Institution
Boise State University
Education•Boise, Idaho, United States•
About: Boise State University is a education organization based out in Boise, Idaho, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Poison control. The organization has 3698 authors who have published 8664 publications receiving 210163 citations. The organization is also known as: BSU & Boise State.
Topics: Population, Poison control, Educational technology, Snow, Zircon
Papers published on a yearly basis
Papers
More filters
••
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors show that over the past several decades, geomorphic processes in the Arctic have been changing or intensifying due to global warming and that lakes, ponds, and wetlands appear to be more dynamic, growing in some areas, shrinking in others, and changing distribution across lowland regions.
Abstract: Observations indicate that over the past several decades, geomorphic processes in the Arctic have been changing or intensifying. Coastal erosion, which currently supplies most of the sediment and carbon to the Arctic Ocean [Rachold et al., 2000], may have doubled since 1955 [Mars and Houseknecht, 2007]. Further inland, expansion of channel networks [Toniolo et al., 2009] and increased river bank erosion [Costard et al., 2007] have been attributed to warming. Lakes, ponds, and wetlands appear to be more dynamic, growing in some areas, shrinking in others, and changing distribution across lowland regions [e.g., Smith et al., 2005]. On the Arctic coastal plain, recent degradation of frozen ground previously stable for thousands of years suggests 10–30% of lowland and tundra landscapes may be affected by even modest warming [Jorgenson et al., 2006]. In headwater regions, hillslope soil erosion and landslides are increasing [e.g., Gooseff et al., 2009].
229 citations
••
TL;DR: All SrTiO3 films and bulk crystals are relaxor ferroelectrics, and the role of strain is to stabilize longer-range correlation of preexisting nanopolar regions, likely originating from minute amounts of unintentional Sr deficiency in nominally stoichiometric samples.
Abstract: Biaxial strain is known to induce ferroelectricity in thin films of nominally nonferroelectric materials such as SrTiO3. By a direct comparison of the strained and strain-free SrTiO3 films using dielectric, ferroelectric, Raman, nonlinear optical and nanoscale piezoelectric property measurements, we conclude that all SrTiO3 films and bulk crystals are relaxor ferroelectrics, and the role of strain is to stabilize longer-range correlation of preexisting nanopolar regions, likely originating from minute amounts of unintentional Sr deficiency in nominally stoichiometric samples. These findings highlight the sensitive role of stoichiometry when exploring strain and epitaxy-induced electronic phenomena in oxide films, heterostructures, and interfaces.
226 citations
••
TL;DR: In this article, a mixed methods design was used to identify factors associated with motivational engagement in video gaming self-report instruments were administered to 189 video game players to assess goal orientations, affect, need for cognition, and perceptions of engagement and flow Simultaneously, a sub-set of 25 participants were interviewed and results analyzed to identify patterns that influenced their propensity for gaming.
Abstract: A mixed methods design was used to identify factors associated with motivational engagement in video gaming Self-report instruments were administered to 189 video game players to assess goal orientations, affect, need for cognition, and perceptions of engagement and flow Simultaneously, a sub-set of 25 participants were interviewed and results analyzed to identify patterns that influenced their propensity for gaming Regression results revealed motivational engagement for gaming was related to gender, hours of play, task orientation, and socialization Players indicated that gaming was socially captivating, fun, challenging but relaxing, and precipitated positive affect and cognition even when unsuccessful results were achieved The negative consequences normally associated with task failure were not reported by participants to take place during gaming We concluded transfer of motivational engagement in gaming for entertainment to educational contexts was unlikely to occur
225 citations
••
Kansas State University1, University of Montana2, Michigan State University3, Woods Hole Research Center4, University of Tennessee5, National Center for Atmospheric Research6, Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy7, University of Colorado Boulder8, Washington University in St. Louis9, University of Melbourne10, University of Nevada, Reno11, University of California, Irvine12, Boise State University13, Syracuse University14, University of Florida15, University of British Columbia16, Murdoch University17, University of Washington18, Oregon State University19, Auburn University20, Northern Arizona University21, University of Idaho22, Colgate University23, University of Amsterdam24, University of California, Santa Barbara25, Spanish National Research Council26, Stanford University27, Louisiana State University28, United States Forest Service29, University of California, Merced30, North Carolina State University31, Humboldt State University32, Davidson College33, Colorado State University34, Desert Research Institute35
TL;DR: In this paper, the diversity of ways in which fire operates as a fundamental ecological and evolutionary process on Earth is described, and the need to study fire across temporal scales, to assess the mechanisms underlying a variety of ecological feedbacks involving fire and to improve representation of fire in a range of modelling contexts.
