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Invention Of Soul, Invention Of Self, Jay Stuart Kirgis Jan 1999

Invention Of Soul, Invention Of Self, Jay Stuart Kirgis

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Characterization Of Leachability Of Radioactivity From Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material (Norm) Samples, Shuanglian Li Jan 1999

Characterization Of Leachability Of Radioactivity From Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material (Norm) Samples, Shuanglian Li

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The Allure Of Nature : The Poetry Of James Applewhite, Maury Michael Gortemiller Jan 1999

The Allure Of Nature : The Poetry Of James Applewhite, Maury Michael Gortemiller

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Converting Nature : People, Environment, And Production In The Antebellum Mississippi Delta / By Albert Glover Way, Albert Glover Way Jan 1999

Converting Nature : People, Environment, And Production In The Antebellum Mississippi Delta / By Albert Glover Way, Albert Glover Way

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Dampening The Decline In Reaction Time And Movement Time Using A Carbohydrate Supplement During Exercise, Randall Dexter Barr Jan 1999

Dampening The Decline In Reaction Time And Movement Time Using A Carbohydrate Supplement During Exercise, Randall Dexter Barr

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The Relationship Between Patient Satisfaction And Patient Compliance In A Case Management Program, Monroe C. Ginn Jan 1999

The Relationship Between Patient Satisfaction And Patient Compliance In A Case Management Program, Monroe C. Ginn

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Seven Different Facets Of One Field : Land, Ownership, And Identity In Faulkner's Go Down, Moses, Robert E. Cummings Jan 1999

Seven Different Facets Of One Field : Land, Ownership, And Identity In Faulkner's Go Down, Moses, Robert E. Cummings

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The Effects Of Multiple Chemical Exposures On The Crayfish Procambarus Acutus, Karen Ann Konzen Jan 1999

The Effects Of Multiple Chemical Exposures On The Crayfish Procambarus Acutus, Karen Ann Konzen

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Variable Release Of Estrogenically Active Municipal Wastewater : A Biochemical And Chemical Characterization, Fred A. Tilton Jan 1999

Variable Release Of Estrogenically Active Municipal Wastewater : A Biochemical And Chemical Characterization, Fred A. Tilton

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A Few Steps On A Long Road : An Examination Of The Continuing Development Of One Actor's Process, Peter John Boyer Jan 1999

A Few Steps On A Long Road : An Examination Of The Continuing Development Of One Actor's Process, Peter John Boyer

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The Touch Of The Artist : Molly Bloom And The Power Of Artistic Imagination, Mary Lee Murphy Jan 1999

The Touch Of The Artist : Molly Bloom And The Power Of Artistic Imagination, Mary Lee Murphy

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Poems By Heart: Entering The World Of Poetry Through The Doorway Of Sound, Kristin Colleen Harty Jan 1999

Poems By Heart: Entering The World Of Poetry Through The Doorway Of Sound, Kristin Colleen Harty

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Antinociceptive And Reinforcing Properties Of Delta-9-Thc Hemisuccinate In Rats, Susan Leeann Broom Jan 1999

Antinociceptive And Reinforcing Properties Of Delta-9-Thc Hemisuccinate In Rats, Susan Leeann Broom

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A Computational Earthquake Response Simulation And Retrofit Study Of An R/C Post-Tensioned Eleven Story Dormitory / By Jeremy Ray Rice, Jeremy Ray Rice Jan 1999

A Computational Earthquake Response Simulation And Retrofit Study Of An R/C Post-Tensioned Eleven Story Dormitory / By Jeremy Ray Rice, Jeremy Ray Rice

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What A Swarm Of Cuckolds And Cuckold-Makers Are Here! The Necessary Sexual Containment Of The Female Actor In Restoration Theater / By Jennifer Sean Riley, Jennifer Sean Riley Jan 1999

What A Swarm Of Cuckolds And Cuckold-Makers Are Here! The Necessary Sexual Containment Of The Female Actor In Restoration Theater / By Jennifer Sean Riley, Jennifer Sean Riley

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Perceptions Of Interpersonal Acceptance And Accuracy Of Judgments Of Control : An Analysis Of The Depressive Realism Phenomenon In Children / By Michelle Erica Rothstein, Michelle Erica Rothstein Jan 1999

