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Submissions from 2009
Parallel Agent-based Modelling of Land-Use Opinion Dynamics Using Graphics Processing Units, David A. Bennett and W. Tang
Way out of Africa: Early Pleistocene paleoenvironments inhabited by Homo erectus in Sangiran, Java, E. Arthur Bettis III, Adrianne R. Milius, Scott J. Carpenter, and Roy Larick
Testing for kinetic fractionation of soil organic carbon within Holocene soils; Geological Society of America, 2009 annual meeting, Jessica L. Bruse and E. Arthur,III Bettis
Searching for new morphological characters in the systematics of scleractinian reef corals: comparison of septal teeth and granules between Atlantic and Pacific Mussidae, Ann F. Budd and Jaros?aw Stolarski
Geomorphic patterns and processes at alpine tree line, David Butler, George P. Malanson, Lynn Resler, and Stephen Walsh
An art practice sustained, Courtney Paige Davids Cable
Aquinas on the emotions : a religious-ethical inquiry / Diana Fritz Cates, Diana Fritz Cates
Role of Suberin, Suberan, and Hemicellulose in Phenanthrene Sorption by Root Tissue Fractions of Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) Seedlings, B. L. Chen and Jerald L. Schnoor
Asian Homo erectus converges in time, Russell A. Ciochon and E. Arthur,III Bettis
Preface eKNOW 2009, Kemal Delic, Petre Dini, Andrew Kusiak, and Sang-Goo Lee
An Endangered River Runs Through Us, Barbara J. Eckstein
Comparison of Long-Term Observed Sediment Trap Efficiency with Empirical Equations for Coralville Reservoir, Iowa, C. O. Espinosa-Villegas and Jerald L. Schnoor
The nature of the beast: hatred in cross-traditional religious and philosophical perspective, Joel Gereboff, Keith Green, Diana Fritz Cates, and Maria Heim
6 Pay and Performance: Individuals, Groups, and Executives, Barry Gerhart, Sara L. Rynes, and Ingrid Smithey Fulmer
Precipitation and Temperature Estimation Error at Alpine Treeline Ecotones Using the Mountain Climate Simulator Model (MT-CLIM), Darren Grafius and George P. Malanson
Landscape response to Holocene bioclimatic change recorded in the alluvial stratigraphy of the Little Osage River valley, southeastern Kansas; Geological Society of America, 2009 annual meeting, Adel A. Haj, Rolfe D. Mandel, and E. Arthur Bettis
Discovery of Non-Aroclor PCB (3,3 '-Dichlorobiphenyl) in Chicago Air (vol 42, pg 7873, 2008), Dingfei Hu, Andres Martinez, and Keri C. Hornbuckle
Gas transport model for the magmatic system at Mount Pinatubo, Philippines; insights from ( (super 210) Pb)/( (super 226) Ra), Teresa M. Kayzar, Kari M. Cooper, Mark K. Reagan, and Adam J. Kent
Analysis of Association Constant for Ground-State Dye-Electron Acceptor Complex of Photoinitiator Systems and the Association Constant Effect on the Kinetics of Visible-Light-Induced Polymerizations, Dongkwan Kim, Alec B. Scranton, and Jeffrey W. Stansbury
Effect of the Electron Donor Structure on the Shelf-Lifetime of Visible-Light Activated Three-Component Initiator Systems, Dongkwan Kim, Alec B. Scranton, and Jeffrey W. Stansbury
Innovative application of fluoro tagging to trace airborne particulate and gas-phase polybrominated diphenyl ether exposures, J. Klosener, T. M. Peters, A. Adamcakova-Dodd, and L. M. Teesch
Early-life co-administration of cockroach allergen and endotoxin augments pulmonary and systemic responses, K. Kulhankova, C. L. George, J. N. Kline, and J. M. Snyder
Innovation: A data-driven approach, Andrew Kusiak
Optimal decision making in ventilation control, Andrew Kusiak and Mingyang Li
Sensor fault detection in power plants, Andrew Kusiak and Zhe Song
Anticipatory control of wind turbines with data-driven predictive models, Andrew Kusiak, Zhe Song, and Haiyang Zheng
