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Average Budgeted Salaries Of Faculty Staff 2014-2015, University Of Northern Iowa

Institutional Effectiveness & Planning Documents

Gives the average salaries of faculty broken down by rank and college and the distribution of salaries of the professional and scientific category.

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The Role Of School Leadership In Facilitating The Use Of Ict In Teaching And Learning : A Case Of Public Secondary School In Tanzania, Obed Kipelo

Master of Education

Literacy development is very important especially to young learners because it is not only for the purpose of reading, writing, listening and speaking. Literacy development rather is about development in many practices learners are exposed to, through the interaction with others and the environment in which they live. Therefore, school and home based environment are importance in promoting learners’ literacy development. Room to Read organization intervened in school settings by providing story books which are the useful resource in teaching process Literature appears to concentrate on the usefulness of using story books in literacy development to learners though very little …

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Pediatric Brainstem Tumors. Classifications, Investigations, And Growth Patterns, Ahmed M. Alaqeel, Abdulrahman J. Sabbagh

Neurosciences

Brainstem gliomas occur in 10-20% of brain tumors in pediatrics. Over the past 3 decades, the treatment of brainstem gliomas has significantly progressed as a result of the gradual advancements in microsurgical techniques, sophisticated imaging technology and, most importantly, the availability of MRI. In this article, we review the current literature on brainstem gliomas and cover diagnosis, imaging, classification, and management. Surgical approaches and intraoperative modalities to tackle operable cases of brainstem gliomas will be discussed in a follow up article.

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Beneficial Effects Of Edaravone On The Expression Of Serum Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 After Cerebral Hemorrhage, Fahui Zhao, Zhigang Liu

Neurosciences

OBJECTIVE: To explore the effects of edaravone on the expression of matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) posterior to cerebral hemorrhage, and to analyze the relationship between this expression and neurological deficit. METHODS: A total of 160 basal ganglia hemorrhage patients enrolled in Dongfeng Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, China between April 2009 and July 2011 were included and divided into a treatment group and a control group (n=80). All patients were treated with minimally invasive hematoma evacuation, and the treatment group was administered with edaravone simultaneously. Serum MMP-9 levels were measured by double-antibody sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. The National Institutes of …

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Unusual Heat Stroke Caused By Herbal Therapy With Traditional Chinese Medicine, Hui Deng, Xiaokun Wu, Limin Wu, Hongliang Zhang

Neurosciences

Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) comprises a range of traditional medical practices that originate in China, including herbal medicine as a major therapy. Through its 4 natures; namely, cold, hot, warm, and cool, herbal medicine may regulate sympathetic nerves and basal metabolic rate and affect the CNS and the endocrine system. Heat stroke is a severely life-threatening heat-related illness that is most commonly seen during summer heat waves and high environmental temperatures. The intake of medications or toxins is considered one of the risk factors leading to heat stroke, as they may affect body thermoregulation. We report a case of heat …

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Immunization Manual For Medical And Nursing Students ''Hepatitis B Disease'', Rose Kamenwa

Paediatrics and Child Health, East Africa

Approximately 350 – 400 million people worldwide are chronically infected with the hepatitis B virus (HBV ), and approximately 1 million die annually of HBV -related disease. The worldwide prevalence of hepatitis B virus ranges from 0.1% to 20%). This wide range is largely due to differences in age at the time of infection. Following acute HBV infection, the risk of developing chronic infection varies inversely with age: 90% for perinatal infection, 25–35% for infection at age 1–5 years and less than 10% for adults. About 45% of the world population live in areas where chronic HBV is highly endemic …

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Models Of Care For Orphaned And Separated Children And Upholding Children's Rights: Cross-Sectional Evidence From Western Kenya, Lonnie Embleton, David Ayuku, Allan Kamanda, Lukoye Atwoli, Samuel Ayaya, Rachel Vreeman, Winstone Nyandiko, Peter Gisore, Julius Koech, Paula Braitstein

Paediatrics and Child Health, East Africa

Background: Sub-Saharan Africa is home to approximately 55 million orphaned children. The growing orphan crisis has overwhelmed many communities and has weakened the ability of extended families to meet traditional care-taking expectations. Other models of care and support have emerged in sub-Saharan Africa to address the growing orphan crisis, yet there is a lack of information on these models available in the literature. We applied a human rights framework using the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child to understand what extent children's basic human rights were being upheld in institutional vs. community- or family-based care settings in …

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Graduate And Undergraduate Catalog, 2014-2015, Eastern Washington University, Washington State Library. Electronic State Publications

Course Catalogs

Eastern Washington University's course catalog for the 2014-2015 academic year.

