Cryoturbation in permafrost-affected soils is important to many Arctic biogeochemical processes and critical to the appropriate classification of Gelisols. Standardized methodologies for describing the soils formed from these processes and knowledge regarding the time scales at which they operate continue to evolve. Twenty-six profiles were described across a transect in the Midas Lake region o...

A recent Wall Street Journal article by Arthur C. Brooks on the Occupy Movement and fairness («Fairness and the ‘Occupy’ Movement, November 25) says some interesting things about potential common ground between free-market ideas and the Occupy movement. Yet Brooks also commits some very important errors. Perhaps with clearer facts there could be more common ground on reforming the economy and p...

SHUKLA, ANUJA. Pair programming and the factors affecting Brooks’ Law. (Under the direction of Dr. Laurie Ann Williams). Frederick Brooks states in his book The Mythical Man-Month, “Adding manpower to a late software project makes it later.” Brooks explains that often software development managers react to schedule problems by adding more manpower to the project. However, the new team members t...