Models for monitoring wind farm power, Andrew Kusiak, Haiyang Zheng, and Zhe Song
On-line monitoring of power curves, Andrew Kusiak, Haiyang Zheng, and Zhe Song
Short-term prediction of wind farm power: A data mining approach, Andrew Kusiak, Haiyang Zheng, and Zhe Song
Wind farm power prediction: a data-mining approach, Andrew Kusiak, Haiyang Zheng, and Zhe Song
Water Sustainapalooza, Marc Linderman
In Vivo Biotransformation of 3,3 ',4,4 '-Tetrachlorobiphenyl by Whole Plants-Poplars and Switchgrass, J. Y. Liu, D. F. Hu, G. B. Jiang, and Jerald L. Schnoor
High-Frequency Diel Dissolved Oxygen Stream Data Modeled for Variable Temperature and Scale, J. V. Loperfido, C. L. Just, and Jerald L. Schnoor
Enhanced Sensitivity Assay for Assessment of Exposures to Airborne Mouse Allergens., N. Metwali, K. A. Pacheco, K. Goelz, and M. VanDyke
Comparison of ELISA and Fluorescent Multiplex Array Methods for Analysis of Household Allergens., N. Metwali and Peter S. Thorne
Levels of Fungal Glucan and Household Allergens in Homes of Rural Asthmatic Children., N. Metwali, Y. Zhang, E. A. Chrischilles, and Peter S. Thorne
Modulation of reactive oxygen species by Rac1 or catalase prevents asbestos-induced pulmonary fibrosis, S. Murthy, A. Adamcakova-Dodd, S. S. Perry, and L. A. Tephly
The effect of low-cost modification of the home environment on the development of respiratory symptoms in the first year of life, V. Persky, J. Piorkowski, E. Hernandez, and N. Chavez
Calculation of passive sampling rates from both native PCBs and depuration compounds in indoor and outdoor environments, Carolyn Persoon and Keri C. Hornbuckle
Field and wind tunnel comparison of four aerosol samplers using agricultural dusts, S. J. Reynolds, J. Nakatsu, M. Tillery, and T. Keefe
Vertical distribution of total carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus in riparian soils of Walnut Creek, southern Iowa, Keith E. Schilling, Jason A. Palmer, E. Arthur Bettis III, and Peter Jacobson
Soils and pedogenesis at alpine tree line, Ginger Schmid, David Butler, George Malanson, and Lynn Resler
Reproduction of Amorpha canescens (Fabaceae) and Diversity of Its Bee Community in a Fragmented Landscape, Malinda W. Slagle and Stephen D. Hendrix
Optimization of temporal processes: A model predictive control approach, Zhe Song and Andrew Kusiak
Optimising product configurations with a data-mining approach, Z. Song and Andrew Kusiak
Parallel implementation of a spatially-explicit agent-based model for rangeland management, W. Tang and David A. Bennett
A context-driven representation for spatiotemporally-explicit agent-based models, Wenwu Tang and David A. Bennett
Simulated village locations in Thailand: a multi-scale model including a neural network approach, Wenwu Tang, George P. Malanson, and Barbara Entwisle
Concentrations of bioaerosols, odors, and hydrogen sulfide inside and downwind from two types of swine livestock operations, Peter S. Thorne, A. C. Ansley, and S. S. Perry
Predictors of Endotoxin Concentration and Load in U.S. Housing., Peter S. Thorne, R. D. Cohn, D. Mav, and S. J. Arbes
Predictors of endotoxin levels in U.S. housing, Peter S. Thorne, R. D. Cohn, D. Mav, and S. J. Arbes
Allergenicity resulting from functional mimicry of a Toll-like receptor complex protein, A. Trompette, S. Divanovic, A. Visintin, and C. Blanchard
Mirror-image fossils reveal colony form of extinct Cura double dagger ao Isopora, C. C. Wallace and Ann F. Budd
Synthetic musk fragrances in a conventional drinking water treatment plant with lime softening, William D. Wombacher and Keri C. Hornbuckle
Modeling impacts of erosion and deposition on soil organic carbon in the Big Creek Basin of southern Illinois, Vineet Yadav and George P. Malanson