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Eastern, Winter 2014, Eastern Washington University. Division Of University Relations.

Alumni Publications

This issue contains articles about: It's a Great "Time" to be an Eagle, EWU is moving onward and upward, and Funny Man, Comedian and EWU graduate Brad Upton brings laughter to audiences around the globe, and Building Success One City at a Time, Katy Allen's legacy of public service, and Lifelong Bonds, the brothers of Pi Kappa Alpha stay connected

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Extending Sentencing Mitigation For Deserving Young Adults, Kelsey B. Shust

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

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Confronting Cognitive “Anchoring Effect" And “Blind Spot” Biases In Federal Sentencing: A Modest Solution For Reforming A Fundamental Flaw, Mark W. Bennett

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

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A Comparison Of Teachers' Beliefs Of The Use Of Inquiry Teaching, Origin Of Knowledge Of Inquiry Teaching, And Student Achievement Between International Baccalaureate And Non-International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme Schools, Lucy Haddock

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The goal of improving student achievement is of paramount interest to all public schools. The focus of this research was to determine the difference between inquiry based teaching strategies and student achievement. Additionally, the researcher investigated the origin of inquiry based teaching knowledge and International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme (IBPYP) affiliation. IBPYP affiliation was studied due to the nature of the IBPYP as an inquiry based philosophy of teaching. The McGill Strategic Demands of Inquiry Questionnaire (MSDIQ) was used to determine teacher beliefs of inquiry based teaching strategies. Student achievement was measured using Florida Comprehensive Achievement Test 2.0 (FCAT 2.0) …

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Test 2087: Challenger Mt755e, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab

Nebraska Tractor Tests

ABOUT THE TEST REPORT AND USE OF THE DATA The test data contained in this report are a tabulation of the results of a series of tests. Due to the restricted format of these pages, only a limited amount of data and not all of the tractor specifications are included. The full OECD report contains usually about 30 pages of data and specifications. The test data were obtained for each tractor under similar conditions and therefore, provide a means of comparison of performance based on a limited set of reported data. EXPLANATION OF THE TEST PROCEDURES Purpose The purpose of …

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Meglumine Exerts Protective Effects Against Features Of Metabolic Syndrome And Type Ii Diabetes, Arturo Bravo Nuevo, Alice Marcy, Minzhou Huang, Frank Kappler, Jennifer Mulgrew, Lisa Laury-Kleintop, Melvin Reichman, Annette Tobia, George C Prendergast

PCOM Scholarly Works

Metabolic syndrome, diabetes and diabetes complications pose a growing medical challenge worldwide, accentuating the need of safe and effective strategies for their clinical management. Here we present preclinical evidence that the sorbitol derivative meglumine (N-methyl-D-glucamine) can safely protect against several features of metabolic syndrome and diabetes, as well as elicit enhancement in muscle stamina. Meglumine is a compound routinely used as an approved excipient to improve drug absorption that has not been ascribed any direct biological effects in vivo. Normal mice (SV129) administered 18 mM meglumine orally for six weeks did not display any gastrointestinal or other observable adverse effects, …

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A First-Principles Computational Study Of Structural And Elastic Properties Of Zno, Jeevake Attapattu, Changfeng Chen

McNair Poster Presentations

The purpose of this study is to determine structural and mechanical properties of zinc oxide (ZnO) using first-principles computational methods. ZnO is a semiconductor widely used in many electronic and optical applications. ZnO is also economically and environmentally desirable – first, both the constituent elements are abundant on Earth and therefore inexpensive for large-scale applications; second, it is non- toxic. The most significant contribution of this study is the simulations of the high-pressure phases. These high-pressure simulations are important because the rock salt phase of ZnO obtained at high pressure can be recovered at ambient pressure, and this new structural …

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Improvements And Extension To A Global Earth System Data Record Of Daily Landscape Freeze-Thaw Status Determined From Satellite Microwave Remote Sensing, Youngwook Kim, John S. Kimball, Jinyang Du, Joseph M. Glassy

Numerical Terradynamic Simulation Group Publications

No abstract provided.

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Clark Fork & Kootenai River Basins Water Plan 2014, The Montana Department Of Natural Resources & Conservation, Clark Fork River Basin Task Force

Clark Fork & Kootenai River Basins Council

The Clark Fork & Kootenai River Basins Council was formed, in part, to ensure the implementation of this water plan.

