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Bs 502 Introduction To Biblical Studies - 3, Ruth Anne Reese

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Required Reading: The New Testament (RSV or NRSV or a similar translation) DeSilva, David An Introduction to the New Testament. Downers Grove: IVP, 2004. Willimon, William. Shaped by the Bible. Nashville: Abingdon, 1990.

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Ch 702 Nicene And Post-Nicene Fathers, William P. Haugaard

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Required texts: Source readings: J. Stevenson & W. H. C. Frend, ed., A New Eusebius: Documents Illustrating the History of the Church to AD 337, SPCK J. Stevenson & W. H. C. Frend, ed., Creeds , Councils and Controversies: Documents illustrating the History of the Church AD 337-461, SPCK History of Christian thought: Stuart G. Hall, Doctrine and Practice in the Early Church, SPCK, 1991

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Nt 722 Exegesis Of Romans, Ben Witherington

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J.D.G. Dunn’s two volume work in the Word Biblical Commentary Series, Romans 1-8 , and Romans 9-16 (Dallas: Word, 1988). D. Moo, The Epistle to the Romans, (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1996). B. Witherington and D Hyatt, The Letter to the Romans, (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2003). Available February 15, 2004.

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Ph 750 Nietzche, Jerry L. Walls

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TEXTS (All by Nietzsche) 1. The Birth of Tragedy 2. Human, all too Human 3. Thus Spake Zarathustra 4. Beyond Good and Evil 5. The Genealogy of Morals 6. The Antichrist

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Pr 610 The Theology And Practice Of Preaching, Stacy R. Minger

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Cantalamessa, Raniero. The Mystery of God's Word. Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 1994. Craddock, Fred B. Preaching. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1985. Kalas, J. Ellsworth. Preaching from the Soul: Insistent Observations on the Sacred Art. Nashville: Abingdon, 2003. Webb, Joseph M. Preaching without Notes. Nashville: Abingdon, 2001. Note: At times throughout the semester readings and/or videos will be placed on reserve in the library or in the PR 610 course folder on First Class. You will be directed to these as appropriate to the progression of class discussion and assignments.

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Pr 620 The Company Of Preachers, Michael Pasquarello

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Required Texts: I am very enthused about the reading and discussion that we will be doing together this semester! Augustine, The Confessions. Augustine’s theological narration of his life, conversion and ministry provides wonderful insight into what I will call the “preaching life.” That is, the preaching life describes the kind of person God desires to make of us so that we will be capable of hearing and speaking the Word of Christ in a manner that is truthful, inviting and life-changing through the work of the Spirit. Michael Pasquarello, Sacred Rhetoric. This book provides an overview of the “preaching life” …

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St 501 Method And Praxis In Theology, Lawrence W. Wood

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Texts and Reading Assignments L. Wood, God and History, The Dialectical Tension of Faith and History in Modern Thought (2005). Learning to think theologically assumes that one has a basic grasp of the substantive issues in theology. This means one must be acquainted with the way that theology has been done since the earliest days of Church history. Because the key methodological issue of Christian theology is related to its historical claims, the focus of this work is on the relationship of faith and history. L. Wood, Theology as History and Hermeneutics, A Post-Critical Conversation with Contemporary Theology (2005). There …

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Me 820 Seminar In Evangelization: Applied Historical Perspectives, George G. Hunter

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Course Readings Asbury’s bookstore has ordered the following sources for us: 1. Michael Green. Evangelism in the Early Church, rev. ed. (Eerdmans, 2003) 2. Rodney Stark. The Rise of Christianity (Harper-Collins p. b., 1997. 3 Richard Fletcher. The Barbarian Conversion: From Paganism to Christianity (University of California Press, 1999). 4. Smith, Stout, and Minkema, Eds. A Jonathan Edwards Reader (Yale University Press p. b., 2003) 5. C. H. Spurgeon. The SoulWinner Whitaker House, 1995) 6. Alcoholics Anonymous, fourth edition. The bookstore has also ordered a packet of readings, featuring a. St. Patrick’s Confession b. Selections from Bede”s Ecclesiastical History of …

