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Cases of pulmonary diseases caused by Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) have increased over the years and have become a major health concern in Europe, Asia, and the United States. MAC, comprised of M. avium species and M. intracellulare, are...
2015-06-10 (iso8601)
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For widely distributed species at risk, such as Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.), habitat monitoring is both essential and challenging. Only recently have widespread monitoring programs been implemented for salmon habitat in the Pacific...
2015-04-29 (iso8601)
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The impact of anthropogenic forcing on the probability of high mean summer temperatures being exceeded in Texas in the year 2011 was investigated using an atmospheric circulation model to simulate large ensembles of the world with 2011 level...
2015-04-16 (iso8601)
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Honey bee colony losses are a major concern in the USA and across the globe. Long-term data on losses
are critical for putting yearly losses in context. US colony loss surveys have been conducted yearly since the winter
of 2006–2007. Here, we...
2015-05 (iso8601)
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The study of how population genetic structure is shaped by attributes of the environment is a central scientific pursuit in ecology and conservation. But limited resources may prohibit landscape genetics studies for many threatened species,...
2015-05 (iso8601)
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2015-05-04 (iso8601)
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Using in-situ synchrotron X-ray scattering, we show that the structural evolution of various bulk metallic glass-forming liquids can be quantitatively connected to their viscosity behavior in the supercooled liquid near T[subscript g]. The...
2015-05-04 (iso8601)
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To understand how a Depressurized Loss of Forced Convection (D-LOFC) initiated from a double-ended guillotine break may affect further operation of a High Temperature Gas Cooled Rector (HTGR), thorough understanding of each specific stage of this...
2015-06-18 (iso8601)
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Background: Corals are capable of launching diverse immune defenses at the site of direct contact with pathogens, but the molecular mechanisms of this activity and the colony-wide effects of such stressors remain poorly understood. Here we...
2015-05-09 (iso8601)
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Outside the protection of Earth’s atmosphere, astronauts are exposed to low doses of high linear energy
transfer (LET) radiation. Future NASA plans for deep space missions or a permanent settlement on the
moon are limited by the health risks...
2015-05 (iso8601)
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Ultraviolet-protective compounds, such as mycosporine-like amino acids (MAAs) and related gadusols produced by some bacteria, fungi, algae, and marine invertebrates, are critical for the survival of reef-building corals and other marine organisms...
2015-05-12 (iso8601)
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Drosophila suzukii (Spotted Wing Drosophila) has recently become a serious invasive pest of fruit crops in the USA, Canada, and Europe, leading to substantial economic losses. D. suzukii is a direct pest, ovipositing directly into ripe or ripening...
2015-06 (iso8601)
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Freshwater discharge affects the biogeochemistry of river-influenced nearshore environments by contributing with carbon and nutrients. An increase in human activities in river basins may alter the natural riverine nutrients and carbon export to...
2015-04 (iso8601)
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The ¹⁴CO₂ composition of plant and soil respiration can be used to determine the residence time of photosynthetically fixed carbon before it is released back to the atmosphere. To estimate the residence time of actively cycled carbon in a...
2015-04 (iso8601)
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As part of the Halifax Project, this review brings attention to the potential effects of environmental chemicals on important
molecular and cellular regulators of the cancer hallmark of evading growth suppression. Specifically, we review the...
2015-06 (iso8601)
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The Syrian civil war generated waves of refugees who flow into neighboring countries. These refugees have been creating excess supply of labor in host countries. This study involves a series of interviews in which respondents shared their...
2015-06-08 (iso8601)
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How do organizational members socially construct the shared meaning of a mandated change in the external environment? The opportunity to address this question presented itself when President Barack Obama set forth a goal for American community...
2015-06-19 (iso8601)
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Resilience is a key driver in the design of systems that must operate in an uncertain operating environment, and is a
key metric to assess the capacity for systems to perform within the specified performance envelop despite
disturbances to their...
2015-02 (iso8601)
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This paper presents the use of data clustering methods applied to the analysis results of
a design-stage, functional failure reasoning tool. A system simulation using qualitative descriptions of component behaviors and a functional reasoning tool...
2014-11 (iso8601)
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Community re-assembly following future disturbances will often occur under warmer
and more moisture-limited conditions than when current communities assembled. Because
the establishment stage is regularly the most sensitive to climate and...
2015-02 (iso8601)
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This study reviews the experience of cooperation in five international river basins, focusing on the perceptions of risks and opportunities by country decision makers responding to a specific prospect of cooperation, and the effects of risk...
2014 (iso8601)
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Cast-in-drilled-hole (CIDH) piles are often constructed to depths that are inaccessible to internal vibration of the concrete. Internal vibration is necessary to consolidate the concrete and, if not performed, then typically inspection pipes are...
2015-06-04 (iso8601)
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Wheat (Triticum aestivum) is a globally traded staple food crop. The diverse and pleasing nature of wheat-derived products is a result of the complex interactions of the polymeric components from the wheat endosperm. Changes in the functionality...
2015-06-05 (iso8601)
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It is well known that firms with low price to earnings ratios (value firms) earn higher stock
returns in the long term than high price to earnings firms (growth firms). This study investigates
how insider ownership affects this relation. We show...
2015-01 (iso8601)
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