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Nocturnal Boundary Layer and Low-level Jet Characteristics under Different Turbulent Regimes
(2015-05-08)
The intensity, extent, and continuity of turbulence in the nocturnal stable boundary layer (SBL) is governed by many interacting processes and features. Generally, SBLs can be grouped into two broad categories: weakly ...
Curcumin Prevents Palmitoylation of Integrin β4 in Breast Cancer Cells
(PLos One, 2015-05-04)
Curcumin has been shown to mitigate cancer phenotypes such as invasive migration, proliferation, and survival by disrupting numerous signaling pathways. Our previous studies showed that curcumin inhibits integrin β4 (ITG ...
Central or Peripheral: Reconsidering the Place of African Americans within the American Intellectual Establishment
(2015-12)
Do we think of Frederick Douglass as a founding father of the modern social democratic tradition in the United States? Or is he taken as proof in our textbooks that a slave could indeed become a “great American”—proof that, ...
Three Papers in Applied Macro Policy
(2015-05-08)
The purpose of any applied macroeconomics study should be to provide actionable information to world governments on policy questions. This dissertation addresses two policies: the first chapter addressed the effects of a ...
Limitations and Potential of Complex Cloud Analysis and Its Improvement for Radar Reflectivity Data Assimilation Using OSSEs.
(2015-12-18)
The radar data assimilation is very important for improving short-range precipitation forecasts. Within the three dimensional variational (3DVAR) framework which is still the prevailing method used for operational regional ...
World Health Organization Estimates of the Global and Regional Disease Burden of 11 Foodborne Parasitic Diseases, 2010: A Data Synthesis
(PLOS Medicine, 2015-12-03)
In this data synthesis, Paul Robert Torgerson and colleagues estimate the global and regional disease burden of 11 foodborne parasitic diseases.
Media Affordance and Emotion Regulation in Organizational Communication
(2015-05)
Emotion regulation and the use of emotion regulation strategies to manage one’s emotional experiences or expressions have received extensive attention in the management, communication and psychology literatures. Despite ...
Electromagnetically Induced transparency with Laguerre-Gaussian laser modes in ultracold rubidium
(2015-05)
We demonstrate electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) using lasers in the Laguerre- Gaussian mode. The probe transmission is studied in an ultracold gas for the D2 line in both 85Rb and 87Rb. We consider the Lambda ...
Black liquor and the hangover effect: fish assemblage recovery dynamics following a pulse disturbance Undergraduate
(2015-05-25)
Anthropogenic perturbations impact aquatic systems causing wide-ranging responses, from assemblage restructuring to assemblage recovery. Previous studies indicate the duration and intensity of disturbances play a role in ...
FÚTBOL IN THE HEARTLAND: MEXICAN IMMIGRANTS, TRANSNATIONAL CULTURAL IDENTITY, AND RECREATIONAL SPORT IN OKLAHOMA CITY
(2015-05-05)
When immigrants traverse international borders they bring with them many cultural practices and traditions from their lives back home. This research focuses on how a modern sport, fútbol (soccer), operates as a cultural ...