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Global Trends and Threats in the Order Scandentia Using: An Assessment Using IUCN Red List Criteria
(2015-09-24)
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is the world’s largest conservation organization. Known for their Red List of Threatened Species, the IUCN works with species specialists around the world to classify ...
Role of the N-terminus of Rpb9 in RNA Polymerase II Transcription
(2015-11-18)
Eukaryotic transcription is a highly regulated process that requires RNA polymerase to continuously proofread and edit the RNA stand before it continues to elongate. A subunit in RNA polymerase II (RNAPII), known as Rpb9, ...
Fresnel Lens Characterization – Calibration and Automation
(2015-10-02)
Lens-based solar concentrators have been widely used to reduce the photovoltaic(PV) receiver area and increase the solar irradiance on the PV receiver. In our previous work an indoor Lens Characterization Unit (LCU) was ...
An Approach for the Visualization of Topic Emergence in Popular Language
(2015-10-23)
The collision of cultures introduces change: from the manifestation of ideas in physical realms to less tangible avenues of discussion, cultural fusion presents interesting and particular trends that this research team ...
Quantifying the Strengths of Dual-Hydrogen-Bond Donors as Organocatalysts
(2015-08-28)
Despite the importance of dual-hydrogen-bonding organocatalysis in modern synthetic organic chemistry, the optimal hydrogen-bond donors for various common functional groups remain unknown. Additionally, the relationship ...
The Effect of Peripheral Pain on Spinal Circuits Following Spinal Cord Injury
(2015-11-11)
Events soon after spinal cord trauma alter spinal cord function and drastically impact functional outcomes. Guided by our work in a transection model of spinal learning, we hypothesized that uncontrollable noxious input ...
A socio-hydrological approach for incorporating gender into biophysical models and implications for water resources research
(Applied Geography, 2015)
Men and women interact with water resources and landscapes in different ways, and there are frequent criticisms that little research is undertaken across disciplines to address this issue. Biophysical scientists in particular ...
Is reliable water access the solution to undernutrition? A review of the potential of irrigation to solve nutrition and gender gaps in Africa South of the Sahara. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1428. Washington DC: IFPRI.
(IFPRI, 2015)
Interventions aimed at increasing water availability for livelihood and domestic activities have great potential to improve various determinants of undernutrition, such as the quantity and diversity of foods consumed within ...
Feed the Future ILSSI – Ethiopia
(Feed the Future ILSSI, 2015)
Improving irrigation access to combat food insecurity and undernutrition: A review
(Global Food Security, 2015)
Interventions aimed at increasing water availability for livelihood and domestic activities have great potential to improve various determinants of undernutrition, such as the quantity and diversity of foods consumed within ...