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Showing 1 to 20 of 33 for “"Pederson"”.
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Electronic Properties of Transition Metal Doped Silicon Clusters
… 2001. [3] K. Jackson, E. Kaxiras, and M. R. Pederson. The Journal of Physical Chemistry, 98(32):7805, 1994.
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The Effects Of Courtship And Pairing Behavior On The Nonapeptide And Noradrenergic Systems Of Adult Male And Female Zebra Finches
… in an increased latency to pair in both sexes (Pederson & Tomaszycki, 2012). Thus, the role of nonapeptides in monogamous social behavior deserves further investigation. The role of NE in the avian song system has also been extensively studied, but, to date, only one study has examined the role …
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Locative expressions in signed languages: A cross-linguistic comparison
… (Bowerman 1980; Melissa Bowerman & Eric Pederson 1992a; Bowerman 1993; 1994; 1996a; 1996b; Bowerman & Levinson 2001) found that spoken languages organize the locative phrases representing the relationships of ON and IN in a continuum which is called the ON-IN continuum.</p> <p>This thesis …
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THE ROLE OF SKELETAL MUSCLE SYNTHESIZED BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR (BDNF) ON THE HEALTH AND MAINTENANCE OF THE MURINE MOTOR UNIT
… and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) (Pederson, 2011, So et al., 2014, Schnyder and Handschin, 2015). BDNF is a small neurotrophic protein, that regulates neuron differentiation, maturation, and survival, and modulates central nervous system neurotransmitters (Oppenheim, 1991; Acheson …
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An Exploration of the Natural Ventilation Strategies At the World Trade Center, Amsterdam
… In recent years the international firm of Kohn, Pederson and Fox has been a champion of the sustainability movement. In fact many of the newer passive ventilation strategies under development can be seen in Kohn, Pedersen Fox International (KPFI) current commission for the World Trade Center …
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Generating and Maintaining Confianza: Living a "Good" Life Amidst Violence, Insecurity, and Mistrust in Rural El Salvador
… on El Salvador (Moodie 2010, Silber 2011, Pederson 2013, Montoya 2018) by offering an alternative way to analyze violence, the emblematic theme of scholarly work on the region. Beginning my analysis with the underlying assumptions laid out in what Robbins (2013a) calls the Anthropology of …
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Envisioning Water: Sustainability and Future-Making in Dubai and Los Angeles
… and Griesemer) and “technology of imagination” (Pederson et. al). Treating sustainability as a “boundary object” that is shared but viewed differently by actors enables me to hone in on the interests and forces - sometimes countervailing - that shape sustainability projects. Treating it as a …
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An Investigation of the Impacts of Face-to-Face and Virtual Laboratories in an Introductory Biology Course on Students' Motivation to Learn Biology.
… & Hewitt, 1997; Seymour, Melton, Wiese, & Pederson-Gallegos, 2005) and is often relied upon for promoting interest and motivation in science learning (Hofstein & Lunetta, 2003; Lunetta, Hofstein, & Clough, 2007). However, laboratory courses can be resource intensive (Jenkins, 2007), leading …
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Numerical Simulation of pressure Transient Analysis in Tight Formation and Field Data Categorization and Typical Well Production Data Analysis
… regimes (Chen and Raghavan, 1997; Clarkson and Pederson, 2010). The proper analysis and identification of presence of flow regimes and sequence of emerging flow regimes are essential for obtaining efficient information about hydraulic fracturing optimization and the tight formation …
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Feeling Subtle: A Practice-Based Study of How the Body Listens, Tunes in, and Becomes Present in Performance (and in COVID-Time)
This is an embodied research project that explores the subtle, unseeable, unhearable forces at work within performance. It uses a common improvisational duet as its anchor, the rules for which seem paradoxical: move in perfect unison and at the same time, but neither dancer can initiate movement, …
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An efficient heat engine for ocean thermal energy conversion
Carbon-dioxide-absorptive ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) holds the promise to provide 2-3 orders of magnitude more energy than current world consumption from fossil fuels, nuclear, hydroelectric, and all other alternative energy sources combined. However, the ten-fold capital costs of ocean …
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Erosion and sedimentation in Lake Ashtabula, southeastern North Dakota
<p> Erosion along the shore of Lake Ashtabula and nearshore and offshore sedimentation were studied from May 1969 to December 1970. The lake, located in the southeastern part of North Dakota, was formed when the Baldhill Dam stopped the flow of the Sheyenne River in 1950. Maximum depth of the lake …
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MONITORING NOXIOUS WEEDS INVASIONS IN RIPARIAN AREAS FOLLOWING LIVESTOCK EXCLUSION OF THE UPPER BIG HOLE RIVER VALLEY: ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT UNDER THE CANDIDATE CONSERVATION AGREEMENT WITH ASSURANCES PROJECT
As a 2008 summer intern working for the Nature Conservancy, I arrived in the Big Hole Valley and was introduced to an innovative federal land management program initiated to benefit government land managers, local ranchers, and the general public while increasing ecological integrity in the valley …
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MONITORING NOXIOUS WEEDS INVASIONS IN RIPARIAN AREAS FOLLOWING LIVESTOCK EXCLUSION OF THE UPPER BIG HOLE RIVER VALLEY: ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT UNDER THE CANDIDATE CONSERVATION AGREEMENT WITH ASSURANCES PROJECT
As a 2008 summer intern working for the Nature Conservancy, I arrived in the Big Hole Valley and was introduced to an innovative federal land management program initiated to benefit government land managers, local ranchers, and the general public while increasing ecological integrity in the valley …
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