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Least independent variables method for simulation of tropospheric ozone
(Wiley-Blackwell, 1989)We describe a method for simulating photochemical production of O in a continental‐scale tropospheric model with only six independent chemical variables representing tracers transported in the model. The tracers are two ... -
Lectures on Ovid's Metamorphoses: The Class Notse of a Sixteenth-Century Paris Schoolboy
(1989)The history of education, of its changing goals and methods, materials and social contexts, offers a fascinating study at the cross-section of intellectual, social and institutional history. In setting the context for and ... -
Lectures on the Kerr/CFT Correspondence
(Elsevier, 2011)We give a short introduction, beginning with the Kerr geometry itself, to the basic results, motivation, open problems and future directions of the Kerr/CFT correspondence. -
LED Arrays as Cost Effective and Efficient Light Sources for Widefield Microscopy
(Public Library of Science, 2008)New developments in fluorophores as well as in detection methods have fueled the rapid growth of optical imaging in the life sciences. Commercial widefield microscopes generally use arc lamps, excitation/emission filters ... -
The Left and “Life” in El Salvador
(Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2012)Throughout the past decade, governments across Latin America have experienced an unprecedented swing to the left. In this essay, I ask: Does the rise of the Left promote women's equality? Or in contrast, could women's ... -
Left edge topics in Russian and the processing of anaphoric dependencies
(Cambridge University Press, 2013)This paper investigates the cost of processing syntactic vs. extra-syntactic dependencies. The results support the hypothesis that syntactic dependencies require less processing effort than discourse-derived dependencies ... -
Left occipitotemporal cortex contributes to the discrimination of tool-associated hand actions: fMRI and TMS evidence
(Frontiers Media S.A., 2014)Functional neuroimaging studies have implicated the left lateral occipitotemporal cortex (LOTC) in both tool and hand perception but the functional role of this region is not fully known. Here, by using a task manipulation, ... -
Left-right dewlap asymmetry and phylogeography of Anolis lineatus on Aruba and Curaçao
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2013)Anolis lizards exhibit a remarkable degree of diversity in the shape, colour, pattern and size of their dewlaps. Asymmetry, where one side of the dewlap differs in pattern or colour from the other, has only been reported ... -
Leg muscles that mediate stability: mechanics and control of two distal extensor muscles during obstacle negotiation in the guinea fowl
(The Royal Society, 2011)Here, we used an obstacle treadmill experiment to investigate the neuromuscular control of locomotion in uneven terrain. We measured in vivo function of two distal muscles of the guinea fowl, lateral gastrocnemius (LG) and ... -
Leg-tracking and automated behavioural classification in Drosophila
(Nature Pub. Group, 2013)Much remains unknown about how the nervous system of an animal generates behaviour, and even less is known about the evolution of behaviour. How does evolution alter existing behaviours or invent novel ones? Progress in ... -
Legacy Impacts of All-Time Anthropogenic Emissions on the Global Mercury Cycle
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2013)Elevated mercury (Hg) in marine and terrestrial ecosystems is a global health concern because of the formation of toxic methylmercury. Humans have emitted Hg to the atmosphere for millennia, and this Hg has deposited and ... -
Legal Determinants of External Finance
(Wiley-Blackwell, 1997)Using a sample of 49 countries, we show that countries with poorer investor protections, measured by both the character of legal rules and the quality of law enforcement, have smaller and narrower capital markets. These ... -
The Legal Implications of Report Back in Household Exposure Studies
(National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 2016)Background: Scientists conducting research into household air or dust pollution must decide whether, when, and how to disclose to study participants their individual results. A variety of considerations factor into this ... -
Legal Origins
(Oxford University Press (OUP), 2002)A central requirement in the design of a legal system is the protection of law enforcers from coercion by litigants through either violence or bribes. The higher the risk of coercion, the greater the need for protection ... -
The Legalization of International Monetary Affairs
(Cambridge University Press, 2000)Sovereign control over money is one of the most closely guarded national prerogatives. 1 Creating, valuating, and controlling the distribution of national legal tender is viewed as an inherent right of a nation-state in ... -
The Legalization of the Workplace
(University of Chicago Press, 1994)This study uses longitudinal data on nearly 300 American employers over the period 1955-85 to analyze the adoption of disciplinary hearings and grievance procedures for nonunion salaried and hourly employees. Hypotheses ... -
Legislating Without Constraints: The Effect of Minority Districting on Legislators' Responsiveness to Constituency Preferences
(Cambridge University Press, 2007)Numerous critics have charged that the practice of minority districting, by weakening the electoral incentives central to representative behavior, leads legislators to be less responsive to constituency opinion. Using data ... -
Legitimation in Imperial China: Discussions Under The Jurchen-Chin Dynasty by Hok-lam Chan
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The Legumes: The Earliest Domesticated Plants in the Near East?
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Leibniz and the Foundations of Physics: The Later Years
(Duke University Press, 2016)