These lecture notes are based on the forthcoming book by Dudoit and van der Laan (2007). Related articles and tech reports may be downloaded from Sandrine Dudoit�s website www.stat.berkeley.edu/~sandrine and Mark van der Laan�s website www.stat.berkeley.edu/~laan.

A comparative study on the properties of L-alanine and LAAN crystals has been made and discussed. It may be concluded that the protonation of the amino group in the L-alanine molecule is the key factor in increasing the relative SHG efficiency of LAAN. The protonation is justified by the crystal structure analysis, FTIR and photoluminescence studies. The ...

Preliminary results of gas emission study in artesian wells of towns and settlements of Laane-Virumaa are presented. Gas emissions are studied in artesian wells drawing water mainly from Cambrian-vendii as well as from Cambrian-ordovician water complexes....

Peeters Z, Hudson R, Moore M, Lewis A. FORMATION AND STABILITY OF CARBONIC ACID ON OUTER SOLAR SYSTEM BODIES . Icarus. 2010;210 (1):480-487. ...

Jun 16, 2011 ... Book review: Peeters, H. 2007. Field guide to owls of California and the West. Journal of Raptor Research. 44(1): 80-81. ...

The NPMLE for Doubly Censored Current Status Data Mark J. van der Laan and Nicholas P. Jewell current status model, also known as interval censored data, case I. Jewell, Malani and Vittinghoff (1994 in epidemiological investigations of the natural history of a disease. Jewell, Malani and Vittinghoff (1994) give two

The structure of the 2:1 amino acid salt L-alanine alaninium nitrate (LAAN) was determined at 90 K by X-ray diffraction. The vibrational spectrum of LAAN was measured at 25 K by inelastic neutron scattering (INS) spectroscopy and simulated using solid-state density functional theory (DFT). In LAAN, a feature observed at approximately ...

... were determined by using a complexing ligand titration with addition of iron (between ... The electrical signal recorded with this method (nA) was converted to a ... Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: Patrick.laan@nioz.nl. Back to Top ...

Record 5 - 10 ... This is based on the level of curvature and interference/geometry of the vehicle on .... technique and the system design will leverage IAI's vast experience in SDR, ...... Sensor for UAV On-Board Video Surveillance of Launch Range ...... The small-sized LAAN hardware and embedded software systems are ...

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The unified web presence for the NASA Astrobiology Program which includes the NASA Astrobiology Institute (NAI), Astrobiology Science and Technology for ...

(ADA501117: (July 2009) DTIC): Doule, Ondrej, and Walter Peeters. "Workforce Policy in the European Sector", Astropolitics, vol. VII, no. 3 (Sept. 2009), p. ...

This response demonstrates that the comment by Peeters et al. contains an incorrect and misleading interpretation of our paper (Hahm et al., Phys. Plasmas 15, 055902 (2008)) regarding the density gradient dependence of momentum pinch and the turbulent equ...

This response demonstrates that the comment by Peeters et al. contains an incorrect and misleading interpretation of our paper [Hahm et al., Phys. Plasmas 15, 055902 (2008)] regarding the density gradient dependence of momentum pinch and the turbulent equipartition (TEP) theory.

) Princeton University Jianqing Fan Princeton University Liza Levina University of Michigan Yijun Zuo Michigan Levina University of Michigan Jun Liu Harvard University Regina Liu Rutgers University Xiaoli Meng Chris Sims 16:30-17:00 Elizaveta Levina Yacine Ait-Sahalia 17:00-17:30 Mark van der Laan Donald Andrews

) The effects of timing and duration of floods on growth of young plants of Phalaris arundinacea L. and Urtica dioica L. an experimental study. Aquatic Botany 48, 21�29. Laan P., Tosserams M., Blom C.W.P.M. & Veen B

a patient's time from blood transfusion to AIDS only if this time is less than the time from transfusion-AIDS (Transfusion related AIDS) dataset (Wang, 1989, G�urler, 1996) recorded age at transfusion and time from transfusion to AIDS. How- ever, only those subjects who had received a diagnosis of AIDS prior to July 1986

Bulk single crystals of l-alanine alaninium nitrate [abbreviated as LAAN], an intriguing material for frequency conversion has been grown from its aqueous solution by both slow solvent evaporation and by slow cooling techniques. The optimized pH value to grow good quality LAAN single crystal was found to be 2.5. The grown crystals were subjected to single ...

