Estimating evaporation from a wet grassland (2008)
Gasca-Tucker, D. L., Acreman, M. C., Agnew, C. T., Thompson, J. R.
Wet grasslands are being restored across the UK and Europe to reinstate their high biodiversity following over 50 years of drainage and conversion to arable agriculture. The water balance of many wet...
Duranel, A. J., Acreman, M. C., Stratford, C. J., Thompson, J. R., Mould, D. J.
The physical and chemical environment of a floodplain needs to be assessed to define conservation targets for restoring it to species-rich meadows from agricultural land. A straightforward technique,...
Estimating evaporation from a wet grassland (2008)
Gasca-Tucker, D. L., Acreman, M. C., Agnew, C. T., Thompson, J. R.
Wet grasslands are being restored across the UK and Europe to reinstate their high biodiversity following over 50 years of drainage and conversion to arable agriculture. The water balance of many wet...
Duranel, A. J., Acreman, M. C., Stratford, C. J., Thompson, J. R., Mould, D. J.
The physical and chemical environment of a floodplain needs to be assessed to define conservation targets for restoring it to species-rich meadows from agricultural land. A straightforward technique,...
Kato, T., Shibauchi, T., Matsuda, Y., Thompson, J. R., Krusin-Elbaum, L.
We present evidence for entangled solid vortex matter in a glassy state in a layered superconductor Bi$_2$Sr$_2$CaCu$_2$O$_{8+y}$ containing randomly splayed linear defects. The interlayer phase...
s-Wave superconductivity in non-centrosymmetric Re_3W probed by magnetic penetration depth (2007)
Zuev, Y. L., Kuznetsova, V. A., Prozorov, R., Vannette, M. D., Lobanov, M. V., Christen, D. K., ...
We report measurements of the temperature dependence of the magnetic penetration depth \lambda(T) in non-centrosymmetric superconductor Re_3W. We employed two experimental techniques: extraction of...
Genomewide Association Analysis of Coronary Artery Disease (2007)
Samani, N.J., Erdmann, J., Hall, Alisdair S., Hengstenberg, C., Mangino, M., Mayer, B., ...
Telomere length, risk of coronary heart disease and statin treatment. (2007)
Brouilette, S.W., Moore, J.S., McMahon, A.D., Thompson, J.R., Ford, I., Shepherd, J., ...
Genomewide Association Analysis of Coronary Artery Disease. (2007)
Samani, N.J., Erdmann, J., Hall, A.S., Hengstenberg, C., Mangino, M., Mayer, B., ...
Standardising lung function laboratories for multicentre trials (2007)
Beardsmore, Caroline S., Paton, J.Y., Thompson, J.R., Laverty, A., King, C., Oliver, C., ...
Kogan, V. G., Prozorov, R., Bud'ko, S. L., Canfield, P. C., Thompson, J. R., Karpinski, J., ...
The field dependence of the vortex core size $\xi(B)$ is incorporated in the London model, in order to describe reversible magnetization $M(B,T)$ for a number of materials with large Ginzburg-Landau...
Mapping of a major locus that determines telomere length in humans. (2005)
Vasa-Nicotera, Mariuca, Brouilette, S.W., Mangino, M., Thompson, J.R., Braund, P., ...
Thompson, J.R., Refstrup Sørenson, H., Gavin, H., Refsgaard, A.
Hydrological modifications frequently result in wetland loss and degradation while wetland management, restoration and creation schemes rely upon further hydrological manipulations. These schemes can...
Simulation of wetland water-level manipulation using coupled hydrological/hydraulic modeling (2004)
Hydrological modifications frequently result in wetland loss and degradation while wetland management, restoration, and creation schemes rely upon further hydrological manipulations. These schemes...
Real-time NASBA for sensitive detection of Strawberry vein banding virus (2004)
Vasková, D., Spak, J., Klerks, M.M., Schoen, C.D., Thompson, J.R., Jelkmann, W.
