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Gordon Hamilton

Professor of Earth and Climate Sciences, University of Maine
Verified email at maine.edu
Cited by 5230

Prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea in the general population: a systematic review

…, BE Campbell, MC Matheson, GS Hamilton… - Sleep medicine …, 2017 - Elsevier
With this systematic review we aimed to determine the prevalence of obstructive sleep
apnea (OSA) in adults in the general population and how it varied between population sub-groups…

State of the Antarctic and Southern Ocean climate system

…, D Bromwich, H Campbell, GS Hamilton… - Reviews of …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
This paper reviews developments in our understanding of the state of the Antarctic and
Southern Ocean climate and its relation to the global climate system over the last few millennia. …

Supine position related obstructive sleep apnea in adults: pathogenesis and treatment

…, DM O'Driscoll, PJ Berger, GS Hamilton - Sleep medicine reviews, 2014 - Elsevier
The most striking feature of obstructive respiratory events is that they are at their most severe
and frequent in the supine sleeping position: indeed, more than half of all obstructive sleep …

Childhood predictors of lung function trajectories and future COPD risk: a prospective cohort study from the first to the sixth decade of life

…, DP Johns, BR Thompson, GS Hamilton… - The lancet Respiratory …, 2018 - thelancet.com
Background Lifetime lung function is related to quality of life and longevity. Over the lifespan,
individuals follow different lung function trajectories. Identification of these trajectories, their …

Rapid circulation of warm subtropical waters in a major glacial fjord in East Greenland

F Straneo, GS Hamilton, DA Sutherland… - Nature …, 2010 - nature.com
… 2e,g). These currents are more vigorous than the expected 10–15 cm s −1 tidal currents,
which would arise from a barotropic tide in an 800-m-deep channel and a tidal range of 1.5 m (…

Neurotrophic actions of nonimmunosuppressive analogues of immunosuppressive drugs FK506, rapamycin and cyclosporin A

JP Steiner, MA Connolly, HL Valentine, GS Hamilton… - Nature medicine, 1997 - nature.com
We show that the nonimmunosuppressive analogues of the immunosuppressive drugs FK506,
rapamycin and cyclosporin A promote neurite outgrowth both in PC12 cells and sensory …

Neurotrophic immunophilin ligands stimulate structural and functional recovery in neurodegenerative animal models

JP Steiner, GS Hamilton, DT Ross… - Proceedings of the …, 1997 - National Acad Sciences
… Male CD1 mice (20–25 g) received five daily ip injections of 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-…
Male Sprague–Dawley rats (250–275 g) received unilateral 2.0-μl stereotaxic injections of 10 μg/…

Increased flow speed on a large East Antarctic outlet glacier caused by subglacial floods

LA Stearns, BE Smith, GS Hamilton - Nature Geoscience, 2008 - nature.com
… where g is gravitational potential, ρ i is the density of ice (917 kg m −3 ) and ρ w is the density
of … Stearns, LA & Hamilton, GS Rapid volume loss from two East Greenland outlet glaciers …

Impact of fjord dynamics and glacial runoff on the circulation near Helheim Glacier

F Straneo, RG Curry, DA Sutherland, GS Hamilton… - Nature …, 2011 - nature.com
Submarine melting is an important contributor to the mass balance of tidewater glaciers in
Greenland, and has been suggested as a trigger for their widespread acceleration. Our …

The duration of the active phase on surge-type glaciers: contrasts between Svalbard and other regions

JA Dowdeswell, GS Hamilton, JO Hagen - Journal of Glaciology, 1991 - cambridge.org
GS Hamilton acknowledges support from a UK NERC research studentship. … Hattersley-Smith,
G. 1969. Recent observations on the surging Otto Glacier, Ellesmere Island. …