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Showing 1 to 20 of 105 for “"Shea"”.
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Putting the press to the test : effects of temperature on Shea nut oil output
… to northern Uganda, women collect and process Shea nuts for their valuable oil. This oil is then used in various cosmetic, cooking, and medicinal products. However, the traditional process to extract oil from Shea kernels is time and labor intensive, and the quality is inconsistent, preventing …
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Tree Tenure in Agroforestry Parklands: Implications for the Management, Utilisation and Ecology of Shea and Locust Bean Trees in Northern Ghana
… economic trees in agroforestry parklands?' Shea and locust bean trees, two of the most economically, culturally and ecologically important indigenous agroforestry species in Northern Ghana, are chosen for the case study. This multidisciplinary study utilises several methodologies of data …
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Moths & Legends The contribution of chitoumou, the edible caterpillar Cirina butyrospermi, to food security, agriculture and biodiversity in a low-intensity agroforestry system
… (Cirina butyrospermi), the commonly consumed shea caterpillar harvested from agroforestry systems in Burkina Faso, West Africa. I begin this thesis with a review of the role of edible insects in agricultural systems worldwide. Though certain insects are currently touted for commercial scale …
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Conversion of triacylglycerols into monoacylglycerols by penicillium roquefortii
… produce monoacylglycerols (MAGs) from butter and Shea oils with two strains of Penicillium roquefortii, FRR 2456 (isolated from a spoilt melon) and Wisbey PJ (a commercial dairy strain) A semi-micro method was developed using Preparative Thin Layer Chromatography (PTLC) and Gas Chromatography - …
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Correlating Text with History: A Critique of Method in Daniel 11: 2b-25
… J. Paul Tanner (futurist), and William H. Shea (historicist). It examines the methodological and presuppositional factors that contribute to these differences and proposes strategies for reducing interpretive divergence through more consistent and transparent hermeneutical approaches.</p> …
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Manipulations of task switches during acquisition: A test of the elaboration hypothesis of contextual interference
… been investigated by many researchers (e.g., Shea, Kohl, & Indermill, 1990) and the order of task presentation during practice has been determined to be critical in skill retention. Specifically, presenting a subject with several versions of a task typically produces poorer performance during …
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Developing a Toolkit for a Social Awareness Community Exhibit
… grow as an important issue in the design field (Shea, 8). This thesis project will propose a tool for designers, which will facilitate a collaborative community exhibition design process.
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The Effects of Biofeedback on Task Performance
… and Coaction (C & C) computer software program (Shea, 1992). The biofeedback equipment recorded the physiological state of each of the participants while he/she performed the C & C task. Both groups' physiological values and C & C scores were compared using the SPSS software. The biofeedback …
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Anatomy of the transmastoid endolymphatic sac decompression in the management of Ménière’s disease.
… on the endolymphatic sac remains controversial. Shea (1979) and Bagger-Sjöbäck et al (1990, 1993) have studied the endolymphatic sac using different techniques. There are discrepancies in the results between the two studies. The hypothesis that the endolymphatic sac can be safely approached and …
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The Impact of Online Credit Recovery Programs on the On Time Graduation Rate in Virginia School Divisions
… to lower the dropout rate (Picciano, Seaman, Shea, and Swan, 2012). School districts around the country have sought to diminish dropout rates through a variety of strategies. The collective goal in all of the initiatives is to redefine the high school experience for students who do not fit the …
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Using the Concepts of Framing and Loss Aversion to Answer Pertinent Questions on Cooperative Behaviors in Social Dilemmas
… was constructed in response to Schwartz-Shea and Simmon's (1995) criticism on the applicability of the framing concept to explain level of cooperation in public goods and resource dilemmas. It tested the possibility that cooperators may have adopted a different rationality from …
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Katalytische molekular geprägte Polymere : Herstellung und Anwendung in einem Thermistor
… Aminosäuren und Nukleotiden wurden von Wulff, Shea und Mosbach synthetische molekular geprägte Polymere (molecularly imprinted polymers, MIPs) konzipiert. Das Prinzip dieser künstlichen Erkennungselemente beruht auf der Tatsache, dass sich funktionelle Monomere spezifisch um eine Schablone …
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She stays and she pays: Rural Women’s Labour and Empowerment in Atakora, Northern Benin
… chain; (iii) women economically active in the shea butter value chain. Government social protection officials were also interviewed in each commune. The first major finding is that women report playing both productive and reproductive gendered roles of both men and women. This prompts a …
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Moderate Ethanol Consumption by the Pregnant Guinea Pig Increases Ethanol Preference in Offspring
Ethanol teratogenicity involving the developing brain is the leading preventable cause of mental deficiency in the Western world. Chronic prenatal ethanol exposure (CPEE) may be a risk factor for ethanol abuse and altered responsiveness to nicotine in postnatal life. Previous studies in our …
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Bioremediation of Effluent Water in a Coal Ash Disposal Area: Optimizing Microbial Sulfate Reduction
<p>Coal combustion residues (CCR) pose a serious environmental threat, even long after they are disposed of in specialized landfills, due to their complex composition and potential for leaching into waterways. This study focuses on the issue of elevated sulfate concentrations at the Martin Lake …
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Characterization of an Enhancer Upstream of Msx3 and its Role in Development of the Neural Tube of Embryonic and Larval Zebrafish
The vertebrate nervous system arises during embryogenesis from an epithelial sheet of cells called the neural plate that subsequently folds to become a rod of cells called the neural tube. Several signaling pathways act on the neural progenitors of the neural tube to give rise to the diverse set of …
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How HPA stress response relates to anxiety: Sex differences and estradiol
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Inheriting Nietzsche: The Frankfurt School and Foucault on the Foundation of Critique
My dissertation examines the theoretical ramifications that rejecting a metaphysical foundation has for providing critical and normative resources. While commentators often dismiss post-metaphysical philosophies as contradictory variants of anti-metaphysics, I demonstrate using the work of …
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