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(1995)Receptor subunit composition can be examined at the mRNA (gene expression) level. Profiling gene expression in acutely isolated neurons from adult animals offers a potentially powerful approach to determining GABAₐ receptor ...
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The Gas Electron Multiplier (GEM) is a gas based detector used to detect charged particles in high-energy physics applications. It amplifies signals related to particle interaction within a detector and provides high gas ...
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(1991)This thesis investigates the problem of reading women's and ethnic literature by exploring three American novels written by ethnic women: Beloved (1987), by African-American novelist Toni Morrison; Love Medicine (1984), ...
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(2018-04-25)The rise in tension between law enforcement and the communities they serve and gender discrimination in general, brings importance to the study of statistical evidence of the presence of gender discrimination in different ...
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This paper analyzes the effect that gender has in the process of executing arbitration protocols in partnership dissolution. The ongoing discussion concerning the differences in decisions men and women make based on ...
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(2015-09-25)This thesis seeks to research and establish the significance of gender as it relates to the roles of Greek and Roman deities in the lives of seafaring citizens. Greek and Roman mythology has provided a long-standing area ...
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Gender-specific modulation of cocaine-induced place preference by 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)In contemporary North-American culture, two frequently combined drugs possessing abuse liability are cocaine and "ecstasy" (+/- 3,4-methylenedioxy-methamphetamine [MDMA]). Each drug is a stimulant acting on brain dopamine ...
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(2006-07-11)During the past 20 years, there has been a significant increase in the number of individuals developing type II diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Evidence from several studies indicates that obesity and weight gain (increase in ...
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(1983)Cucurbita pepo and Cucurbita texana when artificially crossed produce fully fertile hybrids. Thus interspecific genetic exchange is possible. An attempt was made to monitor actual gene flow between these two taxa under ...
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(2017-04-25)One of the major challenges for modern data scientists is providing structure to data. Textual data is especially difficult to interpret and categorize. Much of the meaning found in this natural language data, like news ...
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Generalized Intelligent Behavior and Event Recognition Method for Nuclear Engineering Applications In many fields of engineering it is desirable, and often required, to identify certain characteristics of processes, properties, and systems. This effort focuses on the development and demonstration of an intelligent ...
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(2013-09-26)Congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a leading cause of mental retardation and deafness in newborns; therefore, the development of a vaccine for the virus is of great importance. The guinea pig is the only small animal model ...
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(2020-04-23)The stored product pest, the red flour beetle (Tribolium castaneum), has emerged as a novel and powerful model organism over the last decade. Because these are stored product pests, the lab environment is similar to field ...
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(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2020-06-29)Despite widespread interest, there is little systematic evidence on the relationship between income, wealth, and charitable giving. Although the media suggests that the well-off are stingy, the misuse of data, incomplete ...
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(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2020-10-01)Discussing how the rich spend their income is a topic of popular interest among the public and policymakers, yet little evidence exists that the wealthy are less likely to donate than other income groups, and the results ...
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(2018-04-30)Calliphoridae is a large family of insects, and contains species Lucilia sericata (Diptera: Calliphoridae) (Meigen), Cochliomyia macellaria (Diptera: Calliphoridae) (Fabricius) and Chrysomya rufifacies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) ...
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(2012-05-09)Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 8 (CDK8) has recently emerged as an oncoprotein that is amplified in both colorectal and melanoma cancers. The importance of CDK8 and its regulatory partner Cyclin C (CycC) is highlighted by the ...
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(2012-05-09)Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 8 (CDK8) has recently emerged as an oncoprotein that is amplified in both colorectal and melanoma cancers. The importance of CDK8 and its regulatory partner Cyclin C (CycC) is highlighted by the ...
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(2013-09-26)The lambda lysis genes Rz and Rz1 play an important role at the final step of bacterial cell lysis. Rz encodes an integral inner membrane protein and Rz1 encodes an outer membrane lipoprotein. These two proteins form a ...
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(2008-05-21)Trichoderma virens, an avirulent plant symbiotic fungus ubiquitous in soils worldwide, is remarkable as it induces systemic resistance in plants, enhances plant growth, and acts as a mycoparasite of plant-pathogenic ...