(y | do(x)); Pearl 2009), and parameters literally disap- pear from existence, that Marschak's Maxim and counterfactual information that such systems convey (Pearl 2009, pp. 374�380). Targeted learning aims to fill (SCMs) that I intro- duced in Pearl (1995) and then in Chaps. 3 and 7 of my book Causality (Pearl 2009

of Types (rtt) was developed by Bertrand Russell [21, 25] in order to solve the paradoxes that resulted , nevertheless, it is the propo� sitional function that makes it possible to derive the Russell Paradox The Netherlands FAX: +31 40 2463992 laan@win.tue.nl Abstract In Russell's Ramified Theory of Types rtt, two

In Western cultures, male androphiles tend to have greater numbers of older brothers than male gynephiles (i.e., the fraternal birth order effect). In the non-Western nation of Independent Samoa, androphilic males (known locally as fa'afafine) have been shown to have greater numbers of older brothers, older sisters, and younger brothers (Vasey & VanderLaan, 2007). It is ...

Results from model calculations based on Van der Laan's model for a shell expanding in a magnetoionic medium are presented for Loop IV, the Lupus Loop, Monoceros Loop, and Origem Loop. It is indicated that the spatial orientation of the loops contains infor-mation on the direction of the magnetic field of the undisturbed medium outside the shell, B/sub 0/. ...

Simultaneously testing a collection of null hypotheses about a data generating distribution based on a sample of independent and identically distributed observations is a fundamental and important statistical problem involving many applications. Methods based on marginal null distributions (i.e., marginal p-values) are attractive since the marginal p-values can be based on a user supplied choice ...

from the same small set of values (Bancroft et al. 2007). An effect of anthropogenic disturbance: ecological and evolutionary causes and consequences. Ecology 85:2408�2421. Bancroft, B. A., N. J. Baker, New York, USA. Biesmeijer, J. C., S. P. M. Roberts, M. Reemer, R. Oholemuller, M. Edwards, T. Peeters

7 The PAH emission spectra of Large Magellanic Cloud H II regions Based on : R. Vermeij, E. Peeters the spectra, emission bands arising from Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) are clearly present and non-30 Doradus pointings is found. We discuss the variations in the relative strength of the PAH

disk. The spectrum shows emission features from polycyclic aro- matic hydrocarbons (PAHs in the classification scheme of Peeters et al. All seven of the known class C PAH sources are illuminated by radiation fields that are cooler than those which typically excite PAH emission features. The observed wavelength

4800 Christchurch 8013 New Zealand www.epicentre.ac.nz Printed in New Zealand by Microfilm Digital) Synchronous condensers and synchronous generators Peeter Muttik (AREVA) Shunt capacitors Bo Nilsson, Leif Andreasson and Anders Bostrom (ABB) Series capacitors Claus Matthias (SIEMENS) SVCs Narend Reddy (American

-synchronous algorithms such as PSOLA techniques [1]. Various methods have been proposed for the determination] Geoffroy Peeters, "Analyse-Synth`ese des sons musicaux par la m�ethode PSOLA," in Proceedings of the Journ

speckle pattern is formed in the coinci- dence count rate. Two-photon speckle is of great interest of two-photon speckle in the coincidence count rate occurs via quantum interference in the randomly that are corrected for accidental coincidence counts. The generated two-photon field for our source is thor- oughly

gases, such as Rn or CH4 . Especially when sampling volatile species, contact of the sample with air51 Introduction Atmospheric noble gases dissolved in lake water can be viewed as proxies. 1999; Peeters et al. 2000). Thus, the distribution of noble gases in a lake is related to internal

in other insects such as the tsetse fly (Nelson and Carlson, 1986) and the bark beetle Ips lecontei (Page.J. (1997). Cuticular hydrocarbons as chemotaxonomic characters of pine engraver beetles (Ips spp.) in the grandicollis subgeneric group. J. Chem. Ecol., 23, 1053�1099. Peeters, C., Monnin, T. and Malosse, C. (1999

