Publications

Botten, LC & Ritchie, IT 1977, 'Improvements in the design of solar selective thin film absorbers', Optics Communications, vol. 23, no. 3, pp. 421-426.
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BRUTLAG, D, APPELS, R, DENNIS, ES & PEACOCK, WJ 1977, 'HIGHLY REPEATED DNA IN DROSOPHILA-MELANOGASTER', JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, vol. 112, no. 1, pp. 31-47.
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Carroll, RJ 1977, 'A Comparison of Two Approaches to Fixed-Width Confidence Interval Estimation', Journal of the American Statistical Association, vol. 72, no. 360a, pp. 901-907.
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The recent method of Serfling and Wackerly (1976) for constructing fixed-width confidence intervals for the center of location is extended to include M estimators. The resultant class of procedures is compared to the stopping times of Chow and Robbins (1965), as both the interval length d and intended noncoverage probability 2α converge to zero. Except in certain special cases, the stopping times are found to have different asymptotic distributions. The coverage probability of the Serfling-Wackerly class is found as d converges to zero. © 1977, Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.

Carroll, RJ & Gupta, SS 1977, 'On the probabilities of rankings of k populations with applications', Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 145-157.
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The method of approximating a continuous distribution by a discrete distribution is used to approximate certain multidimensional ranking integrals. in the location and scale parameter cases the method results in a simple iterative counting algorithm. a bound on the error term is given. the algorithm is applied to the problem of completely ranking normal means and shown to be quite accurate and fast. applications of the above complete ranking problem are given, and the results are used to compute upper confidence bounds for mean differences in a trend situation. © 1977, Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. All rights reserved.

GOLDRING, ES & PEACOCK, WJ 1977, 'INTRAMOLECULAR HETEROGENEITY OF MITOCHONDRIAL-DNA OF DROSOPHILA-MELANOGASTER', JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY, vol. 73, no. 2, pp. 279-286.
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HOGG, SW & SMITH, GB 1977, 'UNUSUAL AND USEFUL OPTICAL-PROPERTIES OF ELECTRODEPOSITED CHROME-BLACK FILMS', JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D-APPLIED PHYSICS, vol. 10, no. 13, pp. 1863-1869.
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Leslie, LM & Smith, RK 1977, 'On the choice of radial boundary conditions for numerical models of sub‐synoptic vortex flows in the atmosphere, with application to dust devils', Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, vol. 103, no. 437, pp. 499-510.
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AbstractThis paper is a sequel to the recent numerical study of thermally driven vortices by the authors. the model developed earlier is used as a basis for comparing a variety of radial boundary conditions and to assess their suitability for models of ‘tall‐thin’ atmospheric vortices, in particular dust devils. We have also determined those aspects of vortex dynamics which are least sensitive to the choice of radial boundary condition, and those which have a stronger dependence. the results confirm the suitability of the boundary conditions used in the earlier study, for the purposes for which that study was intended, but more realistic boundary conditions are obtained for a dust devil model.The discussion should provide useful guidance in the design of future observational studies of dust devils and their immediate environment, and in the formulation of models for other types of sub‐synoptic‐scale vortices such as tornadoes and waterspouts.

LOCKWOOD, TE, SCHORN, L & COLN, D 1977, 'Nonoperative Management of Hemobilia', Annals of Surgery, vol. 185, no. 3, pp. 335-340.
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McGregor, JL & Leslie, LM 1977, 'On the Selection of Grids for Semi-Implicit Schemes', Monthly Weather Review, vol. 105, no. 2, pp. 236-238.
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MILTHORPE, BK, NICHOL, LW & JEFFREY, PD 1977, 'POLYMERIZATION PATTERN OF ZINC(II)-INSULIN AT PH 7.0', BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA, vol. 495, no. 2, pp. 195-202.
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PEACOCK, WJ, LOHE, AR, GERLACH, WL, DUNSMUIR, P, DENNIS, ES & APPELS, R 1977, 'FINE-STRUCTURE AND EVOLUTION OF DNA IN HETEROCHROMATIN', COLD SPRING HARBOR SYMPOSIA ON QUANTITATIVE BIOLOGY, vol. 42, pp. 1121-1135.

Platen, E 1977, 'Sequentielle Rangauswahlprobleme ‐ eine Erweiterung des „Secretary Problems”︁', ZAMM - Journal of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics / Zeitschrift für Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik, vol. 57, no. 10, pp. 571-577.
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AbstractFür sequentielle Rangauswahlprobleme, bei denen es sich um die Auswahl von m aus n (1 ≦ m ≦ n) sequentiell beobachtbaren Objekten ohne Rückgriffsmöglichkeit mit dem Ziel der Maximierung einer vorgegebenen Ertragsfunktion handelt, wird unter Voraussetzung einer bestehenden Rangfolge für die einzelnen Objekte die allgemeine Lösung angegeben. Davon ausgehend erfolgt die Lösung des speziellen Problems der Maximierung der Wahrscheinlichkeit für die Auswahl genau der m besten Objekte. Abschließend wird das asymptotische Verhalten der dabei gewonnenen optimalen Strategien bezüglich wachsender Objektanzahl n untersucht.

SMITH, GB 1977, 'DIELECTRIC-CONSTANTS FOR MIXED MEDIA', JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D-APPLIED PHYSICS, vol. 10, no. 4, pp. L39-L42.
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Smith, RK, Mansbridge, JV & Leslie, LM 1977, 'Comments on “Effect of a Precipitation-Driven Downdraft on a Rotating Wind Field: A Possible Trigger Mechanism for Tornadoes?”', Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, vol. 34, no. 3, pp. 548-549.
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Wegman, EJ & Carroll, RJ 1977, 'A monte carlo study of robust estimators of location', Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods, vol. 6, no. 9, pp. 795-812.
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Wilson, IJ & Botten, LC 1977, 'Groove depth determination using a laser for sinusoidal groove gratings', Applied Optics, vol. 16, no. 8, pp. 2086-2086.
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Wilson, IJ, Botten, LC & McPhedran, RC 1977, 'First, second and third order blazes of diffraction gratings', Journal of Optics, vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 217-229.
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