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Pub Not Verified Journal Name Publication Title Authors Fellowship Pub Not Journal Name Publication Title Authors Fellowship Year Verified Water Resources Research A compartmentalized solute transport model Abrams RH;Loague K; STAR 2000 for redox zones in contaminated aquifers 1. 1995 Theory and development Water Resources Research A compartmentalized solute transport model Abrams RH;Loague K; STAR 2000 for redox zones in contaminated aquifers 2. 1995 Field-scale simulations Hydrogeology Journal Legacies from three former manufactured- Abrams RH;Loague K; STAR 2000 gas plants: impacts on groundwater quality 1995 Water Resources Research Development and testing of a Abrams RH;Loague K;Kent DB; STAR 1998 compartmentalized reaction network model 1995 for redox zones in contaminated aquifers Environmental Science & Technology Pilot-scale demonstration of surfactant- Abriola LM;Drummond CD;Hahn STAR 2005 enhanced PCE solubilization at the Bachman EJ;Hayes KF;Kibbey TCG;Lemke 1995 Road site. 1. Site characterization and test LD;Pennell KD;Petrovskis design EA;Ramsburg CA;Rathfelder KM; Epidemiology Effect of ambient air pollution on adult Adamkiewicz G;Braga ALF;Schwartz STAR 2001 asthma hospital admissions in Sao Paulo, J;Zanobetti A;Dockery DW; 1995 Brazil Epidemiology Association between air pollution exposure Adamkiewicz G;Ebelt S;Syring STAR 2002 and exhaled nitric oxide in an elderly panel M;Slater J;Schwartz J;Suh H;Gold D; 1995 X Thorax Association between air pollution exposure Adamkiewicz G;Ebelt S;Syring STAR 2004 and exhaled nitric oxide in an elderly M;Slater J;Speizer FE;Schwartz 1995 population J;Suh H;Gold DR; Journal of Forestry Calling all experts: Using science to direct Adams PW;Hairston AB; STAR 1996 policy 1995 Ecological Entomology Consequences of thrips-infested plants for Agrawal AA;Colfer RG; STAR 2000 attraction of conspecifics and parasitoids 1996 Oikos How leaf domatia and induced plant Agrawal AA;Karban R;Colfer RG; STAR 2000 resistance affect herbivores, natural enemies 1996 and plant performance Pub Not Journal Name Publication Title Authors Fellowship Year Verified Bioresource Technology Production of Botrytis cinerea for potential Akau HL;Miller KM;Sabeh NC;Allen STAR 2004 introduction into a vineyard RG;Block DE;VanderGheynst JS; 1995 Florida Scientist Dynamics of nutrient uptake during root and Albano JP;Bausher MG;Evens STAR 2005 shoot growth in three diverse citrus rootstock TJ;Bowman KD; 1995 cultivars Journal of Public Health Management and A pilot hybrid Internet/classroom-based Alexander LK;Dail K;Davis MV;Hajat STAR 2005 Practice communicable disease continuing education A;Rothney E;Rybka T;Kipp 1996 course for public health nurses in North A;Maillard JM;MacDonald PDM; Carolina: Lessons learned X Conservation Biology Land use in watersheds of the Venezuelan Allan JD;Brenner AJ;Erazo STAR 2002 Andes: a comparative analysis J;Fernandez L;Flecker AS;Karwan 1996 DL;Segnini S;Taphorn DC; Toxicological Sciences Bone marrow stromal-B cell interactions in Allan LL;Mann KK;Matulka RA;Ryu STAR 2003 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-induced HY;Schlezinger JJ;Sherr DH; 1996 pro/pre-B cell apoptosis Ecological Applications Effects of free-air CO2 enrichment (FACE) Allen AS;Andrews JA;Finzi STAR 2000 on belowground processes in a Pinus taeda AC;Matamala R;Richter 1995 forest DD;Schlesinger WH; American Naturalist Mechanisms of coexistence in competitive Amarasekare P;Hoopes STAR 2004 metacommunities MF;Mouquet N;Holyoak M; 1996 Journal of Infectious Diseases Molecular epidemiology of foodborne Amon JJ;Devasia R;Xia GL;Nainan STAR 2005 hepatitis A outbreaks in the United States, OV;Hall S;Lawson B;Wolthuis 1996 2003 JS;MacDonald PDM;Shepard CW;Williams IT;Armstrong GL;Gabel JA;Erwin P;Sheeler L;Kuhnert W;Patel P;Vaughan G;Weltman A;Craig AS;Bell BP;Fiore A; Limnology and Oceanography Tagging crustacean larvae: Assimilation and Anastasia JR;Morgan SG;Fisher NS; STAR 1998 retention of trace elements 1996 Energy & Fuels The ASTM copper strip corrosion test: Andersen WC;Abdulagatov AI;Bruno STAR 2003 Application to propane with carbonyl sulfide TJ; 1996 and hydrogen sulfide Pub Not Journal Name Publication Title Authors Fellowship Year Verified Analytica Chimica Acta Application of a gas-liquid entraining rotor to Andersen WC;Bruno TJ; STAR 2003 supercritical fluid extraction - Removal of 1996 iron(III) from water Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Kinetics of carbonyl sulfide hydrolysis. 1. Andersen WC;Bruno TJ; STAR 2003 Research Catalyzed and uncatalyzed reactions in 1996 mixtures of water plus propane Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Kinetics of carbonyl sulfide hydrolysis. 