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Flirtation In The Work Place : A Replication And Extension, Gary Carlton Huckaby

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An Isothermal And Non-Isothermal Kinetic Analysis Of Sugar Hydrate Desolvation, Sriram J. Ramanathan

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Study Of Static Mechanical Properties Of Pultruded Hybrid Graphite, Kumar N.V.S. Papineni

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Emulsification And Degradation Of Crude-Oil By A Rhodococcus Erythropolis, Scott Allen Bailey

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The Effects Of Processing Parameters On The Mechanical Properties Of An Epon 9420 Epoxy/Graphite Composite / By Denise Theobald, Denise Theobald

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Rheological Characteristics And Cure Analysis Of Epon 862/W Epoxy Used In Pultrusion / By Reshma Shanku, Reshma Shanku

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Pragmatic Language Behaviors Of Adult Chronic Schizophrenia Patients, Pamela S. Griffin

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The Synthesis Of Six Disulfide-Functionalized Quinone-Type Electron Acceptors For Use In Self-Assembled Monolayers On Gold Surfaces, Shixia Feng

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Design Of Test Procedures For Nwn Components, Yun Gai

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Influence Of Non-Specific Binding On Antigen-Antibody Binding Kinetics : Biosensor Applications, Zhanchi Chen

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Spirit Of The Land, Robert Malone

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Residential Segregation In Mississippi And Virginia 1980 And 1990, Patricia Danette Light

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Responses Of Aquatic Invertebrates To A Nonionic Surfactant In Laboratory And Model Stream Mesocosm Exposures, William Barry Gillespie Jr.

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What An Escape I Have Had! : Recurrent Structural Ironies In The Sentimental Scenes Of Laurence Sterne, Thomas Howard Goggans

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The Effect Of Covalent Attachment Of Ethidium To Dna On The Catalytic Cycle Of Topoisomerase Ii, Adam Geoffrey Marx

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Everydayness, Catherine L. Parrish

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The Optimization And Characterization Of A Stethoscope For Use In High Noise Environments, Matthew D. Miley

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Parenting Styles And The Relationship To Symptom Reporting In Children, Michael E. Walker

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Effect Of Process Variables On The Vibro-Acoustic Material Characteristics Of Pultruded Glass/Epoxy Composites, Radesh Vangipuram

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The Epistemological Foundations Of Kant's Concept Of Freedom / By Marshall Holt Smith, Marshall Holt Smith

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Analysis Of Cylindrical Two Conductor Microstrip Transmission Line With Truncated Dielectics Using The Finite Difference Method / By Ying Yuan, Ying Yuan

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Analysis Of The Eccentric Annular Ring Microstrip Antenna Excited By A Coaxial Probe Using The Cavity Model, Weidong Zhang

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Automated Ultrasonic Nondestructive Testing, Particularly Of Fiber-Reinforced Composite Structures, Shu-Bao Ye

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Ebony's Coverage Of Civil Rights Activists, 1960-1968, Evangeline Wilson

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This thesis examines Ebony magazine’s coverage of civil rights activists who supported nonviolence unconditionally and activists who believed in violence as a means of retaliation or self-defense during the Civil Rights Movement. Articles written about the leaders and the groups of those who organized between 1960 and 1968 to protest civil rights injustices or to defend themselves against such violations were content analyzed to determine how the two groups were reported. The goal of this study was to provide data that would be helpful in assessing the images presented by Ebony of those who supported the philosophy of nonviolent social …

The Development Of The Parent Effectiveness Test (Pet), Sharon S. Morrison

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Development Of Stereoscopic Particle Tracking Velocimetry For Turbulent Flow Field Diagnostics, Veera P. Rajendran

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Stereoscopic particle tracking velocimetry (SPTV) was used to analyze a turbulent submerged jet of Reynolds number (based on the diameter of the nozzle) 8000. SPTV involves tracking the motion of tracer particles over time in a flow in three dimensions. The first part of this work consisted of developing a stereoscopic particle tracking technique using two high-speed video cameras. This included calibration of the cameras with "known" points, and developing an algorithm to automatically match and track particles. The second part was to apply the same to a submerged water jet in order to measure velocities. The velocities were subsequently …

A Test Of Self-Directed Practice And Feedback In The Reduction Of A Disturbance In Body Image, Carla Carolyn Adams

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A disturbance in body image has long been implicated in the development and maintenance of a variety of eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. Recently, the role of feedback in the reduction of a disturbance in body image has received increased attention with the suggestion that a combination of experimenter-provided accuracy feedback plus self-directed practice may be a powerful element in the reduction of such a disturbance.

