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Cryptococcus gattii in the United States: Clinical Aspects of Infection With an Emerging Pathogen by Harris, J. R., Lockhart, S. R., Debess, E., Marsden-Haug, N., Goldoft, M., Wohrle, R., Lee, S., Smelser, C., Park, B., Chiller, T.

“…Background. Cryptococcus gattii (Cg) has caused increasing infections in the US Pacific Northwest (PNW) since 2004. We describe this outbreak and compare…”
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Giant enhancement of the second harmonic generation efficiency in poled multilayered silica glass structures by Yadav, Ksenia, Callender, C L, Smelser, C W, Ledderhof, C, Blanchetiere, C, Jacob, S, Albert, J

“…Multilayered thin-film doped silica structures are experimentally demonstrated as an effective tool to enhance the second-order nonlinear properties induced in…”
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Fiber Bragg gratings with suppressed cladding modes made in SMF-28 with a femtosecond IR laser and a phase mask by Grobnic, D., Smelser, C.W., Mihailov, S.J., Walker, R.B., Lu, P.

“…High reflectivity fiber Bragg gratings (FBG) with strong cladding mode suppression were written in standard telecom fiber (SMF-28) with femtosecond 800-nm…”
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Sapphire fiber Bragg grating sensor made using femtosecond laser radiation for ultrahigh temperature applications by Grobnic, D., Mihailov, S.J., Smelser, C.W., Huimin Ding

“…We report for the first time the inscription of retro-reflective Bragg gratings in multimode crystalline sapphire fiber. The gratings were fabricated using…”
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Femtosecond IR Laser Inscription of Bragg Gratings in Single- and Multimode Fluoride Fibers by Grobnic, D., Mihailov, S.J., Smelser, C.W.

“…We report for the first time the fabrication of fiber Bragg gratings in both single- and multimode undoped fluoride fibers using femtosecond 800-nm radiation…”
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Deaths Related to 2009 Pandemic Influenza A (H1N1) Among American Indian/Alaska Natives—12 States, 2009 by Castrodale, L, McLaughlin, J, Imholte, S, Komatsu, K, Wells, E, Landen, M, Selvage, D, Sewell, M, Smelser, C, Thompson, D, Bradley, K, McDonald, C, Leman, R, Powell, M, Miller, T, Vander-Busch, L, Kightlinger, L, Boulton, R, Lofy, K, Marfin, AA, McClinton, R, Hoopes, M, Kim, T, Hayes, JM, Mahal, Z, Chao, E, Weiser, T, Cheek, JE, Redd, JT, Bryan, R, Jhung, M, Morrison, M, O'Leary, D, Nichols, M

“…Indigenous populations from Australia, Canada, New Zealand have been found to have a three to eight times higher rate of hospitalization and death associated…”
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Bragg grating evanescent field sensor made in biconical tapered fiber with femtosecond IR radiation by Grobnic, D., Mihailov, S.J., Huimin Ding, Smelser, C.W.

“…Retro-reflective Bragg gratings were made with a phase mask and femtosecond radiation from a Ti : sapphire infrared laser into the core and cladding region of…”
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Bragg gratings made in reverse proton exchange lithium niobate waveguides with a femtosecond IR laser and a phase mask by Grobnic, D., Mihailov, S.J., Smelser, C.W., Genereux, F., Baldenberger, G., Vallee, R.

“…Three-decibel reflecting Bragg gratings were made in buried reverse proton exchange lithium niobate waveguides with high-power femtosecond infrared radiation…”
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Parvalbumin is expressed in a reciprocal circuit linking the medial geniculate body and auditory neocortex in the rabbit by De Venecia, Ronald K., Smelser, Chad B., McMullen, Nathaniel T.

