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Wheat (Triticum aestivum) is one of the world’s major staple food crops, with flour produced from starchy endosperm being used for breads, cakes, noodles and various other wheat-based foods. The unique bread making properties of wheat are...
2015-02-17 (iso8601)
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This work describes the development of an accurate, low-cost, expandable and
wearable health and activity monitoring platform. Wearable monitors used to track
physical activity are becoming an increasingly popular and effective way to combat
our...
2015-01-29 (iso8601)
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Various methods have been used to estimate the amount of above ground forest biomass across landscapes and to create biomass maps for specific stands or pixels across ownership or project areas. Without an accurate estimation method, land managers...
2014 (iso8601)
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Ocean wave energy has the potential to significantly
contribute to sustainable power generation in coastal regions.
Much of the research effort has gone into developing time domain
state space models of point absorber wave energy converters...
2015 (iso8601)
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Snags (standing dead trees) are an essential structural component of forests. Because wildlife use of snags depends on size and decay stage, snag density estimation without any information about snag quality attributes is of little value for...
2012 (iso8601)
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BACKGROUND: On the basis of the 2014 guidelines for hypertension therapy in the United States,
many eligible adults remain untreated. We projected the cost-effectiveness of treating
hypertension in U.S. adults according to the 2014 guidelines....
2015-01-29 (iso8601)
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Mercury (Hg) contamination is a global conservation threat to freshwater ecosystems, detected in even the protected lakes of Olympic National Park (Washington, USA). Although considered some of the most remote and pristine US ecosystems, these...
2015-02-23 (iso8601)
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This thesis details the derivation and application of template-based controls on a bipedal robot, as well as a description of the software framework that enabled experimentation. The software framework uses a combination of open-source tools...
2015-03-16 (iso8601)
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Southwestern US irrigated landscapes are facing
upheaval due to water scarcity and land use conversion associated
with climate change, population growth, and changing
economics. In the traditionally irrigated valleys of northern
New Mexico, these...
2015-01-16 (iso8601)
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Objectivo: El propósito del presente estudio es analizar las inequidades socioeconómicas en la utilización de servicios de salud en el Ecuador, las inequidades en la distribución geográfica de recursos humanos en salud, y reflexionar sobre los...
2014-05 (iso8601)
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Six species of Cystangium, a genus of
sequestrate taxa related to Russula, were collected
in Patagonia (Argentina and Chile) during autumn
2001. Two species, C. depauperatum Singer & A.H.
Sm. and C. nothofagi (E. Horak) Trappe, Castellano &
T....
2015-01 (iso8601)
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The efficacy of DNA extraction protocols can be highly dependent upon both the type of sample being investigated and the types of downstream
analyses performed. Considering that the use of new bacterial community analysis techniques (e.g.,...
2014-12-10 (iso8601)
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This paper examines albedo perturbation and radiative forcing after a high-severity fire in a
mature forest in the Oregon Cascade Range. Correlations between postfire albedo and seedling, sapling,
and snag (standing dead tree) density were...
2014-12-28 (iso8601)
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Despite a large and
multifaceted effort to understand
the vast landscape of phenotypic
data, their current form inhibits
productive data analysis. The lack
of a community-wide, consensus-based,
human- and machine-interpretable
language for...
2015-01-06 (iso8601)
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Each year, over 45 countries export 30 million fish from coral reefs as part of the
global marine ornamental aquarium trade. This catch volume is partly influenced
by collection methods that cause mortality. Barotrauma in fish resulting from...
2015-02-17 (iso8601)
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This study details the use of printing and other additive processes to fabricate a novel amperometric glucose sensor. The sensor was
fabricated using a Au coated 12.7 μm thick polyimide substrate as a starting material, where micro-contact...
2015-02-18 (iso8601)
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Compared to conventional amorphous silicon (a-Si) TFTs, amorphous metal oxide TFTs have superior device performance such as
higher mobility, better sub-threshold swing, and lower off-state current. Amorphous metal oxide TFTs have an additional...
2015-02-12 (iso8601)
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Opinions about public lands and the actions of private non-industrial forest owners in the
western United States play important roles in forested landscape management as both public
and private forests face increasing risks from large wildfires,...
2015-02-11 (iso8601)
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The potential evapotranspiration (PET) that would occur with unlimited plant access to water is a central
driver of simulated plant growth in many ecological models. PET is influenced by solar and longwave
radiation, temperature, wind speed, and...
2015-02-10 (iso8601)
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1. Seeding native plants is a key management practice to counter land degradation across
the globe, yet the majority of seeding efforts fail, limiting our ability to accelerate ecosystem
recovery.
2. Recruitment requires transitions through...
2015-02 (iso8601)
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China’s global influence in the realm of science and technology (S&T) has increased dramatically in recent times. China and the United States are now each other’s main partner in scientific collaboration. As a major research university, OSU is one...
2015-03-05 (iso8601)
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