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Costs of Horn Fly (Diptera: Muscidae) Control for Cow-calf Producers in Tennessee and Texas, 2016 by Smith, K. V, DeLong, K. L, Griffith, A. P, Boyer, C. N, Martinez, C. C, Schexnayder, S. M, Trout Fryxell, R. T

“…Tennessee and Texas cow-calf producers were surveyed to assess their 2016 expenses for horn fly control methods. Cattle producers who were members of the Texas…”
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Application of the dissipated energy criterion to predict fatigue crack growth of Type 304 stainless steel following a tensile overload by Smith, K.V.

“…This paper presents the results of numerical simulations of fatigue crack growth performed using three-dimensional elastic–plastic finite element analysis. A…”
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A prospective study of pre-trauma risk factors for post-traumatic stress disorder and depression by Wild, J, Smith, K V, Thompson, E, Béar, F, Lommen, M J J, Ehlers, A

“…It is unclear which potentially modifiable risk factors best predict post-trauma psychiatric disorders. We aimed to identify pre-trauma risk factors for…”
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Paying for Ecosystem Services—Promise and Peril by Kinzig, A. P., Perrings, C., Chapin, F. S., Polasky, S., Smith, V. K., Tilman, D., Turner, B. L.

“…Payment mechanisms designed without regard to the properties of the services they cover may be environmentally harmful. The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment…”
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Integrating property value and local recreation models to value ecosystem services in urban watersheds by Phaneuf, D.J, Smith, V.K, Palmquist, R.B, Pope, J.C

“…This paper outlines a new revealed preference method to estimate the effects of changes in land use associated with residential development on water quality…”
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Lifetime tests of 600-V GaN-on-Si power switches and HEMTs by Smith, K.V., Haller, J., Guerrero, J., Smith, R.P., Lal, R., Wu, Y.-F.

“…We present the first systematic lifetime tests which show excellent long-term reliability for 600V GaN-on-Si power switches.High voltage accelerated life…”
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A Call for the Development of a Sustainable Pest Management Program for the Economically Important Pest Flies of Livestock: a Beef Cattle Perspective by Smith, K V, DeLong, K L, Boyer, C N, Thompson, J M, Lenhart, S M, Strickland, W C, Burgess, E R, Tian, Y, Talley, J, Machtinger, E T, Trout Fryxell, R T

“…Abstract Filth fly pests have a substantial impact on livestock production; annual losses from filth flies were estimated at over US$1.5 billion in 1981…”
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Market responses to hurricanes by Hallstrom, Daniel G., Smith, V. Kerry

“…This paper uses one of the strongest hurricanes to hit the US, Andrew in 1992, to define a quasi-random experiment that permits estimation of the responses of…”
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Localized variations in electronic structure of AlGaN/GaN heterostructures grown by molecular-beam epitaxy by Smith, K. V., Yu, E. T., Elsass, C. R., Heying, B., Speck, J. S.

“…Local electronic properties in a molecular-beam-epitaxy-grown AlxGa1−xN/GaN heterostructure field-effect transistor epitaxial layer structure are probed using…”
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On Measuring Economic Values for Nature by Bockstael, Nancy E, Freeman, A. Myrick, Kopp, Raymond J, Portney, Paul R, Smith, V. Kerry

“…This paper describes how economists ascribe values to the things people can choose. The economic value of an ecosystem function or service relates to the…”
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Signals or noise? Explaining the variation in recreation benefit estimates by Smith, V.K. (North Carolina State University), Kaoru, Y

“…This paper uses meta analysis to summarize the benefit estimates derived from travel cost recreation demand models. After reviewing approximately 200 published…”
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Pattern of relapse in patients with osteosarcoma of the extremities treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy by Bacci, G, Ferrari, S, Longhi, A, Perin, S, Forni, C, Fabbri, N, Salduca, N, Versari, M, Smith, K.V.J

“…570 patients with osteosarcoma of the extremities were treated with five different protocols of neoadjuvant chemotherapy at Rizzoli Institute between 1983 and…”
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Local electronic properties of AlGaN/GaN heterostructures probed by scanning capacitance microscopy by Smith, K. V., Yu, E. T., Redwing, J. M., Boutros, K. S.

“…Local electronic properties in Al sub(x)Ga sub(1-x)N/GaN heterostructure field-effect transistor epitaxial layer structures are probed using scanning…”
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How do risk perceptions respond to information? The Case of radon by Smith, V.K, Johnson, F.R

“…A specialized survey of Maine households' responses to information about the risks associated with radon concentrations in their homes and water supplies was…”
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Can Natural Experiments Measure Behavioral Responses to Environmental Risks? by Hallstrom, Daniel, Smith, V, Carbone, Jared C

“…Efforts to measure people’s responses to spatially delineated risks confront the potential for correlation between these risks and other, unobserved…”
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Is Meta-Analysis a Noah's Ark for Non-Market Valuation? by Smith, V. Kerry, Pattanayak, Subhrendu K

“…This paper describes meta-analytical methods as they have been appliedto non-market valuation research. These studies have been used to reviewand synthesize…”
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Do new health conditions support mortality–air pollution effects? by Evans, Mary F., Smith, V. Kerry

“…Epidemiological research underlying US air quality regulations documents significant associations between measures of fine particles and premature mortality…”
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Is There a Role for Benefit-Cost Analysis in Environmental, Health, and Safety Regulation? by Arrow, Kenneth J., Cropper, Maureen L., Eads, George C., Hahn, Robert W., Lave, Lester B., Noll, Roger G., Portney, Paul R., Russell, Milton, Schmalensee, Richard, Smith, V. Kerry, Stavins, Robert N.

“…Benefit-cost analysis can play an important role in legislative and regulatory policy debates on protecting and improving health, safety, and the natural…”
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Determination of the dependence of the surface force induced contact radius on particle radius: Cross-linked polystyrene spheres on SiO2/silicon by Rimai, D.S., Moore, R.S., Bowen, R.C., Smith, V.K., Woodgate, P.E.

“…The contact radii arising from surface forces were determined for cross-linked polystyrene particles having radii between 1.5 and 10 μm in contact with…”
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Interjurisdictional housing prices in locational equilibrium by Sieg, Holger, Smith, V. Kerry, Banzhaf, H. Spencer, Walsh, Randy

“…In this study, we discuss how to construct interjurisdictional housing price indexes that are consistent with locational equilibrium theory. In theoretical…”
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