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Mangrove Restoration Activities On A Degrading Coastal Strip In Sg Hj. Dorani, Selangor, Malaysia, R. M. Zakaria

Research Publications (2006 to 2010)

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Student Organization Handbook, 2009-2010, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg. Division Of Student Affairs

Student Handbooks

The student organization handbook for the University of South Florida St. Petersburg for the 2009-2010 academic year.

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Sbe Notícias, Ano 4, No. 129, August 1, 2009, Marcelo A. Rasteiro, Delci K. Ishida

SBE Notícias

15 Congresso Internacional de Espeleologia - EUA - Poço Encantado pode ser reaberto - Fósseis de Ubajara passam por datação - SBE e ABCânion assinam termo de cooperação - Parna Peruaçú completa 10 anos e deve ser aberto ao público - CoronavÃrua é identificado em morcego hematófago - Morcegos - saiba como lidar com eles - Morcego carrega vírus marburg - Caverna alagada em Belize - Caverna incendiada no Turcomenistão - Dinossauros de protegiam debaixo da terra - Vaga para bruxa de caverna - Foto do Leitor: Gruta do Grilo (SP-46)

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Neural Regulation Of Inflammation And Bleeding, Christopher Jordan Czura

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

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Distinguishing Subcategories Within Arboreal Quadrupedalism: Morphological Markers Of Slow Climbing, Katherine Marie Slivensky

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

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Dna Methylation Analysis Of The Mammalian Peg3 Imprinted Domain, Jennifer M. Huang, Joomyeong Kim

Faculty Publications

In this study, we performed the first systematic survey of DNA methylation status of the CpG islands of the PEG3 (Paternally expressed gene 3) imprinted domain in the mouse, cow, and human genomes. Previous studies have shown that the region surrounding the first exon of PEG3 contains a differentially methylated CpG island. In addition, we have discovered two previously unreported differentially methylated regions (DMR): one in the promoter region of mouse Zim3 and another in the promoter region of human USP29. In the cow, the Peg3-CpG island was the only area that showed DMR status. We have also examined the …

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Hyperbolic Discounting Is Rational: Valuing The Far Future With Uncertain Discount Rates, J. Doyne Farmer, John Geanakoplos

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

Conventional economics supposes that agents value the present vs. the future using an exponential discounting function. In contrast, experiments with animals and humans suggest that agents are better described as hyperbolic discounters, whose discount function decays much more slowly at large times, as a power law. This is generally regarded as being time inconsistent or irrational. We show that when agents cannot be sure of their own future one-period discount rates, then hyperbolic discounting can become rational and exponential discounting irrational. This has important implications for environmental economics, as it implies a much larger weight for the far future.

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Assessment Of Invasive Plants Along The Upper Passaic River, Susan Marie Jankovic

Theses, Dissertations and Culminating Projects

The distribution of invasive plants was determined along the floodplain of the Passaic River in three protected park regions. Specifically, Lord Stirling Park, Hatfield Swamp, and Great Piece Meadows were assessed to determine whether or not the top 29 invasive plants as identified by Snyder and Kaufman (2004) were present. Two of the three areas are strongly affected by urbanization which may be a contributing factor to the increase of invasive plants within them. Eleven out of the top twenty nine invasive plants in New Jersey were recorded: Multiflora rose (Rosa multiflora), Lesser celandine (Ranunculus ficaria), Japanese stiltgrass (Microstegium vimineum), …

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Polyethylenimine-Based Sirna Nanocomplexes Reprogram Tumor-Associated Dendritic Cells Via Tlr5 To Elicit Therapeutic Antitumor Immunity, Juan R. Cubillos-Ruiz, Xavier Engle, Uciane K. Scarlett, Diana Martinez, Amorette Barber, Raul Elgueta, Li Wang, Yolanda Nesbeth, Yvon Durant, Andrew T. Gewirtz, Charles L. Sentman, Ross Kedl, Jose R. Conejo-Garcia

