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Self-perpetuation
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Self-perpetuating
Self-perpetuation, the capability of something to cause itself to continue to exist, is one of the main characteristics of life. Organisms…
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Highly Cited
2014
Highly Cited
2014
Activity-Based Travel Demand Models: A Primer
Joe Castiglione
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M. Bradley
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J. Gliebe
2014
Corpus ID: 106566901
This publication is a guide for practitioners that describes activity-based travel demand model concepts and the practical…
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Highly Cited
2012
Highly Cited
2012
Assessing the Reliability of Complex Models: Mathematical and Statistical Foundations of Verification, Validation, and Uncertainty Quantification
Wei Chen
2012
Corpus ID: 65270495
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Institutional perspectives: The challenges of e-learning diffusion
M. Nichols
British Journal of Educational Technology
2008
Corpus ID: 30783103
There has been significant recent interest in the dynamics of institutional change and e-learning. This paper reports on the…
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Review
2007
Review
2007
The Economics of Pesticides and Pest Control
S. Sexton
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Zhengguo Lei
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D. Zilberman
2007
Corpus ID: 51146823
Pesticides have been a major contributor to the growth of agricultural productivity and food supply. Yet, they are a source of…
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Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Interest and Self-Sustained Learning as Catalysts of Development: A Learning Ecology Perspective
Brigid Barron
Human Development
2006
Corpus ID: 143939129
Adolescents often pursue learning opportunities both in and outside school once they become interested in a topic. In this paper…
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Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
How resilient are southwestern ponderosa pine forests after crown fires
M. Savage
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Joy Nystrom Mast
2005
Corpus ID: 85344798
The exclusion of low-severity surface fire from ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa P. & C. Lawson) forests of the Southwest has…
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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Predicting herring recruitment from young‐of‐the‐year densities, spawning stock biomass, and climate
T. Axenrot
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S. Hansson
2003
Corpus ID: 8305491
Because fish are key organisms in most aquatic ecosystems, we seek to understand what determines their highly variable…
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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Charcoal Carbon in U.S. Agricultural Soils
J. Skjemstad
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D. Reicosky
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A. Wilts
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J. Mcgowan
2002
Corpus ID: 5694955
High levels of charcoal C resulting from repeated historical burning of grasslands, open woodlands, and agricultural crop…
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Review
1990
Review
1990
The Demon Lover: On the Sexuality of Terrorism
R. Morgan
1990
Corpus ID: 142945501
"A frightening, but ultimately affirmative, look at cultural links between beauty and death, terror and sexuality. . . . Morgan…
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Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Self-fulfilling prophecies
Costas Azariadis
1981
Corpus ID: 9188968
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