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Patterns of plant diversity in ironstone ranges in arid south western Australia by Gibson, N., Meissner, R., Markey, A.S., Thompson, W.A.

“…Patterns of plant diversity were examined across 24 ironstone ranges in arid south western Australia. The high levels of beta diversity displayed between…”
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Combustion characteristics of coals using a drop-tube furnace by CLOKE, M, LESTER, E, THOMPSON, A. W

“…14 coals were selected for char refiring tests using a drop-tube furnace (DTF) in order to compare with previous tests on a 1 MW combustion facility. Each coal…”
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Characterisation of sensitivity and orientation tuning for visually responsive ensembles in the zebrafish tectum by Thompson, A. W., Scott, E. K.

“…Sensory coding relies on ensembles of co-active neurons, but these ensembles change from trial to trial of the same stimulus. This is due in part to wide…”
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Thresholds for high-cycle fatigue in a turbine engine Ti–6Al–4V alloy by Ritchie, R.O, Boyce, B.L, Campbell, J.P, Roder, O, Thompson, A.W, Milligan, W.W

“…The characterization of critical levels of microstructural damage that can lead to fatigue-crack propagation under high-cycle fatigue loading conditions is a…”
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Rationed and satiated growth hormone transgenic Coho Salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) show tissue specific differences in energy stores by Thompson, W.A., Lau, G.Y., Richards, J.G., Devlin, R.H.

“…Growth hormone transgenic coho salmon experience increased growth rates, driven primarily through elevated feed intake and feed conversion. However,…”
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Novel (2E,4E,6Z)-7-(2-Alkoxy-3,5-dialkylbenzene)-3-methylocta-2,4,6-trienoic Acid Retinoid X Receptor Modulators Are Active in Models of Type 2 Diabetes by Michellys, P. Y, Ardecky, R. J, Chen, J. H, Crombie, D. L, Etgen, G. J, Faulkner, A. L, Faul, M. M, Grese, T. A, Heyman, R. A, Karanewsky, D. S, Klausing, K, Leibowitz, M. D, Liu, S, Mais, D. A, Mapes, C. M, Marschke, K. B, Reifel-Miller, A, Ogilvie, K. M, Rungta, D, Thompson, A. W, Tyhonas, J. S, Boehm, M. F

“…Previous data have shown that RXR-selective agonists (e.g., 3 and 4) are insulin sensitizers in rodent models of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus…”
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High-throughput mapping of protein occupancy identifies functional elements without the restriction of a candidate factor approach by Ferraris, L, Stewart, A P, Gemberling, M P, Reid, D C, Lapadula, M J, Thompson, W A, Fairbrother, W G

“…There are a variety of in vivo and in vitro methods to determine the genome-wide specificity of a particular trans-acting factor. However there is an inherent…”
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Nitrogen cycling in tropical plantation forests: potential controls on nitrogen retention by Silver, W.L, Thompson, A.W, Reich, A, Ewel, J.J, Firestone, M.K

“…The establishment and management of tropical plantations has the potential to significantly alter patterns in nitrogen (N) cycling relative to old-growth…”
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Microanatomical diversification of the zona pellucida in aplochelioid killifishes by Thompson, A. W., Furness, A. I., Stone, C., Rade, C. M., Ortí, G.

“…This study investigates zona pellucida (ZP) ultrastructure in fertilized eggs of annual killifishes (suborder Aplocheiloidei), a group of highly specialized…”
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Reflection-absorption infrared spectroscopy of ethylene on palladium (111) at high pressure by Kaltchev, M., Thompson, A.W., Tysoe, W.T.

“…The adsorption of ethylene adsorbed on Pd(111) at ∼ 300 K is studied using reflection-absorption infrared spectroscopy which confirms the formation of an…”
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Hardness does not affect the physiological responses of wild and domestic strains of diploid and triploid rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss to short-term exposure to pH 9.5 by Thompson, W. A., Rodela, T. M., Richards, J. G.

“…This study examined the effects of water hardness on the physiological responses associated with high pH exposure in multiple strains of diploid and triploid…”
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A simple graphical decision aid for the placement of elderly people in long-term care by Xie, H, Chaussalet, T J, Thompson, W A, Millard, P H

“…This paper describes the construction of a graphical decision tool to aid placement decisions of a multidisciplinary review panel for admissions to long-term…”
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Corrigendum to “Fatigue crack propagation of aerospace aluminum alloy 7075-T651 in high altitude environments” [Int. J. Fatigue 106 (2018) 196–207] by Burns, J.T., Jones, J.J., Thompson, A.W., Locke, J.S. (Warner)

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Interleukin-1 receptor blockade improves survival and hemodynamic performance in Escherichia coli septic shock, but fails to alter host responses to sublethal endotoxemia by FISCHER, E, MARANO, M. A, THOMPSON, R. C, LOWRY, S. F, MOLDAWER, L. L, VAN ZEE, K. J, ROCK, C. S, HAWES, A. S, THOMPSON, W. A, DEFORGE, L, KENNY, J. S, REMICK, D. G, BLOEDOW, D. C

“…The present study was undertaken to evaluate the extent to which an endogenous interleukin-1 (IL-1) response contributes to the hemodynamic and metabolic…”
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Role of foreign-object damage on thresholds for high-cycle fatigue in Ti-6Al-4V by PETERS, J. O, RODER, O, BOYCE, B. L, THOMPSON, A. W, RITCHIE, R. O

“…The increasing incidence of military aircraft engine failures that can be traced to high-cycle fatigue (HCF) has prompted a reassessment of the design…”
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Simulating and evaluating alternative resource-use strategies using GIS-based habitat suitability indices by Kliskey, A.D, Lofroth, E.C, Thompson, W.A, Brown, S, Schreier, H

“…Geographic information system (GIS) based models were developed for mapping the habitat suitability of pine marten ( Martes americana) and woodland caribou (…”
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Association of gastric adenocarcinoma with the HLA class II gene DQB10301 by Lee, JE, Lowy, AM, Thompson, WA, Lu, M, Loflin, PT, Skibber, JM, Evans, DB, Curley, SA, Mansfield, PF, Reveille, JD

“…BACKGROUND & AIMS: The HLA class II gene DQB1*0301 has been linked to several cancers. This study was designed to determine if HLA-DQB1*0301 is present at…”
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Elevational patterns of sulfur deposition at a site in the Catskill Mountains, New York by Lovett, Gary M, Thompson, Andrew W, Anderson, James B, Bowser, Jonathan J

“…In this paper we report measurements of SO 2- 4 fluxes in throughfall and bulk deposition across an elevational transect from 800 to 1275 m on Slide Mountain…”
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The Use of a Time and Energy Budget Model of a Parent Bird to Investigate Limits to Fledging Mass in the Thick-Billed Murre by Houston, A. I., Thompson, W. A., Gaston, A. J.

“…1. We develop a general model to show how the energy delivered by a parent bird to its young may be limited by either time constraints or energy constraints…”
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Study of Si(111) surfaces by optical second-harmonic generation: reconstruction and surface phase transformation by HEINZ, T. F, LOY, M. M. T, THOMPSON, W. A

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