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October 31, 2008

New Nursing Publications by BU Researchers

Title: The relationship between glomerular filtration rate and survival in patients treated with an implantable cardioverter defibrillatorAuthors: Levy, Ronni; DellaValle, Andrea; Atav, A. Serdar; Rehman, Afazal ur; Sklar, Allan H.; Stamato, Nicolas J.
Source: CLINICAL CARDIOLOGY 31 (6): 265-269 JUN 2008

Title: Reversal of lower limb edema by calf muscle pump stimulation
Authors: Goddard, Ayana A.; Pierce, Carolyn S.; McLeod, Kenneth J.
Source: JOURNAL OF CARDIOPULMONARY REHABILITATION AND PREVENTION 28 (3): 174-179 MAY-JUN 2008

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October 17, 2008

New Physics Publication by BU Researcher

Breathing mode frequencies of a rotating Fermi gas in the BCS-BEC crossover region
De Silva, Theja N.
PHYSICAL REVIEW A 78 (2): Art. No. 023623 Part B AUG 2008

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New Mathematics Publication by BU Researcher

A new perspective on the Frenkel-Zhu fusion rule theorem
Feingold, Alex J.; Fredenhagen, Stefan
JOURNAL OF ALGEBRA 320 (5): 2079-2100 SEP 1 2008

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New Chemistry Publications by BU Researchers

Nanoscale single-crystal vanadium oxides with layered structure by electrospinning and hydrothermal method
Ban, Chunmei; Whittingham, M. Stanley
SOLID STATE IONICS 179 (27-32): 1721-1724 Sp. Iss. SI SEP 30 2008

Vanadium(I) chloride and lithium vanadium(I) dihydride as selective epimetallating reagents for pi- and sigma-bonded organic substrates
Eisch, John J.; Fregene, Paul O.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY (26): 4482-4492 SEP 2008

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October 06, 2008

New Physics Publication by BU Researcher

Evidence for neutron production in deuterium gas with a pyroelectric crystal without tip
Tornow, W.; Shafroth, S. M.; Brownridge, J. D.
JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS 104 (3): Art. No. 034905 AUG 1 2008

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New Chemistry Publications by BU Researchers

Glutamate forward and reverse transport: From molecular mechanism to transporter-mediated release after ischemia
Grewer, Christof; Gameiro, Armanda; Zhang, Zhou; Tao, Zhen; Braams, Simona; Rauen, Thomas
IUBMB LIFE 60 (9): 609-619 SEP 2008

Interparticle interactions in glutathione mediated assembly of gold nanoparticles
Lim, I-Im S.; Mott, Derrick; Ip, Wui; Njoki, Petr N.; Pan, Yi; Zhou, Shuiqin; Zhong, Chuan-Jian
LANGMUIR 24 (16): 8857-8863 AUG 19 2008

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September 26, 2008

New Psychology Publications by BU Researchers

Title: Cognitive processes in dissociation: An analysis of core theoretical assumptions
Authors: Giesbrecht, T; Lynn, SJ; Lilienfeld, SO; Merckelbach, H
Source: PSYCHOLOGICAL BULLETIN 134 (5): 617-647 SEP 2008


Title: Questioning the rule of thumb: Can verbal tasks be administered during the CVLT-II delay interval?
Authors: Williams, BR; Donovick, PJ
Source: CLINICAL NEUROPSYCHOLOGIST 22 (5): 807-812 2008


Title: Epidemiology of personality disorders
Authors: Lenzenweger, MF
Source: PSYCHIATRIC CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA 31 (3): 395-+ SEP 2008

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September 22, 2008

New Biology Publications by BU Researchers

Title: Cryoablative response of prostate cancer cells is influenced by androgen receptor expression
Authors: Klossner, Daniel P.; Baust, John M.; VanBuskirk, Robert G.; Gage, Andrew A.; Baust, John G.
Source: BJU INTERNATIONAL 101 (10): 1310-1316 MAY 2008

Title: Symbiotic relationships of legumes and nodule bacteria on Barro Colorado Island, Panama: A review
Authors: Parker, Matthew A.
Source: MICROBIAL ECOLOGY 55 (4): 662-672 MAY 2008

Title: Ingestion without inactivation of bacteriophages by Tetrahymena
Authors: Akunyili, Agnes A.; Alfatlawi, Miaad; Upadhyaya, Bandana; Rhoads, Laura S.; Eichelberger, Henry; Van Bell, Craig T.
Source: JOURNAL OF EUKARYOTIC MICROBIOLOGY 55 (3): 207-213 MAY-JUN 2008

Title: Input and output of dissolved organic and inorganic nitrogen in subtropical forests of South China under high air pollution
Authors: Fang, Y. T.; Gundersen, P.; Mo, J. M.; Zhu, W. X.
Source: BIOGEOSCIENCES 5 (2): 339-352 2008

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September 05, 2008

New Mathematics Publication by BU Researcher

A generalized log-rank test for interval-censored failure time data via multiple imputation
Huang, Jinlong; Lee, Chinsan; Yu, Qiqing
STATISTICS IN MEDICINE 27 (17): 3217-3226 JUL 30 2008

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New Physics Publication by BU Researchers

Reduced heat flow in light water (H2O) due to heavy water (D2O)
Gorman, William R.; Brownridge, James D.
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS 93 (3): Art. No. 034101 JUL 21 2008

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New Chemistry Publications by BU Researchers

Crowding effects on diffusion in solutions and cells
Dix, James A.; Verkman, A. S.
ANNUAL REVIEW OF BIOPHYSICS 37: 247-263 2008

Processing of nanoporous Ag layers by potential-controlled displacement (PCD) of Cu
Viyannalage, L. T.; Liu, Y.; Dimitrov, N.
LANGMUIR 24 (15): 8332-8337 AUG 5 2008

Assembly-disassembly of DNAs and gold nanoparticles: A strategy of intervention based on oligonucleotides and restriction enzymes
Lim, I-Im S.; Chandrachud, Uma; Wang, Lingyan; Gal, Susannah; Zhong, Chuan-Jian
ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY 80 (15): 6038-6044 AUG 1 2008

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August 26, 2008

New Geology & Environmental Studies Publications by BU Researchers

Title: Physical sedimentology experiments with sulfuric acid solutions: Implications for Mars?
Authors: Benison, KC; LaClair, D; Walker, J
Source: EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS 270 (3-4): 330-337 JUN 30 2008


Title: Mid-IR bands of synthetic calcic amphiboles of tremolite-pargasite series and of natural calcie amphiboles
Authors: Ishida, K; Jenkins, DM; Hawthorne, FC
Source: AMERICAN MINERALOGIST 93 (7): 1112-1118 JUL 2008

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New Psychology Publications by BU Researchers

Title: Blocking and pseudoblocking: The reply of Rattus norvegicus to Apis mellifera
Authors: Guez, D; Miller, RR
Source: QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY 61 (8): 1186-1198 AUG 2008

Title: Alcohol trait and transcriptional genomic analysis of C57BL/6 substrains
Authors: Mulligan, MK; Ponomarev, I; Boehm, SL; Owen, JA; Levin, PS; Berman, AE; Blednov, YA; Crabbe, JC; Williams, RW; Miles, MF; Bergeson, SE
Source: GENES BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR 7 (6): 677-689 AUG 2008

Title: Effects of a context shift and multiple context extinction on reactivity to alcohol cues
Authors: MacKillop, J; Lisman, SA
Source: EXPERIMENTAL AND CLINICAL PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY 16 (4): 322-331 AUG 2008

