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Predictors of Major Commitment
… Correspondingly, commitment to one's academic major may also provide information about retention within a university. However, relatively little research has examined the topic of major commitment. The purpose of the current study was to examine contextual, individual, and demographic factors …
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Employing the English Major
… employments for and assessments of the English major by graduates from 2 southwest Missouri state institutions for higher education. Representing a 22-year time span, respondents answered written survey questions concerning current employment, educational background, and personal profile. The …
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Gaddis's Recognitions : The Major Theme
… introduces the work through a discussion of its major theme, which involves a search for reality, meaning, and salvation. The search explores three principal realms--art, religion, and interpersonal relationships--frequently resulting in profound recognitions. The most pervasive discovery is the …
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Executing major projects through Contractors
Project based organizational structures are utilized in many industries. The firms engaged in these significant endeavors, project sponsor and contractor alike, risk both capital and reputation in the market-place with each new project. Delivering projects effectively provides all the firms …
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Choice of College Major: An Exploration of Appalachian Female Choice of an Early Childhood Education Major
… mothers regarding why these students chose to major in child development and early childhood education. Bandura's Social Cognitive Learning Theory and Bronfenbrenner's Ecological Systems Theory were used as frameworks for the study. The findings of the study are valuable in advising college …
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Mapping Major Genetic Factors of Obesity
… reached a level deemed an epidemic. Obesity is a major public health concern as it is associated with much comorbidity including cancer, heart disease, and diabetes. The development of obesity is a result of many different factors, all of which have a base in genetics and can be inherited through …
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The marketing of major league soccer
<p>For the past six years, Major League Soccer has tried to penetrate American homes with its brand of soccer. Television advertisements and in-house surveys have been made to encourage people to view soccer as a spectator sport. The league, though, has been on decline since its first year and the …
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Undergraduate major and locus of control
… of control orientation, as well does a specified major, in this case being STEM-related majors, constitute a higher internal locus of control? A review of the present literature demonstrates a lack of research in regards to undergraduate major and locus of control orientation. The need for further …
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Mathematical Models of Major Arterial Occlusion
The occlusion of a major artery constitutes a serious health concern as it can restrict blood flow and oxygen transport to dependent tissue regions. Fortunately, the vasculature surrounding the occlusion has mechanisms by which it can adapt to try to restore and maintain adequate perfusion to these …
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10-Jahres Verlauf der Major Depression
… bzw. Episoden, hier vom endogenen Subtypus und Major Depression, werden durch eine Vielzahl sozialer, psychologischer und biologischer Faktoren ausgelöst bzw. beeinflußt, die in vielfltiger Weise zusammenwirken. Verlaufsbeschreibungen beschreiben Geschehen, das mit der Erstmanifestation der …
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Intracellular trafficking of Leishmania major peptidases
… intracellular localisations of eight other L. major peptidases were analysed by fluorescence microscopy, after tagging the enzymes with green fluorescent protein (GFP). The candidate peptidases were chosen by bioinformatics analyses and predictions of N-terminal secretory signal peptides and …
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Regulators of autophagy in Leishmania major
… a predicted presenilin-1 (PS1) homologue in L. major, Δps1 null mutants were generated. These mutants were not defective in their ability to differentiate into infective metacyclic promastigotes, and could establish infections in vivo and in vitro, demonstrating that PS1 is not essential and is …
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Lipoic acid metabolism in Leishmania major
… by western blotting. Functionality of L. major putative LIPA, LIPB and LPLA genes was determined by showing that the genes complemented the no-growth phenotype of bacteria deficient in either lipA or lipB genes on minimal medium. Bioinformatics analyses also showed that L. major possesses …
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Examining Interest in the Accounting Major
… as fewer college students are choosing to major in accounting. This purpose of this study was to identify factors that motivate students’ interest in accounting since students are more likely to pursue an accounting major when they are personally interested in the topic. Using the Theory of …
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The Major Histocompatibility Complex in Rabbits
… evolutionary processes as they take place. The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) is a key component of the immune system’s response to both fight disease and maintain health. Present in all jawed vertebrates, the MHC has played a key role in immunocompetence for over 400 million years. Its …
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Characterising South Africa’s major dust sources
The study investigates the surface controls of major dust emissions and determines the patial distribution of major dust source in South Africa. This study follows a multi-disciplinary approach where primary and secondary data were used. The main objective of the study is to determine the spatial …
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Factors associated with women's decision to leave a male-dominated major and enter a female-dominated major
… women from male-dominated to female-dominated majors. Since academic major is linked to the kind of vocation a person pursues, scarcity of women in certain majors constitutes an obstacle to opportunity in the work force. Literature was used to develop questions for interview protocol to …
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