Biology & Environmental Sciences Faculty Publications

The success of clinically relevant immunotherapies requires reversing tumor-induced immunosuppression. Here we demonstrated that linear polyethylenimine-based (PEI-based) nanoparticles encapsulating siRNA were preferentially and avidly engulfed by regulatory DCs expressing CD11c and programmed cell death 1–ligand 1 (PD-L1) at ovarian cancer locations in mice. PEI-siRNA uptake transformed these DCs from immunosuppressive cells to efficient antigen-presenting cells that activated tumor-reactive lymphocytes and exerted direct tumoricidal activity, both in vivo and in situ. PEI triggered robust and selective TLR5 activation in vitro and elicited the production of hallmark TLR5-inducible cytokines in WT mice, but not in Tlr5–/– littermates. Thus, PEI is a TLR5 …

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Manipulatives In Mathematics Instruction, Jessica Strom

Mathematics Graduate Theses

This paper is a review of research pertaining to the use of manipulatives in middle and secondary school mathematics instruction. It covers the research on the rationale for using manipulatives, the psychology behind learning with manipulatives, the common mistakes when teaching with manipulatives, and the suggested process to follow when using manipulatives in the classroom. There is a large amount of research and information on manipulatives in the classroom. One of the most prevalent topics addresses that the concrete characteristics of manipulatives allow students to progress through a natural learning process on their way to an abstract understanding of mathematical …

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Antimicrobial Activity Of Aegle Marmelos Against Pathogenic Organism Compared With Control Drug, D. Venkatesan, M. Karunakaran, S. Selva Kumar, P. T. Palaniswamy, G. Ramesh

Ethnobotanical Leaflets

The aqueous and ethanolic extracts from the leaves of Aegle marmelos traditionally used in Indian system of Medicines were screened against Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus and Bacillus subtilis by using disc diffusion test technique. Bacillus subtilis exhibit about 22mm inhibition zone were considered resistant. The zone of inhibition of the extract was compared with the standard antibiotics such as Penicillin. The study suggests that the plant is promising development of phytomedicine for antimicrobial properties.

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Culture, Habitat And Ethno-Medicinal Practices By Bhotia Tribe People Of Dharchula Region Of Pithoragarh District In Kumaun Himalaya, Uttarakhand, Deepika Bhatt, G. C. Joshi, L. M. Tiwari

Ethnobotanical Leaflets

A survey in different areas of Dharchula region in Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand was conducted in different seasons of the year to identify the non-conventional uses of plants. In India, there are about 68 million people belonging to 227 ethnic groups and comprising of 573 tribal communities. Out of which 4 tribes (Tharus, Buxas, Rajis and Bhotias) inhabit the Kumaun division of the state. The Bhotia tribe living in remote thick forest of the Dharchula region depends on nature for their basic needs of life. The 8 major Bhotia groups in the state are i.e. Johari, Juthora, Darmi, Chudans, Byansi, …

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Ethnobotanical And Ethnomedicinal Observations In Nirmal Division Of Adilabad District, Andhrapradesh, India, V. Madhu, C. Suvartha

Ethnobotanical Leaflets

In the present work an attempt is made to document the ethnobotanical remedies for various ailments of the ethnic tribes inhabiting the Nirmal division of Adilabad. Andhrapradesh, India. We reported more than 75 ethnomedicinal plants used by the tribal people in alleviating diseases. Our collections of ethno medicinal plant specimens from this area were deposited in the Kakatiya University Herbarium (KUH) Warangal, India.

