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| 101 |  | Sikorski, Christopher | Method of generated solutions as a numerical verification tool for ice code | Method of Manufactured solutions is a well-known method used to verify numerical algorithms. It is used to estimate convergence and order of accuracy of the algorithms. The method involves design of analytical solutions to the set of equations solved by the algorithm and generation of the forcing fu... | Validation; Verification; Method of Generated Solutions; Finite volume solver; ICE code | 2007 |
| 102 |  | Sikorski, Christopher | The method of generated solutions for numerical verification of ICE code | Method of Manufactured Solutions (MMS) is a widely used technique to verify convergence and possible coding errors in numerical algorithms. This method involves designing analytical solutions satisfying the governing equations that are solved by the numerical algorithm. The solutions investigated... | Method of Manufactured Solutions; MMS; Convergence; Verification; numerical Algorithms; ICE code; Numerical verification | 2007 |
| 103 |  | Capecchi, Mario R. | Mice with enhanced macrophage angiotensin-converting enzyme are resistant to melanoma | Angiotensin-converting enzyne (ACE) is a pepitdase responsible for the cleavage of angiotensin I and Several other peptides. Here, gene targeting was used to switch control of the ACE locus from the endogenous promoter to the macrophage-specific c-fms promoter. Challenge of these mice, called ACE 10... | Macrophage enzyme; Melanoma resistance; Enhanced macrophage angiotensin-converting enzyme | 2007 |
| 104 |  | Scarpulla, Michael | Mn L3,2 x-ray absorption spectroscopy and magnetic circular dichroism in ferromagnetic Ga1-xMnxP | We have measured the X-ray absorption (XAS) and X-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD) at the Mn i32 edges in ferromagnetic Ga1-xMrixP films for 0.018<x<0.042. Large XMCD asymmetries at the L3 edge indicate significant spin-polarization of the density of states at the Fermi energy. The spectral s... | X-ray absorption; Ferromagnetic semiconductors; X-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD); Gallium Manganese Phosphide; Gallium arsenide | 2007 |
| 105 |  | Jorgensen, Erik | Molecular basis of synaptic vesicle cargo recognition by the endocytic sorting adaptor stonin 2 | Synaptic transmission depends on clathrin-mediated recycling of synaptic vesicles (SVs). How select SV proteins are targeted for internalization has remained elusive. Stonins are evolutionarily conserved adaptors dedicated to endocytic sorting of the SV protein synaptotagmin. Our data identify the m... | 2007 | |
| 106 |  | Olivera, Baldomero M.; Bandyopadhyay, Pradip K. | Molecular phylogeny of some Indo-Pacific genera in the subfamily Turrinae H. Adams and A. Adams, 1853 (1838) (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda) | We have carried out a phylogenetic analysis of a group of Indo-Pacific species in the subfamily Turrinae (Swainson, 1840) using 128 mitoehondrial ribosomal RNA gene sequcnces Most of the species analyzed are convenlionally assigned to one of there Lophiotoma Casey, 1904. The inolecular anaysis revea... | Turrinae; Indo-Pacific; Mitochondrial RNA; Molecular phylogeny | 2007 |
| 107 |  | Khan, Faisal Habib | Multiple load-source integration in a multilevel modular capacitor clamped DC-DC converter featuring fault tolerant capability | Abstract-A multilevel modular capacitor clamped dc-dc converter (MMCCC) will be presented in this paper with some of its advantageous features. By virtue of the modular nature of the converter, it is possible to integrate multiple loads and sources to the converter at the same time. The modular con... | 2007 | |
| 108 |  | Estlund, Karen M. | New librarians and scholarly communication | Included in the mission statement of many academic libraries is a phrase similar to this: "The library supports the research and instruction of the university." Scholarly communication is essential to this mission and it is critical that the problem of the lack of resources and access to scholarship... | Scholarly communication; Academic libraries; Copyright; Research databases; Research; Librarianship | 2007 |
