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C.O.A.L.1: a dynamic model for the analysis of United States energy policy.
Energy policy -- United States -- Mathematical models.
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Determining anthropogenic and natural controls on the global mercury cycle using lake sediment and ice cores ; by Samuel Adams Beal Jr.
While anthropogenic emissions of the toxic element mercury (Hg) to the atmosphere are currently rising, major uncertainties remain in determining the relative impacts of anthropogenic activity and natural processes on the global Hg cycle. In this...
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Reactor design considerations for the conversion of particulate biomass to ethanol.
Bioreactors -- Design and construction. Alcohol as fuel. Biomass energy.
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Serpentine/chlorite and illite/smectite in the Tuscaloosa formation: origins, chemistry, mineralogic structures, and oxygen isotope compositions.
Silicate minerals -- Louisiana. Silicate minerals -- Mississippi. Formations (Geology) -- Louisiana. Formations (Geology) -- Mississippi.
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Surface temperature at the contact interface of sliding systems.
Tribology. Temperature measurements.
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The chemistry of clay minerals associated with evaporites in New York and Utah.
Clay minerals -- Composition. Chlorites. Evaporites -- New York (State). Evaporites -- Utah.
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Quantitative analysis of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in airborne particulates: Semiquantitative determination of organic material in woodsmoke.
Hydrocarbons -- Analysis. Smoke -- Analysis.
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Solution chemistry of a New Hampshire subalpine ecosystem.
Forest ecology -- New Hampshire. Solution (Chemistry).
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Detection of hydrocarbons and hydrocarbon microseepage in the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming using isotopic, biogeochemical, and spectral reflectance techniques.
Hydrocarbons -- Secretion. Petroleum -- Geology -- Bighorn Basin (Mont. and Wyo.). Natural gas -- Geology -- Bighorn Basin (Mont. and Wyo.). Isotope geology -- Bighorn Basin (Mont. and Wyo.). Sagebrush -- Bighorn Basin (Mont. and Wyo.) -- Analysis....
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Stratigraphy, structure, and petrology of the Peterborough 15-minute quadrangle, New Hampshire; and Part II. Graphite textural and isotopic variations in plutonic rocks, south-central New Hampshire.
Geology -- New Hampshire -- Peterborough Quadrangle. Geology Stratigraphic. Geology.
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An EPR spectroscopic investigation of paramagnetic organometallic complexes.
Organometallic compounds. ; Paramagnetism. ; Electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy.
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Novel syntheses of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.
Aromatic compounds. ; Polycyclic compounds. ; Diels-Alder reaction.
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Effects of foliage structure on the foraging behavior of insectivorous forest birds.
Wood warblers -- Food. ; Wood warblers -- Behavior. Leaves. ; Forest ecology.
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Structural and compositional aspects of low-grade metamorphic chlorite.
Chlorites. Metamorphism (Geology). ; Clay -- Analysis -- Maine. ; Clay -- Analysis -- Pennsylvania.
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The role of government in encouraging the market penetration of newly-emerging energy technologies: a parabolic trough case study.
Solar energy industries -- United States.; Solar collectors -- United States. ; Subsidies -- United States.
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The Plio-Pleistocene structural and stratigraphic evolution of the Eastern Potwar Plateau, Pakistan
Geology, Stratigraphic -- Pliocene. ; Geology, Stratigraphic -- Pleistocene. ; Geology -- Pakistan -- Eastern Potwar Plateau
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Anthropogenic changes to mercury and lead biogeochemistry in forest soils across the Northeastern United States / by Justin Byron Richardson
Understanding mercury (Hg) and lead (Pb) accumulation and retention in forest soils is needed to reduce their negative impacts on human and wildlife health. In addition, mercury and lead can be used to characterize the role of soil in terrestrial...
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The consequences of land-use on subsidies of stream insects to terrestrial consumers / by Ramsa Chaves-Ulloa
The image of a child standing at the side of a creek and skipping stones across it exemplifies how we tend to mentally separate aquatic habitats from dry land. But there is a constant exchange of materials from land to streams, and vice-versa....
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Methods for rapid EEG-based mapping of human brain functions.
Electroencephalography. ; Brain mapping -- Methodology. ; Evoked potentials (Electrophysiology).
Brain mapping via EEG activation is a useful tool of basic neuroscience, and has wide clinical applications as well. The mapping is achieved by means of Event Related Potentials (ERPs), task-related changes in EEG time series. The methodology of...
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Clay mineralogy and geochemistry of soils and sediments with perma frost in interior Alaska.
Clay minerals -- Alaska. ; Soils -- Alaska. ; Frozen ground -- Alaska.
