Search Results - "Cowan, N"

Balancing the energy budget of short-period giant planets: evidence for reflective clouds and optical absorbers by Schwartz, J. C., Cowan, N. B.

“…We consider 50 transiting short-period giant planets for which eclipse depths have been measured at multiple infrared wavelengths. The aggregate dayside…”
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The nexus of electricity consumption, economic growth and CO2 emissions in the BRICS countries by Cowan, Wendy N., Chang, Tsangyao, Inglesi-Lotz, Roula, Gupta, Rangan

“…This study reexamines the causal link between electricity consumption, economic growth and CO2 emissions in the BRICS countries (i.e., Brazil, Russia, India,…”
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A comparative approach to closed-loop computation by Roth, E, Sponberg, S, Cowan, NJ

“…Highlights • Neural computation is inherently closed-loop. • Recent advances afford the experimental opening and closing of feedback loops. • Control theory…”
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The structure of working memory in young children and its relation to intelligence by Gray, S., Green, S., Alt, M., Hogan, T., Kuo, T., Brinkley, S., Cowan, N.

“…•Tested the fit of three competing theoretical models of working memory in children.•Results suggest that working memory models are coming together on common…”
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Zones, spots, and planetary-scale waves beating in brown dwarf atmospheres by Apai, D., Karalidi, T., Marley, M. S., Yang, H., Flateau, D., Metchev, S., Cowan, N. B., Buenzli, E., Burgasser, A. J., Radigan, J., Artigau, E., Lowrance, P.

“…Brown dwarfs are massive analogs of extrasolar giant planets and may host types of atmospheric circulation not seen in the solar system. We analyzed a…”
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The magical number 4 in short-term memory: a reconsideration of mental storage capacity by Cowan, N

“…Miller (1956) summarized evidence that people can remember about seven chunks in short-term memory (STM) tasks. However, that number was meant more as a rough…”
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Hot nights on extrasolar planets: mid-infrared phase variations of hot Jupiters by Cowan, N. B., Agol, E., Charbonneau, D.

“…We present results from Spitzer Space Telescope observations of the mid-infrared phase variations of three short-period extrasolar planetary systems: HD…”
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Inferring planetary obliquity using rotational and orbital photometry by Schwartz, J. C., Sekowski, C., Haggard, H. M., Pallé, E., Cowan, N. B.

“…The obliquity of a terrestrial planet is an important clue about its formation and critical to its climate. Previous studies using simulated photometry of…”
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Pixel level decorrelation in service of the Spitzer microlens parallax survey by Dang, Lisa, Calchi Novati, S, Carey, S, Cowan, N B

“…ABSTRACT Microlens parallax measurements combining space-based and ground-based observatories can be used to study planetary demographics. In recent years, the…”
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Characterizing Transiting Planet Atmospheres through 2025 by Cowan, N. B., Greene, T., Angerhausen, D., Batalha, N. E., Clampin, M., Colón, K., Crossfield, I. J. M., Fortney, J. J., Gaudi, B. S., Harrington, J., Iro, N., Lillie, C. F., Linsky, J. L., Lopez-Morales, M., Mandell, A. M., Stevenson, K. B.

“…The discovery of planets around other stars is revolutionizing our notions of planet formation and is poised to do the same for planetary climate. Studying…”
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Mental Objects in Working Memory: Development of Basic Capacity or of Cognitive Completion? by Cowan, N

“…Working memory is the small amount of information that we hold in mind and use to carry out cognitive processes such as language comprehension and production,…”
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Broken Chains and Reneging: A Review of 1748 Kidney Paired Donation Transplants by Cowan, N., Gritsch, H. A., Nassiri, N., Sinacore, J., Veale, J.

“…Concerns regarding the potential for broken chains and “reneges” within kidney paired donation (KPD) and its effect on chain length have been raised…”
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Estimation of cumulative fluxes of nitrous oxide: uncertainty in temporal upscaling and emission factors by Levy, P. E., Cowan, N., van Oijen, M., Famulari, D., Drewer, J., Skiba, U.

“…Nitrous oxide (N2O) is a greenhouse gas produced mainly by the microbial breakdown of agricultural fertilizer. ‘Emission factors’ (EFs, the fraction of…”
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Caspase-1 in Cx3cr1-expressing cells drives an IL-18-dependent T cell response that promotes parasite control during acute Toxoplasma gondii infection by Babcock, Isaac W, Sibley, Lydia A, Labuzan, Sydney A, Cowan, Maureen N, Sethi, Ish, Alemu, Seblework, Kelly, Abigail G, Kovacs, Michael A, Lukens, John R, Harris, Tajie H

“…Inflammasome activation is a robust innate immune mechanism that promotes inflammatory responses through the release of alarmins and leaderless cytokines,…”
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Pannexin 1 and Pannexin 3 Channels Regulate Skeletal Muscle Myoblast Proliferation and Differentiation by Langlois, Stéphanie, Xiang, Xiao, Young, Kelsey, Cowan, Bryce J., Penuela, Silvia, Cowan, Kyle N.

“…Pannexins constitute a family of three glycoproteins (Panx1, -2, and -3) forming single membrane channels. Recent work demonstrated that Panx1 is expressed in…”
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Knot a Bad Idea: Testing BLISS Mapping for Spitzer Space Telescope Photometry by Schwartz, J. C., Cowan, N. B.

“…Much of transiting exoplanet science relies on high-precision photometry. The current generation of instruments can exhibit sensitivity variations greater than…”
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Impact of climate change on soil nitric oxide and nitrous oxide emissions from typical land uses in Scotland by Medinets, S, White, S, Cowan, N, Drewer, J, Dick, J, Jones, M, Andrews, C, Harvey, D, Skiba, U

“…Abstract Soil emissions of NO and N 2 O from typical land uses across Lowland and Highland Scotland were simulated under climate change conditions, during a…”
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Application of Bayesian statistics to estimate nitrous oxide emission factors of three nitrogen fertilisers on UK grasslands by Cowan, N., Levy, P., Drewer, J., Carswell, A., Shaw, R., Simmons, I., Bache, C., Marinheiro, J., Brichet, J., Sanchez-Rodriguez, A.R., Cotton, J., Hill, P.W., Chadwick, D.R., Jones, D.L., Misselbrook, T.H., Skiba, U.

“…Trapezoidal integration by linear interpolation of data points is by far the most commonly used method of cumulative flux calculations of nitrous oxide (N2O)…”
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Astrocytes promote a protective immune response to brain Toxoplasma gondii infection via IL-33-ST2 signaling by Still, Katherine M, Batista, Samantha J, O'Brien, Carleigh A, Oyesola, Oyebola O, Früh, Simon P, Webb, Lauren M, Smirnov, Igor, Kovacs, Michael A, Cowan, Maureen N, Hayes, Nikolas W, Thompson, Jeremy A, Tait Wojno, Elia D, Harris, Tajie H

“…It is of great interest to understand how invading pathogens are sensed within the brain, a tissue with unique challenges to mounting an immune response. The…”
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Meningeal lymphatic drainage promotes T cell responses against Toxoplasma gondii but is dispensable for parasite control in the brain by Kovacs, Michael A, Cowan, Maureen N, Babcock, Isaac W, Sibley, Lydia A, Still, Katherine, Batista, Samantha J, Labuzan, Sydney A, Sethi, Ish, Harris, Tajie H

“…The discovery of meningeal lymphatic vessels that drain the CNS has prompted new insights into how immune responses develop in the brain. In this study, we…”
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