6 Deuterated PAHs in space To appear as : E. Peeters, L.J. Allamandola, C.W. Bauschlicher Jr., D hydrocarbons in the Orion nebula. Since the PAH emission features are widespread and probe many different types of cosmic environments, follow up observations of deuterated PAHs will provide fundamental, far reach- ing

deformation can be attributed to actin stress fibers that form connections between the focal adhesion points examined by compressing cells with and without actin stress fibers. Peeters et al. show that by compressing the volume fraction, ^ the isotropic matrix stress, and f represents the fiber stress in the fiber direction

doo pw� mago 3P MID-fall DIR on ground fruit mango "Mangos are falling to the ground." (Bril, 2000 le kai PRED mango RESTR PERF finished OBL ART eat "Only the mangoes have been eaten." (51) ko au fa-Cal�donie), Paris:Peeters, Langues et cultures du Pacifique 6. Pawley, Andrew, 1973. Some problems in Proto Oceanic

produce stable products or/and (hydroxy) alkyl radicals. These radicals react with O2, ensuring., Jacobs, P. A., and Peeters, J.: Kinetics and dynamics of - hydroxy-alkylperoxyl radicals in atmospheric to represent the R3R class. -hydroxy peroxy radicals (R1H, R2H,R3H)15 The presence of a -hydroxy functionality

-to-align) sites tended to have a high noise-to-signal ratio, and often resulted in trees strongly discor- dant of the entire sequence may be inappropriate for higher level ana- lyses. These results indicate that the poly molecular ana- lyses of braconid relationships using other genes but of different scope [50, 51

HESSD 3, 1487�1516, 2006 Analysis of spatial hydrogeologic data using GEO3DSOM L. Peeters et al System Sciences Exploratory data analysis and clustering of multivariate spatial hydrogeological data, Portugal 3 Portuguese Naval Academy, Alfeite, Almada, Portugal 4 Hydrogeology and Environmental Geology

Simulations with 109 cells are made on an iPSC Hypercube with 32 parallel i860 processors, updating more than a million sites per second and per processor. This size reaches into the size range of natural immune systems. Smaller sizes are simulated in higher dimensions up to ten. These cellular automata due to de Boer. van der Laan, and Hogeweg model the idiotypic shape space ...

It is shown that the conditions of a ''synchrotron turbulent reactor'' are realized in nonsteady sources of nonthermal radio emission in the early stages of their development. A power-law spectrum of relativistic electrons of ..gamma..approx. =1, sharply bounded at high energies, is formed as a result. The flux of radio emission from the source subsequently ...

The dynamics of vortex shells, driven by an external current I0, is studied in a Corbino setup, in mesoscopic disks with two to six shells. The transition from a rigid-body rotation to a separate rotation of shells is analyzed as a function of I0 and temperature T. The critical current Ic has a remarkable nonmonotonous dependence on the applied magnetic field due to a dynamically induced ...

Recent developments in the gyrokinetic theory have shown that, in a toroidal device, the Coriolis drift associated with the background plasma rotation significantly affects the small scale instabilities [A. G. Peeters et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 265003 (2007)]. The later study, which focuses on the effect of the Coriolis drift on toroidal momentum transport is extended in the ...

In this letter, we have clarified that there is no spin polarization and spin filtering in a magnetic barrier structure as well as in a magnetic-electric barrier structure using our explicit expressions for electron transmission probability. Our results are found to be contradictory to those of A. Majumdar [Phys. Rev. B 54, 11911 (1996)] and G. Papp and F. M. Peeters [Appl. ...

