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Showing 1 to 20 of 62 for “"specific populations"”.
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Smallpox Diffusion Between Small and Dispersed Historic Native American Populations
… for themselves when and where epidemics affected specific populations by studying local types and frequencies of interaction.
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A microfluidic platform for three-dimensional neuron culture
… diseases typically affect a limited number of specific neuronal subtypes, and the death of these neurons causes permanent loss of a specific motor function. Efforts to restore function would require regenerating the affected cells, but progress is limited by a narrow understanding of the …
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Deep Molecular Characterization of Human Cortical Cell-Types
… which include layer 2/3, layer 4, region specific populations of layer 5, termed layer 5 region-specific (layer 5rs), layer 5a, as well as layer 6a, and layer 6b excitatory pyramidal neurons, VIP, LAMP5, RELN, and PVALB expressing interneurons, astrocytes, microglia, oligodendrocytes, and …
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When Cancer Hits Home: Providing a theoretical foundation for defining self-disclosure of personal cancer coping experience in oncology social workers’ helping relationships
… in effective self-disclosure, with attention to specific populations. Recent research has correlated therapist self-disclosure with patient’s increased treatment satisfaction and a positive treatment outcome. However, to date, no such work addresses the unique needs of and opportunities for …
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Evaluation of Nitrogenase Genes as Markers in Soil Microbial Community Studies
… prominent nitrogen-fixers in this system, with specific populations changing seasonally and in response to the presence of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. The second system involved nitrogen-fixing bacteria of the genus Frankia that form root-nodules in symbiosis with certain woody plants. The …
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Malthus travels: A cultural history of the population crisis, 1945-1995
… discourse strategies, institutions, and populations. The primary theoretical concern of this project is to describe how the population crisis emerged as a particular ""governmental technology"" dedicated to policing reproductive behaviors. As a cultural history, this study will analyze …
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The referendum impasse resolution procedure and its potential application to the education profession
… Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia), Specific populations were assigned representation of the major interest groups in teacher negotiations (school board chairmen, local association presidents, local superintendents, and local elected officials) and were sampled within the selected …
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Live and let die: opiate overdose deaths in Chicago
… contributing to death from opiate overdoses, and specifically age at death. To acquire a better understanding of overdose-induced death a comprehensive database of opiate-related deaths in Chicago between 1999 and 2003 was created, including only opiate-overdose incidents. Blacks constituted the …
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Commute Travel Changes and their Duration in Hurricane Sandy's Aftermath
… the need for policy makers to account for mode-specific populations and lower income commuters during post-disaster recovery periods.
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The Impact of Processing on the Content and Composition of Bovine Milk Extracellular Vesicles
… and homogenization treatments may select for specific populations of EVs, alter EV composition within the BM matrix, or affect the integrity of the EV membrane and macromolecular content within. While current efforts on infant formula development are focused on mimicking human milk, the …
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Climate Change and Aging: analyzing the disproportionate health and socioeconomic vulnerabilities of older adults in relation to the climate crisis in the U.S.
… by temperature extremities and which older populations experience the most energy cost burdens. Through the development of an energy cost and climate risk index, this research hopes to identify which places in the U.S. may be most vulnerable to older Americans’ health and financial …
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Overcoming the plasma membrane barrier to improve the efficiency of therapeutic delivery to the cellular cytoplasm
… molecular cargo directly into the cytoplasm of specific populations of target cells, through interactions of embedded multi-functional, multi-domain transmembrane targeting proteins that target cell-specific receptors. By opening direct routes to the cytoplasm, targeted Connectosomes reduced the …
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Behavioural ecology and conservation of the Anosy mouse lemur (Microcebus tanost) in the littoral forests of southeastern Madagascar
… morphological differences between isolated con-specific populations. Microcebus tanosi home ranges overlap substantially both inter and intra-sexually and are consistent with a dispersed social neighbourhood and promiscuous mating system, with males ranging over significantly larger areas than …
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Secondary Analysis of Diabetes and Psychological Distress in American Indian Women from the California Health Interview Survey (CHIS).
… are designed according to the health burden of specific populations. If these databases are in error, or not representative of the true population, healthcare decisions will not reflect the true health care needs of the population. The inadequacies of large databases results in less funding, …
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Alendronate Alters Single Cell Gene Expression of Cortical Osteoblast Lineage Cells During Bone Loss
… matrix of bone makes it difficult to examine specific populations of cells which are integral to the tissue using traditional molecular methods. For this study we examined single cell cortical osteoblasts derived from the femurs of C57BL/6J mice. After isolating single cells from bone, we were …
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Web page enhancement on desktop and mobile browsers
… web pages on desktop and mobile browsers for two specific populations: non-native English readers and mobile users. There are three issues addressed in this thesis: web page readability, web page skimmability and continuous reading support on mobile devices. On today's primarily English-language …
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Evaluating Cancer Rates, Cancer Types, and Variant Hotspots Between Different Races and Ethnicities in Individuals with Li-Fraumeni Syndrome
… with LFS have been studied and associated with specific populations, such as the South and Southeast Brazil founder variant, p.Arg337His, there still lacks research on the variable expressivity of cancers within the LFS population based on specific variant, race and/or ethnicity. This study aims …
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A Tale of Two Risks: The Framing of HIV Transmission Risk in Health Brochures
… transmission, the risk groups frame points to specific populations, namely women, heterosexuals, African Americans and teenagers and young adults. Moreover, the frames provide contending views of who is at risk for HIV. The risk behaviors frame presents anyone who engages in “risky” behaviors …
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The Impact of Optimism On Evacuation Behavior In South Carolina Hurricane Evacuation Zones
… a population at risk, but can help to validate specific populations that may not evacuate when necessary. Applying the optimism literature to hazards suggests that problem solving and coping strategies are important indicators of likely responses to hazards. In particular, problem solving and …
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The Risky Side of Creativity: A Scientific Investigation of Creativity and Domain Specific Risk Taking
… thesis explores the association between domain specific risk taking and creativity in human participants. It presents a systematic review of the speculations and scientific studies which aimed at uncovering the association between creativity and risk taking in various populations. This …
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