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76 Parker, Steven G.Massively parallel software rendering for visualizing large-scale data setsFor some time, researchers have done production visualization almost exclusively using high-end graphics workstations. They routinely archived and analyzed the outputs of simulations running on massively parallel supercomputers. Generally, a feature extraction step and a geometric modeling step t...Parallel rendering; Volume rendering; Ray tracing; Isosurfacing2001
77 Malloy, Thomas E.MERLOT: a faculty-focused website of educational resourcesThe Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching (MERLOT) is a community of academic institutions, professional discipline organizations, and individual people building a collection of Web-based teaching and learning resources where faculty can easily find peer-reviewed material...Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching; MERLOT; Digital learning materials2001
78 Chapman, David S.; Harris, Robert N.Mid-Latitude (30°-60° N) climatic warming inferred by combining borehole temperatures with surface air temperaturesWe construct a mid-latitude (30°-60° N) reduced temperature-depth profile from a global borehole temperature database compiled for climate reconstruction. This reduced temperature profile is interpreted in terms of past surface ground temperature change and indicates warming on the order of 1°C...Surface air temperature; Surface ground temperature; Borehole temperatures; Geothermal observations2001
79 Ogburn, Joyce L.Millennium minutes: a look back at licensingThe seemingly ubiquitous license agreement has a longer history than our readers might imagine or remember. It has roots deep in contract law, and also has copyright, patent, and trademark parentage. Librarians tend to think of licenses in terms of databases and fulltext e-journals, however, it sta...Digital; Contracts; Licensing; Libraries2001
80 Plutynski, AnyaModeling evolution in theory and practiceThis paper uses a number of examples of diverse types and functions of models in evolutionary biology to argue that the demarcation between theory and practice, or "theory model" and "data model." is often difficult to make. It is shown how both mathematical and laboratory models function as plausib...Models; Theory; Data; Evolutionary biology2001
81 Clayton, Dale H.Molecular phylogeny of the dove genera Streptopelia and ColumbaEvolutionary history of the dove genus Streptopelia has not been examined with rigorous phylogenetic methods. We present a study of phylogenetic relationships of Streptopelia based on over 3,600 base pairs of nuclear and mitochondrial gene sequences.Doves; Streptopelia; Columba2001
82 Jaskowski, Troy D.Multiplex analysis of heterophil antibodies in patients with indeterminate HIV immunoassay resultsWe hypothesized that heterophil antibodies reactive with animal proteins used in blot preparation caused nonspecific staining (NSS) on HIV Western blot (WB) studies, causing indeterminate results. We analyzed samples showing NSS on HIV WB using a multiplexed immunoassay to simultaneously measur...Heterophil antibodies; Heterophil interference; Multiplex analysis; False-positive HIV enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; ELISA2001
83 Shirley, Peter S.Natural image statistics for computer graphicsThe class of all natural images is an infinitely small fraction of all possible images. The structure of natural images can be statistically modeled, revealing striking regularities. The human visual system appears to be optimized to view natural images, as opposed to any possible image, and therefo...Natural image2001
84 Farmer, Colleen G.New perspective on the origin of endothermyA new hypothesis for the origin of endothermy in birds is discussed. I suggest extensive parental care provided the initial impetus for the evolution of endothermy. Among extant animals one of the most important functions of an endothermic metabolism is the incubation of embryos. Furthermore, I prop...Endothermy; Parental care; Thermogenesis; Reproduction; Hormone; Aerobic capacity2001
85 Couldwell, William T.No ordinary time, no ordinary men: the relationship between Harvey Cushing and Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1928-1939The authors elucidate the strong personal relationship that developed between Dr. Harvey Cushing and Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) from 1928 to 1939, as manifested in their frequent letters to each other. The relationship was initiated by the marriage of their children. Through his correspondence ...2001
86 Nichols, ShaunNormativity and epistemic intuitionsIn this paper we propose to argue for two claims. The first is that a sizable group of epistemological projects -- a group which includes much of what has been done in epistemology in the analytic tradition -- would be seriously undermined if one or more of a cluster of empirical hypotheses about ep...Epistemology; Intuition; Empirical hypotheses2001
87 Olivera, Baldomero M.On a potential global role for vitamin K-dependent γ-carboxylation in animal systemsThe vitamin K-dependent γ-carboxylation of glutamate to γ-carboxyglutamate was originally well characterized in the mammalian blood clotting cascade. γ-Carboxyglutamate has also been found in a number of other mammalian proteins and in neuropeptides from the venoms of marine snails belonging to...Carboxylation; Glutamate; Carboxyglutamate; Carboxylase mRNA; Conantokin G2001
