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Heating rate and temperature effects on pyrolysis products from live wildland fuels by Safdari, Mohammad-Saeed, Amini, Elham, Weise, David R., Fletcher, Thomas H.

“…[Display omitted] •A comparative study of slow and fast pyrolysis was performed.•Fuels tested were native to the southern forests of the United States.•The…”
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Modeling of water evaporation from a shrinking moist biomass slab subject to heating: Arrhenius approach versus equilibrium approach by Rahimi Borujerdi, Peyman, Shotorban, Babak, Mahalingam, Shankar, Weise, David R.

“…[Display omitted] •Water evaporation of a biomass slab was investigated with the equilibrium and Arrhenius models.•The modeling results were validated against…”
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Characterization of pyrolysis products from slow pyrolysis of live and dead vegetation native to the southern United States by Amini, Elham, Safdari, Mohammad-Saeed, DeYoung, Jonathan T., Weise, David R., Fletcher, Thomas H.

“…•14 live plant species pyrolyzed at 30 °C/min–500 °C to maximize tar yield.•Tar, light gas, and char yields measured for both live and dead plant…”
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Comparison of pyrolysis of live wildland fuels heated by radiation vs. convection by Safdari, Mohammad-Saeed, Amini, Elham, Weise, David R., Fletcher, Thomas H.

“…[Display omitted] During wildland fires, which include both planned (prescribed fire) and unplanned (wildfire) fires, live and dead plants may be subject to…”
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Summative and Ultimate Analysis of Live Leaves from Southern U.S. Forest Plants for Use in Fire Modeling by Matt, Frederick J, Dietenberger, Mark A, Weise, David R

“…Laboratory-derived composition and pyrolysis data are essential inputs for the modeling of fire behavior. Recently, fire research has focused on live fuels…”
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Pyrolysis kinetics of live and dead wildland vegetation from the Southern United States by Amini, Elham, Safdari, Mohammad-Saeed, Weise, David R., Fletcher, Thomas H.

“…•Pyrolysis rates measured for 14 live and dead plant species at 10–30 °C/min in TGA.•Pyrolysis kinetics obtained using KAS method as a function of…”
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Characterization of pyrolysis products from fast pyrolysis of live and dead vegetation native to the Southern United States by Safdari, Mohammad-Saeed, Rahmati, Mahmood, Amini, Elham, Howarth, Joel E., Berryhill, Jansen P., Dietenberger, Mark, Weise, David R., Fletcher, Thomas H.

“…[Display omitted] •14 live plant species pyrolyzed at 765 °C in a fuel-rich flat-flame burner system.•Tar, light gas, and char yields measured for both live…”
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Soil Respiration of the Dahurian Larch (Larix gmelinii) Forest and the Response to Fire Disturbance in Da Xing’an Mountains, China by Hu, Tongxin, Sun, Long, Hu, Haiqing, Weise, David R., Guo, Futao

“…Despite the high frequency of wildfire disturbances in boreal forests in China, the effects of wildfires on soil respiration are not yet well understood. We…”
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Central Effects of Botulinum Neurotoxin-Evidence from Human Studies by Weise, David, Weise, Christopher M, Naumann, Markus

“…For more than three decades, Botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT) has been used to treat a variety of clinical conditions such as spastic or dystonic disorders by…”
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Structural brain plasticity in Parkinson's disease induced by balance training by Sehm, Bernhard, Taubert, Marco, Conde, Virginia, Weise, David, Classen, Joseph, Dukart, Juergen, Draganski, Bogdan, Villringer, Arno, Ragert, Patrick

“…Abstract We investigated morphometric brain changes in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) that are associated with balance training. A total of 20 patients…”
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Specific heat capacity of wildland foliar fuels to 434 °C by Boardman, Charles R., Dietenberger, Mark A., Weise, David R.

“…•Live foliar fuels (leaves) were studied to support pyrolysis modeling.•A method to measure specific heat capacity despite active pyrolysis was…”
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Compositional data analysis of smoke emissions from debris piles with low-density polyethylene by Weise, David R., Jung, Heejung, Palarea-Albaladejo, Javier, Cocker, David R.

“…Data describing the composition of smoke are inherently multivariate and always non-negative parts of a whole. The data are relative and the information is…”
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Enhancement of motor consolidation by post-training transcranial direct current stimulation in older people by Rumpf, Jost-Julian, MD, Wegscheider, Mirko, Hinselmann, Karen, Fricke, Christopher, MD, King, Bradley R., PhD, Weise, David, MD, Klann, Juliane, PhD, Binkofski, Ferdinand, MD, Buccino, Giovanni, MD, Karni, Avi, MD, PhD, Doyon, Julien, PhD, Classen, Joseph, MD

“…Abstract Consolidation, by which performance increments following a training intervention are secured and sometimes generated, is reduced in elderly humans…”
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Individual Response to Botulinum Toxin Therapy in Movement Disorders: A Time Series Analysis Approach by Leplow, Bernd, Pohl, Johannes, Wöllner, Julia, Weise, David

“…On a group level, satisfaction with botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT) treatment in neurological indications is high. However, it is well known that a relevant amount…”
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Towards Spatially Explicit Quantification of Pre- and Postfire Fuels and Fuel Consumption from Traditional and Point Cloud Measurements by Hudak, Andrew T, Kato, Akira, Bright, Benjamin C, Loudermilk, E Louise, Hawley, Christie, Restaino, Joseph C, Ottmar, Roger D, Prata, Gabriel A, Cabo, Carlos, Prichard, Susan J, Rowell, Eric M, Weise, David R

“…Abstract Methods to accurately estimate spatially explicit fuel consumption are needed because consumption relates directly to fire behavior, effects, and…”
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Axonal Degeneration of the Vagus Nerve in Parkinson's Disease-A High-Resolution Ultrasound Study by Pelz, Johann Otto, Belau, Elena, Fricke, Christopher, Classen, Joseph, Weise, David

“…Recent histopathological studies revealed degeneration of the dorsal motor nucleus early in the course of Parkinson's disease (PD). Degeneration of the vagus…”
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Characteristics of Pyrolysis Products of California Chaparral and Their Potential Effect on Wildland Fires by Alizadeh, Mahsa, Weise, David R., Fletcher, Thomas H.

“…The aim of this study was to investigate the pyrolysis of selected California foliage and estimate the energy content of the released volatiles to show the…”
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Using Background-Oriented Schlieren to Visualize Convection in a Propagating Wildland Fire by Aminfar, Amirhessam, Cobian-Iñiguez, Jeanette, Ghasemian, Masoud, Rosales Espitia, Nataly, Weise, David R., Princevac, Marko

“…Heat and mass transfer are important processes associated with wildland fire. Both radiant and convective heat transfer are important processes with convection…”
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Fire behavior in chaparral–Evaluating flame models with laboratory data by Weise, David R., Fletcher, Thomas H., Cole, Wesley, Mahalingam, Shankar, Zhou, Xiangyang, Sun, Lulu, Li, Jing

“…Flame and mass loss data for chaparral, a mixture of shrub plants from the Mediterranean climate zone of southwestern North America, from five previously…”
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Comparison of T2-weighted and QSM contrasts in Parkinson's disease to visualize the STN with MRI by Alkemade, Anneke, de Hollander, Gilles, Keuken, Max C, Schäfer, Andreas, Ott, Derek V M, Schwarz, Johannes, Weise, David, Kotz, Sonja A, Forstmann, Birte U

“…The subthalamic nucleus (STN) plays a crucial role in the surgical treatment of Parkinson's disease (PD). Studies investigating optimal protocols for STN…”
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