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Submissions from 2012
Pork, Place, and Planning, James A. Throgmorton
After progress : the image of the future in the age of sustainability, Chad Jason Vollrath
Submissions from 2011
Toward an understanding of provenance in complex land use dynamics, David A. Bennett, Wenwu Tang, and Shaowen Wang
Corallite Wall and Septal Microstructure in Scleractinian Reef Corals: Comparison of Molecular Clades Within the Family Faviidae, Ann F. Budd and Jaroslaw Stolarski
Fate and Redemption in New Orleans: Or, Why Geographers Should Care about Narrative Form, Barbara J. Eckstein
Toward Identifying the Next Generation of Superfund and Hazardous Waste Site Contaminants, Wendell P. Ela, David L. Sedlak, Morton A. Barlaz, and Heather F. Henry
Translating sustainability: the design of a secondary charter school, Todd Michael Hodgkinson
The prediction and diagnosis of wind turbine faults, Andrew Kusiak and Wenyan Li
Multi-objective optimization of HVAC system with an evolutionary computation algorithm, Andrew Kusiak, Fan Tang, and Guanglin Xu
A data-driven approach for monitoring blade pitch faults in wind turbines, Andrew Kusiak and Anoop Verma
Prediction of status patterns of wind turbines: A data-mining approach, Andrew Kusiak and Anoop Verma
Adaptive control of a wind turbine with data mining and swarm intelligence, Andrew Kusiak and Zijun Zhang
Inhibition by cigarette smoke of nuclear factor-kappaB-dependent response to bacteria in the airway, L. J. Manzel, L. Shi, P. T. O'Shaughnessy, and Peter S. Thorne
Quantification Of Endotoxin And Peptidoglycan From Environmental Samples, Nervana Metwali, Kimberly A. Hoppe, Brita J. Kilburg, and Peter S. Thorne
Development Of An Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) For Bacterial Peptidoglycan In Air And Dust Samples, Nervana Metwali and Peter S. Thorne
Development Of An Immunoassay For Bacterial Peptidoglycan Exposure Assessment, Nervana Metwali and Peter S. Thorne
Beyond “The Trouble with Wilderness”, Laura Rigal
Mining Markov chain transition matrix from wind speed time series data, Zhe Song, Xiulin Geng, Andrew Kusiak, and Chang Xu
Nanosilver induces minimal lung toxicity or inflammation in a subacute murine inhalation model, L. Stebounova, A. Adamcakova-Dodd, J. S. Kim, and H. Park
A parallel agent-based model of land use opinions, Wenwu Tang, David A. Bennett, and Shaowen Wang
Inhalation toxicology models of endotoxin- and bioaerosol-induced inflammation, Peter S. Thorne
Enantioselective Biotransformation of Chiral PCBs in Whole Poplar Plants, G. S. Zhai, D. F. Hu, H. M. Lehmler, and Jerald L. Schnoor
Submissions from 2010
Pulmonary Response Post Sub-acute Exposure To Aluminum Nanowhiskers Using Mouse Model, Andrea Adamcakova-Dodd, Jong Sung Kim, Patrick O'Shaughnessy, and Larissa V. Stebounova
Toxicity Assessment Of Gallium Nitrate Inhalation Using Murine Model, Andrea Adamcakova-Dodd, Jessica M. Magwood, Jong Sung Kim, and Kevin M. Kelly
The Construction and Contributions of "Implications for Practice": What's in Them and What Might They Offer?, Jean M. Bartunek and Sara L. Rynes
Water resource sustainability: our shared responsibility, Nandita Basu
Fundamentals of geographic information systems (GIS), David A. Bennett
Delivering Sustainable Infrastructure that Supports the Urban Built Environment, C. Boyle, G. Mudd, J. R. Mihelcic, and P. Anastas
Localization of hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine (RDX) and 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT) in poplar and switchgrass plants using phosphor imager autoradiography, L. B. Brentner, S. T. Mukherji, S. A. Walsh, and Jerald L. Schnoor
Evolutionary Novelty Is Concentrated at the Edge of Coral Species Distributions, Ann F. Budd and John M. Pandolfi
Rethinking the Phylogeny of Scleractinian Corals: A Review of Morphological and Molecular Data, Ann F. Budd, Sandra L. Romano, Nathan D. Smith, and Marcos S. Barbeitos
Experiential Narratives of Rape and Torture, Diana Fritz Cates
Sustainability and water at the University of Iowa Facilities Management, Liz Christiansen
The effects of individual PCB congeners on the soil bacterial community structure and the abundance of biphenyl dioxygenase genes, Paola A. Correa, LianShin Lin, Craig L. Just, and Dingfei Hu
The effects of individual PCB congeners on the soil bacterial community structure and the abundance of biphenyl dioxygenase genes, Paola A, Correa; LianShin Lin; Craig L. Just; and Dingfei Hu
