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Showing 1 to 20 of 370 for “"bolster"”.
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Consumer Attachment and Corporate Social Advocacy: Leveraging Political Behaviors to Bolster Organization-Public Relationships
<p>Corporations are increasingly weighing in to advocate for one side or the other in cultural and political debates. As these types of corporate social advocacy become increasingly common, much is still unknown as to how they affect consumer perceptions of the organization, attitudes regarding …
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Identification of <i>Phytophthora capsici</i> nuclear effector targets to bolster host immune signalling and resistance pathways
… biology approaches emerged as a tool to bolster plant immunity. There is a great deal of evidence that modification of plant proteins can affect plant-pathogen dialogue. For instance, modification of plant resistance proteins can lead to effector gain of recognition specificity whereas …
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An Exploration of the Benefits of Lifeskills Processing on Third Grade Independent Learning Decisions to Bolster Non-Ability Grouped Mathematics Instruction
<p>This participatory action research project attempted to improve students’ independent decision making during mathematics instruction through integration of language based character education strategies. The researcher was concerned that the current emphasis on achievement could result in …
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A Multibody Dynamics Approach to the Modeling of Friction Wedge Elements for Frieght Train Suspensions
… train suspension, the friction wedge, with the bolster and the side frame. The objective of the proposed approach is to produce a stand-alone model that can better characterize the interaction between the bolster, the friction wedge, and the side frame subsystems. The new model allows the wedge …
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Advanced Multibody Dynamics Modeling of the Freight Train Truck System
… model the friction wedge interactions with the bolster and the sideframe. The half-truck model created in MATLAB is a 3D, dynamic, multibody dynamics model comprised of four rigid bodies: a bolster, two friction wedges, and a sideframe assembly. The model allows each wedge four degrees of …
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On Motion Mechanisms of Freight Train Suspension Systems
… impacts and friction between wedges and bolster. The impacts cause the chatter motions between wedges and bolster, and the friction will cause the stick and non-stick motions between wedges and bolster. Due to the wedge effect, the suspension system may become stuck and not move, which …
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The Mercedes-adoring gun-toting litter-throwing Bush-praising Greek-hating tourist-loving ex-dictatorship of Albania : the friendliest nation on earth
… Europe's least visited country for two weeks, to bolster their tourism count and find out if Albanians really were the depraved criminals that the rest of the continent took them to be. And was pleasantly surprised by what I found.
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No al aeropuerto in texxoco! : regional decision-making and community countermobilization : the siting of Mexico City's new airport
… is the promise of free trade that will help bolster Mexico's national economy. For Mexico, the benefits of international economic integration are closer than ever. However, in the case of the siting of the new airport in the Mexico City region, this process went terribly wrong. Increasingly …
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Complex Bogie Modeling Incorporating Advanced Friction Wedge Components
… S. railway truck consists of two sideframes, a bolster, two spring nests, and four friction wedges. The two sideframes sit on the axels. The bolster rides on springs on top of the sideframes. The friction wedges also ride on springs on top of the sideframe, and are positioned between the bolster …
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Effects of sound direction on spectral and temporal processing in the frog midbrain
… physiological evidence that sound direction can bolster the spectral and temporal selectivities of central auditory neurons.
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Intellectual Networks and Royal Legitimacy: Religious Intellectuals and English Kings Between Conversion and the Rise of Wessex
… together the best and brightest minds to bolster his legitimacy. For the <em>sapientes</em> themselves, they gained preferred appointments as abbots and bishops, bolstering their religious authority in order that they might better bolster their kings’ religious authority. This symbiotic …
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Mass Spectrometry and Thiotemplate Assembly: Unique Insights Into the Production of Natural Products on >100 kDa Enzymes
… of this mass spectrometry-based platform will bolster NRP/PK reengineering efforts towards the design of ""unnatural"" natural products that combat modern antibiotic-resistant pathogens."
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User experience research for a campus food system
… basis for product and service recommendations to bolster MIT's food community moving forwards.
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Bilingual teachers embracing translanguaging in an urban public school district
Bolster, Sara What is translanguaging? How is translanguaging defined? How do bilingual teachers’ experience with translanguaging change their thoughts about the use of it in our classrooms? The purpose of this qualitative research study will be to interview bilingual teachers in one urban Public …
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Improved Desiccant Coatings for Heat and Water Vapour Transfer on the Matrix Surfaces of Air-To-Air Regenerative Wheels
Air-to-air energy recovery wheels are now widely used in industry and buildings; however, the effectiveness of water vapor exchange in these regenerative wheels appears to be much lower than may be economically feasible. The purpose of this research is to investigate the feasibility of using …
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The role of cognitive appraisals in the disruption of anxiety-buffer functioning among trauma survivors experiencing posttraumatic distress
… The role of cognitive appraisals in André Bolster the disruption of anxiety-buffer functioning among trauma survivors experiencing posttraumatic distress iii Discussion Due to methodological limitations in the study’s design, it was not possible to draw any firm conclusions concerning the …
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Black women as monuments in Nella Larsen's Quicksand
… make permanent the ideologies that fit with and bolster our collective memory. This collective memory is, of course, a testament to the greater hegemonic forces that structure societies. Thus, marginalized bodies are often not inscribed within this narrative. Women’s bodies, however, are used to …
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Lipid Composition and Configuration Drive Biophysical Properties of The Mammalian Plasma Membrane
… biophysical properties of the steady state PM bolster PM fundamental function. Together, our observations suggest the steady state exoplasmic leaflet to be enriched in cholesterol and contain fewer PLs than the endoplasmic leaflet. Further, the consequential biophysical properties of this PM …
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UK Immigration Policy and the Welfare of Children Seeking Asylum
… children face, but sources of resilience that bolster children as they negotiate forced migration and resettlement.<br/><br/>Following the Immigration and Asylum Act (1999), Wales has become 'home' to dispersed children and families, and unaccompanied children who arrive of their own volition. …
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The Effects of Feedback on Safety Observations and Related Behaviors
… BBS programs. Contextual features that may bolster or mitigate the effects of such systems are described and future directions are discussed in the context of slowly improving a world-class system.
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