User profiles for M. Francois

Malcolm Francis

- Verified email at niwa.co.nz - Cited by 13420

Mathias Francois

- Verified email at centenary.org.au - Cited by 4507

Marianne M. Francois

- Verified email at lanl.gov - Cited by 3544

Modeling of additive manufacturing processes for metals: Challenges and opportunities

MM Francois, A Sun, WE King, NJ Henson… - Current Opinion in Solid …, 2017 - Elsevier
With the technology being developed to manufacture metallic parts using increasingly
advanced additive manufacturing processes, a new era has opened up for designing novel …

Crystal structures of high-T c oxides: The years 1987 and 1988

K Yvon, M Francois - Zeitschrift für Physik B Condensed Matter, 1989 - Springer
A comprehensive review of structure work on high-T c oxides as reported during the years
1987 and 1988 is given. Thirteen structures are refined from X-ray single-crystal and/or …

SoxF genes: Key players in the development of the cardio-vascular system

M Francois, P Koopman, M Beltrame - … journal of biochemistry & cell biology, 2010 - Elsevier
SoxF genes (Sox7, Sox17 and Sox18) encode a group of transcription factors that have a
pivotal role in cardio-vascular development. SOXF factors orchestrate endothelial cell fate or …

A balanced-force algorithm for continuous and sharp interfacial surface tension models within a volume tracking framework

MM Francois, SJ Cummins, ED Dendy… - Journal of …, 2006 - Elsevier
A new balanced-force algorithm is presented for modeling interfacial flow with surface
tension. The algorithm is characterized by a pressure-correction method with the interfaces …

The effects of dietary α-linolenic acid on the composition of nerve membranes, enzymatic activity, amplitude of electrophysiological parameters, resistance to poisons …

…, M Francois, A Youyou, O Dumont, M Piciotti… - The Journal of …, 1989 - Elsevier
Feeding rats diets containing oils that have a low α-linolenic acid [18:3(n-3)] content, such
as sunflower oil, results in reduced amounts of docosahexaenoic acid [22:6(n-3)] and …

Sox18 induces development of the lymphatic vasculature in mice

M Francois, A Caprini, B Hosking, F Orsenigo… - Nature, 2008 - nature.com
The lymphatic system plays a key role in tissue fluid regulation and tumour metastasis, and
lymphatic defects underlie many pathological states including lymphoedema, …

Mechanism of adsorption and desorption of water vapor by homoionic montmorillonite. 1. The sodium-exchanged form

JM Cases, I Berend, G Besson, M Francois, JP Uriot… - Langmuir, 1992 - ACS Publications
The structural changes which occur during the intracrystalline swelling of a well-characterized
Wyoming sodium montmorillonite havebeen investigated using controlled-rate thermal …

Estimating curvature from volume fractions

SJ Cummins, MM Francois, DB Kothe - Computers & structures, 2005 - Elsevier
An interface represented by discrete, abruptly-varying volume fractions poses particular
challenges for the accurate estimation of interfacial curvature. Most approaches within a volume-…

Global spatial risk assessment of sharks under the footprint of fisheries

…, R Fitzpatrick, J Fontes, F Forget, M Fowler, MP Francis… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Effective ocean management and the conservation of highly migratory species depend on
resolving the overlap between animal movements and distributions, and fishing effort. …

Cytokine modulation of TLR expression and activation in mesenchymal stromal cells leads to a proinflammatory phenotype

…, M François, MN Boivin, M Bouchentouf… - The Journal of …, 2009 - journals.aai.org
Bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stromal cells (MSC) possess an immune plasticity
manifested by either an immunosuppressive or, when activated with IFN-γ, an APC phenotype. …