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Mechanisms for the regulation of fibrinolysis and cytokine expression by nickel.
Pulmonary fibrosis -- Pathophysiology. ; Fibrinolysis --Genetic aspects. ; Cytokines. ; Immune response -- Regulation. ; Nickel -- Toxicology. ; Lungs -- Dust diseases.
Human epidemiological and animal studies have associated inhalation of nickel dusts with increased incidence of pulmonary fibrosis. The current studies examined the hypothesis that nickel promotes pulmonary fibrosis by inhibiting fibrinolysis and...
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Novel synthetic approaches to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons -- Synthesis.
This research attempts to combine known methodology with new chemistry towards the preparation of extended polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH). The generation and Diels-Alder trapping of 1,7- and 2,6-naphthalene bisarynes was attempted for the...
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Nitrogen enrichment and the structure and function of ectomycorrhizal communities.
Ectomycorrhizas -- Ecology. ; Ectomycorrhizas -- Physiology. ; Ectomycorrhizal fungi -- Ecology. ; Ectomycorrhizal fungi -- Physiology. ; Fungal communities. ; Plants -- Effect of nitrogen on. ; Plant-fungus relationships. ; Paper birch. ; Forest...
The ectomycorrhizal symbiosis between temperate forest trees and some soil fungi is an adaptation to resource limitations of both symbionts. Nitrogen enrichment of historically N-limited forest ecosystems may change this symbiosis through direct...
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Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging with high gradient fields.
Magnetic resonance imaging. ; Nuclear magnetic resonance.
Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) provides unique contrast reflecting the translational motion of water in its microscopic environment. This imaging modality has been shown to highlight infarcted regions within minutes after an...
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Residential indoor and outdoor air pollution.
Air -- Pollution. ; Indoor air pollution. ; Air -- Pollution -- Measurement.
The polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) content of ambient air at several locations is described. The indoor sites examined included those having woodstoves, fireplaces, and kerosene heaters as supplements to oil heat, as well as one test home...
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Northeastern Venezuela''s Jurassic through Eocene passive margin, Hispaniola''s Neogene Cibao Basin, and their histories and causes of evolution.
Geology -- Venezuela. ; Geology -- Dominican Republic -- Cibao Basin. ; Geology Structural -- Venezuela. ; Geology.
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Cellulose hydrolysis and fermentation by Clostridium thermocellum for the production of ethanol.
Clostridium -- Biotechnology. ; Cellulose. ; Hydrolysis. ; Fermentation. ; Alcohol -- Synthesis.
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Hydrothermal pretreatment of cellulosic biomass for bioconversion to ethanol.
Alcohol as fuel. ; Cellulose -- Biotechnology. ; Hot water. ; Steam. ; Biomass energy.
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Fragmentation of hemicellulose during pretreatment: the predicted effect of sulfuric acid on sugar release selectivity.
Hemicellulose -- Biodegradation. Lignin -- Biodegradation. Biomass chemicals. Sulfuric acid. Hydrolysis.
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Burial and contact metamorphism in the Mancos shale.
Shale -- Rocky Mountains. ; Metamorphism (Geology).
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Development and quantification of a 3D brain deformation model for model-updated image-guided stereotactic neurosurgery.
Three-dimensional imaging in medicine -- Mathematical models. ; Stereoencephalotomy.
In the past, clinicians skilled at image-guided neurosurgery have relied solely on pre-operative scans for their navigational information. Often in the course of surgery, tissue is purposely retracted/resected or inadvertently moved resulting in a...
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Topographic correction of satellite images: theory and application.
Earth sciences -- Remote sensing -- Data processing. ; Remote sensing -- Mathematical models. ; Forests and forestry -- Remote sensing. ; Spectral reflectance. ; Landsat satellites. ; Remote-sensing images -- New Hampshire -- Coos County.
Steep terrain produces a topographic effect in digital satellite data that can make it difficult to distinguish changes in vegetation species or health from changes in illumination geometry. A multiple linear regression analysis of direct solar...
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Stable isotope paleoclimate studies in the western Basin and Range and greater Yellowstone Region.
Orogeny -- Sierra Nevada (California and Nevada). ; Paleoclimatology -- Sierra Nevada (California and Nevada). ; Paleoclimatology -- Montana. ; Paleoclimatology -- Holocene. ; Metamorphism (Geology) -- Pakistan -- Nanga Parbat.
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Causes and consequences of individual variation in reproductive output in a forest-dwelling neotropical migrant songbird.
