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Genetic Analysis of Invasive Conehead Termites (Blattodea: Termitidae) Reveals a Single Origin for Two Populations in Florida by Thorne, Barbara L., Vargo, Edward L., Adams, Eldridge S., Johnson, Laura N.L.

“…In 2001, Nasutitermes corniger (Motschulsky), common name conehead termite, were discovered near a marina in Dania Beach, FL, where the invasive species was…”
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Analysis of reentry survivability of UARS spacecraft by Rochelle, W.C, Marichalar, J.J, Johnson, N.L

“…An analysis of reentry survivability of the NASA Goddard space flight center (GSFC) upper atmosphere research satellite (UARS) was performed by Lockheed Martin…”
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Controlling the growth of future LEO debris populations with active debris removal by Liou, J.-C., Johnson, N.L., Hill, N.M.

“…Active debris removal (ADR) was suggested as a potential means to remediate the low Earth orbit (LEO) debris environment as early as the 1980s. The reasons ADR…”
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Instability of the present LEO satellite populations by Liou, J.-C., Johnson, N.L.

“…Several studies conducted during 1991–2001 demonstrated, with some assumed launch rates, the future unintended growth potential of the Earth satellite…”
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Defining MAP3 kinases required for MDA-MB-231 cell tumor growth and metastasis by Cronan, M R, Nakamura, K, Johnson, N L, Granger, D A, Cuevas, B D, Wang, J-G, Mackman, N, Scott, J E, Dohlman, H G, Johnson, G L

“…Analysis of patient tumors suggests that multiple MAP3 kinases (MAP3Ks) are critical for growth and metastasis of cancer cells. MAP3Ks selectively control the…”
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First Records of Lasiurus cinereus and L. borealis (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada by Segers, Jordi L, Irwin, Alicia E, Farrow, Lesley J, Johnson, Laura N.L, Broders, Hugh G

“…In August 2012, a Lasiurus cinereus (Hoary Bat) and 2 Lasiurus borealis (Eastern Red Bat) were netted near Donkin, Cape Breton Island, NS, Canada. Acoustic…”
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Characterization of the cataloged Fengyun-1C fragments and their long-term effect on the LEO environment by Liou, J.-C., Johnson, N.L.

“…The intentional breakup of Fengyun-1C on 11 January 2007 created the most severe orbital debris cloud in history. The altitude where the event occurred was…”
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NASA's new breakup model of evolve 4.0 by Johnson, N.L., Krisko, P.H., Liou, J.-C., Anz-Meador, P.D.

“…Analyses of the fragmentation (due to explosions and collisions) of spacecraft and rocket bodies in low Earth orbit (LEO) have been performed this year at…”
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Development of high-efficiency modeling technique for weld-bonded steel joints in vehicle structures—Part I: Static experiments and simulations by Xia, Yong, Zhou, Qing, Wang, P.C., Johnson, N.L., Gayden, X.Q., Fickes, J.D.

“…To develop an effective modeling technique for weld-bonded structures, fundamental experimental studies, including adherend and adhesive tests, and static…”
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Development of a high-efficiency modeling technique for weld-bonded steel joints in vehicle structures, Part II: Dynamic experiments and simulations by Xia, Yong, Zhou, Qing, Wang, P.C., Johnson, N.L., Gayden, X.Q., Fickes, J.D.

“…By conducting impact tests on three different types of coupon joints, it is observed that the adhesive-bond and the spot-weld in the weld-bonded joints behave…”
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Extensive human‐mediated jump dispersal within and across the native and introduced ranges of the invasive termite Reticulitermes flavipes by Eyer, Pierre‐André, Blumenfeld, Alexander J., Johnson, Laura N. L., Perdereau, Elfie, Shults, Phillip, Wang, Shichen, Dedeine, Franck, Dupont, Simon, Bagnères, Anne‐Geneviève, Vargo, Edward L.

“…As native ranges are often geographically structured, invasive species originating from a single source population only carry a fraction of the genetic…”
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Planes and Processes by Johnson, N.L.

“…What are the possible finite projective planes and how are various of these connected with other geometric objects?…”
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Supercolonial structure of invasive populations of the tawny crazy ant Nylanderia fulva in the US by Eyer, Pierre-André, McDowell, Bryant, Johnson, Laura N L, Calcaterra, Luis A, Fernandez, Maria Belen, Shoemaker, DeWayne, Puckett, Robert T, Vargo, Edward L

“…Social insects are among the most serious invasive pests in the world, particularly successful at monopolizing environmental resources to outcompete native…”
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Ecology and Chronic Wasting Disease Epidemiology Shape Prion Protein Gene Variation in Rocky Mountain Elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni) by Hoar, Bruce R., Ernest, Holly B., Johnson, Laura N. L., LaCava, Melanie E. F., Sandidge, Douglas J., Gerow, Ken, Mousel, Michelle R., Galloway, Nathan L., Swain, William, Malmberg, Jennifer L.

“…As chronic wasting disease (CWD) continues to spread across North America, the relationship between CWD and host genetics has become of interest. In Rocky…”
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Bridgehead effect and multiple introductions shape the global invasion history of a termite by Blumenfeld, Alexander J., Eyer, Pierre-André, Husseneder, Claudia, Mo, Jianchu, Johnson, Laura N. L., Wang, Changlu, Kenneth Grace, J., Chouvenc, Thomas, Wang, Shichen, Vargo, Edward L.

“…Native to eastern Asia, the Formosan subterranean termite Coptotermes formosanus (Shiraki) is recognized as one of the 100 worst invasive pests in the world,…”
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Two-transitive groups on a hyperbolic unital by Biliotti, M., Jha, V., Johnson, N.L., Montinaro, A.

“…A classification given previously of all projective translation planes of order q 2 that admit a collineation group G admitting a two-transitive orbit of q + 1…”
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Population Genetic Structure Within and among Seasonal Site Types in the Little Brown Bat (Myotis lucifugus) and the Northern Long-Eared Bat (M. septentrionalis) by Johnson, Laura N L, McLeod, Brenna A, Burns, Lynne E, Arseneault, Krista, Frasier, Timothy R, Broders, Hugh G

“…During late summer and early autumn, temperate bats migrate from their summering sites to swarming sites, where mating likely occurs. However, the extent to…”
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Spatio-temporal analyses reveal infectious disease-driven selection in a free-ranging ungulate by LaCava, Melanie E F, Malmberg, Jennifer L, Edwards, William H, Johnson, Laura N L, Allen, Samantha E, Ernest, Holly B

“…Infectious diseases play an important role in wildlife population dynamics by altering individual fitness, but detecting disease-driven natural selection in…”
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The distribution of benefits from public international germplasm banks: the case of beans in Latin America by Johnson, N.L., Pachico, D., Voysest, O.

“…The unrestricted international flow of genetic resources from international genebank collections is the source of perhaps one of the greatest impacts of…”
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Environmentally-induced debris sources by Johnson, N.L

“…Resident spacecraft and rocket bodies are known to spontaneously produce large fragments (>10 cm), usually released at low velocities in small numbers and…”
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