A methodological framework for integrating computational fluid dynamics and ecological models applied to juvenile freshwater mussel dispersal in the Upper Mississippi River, Joseph A. Daraio, Larry J. Weber, Teresa J. Newton, and John M. Nestler
Selection of modules for mass customisation, Catherine De Cunha
The University of Iowa Response, Barbara J. Eckstein and Rod Lehnertz
Beneficial effects of oxygen addition and hybrid poplar phytoremediation of petroleum-contaminated soils, A. S. El-Gendy, A. A. Espina, B. Chapman, and Jerald L. Schnoor
Mining Authoritativeness of Collaborative Innovation Partners, J. Engler and Andrew kusiak
Agent-based control of thermostatic appliances, Joseph Engler and Andrew Kusiak
Cationic photopolymerization of epoxides containing carbon black nanoparticles, Cindy C. Hoppe, Beth A. Ficek, Ho Seop Eom, and Alec B. Scranton
Exposure And Health Assessment Of Families Reoccupying Flooded Homes, Kimberly A. Hoppe, Nervana Metwali, Sarah Perry, and Tom Hart
Evaluation Of A Low-Cost Electrostatic Dustfall Collector For Indoor Air Samples, Kimberly A. Hoppe, Nervana Metwali, Tamara T. Perry, and Peter S. Thorne
Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs): Sources, Exposures, Toxicities, Keri C. Hornbuckle and Larry Robertson
Inadvertent polychlorinated biphenyls in commercial paint pigments, Dingfei Hu and Keri C. Hornbuckle
Atmospheric PCB congeners across Chicago, Dingfei Hu, Hans-Joachim Lehmler, Andres Martinez, and Kai Wang
Human-Impacted Water Resources: Domain Stratification and Mapping To Determine Hydrologically Similar Units, K. Hutchinson, D. A. Haynes, and Jerald L. Schnoor
Time course of congener uptake and elimination in rats after short-term inhalation exposure to an airborne polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) mixture, X. Hu, A. Adamcakova-Dodd, H. J. Lehmler, and D. Hu
Time course of congener uptake and elimination in rats after short-term inhalation exposure to an airborne polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) mixture, Xin Hu, Andrea Adamcakova-Dodd, Hans-Joachim Lehmler, and Dingfei Hu
Cooling output optimization of an air handling unit, Andrew Kusiak and Mingyang Li
Reheat optimization of the variable-air-volume box, Andrew Kusiak and Mingyang Li
Modeling and optimization of HVAC energy consumption, Andrew Kusiak, Mingyang Li, and Fan Tang
A data-driven approach for steam load prediction in buildings, Andrew Kusiak, Mingyang Li, and Zijun Zhang
Virtual models of indoor-air-quality sensors, Andrew Kusiak, Mingyang Li, and Haiyang Zheng
Estimation of wind speed: A data-driven approach, Andrew Kusiak and Wenyan Li
Short-term prediction of wind power with a clustering approach, Andrew Kusiak and Wenyan Li
Virtual models for prediction of wind turbine parameters, Andrew Kusiak and Wenyan Li
Dynamic control of wind turbines, Andrew Kusiak, Wenyan Li, and Zhe Song
Design of wind farm layout for maximum wind energy capture, Andrew Kusiak and Zhe Song
Analysis of wind turbine vibrations based on SCADA data, Andrew Kusiak and Zijun Zhang
Short-horizon prediction of wind power: A data-driven approach, Andrew Kusiak and Zijun Zhang
Optimization of wind turbine performance with data-driven models, Andrew Kusiak, Zijun Zhang, and Mingyang Li
Optimization of wind turbine energy and power factor with an evolutionary computation algorithm, Andrew Kusiak and Haiyang Zheng
Power optimization of wind turbines with data mining and evolutionary computation, Andrew Kusiak, Haiyang Zheng, and Zhe Song
Uses and Biases of Volunteer Water Quality Data, J. V. Loperfido, P. Beyer, C. L. Just, and Jerald L. Schnoor
In situ sensing to understand diel turbidity cycles, suspended solids, and nutrient transport in Clear Creek, Iowa, J. V. Loperfido, C. L. Just, A. N. Papanicolaou, and Jerald L. Schnoor
Development of a Monolithic Active Pixel Sensor Using SOI Technology With a Thick Device Layer, J. Marczewski, P. Grabiec, K. Kucharski, and D. Tomaszewski
Polychlorinated biphenyls in the surficial sediment of Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal, Lake Michigan, Andres Martinez, Karin Norstrom, Kai Wang, and Keri C. Hornbuckle
Fate of PCB congeners in an industrial harbor of lake Michigan, Andres Martinez, Kai Wang, and Keri C. Hornbuckle
Spatial and temporal variations of persistent organic pollutants impacted by episodic sediment resuspension in southern Lake Michigan, Sondra M. M. Miller and Keri C. Hornbuckle
