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Scale (map)

Known as: 1:4, 1:8, Scale 
The scale of a map is the ratio of a distance on the map to the corresponding distance on the ground. This simple concept is complicated by the… 
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Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
THE COSMOLOGICAL SIZE AND VELOCITY DISPERSION EVOLUTION OF MASSIVE EARLY-TYPE GALAXIES
We analyze 40 cosmological re-simulations of individual massive galaxies with present-day stellar masses of M* > 6.3 × 1010 M☉ in… 
Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
THE MAJOR AND MINOR GALAXY MERGER RATES AT z < 1.5
Calculating the galaxy merger rate requires both a census of galaxies identified as merger candidates and a cosmologically… 
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
HOW DO DISKS SURVIVE MERGERS?
We develop a general physical model for how galactic disks survive and/or are destroyed in mergers and interactions. Based on… 
Review
2008
Review
2008
The Redshift Evolution of Wet, Dry, and Mixed Galaxy Mergers from Close Galaxy Pairs in the DEEP2 Galaxy Redshift Survey
We study the redshift evolution of galaxy pair fractions and merger rates for different types of galaxies using kinematic pairs… 
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
The ATLAS semiconductor tracker end-cap module
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
A broadband series power divider using zero-degree metamaterial phase-shifting lines
A metamaterial 1:4 series power divider that provides equal power split to all four output ports over a large bandwidth is… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
A variable range bi-phasic current stimulus driver circuitry for an implantable retinal prosthetic device
This paper reports a driver circuitry to generate bi-phasic (anodic and cathodic) current pulses for stimulating the retinal… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Annual productivity of Spirulina (Arthrospira) and nutrient removal in a pig wastewater recycling process under tropical conditions
An evaluation was made of the annual productivity of Spirulina (Arthrospira) and its ability to remove nutrients in outdoor… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Strategic manoeuvring in argumentative discourse
The “argumentative predicament” is that in every argumentative move strategic manoeuvring has to take place in order to keep the… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Nanoflare Statistics from First Principles: Fractal Geometry and Temperature Synthesis
We derive universal scaling laws for the physical parameters of flarelike processes in a low-β plasma, quantified in terms of… 
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