In this article the authors examine the impact of recent
immigration on rates of serious property crime across communities in
Austin, Texas. The greater Austin foreign-born population has increased
by more than 580 percent since 1980, and Austin is considered a “pre-emerging” immigrant gateway city to the United States. The...
Drifters released offshore of Oregon during predominantly downwelling favorable alongshore winds during three different deployments (October 1994, January 1998, and September 1998) display similar behavior: after being advected around in the offshore eddy field, they move onshore to a particular isobath and are advected poleward alongshore, without coming ashore. Numerical...
As part of an experiment to study wind-driven coastal circulation, 17 hydrographic
surveys of the middle to inner shelf region off the coast of Newport, OR (44.65°N, from
roughly the 90 m isobath to the 10 m isobath) were performed during Summer 1999
with a small, towed, undulating vehicle. The...
This study aimed to determine the interactions 31 among salt (NaCl), sodium phosphate
(SP) and mild HPP in brine-injected beef. Beef strip loin segments were injected to 10% over initial weight with solutions containing water and various levels of salt (0, 2 or 4% of solution)
and/or SP (0 or...
Optimized processing conditions for
Pt/TiO₂/SiO₂/Si templating electrodes were investigated. These
electrodes are used to obtain [111] textured thin film lead
zirconate titanate (Pb[ZrₓTi₁₋ₓ]O₃ 0≤x≤1) (PZT). Titanium
deposited by dc magnetron sputtering yields [0001] texture on a
thermally oxidized Si wafer. It was found that by optimizing
deposition time, pressure, power,...
A fluorescent dye tracer was injected into the
pycnocline on the Oregon shelf at a depth of 9–10 m. It
spread rapidly cross-shelf as two distinct layers, one above
the other in the water column, split by interleaving dye-free
water. The vertical scale of these layers, and associated
density steps,...
Observations, from the Oregon continental shelf, describe the slumping of a coastal
upwelling front in response to a reversal of winds from upwelling-to downwelling-favorable.
Initially, the front outcropped in a surface mixed layer of depth 10–20 m with a
pronounced cross-shelf density gradient. Following wind reversal, both the unbalanced
cross-shelf...
BACKGROUND: Increasing emphasis in performance-based payment, public reporting, and quality improvement
(QI) has led to widespread interest in measuring and improving the quality of care. By 2014, hospice programs
will be required to report quality data to the federal government or incur financial penalties. With this increased
interest in quality...
Contamination of newly planted bermudagrass (Cynodon spp.) varieties by undesirable off-type bermudagrass genotypes is an
ever increasing concern for turf managers because selective control options are limited. In 2009, a sethoxydim {2-[1-(ethoxyimino)butyl]-5-[2-(ethylthio)propyl]-3-hydroxy-2-cyclohexen-1-one} tolerant bermudagrass genotype (93-175) was identified during
herbicide screening at the University of Georgia in Tifton. The objective...
Bismuth oxide thin films were deposited by atomic layer deposition using Bi(OCMe₂ [superscript i]Pr)₃ and H₂O
at deposition temperatures between 90 and 270°C on Si₃N₄, TaN, and TiN substrates. Films were
analyzed using spectroscopic ellipsometry, x-ray diffraction, x-ray reflectivity, high-resolution
transmission electron microscopy, and Rutherford backscattering spectrometry. Bi₂O₃ films
deposited...