A microstructural model, based on Peeters' works, is implemented into a large strain self-consistent scheme, leading to the multiscale model which achieves, for each grain, the calculation of slip activity, with help of regularized formulation drawn from the visco-plasticity framework, and the dislocation microstructure evolution. This paper focuses on the ...

The delicate balance between charge, spin, orbital, and lattice degrees of freedom in transition metal oxides leads to unique phenomena such as colossal magnetoresistance, high temperature superconductivity, as well as a remarkable diversity of charge, spin, and orbital ordered phases. The rich phase diagrams are determined by the strong local interaction of electrons in transition metal d ...

The overall objective of this project is to develop a comprehensive kinetic model for slurry-phase Fischer-Tropsch synthesis (FTS) employing iron-based catalysts. This model will be validated with experimental data obtained in a stirred-tank slurry reactor (STSR) over a wide range of process conditions. Three STSR tests of the Ruhrchemie LP 33/81 catalyst were conducted to collect data on catalyst ...

This article gives an overview on a number of novel clinical trials in the field of cardiovascular medicine, which were presented during the Late Breaking Clinical Trial Sessions at the 59th annual meeting of the American College of Cardiology in Atlanta, USA, from 14th March to 16th March 2010. The data were presented by leading experts in the field with relevant positions in the trials. These ...

ESO has come a long way since in 1987 the first rocks were blasted at the NTT site on La Silla. Those were exciting days, when SEST came online and soon after the VLT programme was getting up to speed upon its approval in December 1987. It was not an easy time for staff or management: taking up the role of main contractor for its own design and construction programme rather than finding ...

The 1H, 13C and 15N NMR resonances of serine protease PB92 have been assigned using 3D triple-resonance NMR techniques. With a molecular weight of 27 kDa (269 residues) this protein is one of the largest monomeric proteins assigned so far. The side-chain assignments were based mainly on 3D H(C)CH and 3D (H)CCH COSY and TOCSY experiments. The set of assignments encompasses all backbone carbonyl and ...

This report covers the fourth year of a research project conducted under the University Coal Research Program. The overall objective of this project is to develop a comprehensive kinetic model for slurry-phase Fischer-Tropsch synthesis (FTS) employing iron-based catalysts. This model will be validated with experimental data obtained in a stirred-tank slurry reactor (STSR) over a wide range of ...

The comment addresses questions raised on the derivation of the momentum pinch velocity due to the Coriolis drift effect [A. G. Peeters et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 265003 (2007)]. These concern the definition of the gradient, and the scaling with the density gradient length. It will be shown that the turbulent equipartition mechanism is included within the derivation using ...

The heat capacity Cp of an array of independent aluminum rings has been measured under an external magnetic field H? using highly sensitive ac-calorimetry based on a silicon membrane sensor. Each superconducting vortex entrance induces a phase transition and a heat capacity jump and hence Cp oscillates with H?. This oscillatory and non-stationary behavior measured versus the magnetic field has ...

A detailed gas-phase mechanism for the oxidation of alpha-pinene and pinonaldehyde by OH in the presence of NOx (Peeters et al., 2001; Fantechi et al., 2002) has been implemented in a box model. A module describing the gas/particle partitioning of the semi-volatile products has been developed and coupled to the gas-phase model. The estimation of the gas/particle ...

We calculate transport of parallel momentum carried by drift resonance of toroidal ITG instability near marginality using quasilinear theory starting from a phase space conserving gyrokinetic equation [1] for ions. The principal results are: TEP pinch remains inward as the most robust term of pinch. In addition, ion temperature gradient driven pinch is inward for typical parameters. Interestingly, ...

This paper discusses the effect of the mode structure on the Coriolis pinch effect [A. G. Peeters, C. Angioni, and D. Strintzi, Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 265003 (2007)]. It is shown that the Coriolis drift effect can be compensated for by a finite parallel wave vector, resulting in a reduced momentum pinch velocity. Gyrokinetic simulations in full toroidal geometry reveal that ...

