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Relationship between Organic Carbon and Opportunistic Pathogens in Simulated Glass Water Heaters
(MDPI, 2015-06-09)
Controlling organic carbon levels in municipal water has been hypothesized to limit downstream growth of bacteria and opportunistic pathogens in premise plumbing (OPPPs). Here, the relationships between influent organic ...
What Factors Might Have Led to the Emergence of Ebola in West Africa?
(PLOS, 2015-06-04)
An Ebola outbreak of unprecedented scope emerged in West Africa in December 2013 and presently continues unabated in the countries of Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia. Ebola is not new to Africa, and outbreaks have been ...
A Simulation Optimization Approach to Epidemic Forecasting
(PLOS, 2013-06-27)
Reliable forecasts of influenza can aid in the control of both seasonal and pandemic outbreaks. We introduce a simulation optimization (SIMOP) approach for forecasting the influenza epidemic curve. This study represents ...
Supporting Adaptive Brain and Behavior: The Abecedarian Approach to Social, Educational, and Health Disparities
(Virginia Tech, 2017-11-30)
This paper places the Abecedarian Approach in theoretical and historical context and reviews the results from 3 randomized controlled trials that have tested an experimental protocol designed to prevent cognitive disabilities ...
A model of risk and mental state shifts during social interaction
(PLOS, 2018-02-15)
Cooperation and competition between human players in repeated microeconomic games offer a window onto social phenomena such as the establishment, breakdown and repair of trust. However, although a suitable starting point ...
Groundwater influence on water budget of a small constructed floodplain wetland in the Ridge and Valley of Virginia, USA
(Elsevier, 2015-12-01)
Study region: A floodplain in the headwaters of a tributary to the Chesapeake Bay, Ridge and Valley of the Eastern United States.
Study focus: This study investigated the influence of groundwater exchange in the annual ...
STRATEGY FOR A NATIONAL COMMUNITY LEARNING NETWORK: COMMUNITY LEARNING DATA DRIVEN DISCOVERY - Building Capacity for Evidence-Based Decision Making
(2016-12-19)
The Social and Decision Analytics Laboratory (SDAL) of the Biocomplexity Institute of Virginia Tech received a planning grant from the Laura and John Arnold Foundation (LJAF) to develop a strategy for a national community ...
Adoption of High-Performance Housing Technologies Among U.S. Homebuilding Firms, 2000 Through 2010
(HUD, 2015)
This article describes foundational processes of a larger project examining U.S. home builders’ choices to adopt innovative housing technologies that improve the environmental performance of new single-family homes. Home ...
Mitigating the Impact of Renewable Variability With Demand-Side Resources Considering Communication and Cyber Security Limitations
(IEEE, 2019)
With the rapid development of smart grid, the penetration of renewable energy resources is higher than ever and keeps growing. However, the output of renewable energy units, such as solar photovoltaics and wind turbines, ...
Inhibition of Copper Pitting Corrosion in Aggressive Potable Waters
(Hindawi, 2012-08-21)
Copper pitting corrosion can lead to premature plumbing failures, and can be caused by aggressive potable waters characterized by high pH, free chlorine residual and low alkalinity. In such waters and under continuous flow, ...