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The Principle and the Pragmatist: On Conflict and Coalescence for Librarian Engagement with Open Access Initiatives
(Elsevier, 2013-01)
This article considers Open Access (OA) training and the supports and structures in place in LIS programs and academic libraries in the United States from the perspective of a new librarian. OA programming is contextualized ...
A macrophysiological analysis of energetic constraints on geographic range size in mammals
(www.plosone.org, 2013-09)
Physiological processes are essential for understanding the distribution and abundance of organisms, and recently,
with widespread attention to climate change, physiology has been ushered back to the forefront of ...
Design-with-Nature for Multifunctional Landscapes: Environmental Benefits and Social Barriers in Community Development
(MDPI, 2013-10-28)
Since the early 1970s, Ian McHarg’s design-with-nature concept has been inspiring landscape architects, community and regional planners, and liked-minded professionals to create designs that take advantage of ecosystem ...
Successes and struggles with building web teams: a usability committee case study
(Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2013)
Purpose – The purpose of this case study is to raise issues and challenges with the formation and
structure of web teams within libraries.
Design/methodology/approach – The authors review the literature and reflect on ...
On the back of a cocktail napkin: An exploration of graphic definitions of lean construction
(International Group for Lean Construction, 2013-07-31)
Quick descriptive sketches made on the backs of cocktail napkins are a tradition in
the architectural profession and are representative of the visionary conversations that
take place between business associates in relaxed ...
The Maroon and White Game: A simulation of trust and long-term gains and losses
(International Group for Lean Construction, 2013-07-31)
This paper explains how to play and facilitate the Maroon-White Game—a modified version of the Red-Black Game—which, like its predecessor, uses point maximization to motivate team performance. The Red-Black Game was ...
A Complex Evolutionary History in a Remote Archipelago: Phylogeography and Morphometrics of the Hawaiian Endemic Ligia Isopods
(PLOS, 2013-12-30)
Compared to the striking diversification and levels of endemism observed in many terrestrial groups within the Hawaiian Archipelago, marine invertebrates exhibit remarkably lower rates of endemism and diversification. ...
Ensemble coding of context-dependent fear memory in the amygdala
(Frontiers, 2013-12-13)
After fear conditioning, presenting the conditioned stimulus (CS) alone yields a context-specific extinction memory; fear is suppressed in the extinction context, but renews in any other context. The context-dependence of ...
The ABC-Type Efflux Pump MacAB Protects Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium from Oxidative Stress
(American Society for Microbiology, 2013-10-29)
Multidrug efflux pumps are integral membrane proteins known to actively excrete antibiotics. The macrolide-specific pump MacAB, the only ABC-type drug efflux pump in Salmonella, has previously been linked to virulence in ...
A screen for genetic suppressor elements of hepatitis C virus identifies a supercharged protein inhibitor of viral replication
(PLoS, 2013-12-31)
Genetic suppressor elements (GSEs) are biomolecules derived from a gene or genome of interest that act as transdominant
inhibitors of biological functions presumably by disruption of critical biological interfaces. We ...