Title: Backward recognition masking as a general type of interference in needed poststimulus processing
Authors: Pastore, RE; Gaston, JR; Berens, MS
Source: PERCEPTION & PSYCHOPHYSICS 70 (6): 1104-1116 AUG 2008

Title: Refining the borderline personality disorder phenotype through finite mixture modeling: Implications for classification
Authors: Lenzenweger, MF; Clarkin, JF; Yeomans, FE; Kernberg, OF; Levy, KN
Source: JOURNAL OF PERSONALITY DISORDERS 22 (4): 313-331 AUG 2008

Title: Interpretation of facial expressions and social anxiety: Specificity and source of biases
Authors: Coles, ME; Heimberg, RG; Schofield, CA
Source: COGNITION & EMOTION 22 (6): 1159-1173 2008

Title: Perceptual difficulty in source memory encoding and retrieval: Prefrontal versus parietal electrical brain activity
Authors: Kuo, TY; Van Petten, C
Source: NEUROPSYCHOLOGIA 46 (8): 2243-2257 2008

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August 05, 2008

New Biology Publications by BU Researchers

Title: Estimations of body surface area in newborns
Author Full Names: Ahn, Youngmee; Garruto, Ralph M.
Source: ACTA PAEDIATRICA 97 (3): 366-370 MAR 2008

Title: The contribution of mitochondrial dysfunction to a gene-environment model of Guamanian ALS and PDAuthors: Lynch, Daniel; Wanglund, Christian; Spathis, Rita; Chan, Chim W.; Reiff, Dana M.; Lum, J. Koji; Garruto, Ralph M.
Source: MITOCHONDRION 8 (2): 109-116 MAR 2008

Title: Ten-year biochemical disease control for patients with prostate cancer treated with cryosurgery as primary therapy
Authors: Cohen, Jeffrey K.; Miller, Ralph J., Jr.; Ahmed, Sharmila; Lotz, Meredith J.; Baust, John
Source: UROLOGY 71 (3): 515-518 MAR 2008

Title: Proteomic, microarray, and signature-tagged mutagenesis analyses of anaerobic Pseudomonas aeruginosa at pH 6.5, likely representing chronic, late-stage cystic fibrosis airway conditions
Authors: Platt, Mark D.; Schurr, Michael J.; Sauer, Karin; Vazquez, Gustavo; Kukavica-Ibrulj, Irena; Potvin, Eric; Levesque, Roger C.; Fedynak, Amber; Brinkman, Fiona S. L.; Schurr, Jill; Hwang, Sung-Hei; Lau, Gee W.; Limbach, Patrick A.; Rowe, John J.; Lieberman, Michael A.; Barraud, Nicolas; Webb, Jeremy; Kjelleberg, Stafan; Hunt, Donald F.; J. Hassett, Daniel
Source: JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY 190 (8): 2739-2758 APR 2008

Title: The other side of the opioid story: Modulation of cell growth and survival signaling
Author Full Names: Chen, Yulong L.; Law, Ping Yee; Loh, Horace H.
Source: CURRENT MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY 15 (8): 772-778 APR 2008

Title: Active hexose correlated compound activates immune function to decrease bacterial load in a murine model of intramuscular infection
Authors: Aviles, Hernan; O'Donnell, Phyllis; Orshal, Julia; Fujii, Hajime; Sun, Buxiang; Sonnenfeld, Gerald
Source: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SURGERY 195 (4): 537-545 APR 2008

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July 29, 2008

New Physics Publications by BU Researchers

Influence of Sn grain size and orientation on the thermomechanical response and reliability of Pb-free solder joints
Bieler, Thomas R.; Jiang, Hairong; Lehman, Lawrence P.; Kirkpatrick, Tim; Cotts, Eric J.; Nandagopal, Bala
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON COMPONENTS AND PACKAGING TECHNOLOGIES 31 (2): 370-381 JUN 2008


Saturation of intersubband transitions in p-doped GaAs/AlGaAs quantum wells
Steed, Robert; Matthews, Mary; Plumridge, Jonathan; Frogley, Mark; Phillips, Chris; Ikonic, Zoran; Harrison, Paul; Malis, Oana; Pfeiffer, Loren N.; West, Kenneth W.
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS 92 (18): Art. No. 183104 MAY 5 2008

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New Chemistry Publications by BU Researchers

Combinatorial assessment of the activity-composition correlation for several alloy nanoparticle catalysts
Shi, Xiajing; Luo, Jin; Njoki, Peter N.; Lin, Yan; Lin, Ta-Hsuan; Mott, Derrick; Lu, Susan; Zhong, Chuan-Jian
INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH 47 (14): 4675-4682 JUL 16 2008

Gold and magnetic oxide/gold core/shell nanoparticles as bio-functional nanoprobes
Lim, I-Im S.; Njoki, Peter N.; Park, Hye-Young; Wang, Xin; Wang, Lingyan; Mott, Derrick; Zhong, Chuan-Jian
NANOTECHNOLOGY 19 (30): Art. No. 305102 JUL 30 2008

Synthesis and characterization of layered and scrolled amine-templated vanadium oxides
Roppolo, Megan; Jacobs, Christopher B.; Upreti, Shailesh; Chernova, Natasha A.; Whittingham, M. Stanley
JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE 43 (14): 4742-4748 JUL 2008

Multiple effects of the presence of water on the nucleophilic substitution reactions of NaX Faujasite zeolite with dimethyl methylphosphonate (DMMP)
Sambur, Justin B.; Doetschman, David C.; Yang, Szu-Wei; Schulte, Juergen T.; Jones, Barry R.; DeCoste, Jared B. MICROPOROUS AND MESOPOROUS MATERIALS 112 (1-3): 116-124 JUL 1 2008

Core@shell nanomaterials: gold-coated magnetic oxide nanoparticles
Wang, Lingyan; Park, Hye-Young; Lim, Stephanie I-Im; Schadt, Mark J.; Mott, Derrick; Luo, Jin; Wang, Xin; Zhong, Chuan-Jian
JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY 18 (23): 2629-2635 2008

Vanadium(I) chloride and lithium vanadium(I) dihydride as epimetallating reagents for unsaturated organic substrates: Constitution and mode of reaction
Eisch, John J.; Fregene, Paul O.; Doetschman, David C.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY (16): 2825-2835 JUN 2008

Super crystal structures of octahedral c-In2O3 nanocrystals
Lu, Weigang; Liu, Qingsheng; Sun, Zhaoyong; He, Jibao; Ezeolu, Chidi; Fang, Jiye
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 130 (22): 6983-6991 JUN 4 2008

Directed assembly metallocyclic supramolecular systems for molecular recognition and chemical sensing
Kumar, Arvind; Sun, Shih-Sheng; Lees, Alistair J.
COORDINATION CHEMISTRY REVIEWS 252 (8-9): 922-939 APR 2008

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July 25, 2008

New Psychology Publications by BU Researchers

Title: Effects of coincident 5-HT1A receptor stimulation and NMDA receptor antagonism on L-DOPA-induced dyskinesia and rotational behaviors in the hemi-parkinsonian rat
Authors: Dupre, KB; Eskow, KL; Steiniger, A; Klioueva, A; Negron, GE; Lormand, L; Park, JY; Bishop, C
Source: PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY 199 (1): 99-108 JUL 2008

Title: Counteraction between two kinds of conditioned inhibition training
Authors: Urcelay, GP; Miller, RR
Source: PSYCHONOMIC BULLETIN & REVIEW 15 (1): 103-107 FEB 2008


