group who had not been given caffeine at breakfast. However, this second dose of caffeine had no effect on subsequent performance or mood in the two groups who had received caffeine at breakfast. CONCLUSIONS Caffeine reliably improved performance on a sustained attention task, and increased rated mental alertness, in moderate caffeine consumers who were tested when caffeine-deprived. However, caffeine had no such effects when consumers were no longer caffeine deprived. These data are consistent with the view that reversal of caffeine withdrawal is a major component of the effects of caffeine on mood and performance.
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Dear GJ, Ismail IM, Mutch PJ, Plumb RS, Davies LH, Sweatman BC. Urinary metabolites of a novel quinoxaline non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor in rabbit, mouse and human: identification of fluorine NIH shift metabolites using NMR and tandem MS. Xenobiotica 2000; 30:407-26. [PMID: 10821169 DOI: 10.1080/004982500237604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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1. The urinary metabolites of (S)-2-ethyl-7-fluoro-3-oxo-3,4-dihydro-2H-quinoxaline-carboxylic acid isopropylester (GW420867X) have been investigated in samples obtained following oral administration to rabbit, mouse and human. GW420867X underwent extensive biotransformation to form hydroxylated metabolites and glucuronide conjugates on the aromatic ring, and on the ethyl and isopropyl side-chains in all species. In rabbit urine, a minor metabolite was detected and characterized as a cysteine adduct that was not observed in mouse or man. 2. The hydroxylated metabolites and corresponding glucuronide conjugates were isolated by semi-preparative HPLC and characterized using NMR, LC-NMR and LC-MS/MS. The relative proportions of fluorine-containing metabolites were determined in animal species by 19F-NMR signal integration. 3. The fluorine atom of the aromatic ring underwent NIH shift rearrangement in the metabolites isolated and characterized in rabbit, mouse and human urine. 4. The characterization of the NIH shift metabolites in urine enabled the detection and confirmation of the presence of these metabolites in human plasma.
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- G J Dear
- International Development, Bioanalysis and Drug Metabolism Division, Glaxo Wellcome Research and Development, Ware, UK
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Ismail IM, Dear GJ, Mutch PJ, Davies LH, Plumb RS, Sweatman BC. Urinary metabolites of a novel quinoxaline non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor in dog, cynomolgus monkey and mini-pig. Xenobiotica 1999; 29:957-67. [PMID: 10548455 DOI: 10.1080/004982599238191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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1. The metabolism of (S)-2-ethyl-7-fluoro-3-oxo-3,4-dihydro-2H-quinoxalinecarboxylic acid isopropylester (GW420867X) has been investigated following oral administration to dog, cynomolgus monkey and mini-pig. 2. The urinary metabolites were isolated and characterized using semi-preparative HPLC, NMR and LC-MS/MS. The relative proportions of fluorine-containing metabolites were determined for each species by 19F-NMR signal integration. 3. The metabolite profiles for each species were similar, although the proportion of individual components varied, suggesting that similar metabolic pathways are involved in the biotransformation of GW420867X in the species studied. 4. The urinary metabolites indicated that the major routes of biotransformation included hydroxylation and subsequent glucuronic acid conjugation on the aromatic ring, and on the ethyl and isopropyl side chains. A component was observed in mini-pig urine that corresponded to hydroxylation and glucuronidation accompanied by loss of the fluorine atom.
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- I M Ismail
- International Development BioMet, Glaxo Wellcome Research and Development, UK. imi2682@glaxo wellcome.co.uk
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Greiner CA, Greiner JV, Leahy CD, Auerbach DB, Marcus MD, Davies LH, Rodriguez W, Glonek T. Distribution of membrane phospholipids in the rabbit neural retina, optic nerve head and optic nerve. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 1995; 27:21-8. [PMID: 7757879 DOI: 10.1016/1357-2725(94)00061-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Since diseases of the neural retina and optic nerve can result in alteration of biological membranes, this study determines similarities and differences in the membrane phospholipid content of the neural retina, optic nerve head, and optic nerve to serve as baseline data. Neural retina, optic nerve head, and optic nerve were dissected, isolated as 5 sets from 20 rabbits and frozen in liquid N2. Separate pooled-tissue extracts were prepared for each set of tissues and phosphorus-31 nuclear magnetic resonance (31P NMR) analyses performed. Ten phospholipids were quantified (respective neural retina, optic nerve head, and optic nerve mole % are given for the 5 major phospholipids detected): phosphatidylcholine (PC), 44.61, 27.67, 26.40; PC plasmalogen or alkylacyl PC (CPLIP); phosphatidylinositol (PI); sphingomyelin (SM); phosphatidylserine (PS), 12.63, 14.77, 15.09; phosphatidylethanolamine (PE), 21.21, 9.59, 8.69; PE plasmalogen (EPLAS), 11.07, 30.96, 33.93; an unidentified (unknown) phospholipid (U) at the chemical-shift value of 0.13 ppm; diphosphatidylglycerol (DPG); and phosphatidic acid (PA), 0.46, 2.92, 1.57. Significant differences between the various tissues were determined by the one-way analysis of variance, using a Scheffé range value of P < 0.05. The neural retina in all phospholipids detected except for the uncharacterized (unknown) phospholipid was significantly different from the optic nerve head tissue. The optic nerve head was significantly different from the optic nerve in PC, CPLIP, PE, EPLAS, U, DPG, and PA. The data provide a baseline for studies on pathologically changed neural retina, optic nerve head, and optic nerve.
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- C A Greiner
- Schepens Eye Research Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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