As part of a study of oak planting techniques for bottomland hardwood afforestation we examined the natural invasion of woody species onto former agricultural fields at Tensas River National Wildlife Refuge. Three replications of 14 treatments were established as 0.4 hectare (1 acre) plots in a complete randomized block design. Combinations of these treatments were used to examine the effects o...

The Special Workshop on Information Privacy will consist of a one-day presentation of high-quality research in the area of information privacy. It will include 1) invited papers by scholars from participating schools and 2) submitted papers. The day will include four sessions, each of which will feature two paper presentations by authors and ample time for discussion facilitated by a designated...

Previous theoretical and empirical research on term limits has focused on the problem of accountability—that is, the possibility that term-limited politicians exert less effort than those who are eligible to run for reelection. We present a model with both accountability and selection effects, in which term limits not only cause incumbents to shirk but also interfere with voters’ ability to ree...

cell-mediated immune (cmi) s t a t us and sub- popul at i ons o f pe r ipheral b l ood lymphocytes were investigated in one hundre d volunt a ry blood donors who were car r ier s of ag • he s a signi f i c ant decr e ase of t otal t-cells observed in hb ag carri e rs as compared t o normal controls. the percens t age o f active t-cells a nd b-lymphocytes did not d i f f e r signi f icant ly bet...

giving 25-year follow-up ~ on 2700 subjects with surgical repair of congenital cardiovascular defect of one of eight different types. Estimated combined exposure was 31,000 person-years with 270 observed deaths. Mean duration of FU was 11.5 years, and overall FU was 94% complete. The second is a combined morbidity/mortality abstract giving 8-year follow-up on 176 subjects with abdominal aortic ...

Nickel ore export ban has been imposed by Indonesia as the leading actor on global nickel supply chain which created a disruption and not perceived well other countries, especially European Union (EU) countries. This paper will analyze implications caused to EU countries actions following it, including enactment of palm oil ban. Starting with World Trade Organization (WTO) panel, EU’s strategy ...

The properties of the soil-water medium are presented in the literature independent of its internal organization and operation. The objective of this study is to develop and test a conceptual model that used a continuously measured shrinkage curve (Se) to describe the functional organization of the soil-water medium. In this model, two functional porosities (micro and macro) are delineated and ...

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Route choice systems (RCS) and traffic control systems (TCS) constitute two major approaches to mitigating congestion in urban road networks. The interaction between signal control and route choice is often captured in the combined traffic assignment and control problem, whose solution has many practical applications. In this paper, we consider this interaction from a narrower RCS perspective, ...

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