Modeling watershed-scale sequestration of soil organic carbon for carbon credit programs, Vineet Yadav, George P. Malanson, Elias Bekele, and Christopher Lant
Prediction of wind farm power ramp rates: A data-mining approach, Haiyang Zheng and Andrew Kusiak
Submissions from 2008
Isotopic evidence for the diversity of late Quaternary loess in Nebraska; glaciogenic and nonglaciogenic sources, John N. Aleinikoff; Daniel R. Muhs; E. Arthur,III Bettis; and William C. Johnson
Linear forest patterns in subalpine environments, Matthew F. Bekker and George P. Malanson
Evolutionary Algorithms., David A. Bennett
Coupled and complex: Human-environment interaction in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, USA, David A. Bennett and David McGinnis
Landscape evolution, alluvial architecture, environmental history, and the archaeological record of the Upper Mississippi River valley; The 39th annual Binghamton geomorphology symposium; fluvial deposits and environmental history; geoarchaeology, paleohydrology, and adjustment to environmental change, E. Arthur,III Bettis; David W. Benn; and Edwin R. Hajic
Landscape and landform-scale vegetation patterns reconstructed from carbon isotope studies of paleosol organic matter; Geological Society of America, 2008 annual meeting, E. Arthur,III Bettis and Adel E. Haj
Expression of glutathione S-transferases in poplar trees (Populus trichocarpa) exposed to 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT), L. B. Brentner, S. T. Mukherji, K. M. Merchie, and J. M. Yoon
Pre-competitive geoscience for geothermal exploration and development in Australia; Geoscience Australia's Onshore Energy Security Program and the Geothermal Energy Project, Ann F. Budd, F. L. Holgate, E. Gerner, and B. F. F. Ayling
First Record of the Indo-Pacific Reef Coral Genus Isopora in the Caribbean Region: Two New Species from the Neogene of Curacao, Netherlands Antilles, Ann F. Budd and Carden C. Wallace
Photosynthetic Control of Atmospheric Carbonyl Sulfide During the Growing Season, J. E. Campbell, G. R. Carmichael, T. Chai, and M. Mena-Carrasco
Comparison of regression coefficient and GIS-based methodologies for regional estimates of forest soil carbon stocks, J. E. Campbell, J. C. Moen, R. A. Ney, and Jerald L. Schnoor
Role of the extractable lipids and polymeric lipids in sorption of organic contaminants onto plant Cuticles, B. L. Chen, Y. G. Li, Y. T. Gu, and L. Z. Zhu
Butterfly, bee and forb community composition and cross-taxon incongruence in tallgrass prairie fragments, Jessica Davis, Stephen Hendrix, Diane Debinski, and Chiara Hemsley
Caribbean chronostratigraphy refined with U-Pb dating of a Miocene coral, Rhawn F. Denniston, Yemane Asmerom, Victor Y. Polyalk, and Donald F. McNeill
Specters of the City, Barbara J. Eckstein
An agent-based model of household dynamics and land use change, Barbara Entwisle, George P. Malanson, Ronald Rindfuss, and Srephen J. Walsh
Village settlement, deforestation, and the expansion of agriculture in a frontier region: Nang Rong, Thailand, B. Entwisle, J. Edmeades, and George Malanson
Cationic photopolymerizations of thick polymer systems: Active center lifetime and mobility, Beth A. Ficek, Amber M. Thiesen, and Alec B. Scranton
Microtox (R) toxicity test: Detoxification of TNT and RDX contaminated solutions by poplar tissue cultures, B. R. Flokstra, B. Van Aken, and Jerald L. Schnoor
Mitochondrial and Nuclear Genes Suggest that Stony Corals Are Monophyletic but Most Families of Stony Corals Are Not (Order Scleractinia, Class Anthozoa, Phylum Cnidaria), Hironobu Fukami, Chaolun Allen Chen, Ann F. Budd, and Allen Collins
MD-2-dependent pulmonary immune responses to inhaled lipooligosaccharides: effect of acylation state, S. Hadina, J. P. Weiss, P. B. McCray, and K. Kulhankova