Title: Reduced blocking as a result of increasing the number of blocking cues
Authors: Witnauer, JE; Urcelay, GP; Miller, RR
Author Full Names: Witnauer, James E.; Urcelay, Gonzalo P.; Miller, Ralph R.
Source: PSYCHONOMIC BULLETIN & REVIEW 15 (3): 651-655 JUN 2008


Title: Auditory event perception: The source-perception loop for posture in human gait
Authors: Pastore, RE; Flint, JD; Gaston, JR; Solomon, MJ
Source: PERCEPTION & PSYCHOPHYSICS 70 (1): 13-29 JAN 2008


Title: Processing variant forms in spoken word recognition: The role of variant frequency
Authors: Connine, CM; Ranbom, LJ; Patterson, DJ
Source: PERCEPTION & PSYCHOPHYSICS 70 (3): 403-411 APR 2008


Title: Processing fluency affects subjective claims of recollection
Authors: Kurilla, BP; Westerman, DL
Source: MEMORY & COGNITION 36 (1): 82-92 JAN 2008


Title: Eye movements during the reading of compound words and the influence of lexeme meaning
Authors: Inhoff, AW; Starr, MS; Solomon, M; Placke, L
Source: MEMORY & COGNITION 36 (3): 675-687 APR 2008


Title: CS-US temporal relations in blocking
Authors: Amundson, JC; Miller, RF
Source: LEARNING & BEHAVIOR 36 (2): 92-103 MAY 2008


Title: The factor structure of gambling-related cognitions in an undergraduate university sample
Authors: Mattson, RE; MacKillop, J; Castelda, BA; Anderson, EJ; Donovick, PJ
Source: JOURNAL OF PSYCHOPATHOLOGY AND BEHAVIORAL ASSESSMENT 30 (3): 229-234 SEP 2008


Title: Impaired, spared, and enhanced ACh efflux across the hippocampus and striatum in diencephalic amnesia is dependent on task demands
Authors: Vetreno, RP; Anzalone, SJ; Savage, LM
Source: NEUROBIOLOGY OF LEARNING AND MEMORY 90 (1): 237-244 JUL 2008


Title: Binge-like ethanol intake alters GABA receptor subunit/subtype expression in C57BL/6J mice
Authors: Blackman, LC; Linsenbardt, DN; Darnieder, L; Boehm, SL
Source: ALCOHOLISM-CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH 32 (6): 19A-19A Suppl. 1 JUN 2008


Title: Restraint stress, sucrose intake and ethanol-induced conditioned taste aversion in adolescent and adult male rats Authors: Anderson, RI; Varlinskaya, EI; Spear, LP
Source: ALCOHOLISM-CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH 32 (6): 31A-31A Suppl. 1 JUN 2008


Title: Attenuated aversive effects of ethanol among adolescent rats are diminished further in adolescent males by the presence of a social partner
Authors: Varlinskaya, EI; Spear, LP
Source: ALCOHOLISM-CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH 32 (6): 94A-94A Suppl. 1 JUN 2008


Title: Differential sensitivity to the acute locomotor effects of GABA-A drugs following ethanol-induced sensitization in DBA/2J mice
Authors: Linsenbardt, DN; Moore, EM; Blackman, LC; Boehm, SL
Source: ALCOHOLISM-CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH 32 (6): 158A-158A Suppl. 1 JUN 2008


Title: Bidirectional modulation of binge-like alcohol intake in C57BL/6J mice by the synthetic cannabinoid win 55-212,2
Authors: Linsenbardt, DN; Walsh, CD; Moore, EM; Boehm, SL
Source: ALCOHOLISM-CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH 32 (6): 216A-216A Suppl. 1 JUN 2008


Title: Limited access to ethanol in Sprague-Dawley rats: Age & sex differences in preference & consumption
Authors: Vetter, CS; Spear, LP
Author Full Names: Vetter, C. S.; Spear, L. P.
Source: ALCOHOLISM-CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH 32 (6): 219A-219A Suppl. 1 JUN 2008


Title: Binge-like ethanol intake during pregnancy in C57BL/6J mice: Maternal intake, maternal care, and litter weight
Authors: Moore, EM; Walsh, CD; Gigante, E; Cavelli, AM; Kigel, F; Goldfarb, KJ; Mariani, JN; Gross, CD; Zomorrodian, S; Linsenbardt, DN; Boehm, SL
Source: ALCOHOLISM-CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH 32 (6): 229A-229A Suppl. 1 JUN 2008


Title: Binge-like ethanol intake during pregnancy in C57BL/6J mice: Behavioral impact on offspring
Authors: Moore, EM; Walsh, CD; Gigante, E; Cavelli, AM; Kigel, F; Goldfarb, KJ; Mariani, JN; Gross, CD; Zomorrodian, S; Linsenbardt, DN; Boehm, SL
Source: ALCOHOLISM-CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH 32 (6): 229A-229A Suppl. 1 JUN 2008

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New Geology & Environmental Studies Publications by BU Researchers

Title: Compressibility of synthetic glaucophane
Authors: Jenkins, DM; Corona, JC; Bassett, WA; Mibe, K; Wang, Z
Source: GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA 72 (12): A426-A426 Suppl. 1 JUL 2008

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July 18, 2008

New Geology & Environmental Studies Publications by BU Researchers

Title: Secular variations in seawater chemistry as a control on the chemistry of basinal brines: test of the hypothesis
Authors: Lowenstein, TK; Timofeeff, MN
Source: GEOFLUIDS 8 (2): 77-92 MAY 2008

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New Psychology Publications by BU Researchers

Title: Enactment versus conceptual encoding: Equivalent item memory but different source memory
Authors: Senkfor, AJ; Van Petten, C; Kutas, M
Source: CORTEX 44 (6): 649-664 JUN 2008

Title: Determinants of cue interactions
Authors: Wheeler, DS; Miller, RR
Source: BEHAVIOURAL PROCESSES 78 (2): 191-203 JUN 2008

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June 13, 2008

New Biology Publications by BU Researchers

Title: Antibodies in cold stressed mice recognize a surface protein in Toxoplasma gondii tachyzoites
Authors: Thompson, Eric G.; Aviles, Hernan O.; Monroy, Fernando P.
Source: JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY 94 (1): 114-118 FEB 2008

Title: For the good of the group? Exploring group-level evolutionary adaptations using multilevel selection theory
Authors: Gorman, Rick O'; Wilson, David S.; Sheldon, Kennon M.
Source: GROUP DYNAMICS-THEORY RESEARCH AND PRACTICE 12 (1): 17-26 MAR 2008

Title: NGF/PI3K signaling-mediated epigenetic regulation of delta opioid receptor gene expressionAuthors: Chen, Wong L.; Law, Ping-Yee; Loh, Horace H.
Source: BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS 368 (3): 755-760 APR 11 2008

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June 05, 2008

New Biology Publications by BU Researchers

Title: Weight variation by sex and nature of risk factors in high-risk infants: An evolutionary perspective
Author Full Names: Ahn, Youngmee; Garruto, Ralph M.
Source: COLLEGIUM ANTROPOLOGICUM 31 (4): 937-941 DEC 2007

Title Nitrogen addition reduces soil respiration in a mature tropical forest in southern China
Author: Mo, Jiangming; Zhang, Wei; Zhu, Weixing; Gundersen, Per; Fang, Yunting; Li, Dejun; Wang, Hui
Source: GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY 14 (2): 403-412 FEB 2008

Title An evolved cognitive bias for social norms
Authors: O'Gorman, Rick; Wilson, David Sloan; Miller, Ralph R.
Source: EVOLUTION AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR 29 (2): 71-78 MAR 2008