An assay for the detection of Strawberry vein banding virus (SVBV) in Fragaria spp. based on nucleic acid sequence based amplification (NASBA) and real-time detection using molecular beacons...
Detection and tentative grouping of Strawberry crinkle virus isolates (2004)
Klerks, M.M., Lindner, J.L., Vasková, D., Spak, J., Thompson, J.R., Jelkmann, W., ...
A partial sequence of the putative polymerase (L) protein of Strawberry crinkle virus (SCV), genus Cytorhabdovirus, is described. The virus protein was found to be distantly related to the L protein...
Pinning action of correlated disorder against equilibrium properties of HgBa2Ca2Cu3Ox (2004)
Thompson, J.R., Ossandon, J.G., Krusin-Elbaum, L., Christen, D.K., Kim, H.J., Song, K.J., ...
Ossandon, J.G. Department of Engineering Sciences, Universidad de Talca, Curicó, Chile.
The Role of Nonlocality in the Pinning Properties of Borocarbides Materials (2003)
Silhanek, A. V., Thompson, J. R., Civale, L., Bud'ko, S. L., Canfield, P.
An experimental review on the influence of nonlocal electrodynamics in the vortex pinning properties of non-magnetic borocarbide superconductors is presented. We show that the pinning force density...
Reply to the comment cond-mat/0308067 (2003)
Kang, H. J., Dai, Pengcheng, Lynn, J. W., Matsuura, M., Thompson, J. R., Zhang, Shou-Cheng, ...
Mang et al. report the observation of a cubic (Nd,Ce)2O3 impurity phase grown epitaxially in annealed samples of electron-doped Nd2-xCexCuO4 (NCCO) and argue that our observed magnetic scattering in...
Thompson, J. R., Ossandon, J. G., Krusin-Elbaum, L., Christen, D. K., Kim, H. J., Song, K. J., ...
We report significant alteration of the equilibrium properties of the superconductor HgBa$_2$Ca$_2$Cu$_3$O$_x$ when correlated disorder in the form of randomly oriented columnar tracks is introduced...
Thompson, J. R., Kim, H. J., Cantoni, C., Christen, D. K., Feenstra, R., Verebelyi, D. T.
The critical current density flowing across low angle grain boundaries in YBa$_2$Cu$_3$O$_{7-\delta}$ thin films has been studied magnetometrically. Films (200 nm thickness) were deposited on...
Thompson, J.R., Wetzel, S., Klerks, M.M., Vasková, D., Schoen, C.D., Spak, J., ...
The principal aphid-borne viruses infecting Strawberry (Fragaria spp.) Strawberry crinkle virus (SCV), Strawberry mild yellow edge virus (SMYEV), Strawberry mottle virus (SMoV) and Strawberry vein...
Thompson, J.R., Ossandon, J.G., Christen, D.K., Song, K.J., Kim, H.J., Krusin-Elbaum, L., ...
Ossandon, J.G. Department of Engineering Sciences, Universidad de Talca, Curicó, Chile.
Gapud, A. A., Christen, D. K., Thompson, J. R., Yethiraj, M.
The peak effect in critical current density J_c is investigated by studying the flux dynamics in V_3Si using bulk magnetometry, small-angle neutron scattering, and transport measurements on clean...
Monitoring wetland ditch water levels using landsat TM and ground-based measurements (2002)
Leemhuis, C., Hoffmann, V., Shepherd, I.M., Calaon, R., Thompson, J.R., ...
A methodology which makes use of Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) data to indirectly provide remotely sensed observations of water levels within channels and ditches in wetlands is presented. Using...
Silhanek, A. V., Civale, L., Thompson, J. R., Canfield, P. C., Bud'ko, S. L., Paul, D. McK., ...
We present an overview of the temperature, field and angular dependence of the irreversible magnetization of non-magnetic borocarbides (Y;Lu) Ni_2 B_2 C. We show that nonlocal electrodynamics...
