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  • K*(892)0 and K̅ *(892)0 production in central Pb + Pb, Si + Si, C + C, and inelastic p + p collisions at 158A GeV 
    Roland, Christof E.; Roland, Gunther M.; Veres, Gabor (American Physical Society, 2011-12)
    Production of the K∗(892)0 and K∗(892)0 resonances was studied via their K+π− and K−π+ decay modes in central Pb + Pb, Si + Si, C + C, and inelastic p + p collisions at 158A GeV(√sNN = 17.3 GeV) with the NA49 detector at ...
  • Kaboozle Is NP-complete, even in a Strip 
    Asano, Tetsuo; Demaine, Erik D.; Demaine, Martin L.; Uehara, Ryuhei (Springer, 2010-01)
    Kaboozle is a puzzle consisting of several square cards, each annotated with colored paths and dots drawn on both sides and holes drilled. The goal is to join two colored dots with paths of the same color (and fill all ...
  • Kakeya-type sets in finite vector spaces 
    Saraf, Shubhangi; Kopparty, Swastik; Sudan, Madhu; Lev, Vsevolod F. (Springer-Verlag, 2011-01)
    For a finite vector space V and a nonnegative integer r≤dim V, we estimate the smallest possible size of a subset of V, containing a translate of every r-dimensional subspace. In particular, we show that if K⊆V is the ...
  • Kalman filter for inhomogeneous population Markov chains with application to stochastic recruitment control of muscle actuators 
    Odhner, Lael; Asada, Harry (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2010-07)
    A population of stochastic agents, as seen in swarm robots and some biological systems, can be modeled as a population Markov chain where the transition probability matrix is time-varying, or inhomogeneous. This paper ...
  • Keeping two animal systems in one lab – a frog plus fish case study 
    Sive, Hazel L. (Springer Science + Business Media B.V., 2011)
    For two decades, my lab has been studying development using two vertebrate animals, the frog Xenopus and the zebrafish, Danio. This has been both productive and challenging. The initial rationale for the choice was to ...
  • Kenya's New Constitution 
    Kramon, Eric; Posner, Daniel N. (John Hopkins University Press, 2011-04)
    On 4 August 2010, Kenyans voted to adopt a new constitution, culminating a process that began as part of a resolution to the violent conflict that followed the December 2007 elections. By reducing executive power, devolving ...
  • Kepler-14b: A Massive Hot Jupiter Transiting an F Star in a Close Visual Binary 
    Seager, Sara (IOP Publishing, 2011-09)
    We present the discovery of a hot Jupiter transiting an F star in a close visual (0[" over .]3 sky projected angular separation) binary system. The dilution of the host star's light by the nearly equal magnitude stellar ...
  • Kepler-18b, c, and d: A system of three planets confirmed by transit timing variations, light curve validation, Warm-Spitzer photometry, and radial velocity measurements 
    Seager, Sara; Demory, Brice-Olivier; Winn, Joshua Nathan (Institute of Physics Publishing, 2011-11)
    We report the detection of three transiting planets around a Sun-like star, which we designate Kepler-18. The transit signals were detected in photometric data from the Kepler satellite, and were confirmed to arise from ...
  • Kepler-20: A sun-like star with three sub-neptune exoplanets and two earth-size candidates 
    Rogers, Leslie Anne; Seager, Sara (IOP Publishing, 2012-03)
    We present the discovery of the Kepler-20 planetary system, which we initially identified through the detection of five distinct periodic transit signals in the Kepler light curve of the host star 2MASS J19104752+4220194. ...
  • Kepler Eclipsing Binary Stars. I. Catalog and Principal Characterization of 1879 Eclipsing Binaries in the First Data Release 
    Prša, Andrej; Batalha, Natalie; Slawson, Robert W.; Doyle, Laurance R.; Welsh, William F.; Orosz, Jerome A.; Seager, Sara; Rucker, Michael; Mjaseth, Kimberly; Engle, Scott G.; Conroy, Kyle; Jenkins, Jon; Caldwell, Douglas; Koch, David; Borucki, William (IOP Publishing, 2011-02)
    The Kepler space mission is devoted to finding Earth-size planets orbiting other stars in their habitable zones. Its large, 105 deg[superscript 2] field of view features over 156,000 stars that are observed continuously ...
  • Kepler's First Rocky Planet: Kepler-10b 
    Seager, Sara (IOP Publishing, 2011-02)
    NASA's Kepler Mission uses transit photometry to determine the frequency of Earth-size planets in or near the habitable zone of Sun-like stars. The mission reached a milestone toward meeting that goal: the discovery of its ...
  • Keten and Buehler Reply 
    Keten, Sinan; Buehler, Markus J. (American Physical Society, 2009-03)
    A Reply to the Comment by Dmitrii E. Makarov.
  • Ketogenic essential amino acids modulate lipid synthetic pathways and hepatic steatosis in mice 
    Noguchi, Yasushi; Nishikata, Natsumi; Shikata, Nahoko; Kimura, Yoshiko; Aleman, Jose O.; Young, Jamey D.; Koyama, Naoto; Kelleher, Joanne Keene; Takahashi, Michio; Stephanopoulos, Gregory (Public Library of Science, 2010-08)
    Background Although dietary ketogenic essential amino acid (KAA) content modifies accumulation of hepatic lipids, the molecular interactions between KAAs and lipid metabolism are yet to be fully elucidated. Methodolo ...
  • Keyword programming in Java 
    Little, Danny Greg; Miller, Robert C. (Springer Netherlands, 2008-10)
    Keyword programming is a novel technique for reducing the need to remember details of programming language syntax and APIs, by translating a small number of unordered keywords provided by the user into a valid expression. ...
  • Khovanov homology is an unknot-detector 
    Kronheimer, P. B.; Mrowka, Tomasz S. (Springer-Verlag, 2011-11)
    We prove that a knot is the unknot if and only if its reduced Khovanov cohomology has rank 1. The proof has two steps. We show first that there is a spectral sequence beginning with the reduced Khovanov cohomology and ...
  • Kidnapping Politics in East Asia 
    Samuels, Richard J. (Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2010-10)
    Introduction: History is filled with political abductions, incidents in which individuals are kidnapped and held hostage by hostile groups or states to gain leverage or legitimacy for their cause.1 Such episodes have been ...
  • A Kinematic Approach to Determining the Optimal Actuator Sensor Architecture for Space Robots 
    Boning, Peggy; Dubowsky, Steven (SAGE Publications, 2010-08)
    Autonomous space robots will be required for such future missions as the construction of large space structures and repairing disabled satellites. These robots will need to be precisely controlled. However, factors such ...
  • Kinematic couplings: A review of design principles and applications 
    Slocum, Alexander H. (Elsevier B.V., 2010-04)
    From the humble three-legged milking stool to a SEMI standard wafer pod location to numerous sub-micron fixturing applications in instruments and machines, exactly constrained mechanisms provide precision, robustness, and ...
  • A Kinetic Model Unifying Presynaptic Short-Term Facilitation and Depression 
    Poon, Chi-Sang; Anton, Mihai; McRae, Gregory J.; Lee, Chuang-Chung J. (Springer Netherlands, 2009-06)
    Short-term facilitation and depression refer to the increase and decrease of synaptic strength under repetitive stimuli within a timescale of milliseconds to seconds. This phenomenon has been attributed to primarily ...
  • Kinetic Monte Carlo study of activated states and correlated shear-transformation-zone activity during the deformation of an amorphous metal 
    Homer, Eric R.; Rodney, David; Schuh, Christopher A. (American Physical Society, 2010-02)
    Shear transformation zone (STZ) dynamics simulations, which are based on the kinetic Monte Carlo algorithm, are used to model the mechanical response of amorphous metals and provide insight into the collective aspects of ...
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