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Pedestrian distraction at roadway crossings has been correlated with a higher risk of pedestrian-vehicle collisions due to the pedestrian's cognitive, visual, and motor attention being drawn to a wide variety of secondary tasks.
This study is...
2015-03-18 (iso8601)
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There are approximately 2.2 million cases of End-stage Renal Disease (ESRD) worldwide and current hemodialysis treatment is costly and ultimately insufficient compared to kidney transplantation. There is a strong need to arrive at a better...
2015-02-05 (iso8601)
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Community colleges have become a practical educational option for undocumented students seeking an associate degree; thus reflecting the community college's very mission and purpose by providing access and affordability for these students....
2015-03-17 (iso8601)
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Recent blackout events consistently show that a variety of mechanisms are involved in cascading outages. These cascading mechanisms are irregularly modeled and validated within the existing literature and industry practices. Understanding the...
2015-03-12 (iso8601)
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Ocean Acidification (OA) has emerged as a major threat to marine ecosystems, particularly regarding calcifying organisms. A growing body of literature describing laboratory investigations into pH stress indicates broadly deleterious effects for...
2015-03-10 (iso8601)
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The exposure needed for a clinically useful image requires much less precision when using digital radiography (DR) than when using screen/film (SF) radiography. The Automatic Exposure Control (AEC) device was developed for ensuring accurate and...
2015-03-18 (iso8601)
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Interest in measuring soil quality continues to increase worldwide in view of demands on land productivity and the necessity to preserve soil resources, yet identification of suitable indicators for soil quality assessment is still evolving. This...
2015-03-12 (iso8601)
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Dedicated to the preservation and promotion of many of the nation’s most threatened and endangered species, the W.L. Finley National Wildlife Refuge is highly invested in the management of some of the last remaining upland prairies once prevalent...
2015-03-10 (iso8601)
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OBJECTIVES: Students, faculty, and staff at a Pacific Northwest public university were surveyed one year after
enactment of a smoke-free campus policy. Objectives were to assess levels of support for a smoke-free campus,
ascertain exposure levels...
2015-02 (iso8601)
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We isolated seven polymorphic microsatellite loci from a ground beetle (Bembidion atrocaeruleum, Coleoptera, Carabidae
(Stephens, 1826)) associated with naturally and regularly disturbed floodplain habitat in northwest Europe. Loci were tested on...
2014-01-01 (iso8601)
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The mixed electronic and ionic conductivity of perovskite oxides has enabled their use in diverse applications
such as automotive exhaust catalysts, solid oxide fuel cell cathodes, and visible light photocatalysts.
The redox chemistry at the...
2015-03-01 (iso8601)
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Numerous evergreen trees and shrubs contain labdane acids, including isocupressic acid, which can cause
late-term abortions in cattle. Recent research has shown that the bark from western juniper trees can
also cause late-term abortions in cattle....
2015-02 (iso8601)
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We assessed the parasitism of Metaparasitylenchus hypothenemi on its host, the
coffee berry borer, in 20 coffee plantations of Mexico. A total of 23,568 adult
borers were dissected, with 179 of these infected with nematodes (0.76% infection
rate)....
2015 (iso8601)
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A study was conducted to identify geographical variation in loblolly pine bark and wood properties at the whole-tree level and to quantify the responses in whole-tree
bark and wood properties following contrasting silvicultural practices that...
2015-02-22 (iso8601)
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BACKGROUND: Individual berries in a grape (Vitis vinifera L.) cluster enter the ripening phase at different times
leading to an asynchronous cluster in terms of ripening. The factors causing this variable ripening initiation among
berries are not...
2015-02-12 (iso8601)
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This dissertation focuses on two core aspects of remote sensing: (a) interpretation of the remotely sensed data to identify and characterize sea surface features of interest, and (b) the quantitative analysis of previously characterized features...
2015-03-12 (iso8601)
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BACKGROUND: Little is known regarding the prevalence or risk factors for non-comprehension and non-compliance with discharge instructions among older adults.
OBJECTIVE: To quantify the prevalence and identify patient characteristics associated...
2014-11 (iso8601)
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My work on computing complex catalyzed organic transformations reveals that only a few subtle chemical factors, e.g. non-classical hydrogen bonding, (hyper)conjugation and steric effects, common across different catalyst manifolds are critical for...
2015-03-12 (iso8601)
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Biodiversity losses in terrestrial, freshwater, and marine systems are accelerating at a global scale and the most threatened vertebrate taxa are those associated with freshwater habitats. The causes of biodiversity losses are often complex and...
2014-12-02 (iso8601)
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Filtration by adult Euphausia pacifica was measured before and during the upwelling season, using both “disappearance of chlorophyll” and “disappearance of cells” techniques. Results show that feeding rates and selectivity varied with food...
2014-07 (iso8601)
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Pelagic fishers operate in a dynamic environment and are faced with a high level of uncertainty on a daily basis. To cope with this complexity, fishers often rely on sharing information with others in order to improve their decision making. Yet...
2014-07-07 (iso8601)
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On the background of the abolishment of traditional subsidies this paper discusses the persistency of the major remaining subsidy scheme in Norwegian fisheries: exemption from fuel taxes. The reimbursement scheme stems from the late 1980s, and has...
2014-07-07 (iso8601)
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Climate, competition, and disease are well-recognized drivers of population dynamics and can be intertwined by animal migrations with consequences for the ecosystems and economies that depend on them. Sockeye salmon from the Fraser River of...
2014-07-07 (iso8601)
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For US aquaculture industry, primary factors influencing their competitiveness are consumers' perceptions of long-term health risks related to domestic farmed seafood consumption. The public is often particularly sensitive to food risk scares, and...
2014-06-07 (iso8601)
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Small scale fisheries play an important role in coastal communities as well as macro economy of the country. Value chains of small scale fisheries and the actors were highly vulnerable to climate change effects due to its inherited nature of poor...
2014-07-07 (iso8601)
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