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(2020-04-09)Living in the digital age has allowed patients to receive misguided information due to the rise of non-credible sources available to the public. Research has shown that up to 75% of people worldwide use the internet to ...
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(1995)This study focused on the visual search strategies adopted by a sample of 328 five through eight year olds. Developmental trends in children's search efficiency were systematically related to their general metacognitive ...
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(1989)Humans and laboratory animals experience a decline in immune system function and DNA excision repair correlated with increased occurrence of cancer as a function of age. Dietary restriction is reported to be associated ...
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(2013-12-16)Evidence suggests that estrogen plays a role in decreasing the risk of developing colon cancer. Numerous animal studies demonstrate possible mechanisms to explain how estradiol (E2) prevents this disease. Many of these ...
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(1980)Ruminants comprise the most valuable class of animals to mankind. The grazing habits of both wild and domestic ruminant animals within a given ecosystem are of considerable environmental significance, and the efficiency ...
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(2006-07-11)It has been speculated that dioxin treatment can modulate circadian rhythms. Cytochrome P4501A (CYP1A) is strongly induced by the xenobiotic dioxin via activation of arylhydrocarbon receptors within cells. Furthermore, ...
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(2014-09-17)Hurricanes in the Atlantic can have devastating impacts on United States coastal populations and infrastructure. Further researching hurricane movements and tendencies in synoptic climatic events, like the El Niño Southern ...
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(2012-04-26)Colon cancer exhibits the third highest cancer mortality rate of the US. Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) display a much higher risk for development of the disease. Women experience protective effects against ...
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(2011-01-11)Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory demyelinating disease of the central nervous system. The pathogenesis of this disease is not fully understood, but it is thought to be triggered by viral infection during ...
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(2013-02-04)Due to its high prevalence as a recreational substance in our society, especially in populations with spinal cord injury (Tate, 1993), it is imperative that we study the relationship between ethanol and its possible effects ...
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Effects of Experience and Meaningfulness on Learning and Memory in a Sensory Restricted Environment (1984)This study examines two previously untested conditions in a sensory restricted environment: meaningfulness and experience. Meaningfulness was measured by employing three different levels of learning material. The learning ...
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Research concerning the effects of extraterrestrial beliefs has been largely concerned with its correlation to other paranoid beliefs and mental health issues. This study, however, attempts to understand the more intrapersonal ...
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(2015-09-19)There are over 30 species of wild cat that occupy over 90 countries of the world. Many of these species are experiencing significant population loss due to urbanization and habitat fragmentation. These forces lead to common ...
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(2013-01-31)The electric spark discharge has been studied for hundreds of years, yet many details of the phenomenon remain elusive. One particular area in the field of spark discharges that has yet to be explored in depth is the ...
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(2015-09-19)Wildlife populations are negatively impacted in a variety of ways. Humans, in particular, have played a huge part in species declines today as well as species extinctions in the past due to overexploitation (Coleman and ...
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Glycine is an amino acid that is used for the synthesis of muscle proteins. In the present study, we conducted an experiment to determine the optimal amount of glycine for C2C12 cells to be synthesized and prevent degradation. ...
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(1985)Cattle implanted with Ralgro (zeranol) or Synovex-S (estradiol/progesterone, 20:200, w/w) reach finishing weight sooner than controls. Further, it is generally agreed that this increase in weight cannot be attributed to ...
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The Effects of Habitat Complexity on the Cognitive Performance of Two Fish Species and Their Hybrids (2008-08-19)The complexity of an animal’s habitat plays a significant role in behavior, morphology as well as other life history traits. Habitat complexity may also play a significant role in an animal’s cognitive capabilities such ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)The European fallow deer (Dama dama dama) is an exotic animal species that originated in Europe and Asia and was brought to Texas in 1930. The European fallow deer was initially introduced as a farmed animal to be used ...
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(2020-04-21)Subduction zones are known to produce large, damaging earthquakes, but they can also experience slow-slip events which cannot be felt by humans. Understanding the mechanisms which influence this variation in slip rate will ...