Thompson, J. R., Ossandon, J. G., Krusin-Elbaum, L., Kim, H. J., Christen, D. K., Song, K. J., ...
Bulk polycrystalline HgBa(2)Ca(2)Cu(3)O(x) materials were irradiated with 0.8 GeV protons to form randomly oriented columnar defects, by induced fission of Hg-nuclei. Proton fluences from 0 to 35...
Turbulent Heating of Plasmas by High Energy Particle Beams. (2002)
Drummond,W. E., Thompson,J. R., Bourianoff,G. I., Hasti,D. E., Sloan,M. L.
During the performance period on this contract, 30 June 1976, substantial progress has been made in our research on the interactions of high energy beams of charged particles. The mechanisms and...
Interactions of Relativistic Charged Particle Beams. (2002)
Drummond,W. E., Thompson,J. R., Wong,H. V., Bourianoff,G. I., Moore,B. N.
Contents: Nonlinear Effects in Quto-resonant Acceleration; Stability of Slab Electron Beam Equilibria; Limiting Currents of an Unneutralized Magnetized Electron Beam in a Cylindrical Drift Tube;...
Beaty, K. S., Meldrum, A., Franck, J. P., Sorge, K., Thompson, J. R.
Ion implantation coupled with annealing is a versatile and flexible approach to creating ferromagnetic near-surface nanocomposites that represent a wide range of particle/host combinations. We have...
Beam Handling and Emittance Control (2002)
Thompson, J. R., Sloan, M. L., Moore, B. N., Uglum, J. R.
This report reviews the results of calculations which concern techniques of beam handling and emittance control for high current beams in advanced accelerators. Beam quality requirements for...
Thompson, J.R., Ossandon, J.G., Krusin-Elbaum, L., Kim, H.J., Song, K.J., Christen, D.K., ...
Ossandon, J.G. (reprint author). Department of Engineering Sciences, Universidad de Talca, Curicó, Chile.
Heavy-Electron Behavior and Structural Change in Ca1.7Sr0.3RuO4 (2001)
Jin, R., Thompson, J. R., He, J., Farmer, J. M., Lowhorn, N., Lamberton, G. A., ...
Sr$_2$RuO$_4$ is an unconventional superconductor with a tetragonal structure, whereas Ca$_2$RuO$_4$ is a Mott insulator with orthorhombic symmetry. The substituted Ca$_{2-x}$Sr$_x$RuO$_4$ has...
Thompson, J. R., Ossandon, J. G., Krusin-Elbaum, L., Kim, H. J., Song, K. J., Christen, D. K., ...
Extensive work has shown that irradiation with 0.8 GeV protons can produce randomly oriented columnar defects (CD's) in a large number of HTS materials, specifically those cuprates containing Hg, Tl,...
Fluctuation Effects on the Physical Properties of Cd2Re2O7 Near 200 K (2001)
Jin, R., He, J., Thompson, J. R., Chisholm, M. F., Sales, B. C., Mandrus, D.
Experimental investigation of the resistivity $\rho$, susceptibility $\chi$, specific heat C$_p$, and Hall coefficient R$_H$ of the pyrochlore Cd$_2$Re$_2$O$_7$ reveals the presence of a continuous...
Ni-Cr textured substrates with reduced ferromagnetism for coated conductor applications (2001)
Thompson, J. R., Goyal, A., Christen, D. K., Kroeger, D. M.
A series of biaxially textured Ni(1-x)Cr(x) materials, with compositions x = 0, 7, 9, 11, and 13 at % Cr, have been studied for use as substrate materials in coated conductor applications with high...
Effect of Carbon-Doping in Bulk Superconducting MgB2 Samples (2001)
Paranthaman, M., Thompson, J. R., Christen, D. K.
Bulk superconducting samples of MgB2 were prepared by solid state reaction of stoichiometric quantities of Mg turnings and B in a sealed Ta cylinder at 890 C for 2 hours. The as-synthesized MgB2...