88 Smith, Grant D.On the non-Gaussianity of chain motion in unentangled polymer meltsWe have investigated chain dynamics of an unentangled polybutadiene melt via molecular dynamics simulations and neutron spin echo experiments. Good short-time statistics allows for the first experimental confirmation of subdiffusive motion of polymer chains for times less than the Rouse time (T R) c...Polymer melts; Chain dynamics; 1,4-polybutadiene melts; Neutron spin echo2001
89 Stang, Peter J.One-dimensional coordination polymers based on first-row transition metals: a solid-state study of weak backbone interactionsWe present further data on the solid-state structures of one-dimensional coordination polymers based upon dipositive transition metal hexafluoroacetylacetonate (hfacac) complexes. A variety of linking subunits are employed in order to investigate and probe the relatively weak interactions that make...Hexafluoroacetylacetonate complexes; Coordination polymers2001
90 Mcpherson, Brian JamesOverpressures in the Uinta Basin, Utah: analysis using a three-dimensional basin evolution modelAbstract. High pore fluid pressures, approaching lithostatic, are observed in the deepest sections of the Uinta basin,Utah. Geologic observations and previous modeling studies suggest that the most likely cause of observed overpressure is hydrocarbon generation. We studied Uinta overpressure by dev...2001
91 Hansen, Charles D.; Shirley, Peter S.Parallel point reprojectionImprovements in hardware have recently made interactive ray tracing practical for some applications. However, when the scene complexity or rendering algorithm cost is high, the frame rate is too low in practice. Researchers have attempted to solve this problem by caching results from ray tracing an...Point reprojection; Ray tracing2001
92 Shirley, Peter S.Parallel point reprojectionImprovements in hardware have recently made interactive ray tracing practical for some applications. However, when the scene complexity or rendering algorithm cost is high, the frame rate is too low in practice. Researchers have attempted to solve this problem by caching results from ray tracing and...Point projection; Ray tracing; Render cache2001
93 Parker, Steven G.; Smith, Philip J.; Johnson, Christopher R.Parallelization and integration of fire simulations in the Uintah PSEA physics-based stand-alone serial code for fire simulations is integrated in a unified computational framework to couple with other disciplines and to achieve massively parallel computation. Uintah, the computational framework used, is a component-based visual problem-solving environment developed...Uintah; Problem solving environment2001
94 Gardner, Reed M.Patient-Monitoring SystemsBiomedical Informatics2001
95 Liu, FengPattern formation via a two-step faceting transition on vicinal Si(111) surfacesWe demonstrate a self-organized pattern formation on vicinal Si(l 11) surfaces that are miscut toward the [211] direction. All the patterns, consisting of a periodic array of alternating (7x7) reconstructed terraces and step-bunched facets, have the same periodicity and facet structure, independent ...Pattern formation; Faceting transition; Vicinal Si(111); Miscut2001
96 Adler, Frederick R.Patterns of patch rejection in size-structured populations: beyond the ideal free distribution and size segregationWe examine optimal patch allocation strategies in a population structured by size or some other characteristic. By treating size-specific differences among patches as limiting factors, we create a single framework to analyse foraging for two resources, foraging in the presence of predators and fo...Foraging-predation trade-off; Optimal foraging; Size structure2001
97 Gopalakrishnan, GaneshPerformance studies of PV: an On-the-fly model-checker for LTL-X featuring selective caching and partial order reductionWe present an enumerative model-checker PV that uses a new partial order reduction algorithm called Twophase. This algorithm does not use the in-stack check to implement the proviso, making the combination of Twophase with on-the-fly LTL-X model-checking based on nested depth-first search, as well a...Model-checker; PV; Performance; On-the-fly; Partial order reduction algorithm;' Twophase2001
98 Kestle, John R. W.Predicting shunt failure on the basis of clinical symptoms and signs in childrenObject. In evaluating pediatric patients for shunt malfunction, predictive values for symptoms and signs are important in deciding which patients should undergo an imaging study, whereas determining clinical findings that correlate with a low probability of shunt failure could simplify management. ...Pediatric Shunt Design Trial; PSDT; Shunt failure; Shunt malfunction; Clinical signs2001
99 Eddings, Eric G.; Sarofim, Adel F.; Pershing, David W.Production of nitrogen oxide during char oxidation at pulverized coal combustion conditionsMore stringent regulations for NOx control in pulverized coal combustors have made the scientific community focus on sources of emissions that were traditionally considered less relevant to the overall NOx production. The oxidation to NO of the nitrogen that is organically bound to the char is one o...2001
100 Hansen, Charles D.; Johnson, Christopher R.Prototype system for synergistic data displayMultimodal interfaces have been shown to increase user performance for a variety of tasks. We have been investigating the synergistic benefits of haptic scientific visualization using an integrated, semi-immersive virtual environment. The Visual Haptic Workbench provides multimodal interaction; imm...Visual Haptic Workbench; Haptic interfaces; Scientific visualization2001
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