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Some Important Supplementary Food Plants And Wild Edible Fungi Of Upper Hilly Region Of District Shimla (Himachal Pradesh), India, Sushil Sharma, Ajay K. Gautam, Rekha Bhadauria

Ethnobotanical Leaflets

An ethnobotanical survey of upper hilly region of Shimla was carried out in 2008 to enumerate some of the important plants used as supplementary food among the people of this area. Presence of twenty four plant species belonging to 20 genera and 14 families was documented under the present study along with 11 macrofungi belonging to 6 genera and 6 families. Generally fruits (51 %) and leaves (33%) of these plants were found to be used as supplementary food. Use of seeds, buds, stem and petiole of few plants was also observed. All the important plants and macrofungi used as …

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Ethnopharmacological Survey Of Endemic Medicinal Plants In Paphos District Of Cyprus, Charalampos Dokos, Charoula Hadjicosta, Katerina Dokou, Niki Stephanou

Ethnobotanical Leaflets

Paphos district is an unexplored area in the field of ethnopharmacology. Traditional medicine combines a mix of superstitions and beliefs with the therapeutic use of medical plants that grow wild. In this report we discuss the ethnopharmacological, historical and medical aspects of the use of endemic medical plants in the area of Paphos of Cyprus. Paphos is cited in the east region of the island, characterized by its unique flora.. Many plants were used in an unusual way for therapeutic purposes by local people, comprising a significant part of their tradition that accompanies them up to today in their daily …

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Application Of Ground Penetrating Radar In Detecting The Hazards And Risks Of Termites And Ants In Soil Levees, Xiuhao Yang, Gregg Henderson, Lixin Mao, Ahmad Evans

Faculty Publications

A ground penetrating radar (GPR) technique was used to detect Formosan subterranean termite (Coptoterrnesfonnosanus) and red imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta) hazards and risks (targets) in a soil levee at the London Avenue Canal in New Orleans, LA. To make this assessment, GPR signal scans were examined for features produced by termite or ant activities and potential sources of food and shelter such as nests, tree roots, and voids (tunnels). The total scanned length of the soil levee was 4,125 m. The average velocity and effective depth of the radar penetration was 0.080 m/ns and 0.61 m, respectively. Four hundred …

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Sperm Motility Initiation And Duration In A Euryhaline Fish, Medaka (Oryzias Latipes), H. Yang, T. R. Tiersch

Faculty Publications

The medaka, Oryzias latipes, is a well-recognized fish model for biomedical research. An understanding of gamete characteristics is necessary for experimental manipulations such as artificial fertilization and sperm cryopreservation. The goal of this study was to investigate sperm characteristics of motility initiation, duration, and retention in medaka. First, motility was initiated by osmolality values ranging from 25 to 686 mOsm/kg, which included deionized water and hypotonic, isotonic, and hypertonic Hanks' balanced salt solution. The percentage of motile sperm was >80% when osmolality was /kg and decreased as osmolality increased. This is different from most fish with external fertilization in which …

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2008-2009 Profile, Morehead State University. Institutional Research & Analysis.

Office of Institutional Research & Analysis Publication Archive

2008-2009 issue of Profile Magazine.

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First Choice, August 2009, Wusf Public Media

First Choice Monthly Newsletter

The August 2009 issue of WUSF's newsletter "First Choice."

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Muc1 Is A Downstream Target Of Stat3 And Regulates Lung Cancer Cell Survival And Invasion, Jingchun Gao, Matthew J. Mcconnell, Bin Yu, Jiannong Li, Justin M. Balko, Esther P. Black, Joseph O. Johnson, Mark C. Lloyd, Soner Altiok, Eric B. Haura

Pharmaceutical Sciences Faculty Publications

Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) is aberrantly activated in human cancer including lung cancer and has been implicated in transformation, tumorigenicity, and metastasis. One putative downstream gene regulated by Stat3 is MUC1 which also has important roles in tumorigenesis. We determined if Stat3 regulates MUC1 in lung cancer cell lines and what function MUC1 plays in lung cancer cell biology. We examined MUC1 expression in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) cell lines and found high levels of MUC1 protein expression associated with higher levels of tyrosine phosphorylated STAT3. STAT3 knockdown downregulated MUC1 expression whereas constitutive STAT3 expression …

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Realism And The Irish Victorian Novel, Lorcan Sirr