| 109 |  | Olivera, Baldomero M.; Bulaj, Grzegorz | Novel conantokins from Conus parius venom are specific antagonists of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors | We report the discovery and characterization of three conantokin peptides from the venom of Conus parius. Each peptide (conantokin-Pr1, -Pr2, and -Pr3) contains 19 amino acids with three γ-carboxyglutamate (Gla) residues, a post-translationally modified amino acid characteristic of conantokins. The... | Conotoxins; Conantokins; Conus parius; Antagonists; n-methyl-D-aspartate receptors | 2007 |
| 110 |  | Zimmer, Zachary | Older persons' AIDS knowledge and willingness to provide care in an impoverished nation: evidence from Cambodia | Since the beginning of the global pandemic, assessing knowledge and attitudes regarding AIDS has been an important subject of research and for good reasons. Given the unusual features of HIV/AIDS, there is considerable potential for misunderstanding important aspects of the disease that could affect... | AIDS knowledge | 2007 |
| 111 |  | Eddings, Eric G.; Sarofim, Adel F. | Olefin chemistry in a premixed n-heptane flame | Three different n-heptane mechanisms were used to simulate a fuel-rich normal heptane premixed flame in order to identify major reaction pathways for olefin formation and consumption and areas of uncertainties of these reactions. Olefins are formed mainly via ?-scission and hydrogen abstraction, and... | Heptane mechanism; N-heptane; Olefin formation; Olefin consumption; Alkyl radicals | 2007 |
| 112 |  | Crowe, Benjamin D. | On the track of the fugitive Gods: Heidegger, Luther, Holderlin | At each of the decisive turning points in his philosophical career, Heidegger found inspiration in Holderlin. More recently, commentators have raised questions about the role that his reading of Holderlin played in Heidegger's political actions of the 1930s. It has been suggested that Heidegger's... | Philosophy;; Theology; Religion; Nationalism | 2007 |
| 113 |  | Anderson, Richard Bryan | Open access: clear benefits, hidden costs | Open Access offers real benefits to society. However, the net value of those benefits cannot be determined unless its costs are computed as well. The purpose of this statement is not to call on participants in the scholarly information chain to fight against OA, but only to move forward while taki... | Open Access; Research; Publishers; Information | 2007 |
| 114 |  | Jorgensen, Erik | Open syntaxin docks synaptic vesicles | Synaptic vesicles dock to the plasma membrane at synapses to facilitate rapid exocytosis. Docking was originally proposed to require the soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive fusion attachment protein receptor (SNARE) proteins; however, perturbation studies suggested that docking was independent of the... | 2007 | |
| 115 |  | Kestle, John R. W.; Brockmeyer, Douglas Lee | Optic pathway gliomas: a review | Optic pathway gliomas represent approximately 3-5% of childhood intracranial tumors. They usually occur in children during the first decade of life and are seen in 11-30% of patients with neurofibromatosis Type 1 (NF1). Although these tumors are typically low-grade gliomas, the clinical course and n... | Optic pathway glioma; Hypothalamus glioma; Neurofibromatosis Type 1 | 2007 |
| 116 |  | Kowaleski-Jones, Lori; Fan, Jessie Xiaojing; Brown, Barbara B.; Smith, Ken R.; Zick, Cathleen D. | Patterns of household food expenditures: a cluster analysis | In this study we use the Diary Survey component of the 2001 and 2002 Consumer Expenditure Survey to investigate patterns of household food expenditures. We identify eight constellations of food expenditures that are more and less likely to be associated with healthy eating habits. These clusters in... | Diet; Fast food; Nutrition; Eating habits | 2007 |
| 117 |  | Salari, Sonia Lynne | Patterns of intimate partner homicide suicide in later life: strategies for prevention | Intimate partner homicide suicide (IPHS) constitutes the most violent domestic abuse outcome, devastating individuals, families, neighborhoods and communities. This research used content analysis to analyze 225 murder suicide events (444 deaths) among dyads with at least one member 60 or older. Dat... | Intimate partner homicide suicide; IPHS; Murder-suicide; Elder abuse; Prevention | 2007 |