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Mu 510 Musical Foundations For Pastoral Ministry, William C. Goold

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Course Texts: All students registered for the class will be expected to purchase and read in their entirety all listed course texts. Texts have been ordered and are available in the ATS bookstore. It is suggested that texts be read in the order listed below. At the same time, any text may be read in any order. However, generally speaking course topics will progress according to the suggested reading order. Case, Riley B., Understanding Our United Methodist Hymnal. Bristol Books, 308 East Main Street, Wilmore, KY. Wren, Brian, Praying Twice. John Knox Press. Lockyer, Herbert Jr., All the Music of …

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Ms 674 Mw 708 Introduction To World Religions, Terry C. Muck

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REQUIRED TEXTBOOKS David S. Noss. A History of the World’s Religions. Tenth Edition. New York: Prentice Hall Publishing Company, 1999. Terry C. Muck. How To Study Religion: A Beginning Guide to Method Wilmore, Kentucky: Wood Hill Books, 2005.

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Nt 501 Comprehensive Greek, Brad Johnson

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Required Texts Bauer, et al. A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature. 3rd rev. ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 2000. Black, David Alan. It’s Still Greek to Me. Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 1998. Black, David Alan. Learning to Read New Testament Greek, rev. ed. Nashville: Broadman and Holman, 1994. Nestle-Aland, Novum Testamentum Graece, 27th ed. Recommended Texts Long, Gary A. Grammatical Concepts 101 for Biblical Greek: Learning Biblical Greek Grammatical Concepts Through English Grammar. Peabody, Massachusettes: Hendrickson Publishers, 2006. Mounce, William D. Basics of Biblical Greek (Second Edition). Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan, 2003.

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Ms 625 Interpersonal Evangelism, Art Mcphee

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REQUIRED TEXTS Crandall, Ron 1999 The Contagious Witness: Exploring Christian Conversion. Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press. 179 pages. Dawson, Scott, ed. 2006 The Complete Evangelism Guidebook: Expert Advice on Reaching Others for Christ. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books. 365 pages. Green, Michael 1970 [2003] Evangelism in the Early Church. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. 474 pages. Kraft, Charles 1991 Communication Theory for Christian Witness. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books. 180 pages. Wright, N.T. 2006 Simply Christian: Why Christianity Makes Sense. San Francisco, CA: HaperSanFrancisco. 240 pages. ADDITIONAL READING FOR ME 710 STUDENTS ME710 students are required to read and …

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Cd 551 Seminar: Ministry With Children Children's Spiritual Conference, Catherine Stonehouse

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Bibliography Godly Play, Jerome W. Berryman The Child in Christian Thought, Marcia J. Bunge, editor The Religious Potential of the Child, Sofia Cavalletti The Moral Life of children, Robert Coles The Spiritual Life of Children, Robert Coles The Moral Intelligence of Children, Robert Coles The Sympathetic Understanding of the Child, David Elkind Childhood and Society, Erik H. Erikson The Spirit of the Child, David Hay and Rebecca Nye African-American Children at Church, Wendy L. Haight Listening to God with Children: The Montessori Method Applied to the Catechesis of Children, Gianna Gobbi Childhood: A Multicultural View, Melvin Konner Engaging in Transcendence: …

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Ch 600 History Of Methodism, Kenneth C. Kinghorn

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Texts Required texts: Kinghorn, Kenneth, The Heritage of American Methodism, Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1999. Norwood, Frederick A., The Story of American Methodism, Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1974. Those students who have read either of these books can arrange to read alternate materials. Recommended for present and future reference: Rowe, Kenneth E., Editor, United Methodist Studies: Basic Bibliographies, Nashville: Abingdon Press, 3rd edition, 1992.