2. Andersen WC;Bruno TJ; STAR 2003 Research Effect of n-alkanes in mixtures of water plus 1996 hydrocarbon Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Rapid screening of fluids for chemical Andersen WC;Bruno TJ; STAR 2005 Research stability in organic rankine cycle applications 1996 Inorganic Chemistry The synthesis, x-ray crystal structure, and Andersen WC;Mitchell DR;Young STAR 1999 molecular structure of rhenium KJH;Bu XH;Lynch VM;Mayer 1996 tetracarbonylbromidetrimethylamineisocyano HA;Kaska WC; borane Inorganica Chimica Acta Characterization and structures of the 2,2,7- Andersen WC;Noll BC;Sellers STAR 2002 trimethyl-3,5-octanedionate chelates of SP;Whildin LL;Sievers RE; 1996 cerium(IV) and terbium(III) Analytica Chimica Acta Determination of tetracycline residues in Andersen WC;Roybal JE;Gonzales STAR 2005 shrimp and whole milk using liquid SA;Turnipseed SB;Pfenning 1996 chromatography with ultraviolet detection AP;Kuck LR; and residue confirmation by mass spectrometry Journal of AOAC International Liquid chromatographic determination of Andersen WC;Roybal JE;Turnipseed STAR 2005 malachite green and leucomalachite green SB; 1996 (LMG) residues in salmon with in situ LMG oxidation Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data Solubilities of cerium(IV), terbium(III), and Andersen WC;Sievers RE;Lagalante STAR 2001 iron(III) ss-diketonates in supercritical carbon AF;Bruno TJ; 1996 dioxide Journal of Agricultural and Food Quantitative and confirmatory analyses of Andersen WC;Turnipseed STAR 2006 Chemistry malachite green and leucomalachite green SB;Roybal JE; 1996 residues in fish and shrimp Pub Not Journal Name Publication Title Authors Fellowship Year Verified Soil Science Society of America Journal Separation of root respiration from total soil Andrews JA;Harrison KG;Matamala STAR 1999 respiration using carbon-13 labeling during R;Schlesinger WH; 1995 Free-Air Carbon Dioxide Enrichment (FACE) Soil Biology & Biochemistry Temperature effects on the diversity of soil Andrews JA;Matamala R;Westover STAR 2000 heterotrophs and the delta C-13 of soil- KM;Schlesinger WH; 1995 respired CO2 Global Biogeochemical Cycles Soil CO2 dynamics, acidification, and Andrews JA;Schlesinger WH; STAR 2001 chemical weathering in a temperate forest 1995 with experimental CO2 enrichment Plant and Soil The effect of soil nutrient availability on Andrews JA;Siccama TG;Vogt KA; STAR 1999 retranslocation of Ca, Mg and K from 1995 senescing sapwood in Atlantic white cedar Limnology and Oceanography Outer-membrane siderophore receptors of Armstrong E;Granger J;Mann STAR 2004 heterotrophic oceanic bacteria EL;Price NM; 1996 Global Ecology and Biogeography Global synthesis of leaf area index Asner GP;Scurlock JMO;Hicke JA; STAR 2003 observations: implications for ecological and 1996 remote sensing studies Land Economics Optimizing the riparian buffer: Harold Brook Azzaino Z;Conrad JM;Ferraro PJ; STAR 2002 in the Skaneateles Lake watershed, New 1996 York Lakes and Reservoirs: Research and Watershed influences on the transport, fate Back RC;Hurley JP;Rolfhus KR; STAR 2002 Management and bioavailability of mercury in Lake 1995 Superior: Field measurements and modelling approaches Applied and Environmental Microbiology Prevalence and antimicrobial resistance of Bae W;Kaya KN;Hancock DD;Call STAR 2005 thermophilic Campylobacter spp. from cattle DR;Park YH;Besser TE; 1995 farms in Washington State Epidemiology Aerosol research inhalation epidemiology Bahadori T;Van Loy M;Saxena P; STAR 1999 study (ARIES) 1996 X Analytica Chimica Acta Risk assessment, remedial decisions and the Baier-Anderson C; STAR 2006 challenge to protect public health: The 1996 perchlorate case study Pub Not Journal Name Publication Title Authors Fellowship Year Verified X Marine Environmental Research Characterization of the immunotoxicity of Baier-Anderson C;Anderson RS; STAR 1998 chlorothalonil to striped bass phagocytes 1996 following in vitro exposure X Marine Environmental Research Chlorothalonil suppresses anterior kidney Baier-Anderson C;Anderson RS; STAR 2000 macrophage activity in mummichog, 1996 Fundulus heteroclitus, following in vivo exposure X Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry Evaluation of the immunotoxicity of Baier-Anderson C;Anderson RS; STAR 1998 chlorothalonil to striped bass phagocytes 1996 following in vitro exposure X Aquatic Toxicology Suppression of superoxide production by Baier-Anderson C;Anderson RS; STAR 2000 chlorothalonil in striped bass (Morone 1996 saxatilus) macrophages: the role of cellular sulfhydryls and oxidative stress X Journal of Shellfish Research The effect of pentachlorophenol on pyridine Baier-Anderson C;Anderson RS; STAR 1997 nucleotide production in oyster hemocytes: 1996 NADPH and immunomodulation X Environmental Research The effects of chlorothalonil on oyster Baier-Anderson C;Anderson RS; STAR 2000 hemocyte activation: Phagocytosis, reduced 1996 pyridine nucleotides, and reactive oxygen species production X Marine
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