Title Hierarchical Bayesian scaling of soil properties across urban, agricultural, and desert ecosystems
Authors: Kaye, J. P.; Majumdar, A.; Gries, C.; Buyantuyev, A.; Grimm, N. B.; Hope, D.; Jenerette, G. D.; Zhu, W. X.; Baker, L.
Source: ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS 18 (1): 132-145 JAN 2008

Title The contribution of mitochondrial dysfunction to a gene-environment model of Guamanian ALS and PD
Authors: Chan, C. W.; Lynch, D.; Wanglund, C.; Reiff, D. M.; Spa-This, R.; Lum, J. K.; Garruto, R. M.
Source: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN BIOLOGY 20 (2): 216-216 MAR-APR 2008

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May 30, 2008

New Mathematics Publication by BU Researchers

Orthonormal dilations of Parseval wavelets
Dutkay, Dorin Ervin; Han, Deguang; Picioroaga, Gabriel; Sun, Qiyu
MATHEMATISCHE ANNALEN 341 (3): 483-515 JUL 2008

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New Physics Publications by BU Researchers

Magnetorefractive effect in annealed Co/Cu/Co/Fe pseudo-spin-valve thin films
Wang, Jian-Qing; Sidney, Malak T.; Rokitowski, Jared D.; Kim, Nam H.; Wang, Keqiang
JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS 103 (7): Art. No. 07F316 APR 1 2008

Direct observation of tunnelling through 100-nm-wide all metal magnetic junction into Si
Nam, H. Kim; Wang, Ke-Qiang; Zhang, Yu; Wang, Jian-Qing
CHINESE PHYSICS LETTERS 25 (4): 1407-1410 APR 2008

Tunneling characteristics across nanoscale metal ferric junction lines into doped Si
Wang, Keqiang; Stehlik, Jiri; Wang, Jian-Qing
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS 92 (15): Art. No. 152118 APR 14 2008

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New Chemistry Publications by BU Researchers

Highly conserved asparagine 82 controls the interaction of Na+ with the sodium-coupled neutral amino acid transporter SNAT2
Zhang, Zhou; Gameiro, Armanda; Grewer, Christof
JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY 283 (18): 12284-12292 MAY 2 2008

Coreduction colloidal synthesis of III-V nanocrystals: The case of InP
Liu, Zhaoping; Kumbhar, Amar; Xu, Dan; Zhang, Jun; Sun, Zhaoyong; Fang, Jiye
ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION 47 (19): 3540-3542 2008

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May 21, 2008

New Mathematics Publications by BU Researchers

Relationship between the Cox, Lehmann, Weibull, and accelerated lifetime models
Yu, Qiqing; Chappell, Rick; Wong, G. Y. C.; Hsu, Yuting; Mazur, Marcin
COMMUNICATIONS IN STATISTICS-THEORY AND METHODS 37 (9): 1458-1470 2008

The ubiquitous zeta-function and some of its 'usual' and 'unusual' meromorphic properties
Kirsten, Klaus; Loya, Paul; Park, Jinsung
JOURNAL OF PHYSICS A-MATHEMATICAL AND THEORETICAL 41 (16): Art. No. 164070 APR 25 2008

Some cases of the Mumford-Tate conjecture and Shimura varieties
Vasiu, Adrian
INDIANA UNIVERSITY MATHEMATICS JOURNAL 57 (1): 1-75 2008

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New Physics Publication by BU Researcher

Energy-harvesting devices - Beyond the battery
White, Bruce E., Jr.
NATURE NANOTECHNOLOGY 3 (2): 71-72 FEB 2008

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New Chemistry Publications by BU Researchers

High resolution electrochemical STM: New structural results for underpotentially deposited Cu on Au(111) in acid sulfate solution
Vasiljevic, Natasa; Viyannalage, Lasantha T.; Dimitrov, Nikolay; Sieradzki, Karl
JOURNAL OF ELECTROANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY 613 (2): 118-124 FEB 15 2008

One-pot synthesis of reverse type-I In2O3@ In2S3 core-shell nanoparticles
Sun, Zhaoyong; Kumbhar, Amar; Sun, Kai; Liu, Qingsheng; Fang, Jiye
CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS (16): 1920-1922 2008

Shape-control of ZnTe nanocrystal growth in organic solution
Zhang, Jun; Sun, Kai; Kumbhar, Amar; Fang, Jiye
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C 112 (14): 5454-5458 APR 10 2008

Spectroscopic and ab initio study of an intramolecular charge transfer (ICT) rhodanine derivative
Ray, Jayanta; Panja, Nabamita; Nandi, Prasanta K.; Martin, Justin J.; Jones, Wayne E., Jr.
JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR STRUCTURE 874 (1-3): 121-127 FEB 28 2008

Electrochemical method for quantitative determination of trace amounts of lead
Viyannalage, Lasantha T.; Bliznakov, Stoyan; Dimitrov, Nikolay
ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY 80 (6): 2042-2049 MAR 15 2008

Synthesis of boron dipyrromethene fluorescent probes for bioorthogonal labeling
Dilek, Oezlem; Bane, Susan L.
TETRAHEDRON LETTERS 49 (8): 1413-1416 FEB 18 2008

Nanocrystal and surface alloy properties of bimetallic Gold-Platinum nanoparticles
Mott, Derrick; Luo, Jin; Smith, Andrew; Njoki, Peter N.; Wang, Lingyan; Zhong, Chuan-Jian
NANOSCALE RESEARCH LETTERS 2 (1): 12-16 JAN 2007

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May 14, 2008

New Pyschology Publications by BU Researchers

Title: Novelty and conflict in the categorization of complex stimuli
Authors: Folstein, JR; Van Petten, C; Rose, SA
Source: PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY 45 (3): 467-479 MAY 2008

Title: Underage drinking: A developmental framework
Authors: Masten, AS; Faden, VB; Zucker, RA; Spear, LP
Source: PEDIATRICS 121: S235-S251 Suppl. S APR 2008

Title: Transitions into underage and problem drinking: Developmental processes and mechanisms between 10 and 15 years of age
Authors: Windle, M; Spear, LP; Fuligni, AJ; Angold, A; Brown, JD; Pine, D; Smith, GT; Giedd, J; Dahl, RE
Source: PEDIATRICS 121: S273-S289 Suppl. S APR 2008

Title: Pavlovian backward conditioned inhibition in humans: Summation and retardation tests
Authors: Urcelay, GP; Perelmuter, O; Miller, RR
Source: BEHAVIOURAL PROCESSES 77 (3): 299-305 MAR 2008

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New Geology & Environmental Studies Publications by BU Researchers

Title: Oceanic loading of wildfire-derived organic compounds from a small mountainous river
Authors: Hunsinger, GB; Mitra, S; Warrick, JA; Alexander, CR
Source: JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-BIOGEOSCIENCES 113 (G2): Art. No. G02007 APR 11 2008


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April 16, 2008

New Mechanical Engineering Science Publications by BU Researchers

Design, fabrication, and experimental characterization of a flap valve IPMC micropump with a flexibly supported diaphragm
Authors: Nguyen, Thanh Tung; Goo, Nam Seo; Nguyen, Vinh Khanh; Yoo, Youngtai; Park, Seungbae
Source: SENSORS AND ACTUATORS A-PHYSICAL 141 (2): 640-648 FEB 15 2008

Effect of oxidation on indium solderability
Authors:Kim, Jongman; Schoeller, Harry; Cho, Junghyun; Park, Seungbae
Source: JOURNAL OF ELECTRONIC MATERIALS 37 (4): 483-489 APR 2008