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SAMENVATTING Deze thesis onderzoekt de aard van Realisme in negentiende-eeuwse Ierse fictie. De nadruk ligt hierbij op het testen van de algemeen aanvaarde vooronderstelling dat Realisme opvallend afwezig was in de Ierse werken van die periode. De negentiende eeuw kende een grote toename in geletterdheid doorheen alle klassen en vormde op die manier een ideaal beginpunt voor het ontstaan van een nieuwe markt, zowel voor auteurs als uitgevers. Vooral in het Engeland van die periode werd dit duidelijk. Er speelde zich ook verschuivingen in stijl en literaire smaken af waarbij Realisme zichzelf als het meest populaire vooropstelde. De Ierse schrijvers …

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Second Language Teaching Strategies For Teaching The Human Body To Fourth Graders, Maria L. Vela

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In a country filled with pressure for high academic achievement at the state and federal levels, it is necessary to implement "best practice" teaching strategies for student success. "Best practice" teaching strategies are strategies that are research based and have proven to be essential in increasing academic achievement. Among using "best practices," there are a variety of programs that focus on teaching second language learners English, one of them being dual language. Dual language is an additive bilingual program in which the second language is taught through the content areas as the native language continues to be developed. However, the …

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Assessment Of Some Therapeutic Plants Of The Abbi People In Ndokwa West L.G. A Of Delta State, Nigeria, E. A. Ogie-Odia, E. F. Oluowo

Ethnobotanical Leaflets

Ethnomedicinal investigations were conducted in Abbi Village in Ndokwa local government area of Delta state to identify some medicinal plants used in the traditional pharmacopoeia for the treatment of diseases affecting the human body. Most of the ailments treated or managed by these medicinal plants include malaria, diabetes, high blood pressure and dysentery to mention a few. Twenty-six (26) plant species belonging to eighteen families (18) were recorded. Ethnomedicinal information was collected through questionnaires and personal interviews. The modes of herbal drugs preparation were mainly decoctions while others were macerations and infusions. The most frequently used plant parts were the …

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Robert Munford & Mercy Otis Warren : How Gender, Geography, And Goals Affected Their Playwrighting, Kylie A. Horney

Master's Theses

This thesis analyzes the Revolutionary-era plays of Robert Munford and Mercy Otis Warren. Munford’s two comedies, The Candidates and The Patriots, are compared to Warren’s three earliest satires, The Adulateur, The Defeat, and The Group, in an effort to explain some of the differences between these two authors. The original printings of these plays from the Early American Imprints series, as well as more recent scholarship on Munford and Warren, are used to investigate the plays and lives of these playwrights. Munford’s and Warren’s backgrounds are explored to account for variations in their works. While the …

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Looking Into The Mind Of The Mother : Pup Exposure And Reactivation Of Maternal Circuits, Tricia Lauren Norkunas

Master's Theses

The female rat, among other species, undergoes a fundamental brain re-modeling as a consequence of experiencing the normal and natural events of pregnancy and offspring stimulation. Compelling data show that maternal experiences produce neurobiological modifications in the female leading to specific maternal behaviors, affective states, and the basic underlying female neurobiology necessary to raise viable offspring. This study aims to evaluate the number, quality and selective activation of neurons that develop during the maternal experience. The study showed a trend toward supporting the hypothesis that a “maternal-circuit” is formed through the proliferation of neurons during late-motherhood and lactation, and is …

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Cd19 Signaling Is Impaired In Murine Peritoneal And Splenic B-1 B Lymphocytes, Trivikram Dasu, Vishal Sindhava, Stephen H. Clarke, Subbarao Bondada

Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics Faculty Publications

B-1 cells reside predominantly within the coelomic cavities, tonsils, Peyer's patches, spleen (a minor fraction – ∼5%) and are absent in the lymph nodes. They are the primary sources of natural IgM in the body. B-1 cells express polyreactive B cell receptors (BCRs) that cross react with self-antigens and are thus implicated in auto-immune disorders. Previously, we reported that peritoneal B-1 cells are deficient in CD19-mediated intracellular signals leading to Ca²⁺ mobilization. Here, we find that splenic B-1 cells, like peritoneal B-1 cells, are defective in Ca²⁺ release upon B cell activation by co-cross-linking BCR and CD19. In …

