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BENTHIC COMMUNITY STRUCTURE OF THE GREEN AND COLORADO RIVERS THROUGH CANYONLANDS NATIONAL PARK, UTAH, USA
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Fiscal Year 2006
The status of groundwater level monitoring at Los Alamos National Laboratory in Fiscal Year 2006 is provided in this report. The Groundwater Level Monitoring Project was instituted in 2005 for providing a framework for the collection and processing of quality controlled groundwater level data. This report summarizes groundwater level data for 158 monitoring wells, including 43 regional aquifer wells, 23 intermediate wells, and 92 alluvial wells. Pressure transducers were installed in 132 monitoring wells for continuous monitoring of groundwater levels. Time-series hydrographs of groundwater level data are presented along with pertinent construction and location information for each well
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Groundwater Level Status Report for Fiscal Year 2007 - Los Alamos National Laboratory
The status of groundwater level monitoring at Los Alamos National Laboratory in Fiscal Year 2007 is provided in this report. The Groundwater Level Monitoring Project was instituted in 2005 to provide a framework for the collection and processing of quality controlled groundwater level data. This report summarizes groundwater level data for 166 monitoring wells, including 45 regional aquifer wells, 25 intermediate wells, and 96 alluvial wells, and 11 water supply wells. Pressure transducers were installed in 133 monitoring wells for continuous monitoring of groundwater levels. Time-series hydrographs of groundwater level data are presented along with pertinent construction and location information for each well
Octahedral Tilt Instability of ReO_3-type Crystals
The octahedron tilt transitions of ABX_3 perovskite-structure materials lead
to an anti-polar (or antiferroelectric) arrangement of dipoles, with the low
temperature structure having six sublattices polarized along various
crystallographic directions. It is shown that an important mechanism driving
the transition is long range dipole-dipole forces acting on both displacive and
induced parts of the anion dipole. This acts in concert with short range
repulsion, allowing a gain of electrostatic (Madelung) energy, both
dipole-dipole and charge-charge, because the unit cell shrinks when the hard
ionic spheres of the rigid octahedron tilt out of linear alignment.Comment: 4 page with 3 figures included; new version updates references and
clarifies the argument
Dopant Spatial Distributions: Sample Independent Response Function And Maximum Entropy Reconstruction
We demonstrate the use of maximum entropy based deconvolution to reconstruct
boron spatial distribution from the secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS)
depth profiles on a system of variously spaced boron -layers grown in
silicon. Sample independent response functions are obtained using a new method
which reduces the danger of incorporating real sample behaviour in the
response. Although the original profiles of different primary ion energies
appear quite differently, the reconstructed distributions agree well with each
other. The depth resolution in the reconstructed data is increased
significantly and segregation of boron at the near surface side of the
-layers is clearly shown.Comment: 5 two-columne pages, 3 postscript figures, to appear in Phys. Rev.
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catena-Poly[cobalt(II)-di-μ-chlorido-κ4 Cl:Cl-μ-1,5-dimethyl-1H-tetraÂzole-κ2 N 3:N 4]: an X-ray powder investigation
The asymmetric unit of the title compound, [CoCl2(C3H6N4)]n, contains two Co atoms, both lying on inversion centres, two Cl atoms and one 1,5-dimethylÂtetraÂzole ligand. The coordination polyhedra of both Co atoms adopt flattened octaÂhedral geometry, with two N atoms from two ligands in axial positions and four Cl atoms in equatorial sites. Neighbouring Co atoms are linked together via two bridging Cl atoms and one tetraÂzole ring to form polymeric chains running along the a axis
Numerical Confirmation of Late-time t^{1/2} Growth in Three-dimensional Phase Ordering
Results for the late-time regime of phase ordering in three dimensions are
reported, based on numerical integration of the time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau
equation with nonconserved order parameter at zero temperature. For very large
systems () at late times, the characteristic length grows
as a power law, , with the measured in agreement with the
theoretically expected result to within statistical errors. In this
time regime is found to be in excellent agreement with the analytical
result of Ohta, Jasnow, and Kawasaki [Phys. Rev. Lett. {\bf 49}, 1223 (1982)].