Grammar Proefschrift ingediend met het oog op het behalen van de graad van Licentiaat in de Informatica Door: Adriaan Peeters Promotor: Prof. Dr. Theo D'Hondt Augustus 2003 Samenvatting Een enkel programmeerparadigma volstaat niet om alle programmeerproblemen op te lossen op de meest optimale manier. Door middel van taal symbiose en multiparadigm programming kunnen ...

The paper derives the gyro-kinetic equation in the comoving frame of a toroidally rotating plasma, including both the Coriolis drift effect [A. G. Peeters et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 265003 (2007)] as well as the centrifugal force. The relation with the laboratory frame is discussed. A low field side gyro-fluid model is derived from the gyro-kinetic equation and applied to ...

A gyrokinetic theory of turbulent toroidal angular momentum transport as well as modifications to neoclassical poloidal rotation from turbulence is formulated starting from the fundamental six-dimensional kinetic equation. The gyro-Bohm scaled transport is evaluated from toroidal delta-f gyrokinetic simulations using the GYRO code [Candy and Waltz, J. Comput. Phys. 186, 545 (2003)]. The ...

A gyrokinetic theory of turbulent toroidal angular momentum transport as well as modifications to neoclassical poloidal rotation from turbulence is formulated starting from the fundamental six-dimensional kinetic equation. The gyro-Bohm scaled transport is evaluated from toroidal delta-f gyrokinetic simulations using the GYRO code [Candy and Waltz, J. Comput. Phys. 186, 545 (2003)]. The ...

Broad-area vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (BA-VCSELs) can exhibit a state of spatially incoherent emission, as we recently reported in [M. Peeters et al., Opt. Express, 13, 9337 (2005)]. Here, we experimentally study the evolution of a BA-VCSEL under pulsed operation from well-defined modal emission with a multitude of transverse cavity modes to such spatially ...

Ambient OH and HO2 concentrations were measured by laser induced fluorescence (LIF) during the PRIDE-PRD2006 (Program of Regional Integrated Experiments of Air Quality over the Pearl River Delta, 2006) campaign at a rural site downwind of the megacity of Guangzhou in Southern China. The observed OH concentrations reached daily peak values of (15-26) � 106 cm-3 which are among the highest values ...

Stimulated by recent important developments regarding the oxidation chemistry of isoprene, this study evaluates and quantifies the impacts of different mechanism updates on the boundary layer concentrations of OH and HO2 radicals using the IMAGESv2 global chemistry transport model. The model results for HOx, isoprene, NO, and ozone are validated against air-based observations from the GABRIEL ...

The reactions of HO_2 with carbonyl compounds are believed to be a sink for carbonyl compounds in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere. These reactions proceed through a hydrogen bound intermediate before isomerizing. The reaction of HO_2 + formaldehyde (HCHO) serves as a prototype for this class of reactions, forming the isomerization product hydroxymethylperoxy (HOCH_2OO, HMP). ...

Introduction.? There are many methods to evaluate female sexual function and dysfunction (FSD) in clinical and research settings, including questionnaires, structured interviews, and detailed case histories. Of these, questionnaires have become an easy first choice to screen individuals into different categories of FSD. Aim.? The aim of this study was to review the strengths and weaknesses of ...

The method of anchored distributions (MAD, Rubin et al., Water Resour. Res., 2010) is a Bayesian inversion technique that combines geostatistical concepts with a strategy for localization of data that is indirectly related to the target variables, using anchors. Anchors are statistical distributions of the target variables (e.g., the hydraulic conductivity) at specific locations The variable field ...

The gene encoding a novel penicillin G acylase (PGA), designated pgaW, was cloned from Achromobacter xylosoxidans and overexpressed in Escherichia coli. The pgaW gene contains an open reading frame of 2,586 nucleotides. The deduced protein sequence encoded by pgaW has about 50% amino acid identity to several well-characterized PGAs, including those of Providencia rettgeri, Kluyvera cryocrescens, ...

