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The CFA Franc Zone: a modern reincarnation of a colonial relic
… Community of Africa, commonly known as the CFA Franc zone. This is a monetary union comprising 14 African countries in West and Central Africa. The purpose of the study is to examine the manner in which this monetary union affects the development of these 14 African member states, with …
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Using Conditioned Food Aversion (CFA) to reduce Pied Crow (Corbus albus) predation of plover nests
… is the use of Conditioned Food Aversion (CFA), a method by which animals are deliberately induced to avoid nests following consumption of eggs treated with an illness-inducing toxin. Previous studies suggest that this technique is effective but many have been subject to several …
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The development and validation of effect size measures for IRT and CFA studies of measurement equivalence
… theory (IRT) or confirmatory factor analytic (CFA) techniques. For both methods, the identification of biased items typically involves statistical significance tests based on the chi-square distribution or empirically derived rules of thumb for determining nonequivalence. However, because of …
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Studies on the organization and regulation of the colonization factor antigen 1 (CFA/1) fimbrial system of escherichia coli
This document only includes an excerpt of the corresponding thesis or dissertation. To request a digital scan of the full text, please contact the Ruth Lilly Medical Library's Interlibrary Loan Department (rlmlill@iu.edu).
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Using the Fraction of Missing Information (FMI) in Selecting Auxiliary Variables to Impute Missingness in Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA)
… missing data in confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). This was done by conducting two studies (a simulation study and an empirical study). A Monte Carlo simulation technique was used to compare the performance and the effect of the restrictive strategy based on FMI and the inclusive strategy on …
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An Intelligible Software (CFA) Approach for Fiber-Reinforced Laminate Failure Analysis Including a Piecewise Representation of the Tsai-Wu Failure Criterion Using Excel and MatLab
… focuses on the development of such software, CFA (Composite Failure Analysis). Even though fiber-reinforced laminate failure analysis is not a trivial topic, CFA was developed to provide a knowledgeable engineer with an intelligible software utensil for the design of fiber-reinforced …
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Organic farming in Thailand: case studies on chemical-free vegetable production in Chiangmai, Thailand : a dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Applied Science (International Rural Development) at Lincoln University
… methods: chemical-free vegetable farming (CFA), mixed agriculture (MA) and conventional agriculture (CA), were interviewed. The study found that profit maximisation was the first priority in the farmers' goals in all production categories. Lower CFA production costs were also a reason for …
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Inmunolocalización de la sustancia P y del receptor NK-1R en el craneofaringioma adamantinomatoso
… el Craneofaringioma Adamantinomatoso (CFA) consiste en un tumor cerebral cuyo tratamiento conlleva secuelas inasumibles. En los últimos años se ha demostrado que el CFA sigue un modelo de desarrollo de Fenotipo Secretor Asociado a Senescencia (SASP) donde se emiten sustancias paracrinas …
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Denoising and Demosaicking of Color Images
… capture images through Color Filter Arrays (CFA), and reconstruct the full color image from the CFA image. Each CFA pixel only captures one primary color component at each pixel location; the other primary components will be estimated using information from neighboring pixels. During the …
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The Treatment of Solid Tumours with Complete Freund's Adjuvant
… cancer treatment, Complete Freund’s Adjuvant (CFA), which is injected intratumourally in an attempt to induce an anti-tumour immune response, leading to tumour regression. CFA has been used in research for decades, primarily to produce research antibodies. CFA is composed of heat-killed …
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The Treatment of Solid Tumours with Complete Freund's Adjuvant
… cancer treatment, Complete Freund’s Adjuvant (CFA), which is injected intratumourally in an attempt to induce an anti-tumour immune response, leading to tumour regression. CFA has been used in research for decades, primarily to produce research antibodies. CFA is composed of heat-killed …
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Understanding the physiological role of the small RNA RydC
… RydC was previously shown to stabilize cfa (cyclopropane fatty acid synthase) mRNA, resulting in higher levels of cyclopropane fatty acids in the cell membrane. Here, we show that additional sRNAs, ArrS and CpxQ, also directly regulate cfa post-transcriptionally. RydC and ArrS act …
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Correlación clínico-radiológica en el diagnóstico del choque femoroacetabular en deportistas
El choque femoroacetabular (CFA) es una causa conocida de dolor inguinal en jóvenes deportistas. Dicho choque existe cuando existe un contacto precoz y anormal entre el cuello femoral y el cotilo debido a determinadas alternaciones anatómicas en dichas estructuras. Detectar de manera precoz estas …
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Color Removal From Pulp Mill Effluent Using Coal Ash Produced From Georgia Power Coal Combustion Plants
… concerns currently face Georgia: coal fly ash (CFA) waste from coal power plants, and the effluent generated by pulp mills. Pulp mill effluent discolors surface waters into which it is discharged, and has been proven to negatively impact the dissolved oxygen and carbon necessary for aquatic …
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Plant-based Multicomponent Vaccines against Enteric Diseases
… amino acid epitope and the ETEC fimbrial antigen CFA/L To use cholera toxin as a carrier molecule for delivery of multiple antigens to the gut-associated lymphoid tissues, the rotavirus NSP4 epitope was linked to the cholera toxin B subunit (CTB) and the ETEC fimbrial antigen CFA/I was linked to …
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Understanding the Solid State, Solubility and Dissolution Behavior of Cefuroxime Axetil Diastereomers in Interactive Mixture Formulations
… antibiotic prodrug, cefuroxime axetil (CFA). CFA is present in commercial products as a mixture of diastereomers, which commonly form eutectic mixtures. A phase diagram was constructed utilizing differential scanning calorimetry. It was observed that the diastereomers formed a eutectic …
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SSA's Development Delay: Three Essays on The Monetary System, The International Trade and Property Rights
… a comparative analysis is conducted between the CFA franc currency union countries and the non-members of SSA to see whether the CFA franc countries exhibit lower inflation in the short and the long run compared to other countries. This chapter also assesses the money supply growth, output growth …
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Principles and practice in reporting exploratory or confirmatory factor analyses in palliative care research: A systematic review
… or confirmatory factor analysis (EFA and CFA). Studies were scored using data extraction forms and one fifth was independently assessed by a second<br/>reviewer. Percentages were examined for each reporting variable. Differences between reporting practices of EFA and CFA and different …
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Vietnamese Resilience Assessment: Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analysis for Scale Validation
… out both an exploratory (EFA) and confirmatory (CFA) factor analysis using the dataset that was obtained from the results of the Healthy Student Survey-Vietnam study (HSSV; Hass et al., 2014). Specifically, the study sought out to answer the following research questions: (1) What is a worthwhile …
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Investigation of Nocifensive and Cellular Effects of Dihydroergotamine in a Model of Chronic Migraine
… injection of complete Freund's adjuvant (CFA) or saline as a vehicle control in the temporomandibular joint capsule. Three and four days post-CFA-injection, intraperitoneal injections of DHE, sumatriptan, or vehicle control were delivered. I found that DHE, but not sumatriptan, was able to …
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