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THE ORIGIN OF BLACK HOLE SPIN IN GALACTIC LOW-MASS X-RAY BINARIES by Fragos, T, McClintock, J E

“…Galactic field black hole (BH) low-mass X-ray binaries (LMXBs) are believed to form in situ via the evolution of isolated binaries. In the standard formation…”
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IMPROVED REFLECTION MODELS OF BLACK HOLE ACCRETION DISKS: TREATING THE ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION OF X-RAYS by Garcia, J, Dauser, T, Lohfink, A, Kallman, T R, Steiner, J F, McClintock, J E, Brenneman, L, Wilms, J, Eikmann, W, Reynolds, C S, Tombesi, F

“…X-ray reflection models are used to constrain the properties of the accretion disk, such as the degree of ionization of the gas and the elemental abundances…”
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A PARALLAX DISTANCE TO THE MICROQUASAR GRS 1915+105 AND A REVISED ESTIMATE OF ITS BLACK HOLE MASS by Reid, M J, Mcclintock, J E, Steiner, J F, Steeghs, D, Remillard, R A, Dhawan, V, Narayan, R

“…Using the Very Long Baseline Array, we have measured a trigonometric parallax for the microquasar GRS 1915+105, which contains a black hole and a K-giant…”
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X-RAY REFLECTED SPECTRA FROM ACCRETION DISK MODELS. III. A COMPLETE GRID OF IONIZED REFLECTION CALCULATIONS by Garcia, J, Dauser, T, Reynolds, C S, Kallman, T R, McClintock, J E, Wilms, J, Eikmann, W

“…We present a new and complete library of synthetic spectra for modeling the component of emission that is reflected from an illuminated accretion disk. The…”
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The effects of climate-induced elevated seawater temperature on the covering behavior, righting response, and Aristotle's lantern reflex of the sea urchin Lytechinus variegatus by Brothers, C.J., McClintock, J.B.

“…Anthropogenic climate change is causing a global increase in sea-surface temperatures with some of the largest increases expected in the subtropical regions of…”
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Sea urchins in a high-CO2 world: the influence of acclimation on the immune response to ocean warming and acidification by Brothers, C. J., Harianto, J., McClintock, J. B., Byrne, M.

“…Climate-induced ocean warming and acidification may render marine organisms more vulnerable to infectious diseases. We investigated the effects of warming and…”
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THE NOT-SO-MASSIVE BLACK HOLE IN THE MICROQUASAR GRS1915+105 by Steeghs, D, McClintock, J E, Parsons, S G, Reid, M J, Littlefair, S, Dhillon, V S

“…We present a new dynamical study of the black hole X-ray transient GRS1915+105 making use of near-infrared spectroscopy obtained with X-shooter at the Very…”
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The prevalence of diabetic foot disease in the Waikato region by O'Shea, C, McClintock, J, Lawrenson, R

“…Highlights • This is the first prevalence study on diabetic foot disease in New Zealand. • Over one-third of people from this study have a moderate-high risk…”
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Prevalence of hypothermia and critical hand temperatures during military cold water immersion training by Jones, Douglas M., Weller, Rebecca S., McClintock, Rebecca J., Roberts, Nicholas, Zheng, Weimin, Dunn, Timothy L.

“…Cold-weather military operations can quickly undermine warfighter readiness and performance. Specifically, accidental cold-water immersion (CWI) contributes to…”
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In situ measurements of righting behavior in the common sea urchin Lytechinus variegatus: the importance of body size, substrate type, and covering material by Challener, RC, McClintock, JB

“…Righting behavior has been used extensively in laboratory studies of sea urchins as an indicator of stress under various environmental conditions. In situ…”
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Optical and X-ray observations of the neutron star soft X-ray transient XTE J1709-267 by Jonker, P. G., Galloway, D. K., McClintock, J. E., Buxton, M., Garcia, M., Murray, S.