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Triticum Mosaic Virus: A Distinct Member Of The Family Potyviridae With An Unusually Long Leader Sequence, Satyanarayana Tatineni, Amy D. Ziems, Stephen N. Wegulo, Roy French

Department of Plant Pathology: Faculty Publications

The complete genome sequence of Triticum mosaic virus (TriMV), a member in the family Potyviridae, has been determined to be 10,266 nucleotides (nt) excluding the 3′ polyadenylated tail. The genome encodes a large polyprotein of 3,112 amino acids with the “hall-mark proteins” of potyviruses, including a small overlapping gene, PIPO, in the P3 cistron. The genome of TriMV has an unusually long 5′ nontranslated region of 739 nt with 12 translation initiation codons and three small open reading frames, which resemble those of the internal ribosome entry site containing 5′ leader sequences of the members of Picornaviridae. Pairwise …

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Hierarchical Bayesian Cortical Models: Analysis And Acceleration On Multicore Architectures, Pavan Yalamanchili

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There is a significant interest in the research community to develop large scale,
high performance implementations of neuromorphic models. These have the potential to
provide significantly stronger information processing capabilities than current computing
algorithms. This thesis examines the parallelization of two recent biologically inspired
hierarchical Bayesian cortical models onto recent multicore architectures. These models
have been developed recently based on new insights from neuroscience and have several
advantages over traditional neural networks. In particular, they need far fewer network
nodes to simulate a large scale cortical model than traditional neural networks, making
them computationally more efficient. This is the first …

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Deep Economy (Reader's Guide), Chris Conway, Evelyn Barker

Information Literacy Resources-Archive

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Modern Approaches To Pediatric Brain Injury Therapy, Peter A Walker, Matthew T Harting, James E Baumgartner, Stephen Fletcher, Nathan Strobel, Charles S Cox

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Each year, pediatric traumatic brain injury (TBI) accounts for 435,000 emergency department visits, 37,000 hospital admissions, and approximately 2,500 deaths in the United States. TBI results in immediate injury from direct mechanical force and shear. Secondary injury results from the release of biochemical or inflammatory factors that alter the loco-regional milieu in the acute, subacute, and delayed intervals after a mechanical insult. Preliminary preclinical and clinical research is underway to evaluate the benefit from progenitor cell therapeutics, hypertonic saline infusion, and controlled hypothermia. However, all phase III clinical trials investigating pharmacologic monotherapy for TBI have shown no benefit. A recent …

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Mangrove Restoration Activities On A Degrading Coastal Strip In Sg Hj. Dorani, Selangor, Malaysia, R. M. Zakaria

Research Publications (2006 to 2010)

Student Organization Handbook, 2009-2010, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg. Division Of Student Affairs

Student Handbooks

Sbe Notícias, Ano 4, No. 129, August 1, 2009, Marcelo A. Rasteiro, Delci K. Ishida

SBE Notícias

Neural Regulation Of Inflammation And Bleeding, Christopher Jordan Czura

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

Distinguishing Subcategories Within Arboreal Quadrupedalism: Morphological Markers Of Slow Climbing, Katherine Marie Slivensky

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

Dna Methylation Analysis Of The Mammalian Peg3 Imprinted Domain, Jennifer M. Huang, Joomyeong Kim

Faculty Publications

Hyperbolic Discounting Is Rational: Valuing The Far Future With Uncertain Discount Rates, J. Doyne Farmer, John Geanakoplos

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

Assessment Of Invasive Plants Along The Upper Passaic River, Susan Marie Jankovic

