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Ab Initio Calculations and Kinetic Modeling of Halon and Halon Replacements
Paper for the 1996 Halon Options Technical Working Conference (HOTWC). This paper discusses ab initio calculations and kinetic modeling of halon and halon replacements.
Accountability versus Autonomy? Toward a More Responsible Practice of Science
This paper was awarded a Nicholas and Anna Ricco Ethics Award for 2013. In this paper, the author discusses issues related to accountability versus autonomy and suggestions toward a more responsible practice of science.
Aging and Rejuvenation with Fractional Derivatives
Article on aging and rejuvenation with fractional derivatives.
An assessment of MODIS Collection 5 global land cover product for biological conservation studies
This paper identifies the uncertain areas and figures out the problematic land cover types in the MODIS Collection 5 global land cover dataset without ground validation samples.
Attributive Constructions in Saanich
This paper gives a descriptive sketch of the various structures of the Saanich dialect of North Straits Salish has to express attribution and to look at structures similar to those designated relative clauses in other Salishan languages from a cross-linguistic and pan-Salishan point of view.
Auxiliaries and other grammatical categories in Klallam
This paper describes a close look at the distribution in constructions of the closed class of complex predicate forming stems in Klallam traditionally called 'auxiliaries.'
Characteristics of Actors Involved in Social Protest: An Extension of the Social Conflict Analysis Database (SCAD)
Paper accompanying a presentation for the 2015 University of North Texas (UNT) Student and Faculty Research Symposium on African Studies. This paper discusses characteristics of actors involved in social protest and an extension of the social conflict analysis database.
Cognitive Scale-Free Networks as a Model for Intermittency in Human Natural Language
Paper discussing cognitive scale-free networks as a model for intermittency in human natural language.
Comparison of different methods for monitoring glacier changes observed by Landsat images
This paper presents three methods for classifying glacier boundaries, compares the three methods to provide advice on how to choose an appropriate method, and analyzes the relationship between glacier change and the trends of precipitation and temperature.
A Computerized Concordance/Dictionary
This paper illustrates an example of how the linguist's data organization burden can be greatly alleviated with the help of a computer.
Conflict between trajectories and density description: the statistical source of disagreement
Paper discussing the statistical source of disagreement between trajectories and density description.
Decision-Making Strategies in Design Meetings
This paper is about research on decision-making strategies in design meetings.
Defending Design Decisions With Usability Evidence: A Case Study
This paper discusses a case study on defending design decisions with usability evidence.
Detection of invisible and crucial events: from seismic fluctuations to the war against terrorism
Paper discussing the detection of invisible and crucial events.
Does open access really threaten peer review?
In this paper, the author discusses whether open access threatens peer review, as implied by the Association of American Publishers in their endorsement of the Research Works Act. The author suggests that we need to experiment with new models of peer evaluation.
Dynamics of EEG Entropy: beyond signal plus noise
Paper discussing the dynamics of EEG entropy.
Elementary reactions and a mechanism for the suppression of hydrogen fires by CF₃I
Paper for the 1997 Halon Options Technical Working Conference (HOTWC). This paper discusses elementary reactions and a mechanism for the suppression of hydrogen fires by CF₃I.
Enabling Large Scale Scientific Computations for Expressed Sequence Tag Sequencing over Grid and Cloud Computing Clusters
This paper discusses expressed sequence tag sequencing over grid and cloud computing clusters, specifically for biological applications. In this paper, the authors propose a Web service framework for high-level job scheduling that is developed for scientific applications.
Enhanced UV Light emission from Silicon nanoparticles induced by Au ion implantation
Paper discussing a study of light emitting silicon fabricated by ion implantation.
Examining Error in the Technical Communication Editing Test
This paper discusses examining errors in technical communication.
Fractional calculus ties the microscopic and macroscopic scales of complex network dynamics
Paper discussing fractional calculus tying the microscopic and macroscopic scales of complex network dynamics.
From Knowledge, Knowability and the Search for Objective Randomness to a New Vision of Complexity
Paper discussing knowledge, knowability, and the search for objective randomness to a new vision of complexity.
Growth dynamics of tropical savanna grasses: from individual shoots to plant models
Paper presented at the First Biennial Meeting of the International Environmental Modelling and Software Society in 2002. This paper discusses growth dynamics of tropical savanna grasses from individual shoots to plant models.
Identification of functional information subgraphs in cultured neural networks
This paper accompanies an oral presentation on the identification of functional information subgraphs in cultured neural networks.
In the search for the low-complexity sequences in prokaryotic and eukaryotic genomes: how to derive a coherent picture from global and local entropy measures
Paper discussing the search for the low-complexity sequences in prokaryotic and eukaryotic genomes and how to derive a coherent picture from global and local entropy measures.
Investigation of Structural and Optical Properties of Ag Nanoclusters Formed in Si(100) After Multiple Implantations of Low Energies Ag Ions and Post-Thermal Annealing at a Temperature Below the Ag-Si Eutectic Point
This paper investigates the synthesis of Ag NCs in Si(100) substrate by implanting multiple energies and fluences of Ag ions and subsequent thermal annealing.
