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Jeffrey W Jacobs

Professor of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Arizona
Verified email at arizona.edu
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[HTML][HTML] The value of glucocorticoid co-therapy in different rheumatic diseases-positive and adverse effects

MC Van der Goes, JW Jacobs, JW Bijlsma - Arthritis research & therapy, 2014 - Springer
Glucocorticoids play a pivotal role in the management of many inflammatory rheumatic diseases.
The therapeutic effects range from pain relief in arthritides, to disease-modifying effects …

The hypercalcemia of cancer: clinical implications and pathogenic mechanisms

…, SM D'Souza, EL Simpson, JW Jacobs… - … England Journal of …, 1984 - Mass Medical Soc
HYPERCALCEMIA is one of the most common metabolic complications of cancer. It has
fascinated clinicians since it was first recognized 60 years ago by Zondek et al. It is now being …

Selective chemical catalysis by an antibody

SJ Pollack, JW Jacobs, PG Schultz - Science, 1986 - science.org
The immunoglobulin MOPC167, which binds the transition state analog p-nitrophenylphosphorylcholine
with high affinity, catalyzed the hydrolysis of the corresponding carbonate 1. …

A systematic review of the risk of perforation during esophageal dilation for patients with eosinophilic esophagitis

JW Jacobs, SJ Spechler - Digestive diseases and sciences, 2010 - Springer
Background Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) is associated with tissue remodeling that can
result in esophageal mucosal fragility, and esophageal dilation for patients with EoE is known …

An unnatural biopolymer

…, SPA Fodor, CL Adams, A Sundaram, JW Jacobs… - Science, 1993 - science.org
A highly efficient method has been developed for the solid-phase synthesis of an "unnatural
biopolymer" consisting of chiral aminocarbonate monomers linked via a carbamate …

Parathyroid hormonelike protein from human renal carcinoma cells. Structural and functional homology with parathyroid hormone.

GJ Strewler, PH Stern, JW Jacobs… - The Journal of …, 1987 - Am Soc Clin Investig
A variety of solid tumors secrete proteins that are immunochemically distinct from parathyroid
hormone (PTH) but activate PTH-responsive adenylate cyclase. Such PTH-like proteins …

Flight simulator training effectiveness: A meta-analysis

RT Hays, JW Jacobs, C Prince, E Salas - Military psychology, 1992 - Taylor & Francis
… were excluded from the meta-analysis and the reasons for exclusion may be found in Jacobs
et al. (1990). … Details on these and all other analyses may be found in Jacobs et al. (1990). …

Echistatin. A potent platelet aggregation inhibitor from the venom of the viper, Echis carinatus.

ZR Gan, RJ Gould, JW Jacobs, PA Friedman… - Journal of Biological …, 1988 - Elsevier
A 49-residue protein, echistatin, which inhibits platelet aggregation, was purified from the
venom of the saw-scaled viper Echis carinatus. The purification procedure included gel …

Shock-induced mixing of a light-gas cylinder

JW Jacobs - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 1992 - cambridge.org
Experiments have been carried out to quantify the mixing induced by the interaction of a weak
shock wave with a cylindrical volume of a gas (helium) that is lighter than its surroundings (…

The dynamics of shock accelerated light and heavy gas cylinders

JW Jacobs - Physics of Fluids A: Fluid Dynamics, 1993 - pubs.aip.org
Experiments have been carried out in which a cylindrical volume of a gas, that is either
lighter or heavier than its surroundings, is impulsively accelerated by a weak shock wave. …