Abstract: 1. Fire is a powerful ecological and evolutionary force that regulates organismal traits, population sizes, species interactions, community composition, carbon and nutrient cycling and ecosystem function. It also presents a rapidly growing societal challenge, due to both increasingly destructive wildfires and fire exclusion in fire-dependent ecosystems. As an ecological process, fire integrates complex feedbacks among biological, social and geophysical processes, requiring coordination across several fields and scales of study. 2. Here, we describe the diversity of ways in which fire operates as a fundamental ecological and evolutionary process on Earth. We explore research priorities in six categories of fire ecology: (a) characteristics of fire regimes, (b) changing fire regimes, (c) fire effects on above-ground ecology, (d) fire effects on below-ground ecology, (e) fire behaviour and (f) fire ecology modelling. 3. We identify three emergent themes: the need to study fire across temporal scales, to assess the mechanisms underlying a variety of ecological feedbacks involving fire and to improve representation of fire in a range of modelling contexts. 4. Synthesis: As fire regimes and our relationships with fire continue to change, prioritizing these research areas will facilitate understanding of the ecological causes and consequences of future fires and rethinking fire management alternatives.
224 citations
••
College of William & Mary1, California Polytechnic State University2, Boise State University3, North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences4, Leibniz Association5, University of Glasgow6, Colorado State University7, North Carolina State University8, University of Massachusetts Amherst9, University of Florida10, George Mason University11, Syracuse University12, University of Southern California13
TL;DR: This work presents a framework for investigating anthropogenic light and noise as agents of selection, and as drivers of other evolutionary processes, to influence a range of behavioral and physiological traits such as phenological characters and sensory and signaling systems.
Abstract: Human activities have caused a near-ubiquitous and evolutionarily-unprecedented increase in environmental sound levels and artificial night lighting. These stimuli reorganize communities by interfering with species-specific perception of time-cues, habitat features, and auditory and visual signals. Rapid evolutionary changes could occur in response to light and noise, given their magnitude, geographical extent, and degree to which they represent unprecedented environmental conditions. We present a framework for investigating anthropogenic light and noise as agents of selection, and as drivers of other evolutionary processes, to influence a range of behavioral and physiological traits such as phenological characters and sensory and signaling systems. In this context, opportunities abound for understanding contemporary and rapid evolution in response to human-caused environmental change.
224 citations
Authors
Showing all 3902 results
Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
---|---|---|---|
Jeffrey G. Andrews | 110 | 562 | 63334 |
Zhu Han | 109 | 1407 | 48725 |
Brian R. Flay | 89 | 325 | 26390 |
Jeffrey W. Elam | 83 | 435 | 24543 |
Pramod K. Varshney | 79 | 894 | 30834 |
Scott Fendorf | 79 | 244 | 21035 |
Gregory F. Ball | 76 | 342 | 21193 |
Yan Wang | 72 | 1253 | 30710 |
David C. Dunand | 72 | 527 | 19212 |
Juan Carlos Diaz-Velez | 64 | 334 | 14252 |
Michael K. Lindell | 62 | 186 | 19865 |
Matthew J. Kohn | 62 | 164 | 13741 |
Maged Elkashlan | 61 | 294 | 14736 |
Bernard Yurke | 58 | 242 | 17897 |
Miguel Ferrer | 58 | 478 | 11560 |