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Showing 1 to 20 of 81 for “"APE"”.
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Monkey and Ape Iconography in Minoan Art
This dissertation examines monkey and ape iconography in Minoan art during the Aegean Bronze Age (ca. 3,000–1,100 B.C.). Although a broad range of animals exist for depiction, Minoan artists carefully selected each subject in order to fulfill specific roles. Monkeys and apes appear to function …
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the impact of Ape/Ref1 on hypoxia regulated genes; potential applications for cancer
… cancers respond poorly to existing chemotherapeutic agents and radiation, and progress for the treatment of pancreatic cancer remains elusive. To address this unmet medical need, a better understanding of critical pathways and molecular mechanisms involved in pancreatic tumor development, …
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The Ape Machine: A Novel Stochastic Computer Based on A Set of Autonomous Processing Elements
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The Evolutionary Origins of Autism Associated Genes and Their Role in Great Ape Socio-Communicative Behavior
… same time, all 3 have been investigated in great apes such as bonobos, chimpanzees, and gorillas. Great apes are the closest relatives to humans on the phylogenetic tree. They are also one of the few animal groups that have complex social communication that share fundamental characteristics with …
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London Zoo, Commercial Television, and Primate Ethology from the Launch of ITV to The Naked Ape
… a thin veneer of culture - of ‘man’, ‘the naked ape’ - were built on British commercial television. It highlights TV as a major arena of science and cultural politics, while also unpicking its intermedial relations with other technologies of expert and mass communication. Above all, it uncovers …
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GREAT APE CONSERVATION IN THE MATRIX: INVESTIGATING THE SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL RESPONSES OF CHIMPANZEES LIVING IN A FOREST-FARM MOSAIC, UGANDA
… habitats, such as forest-farm mosaic landscapes. Understanding species’ socio-ecological responses to anthropogenic disturbances is essential for developing targeted strategies to ensure their survival in these habitats, particularly where conservation conflicts have arisen. This study …
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The Relationship Between Teacher Certification and Perceptions of Adapted Physical Education Program Practices in Metropolitan Atlanta Public Elementary Schools
… personnel teaching adapted physical education (APE) in the state ranges widely in terms of certification areas. Educational administrators would benefit from knowing if any perceived differences exist between APE programs led by teachers with specialized APE certification and those led by …
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Adapted Physical Education Enrollment Issues and Exercise Mediators for Students with Disabilities in San Diego County Community Colleges
… in California offer adapted physical education (APE) courses specifically designed to assist people with disabilities and chronic diseases in adapting and maintaining exercise programs. However, little is known about those eligible to enroll in these courses as well as their participation …
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The legend of gesture : mapping humans’ use and understanding of hominid gestures
… communication system inherited from our great ape ancestors. Each ape species uses approximately 80 distinct gestures flexibly and intentionally in daily social interactions. Many of these gestures are used similarly across species, with a positive correlation between repertoire overlap and …
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The Development of Novel Apurinic/Aprymidinic Endonuclease/Redox-factor 1 Inhibitors for the Treatment of Human Melanoma
… DNA repair endonuclease-1 (APE1), first recognized as an important DNA excision repair enzyme, is also known as Redox Factor-1 (Ref-1) involved in the activation of many nuclear transcription factors in both redox-dependent and independent manner. It has been well-documented …
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Preservice adapted physical education teachers' intentions toward assessment of students with disabilities in South Korea
… determine preservice adapted physical education (APE) teachers’ opinions related to intentions; and (b) to determine if the theory of planned behavior predicts the preservice APE teachers’ intentions toward assessment of fundamental motor skills and patterns and physical and motor fitness of …
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The Ape Ecological Niche: Posture and Hand Use in Gibbons and Macaques and the Influence of Manual Skill on Cognitive Development in Apes and Humans
Apes share a distinct set of morphological and anatomical characteristics that allow us to use our arms and hands in unique ways. Apes also have relatively larger brains with similar sulcal patterning indicating there is a distinctively hominoid brain structure. These features in great apes have …
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Understanding and predicting acute pulmonary exacerbations in adults with cystic fibrosis
… signals. Acute pulmonary exacerbations (APE), are the main cause of morbidity and mortality in CF. Despite their clinical significance, the mechanisms that trigger these events are poorly understood. In this dissertation, I investigate whether home monitoring for changes in patient …
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Design and synthesis of ionisable amino-polyester lipid nanoparticles for extrahepatic RNA delivery
Messenger RNA (mRNA)-based therapeutics represent a powerful platform with the potential to transform modern medicine by targeting diseases at their molecular origins. Advances in mRNA chemistry and delivery technologies have enabled applications ranging from vaccines and cancer immunotherapy to …
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Tie-ing the endothelium: development of an mRNA-based nanotherapeutic to restore microvascular barrier function for the treatment of sepsis-induced multiple organ failure
… is an unmet clinical need to develop novel therapeutic approaches to treat sepsis. Endothelial dysfunction is a hallmark of sepsis to which the loss of Ang/Tie2 signalling, a key regulator of vascular integrity, contributes significantly, making it an attractive therapeutic target. The …
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Understanding and predicting pulmonary exacerbations in Cystic Fibrosis using Machine Learning
… symptoms - termed acute pulmonary exacerbations (APEs) - cause cumulative damage to the lungs, and are the most significant driver of mortality and morbidity in CF. However, despite this, currently little is known about their pathophysiology, nor what triggers them. The ability to accurately …
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A Comparison Of The Perceived Leadership Characteristics Of Central Florida Middle And High School Principals And School Achievement Scores
… version of the Audit of Principal Effectiveness (APE), a survey instrument developed by Dr. Jerry Valentine through the Middle Level Leadership Center at the University of Missouri-Columbia (Valentine & Bowman, 1984). The survey instrument used for this study contained 52 statements regarding …
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Eurasian Middle and Late Miocene Hominoid Paleobiogeography and the Geographic Origins of the Homininae
The origin and diversification of great apes and humans is among the most researched and debated series of events in the evolutionary history of the Primates. A fundamental part of understanding these events involves reconstructing paleoenvironmental and paleogeographic patterns in the Eurasian …
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Agent Assignment for Process Management: Resource Management Support for Skill Intensive Applications of Workflow Technology Technical and Methodological Issues
… It offers Agent Performance Evaluation (APE) Framework and Competency-driven Dynamic Resource Management (CDRM) Methodology to overcome the problem of static assignments and also to support proper resource development. Our APE framework not only evaluates and gives feedbacks of employees’ …
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