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Showing 1 to 20 of 27 for “"Dads"”.
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DADS - A Distributed Agent Delivery System
… of the Distributed Agent Delivery System (DADS). The DADS provides a de-coupled design that separates agent acceptance from agent execution. Using functional modules, the DADS provides services ranging from language execution and security to fault-tolerance and compression. Modules allow …
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Dads matter: causes and consequences of plasticity in paternal care
Whether phenotypic plasticity can accelerate evolution is often debated. Transgenerational plasticity (parental effects) are a particularly potent form of plasticity that occurs when the environment experienced by a parent influences offspring phenotypes, and theory suggests that parental effects …
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Stay at Home Dads: How fatherhood is evolving in Irish society.
… society, with a particular focus on stay at home dads. The main research question was “is masculinity an issue for stay at home dads in Ireland?” My aim was to look at how men experience at home parenting in a society that is only beginning to recognise the validity of such a phenomenon, and how …
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Dedicated dads: a study on the nesting behaviour of Spondyliosoma emarginatum (Telostei: Sparidae)
Fish display the most diverse parental care behaviours within the animal kingdom. These behaviours are important from evolutionary and conservation perspectives as parental care is critical for the development and survival of the young. This study used video monitoring to uncover the nesting …
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Dads matter: Examining paternal involvement as a predictive factor in healthy birth outcomes in African American families
The purpose of this dissertation is to examine the role African American fathers' play in healthy birth outcomes and explore the role of residential status on paternal involvement. The analyses are based on data from the Fragile Families and Child Well-being Study and focus groups with recent and …
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Ο γλυκαιμικός έλεγχος σε άτομα με Σακχαρώδη Διαβήτη τύπου 1 (ΣΔ1) με την χρήση των Diabetes/Diabetic Alert Dogs (DADs) : Οριοθετημένη ανασκόπηση
… αυτοί ονομάζονται Diabetes/Diabetic Alert Dogs (DADs) και αποτελούν μία καινοτόμο μέθοδο για τη διαχείριση του Σακχαρώδη Διαβήτη τύπου 1 η οποία σε συνδυασμό με τις κλασσικές μεθόδους, μπορεί να βοηθήσει το άτομο τόσο πρακτικά στον γλυκαιμικό έλεγχο όσο και ψυχολογικά. ΣΚΟΠΟΣ: Σκοπός της παρούσας …
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INVESTIGATION OF ACUTE STRESS IMPACT ON NURSERY PIG GASTROINTESTINAL FUNCTION AND ABILITY OF BIOACTIVE COMPONENTS OF GARLIC TO MITIGATE STRESS-INDUCED PHYSIOLOGICAL CHANGES
… and ability of garlic-derived diallyl disulfide (DADS) and diallyl trisulfide (DATS) to mitigate deprivation-induced effects. For the first experiment, the effects of a 24-h post-weaning feed, water, or feed + water deprivation event on nursery pig growth and intestinal characteristics were …
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Mr. mom no more : the rise of the male caregiver and his implications on the marketing landscape
… growing role in the home, current depictions of dads on TV merely perpetuate the portrayal of dads as blundering and incompetent. Analysis of current depictions of mothers and fathers in TV ads and shows reveals the gap between today’s parenting reality and pop culture’s rendering of reality. …
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Anticarcinogenic, Antitumor, and Antifungal Properties of Allium Sativum (Garlic)
… <p>The cytotoxic effects of diallyl disulfide (DADS, 5-200 /xg/ml), DAS (200 /ig/ml), dimethyl disulfide (DMDS, 5-400 /xg/ml) and allyl methyl sulfide (AMS, 5-400 /xg/ml), were determined with in vitro cultures of MBT-2, R3327, HL-60 and K562 tumor cells. DADS exhibited toxicity against all the …
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The Role of the TBX5-driven Regulatory Network in the Manifestation and Sustainability of Atrial Fibrillation
… and after/spontaneous depolarization (EADs and DADs/SDs) by updating the outdated Ca2+ handling of the CRN model with that from the more recent Grandi et al model. Under the assumption that changes in the gene expressions correlate proportionally to changes in the function of the channel, I …
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"You gotta man up and take care of it": masculinity, responsibility, and teen fatherhood
… actively construct their identities as “good dads” but also as “good men”. Specifically, I explore the ways in which teen fathers utilize norms of masculinity as resource for making sense of their experiences as teen fathers. Notions of youth, masculinity, and social class, can all offer …
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An explorative study on the role of Disability Advice Desks in providing information on livelihood opportunities for disabled youth in the Cape Metropole
… to explore the role of Disability Advice Desks (DADs) in providing information on livelihood opportunities for disabled youth in the Cape Metropole. The methodology used in the study was a qualitative explorative case study, which was based on an instrumental approach. The data collection methods …
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Performance Evaluation of Data Integrity Mechanisms for Mobile Agents
… Code method. The experiments were run using the DADS agent system (developed at the Network Research Laboratory at UNT), for which a Data Integrity Module was designed. The experimental results show that our Modified Set Authentication Code technique performed comparably to the Set Authentication …
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Distribution and function of TRP ion channels in primary sensory neurons
… including allicin and diallyl disulfide (DADS), some of which may contribute to its pungent and vasodilator properties. Our results show that raw garlic extract, allicin and DADS activate TRPA1 ion channels on primary sensory neurons in culture and nerve fibres in the vascular system. …
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Effects of Damage Arrestment Devices on the Fatigue Life of Impacted Composite Sandwich Beams
… composite sandwich beams. The effects of these DADs on the fatigue life of these beams following a low-velocity impact will be considered.</p> <p>Composite sandwich beams were constructed utilizing two layers of Advanced Composite Group LTM45EL/CF1803 bi-directional woven carbon fiber face …
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Fathers Are Fathers Are Fathers: How Sociocultural Context and Sexual Orientation Influence the Gendering of Children
… and well-being between children raised with two dads and their peers raised by heterosexual parents, there is a proliferation of anti-LGBTQ+ policies throughout the United States aimed at limiting this community’s rights and silencing their lived experiences. Given that sociocultural and …
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Gendered and classed stereotyping : the effects of viewing Teen Mom
… of the responsibility of the teen moms and dads as parents. This docudrama series highlights the roles of class and gender in the struggles of teen parenthood. Social cognitive theory of gender development and differentiation and affinity (i.e. identification, homophily, and parasocial …
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Modes of action of antimicrobial garlic derivatives
… For G. 0 seven sulphides were resolved, of these DADS, MATS and DATS contribute approximately 60% of the identified sulphide composition (70-80%). 3) G. 0 (and G. P) components were separated by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and for G. 0 ten sulphides were resolved, of which eight …
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