Perceptions Of Interpersonal Acceptance And Accuracy Of Judgments Of Control : An Analysis Of The Depressive Realism Phenomenon In Children / By Michelle Erica Rothstein, Michelle Erica Rothstein

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Development Of A Comparative Visualization Capability For Computational Hydroscience, Ricardo Cadavid Jan 1999

Development Of A Comparative Visualization Capability For Computational Hydroscience, Ricardo Cadavid

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Biocidal Efficacy And Potential Applications Of The Sparker System Plasma Arc As Applied To Water And Wastewater, Marcuslene Dewayne Harries Jan 1999

Biocidal Efficacy And Potential Applications Of The Sparker System Plasma Arc As Applied To Water And Wastewater, Marcuslene Dewayne Harries

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Georgiana's Grand Tour : Georgiana Gholson Walker's European Diary November 1852-June 1853, Virginia Katherine Howell Jan 1999

Georgiana's Grand Tour : Georgiana Gholson Walker's European Diary November 1852-June 1853, Virginia Katherine Howell

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Restoration Of Degraded Stream Corridors Using Vegetation : An Experimental Study, Taner Pirim Jan 1999

Restoration Of Degraded Stream Corridors Using Vegetation : An Experimental Study, Taner Pirim

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A Carrier-Mediated Partition Of Artemisinin Into Plasmodium Falciparum Infected Erythrocytes / By Nehal Himanshu Vyas, Nehal Himanshu Vyas Jan 1999

A Carrier-Mediated Partition Of Artemisinin Into Plasmodium Falciparum Infected Erythrocytes / By Nehal Himanshu Vyas, Nehal Himanshu Vyas

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Seasonal Investigation Of Native Fishes And Their Habitats In Missouri River And Yellowstone River Backwaters, Shannon J. Fisher Jan 1999

Seasonal Investigation Of Native Fishes And Their Habitats In Missouri River And Yellowstone River Backwaters, Shannon J. Fisher

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Interactions between the Missouri River and its floodplain have been severely degraded due to channelization and impoundment. Ecologists have assumed that backwaters are a critical habitat component for certain life stages of native fishes; however, documented relationships are limited. During this study, I monitored fishes, invertebrates, and habitats to help determine the importance of backwaters to native fishes of various life stages, and to assess the changes that occur in habitat characteristics and invertebrate densities during periods with differential connectivity. Seven assemblages of fishes, identified with catch-per-unit-effort data, had at least some relationship with the backwaters. The assemblages included two …


Biochemistry Of Hemolysin Toxin Activation By Fatty Acylation: Characterization Of An Internal Protein Acyltransferase, Michael S. Trent Dec 1998

Biochemistry Of Hemolysin Toxin Activation By Fatty Acylation: Characterization Of An Internal Protein Acyltransferase, Michael S. Trent

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Hemolysin toxin produced and secreted by pathogenic Escherichia coli is one of a family of cytolytic, structurally homologous protein toxins known as RTX (repeats in toxin) toxins. RTX toxins are products of a gene cluster, CABD . The A gene product, nontoxic hemolysin (proHlyA) is made toxic by post-translational fatty acylation of two internal lysine residues. HlyC, C gene product, is essential for acylation, and acyl-acyl carrier protein (ACP) is the acyl donor. HlyB and HlyD are involved in secretion of the toxin. HlyC was thought to serve as an internal protein acyltransferase and remained uncharacterized until now. ProHlyA and …


Writing Center Practices In Tennessee Community Colleges, James E. Crawford Aug 1998

Writing Center Practices In Tennessee Community Colleges, James E. Crawford

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The objective of this study was to develop a profile of writing centers in twelve community colleges governed by the Tennessee Board of Regents. This profile included how they were established, how they are funded and staffed, what services are provided and to whom, how training is provided for staff, and how technology is incorporated. More important than the profile itself, however, was an analysis of successful and unsuccessful practices, especially those related to governance, structure, and training of staff, as revealed through the perceptions and experiences of writing center directors. Because electronic technology has transformed the craft of writing, …


In Vitro Assessment Of The Toxicity Of Cocaine And Its Metabolites In The Human Umbilical Artery, Tessa L. Long Aug 1998

In Vitro Assessment Of The Toxicity Of Cocaine And Its Metabolites In The Human Umbilical Artery, Tessa L. Long

