Vero Copner Wynne-Edwards (1906-1997)

ASAC 1996 Wynne

In a recent study, Straub, Limayem, and Karahanna-Evaristo (1995) found little similarity between self reported measures and computer recorded measures of Information Technology (IT) usage. The between method correlation was assessed as 0.293 and the use of these two sets of measures within a nomological context consisting of perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use from the TAM model (Da...

Wynne: It's Not About Double Taxation

Dmd053405 1906..1913

Carbinol [4,49-(hydroxymethylene)dibenzonitrile] is the main phase 1 metabolite of letrozole, a nonsteroidal aromatase inhibitor used for endocrine therapy in postmenopausal breast cancer. We elucidated the contribution of UDP-glucuronosyltransferase (UGT) isoforms on the glucuronidation of carbinol. Identification of UGT isoforms was performed using a panel of recombinant human UGT enzymes. Ki...

Pierre Curie, 1859–1906

The year 2006 marked 100 years since the death of Pierre Curie. It is therefore appropriate that we remember his life and his work, which was cut short by his untimely death from an accident on the Pont Neuf, Paris, on April 19, 1906. He had already accomplished much during his life, both before the discovery of radium with Marie Curie, in work co-authored with his brother Jacques on piezoelect...

John Wynne Pugh: a medical saga.

John Pugh died on 21 June 1976, 40 years, all but one month, after developing Addison's disease. Save for the first three years of this period, he lived a full life both socially and professionally. He developed his illness at a time when the treatment of this disease was in the research stage, so his history is something of a medical saga which his family feel should be put on record if only, ...