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Showing 1 to 20 of 72 for “"Ivy"”.
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The Curious Poisoned Weed: Poison Ivy Ecology and Physiology
Poison ivy (Toxicodendron radicans (L.) Kuntze) is a native perennial liana widely recognized for the production of urushiol, and the associated contact dermatitis it causes in humans. Poison ivy is predicted to become both more prevalent and more noxious in response to projected patterns of global …
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Words Grow Like Ivy: Lessons from a Writer to a Writer
Essays, short fiction and poetry.
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Fulfilling the Promise: A Mixed-Methods, Deweyan Analysis of the 21st Century Scholars Program at Ivy Tech
… and the lived realities of student Scholars at Ivy Tech Community College in Muncie, Indiana. Drawing on John Dewey’s pragmatist philosophy, particularly his concepts of education, democracy, and vocational development, the study explores how program rules intersect with students’ work …
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"Among the civilized" : a consideration of family, power, morality and technique in the novels of Ivy Compton-Burnett
… these mystifying eccentricities of style to Ivy Compton-Burnett's world view, in order to show that, rather than being limited and inflexible, they are limited only to the extent that they establish the bounds within which a rich and varied world exists. If these novels can be said to be …
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Greenhouse, laser radiation, and in vitro culture studies on the growth and propagation of Algerian ivy (Hedera canariensis L.)
… branching of Hedera canariensis (Algerian Ivy) better than applications of BA or GA$\sb{4 + 7}$ alone. Moreover, as the concentration of Atrinal is increased, branch length and leaf number significantly decreased for both pinched and unpinched plants. Plants treated with Atrinal displayed …
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Determining the Structure and Activity of a Pseudomonas aeruginosa Protein, Ivyp2
… the activity of an important resistance factor (Ivyp2) from the multi-drug resistant Gram-negative bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa. This opportunistic pathogen accounts for approximately 10% of all hospital-acquired infections in the United States and contains a number of virulence factors that …
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Silence Descends: Lynchings and Their Aftermath in Lafayette and Union Counties, Mississippi
… have, or have not, been memorialized. L.Q. Ivy was lynched in Union County in 1925. Despite several newspaper articles over the decades since the lynching has occurred his death is not acknowledged in the local history narrative, nor is it memorialized with a marker. Elwood Higginbottom was …
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Effect of Increased Carbon Dioxide Levels on Urushiol Production in Toxicodendron radicans and Toxicodendron toxicarium
… individuals to plants like poison oak and poison ivy. To determine how elevated levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide would effect urushiol production, 16 samples of poison ivy and poison oak were grown in environmental chambers. One chamber was maintained at ambient carbon dioxide levels (0.037%) …
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Nature Conquers Construction
… a domain which plants, specifically hanging ivy, could thrive. Simple elements such as columns, cables, stairs and ramps, can become a means for creating immersive living volumes, fostering instances where nature can conquer construction.
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Influence of intestinal inflammation on bacterial protein expression in monoassociated mice
… The inhibitor of vertebrate C-type lysozyme, Ivy, was 2- to 3-fold upregulated on mRNA and protein level in E. coli Nissle in comparison to E. coli UNC isolated from IL-10-/- mice. By overexpressing ivy, it was demonstrated in vitro that Ivy contributes to a higher lysozyme resistance observed …
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Investigations into the molecular evolution of plant terpene, alkaloid, and urushiol biosynthetic enzymes
… studies of urushiol production in poison ivy, the complete poison ivy root and leaf transcriptomes were sequenced, assembled, and analyzed.
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Cuticular transport of hydrophilic molecules with special focus on primary metabolites and active ingredients
… isolated cuticles of Hedera helix (English ivy), a lipophilic and a hydrophilic pathway. This finding was supported by examinations regarding to accelerator and temperature effects on the mobility of both pathways, because the hydrophilic path is insensitive to them - in contrary to the …
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A Teaching Toy: Free Forms in an Abstract Landscape
… and in naturally occurring events such as ivy twisting up a knotty tree trunk and soft ripples in a pond. The assimilation of these elements, together with the ideas that they generate, evolve into the foundation for my project. My intent is to design a toy which provides children ages six …
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“Pleasant Episodes” of Gastronomy: Food and Drink in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s <em>The Beautiful and Damned</em>
… Patch and company's fancy for food and drink in Ivy League supper clubs of Manhattan, vaudeville theaters, and houses of languor in Upstate New York. Building upon George J. Searles's article "The Symbolic Function of Food and Eating in F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Beautiful and Damned," this thesis …
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The Role of Hardiness, Family Hardiness, and Parenting Self-Efficacy on Parenting Stress in Adoptive Parents
… and child (Ang, 2008; Deater-Deckard, Smith, & Ivy 2005; Morgan, Robinsion, & Aldridge, 2002). Hardiness, family hardiness and parental self-efficacy are protective factors that have all been found to be negatively associated with distress (Beasley, Thompson, & Davidson, 2002; Sevigny & …
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Distribution of knowledge production in the chemical sciences in the US
… in terms of scientific impact with those from Ivy League schools like Stanford University, Harvard University and the California Institute of Technology. While the literature reports increasing concentration for the US research base, the present analysis shows a dilution in chemical knowledge …
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Growth outcomes of Pseudomonas aeruginosa inhibitor of vertebrate lysozyme knockouts in conditions mimicking the cystic fibrosis lung environment
… </em>inhibitor of vertebrate lysozyme class 1 (Ivyp1) is a periplasmic protein produced by gram-negative bacteria that inhibits the enzymatic activity of lysozyme. Previous studies have shown that Ivyp1 knockout production did not affect the growth of PA<em> </em>in breast milk or human saliva, …
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Short Works: Things Gone By, Novel: Creatives
… learn that relationships are as deeply rooted as ivy and even harder to upheave, as they toil to rip the climbing vines from the earth. The last story will follow Shep, a young boy in a family of five, who desperately desires to prove to his brothers that he is valiant and brave by assuming the …
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