Theses, Dissertations and Culminating Projects

Biology & Environmental Sciences Faculty Publications

Manipulatives In Mathematics Instruction, Jessica Strom

Mathematics Graduate Theses

Antimicrobial Activity Of Aegle Marmelos Against Pathogenic Organism Compared With Control Drug, D. Venkatesan, M. Karunakaran, S. Selva Kumar, P. T. Palaniswamy, G. Ramesh

Ethnobotanical Leaflets

Culture, Habitat And Ethno-Medicinal Practices By Bhotia Tribe People Of Dharchula Region Of Pithoragarh District In Kumaun Himalaya, Uttarakhand, Deepika Bhatt, G. C. Joshi, L. M. Tiwari

Ethnobotanical Leaflets

Ethnobotanical And Ethnomedicinal Observations In Nirmal Division Of Adilabad District, Andhrapradesh, India, V. Madhu, C. Suvartha

Ethnobotanical Leaflets

Some Important Supplementary Food Plants And Wild Edible Fungi Of Upper Hilly Region Of District Shimla (Himachal Pradesh), India, Sushil Sharma, Ajay K. Gautam, Rekha Bhadauria

Ethnobotanical Leaflets

Ethnopharmacological Survey Of Endemic Medicinal Plants In Paphos District Of Cyprus, Charalampos Dokos, Charoula Hadjicosta, Katerina Dokou, Niki Stephanou

Ethnobotanical Leaflets

Application Of Ground Penetrating Radar In Detecting The Hazards And Risks Of Termites And Ants In Soil Levees, Xiuhao Yang, Gregg Henderson, Lixin Mao, Ahmad Evans

Faculty Publications

Sperm Motility Initiation And Duration In A Euryhaline Fish, Medaka (Oryzias Latipes), H. Yang, T. R. Tiersch

Faculty Publications

2008-2009 Profile, Morehead State University. Institutional Research & Analysis.

Office of Institutional Research & Analysis Publication Archive

First Choice, August 2009, Wusf Public Media

First Choice Monthly Newsletter

Muc1 Is A Downstream Target Of Stat3 And Regulates Lung Cancer Cell Survival And Invasion, Jingchun Gao, Matthew J. Mcconnell, Bin Yu, Jiannong Li, Justin M. Balko, Esther P. Black, Joseph O. Johnson, Mark C. Lloyd, Soner Altiok, Eric B. Haura

Pharmaceutical Sciences Faculty Publications

Realism And The Irish Victorian Novel, Lorcan Sirr

Other Resources

Second Language Teaching Strategies For Teaching The Human Body To Fourth Graders, Maria L. Vela

All Graduate Projects

Assessment Of Some Therapeutic Plants Of The Abbi People In Ndokwa West L.G. A Of Delta State, Nigeria, E. A. Ogie-Odia, E. F. Oluowo

Ethnobotanical Leaflets

Robert Munford & Mercy Otis Warren : How Gender, Geography, And Goals Affected Their Playwrighting, Kylie A. Horney

Master's Theses

Looking Into The Mind Of The Mother : Pup Exposure And Reactivation Of Maternal Circuits, Tricia Lauren Norkunas

Master's Theses

Cd19 Signaling Is Impaired In Murine Peritoneal And Splenic B-1 B Lymphocytes, Trivikram Dasu, Vishal Sindhava, Stephen H. Clarke, Subbarao Bondada

Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics Faculty Publications

Triticum Mosaic Virus: A Distinct Member Of The Family Potyviridae With An Unusually Long Leader Sequence, Satyanarayana Tatineni, Amy D. Ziems, Stephen N. Wegulo, Roy French

Department of Plant Pathology: Faculty Publications

Hierarchical Bayesian Cortical Models: Analysis And Acceleration On Multicore Architectures, Pavan Yalamanchili

All Theses

Deep Economy (Reader's Guide), Chris Conway, Evelyn Barker

Information Literacy Resources-Archive

Modern Approaches To Pediatric Brain Injury Therapy, Peter A Walker, Matthew T Harting, James E Baumgartner, Stephen Fletcher, Nathan Strobel, Charles S Cox

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications