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Defining the contributors to mammalian cell mass
… demonstrating that amino acids are the primary contributors to mammalian cell mass. Although glucose consumption does not directly relate to its contribution to cell mass, glycolytic flux is important to sustain cell growth, and activation of this pathway is thought to promote biosynthesis. To …
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Microscale Tissue Engineering and Contributors of the Cellular Niche
The behaviour of cells is modulated by their microenvironment or ‘niche’. While cellular therapies offer promising curative solutions for many diseases, the efficacy of transplanted cells is often hampered by a suboptimal microenvironment. One strategy to overcome this limitation is to reconstruct …
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Evolutionary, Demographic, Physiological and Behavioral Contributors to Mortality Plateaus
"Common experience and biological theory suggest that mortality rates for a group of same-aged individuals (a cohort) should increase with age, i.e. the older you get, the greater your chances of death. However, in 1992 two studies independently reported experiments in insects showing that …
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Using analogy to acquire commonsense knowledge from human Contributors
… the commonsense knowledge of non-expert human contributors. Achieving this goal will enable more intelligent human-computer interfaces and pave the way for computers to reason about our world. In the domain of natural language processing, it will provide the world knowledge much needed for …
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Identifying Novel Contributors to RNA Interference in Aedes aegypti
… enriched phenotype, revealing potential RNAi contributors. 1,120 transcripts were significantly different (FDR<0.0001) among the extreme phenotypes. Four genes were chosen, amplified, sequenced for SNP analysis. These analyses were performed on samples obtained by crossing enriched, extreme …
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Non -Contributors to Transactive Memory: Team Responses and Team Effectiveness
This dissertation examined the consequences of non contribution to transactive memory system in virtual teams. It considered four types of actions (performing, facilitating, compelling and inducing) taken by teams in response to non-contribution and examined the extent to which the type of …
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Divergence in Siblings' Adult Attachment Security: Potential Contributors and Consequences
Previous research has revealed only modest concordance in attachment security between siblings during childhood and adolescence. The first goal of this dissertation was to estimate sibling concordance in adult attachment security and identify factors contributing to divergence. The Adult Attachment …
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Contributors to Lifelong Moderate Physical Activity in the Lives of Women
… were conducted to identify and understand the contributors to sustained physical activity and the role physical activity has played in the lives of lifelong physically active women between 58-72 years of age. A combination of snowball and theoretical non-probability sampling techniques were …
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Contributors to perceived bullying behaviours in the workplace: A managerial perspective
Managers are frequently cited as the perpetrators of workplace bullying, however it has been the recipient perspective which has informed much of the current descriptions of workplace bullying, the perceived use of bullying behaviours and the design of interventions to reduce bullying. It is …
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Vascular contributors to cognitive impairment and dementia: insights from existing data
… can yield valuable insights into vascular contributors to cognitive impairment and dementia, as well as improve understanding of prognosis in individuals with a vascular component to their dementia. Chapter one introduces the core concepts of this thesis, providing the background and …
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Early life nutrition and genetic contributors to carotenoid status in children
Background. Carotenoids are potent antioxidants that are found in vegetables, fruits, eggs, and some seafood. Circulating carotenoids are associated with a reduced risk for cardiovascular disease and some types of cancers. Carotenoid accumulation in certain tissues, such as the retina, brain, and …
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A Meta-Ethnography of International Case Studies on Contributors to School Success
… identify the process variables (i.e., called "contributors" in this study), and describe how these process variables contribute to school success through a large-scale meta-synthesis of successful school case studies produced from the International Successful School Principal Project (ISSPP). …
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Adverse Events Following a Medication Change: Psychological Contributors to a Health Scare
A change in the formulation of Eltroxin, a thyroid hormone replacement medication, resulted in a dramatic increase in the number of patients reporting side effects and reduced medication efficacy. However, extensive testing of the new formulation found that the new tablets contained only the stated …
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'Fun' and Its Contributors: The Literary History of a Victorian Humor Magazine
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-03T20:52:30Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 6101636.pdf: 19502686 bytes, checksum: 02d599cb1cd3274193ea4c975a81dd4f (MD5) Previous issue date: 1961
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An Analysis of Helicopter Emergency Medical Services and Human Error Contributors to Accidents
<p>Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS) is a growing industry that provides a vital service to transport critically ill or injured patients to healthcare facilities. This growth has come with an increase in rates of HEMS crashes and fatalities. Certain types of events commonly precede HEMS …
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Finishing on-time: A qualitative examination of contributors to timely undergraduate degree completion
The purpose of this study was to determine the most significant factors that contributed to on-time undergraduate degree completion. On-time degree completion requires that a student complete all the requirements of their degree within 4.5 years or less. A grounded theory methodology was used to …
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An Examination of Maternal Contributors and Potential Modifiers of Fetal Growth in Pregnancy
A greater understanding of critical periods of body weight regulation, including pregnancy, may aid in efforts to optimize weight management strategies for the mother and her baby. The gestational period has been implicated to play, in the child, a vital role in the developmental origins of obesity …
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Perceptions of Childhood Abuse and Life Stress: Contributors to Increase in Binge Eating Behavior
<p>Many studies reported that childhood abuse and stress play contributory roles in the development and maintenance of disordered eating behaviors. However, these studies made no mentioned efforts to validate their self-report data, and thus failed to separate the effects of actuality versus …
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