Callcott, T. A., Lin, L., Woods, G. T., Zhang, G. P., Thompson, J. R., Paranthaman, M., ...
Soft X-ray absorption and fluorescence measurements are reported for the K-edge of B in MgB2. The measurements confirm a high density of B pxy(sigma)-states at the Fermi edge and extending to...
Superconducting MgB(2) films via precursor post-processing approach (2001)
Paranthaman, M., Cantoni, C., Zhai, H. Y., Christen, H. M., Aytug, T., Sathyamurthy, S., ...
Superconducting MgB(2) films with Tc = 38.6 K were prepared using a precursor-deposition, ex-situ post-processing approach. Precursor films of boron, ~0.5 micrometer thick, were deposited onto...
High temporal stability of supercurrents in MgB(2) materials (2001)
Thompson, J. R., Paranthaman, M., Christen, D. K., Sorge, K. D., Kim, H. J., Ossandon, J. G.
Fine grained polycrystalline samples of MgB(2) superconductor were synthesized from the elements to contain < 5 % of impurity phases, according to X-ray powder diffractometry. The superconductive...
Thompson, J. R., Silhanek, A. V., Civale, L., Song, K. J., Tomy, C. V., Paul, D. McK.
For a single crystal of YNi(2)B(2)C superconductor, the equilibrium magnetization M in the square basal plane has been studied experimentally as a function of temperature and magnetic field. While...
Critical Current Density of YBa{2}Cu{3}O{7-d} Low-Angle Grain Boundaries in Self-Field (2001)
Verebelyi, D. T., Cantoni, C., Budai, J. D., Christen, D. K., Kim, H. J., Thompson, J. R.
A study has been perfomed on the superconducting critical current density J_{c} flowing across low angle grain boundaries in epitaxial thin films of YBa{2}Cu{3}O{7-d} (YBCO). The materials studied...
Telomere shortening in atherosclerosis (2001)
Samani, N.J., Boultby, R., Butler, R., Thompson, J.R., Goodall, Alison H.
Ossandon, J.G., Thompson, J.R., Krusin-Elbaum, L., Kim, H.J., Christen, D.K., Song, K.J., ...
Ossandon, J.G. Department of Engineering Sciences, Universidad de Talca, Curicó, Chile
High temporal stability of supercurrents in MgB2 materials (2001)
Thompson, J.R., Paranthaman, M., Christen, D.K., Sorge, K.D., Kim, H.J., Ossandon, J.G.
Ossandon, J.G. Department of Engineering Sciences, Universidad de Talca, Curicó, Chile.
Slater Transition in the Pyrochlore Cd2Os2O7 (2000)
Mandrus, D., Thompson, J. R., Gaal, R., Forro, L., Bryan, J. C., Chakoumakos, B. C., ...
Cd2Os2O7 crystallizes in the pyrochlore structure and undergoes a metal-insulator transition (MIT) near 226 K. We have characterized the MIT in Cd2Os2O7 using X-ray diffraction, resistivity at...
Weak ferromagnetism and field-induced spin reorientation in K2V3O8 (2000)
Lumsden, M. D., Sales, B. C., Mandrus, D., Nagler, S. E., Thompson, J. R.
Magnetization and neutron diffraction measurements indicate long-range antiferromagnetic ordering below TN=4 K in the 2D, S=1/2 Heisenberg antiferromagnet K2V3O8. The ordered state exhibits ``weak...
Long-range antiferromagnetic order in the S=1 chain compound LiVGe2O6 (2000)
Lumsden, M. D., Granroth, G. E., Mandrus, D., Nagler, S. E., Thompson, J. R., Castellan, J. P., ...
The phase transition in the compound LiVGe2O6 has been proposed as a unique example of a spin-Peierls transition in an S=1 antiferromagnetic chain. We report neutron and x-ray diffraction...