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March 26, 2008

New Chemistry Publications by BU Researchers

Assessment of morphological and optical properties of molecularly mediated thin film assembly of gold nanoparticles
Wang, Lingyan; Miller, Dionne; Fan, Quan; Luo, Jin; Schadt, Mark; Qiang Rendeng; Wang, Guannan Roger; Jianguo Wang; Kowach, Glen R.; Zhong, Chuan-Jian
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C 112 (7): 2448-2455 FEB 21 2008

Thermoplastic starch-kraft lignin-glycerol blends
Stevens, E. S.; Willett, J. L.; Shogren, R. L.
JOURNAL OF BIOBASED MATERIALS AND BIOENERGY 1 (3): 351-359 DEC 2007

The hydrothermal synthesis and characterization of olivines and related compounds for electrochemical applications
Chen, Jiajun; Vacchio, Michael J.; Wang, Shijun; Chernova, Natalya; Zavalij, Peter Y.; Whittingham, M. Stanley
SOLID STATE IONICS 178 (31-32): 1676-1693 JAN 2008

Room temperature reactions of alkyl halides in zeolite NaX: Dehalogenation versus dehydrohalogenation
Kanyi, Charles W.; Doetschman, David C.; Yang, Szu-Wei; Schulte, Juergen; Jones, Barry R.
MICROPOROUS AND MESOPOROUS MATERIALS 108 (1-3): 103-111 FEB 1 2008

A study of the Al content impact on the properties of MmNi(4.4-x)Co(0.6)Al(x) alloys as precursors for negative electrodes in NiMH batteries
Bliznakov, S.; Lefterova, E.; Dimitrov, N.; Petrov, K.; Popov, A.
JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES 176 (1): 381-386 JAN 21 2008

Purported synthesis of 3,4,7,8-tetraphenyl-1,2,5,6-tetraazocine from benzil and hydrazine: Competing cyclization and carbon-carbon sigma-bond scission
Eisch, John J.; Chan, Tsz Y.; Gitua, John N.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY (2): 392-397 JAN 2008

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New Mathematics Publications by BU Researchers

Resolvents of cone pseudodifferential operators, asymptotic expansions and applications
Gil, Juan B.; Loya, Paul A.
MATHEMATISCHE ZEITSCHRIFT 259 (1): 65-95 MAY 2008\

Prediction in moving average processes
Schick, Anton; Wefelmeyer, Wolfgang
JOURNAL OF STATISTICAL PLANNING AND INFERENCE 138 (3): 694-707 MAR 1 2008

Minimal truncations of supersingular p-divisible groups
Nicole, Marc-Hubert; Vasiu, Adrian
INDIANA UNIVERSITY MATHEMATICS JOURNAL 56 (6): 2887-2897 2007

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March 24, 2008

New Electrical and Computer Engineering Publications by BU researchers

Carrier frequency offset mitigation in asynchronous cooperative OFDM transmissions
Authors: Li, Xiaohua; Ng, Fan; Han, Taewoo
Source: IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON SIGNAL PROCESSING 56 (2): 675-685 FEB 2008

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March 20, 2008

New Computer Science Publications by BU Researchers

Low-power design and temperature management
Authors: Skadron, Kevin; Bose, Pradip; Ghose, Kanad; Sendag, Resit; Yi, Joshua J.; Chiou, Derek
Source: IEEE MICRO 27 (6): 46-57 NOV-DEC 2007


Editorial: Introduction to the special issue on multimedia data mining
Authors: Zhang, Zhongfei (Mark); Masseglia, Florent; Jain, Ramesh; Del Bimbo, Alberto
Source: IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MULTIMEDIA 10 (2): 165-166 FEB 2008

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New Mechanical Engineering Science Publications by BU Researchers

Influence of viscosity on the reflection and transmission of an acoustic wave by a periodic array of screens: The general 3-D problem
Authors: Homentcovschi, Dorel; Miles, Ronald N.
Source: WAVE MOTION 45 (3): 191-206 JAN 2008

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New Systems Science and Industrial Engineering Publications by BU Researchers

Evaluating the effects of virtual training in an aircraft maintenance task
Authors: Bowling, Shannon R.; Khasawneh, Mohammad T.; Kaewkuekool, Sittichai; Jiang, Xiaochun; Gramopadhye, Arland K.
Source: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF AVIATION PSYCHOLOGY 18 (1): 104-116 JAN-MAR 2008

Posted by jdixon at 01:34 PM

February 28, 2008

New Nursing Publications by BU Researchers

Title: Sustaining expression of identity in older adults
Authors: Gueldner, SH; Garvin, AH; Garvin, CF
Source: JOURNAL OF GERONTOLOGICAL NURSING 33 (12): 3-4 DEC 2007

Posted by erushton at 04:18 PM

New Biology Publication by BU Researchers

Title: Rethinking the theoretical foundation of sociobiology
Authors: Wilson, DS; Wilson, EO
Source: QUARTERLY REVIEW OF BIOLOGY 82 (4): 327-348 DEC 2007

Title: Social semantics: toward a genuine pluralism in the study of social behaviour
Authors: Wilson, DS
Source: JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY 21 (1): 368-373 JAN 2008

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February 14, 2008

New Geology & Environmental Studies Publications by BU Researchers

Title: Fault geometries illuminated from seismicity in central Taiwan: Implications for crustal scale structural boundaries in the northern Central Range
Authors: Gourley, JR; Byrne, T; Chan, YC; Wu, F; Rau, RJ
Source: TECTONOPHYSICS 445 (3-4): 168-185 DEC 20 2007

Title: Influence of superimposed bedforms and flow unsteadiness on formation of cross strata in dunes and unit bars
Authors: Reesink, A; Bridge, JS
Source: SEDIMENTARY GEOLOGY 202 (1-2): 281-296 Sp. Iss. SI NOV 15 2007

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New Psychology Publications by BU Researchers

Title: Infantile amnesia: Using animal models to understand forgetting
Authors: Arnold, HM; Spear, NE
Source: ADVANCES IN THE STUDY OF BEHAVIOR, VOL 26 26: 251-284 1997

Title: Time to emergence of severe suicidal ideation among psychiatric patients as a function of suicide attempt history
Authors: Andover, MS; Gibb, BE; Miller, IW
Source: COMPREHENSIVE PSYCHIATRY 49 (1): 6-12 JAN-FEB 2008

Title: So that's why I don't remember: Normalising forgetting of childhood events influences false autobiographical beliefs but not memories
Authors: Scoboria, A; Lynn, SJ; Hessen, J; Fisico, S
Source: MEMORY 15 (8): 801-813 NOV 2007

Title: Basolateral amygdala inactivation by muscimol, but not ERK/MAPK inhibition, impairs the use of reward expectancies during working memory
Authors: Savage, LM; Koch, AD; Ramirez, DR
Source: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE 26 (12): 3645-3651 DEC 2007


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February 13, 2008

New Mechanical Engineering Science Publications by BU Researchers

Heat conduction in multilayered rectangular domains
Authors: Geer, James; Desai, Arland; Sammakia, Bahgat
Source: JOURNAL OF ELECTRONIC PACKAGING 129 (4): 440-451 DEC 2007

Posted by jdixon at 04:01 PM

New Computer Science Publications by BU Researchers

Using geometric properties of topographic manifold to detect and track eyes for human-computer interaction
Authors: Wang, Jun; Yin, Lijun; Moore, Jason
Source: ACM TRANSACTIONS ON MULTIMEDIA COMPUTING COMMUNICATIONS AND APPLICATIONS 3 (4): Art. No. 21 2007

