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A novel system architecture, based on the object model. is the central structuring concept used in the Clouds distributed operating system. This architecture makes Clouds attractive over a wide class of machines and environments. Clouds is a native operating system, designed and implemented at Georgia Tech, and runs on a set of general purpose computers connected via a local area network. The s...

In 2007, adult Culex coronator were collected in Chatham County, Georgia, and Jasper County, South Carolina, during nuisance and disease vector surveillance efforts. A total of 75 specimens of this species were collected at 8 widely separated locations in Chatham County, Georgia, and 4 closely situated sites in Jasper County, South Carolina. These represent the first Atlantic coastal records of...

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Although the 1st published record of Ochlerotatus japonicus japonicus in Georgia (Rabun County) occurred in 2004, we report here a 2002 collection and identification in Fulton County, Georgia (metro Atlanta). The finding of Oc. j. japonicus in Fulton County represents the most southern record of this species in the United States to date. Also, subsequent collections in North Carolina and 4 addi...

1 School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 30332-0340, USA 2 School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 30332-0340, USA 3 School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 30332-0340, USA 4 Geosciences Department, University of Houston, Houston, TX, 77204...

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a Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, U.S.A. b Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, U.S.A. c Center for Geospatial Research, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, U.S.A. d Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A. e Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA, Greenbelt, MD, U.S.A. f Department ...

H. S. Chakraborty,1 A. Gray,2 J. T. Costello,2 P. C. Deshmukh,1 G. N. Haque,3 E. T. Kennedy,2,* S. T. Manson,4 and J-P. Mosnier2 1Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras 600036, India 2Centre for Laser Plasma Research, School of Physical Sciences, Dublin City University, Dublin 9, Ireland 3Department of Physics, Morehouse College, Atlanta, Georgia 30314 4Department of Phys...

In Georgia, crucian carp Carassius carassius (Linnaeus, 1758) was known from only one locality after Kesslers record (1877–1878) with no new findings until 1985. Since then C. carassius rapidly and simultaneously invaded almost all water bodies of Georgia. In 2004, it was for the first time noted that this invasive Carassius sp. could not be a C. Carassius, but was a form of Carassius gibelio (...