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Emily Macdonald

University of Edinburgh
Verified email at sms.ed.ac.uk
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New Hubble space telescope discoveries of type Ia supernovae at z≥ 1: narrowing constraints on the early behavior of dark energy

…, RP Kirshner, M Dickinson, E MacDonald… - The Astrophysical …, 2007 - iopscience.iop.org
We have discovered 21 new Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) with the Hubble Space Telescope
(HST) and have used them to trace the history of cosmic expansion over the last 10 billion yr…

[HTML][HTML] Outbreak caused by the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in Norway, November to December 2021

LT Brandal, E MacDonald, L Veneti, T Ravlo… - …, 2021 - eurosurveillance.org
In late November 2021, an outbreak of Omicron SARS-CoV-2 following a Christmas party
with 117 attendees was detected in Oslo, Norway. We observed an attack rate of 74% and …

Assessing the abuse potential of methylphenidate in nonhuman and human subjects: a review

SH Kollins, EK MacDonald, CR Rush - Pharmacology Biochemistry and …, 2001 - Elsevier
Methylphenidate (MPH) is widely used for the treatment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity
Disorder (ADHD) in children, adolescents, and adults. Methylphenidate is clearly effective for …

The Hubble Deep Field-North SCUBA Super-map – IV. Characterizing submillimetre galaxies using deep Spitzer imaging

…, E Daddi, D Frayer, E MacDonald… - Monthly Notices of …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
We present spectral energy distributions (SEDs), Spitzer colours, and infrared (IR) luminosities
for 850-μm selected galaxies in the Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey Northern (…

[HTML][HTML] Increased household transmission and immune escape of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron compared to Delta variants

N Jalali, HK Brustad, A Frigessi, EA MacDonald… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Understanding the epidemic growth of the novel SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant is critical for
public health. We compared the ten-day secondary attack rate (SAR) of the Omicron and …

Intrinsic high refractive index polymers

EK Macdonald, MP Shaver - Polymer International, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
As the ubiquity and complexity of optical devices grows, our technology becomes more
dependent on specialized functional materials. One area of continued interest is in high refractive …

Waterborne outbreaks in the Nordic countries, 1998 to 2012

…, M Kuusi, V Lund, M Löfdahl, E MacDonald… - …, 2015 - eurosurveillance.org
A total of 175 waterborne outbreaks affecting 85,995 individuals were notified to the national
outbreak surveillance systems in Denmark, Finland and Norway from 1998 to 2012, and in …

[HTML][HTML] Analytical studies assessing the association between extreme precipitation or temperature and drinking water-related waterborne infections: a review

BR Guzman Herrador, BF De Blasio, E MacDonald… - Environmental …, 2015 - Springer
Determining the role of weather in waterborne infections is a priority public health research
issue as climate change is predicted to increase the frequency of extreme precipitation and …

Arthrobots

…, B Unal, A Ainla, S Albert, G Compton, E MacDonald… - Soft robotics, 2017 - liebertpub.com
This article describes a class of robots—“arthrobots”—inspired, in part, by the musculoskeletal
system of arthropods (spiders and insects, inter alia). Arthrobots combine mechanical …

[HTML][HTML] Large waterborne Campylobacter outbreak: use of multiple approaches to investigate contamination of the drinking water supply system, Norway, June 2019

S Hyllestad, A Iversen, E MacDonald… - …, 2020 - eurosurveillance.org
On 6 June 2019, the Norwegian Institute of Public Health was notified of more than 50
cases of gastroenteritis in Askøy. A reservoir in a water supply system was suspected as the …