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The Impact of a Military Air Disaster on The Health of Assistance Workers
The worst peacetime disaster in United States Army history occurred on December 12, 1985 in Gander, Newfoundland. A charter airline carrying 248 soldiers home from peacekeeping ...
Mind the gap: how do climate and agricultural management explain the ‘yield gap’ of croplands around the world?
ABSTRACT Aim As the demands for food, feed and fuel increase in coming decades, society will be pressed to increase agricultural production – whether by increasing yields on alr...
Concentration of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in beached resin pellets: Variability among individual particles and regional differences
Concentrations of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in beached resin pellets were examined to reveal variability between individual particles and differences among beaches. Fifty...
Economic Significance of Predictable Variations in Stock Index Returns
ABSTRACT Knowledge of the one‐month interest rate is useful in forecasting the sign as well as the variance of the excess return on stocks. The services of a portfolio manager w...
Enquiring Minds
Many previous techniques identify trending topics in social media, even topics that are not pre-defined. We present a technique to identify trending rumors, which we define as t...
HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY, HEART DISEASE, AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS
▪ Abstract Multiple observational studies suggest a marked reduction in risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) associated with postmenopausal estrogen use. A new meta-analysis pre...
Normal and mutant thermotaxis in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans.
When grown at a temperature from 16 degrees to 25 degrees and placed on a thermal gradient, the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans migrates to its growth temperature and then moves...
Atmospheric nitrogen deposition in world biodiversity hotspots: the need for a greater global perspective in assessing N deposition impacts
Abstract Increased atmospheric nitrogen (N) deposition is known to reduce plant diversity in natural and semi‐natural ecosystems, yet our understanding of these impacts comes al...