Introduction.? According to incentive motivation models, sexual stimuli play a crucial role in eliciting sexual arousal, desire, and behavior. Therefore, it seems highly valuable to investigate the process through which stimuli acquire motivational value. Although many theories of human sexual behavior assume that sexual stimuli obtain arousing properties through classical conditioning, systematic ...

Physics in Medicine & Biology (PMB) awards its 'Citations Prize' to the authors of the original research paper that has received the most citations in the preceding five years (according to the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI)). The lead author of the winning paper is presented with the Rotblat Medal (named in honour of Professor Sir Joseph Rotblat who was the second�and longest ...

Recently reported model-measurement discrepancies for the concentrations of the HOx radical species (OH and HO2) in locations characterized by high emission rates of isoprene have indicated possible deficiencies in the representation of OH recycling and formation in isoprene mechanisms currently employed in numerical models; particularly at low levels of NOx. Using version 3.1 of the Master ...

The mid-infrared spectra of seven very large PAHs (VLPAHs), with C number ranging from 54 to 130, have been determined computationally using Density Functional Theory (DFT). Trends in the dominant band positions and intensities for the major PAH bands in the 5 to 9 micron region as a function of PAH size, charge (neutral, cation, and anion forms) and geometry are discussed. The 6.2 micron CC ...

Perturbative experiments have been carried out in the Joint European Torus [Fusion Sci. Technol. 53(4) (2008)] in order to identify the diffusive and convective components of toroidal momentum transport. The torque source was modulated either by modulating tangential neutral beam power or by modulating in antiphase tangential and normal beams to produce a torque perturbation in the absence of a ...

Perturbative experiments have been carried out in the Joint European Torus [Fusion Sci. Technol. 53(4) (2008)] in order to identify the diffusive and convective components of toroidal momentum transport. The torque source was modulated either by modulating tangential neutral beam power or by modulating in antiphase tangential and normal beams to produce a torque perturbation in the absence of a ...

Wichers M, Simons CJP, Kramer IMA, Hartmann JA, Lothmann C, Myin-Germeys I, van Bemmel AL, Peeters F, Delespaul P, van Os J. Momentary assessment technology as a tool to help patients with depression help themselves. Objective:? Given high relapse rates and residual symptoms in depression, new strategies to increase treatment effectiveness are required. A promising avenue is ...

A gyrokinetic theory of turbulent toroidal angular momentum transport as well as modifications to neoclassical poloidal rotation from turbulence is formulated starting from the fundamental six-dimensional kinetic equation. GyroBohm-scaled transport is evaluated from toroidal gyrokinetic simulations using the GYRO code [1]. The simulations quantify the two pinch mechanisms in the radial transport ...

The primary oxidation steps of (?-terpinene+OH) and (d-limonene+OH) reactions are investigated using two techniques: an excimer laser photolysis set-up coupled with UV absorption spectrometry performed at atmospheric pressure and a fast-flow reactor coupled to time of flight mass spectrometry at low pressure. OH radicals are generated either by photolysis of H(2)O(2) or via the reaction of H atoms ...

In the present study, we employ our recently developed confocal microscopy-based cell-specific finite element (FE) modeling method, which is suitable for large deformation analyses, to conduct inverse FE analyses aimed at determining the shear modulus of the cytoplasm of cultured skeletal myoblasts, G(cp), and its variation across a number of cells. We calibrate these cell-specific models against ...

The parallel momentum balance in low pressure tokamak plasma is analyzed in the framework of fluid theory. It is shown that inertial effects and gyroviscosity lead to coupling of parallel momentum balance with fluctuations of electrostatic potential and plasma pressure [1]. Such coupling, mediated by magnetic field curvature, was earlier identified in gyrokinetic theory [2, 3]. Set of evolution ...

