Search Results - "Schultz, J.C"
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Design, Fabrication and Characterization of a Submillimeter-Wave Niobium HEB Mixer Imaging Array Based on the "Reverse-Microscope" Concept
Published in IEEE transactions on applied superconductivity (01-06-2007)“…Prototype one-dimensional (1-D) superconducting hot-electron bolometer (HEB) imaging mixer arrays with four pixels, designed for operation at 585 GHz, and…”
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Gallium ion implantation into niobium thin films using a focused-ion beam
Published in IEEE transactions on applied superconductivity (01-06-2005)“…We have implanted 30 keV gallium ions into niobium films 100 /spl Aring/ thick using a focused-ion beam (FIB). The nature of the FIB tool allows the…”
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Fabrication and characterization of niobium diffusion-cooled hot-electron bolometers on silicon nitride membranes
Published in IEEE transactions on applied superconductivity (01-06-2005)“…We have successfully fabricated niobium diffusion-cooled hot-electron bolometer (HEB) mixers on membranes of silicon nitride less than one micron thick. This…”
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Nanoscale superconducting THz hot electron bolometers fabricated with UV lithography on ultra-thin Si beam lead chips
Published in IEEE transactions on applied superconductivity (01-06-2005)“…While focused E-beam and Focused Ion Beam patterning tools have been shown to be successful methods for defining nanoscale features of superconducting hot…”
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Gene expression and glucosinolate accumulation in Arabidopsis thaliana in response to generalist and specialist herbivores of different feeding guilds and the role of defense signaling pathways
Published in Phytochemistry (Oxford) (01-11-2006)“…Herbivory by various insect species on Arabidopsis elicited different types of changes in glucosinolate levels and transcripts of glucosinolate biosynthetic…”
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Novel application of 2-[18 F]fluoro-2-deoxy- d -glucose to study plant defenses
Published in Nuclear medicine and biology (01-11-2012)“…Abstract Introduction Since its first use in humans in 1976, 2-[18 F]fluoro-2-deoxy- d -glucose (18 FDG) continues to serve as a tracer to measure tissue…”
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growth-defense trade-off and habitat specialization by plants in Amazonian forests
Published in Ecology (Durham) (01-07-2006)“…Tropical forests include a diversity of habitats, which has led to specialization in plants. Near Iquitos, in the Peruvian Amazon, nutrient-rich clay forests…”
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Biochemical responses of chestnut oak to a galling cynipid
Published in Journal of chemical ecology (2005)“…We characterized the distribution of nutritional and defensive biochemical traits in galls elicited on chestnut oak (Quercus prinus L.) by the gall wasp…”
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Temporal Changes in Allocation and Partitioning of New Carbon as ¹¹C Elicited by Simulated Herbivory Suggest that Roots Shape Aboveground Responses in Arabidopsis
Published in Plant physiology (Bethesda) (01-02-2013)“…Using the short-lived isotope ¹¹C (t 1/2 = 20.4 min) as ¹¹CO₂, we captured temporal changes in whole-plant carbon movement and partitioning of recently fixed…”
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Differential activity of peroxidase isozymes in response to wounding, gypsy moth, and plant hormones in northern red oak (Quercus rubra L.)
Published in Journal of chemical ecology (01-07-2004)“…We measured total peroxidase activity and the activities of peroxidase isoforms in leaves of red oak (Quercus rubra L.) seedlings exposed to wounding and plant…”
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Limitations of folin assays of foliar phenolics in ecological studies
Published in Journal of chemical ecology (01-04-2001)“…We examined the response of the widely used Folin-Denis assay to purified tannins from 16 woody plant species and to three commercial polyphenol preparations…”
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Cross-kingdom cross-talk: hormones shared by plants and their insect herbivores
Published in Ecology (Durham) (2004)“…Dynamic defense responses plants exhibit when attacked by insects are probably as important ecologically as constitutive defenses were once thought to be…”
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Enhanced invertase activities in the galls of Hormaphis hamamelidis
Published in Journal of chemical ecology (01-12-2003)“…Invertases are sucrose hydrolyzing enzymes often associated with plant tissues acting as physiological sinks, and plant galls are physiological sinks. We…”
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Hormaphis hamamelidis and gall size: a test of the plant vigor hypothesis [Hamamelis virginiana]
Published in Oikos (01-10-2001)“…We tested the Plant Vigor Hypothesis by determining the distribution of galls formed on leaves of witch hazel, Hamamelis virginiana, by the aphid Hormaphis…”
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Fertilization mitigates chemical induction and herbivore responses within damaged oak trees
Published in Ecology (Durham) (01-06-1995)“…Previous work has shown that fertilization can mitigate across-year induced resistance among individual Alaska paper birch, supporting the hypothesis that…”
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Induced plant defenses breached? Phytochemical induction protects an herbivore from disease
Published in Oecologia (01-05-1993)“…Although wound-induced responses in plants are widespread, neither the ecological nor the evolutionary significance of phytochemical induction is clear…”
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Growth responses of tropical shrubs to treefall gap environments
Published in Ecology (Durham) (01-02-1990)“…To investigate the effects of differences in light and nutrient availability on growth, we planted seven species of shrubs in two genera, Miconia…”
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Shield defense of a larval tortoise beetle
Published in Journal of chemical ecology (01-03-1999)“…Larvae of the folivorous tortoise beetle, Plagiometriona clavata, carry shields formed from feces and exuviae above their bodies. We used an ecologically…”
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Many factors influence the evolution of herbivore diets, but plant chemistry is central
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The impact of university incorporation on college lecturers
Published in Higher education (01-09-2004)“…In South Africa, recent government plans to change the institutional landscape of higher education have resulted in mergers of colleges into universities or…”
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