Search Results - "Plantinga, J. A."

Economic-based projections of future land use in the conterminous United States under alternative policy scenarios by Radeloff, V. C, Nelson, E, Plantinga, A. J, Lewis, D. J, Helmers, D, Lawler, J. J, Withey, J. C, Beaudry, F, Martinuzzi, S, Butsic, V, Lonsdorf, E, White, D, Polasky, S

“…Land-use change significantly contributes to biodiversity loss, invasive species spread, changes in biogeochemical cycles, and the loss of ecosystem services…”
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What Drives Land-Use Change in the United States? A National Analysis of Landowner Decisions by Lubowski, Ruben N, Plantinga, Andrew J, Stavins, Robert N

“…Land-use changes involve important economic and environmental effects with implications for international trade, global climate change, wildlife, and other…”
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Key areas for conserving United States' biodiversity likely threatened by future land use change by Martinuzzi, S, Radeloff, V. C, Higgins, J. V, Helmers, D. P, Plantinga, A. J, Lewis, D. J

“…A major challenge for biodiversity conservation is to mitigate the effects of future environmental change, such as land use, in important areas for…”
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Novel polyurethanes with interconnected porous structure induce in vivo tissue remodeling and accompanied vascularization by Jovanovic, D., Engels, G. E., Plantinga, J. A., Bruinsma, M., van Oeveren, W., Schouten, A. J., van Luyn, M. J. A., Harmsen, M. C.

“…Tissue engineering and regenerative medicine have furnished a vast range of modalities to treat either damaged tissue or loss of soft tissue or its function…”
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Toward a formal definition of water scarcity in natural-human systems by Jaeger, W. K., Plantinga, A. J., Chang, H., Dello, K., Grant, G., Hulse, D., McDonnell, J. J., Lancaster, S., Moradkhani, H., Morzillo, A. T., Mote, P., Nolin, A., Santelmann, M., Wu, J.

“…Water scarcity may appear to be a simple concept, but it can be difficult to apply to complex natural‐human systems. While aggregate scarcity indices are…”
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In vitro biocompatibility of biodegradable dextran-based hydrogels tested with human fibroblasts by De Groot, Cees J, Van Luyn, Marja J.A, Van Dijk-Wolthuis, Welmoed N.E, Cadée, Jenny A, Plantinga, Josée A, Otter, Willem Den, Hennink, Wim E

“…The cytotoxicity of dextran T40, methacrylated dextran (dex-MA) and hydroxyethyl-methacrylated dextran (dex-HEMA), dextran-based hydrogel discs and…”
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Cardiac tissue engineering: characteristics of in unison contracting two- and three-dimensional neonatal rat ventricle cell (co)-cultures by van Luyn, M.J.A, Tio, R.A, Gallego y van Seijen, X.J, Plantinga, J.A, de Leij, L.F.M.H, DeJongste, M.J.L, van Wachem, P.B

“…Patients with heart failure have, in spite of improved palliative therapies, bad prognosis. Cardiac tissue engineering by use of a temporary bioscaffold and…”
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Policies for Habitat Fragmentation: Combining Econometrics with GIS-Based Landscape Simulations by Lewis, D.J, Plantinga, A.J

“…Habitat fragmentation is widely considered a primary threat to biodiversity. In this paper, we analyze incentive-based policies designed to reduce forest…”
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Repetitive subcutaneous implantation of different types of (biodegradable) biomaterials alters the foreign body reaction by van Luyn, M.J.A., Plantinga, J.A., Brouwer, L.A., Khouw, I.M.S.L., de Leij, L.F.M.H., van Wachem, P.B.

“…In the present study two biodegradable materials (cross-linked collagens) and two non-biodegradable materials (polyurethane and silicone) were applied in a…”
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TGF- β and bFGF affect the differentiation of proliferating porcine fibroblasts into myofibroblasts in vitro by Khouw, Ilse M.S.L, van Wachem, Pauline B, Plantinga, Josée A, Vujaskovic, Zeljko, J.B. Wissink, Marcel, de Leij, Lou F.M.H, van Luyn, Marja J.A

“…Fibroblasts and myofibroblasts are involved in the foreign body reaction to biomaterials, especially in capsule formation. However, contraction or detachment…”
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The influence of public open space on urban spatial structure by Wu, JunJie, Plantinga, Andrew J.

“…There is widespread public support for open space provision and for efforts to limit sprawl. We demonstrate that open space policies should not be viewed as…”
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An Econometric Analysis of the Costs of Sequestering Carbon in Forests by Plantinga, Andrew J., Mauldin, Thomas, Miller, Douglas J.

“…The Kyoto Protocol and the U.S. Climate Change Plan recognize afforestation as a potential means of reducing atmospheric CO2 concentrations. To examine the…”
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Quantifying the impacts on biodiversity of policies for carbon sequestration in forests by Matthews, Stephen, O'Connor, Raymond, Plantinga, Andrew J

“…There is currently a great deal of interest in the use of afforestation (conversion of non-forest land to forest) to reduce atmospheric concentrations of…”
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Future forestland area: impacts from population growth and other factors that affect land values by Alig, R.J, Plantinga, A.J

“…Abstract Shifting patterns of land use in the United States are associated with many of today's environmental concerns. Land-use shifts occur because of…”
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In vivo biocompatibility of dextran-based hydrogels by Cadée, J.A., van Luyn, M.J.A., Brouwer, L.A., Plantinga, J.A., van Wachem, P.B., de Groot, C.J., den Otter, W., Hennink, W.E.

“…Dextran‐based hydrogels were obtained by polymerization of aqueous solutions of methacrylated dextran (dex‐MA) or lactate‐hydroxyethyl methacrylate‐derivatized…”
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Modeling Land Use Decisions with Aggregate Data by Miller, Douglas J., Plantinga, Andrew J.

“…In this article, we develop land use models to study the impact of changes in decision variables on soil erosion or other environmental outcomes. From an…”
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The optimal timber rotation: an option value approach by Plantinga, A.J. (University of Maine, Orono, ME.)

“…Previous analyses of the timber rotation problem under price uncertainty find that timber owners can increase the expected values of their stands by using a…”
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In vivo biocompatibility of carbodiimide-crosslinked collagen matrices: Effects of crosslink density, heparin immobilization, and bFGF loading by van Wachem, P. B., Plantinga, J. A., Wissink, M. J. B., Beernink, R., Poot, A. A., Engbers, G. H. M., Beugeling, T., van Aken, W. G., Feijen, J., van Luyn, M. J. A.

“…Collagen matrices, crosslinked using N‐(3‐dimethylaminopropyl)‐N'‐ethylcarbodiimide (E) and N‐hydroxysuccinimide (N), were previously developed as a substrate…”
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Public Conservation Land and Employment Growth in the Northern Forest Region by Lewis, David J., Hunt, Gary L., Plantinga, Andrew J.

“…We quantify the effect that public conservation lands have on employment growth in the Northern Forest region of the United States. A model of simultaneous…”
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In vivo compatibility and degradation of crosslinked gelatin gels incorporated in knitted Dacron by Kuijpers, A. J., van Wachem, P. B., van Luyn, M. J. A., Plantinga, J. A., Engbers, G. H. M., Krijgsveld, J., Zaat, S. A. J., Dankert, J., Feijen, J.

“…Gelatin gels were applied to porous Dacron meshes with the aim of using these gels for local drug delivery. In this article, the biocompatibility and…”
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