This collection of articles on intercultural communication and pragmatics includes: "Peut-on traduire la publicite? L'exemple des annonces romandes et alemaniques" ("Does Advertising Translate? The Example of Romansch and German Ads") (Marc Bonhomme, Michael Rinn); "La construction de l'image de l'autre dans l'interaction. Des coulisses de l'implicite a la mise en scene" (The Construction of the ...

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We present observations of the 4.8 and 8.6 GHz continuum emission towards 11 southern H Ii regions made with the Australian Telescope Compact Array. The observed objects were selected from the Infrared Space Observatory (ISO) spectral catalogue of compact H Ii regions \\citep{peeters:catalogue}. The morphologies observed for practically all the sources are consistent with them ...

Disruption of E3 ubiquitin ligase activity in immature zebrafish mind bomb mutants, leads to a failure in Notch signaling, excessive numbers of neurons, and depletion of neural progenitor cells. This neurogenic phenotype is associated with defects in neural patterning and brain development. Because developmental brain abnormalities are recognized as an important feature of childhood neurological ...

Collaborative double robust targeted maximum likelihood estimators represent a fundamental further advance over standard targeted maximum likelihood estimators of a pathwise differentiable parameter of a data generating distribution in a semiparametric model, introduced in van der Laan, Rubin (2006). The targeted maximum likelihood approach involves fluctuating an initial ...

Collaborative double robust targeted maximum likelihood estimators represent a fundamental further advance over standard targeted maximum likelihood estimators of a pathwise differentiable parameter of a data generating distribution in a semiparametric model, introduced in van der Laan, Rubin (2006). The targeted maximum likelihood approach involves fluctuating an initial ...

Monoterpenes are oxidized in the atmosphere by ozone and the hydroxyl and nitrate radicals. The condensable products resulting from these reactions contribute to Secondary Organic Aerosol (SOA). We have developed a detailed ?-pinene chemical mechanism BOREAM (Capouet et al. 2008), in which the primary gas phase chemistry is based on quantum-chemical results, structure activity relationships and ...

This proceedings presents a variety of international perspectives on the nature of adventure therapy and charts new insights into its historical, philosophical, theoretical, and practical realms. Following an editorial "Adventure and Therapy: 'Dancing in the Moonlight'" (Kaye Richards, Barbara Smith), the 21 papers are: (1) "Adventure Therapy: A Description" (Martin Ringer); (2) "Adventure ...

A shift toward shared practice in schools has emerged and teachers are moving from isolation to collaboration (Hindin, Morocco, Mott, & Aguilar, 2007). One of the structures that supports collaboration is the collaborative team. Teams have great potential, however, their failure can impact the organization's progress and the team members' satisfaction in working with the team (Aube & ...

Stimulated by recent important developments regarding the oxidation chemistry of isoprene, this study evaluates and quantifies the impacts of different mechanism updates on the boundary layer concentrations of OH and HO2 radicals using the IMAGESv2 global chemistry transport model. The model results for HOx, isoprene, NO, and ozone are evaluated against air-based observations from the GABRIEL ...

The 4th IAEA technical meeting (TM) on the Theory of Plasma Instabilities was held in Kyoto, May 18th--20th 2009, following the first (Seeon), second (Trieste) and third (York) meetings in this series. This IAEA-TM was motivated by the recent advances in theoretical methodology, the rapid progress in observations of laboratory and astrophysical plasmas and the evolution of fusion research as we ...

To cite this article: Schlehofer B, Siegmund B, Linseisen J, Sch�z J, Rohrmann S, Becker S, Michaud D, Melin B, Bas Bueno-de-Mesquita H, Peeters PHM, Vineis P, Tjonneland A, Olsen A, Overvad K, Romieu I, Boeing H, Aleksandrova K, Trichopoulou A, Bamia C, Lagiou P, Sacerdote C, Palli D, Panico S, Sieri S, Tumino R, Sanchez M-J, Rodriguez L, Dorronsoro M, Duell EJ, Chirlaque ...