Posted by jdixon at 03:46 PM

New Systems Science and Industrial Engineering Publications by BU Researchers

Implementing 0201s on high-density lead-free memory modules
Authors: Iyer, Satyanarayan; Sajjala, Sandeep; Damodaran, Purushothaman; Srihari, Krishnaswami
Source: IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ELECTRONICS PACKAGING MANUFACTURING 31 (1): 41-50 JAN 2008

Are hook turns a major obstacle to safe skydiving? A study of skydiving fatalities in the United States from 1992 to 2005
Authors: Vidovic, Martina; Rugai, Nick
Source: PERCEPTUAL AND MOTOR SKILLS 105 (3): 795-802 Part 1 DEC 2007

Assembly issues with Sn/Ag/Cu bumped flip chips
Authors: Gopakumar, Sunil; Borgesen, Peter; Srihari, I.
Source: SOLDERING & SURFACE MOUNT TECHNOLOGY 19 (4): 3-10 2007


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February 01, 2008

New Biology Publication by BU Researchers

Title: Genetic diversity and gene flow of humans, Plasmodium falciparum, and Anopheles farauti s.s. of Vanuatu: Inferred malaria dispersal and implications for malaria control
Author(s): Lum JK (Lum, J. K.), Kaneko A (Kaneko, A.), Taleo G (Taleo, G.), Amos M (Amos, M.), Reiff DM (Reiff, D. M.)
Source: ACTA TROPICA 103 (2): 102-107 AUG 2007

Title: Enhanced microtubule binding and tubulin assembly properties of conformationally constrained paclitaxel derivatives
Author(s): Shanker N (Shanker, Natasha), Kingston DGI (Kingston, David G. I.), Ganesh T (Ganesh, Thota), Yang C (Yang, Chao), Alcaraz AA (Alcaraz, Ana A.), Geballe MT (Geballe, Matthew T.), Banerjee A (Banerjee, Abhijit), Mcgee D (McGee, Dennis), Snyder JP (Snyder, James P.), Bane S (Bane, Susan)
Source: BIOCHEMISTRY 46 (41): 11514-11527 OCT 16 2007

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January 22, 2008

New Psychology Publications by BU Researchers

Title: The relationship between PROP and ethanol preferences: An evaluation of 4 inbred mouse strains
Authors: White, TL; Dishaw, LV; Sheehe, PR; Youngentob, SL
Source: CHEMICAL SENSES 32 (9): 847-853 NOV 2007

Title: Failure of frontolimbic inhibitory function in the context of negative emotion in borderline personality disorder
Authors: Silbersweig, D; Clarkin, JF; Goldstein, M; Kernberg, OF; Tuescher, O; Levy, KN; Brendel, G; Pan, H; Beutel, M; Pavony, MT; Epstein, J; Lenzenweger, MF; Thomas, KM; Posner, MI; Stern, E
Source: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY 164 (12): 1832-1841 DEC 2007

Title: Social anxiety and interpretation biases for facial displays of emotion: Emotion detection and ratings of social cost
Authors: Schofield, CA; Coles, ME; Gibb, BE
Source: BEHAVIOUR RESEARCH AND THERAPY 45 (12): 2950-2963 DEC 2007

Title: Experience-induced fetal plasticity: The effect of gestational ethanol exposure on the behavioral and neurophysiologic olfactory response to ethanol odor in early postnatal and adult rats
Authors: Youngentob, SL; Kent, PF; Sheehe, PR; Molina, JC; Spear, NE; Youngentob, LM
Source: BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE 121 (6): 1293-1305 DEC 2007

Title: The effect of gestational ethanol exposure on voluntary ethanol intake in early postnatal and adult rats
Authors: Youngentob, SL; Molina, JC; Spear, NE; Youngentob, LM
Source: BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE 121 (6): 1306-1315 DEC 2007

Title: Effects of craving and DRD4 VNTR genotype on the relative value of alcohol: an initial human laboratory study
Authors: MacKillop, J; Menges, DP; McGeary, JE; Lisman, SA
Source: BEHAVIORAL AND BRAIN FUNCTIONS 3: Art. No. 11 FEB 19 2007

Title: Examining impulsivity as an endophenotype using a behavioral approach: a DRD2 TaqI A and DRD4 48-bp VNTR association study
Authors: Eisenberg, DTA; MacKillop, J; Modi, M; Beauchemin, J; Dang, D; Lisman, SA; Lum, JK; Wilson, DS
Source: BEHAVIORAL AND BRAIN FUNCTIONS 3: Art. No. 2 JAN 10 2007

Title: Repeating phrases across unrelated narratives: Evidence of text repetition effects
Authors: Klin, CM; Ralano, AS; Weingartner, KM
Source: MEMORY & COGNITION 35 (7): 1588-1599 OCT 2007

Title: Central reinforcing effects of ethanol are blocked by catalase inhibition
Authors: Nizhnikov, ME; Molina, JC; Spear, NE
Source: ALCOHOL 41 (7): 525-534 NOV 2007

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New Geology & Environmental Studies Publications by BU Researchers

Title: Large-scale mechanical redistribution of orthopyroxene and plagioclase in the basement sill, ferrar dolerites, McMurdo dry valleys, antarctica: Petrological, mineral-chemical and field evidence for channelized movement of crystals and melt
Authors: Bedard, JHJ; Marsh, BD; Hersum, TG; Naslund, HR; Mukasa, SB
Source: JOURNAL OF PETROLOGY 48 (12): 2289-2326 DEC 2007

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January 21, 2008

New Bioengineering Publications by BU Researchers

Selfish punishment: Altruism can be maintained by competition among cheaters
Eldakar, Omar Tonsi; Farrell, Dene Leo; Wilson, David Sloan
JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL BIOLOGY 249 (2): 198-205 NOV 21 2007

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New Systems Science and Industrial Engineering Publications by BU researchers

Defuzzification as a special way of dealing with retranslation
Martin, Olga; Klir, George J.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GENERAL SYSTEMS 36 (6): 683-701 2007

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New Computer Science Publications by BU researchers

Predicting and exploiting transient values for reduced register file pressure and energy consumption
Balkan, Deniz; Sharkey, Joseph; Ponomarev, Dmitry; Ghose, Kanad
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON COMPUTERS 57 (1): 82-95 JAN 2008

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New Mechanical Engineering Publications by BU researchers

Prediction of cold aisle end airflow boundary conditions using regression modeling
Shrivastava, Saurabh K.; VanGilder, James W.; Sammakia, Bahgat G.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON COMPONENTS AND PACKAGING TECHNOLOGIES 30 (4): 866-874 DEC 2007

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December 21, 2007

New Mechanical Engineering Publications by BU researchers

Acceleration or retardation to crystallization if liquid-liquid phase separation occurs: Studies on a polyolefin blend by SAXS/WAXD, DSC and TEM
Niu, Yanhua; Wang, Zhigang; Orta, Carlos Avila; Xu, Donghua; Wang, Howard; Shimizu, Katsumi; Hsiao, Benjamin S.; Han, Charles C.
POLYMER 48 (22): 6668-6680 OCT 19 2007

Thermal management of biomaterials in a rectangular cavity surrounded by a phase change material
Shrivastava, Saurabh K.; Sammakia, Bahgat G.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ADVANCED PACKAGING 30 (4): 741-751 NOV 2007

Posted by jdixon at 12:11 PM

New Systems Science and Industrial Engineering Publications by BU researchers

Do exact shapes of fuzzy sets matter?
Belohlavek, Radim
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GENERAL SYSTEMS 36 (5): 527-555 2007