| 118 |  | Bromley, Benjamin C. | Periodic standing-wave approzimation: post-Minkowski computations | The periodic standing-wave method studies circular orbits of compact objects coupled to helically symmetric standing-wave gravitational fields. From this solution an approximation is extracted for the strong field, slowly inspiralling motion of black holes and binary stars. Previous work on this m... | Black holes; Binary stars; Gravitational waves | 2007 |
| 119 |  | Bohs, Lynn A. | Phylogeny of Balsamorhiza and Wyethia (Asteraceae: Heliantheae) using ITS, ETS, and trnK sequence data | Balsamorhiza and Wyethia together comprise 24 species native to western North America. All species in the two genera are perennial herbs with large taproots and chromosome base numbers of x = 19. The species of Balsamorhiza have exclusively basal leaves while the species of Wyethia have cauline leav... | Balsamorhiza; Wyethia; Asteraceae; Engelmanniinae; nuclear ribosomal DNA | 2007 |
| 120 |  | Bohs, Lynn A. | Phylogeny of the Cyphomandra clade of the genus Solanum (Solanaceae) based on ITS sequence data | 13 major clades can be recognized within the genus Solatium (Solanaceae) based on chloroplast DNA sequence data. One of these is the Cyphomandra clade, which includes about 50 neotropical species. These have traditionally been placed into two or three sections: S. section Pachyphylla (formerly recog... | Cyphomandra; ITS; osmophores; self-incompatibility; Solanum | 2007 |
| 121 |  | Zick, Cathleen D.; Smith, Ken R.; Brown, Barbara B.; Kowaleski-Jones, Lori | Physical activity during the transition from adolescence to adulthood | We examine how age, life course roles, and contextual variables relate to both the composition and the overall level of physical activity in late adolescence and early adulthood. Methods: Data on respondents age 15 to 29 y in the 2003 American Time Use Survey are used to estimate multivariate logist... | Time use; Active leisure; Team sports; Active transportation; Physical activity | 2007 |
| 122 | | Smith, Ken R.; Zick, Cathleen D.;Brown, Barbara B.; Fan, Jessie Xiaojing; Kowaleski-Jones, Lori | Physical activity during the transition from adolescence to adulthood | We examine how age, life course roles, and contextual variables relate to both the composition and the overall level of physical activity in late adolescence and early adulthood. Methods: Data on respondents age 15 to 29 y in the 2003 American Time Use Survey are used to estimate multivariate logis... | Time use; Active leisure; Team sports; Active transportation; Life course | 2007 |
| 123 |  | Diamond, Lisa | Physiological measures | Historically, psychophysiological measures have made an invaluable contribution to personality psychology. Questions regarding interindividual differences and intraindividual changes in emotion, cognition, motivation, arousal, and attention are core topics within personality psychology, and the... | Personality; Psychology; Physiology | 2007 |
| 124 |  | Lupton, John Mark | Picosecond time-resolved photoluminescence spectroscopy of a tetracene film on highly oriented pyrolytic graphite: dynamical relaxation, trap emission and superradiance | A detailed time resolved investigation of the photoluminescence of a thin tetracene film deposited on highly oriented pyrolytic graphite is presented. In agreement with Lim et al. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 107402 (2004)], we find strong evidence for superradiance: an increase of the relative intensity... | Tetracene film; Pyrolytic graphite Photoluminescence spectroscopy; pi-conjugated polymers; Dynamical relaxation; Trap emission; Superradiance | 2007 |
| 125 |  | Schmidt, Meic H. | Pigmented villonodular synovitis associated with pathological fracture of the odontoid and atlantoaxial instability | PPigmented villonodular synovitis (PVNS) is a proliferative disorder of the synovium with a predisposition for the appendicular skeleton. Rarely PVNS can arise from the spine, where this disorder usually presents with localized or radicular pain secondary to involvement of the posterior elements. Th... | Atlantoaxial instability; Pigmented villonodular synovitis; Odontoid | 2007 |