This study provides an examination of the role of self-directed practice and feedback in altering a disturbance in body image. Forty-eight women suffering from body image dysphoria participated in a …

Co-Sensitization Of Dopamine And Serotonin Receptors Occurs In The Absence Of A Change In The Dopamine D1 Receptor Complex After A Neonatal 6-Ohda Lesion, Li Gong

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To test whether SKF 38393 could ontogenetically sensitize dopamine (DA) D$\sb1$ receptors and whether this sensitization would be associated with biochemical changes, intact and neonatal 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA)-lesioned rats (200 $\mu$g i.c.v.) were treated daily from birth with SKF 38393 (3.0 mg/kg i.p. x 28 days) or its vehicle. In DA D$\sb1$ neonatally sensitized 6-OHDA rats, enhanced locomotor responses were observed with the first SKF 38393 challenge dose (3.0 mg/kg i.p.) at 6 weeks. This response increased further with weekly SKF 38393 treatments. Enhanced stereotyped behaviors were seen in both lesioned and sensitized rats at 8 weeks. There was no change …

A Characterization Of Extractable, Hydroxylated Fatty Acid Bearing Components In Legionella Pneumophila, Jonathan R. Lane

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Extraction of the lipids of Legionella pneumophila yields phases unlike those produced from other Gram-negative bacteria. A viscous interface forms between the aqueous (wash) and organic phases. More than half of the hydroxylated fatty acids were found distributed between the aqueous phase and the interfacial material, fractions in which such constituents have not been reported in other Gram-negative species. It was further observed that after the material from the aqueous/interfacial phase was dissolved in methanol or chloroform/methanol (2:1 (V/V)), the addition of acetone would create a white, flocculent precipitate. Analyses showed that the supernatant contained fatty acids that were nonhydroxylated …

Nitric Oxide Production: A Mechanism For Inhibition Of Chlamydia Trachomatis Replication, Bojun Chen

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Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) replicates in macrophages, but is inhibited by IFN-$\gamma$ or LPS. IFN-$\gamma$ and/or LPS induced nitrite production in mouse peritoneal macrophages, macrophage cell lines (RAW264.7 and J774A.1) and McCoy cells. Kinetic studies indicated that peak production occurred 48 hours post-treatment. CT infection itself was insufficient to induce nitrite production, but resulted in enhancement of nitrite production in IFN-$\gamma$-treated cells. Treatment with IFN-$\gamma$ or LPS resulted in significant inhibition of CT replication in these cells. Strong correlation between nitrite production and inhibition of CT replication was observed in RAW264.7 and J774A.1 cells (correlation coefficients: $-$0.93 and $-$0.94, p $<$ 0.001). N$\sp{\rm g}$- monomethyl-L-arginine (L-NMMA) specifically inhibited nitrite production and partially reversed inhibition of CT replication in macrophage cell lines. NOS mRNA was measured in RAW264.7 cells by Northern blot and Dot blot hybridization. Strong correlation between NOS mRNA expression and inhibition of CT replication (correlation coefficient: $-$0.97, p $<$ 0.05) was observed. Anti-TNF-$\alpha$ antibody completely neutralized the biological activity of TNF-$\alpha$ secreted by LPS-treated RAW264.7 cells, yet the antibody neither reduced nitrite production nor restored CT replication. Combination of the antibody and L-NMMA significantly enhanced restoration of CT replication. In peritoneal macrophages, inhibition of CT replication induced by IFN-$\gamma$ was partially restored by L-NMMA or anti-TNF-$\alpha$ antibody. In McCoy cells, inhibition of CT replication induced by IFN-$\gamma$ and LPS was not significantly restored by L-NMMA. Great restoration of CT replication by 1 mM L-NMMA was observed in LPS-treated J774A.1 cells (31%), but not in IFN-$\gamma$-treated cells (5%). Our data indicate that (1) NO production is one of the mechanisms for inhibition of CT replication in IFN-$\gamma$-activated peritoneal macrophages and RAW264.7 cells; (2) NO plays a significant role in CT inhibition in LPS-treated macrophage cell lines, but not peritoneal macrophages; (3) TNF-$\alpha$ may be associated with inhibition, but the mechanism(s) may not involve NO production; (4) NO production may not be the mechanism for CT inhibition in McCoy cells treated with IFN-$\gamma$ and LPS.