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Improved estimation of oceanographic climatology using empirical orthogonal functions and clustering
(2013)
Vertical profiles of temperature, salinity, and sound speed velocity are used in numerous applications where accurate vertical profiles are crucial. Conventional climatological representations of vertical oceanographic ...
Three-dimensional multiple-source focalization in an uncertain ocean environment
(2013)
This letter develops a Bayesian focalization approach for three-dimensional localization of an unknown number of sources in shallow water with uncertain environmental properties. The algorithm minimizes the Bayesian ...
Propagation and scattering effects in underwater acoustic communication channels
(2013)
Systematic measurements were performed to characterize shallow-water acoustic propagation channels for applications in the field of underwater communications. The survey was conducted in northern Europe and covers the ...
Long-range tropospheric transport of uranium and plutonium weapons fallout from Semipalatinsk nuclear test site to Norway
(2013)
A combination of state-of-the-art isotopic fingerprinting techniques and atmospheric transport modelling using real-time historical meteorological data has been used to demonstrate direct tropospheric transport of radioactive ...
Bringing the economy back in: The political economy of security sector reform
(2013)
The mechanisms underlying the relation between development and security are difficult to define and poorly understood. This has not hindered various donor countries, NGOs, or international organizations from designing and ...
Estimating the capture and loss of cold plasma from ionospheric outflow
(2012)
An important source of magnetospheric plasma is cold plasma from the terrestrial ionosphere. Low energy ions travel along the magnetic field lines and enter the magnetospheric lobes where they are convected toward the tail ...
On-line solid phase extraction-liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry for trace determination of nerve agent degradation products in water samples
(2013)
Three primary nerve agent degradation products (ethyl-, isopropyl- and pinacolyl methylphosphonic acid) have been determined in water samples using on-line solid phase extraction-liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry ...
Large scale MALDI-TOF MS based taxa identification to identify novel pigment producers in a marine bacterial culture collection
(2013)
A challenge in the rational exploitation of microbial culture collections is to avoid superfluous testing of replicas. MALDI-TOF MS has been shown to be an efficient dereplication tool as it can be used to discriminate ...
Responses of male sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) to killer whale sounds: implications for anti-predator strategies
(2013)
Interactions between individuals of different cetacean species are often observed in the wild. Killer whales (Orcinus orca) can be potential predators of many other cetaceans, and the interception of their vocalizations ...
Tetanus: Pathophysiology, Treatment, and the Possibility of Using Botulinum Toxin against Tetanus-Induced Rigidity and Spasms
(2013)
Tetanus toxin, the product of Clostridium tetani, is the cause of tetanus symptoms. Tetanus toxin is taken up into terminals of lower motor neurons and transported axonally to the spinal cord and/or brainstem. Here the ...