Secondary organic aerosol (SOA) is a complex mixture of water and organic molecules. The vapor pressure of an organic molecule is one of the most important properties regulating its partitioning to the particulate phase, but as it is unknown for most- typically polyfunctional- organic molecules in Biogenic SOA it has to be estimated by a vapor pressure model fitted to experimental data. While a ...

Graphene physics is currently one of the most active research areas in condensed matter physics. Countless theoretical and experimental studies have already been performed, targeting electronic, magnetic, thermal, optical, structural and vibrational properties. Also, studies that modify pristine graphene, aiming at finding new physics and possible new applications, have been considered. These ...

The self cleansing capacity of the troposphere and the lifetime of key greenhouse gases are controlled to a large extent by the OH radical. In environments where biogenic VOC emissions are high and NOx concentrations are low, for example in tropical rainforests, the current understanding of tropospheric chemistry suggests that OH radical concentrations should be suppressed. OH measurements made in ...

We consider a class of systems where, due to the large mismatch of dielectric constants, the Coulomb interaction is approximately one-dimensional. Examples include ion channels in lipid membranes and water filled nanopores in silicon films. Charge transport across such systems possesses the activation behavior associated with the large electrostatic self-energy of a charge placed inside the ...

Breast cancer frequently occurs in the left breast among both women and men [R. Roychoudhuri, V. Putcha, H. M�ller, Cancer and laterality: a study of the five major paired organs (UK), Cancer Causes Control 17 (2006) 655-662; M.T. Goodman, K.H. Tung, L.R. Wilkens, Comparative epidemiology of breast cancer among men and women in the US, 1996 to 2000, Cancer Causes Control 17 (2006) 127-136; C.I. ...

The past 5 Ma were marked by systematic shifts towards colder climates and concomitant reorganizations in ocean circulation and marine heat transports. Some of the changes involved plate-tectonic shifts such as the closure of the Panamanian Isthmus and restructuring of the Indonesian archipelago that affected inter-ocean communications and altered the world ocean circulation. These changes induced ...

A generally accepted basic principle in relation to the use of the noble gas thermometer in groundwater flow systems is that high-frequency noble gas climatic signals are lost due to the effect of dispersion. This loss of signal, combined with 14C dating issues, makes it only suited to identify major climatic events such as the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM). Consequently, the identification of ...

The rotational spectrum of cyanamide recorded for deuterated cyanamide at frequencies from 118 to 649 GHz, and more limited spectra for isotopically enriched H2N13CN and H15NNC15N. The data for four other species, D15NNCN, and H2NC15N have been considerably extended. Spectroscopic constants and the inversion splitting have been determined for all of these species from a coupled fit of the two ...

The rotational spectra of the ground vibrational state and the ?9 = 1 torsional state have been reinvestigated and accurate spectroscopic constants have been determined. The torsional frequency, ?9 = 70(15) cm?1, has been determined by relative intensity measurements. The assignment of the infrared spectrum has been slightly revised and an accurate harmonic force field has been calculated. The ...

This focus issue of New Journal of Physics is devoted to the materials science of dilute magnetic semiconductors (DMS). A DMS is traditionally defined as a diamagnetic semiconductor doped with a few to several atomic per cent of some transition metal with unpaired d electrons. Several kinds of dopant dopant interactions can in principle couple the dopant spins leading to a ferromagnetic ground ...

This special issue contains papers presented at the International Conference on Strongly Coupled Coulomb Systems (SCCS) which was held during the week of 2--6 September 2002 in Santa Fe, New Mexico. It was the ninth in a series of conferences starting in 1977 in Orl�ans-la-Source, France as a summer institute. The second in the series was a workshop held in Les Houches in 1982. The conferences ...

In this paper we analyze the spin spin hyperfine interaction in the two components of the ground electronic state of the free ? radical HCCO, A2A?[2?] and X2A?. Electronic mean values of the Fermi contact constants of all magnetic nuclei [1H, 13C1, 13C2,17O] are calculated using models that include the electron-correlation correction, primarily CCSD method in the cc-pwCVTZ basis set and B3LYP ...