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Within-Season Nest Reuse By Mountain Plovers (Charadrius Montanus) In Eastern Colorado, Lani T. Stinson, Victoria J. Dreitz

Wildlife Biology Faculty Publications

The Mountain Plover (Charadrius montanus) is a declining migratory shorebird that nests on shortgrass prairies across the western Great Plains. This ground-nesting species exhibits an uncommon split-clutch mating system, in which each member of a pair simultaneously incubates a nest and uniparental care continues throughout brood-rearing. We report on an observation of within-season nest reuse in this species. To our knowledge, this report includes the first documented occurrence of 2 different Mountain Plovers using the same nest cup in the same breeding season. Nest reuse could represent a time- and energy-saving strategy for renesting individuals.

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Say “No” To Nota: Modifying Florida’S Organ Donation Policy Through Government Regulation Of Donor Incentives?, Rachel A. Mattie

Barry Law Review

No abstract provided.

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Effects Of Keratin Filaments On Erk Signaling During Fas-Induced Death Of Cervical Cancer (Hela) Cells, Amanda Berger

Honors Theses and Capstones

Survival of cancer cells is influenced by a variety of factors, including physical elements such as keratin filaments. We know HeLa cells containing or lacking keratin 8/18 intermediate filaments (K+ and K- cells, respectively) are more sensitive to the death-inducing effects of Fas agonist compared to the cytokines tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) or TNF-related apoptosis-inducing ligand. Additionally, K- cells are more sensitive to Fas-induced death than K+ as shown by previous studies using mitochondrial activity and caspase activation assays. In the current study we tested the hypothesis that keratin filaments associate with the mitogen activated protein kinase (MAPK) cascade …

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Effects Of Sodium Hydroxide Pretreatment On Structural Components Of Biomass, Alicia A. Modenbach, Sue E. Nokes

Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering Faculty Publications

Pretreatment is a unit operation in the conversion of biomass to valuable products that utilizes various combinations of conditions, including chemicals, heat, pressure, and time, to reduce the recalcitrance of lignocellulose. Many such pretreatments have been developed over the years, as the operating conditions can be adapted so that lignocellulose is modified in ways unique to each pretreatment. By tailoring pretreatment conditions to achieve these modifications, the types of final products produced can be controlled. The purpose of this review is to provide a consolidated source of information for sodium hydroxide effects on lignocellulose. The structural characteristics of lignocellulose and …

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"Other Than Dead": Queering Vampires In Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Interview With The Vampire, And The Gilda Stories, Megan E. Gianniny

Scripps Senior Theses

This thesis examines three diverse vampire narratives from around the 1990s, arguing that the liminal figure of the vampire, forever in between life and death, is also then well-positioned to queer norms around gender, sexuality, and relationships. This queering, however, manifests differently in each narrative. My analysis looks at each of these three narratives in turn, while also considering how each text’s placement as mainstream or not mainstream affected the manifestation of the vampires’ queering.

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Cultural Factors In Mental Health Referral Among Asian Americans, Ishani Deo

Scripps Senior Theses

Epidemiological studies have shown that disparities in mental health service utilization still exist among ethnic minority groups in the United States. This study looks specifically at the lay referral system and what factors influence the likelihood of an individual referring a friend to mental health services. Since college student populations have fewer barriers than most to seeking treatment, 60 Asian American and 49 White American college students were sampled for the purposes of this study. They evaluated one of four vignettes in which cultural competency of the potential therapist and type of symptoms being presented were manipulated. Though there was …

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Discourses Of Menstruation: Public And Private Formations Of Female Identity, Emily G. Matteson

Scripps Senior Theses

Menstruation is a biological process, but it is also laden with cultrual meanings that produce society's understandings of both the body and "womanhood." The experiences of those who menstruate both reveal and inform the ways that culture mediates the relationships between biology, the body, sex, and gender. This study examines the ways that students at Scripps College, a women's college in Claremont, CA, understand and experience menstruation as part of living in an environment where the majority of students identify as female. Through ethnographic interviews, I demonstrate the ways that students use menstruation to re-envision distinctions between public and private …

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Magical Me: Self-Insertion Fanfiction As Literary Critique, Melody Strmel

Scripps Senior Theses

This thesis examines the traditions of textual interaction that impact the forms of reading engaged in with fanfiction. This thesis continues by exploring how self-insertion fanfiction functions as a medium through which authors express their reading of the text primary through the emotional impact of the text through wish fulfillment, and the interaction of their cultural moment and the text. Furthermore, it argues that self-insertion fanfiction is a mode of literary critique in which the author acknowledges the effect of a mediated world on their perception of self and reality. Through this recognition of a constructed self, the author rejects …

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Statutory Royalty Damages Under The Uniform Trade Secrets Act And The Federal Patent Code, Richard F. Dole Jr.

Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law

Optional statutory royalty damages are provided for by both the version of the Uniform Trade Secrets Act that has been enacted by most of the forty seven adopting states and the federal patent code remedies for infringement of utility patents. Notwithstanding periodic recommendations that the Uniform Act follow the patent code concept of statutory royalty damages, this article takes the position that differences between the Uniform Act and the Patent Code regarding monetary remedies make it reasonable for the Uniform Act statutory royalty provisions to be construed more objectively than their federal counterpart. This will preclude statutory royalty damages acquiring …

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Benthic And Pelagic Pathways Of Methylmercury Bioaccumulation In Estuarine Food Webs Of The Northeast United States, Celia Y. Chen, Mark E. Borsuk, Deenie M. Bugge, Terill Hollweg

Dartmouth Scholarship

Methylmercury (MeHg) is a contaminant of global concern that bioaccumulates and bioamagnifies in marine food webs. Lower trophic level fauna are important conduits of MeHg from sediment and water to estuarine and coastal fish harvested for human consumption. However, the sources and pathways of MeHg to these coastal fisheries are poorly known particularly the potential for transfer of MeHg from the sediment to biotic compartments. Across a broad gradient of human land impacts, we analyzed MeHg concentrations in food webs at ten estuarine sites in the Northeast US (from the Hackensack Meadowlands, NJ to the Gulf of Maine). MeHg concentrations …

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Synthetic Triterpenoids Can Protect Against Toxicity Without Reducing The Efficacy Of Treatment With Carboplatin And Paclitaxel In Experimental Lung Cancer, Karen T. Liby

Dartmouth Scholarship

Synthetic oleanane triterpenoids are multifunctional drugs being developed for the prevention and treatment of a variety of chronic diseases driven by inflammation and oxidative stress. Low nanomolar concentrations of triterpenoids inhibit the induction of inflammatory cytokines, and these drugs are potent activators of the Nrf2 cytoprotective pathway. In contrast, low micromolar concentrations of triterpenoids increased the production of ROS and induced apoptosis in a dose-dependent manner in malignant MCF10 CA1a breast cancer cells. Because cancer cells respond differently to ROS than normal cells, it should be possible to exploit these differences therapeutically. In an experimental model of lung cancer, the …

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Commentary On: "Facilitating Transparency In Spinal Cord Injury Studies Using Data Standards And Ontologies", Diane M. Snow

Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Center Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

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Are Major Repeater Patients Addicted To Suicidal Behavior?, Hilario Blasco-Fontecilla, Paula Artieda-Urrutia, Nuria Berenguer-Elias, Juan Manuel Garcia-Vega, Monica Fernandez-Rodriguez, Cesar Rodriguez-Lomas, Isabel Gonzalez-Villalobos, Luis Iruela-Cuadrado, Jose De Leon

Psychiatry Faculty Publications

The literature provides support for the hypothesis that some major repeaters (individuals with >=5 lifetime suicide attempts) are addicted to suicidal behavior (SB). This study explores whether major repeaters are addicted to SB or not using 7 criteria: tolerance (Criterion 1), withdrawal (Criterion 2), loss of control (Criterion 3), problems in quitting/cutting down (Criterion 4), much time spent using (Criterion 5), substantial reduction in activities (Criterion 6), and adverse physiological/physical consequences (Criterion 7). Total dependence on SB was indicated by the presence of 3 or more of the 7 criteria in the last 12 months. This cross-sectional study at Puerta …

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Average Budgeted Salaries Of Faculty Staff 2014-2015, University Of Northern Iowa

Institutional Effectiveness & Planning Documents

The Role Of School Leadership In Facilitating The Use Of Ict In Teaching And Learning : A Case Of Public Secondary School In Tanzania, Obed Kipelo

Master of Education

Pediatric Brainstem Tumors. Classifications, Investigations, And Growth Patterns, Ahmed M. Alaqeel, Abdulrahman J. Sabbagh

Neurosciences

Beneficial Effects Of Edaravone On The Expression Of Serum Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 After Cerebral Hemorrhage, Fahui Zhao, Zhigang Liu

Neurosciences

Unusual Heat Stroke Caused By Herbal Therapy With Traditional Chinese Medicine, Hui Deng, Xiaokun Wu, Limin Wu, Hongliang Zhang

Neurosciences

Immunization Manual For Medical And Nursing Students ''Hepatitis B Disease'', Rose Kamenwa

Paediatrics and Child Health, East Africa

Models Of Care For Orphaned And Separated Children And Upholding Children's Rights: Cross-Sectional Evidence From Western Kenya, Lonnie Embleton, David Ayuku, Allan Kamanda, Lukoye Atwoli, Samuel Ayaya, Rachel Vreeman, Winstone Nyandiko, Peter Gisore, Julius Koech, Paula Braitstein

Paediatrics and Child Health, East Africa

Graduate And Undergraduate Catalog, 2014-2015, Eastern Washington University, Washington State Library. Electronic State Publications

Course Catalogs

Eastern, Winter 2014, Eastern Washington University. Division Of University Relations.