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Evalutation Of Sediment-Sensitive Biological Metrics As Bio-Monitoring Tools On Varied Spatial Scales, Janna Yvonne Smithey Owens

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Sediment is one of the principal causes of water-quality impairment in surface waters of the United States. Although biological assessments are useful for characterizing the status of aquatic communities, reasons for impairment cannot be identified without quantifying associated variables physical variables that can be adequately related to bio-logical functions. Our objective was to explore potential relations between fish and ben-thic macroinvertebrate community structures and variables of sedimentation processes on a watershed and channel-reach scale. Biologic collections and habitat evaluations were conducted using the EPA’s Rapid Bioassessment Protocol over a period of three years (2000-2003) at sites in the upper Cahaba …

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Increased Hexosamine Biosynthesis And Protein O-Glcnac Protect Isolated Rat Heart From Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury, Jia Liu

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Increased levels of protein-associated O-linked N-acetylglucosamine (O-GlcNAc) have been correlated with increased tolerance to stress. Therefore the goal of this study was to determine whether enhanced flux through the hexosamine biosynthesis pathway (HBP), which leads to elevated levels of O-GlcNAc, increased the tolerance of the heart to ischemia and reperfusion (I/R). Hearts from male rats were isolated and perfused with Krebs-Henseliet buffer containing 5mM glucose, and global, no-flow ischemia was induced for 20min followed by 60 min reperfusion. 20 min pre-treatment with 10 mM glucosamine, which enters the HBP directly, significantly improved functional recovery and decreased cardiac Troponin I release …

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Congregation For Public Health Examines Community Engagement Knowledge Of Program Administrators And Community Health Advisors Using Social Capital And Community Capacity, Kimberly Mccall

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This research study was designed to examine and compare how community engagement knowledge of Program Administrators and Community Health Advisors (CHAs) can be shaped and affected by social capital and community capacity. This was achieved by analyzing the Congregations for Public Health’s Search Your Heart Program. The analysis used a three one-way fixed-effects ANOVA model, one for each of the three research questions. Overall, the results showed that upon examination of each of the three relationship hypotheses there were no primary differences in average knowledge among the groups. The relationships were examined by characteristics such as project role, CHA training …

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Finite Element Modeling And Computer Simulation Of Stresses And Strains In Diamond Anvil Cell Devices, Andreiy I. Kondrat’Yev

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Diamond anvil cells (DAC) are extensively utilized in the study of material proper-ties at extreme conditions of pressures and temperatures. The pressures in excess of 400 GPa and temperatures in excess of 4000 K have been reported in DAC devices. Most studies on the optimization of diamond geometry and gasket materials used in diamond anvil cell devices have been carried out by trial and error using experimental high pressure data. This dissertation addresses design and optimization issues in DAC using finite element modeling (FEM) and computational analysis. The computational approach is centered around the recent advances in the growth of …

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Regulation Of Ss-Catenin By Gli1 In Epithelial Transformation, Xingnan Li

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Gli family members-mediated continuous Hedgehog (Hh) pathway activity plays a role in the growth of a number of human cancers, including the common malignancy of skin, basal cell carcinoma (BCC), and other highly aggressive tumor types. However, the mechanism by which Gli proteins act to promote the outgrowth of cancer in response to stimulation of Hh signaling is poorly understood. Identified as zinc finger transcriptional factors, the Gli family of proteins has been shown to be involved in multiple cellular processes through activating its target genes. Therefore, to study the function of Gli target genes is important for our understanding …

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Klf4 Regulates Notch1 Expression And Signaling During Epithelial Transformation, Zhaoli Liu

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Notch1 and KLF4 function in the specification of epithelial cell fates, and each can act as a context-dependent oncogene or tumor suppressor. We report that KLF4 directly regulates transcription of Notch1 and that cleavage of full-length Notch1 to the active intracellular form, N1IC, is necessary for transformation by KLF4. Paradoxically, KLF4 suppresses canonical Notch1-CSL signaling by up-regulating Hairless, an antagonist of this pathway. Dominant-negative inhibitors of the canonical Notch1 signaling pathway do not block transformation of epithelial cells by KLF4, while they greatly reduce the efficiency of transformation by N1IC. Thus, N1IC can transform cells by two distinct mechanisms: the …

