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Wondertooneel: Women and Museums
(2015)
Levinus Vincent, a wealthy Dutch merchant with ties to the East Indies, created a spectacular 'Chamber of Wonders' natural history museum in Haarlem. Visiting dignitaries admired his museum, including Peter the Great and ...
"Jihad": What's Happening with this Virtue?
(2015-03-13)
"Jihad" for Muslim is a virtue, it’s learned from generation to generation. But nowadays we can see that this virtue has had different interpretations in society, from peaceful to terrorism. This research will be conducted ...
THE IMPACT OF STUDENT DIVERSITY ON COMMUNITY COLLEGE GRADUATION RATES IN OKLAHOMA: WHAT CAN BE LEARNED USING STATE REGENTS DATA?
(2015-12-18)
The United States federal government requires postsecondary schools, including community colleges, to calculate student completion rates and make them public information, which they do through the Integrated Postsecondary ...
CONVERSION OF MODEL BIO-OIL COMPOUNDS OVER METAL OXIDES AND SUPPORTED METAL CATALYSTS
(2015)
Growing environmental concerns has necessitated the development of cleaner and renewable sources of energy such as biomass. Bio-oil derived from lignocellulosic biomass is a promising source for producing renewable chemicals ...
Plenary Presentation: Effective Communication: How to talk to researchers about their research
(2015-06-01)
Plenary Speech for the Advanced Cyberinfrastructure Research & Education Facilitators
Virtual Residency Workshop 2015
hosted at the University of Oklahoma (OU)
and available live via videoconferencing
Sunday May 31 - ...
An empirical assessment of the effects of trade in innovative tasks on innovation output
(2015-08-24)
Multinational firms are increasingly sending their innovative tasks abroad. This article examines whether offshoring research and development, design, and engineering activities provides any gains in terms of firm‐level ...
Retromer Is Essential for Autophagy-Dependent Plant Infection by the Rice Blast Fungus
(PLos Genetics, 2015-12-10)
Author Summary The rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae utilizes key infection structures, called appressoria, elaborated at the tips of the conidial germ tubes to gain entry into the host tissue. Development of the ...
Maria Merian: World-Traveling Entomologist
(2015)
Maria Merian (1647-1717), skilled in both art and natural history, studied the relationships between flowers and insects. She conducted research in gardens and museums, produced detailed sketches and beautiful paintings, ...
The Self, Motivation & Virtue Project Newsletter 01
(2015-03)
This is the quarterly electronic publication of the Self, Motivation & Virtue Project. It features a lead article, autobiographical sketches of SMV Project research team members, publication announcements, and updates about ...