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Showing 1 to 20 of 88 for “"AK"”.
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Ak Jang in the context of Altai religious tradition
In 1904, a Native religious movement, Ak Jang, formed in Gorny Altai in Southwestern Siberia. It strongly opposed itself to Shamanism, which was considered to be the “core” tradition of Altaians. The initial persecution of the movement by the Russian colonial administration did not stop its spread …
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Particle-in-Cell Simulations Examining AK Gap Closure Mechanisms in the Pinch Reflex Diode
Gap closure mechanisms in the pinch reflex diode are studied using cylindrical, two-dimensional, fully kinetic, electromagnetic, particle-in-cell simulations. The key physical dimensions in the model are based on the Mercury accelerator at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, DC. Simulation …
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The Spatial Politics of Turkey's Justice and Development Party (AK Party): On Erdoganian Neo-Ottomanism
… of summer 2013. My dissertation explores how the AK Party is framing Ottoman history and remaking the Turkish urban landscape by urban development projects. I spell out specific ways in which Erdogan uses cultural capital of the Ottoman past to frame Erdoganian Neo-Ottomanism. My work investigates …
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Population Frequencies of Phosphoglucomutase (PGM), Adenylate Kinase (AK), and Haptoglobin (Hp) in the Metropolitan Birmingham Area.
Frequently the need to identify or exclude an individual arises in criminal cases. Historically, fingerprinting has been a universally acceptable method of individual identification. Unfortunately, fingerprints are not always found at the crime scene ; therefore, other methods for identification of …
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Analysis of microtopography, vegetation, and active-layer thickness using terrestrial LIDAR and kite photography, Barrow, AK
Arctic regions underlain by permafrost are among the most vulnerable to impacts from climate change. This study examined changes in the active layer of permafrost near Barrow, Alaska at very fine scale to capture subtle changes related to microtopography and landcover. In 2010, terrestrial LIDAR …
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Analysis of microtopography, vegetation, and active-layer thickness using terrestrial LIDAR and kite photography, Barrow, AK
Arctic regions underlain by permafrost are among the most vulnerable to impacts from climate change. This study examined changes in the active layer of permafrost near Barrow, Alaska at very fine scale to capture subtle changes related to microtopography and landcover. In 2010, terrestrial LIDAR …
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Birds of a Feather: Cultural and Ecological Relationships between the Unangax̂ and Seabirds in the Aleutian Islands, AK
… analyses of archaeological seabird bones from Sanak and Agattu Islands to track changes in local marine ecosystems and ancestral Unangax̂–seabird relations. Seabirds are important sentient beings in Unangax̂ ontologies and were used in ancestral times for everyday parkas, magical guises, and bone …
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Experiencing Korean pansori as a Western-style singer : a vocal interpretation of Dongjin Kim's operas based on Kim's shin-chang-ak
… by introducing what he called “shin-ch’ang-ak” (New Singing Music). The purpose of shinch’ang-ak was to allow singers to retain their normal vocal technique while preserving key elements of traditional p’ansori. Previous studies of shin-ch’ang-ak have focused primarily on its history, …
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Antikörper-Entwicklung nach Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)-Infektion bei Frühgeborenen und Säuglingen
… für Erkrankungen des unteren Respirationstraktes bei Säuglingen und Kleinkindern. In einer prospektiv durchgeführten Studie im Winterhalbjahr 1994/95 wurden 29 nosokomial (Studie 1) und 35 extern (Studie 2) mit dem RS-Virus infizierte Kinder untersucht. Das dazugehörige RSV-negative …
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Efeitos de extratos do gênero Passiflora sobre a atividade de Tirosinase
… clássicos da enzima, como o ácido kójico (AK) e a hidroquinona (HQ), foram comparados aos exercidos pelos extratos de P. alata e P. edulis em sistemas usando a L-DOPA como substrato. Enquanto em baixas concentrações o AK aumentou a inibição da atividade tirosinásica, a HQ somente inibiu a …
