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The intertropical convergence zone modulates intense hurricane strikes on the western North Atlantic margin The intertropical convergence zone modulates intense hurricane strikes on the western North Atlantic margin
Most Atlantic hurricanes form in the Main Development Region between 9°N to 20°N along the northern edge of the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ). Previous research has suggested that meridional shifts in the ITCZ position on geologic timescales can modulate hurricane activity, but continuous and long-term storm records are needed from multiple sites to assess this hypothesis. Here...
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Peter J. van Hengstrum, Jeffrey P. Donnelly, Patricia L. Fall, Michael Toomey, Nancy A. Albury, Brian Kakuk
Decision-making for foot-and-mouth disease control: Objectives matter Decision-making for foot-and-mouth disease control: Objectives matter
Formal decision-analytic methods can be used to frame disease control problems, the first step of which is to define a clear and specific objective. We demonstrate the imperative of framing clearly-defined management objectives in finding optimal control actions for control of disease outbreaks. We illustrate an analysis that can be applied rapidly at the start of an outbreak when there...
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William J. M. Probert, Katriona Shea, Christopher J. Fonnesbeck, Michael C. Runge, Tim E. Carpenter, Salome Durr, M. Graeme Garner, Neil Harvey, Mark A. Stevenson, Colleen T. Webb, Marleen Werkman, Michael J. Tildesley, Matthew J. Ferrari
Industrial Diamond in 2015 Industrial Diamond in 2015
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Donald W. Olson
Dermocystidium sp. infection in Blue Ridge Sculpin captured in Maryland Dermocystidium sp. infection in Blue Ridge Sculpin captured in Maryland
Raised pale cysts were observed on Blue Ridge Sculpin Cottus caeruleomentum during stream fish community surveys in Catoctin Mountain Park, Maryland. When examined histologically, preserved sculpin exhibited multiple cysts containing spherical endospores with a refractile central body characteristic of Dermocystidiumspp. Cysts were not observed on the gills or internally. The portion of...
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Vicki S. Blazer, Nathaniel P. Hitt, Craig D. Snyder, Erin Snook, Cynthia R. Adams