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Karen Twomey

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Katherine Twomey

- Verified email at manchester.ac.uk - Cited by 831

Swallowable-capsule technology

…, C O'Mathuna, K Twomey - IEEE Pervasive …, 2008 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Annually, over 3 million people in the US alone suffer gastrointestinal (GI) disease serious
enough to require hospitalization. In over one-third of these cases, the cause is never found. …

Reperfusion therapy for ST elevation acute myocardial infarction 2010/2011: current status in 37 ESC countries

…, B Cavanagh, K Twomey, K Daly… - European heart …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Aims Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI) is the preferred reperfusion therapy
in ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). We conducted this study to evaluate the …

In vitro and in vivo interactions of bisphenol A and its metabolite, bisphenol A glucuronide, with estrogen receptors α and β

JB Matthews, K Twomey… - Chemical research in …, 2001 - ACS Publications
The estrogenic activities of bisphenol A (BPA) and its major metabolite BPA glucuronide (BPA-G)
were assessed in a number of in vitro and in vivo assays. BPA competed with [ 3 H]-17β…

Staying alive! Sensors used for monitoring cell health in bioreactors

P O'Mara, A Farrell, J Bones, K Twomey - Talanta, 2018 - Elsevier
Current and next generation sensors such as pH, dissolved oxygen (dO) and temperature
sensors that will help drive the use of single-use bioreactors in industry are reviewed. The …

Stages of change for HIV risk behavior: Injecting drug users in five cities

JE Anderson, S Faruque, A Long, K Toomey… - Drugs & …, 1996 - Taylor & Francis
Objectives: To examine risk behavior and stages of behavior change for condom and needle
behavior measured in surveys of drug using populations; To determine factors associated …

Curiosity‐based learning in infants: A neurocomputational approach

KE Twomey, G Westermann - Developmental science, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Infants are curious learners who drive their own cognitive development by imposing structure
on their learning environment as they explore. Understanding the mechanisms by which …

That's more like it: Multiple exemplars facilitate word learning

KE Twomey, SL Ranson… - Infant and Child …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Previous research indicates learning words facilitates categorisation. The current study
explores how categorisation affects word learning. In the current study, we investigated whether …

[HTML][HTML] Modelling Co-Infection of the Cystic Fibrosis Lung by Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Burkholderia cenocepacia Reveals Influences on Biofilm Formation …

A Bragonzi, I Farulla, M Paroni, KB Twomey, L Pirone… - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
… The generation time of bacteria was calculated using the following equations: K = [Log (CFU/ml)
T5 −Log (CFU/ml) T2 ]/[0,301×h (T5-T2)], t = 1/k, where K is the number of generations …

Genetics of reproductive performance in seasonal calving dairy cattle production systems

DP Berry, JF Kearney, K Twomey, RD Evans - Irish Journal of Agricultural …, 2013 - JSTOR
Profitable seasonal calving dairy production systems require a cow that will establish pregnancy
early in the breeding season implying a quick return to service post-calving and good …

Bacterial cis-2-unsaturated fatty acids found in the cystic fibrosis airway modulate virulence and persistence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

KB Twomey, OJ O'connell, Y McCarthy… - The ISME …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
… Kate B Twomey , Kate B Twomey … Kate B Twomey, Oisin J O'Connell, Yvonne McCarthy,
J Maxwell Dow, George A O'Toole, Barry J Plant, Robert P Ryan, Bacterial cis-2-unsaturated …