Black-throated blue warbler -- Fertility. ; Black-throated blue warbler -- Reproduction. ; Black-throated blue warbler -- Behavior. ; Black-throated blue warbler -- Food. ; Black-throated blue warbler -- New Hampshire -- West Thornton. ; Parental...
Populations are, by definition, a collection of individuals, so the mechanisms of population change often occur at the level of the individual. The goal of this research was to examine how variability in the behavior of individual females...
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Room-temperature mechanical properties of FeAl and NiAl.
Iron-aluminum alloys -- Mechanical properties. ; Nickel-aluminum alloys -- Mechanical properties.
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The mechanical properties and strain-induced ferromagnetism in B2-structured FeAl single crystals.
Iron-aluminum alloys -- Testing. ; Iron-aluminum alloys -- Mechanical properties. ; Ferromagnetism. ; Strains and stresses.
An investigation of the mechanical properties of Fe-Al single crystals by tensile testing both at different strain rates (10 -7 s -1 to 1 s -1 ) and in different environments (air, vacuum, or oxygen), showed that moisture-produced hydrogen in Fe-Al...
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Late mesozoic and cenozoic tectonics.
Geology Stratigraphic -- Mesozoic. ; Geology Stratigraphic -- Cenozoic. ; Geology -- Alaska.
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Nucleophilic addition to electron deficient indoles and the synthesis of fused heterocyclic ring systems.
Indole -- Synthesis. ; Heterocyclic compounds -- Synthesis.
The chemistry of indole can be reversed and redirected by the addition of powerful electron-withdrawing groups. Incorporation of a nitro group at C-2 or C-3 renders the adjacent carbon susceptible to nucleophilic attack. Nitro, cyano, and...
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Effects of selenium deficiency on deiodinase expression and thyroid hormone economy in the rat during development.
Thyroid hormones -- Physiological effect. ; Selenium -- Physiological effect. ; Thyroid hormones -- Synthesis.
The iodothyronine deiodinases, D1, D2, and D3, play a crucial role in determining the circulating and intracellular levels of active and inactive thyroid hormone (TH), and thus have a major effect on TH action during development and adulthood. The...
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Structural, stratigraphic, and thermo-chronological evolution of Trinidad.
Geochronometry -- Trinidad and Tobago -- Trinidad. ; Geology Structural -- Trinidad and Tobago -- Trinidad. ; Geology.
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Tectonic evolution of the NW-Himalayan thrust front: the Trans-Indus Ranges, northern Pakistan.
Geology, Structural -- Pakistan -- Trans-Indus Ranges. ; Geology Stratigraphic. ; Paleomagnetism -- Pakistan -- Trans-Indus Ranges. ; Geology -- Pakistan -- Trans-Indus Ranges.
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Sulfate reduction, nutrient limitation, and reactor design considerations in anaerobic digesters.
Anaerobic bacteria -- Industrial applications. ; Sewage sludge digestion. ; Sulfates. ; Autoclaves.
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Synthesis of highly fluorinated bicyclo [2.2.0] hex-2-ene derivatives.
Ketones. ; Fluorocarbons.
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Moisture and temperature effects on the microwave dielectric behavior of soils.
Soils -- Effect of temperature on. ; Soils -- Electric properties. ; Dielectrics. ; Soil moisture -- Measurement.
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Dynamic model of the United States electric utility industry, 1950-2010.
Electric utilities -- United States -- Mathematical models.
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Partial acid hydrolysis pretreatment for enzymatic hydrolysis of cellulose : a process development study for ethanol production.
Cellulose. ; Hydrolysis. ; Refuse as fuel.
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Kinetics of acid hydrolysis of hardwood in a continuous plug flow reactor.
Fluid mechanics. ; Wood. ; Hydrolysis.
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Tracing the retention and redistribution of lead and other atmospheric fallout in soils.
Soils -- Lead content -- New Hampshire. ; Soils -- Lead content -- Vermont. ; Lead -- Environmental aspects -- New Hampshire. ; Lead -- Environmental aspects -- Vermont. ; Atmospheric deposition -- Environmental aspects -- New Hampshire. ; ...
A basic understanding of how atmospherically-derived elements behave in soils is of concern in contaminant transport, nutrient cycling, and carbon sequestration studies. Here, I use stable and radioactive tracers to evaluate the fate of...
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Heterogeneous dissolution fundamentals in water only pretreatment of biomass.
Biomass conversion. Hemicellulose -- Biodegradation. Hydrolysis. Sugar -- Solubility. Xylans -- Solubility.
This thesis characterized the solubilities of sugar monomers and xylooligomers in water and explored the potential role of solubility for pretreatment of cellulosic Biomass by hemicellulose hydrolysis in only water. A novel apparatus was developed...
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