Bubble entrainment and distribution in a model spillway with application to total dissolved gas minimization, Shae S. Hoschek, Pablo M. Carrica, and Larry J. Weber
Deciphering complex soil/site formation in sands, D. L. Johnson, D. N. Johnson, D. W. Benn, and E. A. Bettis III
The Impact of Fossils from the Northern Dominican Republic on Origination Estimates for Miocene and Pliocene Caribbean Reef Corals, Kenneth G. Johnson, Ann F. Budd, James S. Klaus, and Donald F. McNeill
Dose-dependent enantiomeric enrichment of 2,2,3,3,6,6- hexachlorobiphenyl in female mice, Izabela Kania-Korwel, Keri C. Hornbuckle, Larry W. Robertson, and Hans-Joachim Lehmler
Enantiomeric enrichment of 2,2 ',3,3 ',6,6 '-hexachlorobiphenyl (PCB 136) in mice after induction of CYP enzymes, Izabela Kania-Korwel, Wei Xie, Keri C. Hornbuckle, and Larry W. Robertson
Simultaneous extraction and clean-up of polychlorinated biphenyls and their metabolites from small tissue samples using pressurized liquid extraction, Izabela Kania-Korwel, Hongxia Zhao, Karin Norstrom, and Xueshu Li
Spatial and temporal evolution of the photoinitiation rate for thick polymer systems illuminated by polychromatic light: selection of efficient photoinitiators for LED or mercury lamps, Nicole S. Kenning, Beth A. Ficek, Cindy C. Hoppe, and Alec B. Scranton
Clustering-based performance optimization of the boiler-turbine system, Andrew Kusiak and Zhe Song
Data mining for prediction of wind farm power ramp rates, Andrew Kusiak and Haiyang Zheng
Diversity and abundance of bees (Hymenoptera: Apiformes) in native and ruderal grasslands of agriculturally dominated landscapes, Kyle Skyle S. Kwaiser and Stephen D. Hendrix
Application of a Nonhydrostatic Model to Flow in a Free Surface Fish Passage Facility, Haegyun Lee
Uptake and translocation of lesser-chlorinated polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in whole hybrid poplar plants after hydroponic exposure, J. Y. Liu and Jerald L. Schnoor
Late Neogene planktonic foraminifera of the Cibao Valley (northern Dominican Republic): Biostratigraphy and paleoceanography, B. D. Lutz, S. E. Ishman, D. F. McNeill, and J. Klaus
Numerical investigation of flow hydrodynamics in a channel with a series of groynes, Andrew McCoy, George Constantinescu, and Larry Weber
Context-driven routing as an open service, J. Mount, David A. Bennett, and Marc Armstrong
Erratum; Origin and paleoclimatic significance of late Quaternary loess in Nebraska; glaciogenic and nonglaciogenic sources, Daniel R. Muhs; E. Arthur,III Bettis; John N. N. Aleinikoff; and John McGeehin
Origin and paleoclimatic significance of late Quaternary loess in Nebraska; evidence from stratigraphy, chronology, sedimentology, and geochemistry, Daniel R. Muhs; E. Arthur,III Bettis; John N. N. Aleinikoff; and John McGeehin
New isotopic evidence from zircons and k-feldspars for the sources of upper Mississippi River valley loess during the last glacial period; Geological Society of America, 2008 annual meeting, Daniel R. Muhs, Kathleen R. Simmons, E. Arthur Bettis, and John N. Aleinikoff
Evaluation of a low-cost electrostatic dust fall collector for indoor air endotoxin exposure assessment, I. Noss, I. M. Wouters, M. Visser, and D. J. Heederik
Morphology and ecological zonation of Caribbean reef corals: the Montastraea 'annularis' species complex, John M. Pandolfi and Ann F. Budd
Case studies, cross-site comparisons, and the challenge of generalization: comparing agent-based models of land-use change in frontier regions, Dawn C. Parker, Barbara Entwisle, Ronald Rindfuss, and Leah K. Vanwey
A numerical study of the temperature dynamics at McNary Dam, Marcela Politano, MD M. Haque, and Larry J. Weber