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An in vitro model was used to assess the effect of cocaine and its metabolites on the umbilical artery. Objectives were to pharmacologically confirm the presence of adrenergic innervation using tyramine, evaluate the ability of cocaine, benzoylecgonine, norcocaine and cocaethylene to potentiate vasoconstriction by serotonin and norepinephrine, examine the ability of ketanserin to block the enhanced vasoconstriction produced by cocaine, and determine displacement of 3 H-ketanserin by serotonin, norepinephrine, tyramine and mianserin. The vasoconstrictive effect of tyramine (100 μM) was enhanced in the presence of cocaine by 257%. Vasoconstrictive effects of serotonin and norepinephrine were significantly enhanced by cocaine by …


Quantal Mechanisms Underlying Stimulation-Induced Augmentation And Potentiation, Hong Cheng May 1998

Quantal Mechanisms Underlying Stimulation-Induced Augmentation And Potentiation, Hong Cheng

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Repetitive stimulation of motor nerves causes an increase in the number of packets of transmitter ("quanta") that can be released in the ensuing period. This represents a type of conditioning, in which synaptic transmission may be enhanced by prior activity. Despite many studies of this phenomenon, there have been no investigations of the quantal mechanisms underlying these events, due to the rapid changes in transmitter output and the short time periods involved. To examine this problem, a method was developed in which estimates of the quantal release parameters could be obtained over very brief periods (3 s). Conventional microelectrode techniques …


Tnf(Alpha)-Dependent And Tnf(Alpha)-Independent Activation Of Macrophage Effector Function, Annette R. Clemons-Miller May 1998

Tnf(Alpha)-Dependent And Tnf(Alpha)-Independent Activation Of Macrophage Effector Function, Annette R. Clemons-Miller

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Tumor necrosis factor α (TNFα) is a pleiotropic cytokine that is predominantly produced by activated macrophages. The effects of TNFα are as diverse as the cells with which it interacts, e.g., stimulating fibroblast growth, exerting cytotoxic/cytostatic; activity against various human and murine cell lines, promoting inflammation through upregulation of endothelial adhesion molecules and IL-8 production. Yet TNFα is best known, and in fact was originally described, for its role in the bacterial-induced hemorrhagic necrosis of tumors and exacerbation of septic shock in which aberrant TNFα production leads to vascular collapse, cachexia, multiple organ failure, and ultimately death in as many …


A Case Study Of The Effects Of Integration On Two Black High Schools In East Tennessee, Sheila R. Knaff May 1998

A Case Study Of The Effects Of Integration On Two Black High Schools In East Tennessee, Sheila R. Knaff

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This study investigated the effects of integration on two black high schools and their communities in East Tennessee. The purpose of the study was to show how integration impacted these two communities both negatively and positively. The research method was qualitative and used the case study approach. Interviews of former students, teachers, and administrators of these two schools was a primary source of data collection. Further analysis of the data used the qualitative software package QSR NUD*IST 4.0. Data gained from the interviews, coupled with historical and current literature, as well as other published documents in relation to these two …


The Wind Cave National Park Elk Herd: Home Ranges, Seasonal Movements, And Alternative Control Methods, Peter Bauman Jan 1998

The Wind Cave National Park Elk Herd: Home Ranges, Seasonal Movements, And Alternative Control Methods, Peter Bauman

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Elk (Cervus elaphus ne/soni) herd organization, movements, and home range size in Wind Cave National Park (WICA) were studied from May 1996 to August 1997. Twenty radiocollared elk ( 10 males, 10 females) were relocated by ground and aerial telemetry. Radiocollared elk were relocated two times/week, resulting in 1,595 relocations ( 410 ground, 1, 185 aerial). Coefficients of association (CA) for radiocollared cows averaged 0.005 during spring/summer 1996, 0.033 during spring/summer 1997, and 0.295 during falVwinter 1996. Coefficients of association for radiocollared bulls averaged 0.011 during spring/summer 1996, 0.015 during spring/summer 1997, and 0.075 during faIVwinter 1996. Three cow subherds …


The Effect Of Dissolved Oxygen And Absorptive State On The Swimming Performance And Swimming Respiration Of Juvenile Channel Catfish, (Ictalurus Punctatus Rafinesque), James Holly Walker Bartlett Jan 1998

The Effect Of Dissolved Oxygen And Absorptive State On The Swimming Performance And Swimming Respiration Of Juvenile Channel Catfish, (Ictalurus Punctatus Rafinesque), James Holly Walker Bartlett

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