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• Qu, B.; Bruneau, M.; Lin, C. H.; Tsai, K. C.
  Experimental Investigation of Full-Scale Two-Story Steel Plate Shear Walls with Reduced Beam Section Connections.
  Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research, Buffalo, NY.; National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., March 17, 2008, 194 p.
  Identifying Number(s): MCEER-08-0010
  Keywords: Shear walls; Test specimens; Ground motionn; Walls; Seismic performance; Infill panels; Steel plates; Composite materials; Seismic effects; Earthquakes

• Qu, B.; Bruneau, M.
  Seismic Behavior and Design of Boundary Frame Members of Steel Plate Shear Walls.
  Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research, Buffalo, NY.; National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., April 26, 2008, 274 p.
  Identifying Number(s): MCEER-08-0012
  Keywords: ; Shear walls; Design; Walls; Ground motion; Steel plates; Infill panels; Stresses; Composite materials; Seismic effects; Earthquakes

• HAZUS-MH Estimated Annualized Earthquake Losses for the United States.
  April 2008, 66 p.
  Keywords: Emergency plans; Risk assessment; Vulnerability; US FEMA; HAZUS-MH; Disasters; Hazards; Urban areas; Earthquakes

• Huang, Y.; Whittaker, A. S.; Luco, N.
  Performance Assessment of Conventional and Base-Isolated Nuclear Power Plants for Earthquake and Blast Loadings.
  Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research, Buffalo, NY.; National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., October 28, 2008, 400 p.
  Identifying Number(s): MCEER-08-0019
  Keywords: ; Risk assessment; Performance evaluation; Ground motion; Buildings; Earthquake engineering; Nuclear power plants; Power reactors; Blast effects; Seismic isolation; Earthquakes

• Atlas of ShakeMaps for Selected Global Earthquakes. USGS ShakeMap: Niigata, Japan.
  January 2008, 41 p.
  Identifying Number(s): USGS-OFR-2008-1236
  Keywords: Mapping; Qualitative uncertainty assignments; ShakeMaps; Atlases; Observations; Maps; Composite Global ShakeMap; Earthquakes; Ground motion estimation; Event selections; Niigata (Japan); Foreign countries; Quantitative shaking uncertainty calculations

• Wald, D. J.; Lin, K. W.; Quitoriano, V.
  Quantifying and Qualifying USGS ShakeMap Uncertainty.
  January 2008, 29 p.
  Identifying Number(s): USGS-OFR-2008-1238
  Keywords: Mapping; Qualitative uncertainty assignments; ShakeMaps; U.S. Geological Survey; Algorithms; Observations; Earthquakes; Ground motion estimation; Fault rupture geometry; Computer software; Event selections; Maps; Foreign countries; Quantitative shaking uncertainty calculations

• Holzer, T. L.; Noce, T. E.; Bennett, M. J.
  Liquefaction Hazard Maps for Three Earthquake Scenarios for the Communities of San Jose, Campbell, Cupertino, Los Altos, Los Gatos,, Milpitas, Mountain View, Palo Alto, Santa Clara, Saratoga, and Sunnyvale, Northern Santa Clara County, California.
  January 2008, 32 p.
  Identifying Number(s): USGS-OFR-2008-1270
  Keywords: Geologic fractures; Geologic faults; California; Santa Clara County (California); Ground motion; Hazards; Liquefaction; Maps; Seismic effects; Communities; Earthquakes

• White, R. L.
  Methods of Mmax Estimation East of the Rocky Mountains.
  Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC., January 2009, 48 p.
  Identifying Number(s): USGS-OFR-2009-1018
  Keywords: ; Rocky Mountains; Estimates; Geology; Tectonics; Historical data; Seismicity; Earthquakes; Geological faults

• Murray-Moraleda, J. R.
  Predicted Surface Displacements for Scenario Earthquakes in the San Francisco Bay Region.
  January 2009, 44 p.
  Identifying Number(s): USGS-OFR2008-1375
  Keywords: Radar; U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); California; Deformation; San Francisco Bay Area; Ground motion; Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR); Seismic detectors; Measurement; Uniform California Earthquake Rupture Forecast (UCERF); Working Group on California Earthquake Probabilities (WGCEP); Displacement; Hazards; Global positioning system; Emergency responders; Earthquakes

• Facilities Management of Existing School Buildings: Two Models.
  National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA.; Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC., December 1994, 100 p.
  Keywords: Emergency plans; Crisis management; Management planning and control; School buildings; Facilities management; Improvement; Safety; Educational facilities; Case studies; Public schools; Earthquakes