At early times, good agreement is found between the simulations and the
linearized theory with corrections due to the lattice anisotropy.Comment: Substantially revised and enlarged, submitted to PR
The Entropy of the Gravitational Field
We derive a formula for the nonequilibrium entropy of a classical stochastic
field in terms of correlation functions of this field. The formalism is then
applied to define the entropy of gravitational perturbations (both
gravitational waves and density fluctuations). We calculate this entropy in a
specific cosmological model (the inflationary Universe) and find that on scales
of interest in cosmology the entropy in both density perturbations and
gravitational waves exceeds the entropy of statistical fluctuations of the
microwave background. The nonequilibrium entropy discussed here is a measure of
loss of information about the system. We discuss the origin of the entropy in
our cosmological models and compare the definition of entropy in terms of
correlation functions with the microcanonical definition in quantum statistical
mechanics.Comment: 40 pages, uses REVTE
Cellular allometry of mitochondrial functionality establishes the optimal cell size
Eukaryotic cells attempt to maintain an optimal size, resulting in size homeostasis. While cellular content scales isometrically with cell size, allometric laws indicate that metabolism per mass unit should decline with increasing size. Here we use elutriation and single-cell flow cytometry to analyze mitochondrial scaling with cell size. While mitochondrial content increases linearly, mitochondrial membrane potential and oxidative phosphorylation are highest at intermediate cell sizes. Thus, mitochondrial content and functional scaling are uncoupled. The nonlinearity of mitochondrial functionality is cell size, not cell cycle, dependent, and it results in an optimal cell size whereby cellular fitness and proliferative capacity are maximized. While optimal cell size is controlled by growth factor signaling, its establishment and maintenance requires mitochondrial dynamics, which can be controlled by the mevalonate pathway. Thus, optimization of cellular fitness and functionality through mitochondria can explain the requirement for size control, as well as provide means for its maintenance
Post-Traumatic Epilepsy Associations with Mental Health Outcomes in the First Two Years after Moderate to Severe TBI: A TBI Model Systems Analysis
Purpose
Research suggests that there are reciprocal relationships between mental health (MH) disorders and epilepsy risk. However, MH relationships to post-traumatic epilepsy (PTE) have not been explored. Thus, the objective of this study was to assess associations between PTE and frequency of depression and/or anxiety in a cohort of individuals with moderate-to-severe TBI who received acute inpatient rehabilitation.
Methods
Multivariate regression models were developed using a recent (2010–2012) cohort (n = 867 unique participants) from the TBI Model Systems (TBIMS) National Database, a time frame during which self-reported seizures, depression [Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ)-9], and anxiety [Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD-7)] follow-up measures were concurrently collected at year-1 and year-2 after injury.
Results
PTE did not significantly contribute to depression status in either the year-1 or year-2 cohort, nor did it contribute significantly to anxiety status in the year-1 cohort, after controlling for other known depression and anxiety predictors. However, those with PTE in year-2 had 3.34 times the odds (p = .002) of having clinically significant anxiety, even after accounting for other relevant predictors. In this model, participants who self-identified as Black were also more likely to report clinical symptoms of anxiety than those who identified as White. PTE was the only significant predictor of comorbid depression and anxiety at year-2 (Odds Ratio 2.71; p = 0.049).
Conclusions
Our data suggest that PTE is associated with MH outcomes 2 years after TBI, findings whose significance may reflect reciprocal, biological, psychological, and/or experiential factors contributing to and resulting from both PTE and MH status post-TBI. Future work should consider temporal and reciprocal relationships between PTE and MH as well as if/how treatment of each condition influences biosusceptibility to the other condition
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