Alumni Publications

Extending Sentencing Mitigation For Deserving Young Adults, Kelsey B. Shust

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

Confronting Cognitive “Anchoring Effect" And “Blind Spot” Biases In Federal Sentencing: A Modest Solution For Reforming A Fundamental Flaw, Mark W. Bennett

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

A Comparison Of Teachers' Beliefs Of The Use Of Inquiry Teaching, Origin Of Knowledge Of Inquiry Teaching, And Student Achievement Between International Baccalaureate And Non-International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme Schools, Lucy Haddock

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Test 2087: Challenger Mt755e, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab

Nebraska Tractor Tests

Meglumine Exerts Protective Effects Against Features Of Metabolic Syndrome And Type Ii Diabetes, Arturo Bravo Nuevo, Alice Marcy, Minzhou Huang, Frank Kappler, Jennifer Mulgrew, Lisa Laury-Kleintop, Melvin Reichman, Annette Tobia, George C Prendergast

PCOM Scholarly Works

A First-Principles Computational Study Of Structural And Elastic Properties Of Zno, Jeevake Attapattu, Changfeng Chen

McNair Poster Presentations

Improvements And Extension To A Global Earth System Data Record Of Daily Landscape Freeze-Thaw Status Determined From Satellite Microwave Remote Sensing, Youngwook Kim, John S. Kimball, Jinyang Du, Joseph M. Glassy

Numerical Terradynamic Simulation Group Publications

Clark Fork & Kootenai River Basins Water Plan 2014, The Montana Department Of Natural Resources & Conservation, Clark Fork River Basin Task Force

Clark Fork & Kootenai River Basins Council

Within-Season Nest Reuse By Mountain Plovers (Charadrius Montanus) In Eastern Colorado, Lani T. Stinson, Victoria J. Dreitz

Wildlife Biology Faculty Publications

Say “No” To Nota: Modifying Florida’S Organ Donation Policy Through Government Regulation Of Donor Incentives?, Rachel A. Mattie

Barry Law Review

Effects Of Keratin Filaments On Erk Signaling During Fas-Induced Death Of Cervical Cancer (Hela) Cells, Amanda Berger

Honors Theses and Capstones

Effects Of Sodium Hydroxide Pretreatment On Structural Components Of Biomass, Alicia A. Modenbach, Sue E. Nokes

Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering Faculty Publications

"Other Than Dead": Queering Vampires In Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Interview With The Vampire, And The Gilda Stories, Megan E. Gianniny

Scripps Senior Theses

Cultural Factors In Mental Health Referral Among Asian Americans, Ishani Deo

Scripps Senior Theses

Discourses Of Menstruation: Public And Private Formations Of Female Identity, Emily G. Matteson

Scripps Senior Theses

Magical Me: Self-Insertion Fanfiction As Literary Critique, Melody Strmel

Scripps Senior Theses

Statutory Royalty Damages Under The Uniform Trade Secrets Act And The Federal Patent Code, Richard F. Dole Jr.

Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law

Benthic And Pelagic Pathways Of Methylmercury Bioaccumulation In Estuarine Food Webs Of The Northeast United States, Celia Y. Chen, Mark E. Borsuk, Deenie M. Bugge, Terill Hollweg

Dartmouth Scholarship

Synthetic Triterpenoids Can Protect Against Toxicity Without Reducing The Efficacy Of Treatment With Carboplatin And Paclitaxel In Experimental Lung Cancer, Karen T. Liby

Dartmouth Scholarship

Commentary On: "Facilitating Transparency In Spinal Cord Injury Studies Using Data Standards And Ontologies", Diane M. Snow

Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Center Faculty Publications

Are Major Repeater Patients Addicted To Suicidal Behavior?, Hilario Blasco-Fontecilla, Paula Artieda-Urrutia, Nuria Berenguer-Elias, Juan Manuel Garcia-Vega, Monica Fernandez-Rodriguez, Cesar Rodriguez-Lomas, Isabel Gonzalez-Villalobos, Luis Iruela-Cuadrado, Jose De Leon

Psychiatry Faculty Publications