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Alison R Gerken

USDA ARS Manhattan KS
Verified email at ars.usda.gov
Cited by 650

Spatial and temporal variation in stored-product insect pest distributions and implications for pest management in processing and storage facilities

AR Gerken, JF Campbell - Annals of the Entomological Society …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Insect infestations can result in a damaged or destroyed product, costing producers and
retailers millions of dollars annually. Postharvest insects move through space searching for …

Self-interest and public opinion toward smoking restrictions and cigarette taxes

DP Green, AE Gerken - Public opinion quarterly, 1989 - academic.oup.com
A burgeoning literature suggests that self-interest has little influence on policy preferences.
In sharp contrast are the findings discussed in this paper: we show that self-interest plays a …

Constraints, independence, and evolution of thermal plasticity: probing genetic architecture of long-and short-term thermal acclimation

AR Gerken, OC Eller, DA Hahn… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
Seasonal and daily thermal variation can limit species distributions because of physiological
tolerances. Low temperatures are particularly challenging for ectotherms, which use both …

[HTML][HTML] Farm2Fork through the lens of community ecology: concepts and applications in postharvest storage

AR Gerken, WR Morrison III - Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The environment in which postharvest crops are processed and stored is a dynamic
ecosystem influenced not only by environmental factors such as temperature and humidity …

[HTML][HTML] Pest management in the postharvest agricultural supply chain under climate change

AR Gerken, WR Morrison III - Frontiers in Agronomy, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Climate change is a danger to the agricultural system and will impact the availability of food
to feed the world. While much attention has focused on the effects of climate change on pest …

Wide range and tunable linear magnetic tunnel junction sensor using two exchange pinned electrodes

B Negulescu, D Lacour, F Montaigne, A Gerken… - Applied Physics …, 2009 - pubs.aip.org
A magnetic tunnel junction sensor with both the detection and the reference layers pinned
by IrMn is fabricated. Using the differences in the blocking temperatures of the IrMn films with …

Approach to the girl with early onset of pubic hair

SE Oberfield, AB Sopher… - The Journal of Clinical …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Premature pubarche, or the development of pubic hair before the age of 8 in girls or 9 in
boys, is most commonly caused by premature adrenarche. Adrenarche is the maturation of …

Indocyanine green tissue angiography can reduce extended bowel resections in acute mesenteric ischemia

…, M Keese, J Jakob, V Stasiunaitis, A Gerken… - Journal of …, 2018 - Springer
Purpose Surgical exploration and bowel resection are frequently required for treating non-
occlusive mesenteric ischemia. Intraoperative evaluation of intestinal perfusion is subjective …

Indocyanine green tissue angiography affects anastomotic leakage after esophagectomy. A retrospective, case-control study

…, U Ronellenfitsch, C Mertens, A Gerken… - … journal of surgery, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Purpose Optimal perfusion of the gastric conduit during esophagectomy is elementary for
the anastomotic healing since poor perfusion has been associated with increased morbidity …

Human corticotropin-releasing hormone in depression—correlation with thyrotropin secretion following thyrotropin-releasing hormone

F Holsboer, A Gerken, U Von Bardeleben, W Grimm… - Biological …, 1986 - Elsevier
Twenty-two subjects (11 patients with major endogenous depression and 11 controls)
received an intravenous test dose of 100 μg human corticotropin-releasing hormone (h …