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Students' Perceptions Of Mentoring In A University Cooperative Education Program, Matthew M. Fifolt

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The purpose of this study was to examine students’ perceptions of mentoring in a university cooperative education (co-op) program. Within this setting, students report to a supervisor. This supervisor has direct responsibility for the student and may influence the quality of the co-op experience by providing a mentoring role. A need existed to examine the interactions between students and supervisors during this transitional phase between school and work. Results from this study could be used as a source of information for enhancing student-supervisor interactions in co-op and for increasing awareness of the role mentoring may play in shaping the co-op …

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Kiss1 Metastasis Suppressor Secretion Is Required For Metastasis Suppression, Kevin T. Nash

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Failure to reduce the number of cancer deaths over the last 50 years is due to the inability to selectively target metastatic disease. Recently, the KISS1 metastasis suppressor has emerged as a promising molecular agent for the management of metastatic disease. Although KISS1 has been implicated in the regulation of the metastatic phenotype in human cancers and in in vivo mouse models, little is known about its mechanism. Recent evidence suggests that KISS1 is a neuropeptide that is processed and secreted to interact with its cognate receptor GPR54 in the hypothalamus to trigger puberty and maintain the reproductive state. However, …

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The Influence Of Retroviral Codon Usage On The Acquisition Of The Trna Used To Prime Reverse Transcription, Matthew T. Palmer

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An essential step in retrovirus replication is the conversion of the genomic-length viral RNA into a DNA copy, a reaction which is catalyzed by reverse transcriptase and primed by a host cell tRNA. The nearly continuous association of tRNA with the various components of translation, as well as the severely limited time in which a tRNA molecule spends in an uncharged state, constitute seemingly formidable barriers to the acquisition and use of host cell tRNA as primers. The mechanism by which retroviruses acquire this implausible primer are unknown. Naturally occurring isolates of most retrovirus species show a conserved use of …

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Intestinal Peptides And Ethnic Differences In Insulin Secretion, Paul B. Higgins

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African Americans (AA) exhibit greater insulin responses following either an oral or intravenous glucose challenge relative to their European American (EA) counterparts. The etiology of this difference is not fully understood nor has it been confirmed with a more physiologically relevant mixed meal. Insulin secretion is regulated by a variety of factors. Significant among these are the enteric peptides glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) and glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP). The role of the incretin system in the ethnic differences in post challenge insulinemia has received little attention. Hence, the purpose of the study was two-fold. First, determine whether AA have higher fasting …

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Simultaneous And Sequential Multi-Site Impact Response Of Composite Laminates, Shane D. Bartus

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The unique feature in this study was the investigation of the response of polymer composite material to impact by multiple high velocity projectiles. Energy absorption, new surface creation, and failure mechanisms from both sequential and nearsimultaneous multi-site, high velocity impact were compared to assess synergistic and cumulative effects. A single-stage light-gas gun capable of launching three projectiles with controlled impact location and velocity in both near-simultaneous and sequential impact modes was developed to study these effects. Two test programs were conducted to evaluate these impact scenarios on thin S-2 glass/epoxy laminates. In the first program, the effect of laminate thickness …

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Surface Reconstruction Using Gamma Shapes, Ying Sun

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Surface reconstruction from a set of sample points is important in many applications, including computer graphics, reverse engineering, computer vision and medical imaging. In this dissertation, several surface reconstruction techniques are investigated and the Alpha Shapes method is studied in detail. A new method, called Gamma Shapes, is introduced and implemented for reconstructing surfaces from a set of unorganized sample points. The Alpha Shapes method requires that the data point set be uniformly sampled in order to reconstruct an acceptable surface. Gamma Shapes method is an extension of the Alpha Shapes method with the advantage that the Gamma Shapes method …

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Development Of Efficient Algorithms For Fluid-Structure Interaction Framework And Its Applications, Young Ho Kim