High-frequency monitoring for the identification of hydrological and bio-geochemical processes in a Mediterranean river basin, D. Moraetis, D. Efstathiou, F. Stamati, and O. Tzoraki
Geochemical and mineralogical evidence for Sahara and Sahel dust additions to Quaternary soils on Lanzarote, eastern Canary Islands, Spain; Quaternary landscape response to climate change, Daniel R. Muhs, James Budahn, Gary Skipp, and Joseph M. Prospero
External exposure and bioaccumulation of PCBs in humans living in a contaminated urban environment, Karin Norstrom, Gertje Czub, Michael S. McLachlan, and Dingfei Hu
External exposure and bioaccumulation of PCBs in humans living in a contaminated urban environment, K. Norstrom, G. Czub, M. S. McLachlan, and D. Hu
Passive airborne dust sampling with the electrostatic dustfall collector: optimization of storage and extraction procedures for endotoxin and glucan measurement, I. Noss, G. Doekes, I. Sander, and D. J. Heederik
beta-(1,3)-Glucan exposure assessment by passive airborne dust sampling and new sensitive immunoassays, I. Noss, I. M. Wouters, G. Bezemer, and N. Metwali
Spatial distribution of airborne polychlorinated biphenyls in Cleveland, Ohio and Chicago, Illinois, Carolyn Persoon, Thomas M. Peters, Naresh Kumar, and Keri C. Hornbuckle
Fore-arc basalts and subduction initiation in the Izu-Bonin-Mariana system, Mark K. Reagan, Osamu Ishizuka, Robert J. Stern, and Katherine A. Kelley
Water Sustainability in a Changing World, Jerald Schnoor
Water Sustainability Initiative, Jerry Schnoor
Airborne endotoxin concentrations in homes burning biomass fuel, S. Semple, D. Devakumar, D. G. Fullerton, and Peter S. Thorne
Relabeling algorithm for retrieval of noisy instances and improving prediction quality, Shital Shah and Andrew Kusiak
Mining Pareto-optimal modules for delayed product differentiation, Zhe Song and Andrew Kusiak
Multiobjective optimization of temporal processes, Zhe Song and Andrew Kusiak
Agent-based Modeling of Animal Movement: A Review, Wenwu Tang and David A. Bennett
The Explicit Representation of Context in Agent-Based Models of Complex Adaptive Spatial Systems, Wenwu Tang and David A. Bennett
In Vitro Dynamic Exposure Model For Air Delivery Of Nanomaterials To Cells, Peter S. Thorne, Jong Sung Kim, Andrea Adamcakova-Dodd, and Thomas M. Peters
Evaluation of the Limulus amebocyte lysate and recombinant factor C assays for assessment of airborne endotoxin, Peter S. Thorne, S. S. Perry, R. Saito, and P. T. O'Shaughnessy
Airborne Endotoxin Concentrations in Homes Burning Biomass Fuel., Peter S. Thorne, Sean Semple, Delan Devakumar, Duncan G. Fullerton, Nervana Metwali, Anthony Costello, Stephen B. Gordon, Dharma S. Manandhar, and Jon G. Ayres
An integrated model of environmental factors in adult asthma lung function and disease severity: a cross-sectional study, L. Trupin, J. R. Balmes, H. Chen, and M. D. Eisner
Holocene vegetation changes along the southeastern coast of the Argentinean Pampa grasslands in relation to sea-level fluctuations and climatic variability; palynological analysis of alluvial sequences from Arroyo Claromeco, Isabel Vilanova; Aldo R. Prieto; Silvina Stutz; and E. Arthur,III Bettis
2010 2nd International Conference on Information Technology Convergence and Services, ITCS 2010: Message from the general chairs, Sang-Soo Yeo, Andrew Kusiak, and Alan Chin-Chen Chang
Identification of hydroxylated metabolites of 3,3 ',4,4 '-tetrachlorobiphenyl and metabolic pathway in whole poplar plants, G. S. Zhai, F. J. Lehmler, and jerald L. Schnoor
Hydroxylated Metabolites of 4-Monochlorobiphenyl and Its Metabolic Pathway in Whole Poplar Plants, G. S. Zhai, H. J. Lehmler, and Jerald L. Schnoor
Development of a synthetic PCB mixture resembling the average polychlorinated biphenyl profile in Chicago air, H. X. Zhao, A. Adamcakova-Dodd, D. Hu, and Keri C. Hornbuckle
Submissions from 2009
Mid-Wisconsinan environments on the eastern Great Plains, R. G. Baker, E.Arthur Bettis III, R. D. Mandel, and J. A. Dorale
Linear Vegetation Patterns in Subalpine Forests; Papers from the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers - 2009, Matthew Bekker and George P. Malanson
Modeling feedback effects on linear patterns of subalpine forest advancement, M. F. Bekker and George P. Malanson
Capturing complexity in geospatial land-use systems: A provenance-aware approach, David A. Bennett and W. Tang