Klallam Demonstratives
This paper updates and expands upon the componential analysis provided by Thompson and Thompson 1071 of the Klallam language's set of demonstrative determiners.
Klallam from A to B
This paper describes a typology of paths.
Language and Dialects in Straits Salishan
This paper compares the Klallam and Northern Straits languages within the Straits Salishan group of languages and dialects.
The Major Processes Affecting Klallam Vowels
This paper provides a more detailed description of the major processes affecting the Klallam vowels.
Mapping Texts: Combining Text-Mining and Geo-Visualization To Unlock The Research Potential of Historical Newspapers
Paper on mapping texts and combining text-mining and geo-visualization to unlock the research potential of historical newspapers.
More comprehensive forensic genetic marker analyses for accurate human remains identification using massively parallel DNA sequencing
This paper uses massively parallel sequencing (MPS) to characterize 140-year-old human skeletal remains discovered at a historical site in Deadwood, South Dakota, United States.
The Myth of the Besieged Fortress: Soviet Mass Perception in the 1920s - 1930s
This work discusses Soviet mass perception from the 1920s to the 1930s. This work was supported by the Research Support Scheme of the Open Society Support Foundation, grant No. 805/1998, and by the Centre for Russian and East European Studies, University of Toronto, Canada. The work has also greatly benefitted from the discussion at the workshops held by the Stalin-Era Research and Archives Project at CREES, University of Toronto.
Non-extensive diffusion entropy analysis: non-stationarity in teen birth phenomena
Paper discussing non-extensive diffusion entropy analysis and non-stationarity in teen birth phenomena.
Non-Poisson processes: regression to equilibrium versus equilibrium correlation functions
Paper discussing non-Poisson processes and regression to equilibrium versus equilibrium correlation functions.
A Novel Methodology to Mimic Biological Properties using Ionic Liquids: An Extensive in silico Study
Paper discussing an extensive in silico study and a novel methodology to mimic biological properties using ionic liquids.
A novel statistical method for rare-variant association studies in general pedigrees
In this paper, the authors discuss a novel statistical method for rare-variant association studies in general pedigrees for quantitative traits. This method uses a retrospective view that treats the traits as fixed and the genotypes as random, which accounts for complex and undefined ascertainment of families.
Optical imaging of motor cortical activation using functional near-infrared spectroscopy
This paper describes a study from a poster presentation. It discusses optical imaging of motor cortical activation using functional near-infrared spectroscopy.
P02.123. The anti-diabetic and cholesterol-lowering effects of common and cassia cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum and C. aromaticum): a randomized controlled trial
This paper accompanies a poster presentation on the anti-diabetic and cholesterol-lowering effects of common and cassia cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum and C. aromaticum).
Philosophy Matters - Examining the Value of Knowledge
This paper discusses the University of North Texas' (UNT) Center for the Study of Interdisciplinarity (CSID), where philosophers continue to examine the value of knowledge. The authors also discuss one example of CSID's work with the Comparative Assessment of Peer Review (CAPR) project. CAPR is a four-year project (2008-2012) studying the changing nature of peer review processes across six U.S. and foreign public science agencies. CAPR is funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation's (NSF) Science of Science and Innovation Policy (SciSIP) program.
Probability flux as a method for detecting scaling
Paper on probability flux as a method for detecting scaling.
Projecting on Polynomial Dirac Spinors
In this paper, the authors adapt Axler and Ramey's method of constructing the harmonic part of a homogeneous polynomial to the Fischer decomposition associated to Dirac operators acting on polynomial spinors.
Real event detection and the treatment of congestive heart failure: an efficient technique to help cardiologists to make crucial decisions
Paper discussing the treatment of congestive heart failure. Abstract: Using a method of entropic analysis of time series we establish the correlation between heartbeat long-range memory and mortality risk in patients with congestive heart failure.
Renewal aging and linear response
Paper discussing the linear response to an external perturbation of a renewal process, in an aging condition that, with no perturbation, would yield super-diffusion.
Renewal Aging as Emerging Property of Phase Synchronization
Paper discussing renewal aging as emerging property of phase synchronization.
Reply to the Comment "Intercluster correlation in Seismicity" by Helmstetter and Sornette
This paper is a reply to the comment by Helmstetter and Sornette titled "Intercluster correlation in Seismicity" which addresses an important point in a paper written by the authors that needs to be clarified.
Response of Complex Systems to Complex Perturbations: the Complexity Matching Effect
Paper discussing the complexity matching effect.
A rich Internet application for automated detection of road blockage in post-disaster scenarios
This paper presents the development of a rich Internet application for automated detection of road blockage in post-disaster scenarios using volunteered geographic information from OpenStreetMap street centerlines and airborne light detection and ranging (LiDAR) data.
Sacredness and Ski Resorts: Being Human and Being in Conflict
This paper situates anti-snowmaking sentiments in Navajo concepts of sacredness.
Scaling in Non-stationary Time Series 2: Teen Birth Phenomenon
This paper is devoted to the problem of statistical mechanics raised by the analysis of an issue of sociological interest: the teen birth phenomenon.
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