Laws, constraints, and the modeling relation - History and interpretations
Pattee, Howard H.
CHEMISTRY & BIODIVERSITY 4 (10): 2272-2295 2007


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December 18, 2007

New Mathematics Publication by BU Researchers

Pseudo-centrosymmetric matrices, with applications to counting perfect matchings
Hanusa, Christopher R. H.
LINEAR ALGEBRA AND ITS APPLICATIONS 427 (2-3): 206-217 DEC 1 2007

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New Chemistry Publications by BU Researchers

Palladium nanoparticles for catalytic reduction of Cr(VI) using formic acid
Omole, Marcells A.; K'Owino, Isaac O.; Sadik, Omowunmi A.
APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL 76 (1-2): 158-167 OCT 30 2007

The epimetallation and carbonation of carbonyl and imino derivatives: Epivanadation route to 2-amino and 2-hydroxy acids
Eisch, John J.; Fregene, Paul O.; Gitua, John N.
JOURNAL OF ORGANOMETALLIC CHEMISTRY 692 (21): 4647-4653 OCT 1 2007

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December 17, 2007

New Geology & Environmental Studies Publications by BU Researchers

Title: "A preliminary assessment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon distributions in the lower Mississippi River and Gulf of Mexico" (vol 82, pg 273, 2003)
Authors: Mitra, S; Bianchi, TS
Source: MARINE CHEMISTRY 107 (2): 275-275 OCT 30 2007

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New Psychology Publications by BU Researchers

Title: CS-duration and partial-reinforcement effects counteract overshadowing in select situations
Authors: Urushmara, K
Source: LEARNING & BEHAVIOR 35 (4): 201-213 NOV 2007

Title: Predicting individual change in personality disorder features by simultaneous individual change in personality dimensions linked to neurobehavioral systems: The longitudinal study of personality disorders
Authors: Lenzenweger, MF; Willett, JB
Source: JOURNAL OF ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY 116 (4): 684-700 NOV 2007

Title: Negative life events, self-perceived competence, and depressive symptoms in young adults
Authors: Uhrlass, DJ; Gibb, BE
Source: COGNITIVE THERAPY AND RESEARCH 31 (6): 773-783 DEC 2007

Title: Conflict frequency and relationship quality across the transition to parenthood
Authors: Kluwer, ES; Johnson, MD
Source: JOURNAL OF MARRIAGE AND THE FAMILY 69 (5): 1089-1106 DEC 2007

Title: Long-range regressions to previously read words. are guided by spatial and verbal memory
Authors: Weger, UW; Enhofv, AW
Source: MEMORY & COGNITION 35 (6): 1293-1306 SEP 2007

Title: Divergent validity of measures of cognitive distortions, impulsivity, and time perspective in pathological gambling
Authors: MacKillop, J; Anderson, EJ; Castelda, BA; Mattson, RE; Donovick, PJ
Source: JOURNAL OF GAMBLING STUDIES 22 (3): 339-354 SEP 2006

Title: Multidimensional assessment of impulsivity in undergraduate hazardous drinkers and controls
Authors: MacKillop, J; Mattson, RE; MacKillop, EJA; Castelda, BA; Donovick, PJ
Source: JOURNAL OF STUDIES ON ALCOHOL AND DRUGS 68 (6): 785-788 NOV 2007

Title: Differential effects of ethanol and midazolam upon the devaluation of an aversive memory in infant rats
Authors: Pautassi, RM; Nizhnikov, M; Molina, JC; Boehm, SL; Spear, N
Source: ALCOHOL 41 (6): 421-431 SEP 2007

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November 30, 2007

New Biology Publication by BU Researchers

Title Novel alphaproteobacterial root nodule symbiont associated with Lupinus texensis
Author(s): Andam CP (Andam, Cheryl P.), Parker MA (Parker, Matthew A.)
Source: APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY 73 (17): 5687-5691 SEP 2007

Title Calcium oxalate crystals in the marine red alga Spyridia filamentosa (Ceramiales; Rhodophyta)
Author(s): Pueschel CM (Pueschel, Curt M.), West JA (West, John A.)
Source: PHYCOLOGIA 46 (5): 565-571 SEP 2007

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November 21, 2007

New Nursing Publication by BU Researchers

Title Relationships among the nurse work environment, self-nurturance and life satisfaction
Author(s): Nemcek MA (Nemcek, Mary Ann), James GD (James, Gary D.)
Source: JOURNAL OF ADVANCED NURSING 59 (3): 240-247 AUG 2007
Document Type: Article

Posted by erushton at 03:30 PM

New Biology Publication by BU Researchers

Title:Hepatocyte growth factor enhances IL-1 beta stimulated IL-8 secretion by Caco-2 epithelial cells
Author(s): Grygas J (Grygas, Jillian), Steiger N (Steiger, Nicole), LeSeur CL (LeSeur, Carrie L.), Unger BL (Unger, Benjamin L.), McGee DW (McGee, Dennis W.)
Source: IN VITRO CELLULAR & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY-ANIMAL 43 (3-4): 147-152 APR 2007

Title:Population structure and gene flow of Anopheles farauti s.s. (Diptera : Culicidae) among ten sites on five islands of Vanuatu: Implications for malaria control
Author(s): Reiff DM (Reiff, D. M.), Kaneko A (Kaneko, A.), Taleo G (Taleo, G.), Amos M (Amos, M.), Lum JK (Lum, J. K.)
Source: JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY 44 (4): 601-607 JUL 2007

Posted by erushton at 03:24 PM

November 20, 2007

New Physics Publication by BU Researchers

Reply to "Comment on 'Free surface Hele-Shaw flows around an obstacle: A random walk simulation'"
Bogoyavlenskiy, Vladislav A.; Cotts, Eric J.
PHYSICAL REVIEW E 76 (3): Art. No. 038302 Part 2 SEP 2007

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New Psychology Publications by BU Researchers

Title: The divergent autoencoder (DIVA) model of category learning
Authors: Kurtz, KJ
Source: PSYCHONOMIC BULLETIN & REVIEW 14 (4): 560-576 AUG 2007

Title: GABAergic modulation of binge-like ethanol intake in C57BL/6J mice
Authors: Moore, EM; Serio, KM; Goldfarb, KJ; Stepanovska, S; Linsenbardt, DN; Boehm, SL
Source: PHARMACOLOGY BIOCHEMISTRY AND BEHAVIOR 88 (1): 105-113 NOV 2007

Title: Degraded contingency revisited: Posttraining extinction of a cover stimulus attenuates a target cue's behavioral control
Authors: Witnauer, JE; Miller, RR
Source: JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY-ANIMAL BEHAVIOR PROCESSES 33 (4): 440-450 OCT 2007

Title: Affective and neuropsychological correlates of children's rituals and compulsive-like behaviors: Continuities and discontinuities with obsessive-compulsive disorder
Authors: Pietrefesa, AS; Evans, DW
Source: BRAIN AND COGNITION 65 (1): 36-46 OCT 2007

Title: Schizotypy and individual differences in the frequency of normal associations in verbal utterances
Authors: Lenzenweger, MF; Miller, AB; Maher, BA; Manschreck, TC
Source: SCHIZOPHRENIA RESEARCH 95 (1-3): 96-102 SEP 2007

Title: Differential involvement of the basolateral amygdala, orbitofrontal cortex, and nucleus accumbens core in the acquisition and use of reward expectancies
Authors: Ramirez, DR; Savage, LM
Source: BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE 121 (5): 896-906 OCT 2007

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New Geology & Environmental Studies Publications by BU Researchers

