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Rodger Duffin

University of Edinburgh
Verified email at ed.ac.uk
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Carbon nanotubes: a review of their properties in relation to pulmonary toxicology and workplace safety

…, R Aitken, L Tran, V Stone, R Duffin… - Toxicological …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Carbon nanotubes (CNT) are an important new class of technological materials that have
numerous novel and useful properties. The forecast increase in manufacture makes it likely …

[HTML][HTML] Combustion-derived nanoparticles: a review of their toxicology following inhalation exposure

K Donaldson, L Tran, LA Jimenez, R Duffin… - Particle and fibre …, 2005 - Springer
This review considers the molecular toxicology of combustion-derived nanoparticles (CDNP)
following inhalation exposure. CDNP originate from a number of sources and in this review …

[HTML][HTML] Asbestos, carbon nanotubes and the pleural mesothelium: a review of the hypothesis regarding the role of long fibre retention in the parietal pleura …

K Donaldson, FA Murphy, R Duffin… - Particle and fibre toxicology, 2010 - Springer
The unique hazard posed to the pleural mesothelium by asbestos has engendered concern
in potential for a similar risk from high aspect ratio nanoparticles (HARN) such as carbon …

[PDF][PDF] A class of nonharmonic Fourier series

RJ Duffin, AC Schaeffer - Transactions of the American …, 1952 - community.ams.org
… It was shown by Duffin and Eachus [5] that relation (52) for a complete set {/„} implies the …
density d such that for some positive constant r, {X„} and {X„+r} are the same set of points. …

Basic properties of discrete analytic functions

RJ Duffin - 1956 - projecteuclid.org
… points of R’. If the point z is in R’, then the square at z is in R, for otherwise R would not be
… Also, the square at z is in R, for otherwise R’ would not be bounded by a simple closed curve…

Carbon nanotubes introduced into the abdominal cavity of mice show asbestos-like pathogenicity in a pilot study

CA Poland, R Duffin, I Kinloch, A Maynard… - Nature …, 2008 - nature.com
Carbon nanotubes 1 have distinctive characteristics 2 , but their needle-like fibre shape has
been compared to asbestos 3 , raising concerns that widespread use of carbon nanotubes …

Discrete potential theory

RJ Duffin - 1953 - projecteuclid.org
… The electrical resistance R between two lattice points p and q is related by the formula R
Hence the fifth derivatives of Q are O(r-) as r -0. Likewise the sixth derivatives are O(…

Cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors enhance the resolution of inflammation by promoting inflammatory cell apoptosis

…, A Caldicott, M Martinez-Losa, TR Walker, R Duffin… - Nature medicine, 2006 - nature.com
Apoptosis is essential for clearance of potentially injurious inflammatory cells and subsequent
efficient resolution of inflammation. Here we report that human neutrophils contain …

[PDF][PDF] Topology of series-parallel networks

RJ Duffin - Journal of Mathematical Analysis and …, 1965 - sites.math.washington.edu
r,,r,,, and in the other direction if rfrd < TJ,,. If rfrd =- rpr,: the bridge is said to be balanced. …
joint resistance function R,(x) is also a monotone increasing function. However, to evaluate R,(x…

On the characteristic matrices of covariant systems

RJ Duffin - Physical Review, 1938 - APS
The so-called scalarwave equation is given by the system p; P; pf= and p; f pP=; where fis a
scalar and P; is a vector. The matriceshere have five rows and again satisfy Eqs.(3) and in …