“…ABSTRACT In this paper we report on the discovery of the optical counterpart to the neutron star soft X‐ray transient (SXT) XTE J1709–267 at an R‐band…”
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Benthic marine calcifiers coexist with CaCO3‐undersaturated seawater worldwide by Lebrato, M., Andersson, A. J., Ries, J. B., Aronson, R. B., Lamare, M. D., Koeve, W., Oschlies, A., Iglesias‐Rodriguez, M. D., Thatje, S., Amsler, M., Vos, S. C., Jones, D. O. B., Ruhl, H. A., Gates, A. R., McClintock, J. B.

“…Ocean acidification and decreasing seawater saturation state with respect to calcium carbonate (CaCO3) minerals have raised concerns about the consequences to…”
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A splice site and copy number variant responsible for TTC25-related primary ciliary dyskinesia by Backman, K., Mears, W.E., Waheeb, A., Beaulieu Bergeron, M., McClintock, J., de Nanassy, J., Reisman, J., Osmond, M., Hartley, T., Mears, A.J., Kernohan, K.D., Dyment, D.A.

“…Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is a genetically heterogeneous disorder of motile cilia. With few exceptions, PCD is an autosomal recessive condition, and…”
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Climate change and the threat of novel marine predators in Antarctica by Smith, K. E., Aronson, R. B., Steffel, B. V., Amsler, M. O., Thatje, S., Singh, H., Anderson, J., Brothers, C. J., Brown, A., Ellis, D. S., Havenhand, J. N., James, W. R., Moksnes, P.‐O., Randolph, A. W., Sayre‐McCord, T., McClintock, J. B.

“…Historically low temperatures have severely limited skeleton‐breaking predation on the Antarctic shelf, facilitating the evolution of a benthic fauna poorly…”
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Multitemperature Blackbody Spectra of Thin Accretion Disks with and without a Zero-Torque Inner Boundary Condition by Zimmerman, E. R, Narayan, R, McClintock, J. E, Miller, J. M

“…The standard spectral model for analyzing the soft component of thermal emission from a thin accretion disk around a black hole is the multitemperature…”
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The Spin of the Near-Extreme Kerr Black Hole GRS 1915+105 by McClintock, Jeffrey E, Shafee, Rebecca, Narayan, Ramesh, Remillard, Ronald A, Davis, Shane W, Li, Li-Xin

“…Based on a spectral analysis of the X-ray continuum that employs a fully relativistic accretion disk model, we conclude that the compact primary of the binary…”
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In situ observations of a possible skate nursery off the western Antarctic Peninsula by Amsler, M. O., Smith, K. E., McClintock, J. B., Singh, H., Thatje, S., Vos, S. C., Brothers, C. J., Brown, A., Ellis, D., Anderson, J., Aronson, R. B.

“…A dense aggregation of skate egg cases was imaged during a photographic survey of the sea floor along the western Antarctic Peninsula in November 2013. Egg…”
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A framework for the use of genomics data at the EPA by Dix, David J, Gallagher, Kathryn, Benson, William H, Groskinsky, Brenda L, McClintock, J Thomas, Dearfield, Kerry L, Farland, William H

“…The US Environmental Protection Agency is developing a new guidance that outlines best practice in the submission, quality assurance, analysis and management…”
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Spectral and Timing Evolution of the Black Hole X-Ray Nova 4U 1543–47 during Its 2002 Outburst by Park, S. Q, Miller, J. M, McClintock, J. E, Remillard, R. A, Orosz, J. A, Shrader, C. R, Hunstead, R. W, Campbell-Wilson, D, Ishwara-Chandra, C. H, Rao, A. P, Rupen, M. P

“…We present an X-ray spectral and timing analysis of 4U 1543-47 during its 2002 outburst based on 49 pointed observations obtained using the Rossi X-Ray Timing…”
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Mesofauna associated with the marine sponge Amphimedon viridis. Do its physical or chemical attributes provide a prospective refuge from fish predation? by Huang, J.P., McClintock, J.B., Amsler, C.D., Huang, Y.M.

“…Marine sponges often harbor an abundance of associated organisms. We characterized mesofauna associated with the common tropical sponge Amphimedon viridis, and…”
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