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INVESTMENT-PROMOTION POLICIES AND EMPLOYMENT BY FOREIGN FIRMS IN THE US STATES
(2012)
This study examines the relationship between state-level attributes and employment outcomes of US inbound Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). In particular, I investigate how investment-promotion policies influence the ...
Historical geography I: Vital traditions
(Progress in Human Geography, 2012-08-01)
In the first of three reports outlining the current state of historical geography, I review recently published work from three research themes: the geographic imagination (maps and cartography), geographies of knowledge, ...
Academic and Athletic Motivation as Predictors of Academic Performance of Division I College Student-Athletes
(2012)
Division I intercollegiate student-athletes represent a unique population of college students on college campuses today because they face competing demands between the student and athlete roles. Without the proper environment ...
Essays in Market Microstructure and Risk Management
(2012)
This dissertation is a collection of three essays that investigates various issues related to market microstructure and risk management. Chapter 1 examines the determinants of traders' decisions to revise orders, and the ...
Improving Risk Models for Avian Influenza: The Role of Intensive Poultry Farming and Flooded Land during the 2004 Thailand Epidemic
(PLos One, 2012-11-19)
Since 1996 when Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza type H5N1 first emerged in southern China, numerous studies sought risk factors and produced risk maps based on environmental and anthropogenic predictors. However little ...
Transcriptional Regulator PerA Influences Biofilm-Associated, Platelet Binding, and Metabolic Gene Expression in Enterococcus faecalis
(PLos One, 2012-04-04)
Enterococcus faecalis is an opportunistic pathogen and a leading cause of nosocomial infections, traits facilitated by the ability to quickly acquire and transfer virulence determinants. A 150 kb pathogenicity island (PAI) ...
MEASURING RATE CONSTANTS FOR THE REACTION OF HYPOCHLOROUS ACID AND BIOLOGICALLY RELEVANT MOLECULES
(2012)
Hypochlorous acid (HOCl) is a neutrophil-derived oxidant that is used to kill invading pathogens. Since HOCl reacts indiscriminately with biological molecules, such as amino acids, excess or misplaced production of HOCl ...
Analogical Reasoning in a Model of Future-Oriented Motivation and Self-Regulation: An Exploration of the Relationships between Analogical Reasoning, Instrumentality and Self-Regulation
(2012)
This study examined the role analogical reasoning plays in Miller and Brickman's (2004) model of future-oriented motivation and self-regulation. Analogical reasoning was tested in varied roles with three variables from the ...
TARGETING SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES FOR THE TREATMENT OF BREAST CANCER USING PHOTOTHERMAL THERAPY
(2012)
To develop a therapeutic system with cancer cell selectivity, the present study evaluated a possible specific and localized tumor treatment. Phosphatidylserine (PS) exposure on the external face of the cell membrane is ...