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Potency & Process: A Naturalistic Defense of Mental Causation
It has been argued extensively in contemporary philosophy of mind and neuroscience that physicalism precludes the possibility of robust mental causation. "Exclusion arguments" of the sort offered by Jaegwon Kim present the physicalist with an apparent dilemma: either all putatively "mental" …
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Reconsidering Counterfactual Potency to Improve Affect: Towards an Intervention
… antecedents and outcomes (i.e., counterfactual potency). The current research aimed to determine if reducing counterfactual potency, through a controlled intervention, led to improved affect. Participants were asked to summarize a previous behavior that they regret and to rate counterfactual …
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Passive in-situ estrogenic potency sampling with DGT-YES
… was deployed to quantify the total estrogenic potency of the compounds adsorbed to the DGT matrix. The unique dimension of this research was to extend the application of DGTs to estrogen sampling and to combine the DGT and YES technique to provide in situ quantification of the estrogenic …
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Cuckolds And Codpieces: Early Modern Anxieties In Male Potency
<p>My dissertation is an exploration of male potency through a close examination of the tropes of the cuckold and the codpiece as presented in English dramatic works of the early modern period: I examine codpiece and cuckoldry discourses side by side, to see how one informs the other, and to …
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Dopamine Uptake Inhibition Potency Fluctuations of Cocaine at the Dopamine Transporter
Cocaine and other dopamine transporter (DAT) inhibitors block synaptic dopamine uptake by binding to the DAT. Cocaine, a powerful psychostimulant, potentiates the dopamine mediated signal transduction in the reward areas of the brain resulting in physical dependence on the drug. Amphetamines are …
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Confident, motivated, successful workgroups: Understanding the antecedents and outcomes of group potency.
… the antecedents and outcomes of group potency.
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A microparticle engineering approach to enhance the potency of mesenchymal stem cells
… cells, and enhancing MSC's immunomodulatory potency. MSCs were found to efficiently and stably internalize micron-sized biodegradable particles. The platform can be tuned to specific applications through incorporation of phenotype altering drugs or other payloads into particles. In the first …
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Relaxin: a new cardiovascular hormone in humans? Comparative potency and mechanisms of action
… importance. METHODS AND RESULTS i)comparative potency of relaxin compared to other vasodilators: Small resistance arteries were obtained from biopsies taken from patients with CHD. Each set of vessels was preconstricted with noradrenaline. Thereafter, cumulative concentration response …
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Improving the process synthesis, potency, and pharmacokinetics of the anticancer compound PAC-1
Embargo set by: Seth Robbins for item 89526 Lift date: 2017-09-29T21:08:35Z Reason: Author requested closed access (OA after 2yrs) in Vireo ETD system
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The power of teams: Do self-managing work teams influence managers' perceptions of potency?
… the perceptions of teams and managers on team potency levels as a function of stage of team development. Drawing from the power and influence literature, potency was established as a means by which to assess team's internal dynamics. Stage of team development was separated into four categories …
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Purification, immunogenicity and protective potency of the F1 antigen from <i>Yersinia pestis</i>
<i>Yersinia pestis</i>, an organism endemic in much of the world, is the causative agent of pneumonic and bubonic plague. The disease is severe with a high mortality rate. Most plague vaccines are formalised whole cells, which give limited and short-lived immunity. An acellular vaccine could prove …
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Influence of the potency of antigen presentation on CD8+ T cell differentiation and memory
… pathogens. However, the influence of the potency of stimulation on the development of CD8+ T cell memory is not clear. Using recombinant Ovalbumin (OVA) expressing intracellular bacteria, Mycobacterium bovis (BCG) which induces muted T cell activation, and Listeria monocytogenes (LM) which …
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History of costume : the consumption, governance, potency and patronage of attire in colonial Western Australia
… This study explores the consumption governance, potency and patronage of attire in colonial Western Australia within the context of social, socio-economic and fashion philosophies.
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Defining the Transcriptional and Epigenetic Signature of Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells with Compromised Developmental Potency
… cells with normal or compromised developmental potency and propose to include these genes in the pre-blastocyst injection screening routine for experiments involving the production of chimaeras or genetically modified mouse strains.
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DUPA α-Amanitin Conjugates for Targeted Prostate Cancer Therapy - Optimization and Evaluation of In Vivo Potency
Prostate cancer remains the 4th most common cancer worldwide and the 2nd most common cancer in men. The Prostate Specific Membrane Antigen (PSMA) attracted a great attention as a target for the development of personalized therapeutics. Out of two PSMA targeted antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) in …
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Improving Potency and Oral Bioavailability of Spinster Homolog 2 (Spns2) Inhibitor: A Structure-Activity Relationship Study
In healthy individuals, the autoimmune system is the body's natural defense against foreign materials and organisms. The main tools utilized for this defense mechanism are immune cells. However, in patients suffering from autoimmune diseases, the autoimmune system is overactive resulting in its …
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