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1993

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Beyond The Standard Model: New Scalars And New Leptons, Yao Yuan Jan 1993

Beyond The Standard Model: New Scalars And New Leptons, Yao Yuan

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Physics that might lie beyond the standard model is discussed, with special emphasis on two possible extensions of the standard model: multi-Higgs extension, and the fourth generation leptons.;In multi-Higgs-boson extensions of the standard model, tree-level flavor-changing neutral currents exist naturally. It is often believed that the presence of the tree-level FCNC in this model is fatal, unless a discrete symmetry is added, since it requires the exchanged scalar to be extremely heavy. This follows, however, from the assumption that the flavor-changing coupling is quite large. Using a more natural value for the flavor-changing coupling, much smaller bounds were obtained. Unlike …

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Movements And Behavior Of Wild And Head-Started Sea Turtles, John A. Keinath Jan 1993

Movements And Behavior Of Wild And Head-Started Sea Turtles, John A. Keinath

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Flipper-tagging, aerial surveys, and satellite telemetry was used to investigate the occurrence, migratory routes, distances traveled, swimming speeds, diving behavior, and the relation of water temperature to movements and timing of migration of wild loggerhead (Caretta caretta) and Kemp's ridley (Lepidochelys kempii) sea turtles. The behavior and movements of head-started loggerhead turtles was investigated with satellite telemetry and compared to wild turtles. Flipper-tagged loggerhead and Kemp's ridley turtles inhabit Chesapeake Bay during the warm months and many return in subsequent seasons. Aerial surveys showed that loggerhead turtles migrate from south of Cape Hatteras to northern waters during May and June, …

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The Metompkin Islands: A Case Study In Ownership And Management Of A Dynamic Barrier System, David Harold Niebuhr Jan 1993

The Metompkin Islands: A Case Study In Ownership And Management Of A Dynamic Barrier System, David Harold Niebuhr

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Effects Of The Habitat And Size-Specific Predation On The Ontogenetic Shift In Habitat Use By Newly Settled Blue Crabs, Callinectes Sapidus, Adele J. Pile Jan 1993

Effects Of The Habitat And Size-Specific Predation On The Ontogenetic Shift In Habitat Use By Newly Settled Blue Crabs, Callinectes Sapidus, Adele J. Pile

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Molecular Diffusion Coefficients For Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons In Air And Water, Kurt E. Gustafson Jan 1993

Molecular Diffusion Coefficients For Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons In Air And Water, Kurt E. Gustafson

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Gill Surface Area In Relation To Growth Rates And Maximum Size In Sharks, David Noboru Hata Jan 1993

Gill Surface Area In Relation To Growth Rates And Maximum Size In Sharks, David Noboru Hata

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The most commonly used equation to describe size at age in fishes is the von Bertalanffy equation (VBE), which assumes that growth rate is based on the balance of anabolic and catabolic processes: dW/dt = HW&\sp{lcub}\rm d{rcub}&-kW&\sp{lcub}\rm m{rcub}&. Anabolism, HW&\sp{lcub}\rm d{rcub}&, is considered proportional to gill surface area (A = rW&\sp{lcub}\rm d{rcub}&), and a "generalized" VBE (GVBE) has been previously determined: L&\sb{lcub}\rm t{rcub}& = L&\sb\infty&(1-exp(-KD(t-t&\sb{lcub}\rm O{rcub})))\sp{lcub}\rm 1/D{rcub}&, where D = b-bd and b is from W = qL&\sp{lcub}\rm b{rcub}&. The growth rate may be rewritten in terms of gill area, A, as dW/dt = kA/(A&\sb\infty&/W&\sb\infty\sp{lcub}\rm m{rcub}&)-kW&\sp{lcub}\rm m{rcub}&. Gill areas were …

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Suspended Sediment Concentration Profiles In The Bottom Boundary Layer, Jingping Xu Jan 1993

Suspended Sediment Concentration Profiles In The Bottom Boundary Layer, Jingping Xu

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Near-bottom suspended sediment concentrations and velocities were measured on the inner shelf off Duck, N.C. from late October to early November, 1991. This period embraced both fair and storm conditions. Four bottom roughness models are tested using field data together with a wave-current boundary layer model. Bottom roughness plays a significant role in calculations of sediment concentration profiles and current velocity profiles. The importance of each of the three parts in the roughness models (grain roughness, ripple roughness, and sediment motion roughness) vary depending on forcing conditions. A new bottom roughness model is established and tested. The calculated concentration and …

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The Oxidation Of Beta-Cyclodextrin Via The Photolysis Of 6-Beta-Cyclodextrin Benzoyl Formate, Heather Alison Creswick Jan 1993

The Oxidation Of Beta-Cyclodextrin Via The Photolysis Of 6-Beta-Cyclodextrin Benzoyl Formate, Heather Alison Creswick

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The Synthesis Of Acetylisophthalic Acid For The Double Capping Of Beta-Cyclodextrin, Shuci Sharma Jan 1993

The Synthesis Of Acetylisophthalic Acid For The Double Capping Of Beta-Cyclodextrin, Shuci Sharma

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