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THE DIVERGENCE OF SOXE GENE FUNCTION DURING VERTEBRATE EVOLUTION
(2014-05-09)
Evolutionary developmental biology (evo-devo) is the study of how developmental mechanisms that shape organisms have changed through evolutionary time. A central question in evo-devo asks how early vertebrates may have ...
Willy Ley, the Science Writers, and the Popular Reenchantment of Science
(2014-05-08)
This dissertation explores the life and career of Willy Ley, a science writer and popularizer of spaceflight technology in Germany and the United States during the twentieth century. By following his various “campaigns” ...
Investors' Reactions to Management Earnings Forecasts: The Effects of Changes in Forecast Precision and Investor Preferences
(2014)
This study examines the effects of changes in management earnings forecast precision (i.e., changes in the width of the forecast range) and investor preferences on investor judgments. In general, prior research finds that ...
A STUDY ON UNSATURATED SOIL-GEOTEXTILE INTERFACE STRENGTH USING MULTI-SCALE LABORATORY TESTS
(2014-12-12)
The performance of marginal soils and their interface with geosynthetic reinforcement can be complex under construction or service loading conditions and may include excessive deformations and loss of strength as a result ...
Social Entrepreneurship Questioning the Status Quo: Waste as a Resource
(2014-12-07)
There has been an increasing interest in social entrepreneurs' roles in creating social value, fostering economic development, and advancing environmental sustainability. In institutional economics, there is extensive ...
An Examination of Skill Acquisition, Adaptive Functioning, and Early Intensive Behavioral Intervention Effectiveness for Children At-risk For Autism at Early Foundations Project DATA
(2014-05-09)
Autism spectrum disorder is characterized by communication and/or social deficits with restricted and repetitive behaviors. Treating autism is very costly, both financially and emotionally. Early Intensive Behavioral ...
The Role and Impact of Jewish Evangelism in the Nineteenth Century Great Britian: The London Society for Promoting Christianity Amongst the Jews Undergraduate
(2014-04-01)
Maggie McKee-Huey’s “The Role and Impact of Jewish Evangelism in Nineteenth Century Great Britain: The London Society for Promoting Christianity Amongst the Jews,” provides insight to causes of the movement of Christian ...
Emotionality and Working Memory: Feelings take Control
(2014)
Three studies examined the relationship between working memory capacity (WMC) and individual differences in emotionality. Applying a flexible cognition approach, conditions of cognitive narrowing (low WMC) and cognitive ...
Seismic attribute expression of fluvial-deltaic and turbidite systems
(2014-12)
Much of the world's conventional oil and gas production comes from
uvial deltaic and turbidite reservoirs. The ability to accurately interpret the architectural elements comprising these systems greatly reduces the risk ...
The Co-Construction of Virtue: Epigenetics, Development, and Culture
(2014)
Chapter from the book "Cultivating Virtue: Perspectives from Philosophy, Theology, and Psychology." Ed. Nancy E. Snow. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014.