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The Caseinolytic Protease P System in Clostridium difficile
(2019-05-10)
Clostridium difficile is a Gram-positive, spore-forming, toxin producing pathogen that has rapidly gained resistance to several broad-spectrum antibiotics. C. difficile infection (CDI) is a leading cause of hospital-acquired ...
DNA Barcoding Identification and Chemical Investigation of Fungi
(2019-05-10)
Fungi represent a diverse resource in the discovery of new secondary metabolites which have been successfully developed as drugs such as antibiotics, immunosuppressant and stains. However, there are still problems which ...
Synthesis and Characterization of Porous Hydroxyapatite Ceramics for Batch and Column Treatment of Fluoride-Impacted Ground Water
(2019-05-10)
Nearly 200 million people worldwide are exposed to drinking water with elevated levels of naturally occurring fluoride. The World Health Organization recommends a maximum fluoride concentration of 1.5 mg/L in drinking water ...
Characterization and bioinformatic analysis of Pseudomonas aeruginosa condensins
(2019-12)
DNA is organized within chromosomes not only to permit a large amount of DNA to occupy a very small space, but also to serve essential functional roles. Varied levels of organization enable proper DNA replication, repair, ...
EXAMINING THE EFFECTS OF SUPPORT FOR TEACHERS’ BASIC PSYCHOLOGICAL NEEDS ON TEACHERS’ INTENT TO LEAVE
(2019-05)
Many schools are facing serious teaching shortages and high teacher turnover, a problem amplified in schools with difficult challenges, and especially in certain subject areas. Teacher turnover coupled with a lack of ...
MULTISCALE NATURAL FRACTURE CHARACTERIZATION WORKFLOW FOR UNCONVENTIONAL SHALE, WOODFORD AND BARNETT SHALES AS EXAMPLES
(2019-12-13)
This research presents an integrated methodology and workflow to characterize, interpret and predict natural fracture occurrence in different scales for unconventional shales using the Devonian-Mississippian Woodford and ...
MEANING MAKING THROUGH NEGOTIATING LANGUAGE DIFFERENCES IN MULTILINGUAL WRITING
(2019-05-10)
The purpose of this qualitative case study was to gain an understanding of the perceptions of multilingual writing from monolingual and multilingual instructors teaching First-year Composition (FYC) as well as international ...
THE DECISION TO TEACH IN AN ERA OF DECLINING ENROLLMENTS IN TEACHER PREPARATION PROGRAMS
(2019-05)
In America, declining enrollments in teacher education programs pose a problem for the future of education. Some studies (Barry & Shields, 2017; Westervelt, 2015) suggest high-stakes testing and top-down education reforms ...
A Compositional and Performer’s Analysis of Dinu Lipatti’s Fugue, Romantic Sonata, and Nocturnes
(2019-12-13)
The purpose of this document is to provide a reference for the single movement solo piano compositions by Dinu Lipatti that explores their overlooked significance to the piano repertoire through a compositional and performer’s ...
Cubulating one-relator products with torsion
(2019-05-10)
Since the resolution of the virtual Haken conjecture in the theory of hyperbolic 3-manifolds, there has been much attention devoted to CAT(0) cube complexes. These non-positively curved metric spaces are powerful tools for ...