“…Recent studies of the rabbit auditory forebrain have shown that antibodies directed against the calcium‐binding protein parvalbumin (PV) specifically demarcate…”
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Parvalbumin expression reveals a vibrissa-related pattern in rabbit SI cortex by McMullen, N T, Smelser, C B, Rice, F L

“…The expression of parvalbumin-like immunoreactivity (PV-LIR) was examined in the mystacial representation within the primary somatosensory cortex (SI) of…”
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Human Plague — Four States, 2006 by Bertram-Sosa, L, Jaso, C, Valadez, A, Nix, B, Jones, R, Sidwa, T, Walker, J, Anglim, A, Reporter, R, Mascola, L, Van Gordon, G, Ramirez, J, Fritz, C, Davis, R, Ross, J, Chongsiriwatana, K, DiMenna, M, Sheyka, J, Ettestad, P, Smelser, C, Powers, N, Reynolds, P, Fowler, J, Pape, J, Tanda, D, Mead, P, Griffith, K, Gage, K.L, Montenieri, J, Dietrich, G, Kubota, K, Young, J, Gould, L.H

“…Plague is a zoonotic disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis. In 2006, a total of 13 human plague cases have been reported among residents of four…”
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Three Outbreaks of Salmonellosis Associated with Baby Poultry from Three Hatcheries — United States, 2006 by Bidol, S, Stobierski, M, Leschinsky, D, Ettestad, P, Smelser, C, Sena-Johnson, D, Jungk, J, Tafoya, N, Torres, P, Taylor, F, Keene, W, Plantenga, M, Progulske, B, TenEyck, R, Rada, R, Effinger, L, Lockett, J, Patel, N, Angulo, F, Bair-Brake, H, Gaffga, N

“…During 2006, state health departments notified CDC of three outbreaks of Salmonella species infections in persons who had been in contact with chicks and other…”
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Simultaneous corona poling of multiple glass layers for enhanced effective second-order optical nonlinearities by Yadav, K., Smelser, C. W., Jacob, S., Blanchetiere, C., Callender, C. L., Albert, J.

“…Silica-based thin-film multilayers are investigated as a means to enhance the effective second-order nonlinearity induced in silica glass structures by corona…”
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Complementary expression of parvalbumin and calbindin D-28k delineates subdivisions of the rabbit medial geniculate body by de Venecia, R K, Smelser, C B, Lossman, S D, McMullen, N T

“…The complementary pattern of immunohistochemical staining for the calcium-binding proteins parvalbumin (PV) and calbindin D-28k (CB) was used to delineate four…”
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High-Reflectivity Thermally Stable Ultrafast Induced Fiber Bragg Gratings in H 2 -Loaded SMF-28 Fiber by Smelser, C W, Grobnic, D, Mihailov, S J

“…High-temperature stable high-reflectivity gratings are fabricated in hydrogen-loaded single-mode fiber (SMF-28) using ultrafast 800-nm radiation. An index…”
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Femtosecond IR laser fabrication of Bragg gratings in photonic crystal fibers and tapers by Mihailov, S.J., Grobnic, D., Huimin Ding, Smelser, C.W., Jes Broeng

“…Fiber Bragg gratings were written in pure silica photonic crystal fibers (PCFs) and PCF tapers with 125-fs 800-nm infrared radiation. High reflectivities were…”
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Role of hydrogen loading and glass composition on the defects generated by the femtosecond laser writing process of fiber Bragg gratings by Troy, Neil, Smelser, Christopher W., Krol, Denise M.

“…The creation of fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) in optical fibers by laser irradiation causes the formation of defects in the modified glass. We have used confocal…”
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A quantitative analysis of parvalbumin neurons in rabbit auditory neocortex by McMullen, N T, Smelser, C B, de Venecia, R K

“…Parvalbumin (PV) is a calcium-binding protein present in GABAergic cells in the cerebral cortex and in thalamic relay neurons. In the present study,…”
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Ultrafast IR Laser Writing of Strong Bragg Gratings Through the Coating of High Ge-Doped Optical Fibers by Grobnic, D., Mihailov, S.J., Smelser, C.W., Ramos, R.T.

“…Strong fiber Bragg gratings were written through the standard polymer coatings of "off-the-shelf" high numerical aperture single-mode optical fibers after a…”
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Localized High Birefringence Induced in SMF-28 Fiber by Femtosecond IR Laser Exposure of the Cladding by Grobnic, D., Mihailov, S.J., Smelser, C.W.

“…A process for creating a local high fiber birefringence and large variation in refractive-index modulation with a polarization in fiber Bragg gratings using…”
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