Environmental pollutants from the Scott and Shackleton expeditions during the ‘Heroic Age’ of Antarctic exploration [PDF]
, 2004 Early explorers to Antarctica built wooden huts and brought huge quantities of supplies and equipment to support their geographical and scientific studies for several years.
Aislabie, Jackie M. +5 more
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ENERGY &ENVIRONMENTAL MATERIALS, EarlyView.A quinary UV‐curable SiHfBCN ceramic photoresist with high ceramic yield enhanced is developed through sequential molecular design for high‐temperature sensing coatings. The elevated interconnected conductive network induced by chemically bonded carboxylated MWCNTs enables the pyrolyzed ceramics' enhanced conductivity and excellent oxidation stability.
Xiyue Zhu +8 more
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Ripping yarns: Science in Asia [PDF]
, 2010 The article explores the life and works of botanist Joseph Rock, historian Joseph Needham, and physicist J. C. Bose. Rock's expeditions and personality have become an enduring part of China's history which shows the notion that scientists participate in ...
Barker, Miles
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Energy Science &Engineering, EarlyView.This paper presents a hydrate pressure core processing device integrated with a high‐precision active control system to perform nondestructive transfer, cutting, and analysis. To address the limitations of slow dynamic response and high thermal inertia in traditional passive systems, a differentiated control scheme is implemented.
Liwen Nan +3 more
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Alpine vegetation community patterns in the Khumbu region, Nepalese Himalaya
Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine ResearchThe Himalayan alpine zone (HAZ)—a high-altitude zone above approximately 4,100 m.a.s.l., is projected to experience strong eco-environmental changes with climate change.
Ruolin Leng +6 more
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Study of airborne science experiment management concepts for application to space shuttle. Volume 3: Appendixes [PDF]
Detailed information is presented concerning specific airborne missions in support of the ASSESS program. These missions are the AIDJEX expeditions, meteor shower expeditions, CAT and atmospheric sampling missions, ocean color expeditions, and the Lear ...
Haughney, L. C. +3 more
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The Dark Star of Baisun-tau: a history of cave exploration in Southern Uzbekistan, 1990–2013 [PDF]
, 2014 Very little is known about the karst and caves in southern Uzbekistan, where some of the deepest caves in Asia have been discovered. In particular, the limestone plateau of the Baisun-tau mountain range has a tremendous potential for exploration.
Breitenbach, Sebastian +3 more
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Maullinia braseltonii sp. nov. (Rhizaria, Phytomyxea, Phagomyxida) : A Cyst-forming Parasite of the Bull Kelp Durvillaea spp. (Stramenopila, Phaeophyceae, Fucales) [PDF]
, 2017 Help in biomass collection by David J. Patiño (UACh), Liliana A. Muñoz (University of Aberdeen (UoA)) and Alexandra Mystikou (South Atlantic Environmental Research Institute & UoA), and in conducting electron microscopy by Gillian Milne (Aberdeen ...
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Deceptive Thyroid Pathologies: Anaplastic Thyroid Carcinoma Mimics and Clinical Implications
Head &Neck, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Beyond follicular‐derived thyroid carcinomas, lymphomas, and metastatic disease, there are rare pathologies of the thyroid gland that represent a challenge. We report patients with unusual malignancies that mimic similar aggressive cancers. Methods Retrospective case series.
David Z. Allen +12 more
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Navigating Boundaries: The Development of Lewis, Clark and Pike in the Historic Consciousness
, 2013 This papers seeks to evaluate modern conceptions that have emerged regarding the Expeditions of Lewis and Clark, and Zebulon Pike. Instead of being thought as separate enterprises, the article argues that these two expeditions should be jointly ...
Ewing, Andrew J
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