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Does precipitation fall preferentially over dry (or wet) soils?
(2013-10-03)
Previous work suggests precipitation is more likely to fall over dry soils than wet soils. The limited knowledge of the association between surface moisture content and convective activity raises many questions about whether ...
Simulated Galactic Cosmic Radiation Exposure Impairs Mouse Vertebral Bone Adaptations to Exercise During Recovery from Partial Weightbearing
(2013-02-04)
Partial weightbearing that simulates Lunar gravity (one-sixth of Earth’s gravitational force) results in a loss of bone volume. High-energy radiation like that found in galactic cosmic radiation exposure also negatively ...
From the Land of Genesis
(2013-02-14)
The narrative of the Combat veteran from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars over the past decade has been largely obscured. This is in part due to lack of media attention and partly to a nation-wide numbness to the prolonged ...
Self-Similar Radiation-Hydrodynamics Solutions in the Equilibrium Diffusion Limit
(2013-01-31)
This work presents semi-analytical solutions to a radiation-hydrodynamics problems of a radiation source driving an initially cold medium. Our solutions are in the equilibrium diffusion limit, include material motion and ...
Proteases Potentiate Fibrocyte Differentiation
(2013-09-27)
45% of deaths in the United States involve fibrosing diseases and the treatment of non-healing chronic wounds costs more than $25 billion annually in the United States alone. Scar tissue formation plays a critical role in ...
Evaluation of Cell Culture Exercise Protocols using a Mechanical Stretch System for Analysis of DEPTOR Expression
(2013-02-04)
The generation and maintenance of muscle mass is a subject of interest across many scientific fields, including cancer, diabetes, and exercise physiology. Protein synthesis is a key step in the development and maintenance ...
Improved Connected-Component Expansion Strategies for Sampling-Based Motion Planning
(2013-04-13)
Motion planning is the problem of computing valid paths through an environment. Since computing exact solutions is intractable, sampling-based algorithms, such as Probabilistic RoadMaps (PRMs), have gained popularity. PRMs ...
Knowledge of Beachgoers to the Presence of and Threats to Sea Turtles in the Gulf of Mexico; Results of a Survey of Visitors to Galveston Island, Texas
(2013-02-04)
The Gulf of Mexico (GOM) is home to five of seven extant species of sea turtles: Lepidochelys kempii (Kemp’s ridley), Chelonia mydas (green turtle), Caretta caretta (loggerhead), Eretmochelys imbricata (hawksbill), and ...
Effects of Co-contaminants on Biodegradation of 1,4-Dioxane
(2013-02-01)
1,4-Dioxane is a commonly used industrial solvent stabilizer, a groundwater contaminant, and a probable human carcinogen. Due to its chemical and physical properties, treatment of 1,4-dioxane-contaminated groundwater is ...
Designing and Expressing a Recombinant Tick Saliva Chimera
(2013-02-04)
When ticks feed, they inject numerous proteins into the host that modulate the host’s defense mechanism to tick feeding activity. When animals are repeatedly infested with ticks, they develop an immune response to tick ...