Influence of nonlocal electrodynamics on the anisotropic vortex pinning in $YNi_2B_2C$ (2000)
Silhanek, A. V., Thompson, J. R., Civale, L., Paul, D. McK., Tomy, C. V.
We have studied the pinning force density Fp of YNi_2B_2C superconductors for various field orientations. We observe anisotropies both between the c-axis and the basal plane and within the plane,...
The Cognitive Bases of Intelligence Analysis. (2000)
Thompson, J. R., Hopf-Wichel, R., Geiselman, R. E.
This report summarizes the background research that led to development of the Strategic Intelligence Analysis Handbook which was also developed under this contract. The goal of the research was to...
Quantum tunneling of vortices in Bi-2212 with randomly oriented columnar defects (2000)
Thompson, J.R., Ossandon, J.G., Krusin-Elbaum, L, Song, K.J., Christen, D.K., Ullmann, J.L.
Ossandon, J.G. Department of Engineering Sciences, Universidad de Talca, Curicó, Chile.
Current decay from quantum tunneling of vortices in Bi-2212 superconductors (2000)
Thompson, J.R., Ossandon, J.G., Krusin-Elbaum, L., Song, K.J., Kim, H.J., Christen, D.K., ...
Ossandon, J.G. (reprint author). Department of Engineering Sciences, Universidad de Talca, Curicó, Chile.
Visual acuity measurements in a national sample of British elderly people. (2000)
Bates, C. J., McGraw, P. V., Thompson, J. R., Reacher, M., Prentice, A., Finch, S.
Background-Despite the fact that visual function has an important role in the quality of life in later years, very few studies have measured visual acuity in population based nationwide samples of...
Four-fold basal plane anisotropy of the nonlocal magnetization of YNi2B2C (1999)
Civale, L., Silhanek, A. V., Thompson, J. R., Song, K. J., Tomy, C. V., Paul, D. McK.
Studies of single crystal YNi2B2C have revealed a four-fold anisotropy of the equilibrium magnetization in the square crystallographic basal plane. This pi/2 periodicity occurs deep in the...
Quantum constraints on technological superconductors (1999)
Thompson, J.R., Ossandon, J.G., Krusin-Elbaum, L., Song, K.J., Christen, D.K., Ullmann, J.L.
Ossandon, J.G. Department of Engineering Sciences, Universidad de Talca, Curicó, Chile
Thrall,R. M., Thompson,J. R., Tapia,R. A., Owen,G., Howes,D.
The report deals with the mathematical theory of combat in various aspects. Chapter 1 is an introduction and summary, Chapter 2 deals with measures of effectiveness, Chapter 3 provides a general...
English Language Training for Puerto Rican Navy Recruits: Evaluation of Pilot Program. (1998)
Copeland,D. R., Thompson,J. R., Swope,W. M., Kincaid,J. P., Schalow,S. R.
The Navy plans to expand its end strength by 80,000 enlisted personnel by 1988. Difficulties in meeting this objective are expected due to a projected decrease of available male in the 17 to 21 age...
Magnetic Studies of Ni3Al(Fe) Compounds. (1998)
Sekula, S. T., Kerchner, H. R., Thompson, J. R., Leventouri, Th.
Several samples of the ordered intermetallic compounds with the L1(sub 2) structure and chemical composition Ni(sub 0.75-x)Al(sub 0.25-x)Fe(sub 2x) (doped with 0.2 at.% B) have been studied over an...
Stability of supercurrents in a BiSrCaCuO (Bi-2212) high- Tcsuperconductor with artificially (1998)
Ossandon, J.G., Thompson, J.R.
J. G. Ossandon. Facultad de Ingeniera, Universidad de Talca, Curicó, Chile.
Thompson, J.R., Ossandon, J.G., Christen, D.K., Paranthaman, M., Specht, E.D., Kim, Y.C.
Ossandon, J.G. Department of Engineering Sciences, Universidad de Talca, Curicó, Chile