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Computer-based simulation tools are becoming integrated to solve multiphysics and interactions between different disciplines. One of such problems that is of importance is fluid structure interaction (FSI). The goal of this study is to develop efficient and robust algorithms for a FSI framework. Due to the advantages of reusability of wellvalidated simulation codes for fluid and structural analysis, loosely-coupled methods are now dominant over directly-coupled methods. In loosely-coupled methods, it is important to transfer data efficiently and accurately between inherently unmatched grids used in different disciplines. In addition, efficient moving grid algorithms and time mapping techniques are essential. A new …

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Attitude And The Ada: A Survey Of Public Employees In Alabama., Amy Philips

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The Spirit Of The Ancestors: New World Afrikan Matriarchy In Three Novels By Afro-Feminist Writers., Susan Diane Mitchell

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Molecular Regulation Of Neural Stem Cell Apoptosis., Rizwan S. Akhtar

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Bs 502 Introduction To Biblical Studies - 3, Ruth Anne Reese

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Ch 702 Nicene And Post-Nicene Fathers, William P. Haugaard

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Nt 722 Exegesis Of Romans, Ben Witherington

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Ph 750 Nietzche, Jerry L. Walls

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Pr 610 The Theology And Practice Of Preaching, Stacy R. Minger

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Pr 620 The Company Of Preachers, Michael Pasquarello

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St 501 Method And Praxis In Theology, Lawrence W. Wood

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Me 820 Seminar In Evangelization: Applied Historical Perspectives, George G. Hunter

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Mu 510 Musical Foundations For Pastoral Ministry, William C. Goold

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Ms 674 Mw 708 Introduction To World Religions, Terry C. Muck

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Nt 501 Comprehensive Greek, Brad Johnson

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Ms 625 Interpersonal Evangelism, Art Mcphee

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Cd 551 Seminar: Ministry With Children Children's Spiritual Conference, Catherine Stonehouse

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Ch 600 History Of Methodism, Kenneth C. Kinghorn

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Evalutation Of Sediment-Sensitive Biological Metrics As Bio-Monitoring Tools On Varied Spatial Scales, Janna Yvonne Smithey Owens

All ETDs from UAB

Increased Hexosamine Biosynthesis And Protein O-Glcnac Protect Isolated Rat Heart From Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury, Jia Liu

All ETDs from UAB

Congregation For Public Health Examines Community Engagement Knowledge Of Program Administrators And Community Health Advisors Using Social Capital And Community Capacity, Kimberly Mccall

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Finite Element Modeling And Computer Simulation Of Stresses And Strains In Diamond Anvil Cell Devices, Andreiy I. Kondrat’Yev

All ETDs from UAB

Regulation Of Ss-Catenin By Gli1 In Epithelial Transformation, Xingnan Li

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Klf4 Regulates Notch1 Expression And Signaling During Epithelial Transformation, Zhaoli Liu

All ETDs from UAB

Students' Perceptions Of Mentoring In A University Cooperative Education Program, Matthew M. Fifolt

All ETDs from UAB

Kiss1 Metastasis Suppressor Secretion Is Required For Metastasis Suppression, Kevin T. Nash

All ETDs from UAB

The Influence Of Retroviral Codon Usage On The Acquisition Of The Trna Used To Prime Reverse Transcription, Matthew T. Palmer

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Intestinal Peptides And Ethnic Differences In Insulin Secretion, Paul B. Higgins

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Simultaneous And Sequential Multi-Site Impact Response Of Composite Laminates, Shane D. Bartus

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Surface Reconstruction Using Gamma Shapes, Ying Sun

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Development Of Efficient Algorithms For Fluid-Structure Interaction Framework And Its Applications, Young Ho Kim

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Attitude And The Ada: A Survey Of Public Employees In Alabama., Amy Philips

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The Spirit Of The Ancestors: New World Afrikan Matriarchy In Three Novels By Afro-Feminist Writers., Susan Diane Mitchell

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Molecular Regulation Of Neural Stem Cell Apoptosis., Rizwan S. Akhtar

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