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Burton Ma

Associate Professor of Computer Science, Queen's University
Verified email at queensu.ca
Cited by 990

[HTML][HTML] The Alzheimer's disease-associated amyloid β-protein is an antimicrobial peptide

…, SM Tucker, M Ingelsson, B Hyman, MA Burton… - PloS one, 2010 - journals.plos.org
Background The amyloid β-protein (Aβ) is believed to be the key mediator of Alzheimer's
disease (AD) pathology. Aβ is most often characterized as an incidental catabolic byproduct …

Crowdsourcing subjective fashion advice using VizWiz: challenges and opportunities

MA Burton, E Brady, R Brewer, C Neylan… - Proceedings of the 14th …, 2012 - dl.acm.org
Fashion is a language. How we dress signals to others who we are and how we want to be
perceived. However, this language is primarily visual, making it inaccessible to people with …

Image-guided distal radius osteotomy using patient-specific instrument guides

M Kunz, B Ma, JF Rudan, RE Ellis… - The Journal of hand …, 2013 - Elsevier
In this article, we describe a method for computer-assisted distal radius osteotomies in which
computer-generated, patient-specific plastic guides are used for intraoperative guidance. …

[BOOK][B] Irrigation and drainage performance assessment: practical guidelines.

MG Bos, MA Burton, DJ Molden - 2005 - cabidigitallibrary.org
Performance assessment of irrigation and drainage is the systematic observation, documentation
and interpretation of the management of an irrigation and drainage system, with the …

Analysis of the distribution of intra-arterial microspheres in human liver following hepatic yttrium-90 microsphere therapy

AM Campbell, IH Bailey, MA Burton - Physics in Medicine & …, 2000 - iopscience.iop.org
… 20 151–6 Burton MA and Gray BN 1995 Adjuvant internal radiation therapy in a model of …
62 105–10 Gray BN, Burton MA, Kelleher DK, Metz L and Klemp P 1990 Tolerance of the …

[HTML][HTML] Alzheimer's disease amyloid-β links lens and brain pathology in down syndrome

JA Moncaster, R Pineda, RD Moir, S Lu, MA Burton… - PloS one, 2010 - journals.plos.org
… Patients were informed and signed consent forms in accordance with an approved IRB
protocol at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, MA, USA. Stereophotomicroscopic …

Enhanced anticancer therapy mediated by specialized liposomes

CR Dass, TL Walker, MA Burton… - Journal of pharmacy …, 1997 - Wiley Online Library
It has been a central aim of experimental and clinical therapeutics to deliver therapeutic agents
as close as possible to, or if possible within, a diseased cell. Such targeting achieves two …

What's distinctive about a distinctive face?

V Bruce, MA Burton, N Dench - The Quarterly Journal of …, 1994 - Taylor & Francis
In this study we examine the relationship between objective aspects of facial appearance
and facial “distinctiveness”. Specifically, we examine whether the extent to which a face …

Activity pattern and personal exposure to nitrogen dioxide in indoor and outdoor microenvironments

C Kornartit, RS Sokhi, MA Burton, K Ravindra - Environment international, 2010 - Elsevier
People are exposed to air pollution from a range of indoor and outdoor sources. Concentrations
of nitrogen dioxide (NO 2 ), which is hazardous to health, can be significant in both types …

Tumour dosimetry in human liver following hepatic yttrium-90 microsphere therapy

AM Campbell, IH Bailey, MA Burton - Physics in Medicine & …, 2001 - iopscience.iop.org
… Campbell AM, Bailey IH and Burton MA 2000 Analysis of the distribution of intra-arterial
microspheres in human liver following hepatic yttrium-90 microsphere therapy Phys. Med. Biol. …