Title: Interaction between two subducting plates under Tokyo and its possible effects on seismic hazards
Authors: Wu, F; Okaya, D; Sato, H; Hirata, N
Source: GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS 34 (18): Art. No. L18301 SEP 18 2007

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New Chemistry Publications by BU Researchers

Assembly of gold nanoparticles mediated by multifunctional fullerenes
Lim, I-Im S.; Pan, Yi; Mott, Derrick; Ouyang, Jianying; Njoki, Peter N.; Luo, Jin; Zhou, Shuiqin; Zhong, Chuarl-Jian
LANGMUIR 23 (21): 10715-10724 OCT 9 2007

Size correlation of optical and spectroscopic properties for gold nanoparticles
Njoki, Peter N.; Lim, I-Im S.; Mott, Derrick; Park, Hye-Young; Khan, Bilal; Mishra, Suprav; Sujakumar, Ravishanker; Luo, Jin; Zhong, Chuan-Jian
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C 111 (40): 14664-14669 OCT 11 2007

Characterization of amorphous and crystalline tin-cobalt anodes
Fan, Quan; Chupas, Peter J.; Whittingham, M. Stanley
ELECTROCHEMICAL AND SOLID STATE LETTERS 10 (12): A274-A278 2007

Comparative studies of quercetin monophosphate nucleotides using electrochemical techniques interactions with UV-Vis spectroscopy and
Kikandi, Samuel N.; Musah, Samira; Lee, Kyoungyun; Hassani, John; Rajan, Shawn; Zhou, Ailing; Sadik, Omowunmi A.
ELECTROANALYSIS 19 (19-20): 2131-2140 OCT 2007

Enhanced radical scavenging activity by antioxidant-functionalized gold nanoparticles: A novel inspiration for development of new artificial antioxidants
Nie, Zhou; Liu, Ke Jian; Zhong, Chuan-Jian; Wang, Lan-Fen; Yang, Ying; Tian, Qiu; Liu, Yang
FREE RADICAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE 43 (9): 1243-1254 NOV 1 2007

Enhanced microtubule binding and tubulin assembly properties of conformationally constrained paclitaxel derivatives
Shanker, Natasha; Kingston, David G. I.; Ganesh, Thota; Yang, Chao; Alcaraz, Ana A.; Geballe, Matthew T.; Banerjee, Abhijit; McGee, Dennis; Snyder, James P.; Bane, Susan
BIOCHEMISTRY 46 (41): 11514-11527 OCT 16 2007

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New Mechanical Engineering Publications by BU researchers

Neuro-genetic optimization of temperature control for a continuous flow polymerase chain reaction microdevice
Lee, Hing Wah; Arunasalam, Parthiban; Laratta, William P.; Seetharamu, Kankanhalli N.; Azid, Ishak A.
JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICAL ENGINEERING-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME 129 (4): 540-547 AUG 2007

Polymer immiscibility enhanced by thermal fluctuations toward crystalline order
Ma, Yu; Hu, Wenbing; Wang, Howard
PHYSICAL REVIEW E 76 (3): Art. No. 031801 Part 1, SEP 2007

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November 16, 2007

New Systems Science and Industrial Engineering Publications by BU researchers

Assembly of copper column interconnect flip chip
Lin, Ta-Hsuan; Menezes, Arun S.; Andros, Frank; McBride, Donald G.; Lu, Susan; Sammakia, Bahgat
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ELECTRONICS PACKAGING MANUFACTURING 30 (3): 206-212 JUL 2007

Evaluation of alternate multimedia for web-based asynchronous learning
Bhowmick, Arindam; Khasawneh, Mohammad T.; Bowling, Shannon R.; Gramopadhye, K.; Melloy, Brian J.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL ERGONOMICS 37 (7): 615-629 JUL 2007

Fast factorization by similarity in formal concept analysis of data with fuzzy attributes
Belohlavek, Radim; Dvorak, Jiri; Outrata, Jan
JOURNAL OF COMPUTER AND SYSTEM SCIENCES 73 (6): 1012-1022 SEP 2007

A hybrid system for SPC concurrent pattern recognition
Chen, Zheng; Lu, Susan; Lam, Sarah
ADVANCED ENGINEERING INFORMATICS 21 (3): 303-310 JUL 2007

Predicting performance measures for Markovian type of manufacturing systems with product failures
Pradhan, Salil; Damodaran, Purushothaman; Srihari, Krishnaswami
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH 184 (2): 725-744 JAN 16 2008

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New Computer Science Publications by BU researchers

Static topographic modeling for facial expression recognition and analysis
Wang, Jun; Yin, Lijun
COMPUTER VISION AND IMAGE UNDERSTANDING 108 (1-2): 19-34 OCT-NOV 2007

Posted by jdixon at 03:37 PM

New Electrical and Computer Engineering Publications by BU researchers

Behavior of short pulses on tightly coupled microstrip lines and reduction of crosstalk by using overlying dielectric
Muthana, Prathap; Kroger, Harry
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ADVANCED PACKAGING 30 (3): 511-520 AUG 2007

Reconfiguration of C2 architecture for improved availability to support air operations
Wu, N. Eva; Busch, Timothy
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON AEROSPACE AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS 43 (2): 795-805 APR 2007


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October 24, 2007

New Chemistry Publications by BU Researchers

Layered LixNiyMnyCo1-O-2y(2) cathodes for lithium ion batteries: Understanding local structure via magnetic properties
Chemova, Natasha A.; Ma, Miaorniao; Xiao, Jie; Whittingham, M. Stanley; Breger, Julien; Grey, Clare P.
CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS 19 (19): 4682-4693 SEP 18 2007

Metal-enhanced biosensor for genetic mismatch detection
K'Owino, I. O.; Mwilu, S. K.; Sadik, O. A.
ANALYTICAL BIOCHEMISTRY 369 (1): 8-17 OCT 1 2007

Tuning the surfaces of palladium nanoparticles for the catalytic conversion of Cr(VI) to Cr(III)
K'Owino, Isaac O.; Omole, Marcells A.; Sadik, Ornowunmi A.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING 9 (7): 657-665 2007

Determining the quantum efficiency for activation of an organometallic photoinitiator for cationic polymerization - An experiment for the physical or inorganic chemistry laboratory
Hayes, David M.; Mahar, Maura; Schnabel, R. Chris; Shah, Paras; Lees, Alistair J.; Jakubek, Vladimir
JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL EDUCATION 84 (9): 1483-1485 SEP 2007

Tungsten based electrocatalyst for fuel cell applications
Christian, Joel B.; Smith, Sean P. E.; Whittingham, M. Stanley; Abruna, Hector D.
ELECTROCHEMISTRY COMMUNICATIONS 9 (8): 2128-2132 AUG 2007

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New Mathematics Publications by BU Researchers and Faculty

Geometric BVPs, Hardy spaces, and the Cauchy integral and transform on regions with corners
Loya, Paul
JOURNAL OF DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS 239 (1): 132-195 AUG 1 2007

Viscous microstructural dampers with aligned holes: Design procedure including the edge correction
Homentcovschi, Dorel; Miles, Ronald N.
JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 122 (3): 1556-1567 SEP 2007

First exit times for ordinary and compound poisson processes with non-linear boundaries
Zacks, S.
METHODOLOGY AND COMPUTING IN APPLIED PROBABILITY 9 (3): 359-375 SEP 2007

Bounded risk estimation of linear combinations of the location and scale parameters in exponential distributions under two-stage sampling
Mukhopadhyay, N.; Zacks, S.
JOURNAL OF STATISTICAL PLANNING AND INFERENCE 137 (11): 3672-3686 NOV 1 2007

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October 19, 2007

New Psychology Publicati