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Novel combination strategies with Aurora Kinase Inhibitors: using pre-clinical data to guide clinical trial design
… current drugs with aurora kinase inhibitors (AKI) in pre-clinical models and then to design a clinical trial to assess these in patients with bladder cancer. Particular interest was stimulated by the correlation between over-expression of aurora kinases (AKs) with aggressive clinical behaviour …
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PROBLEMI DI CLUSTERING CON VINCOLI: ALGORITMI E COMPLESSITÀ
… = k2 , ... , |Am| = km which minimizes Σk Σi Ak |xi - μk |p where μk is the p-centroid of Ak First, we prove that the optimum partition is contiguous (String Property), that is if i,j Ak, and xi < xs < xj, then s Ak . As a consequence, we determine an efficient algorithm for bi-clustering …
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Charakterisierung monoklonaler Antikörper gegen die murine Fibrosarkomzellinie MCA102 und Rolle der B-Zellen in diesem Tumormodell
… Dieser hängt sowohl mit T-Zell-B-Zell-Interaktionen als <br>auch mit den von B-Zellen produzierten Antikörpern (Ak) zusammen. Ziel der <br>vorliegenden Arbeit war es, die Rolle der B-Zellen und der von ihnen produzierten <br>tumorspezifischen Ak im MCA102-Tumormodell zu untersuchen. Das GP33 …
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A 3D fault seal analysis study conducted in the Ibhubesi Gas Field Offshore the West Coast of South Africa
… dimensional fault seal analysis study of the AK fault situated offshore of the West Coast of South Africa is presented. This study is aimed at informing the development plan of the Ibhubesi gas field with regards to the compartmentalization of the reservoirs, by understanding whether a key …
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Using Interactive Reading Techniques with <i>Word World</i> to Enhance Emergent Literacy
… awareness (PA) and alphabet knowledge (AK) are precursors to later conventional literacy (Dockrell, Stuart & King, 2010; Neuman & Dwyer, 2009; NELP, 2008). Interactive reading techniques such as dialogic reading (Whitehurst et al., 1988) and explicit print referencing (Piasta et al., …
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The Polish Home Army and the struggle for the Lublin region 1943-1945
… Poland. The Army that was created, the AK, was in effect, an alliance organisation comprising, to varying degrees, members of all pro-independence underground groups. It was, in Lublin, to always suffer from internal stresses and strains, which were exaggerated by the actions of the …
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A Comparison of Presence Only Suitability Models to Accurately Identify Prehistoric Agricultural Fields in Western New Mexico Through Remote Sensing
… for a specific form of agricultural field, ak chin, that are often difficult to locate with standard field-based archaeological methods. Remote sensing and Geographic Information Systems methods were applied to develop suitability models that will identify ideal environments for ak chin …
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Establishing an ex vivo model of acanthamoeba keratitis and investigating the phenotypic similarities between the protozoan acanthamoeba and human macrophages
… of the cornea called Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK) in immunocompetent individuals, and a fatal granulomatous encephalitis in the immunocompromised. In this study, an ex vivo model of AK was developed to better understand the pathophysiological processes that occur in this disease. The model has …
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Schmerzhafte Mononeuropathie an C57BL/6 Mäusen: Studien mit neutralisierenden Antikörpern gegen Tumor-Nekrose-Faktor Alpha an zwei verschiedenen Läsionsmodellen
… sowie deren Beeinflussung durch neutralisierende AK gegen TNF. Dafür wurden die Nn. ischiadici der Mäuse operativ manipuliert, zum einen in Form der CCI durch drei den Nerven einschnürende Ligaturen und zum anderen in Form der PST durch Heraustrennen eines Drittels des Nervendurchmessers. Beide …
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Developing novel therapeutic agents for Acanthamoeba infection and investigating the process of encystment
Acanthamoeba Keratitis (AK) is a vision-threatening disease which can lead to blinding corneal tissue infection. Many patients who have been infected with Acanthamoeba in their eye do not respond to the current medical treatments involving polyhexamethylene biguanide or chlorhexidine despite the in …
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