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Journal articles
2005, 'Acoustics: The vocal tract and the sound of a didgeridoo', Nature, 436, pp. 39 - 39
,2005, 'How do clarinet players adjust the resonances of their vocal tracts for different playing effects?', Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 118, pp. 3306 - 3315, http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.2041287
,2005, 'Torsional waves in a bowed string', ACTA Acustica United With Acustica, 91, pp. 241 - 246
,2004, 'Tuning of vocal tract resonance by sopranos', Nature, 427, pp. 116, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/427116a
,2004, 'Acoustics: tuning of vocal tract resonance by sopranos', Nature, 427, pp. 116 - 116
,2004, 'Vocal tract resonances in singing: The soprano voice', Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 116, pp. 2434 - 2439
,2003, 'Science Meets Parliament', Acoustics Australia, 31, pp. 109 - 110
,2003, 'Acoustics Forum - Science meets Parliament, October 14-15 2003', Acoustics Australia, 31, pp. 109 - 110
,2003, 'Cut off frequencies and cross fingering in baroque, classical and modern flutes', Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 114, pp. 2263 - 2272, http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/~jw/reprints/crossfingering.pdf
,2003, 'Freezing stresses and hydration of isolated cell walls', Cryobiology, 46, pp. 271 - 276, http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/~jw/reprints/walls.pdf
,2003, 'Vocal tract resonances: a preliminary study of sex differences for young Australians', Acoustics Australia, 31, pp. 95 - 98
,2003, 'Why to bell plates ring?', Acoustics Australia, 31, pp. 55 - 58, http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/~jw/reprints/bellplates.pdf
,2002, 'Measuring acoustic impedances using a semi-infinite waveguide reference: Applications to wind instruments and vocal tracts', The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 112, pp. 2292 - 2292, http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.4779215
,2002, 'Think straight 1 & 2', NEW SCIENTIST, 175, pp. 109 - 109, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000176745500053&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
,2002, 'Space and time dependence of temperature and freezing in evergreen leaves', Functional Plant Biology, 29, pp. 1259 - 1272
,2002, 'The virtual Boehm flute- a Web service that predicts multiphonics, microtones and alternative fingerings', Acoustics Australia, 30, pp. 61 - 66
,2002, 'What is Unfreezable Water, How unfreezable is it and how much is there ?', Cryoletters, 23, pp. 157 - 166
,2001, 'Cellular cryobiology: Thermodynamic amd mechanical effects', International Journal of Refrigeration, 24, pp. 438 - 450, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-7007(00)00027-X
,2001, 'Peter L. Steponkus (1941-2001) - In memoriam', CRYOBIOLOGY, 43, pp. 1 - 3, http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/cryo.2001.2365
,2001, 'Acoustic impedance spectra of classical and modern flutes', Journal of Sound and Vibration, pp. 127 - 144
,2001, 'Acoustics of classical and modern flutes: a sound spectra sounds and fingerings', JSV+ Electronic supplement Originally at http://journalsharcourt-internationalcom/journals/jsv/supplementary/suppindexhtm now here
,2001, 'Membrane behaviour in seeds and other systems at low water content: The various effects of solutes', Seed Science Research, 11, pp. 17 - 25
,2000, 'Relative importance of rate and place: experiments using pitch scaling techniques with cochlear implants recipients.', The Annals of otology, rhinology & laryngology. Supplement, 185, pp. 51 - 53
,2000, 'Relative importance of rate and place: Experiments using pitch scaling techniques with cochlear implant recipients', Annals of Otology Rhinology and Laryngology, 109, pp. 51 - 53
,1999, 'Freezing, Drying, and/or Vitrification of Membrane-Solute-Water Systems', Cryobiology, pp. 103 - 129
,1999, 'The perception of pitch by users of cochlear implants: Possible significance for rate and place theories of pitch', Acoustics Australia, pp. 41 - 43
,1998, 'Elevated atmospheric [CO2] promotes frost damage in evergreen tree seedlings', Plant, Cell and Environment, pp. 631 - 635
,1998, 'Learning to pronounce vowel sounds in a foreign language using acoustic measurements of the vocial tract as feedback in real time', Language and Speech, pp. 1 - 20
,1998, 'The effects of solutes on the freezing properties of and hydration forces in Lipid Lamellar phases', Biophysical Journal, pp. 1949 - 1965
,1997, 'Freezing-induced hydration forces between phosphatidylcholine bilayers - The effect of osmotic pressure', Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 129-130, pp. 425 - 434, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0927-7757(97)00060-5
,1997, 'Correction to "Is vitrification involved in depression of the phase transition temperature in dry phospholipids?" [Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1280 (1996) 187-196]', Biochimica et biophysica acta, 1329, pp. 202 - 203
,1997, 'A Novel Instrument to Measure Acoustic Resonances of the Vocal Tract During Phonation', Measurement Science and Technology, pp. 1112 - 1121
,1997, 'Freezing-Induced Hydration Forces Between Phospatidylcholine Bilayers-The Effect of Osmotic Pressure', Colloids and Surfaces A - Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 129, pp. 721 - 724
,1997, 'The Acoustic Impedance of Boehm Flute: Standard & Some Non-Standard Fingerings', Proceedings of the Inst of Accoustics, 19, pp. 315 - 320
,1996, 'Real time, non-invasive measurements of vocal tract resonances: application to speech training', Acoustics Australia, pp. 53 - 60
,1995, 'A system for real time measurement of acoustic transfer functions', Acoustics Australia, 23, pp. 19 - 20
,1995, 'Does glue contaminate the surface forces apparatus?', Langmuir, 11, pp. 373 - 374
,1994, 'Hydration forces and membrane stresses: Cryobiological implications and a new technique for measurement', Biophysical Chemistry, 49, pp. 51 - 58, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0301-4622(93)E0081-F
,1994, 'A simple cheap clean reliable linear sensitive low-drift transducer for surface pressure', Langmuir, 10, pp. 974 - 975
,1994, 'Do trehalose and dimethylsulphoxide affect inter-membrane forces?', Cryobiology, 31, pp. 531 - 539
,1993, 'Membrane damage at low hydrations: lipid phase behaviour and the effect of solutes', Progress in Colloid & Polymer Science, 93, pp. 187
,1993, 'Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy of frozen phosphatidylcholine-D
1992, 'Motional narrowing of the 2H NMR spectra near the chain melting transition of phospholipid/D
1992, 'Low hydration phase properties of phospholipid mixtures - Evidence for dehydration-induced fluid-fluid separations', European Biophysics Journal, 21, pp. 223 - 232, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00196767
,1992, 'The drainage of an aqueous film between a solid plane and an air bubble', Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 39, pp. 397 - 416, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0001-8686(92)80067-8
,1992, 'Interfacial forces in cryobiology and anhydrobiology', Cryo-Letters, 13, pp. 23 - 36
,1991, 'The drainage of a thin aqueous film between a solid surface and an approaching gas bubble', Colloids and Surfaces, 52, pp. 163 - 174, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0166-6622(91)80011-C
,1991, 'The interaction and fusion of bilayers formed from unsaturated lipids', European Biophysics Journal, 19, pp. 275 - 281, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00183536
,1991, 'The drainage of an aqueous film between a solid plane and an air bubble', Colloids and Surfaces 52, pp. 163 - 174
,1990, 'Harmonic or Fourier synthesis in the teaching laboratory', Amer J Phys, 58, pp. 481 - 485
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