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Host kinases in chlamydia trachomatis development and interactions of inclusion membrane protein CT226
(2020-12)
Chlamydia trachomatis is an obligate intracellular pathogen that causes sexually transmitted infections and blinding trachoma. Inside the host cell, C. trachomatis replicates within a vacuole called the inclusion. Many of ...
Book now, pay later: An investigation of delays in payments, temporal distance and incentive types
(2020-12)
With competition in the hotel industry getting more intense, many hotel companies are trying hard to provide various booking options for consumers and one of such options is the ‘book now, pay later’ option. This option ...
Investigation of the implementation of technology tools to facilitate online interaction
(2022-05)
Research has shown that online interaction and technology, which has been used to facilitate interaction, affect the success of online learning (Downing, 2012; Harper, 2018; Keengwe et al., 2013; Moore, 1989; Saadatmand ...
Effects of receiving and observing dysfunctional help at work
(2022-05)
Helping behaviors at work are often seen as beneficial and effective for both employees and organizations. In this study, I examine when a helping experience at work could be dysfunctional in terms of its utility and ...
School climate, neighborhood quality, teacher support, peer support, and educational resilience of Latino/a adolescents in immigrant families
(2020-12)
Adolescents' academic success is a significant indicator of future success in life. Therefore, it is important to identify additional factors that serve to keep adolescents on course to achieving higher academic success. ...
Operationalizing mindfulness in the workplace
(2022-12)
Mindfulness, generally characterized as a state of receptive attention and awareness, is a well-studied construct in psychology, but has yet to be widely accepted in the organizational and behavioral sciences. Some of this ...
Characterization of co-factor proteins for prophenoloxidase activation in insects
(2022-12)
Melanization is a key part of insect innate immunity, which is mainly induced in host after pathogen invasion. Phenoloxidase (PO) is a crucial component to catalyze melanization. As PO is not stable in insects, it is ...
Determining the role of tryptophan, isoleucine and valine in regulation of growth and nutrient metabolism in young pigs
(2022-12)
Tryptophan (Trp), Isoleucine (Ile) and valine (Val) play important roles on variety of physiological processes, but their mechanisms of action on regulation of growth and nutrients metabolism are not fully understood. The ...
Molecular and biochemical basis of dark-cutting beef
(2022-12)
Dark-cutting beef is a meat quality defect where beef fails to have a characteristic bright-red color typical of normal-pH beef. The occurrence of dark-cutting beef is associated with a high muscle pH resulting from defective ...
Influence of goal attainment level and empowerment on motivation and work effort intensity of middle managers
(2022-12)
A common challenge senior leaders face is how to keep their employees motivated. A tool often used to address this issue is a variable compensation program. Although historically this type of compensation was used primarily ...