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Exploitation and destabilization of a warm, freshwater ecosystem through engineered hydrological change
(Ecological Society of America, 2008)Exploitation of freshwater resources is having catastrophic effects on the ecological dynamics, stability, and quality of those water resources on a global scale, especially in arid and semiarid regions. Lake Kinneret, ... -
Exploring factors associated with Chinese-Americans’ willingness to receive an additional hypothetical annual dose of the COVID-19 vaccine
(MDPI AG, 2023-01-15)Chinese-Americans are one of the largest groups of Asian-Americans in the US with distinctive behavioral and cultural characteristics that influence health service use. Although Chinese-Americans have significantly higher ... -
Exploring the presence of marginalized populations in OER texts dealing with matters of EDI
(2023)The purpose of this research is to build on the growing body of literature that seeks to identify how often OER material used in higher education references historically marginalized groups in matters pertaining to EDI ... -
Exposure and risk factors to Coxiella burnetii, spotted fever group and typhus group rickettsiae, and Bartonella henselae among volunteer blood donors in Namibia
(Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-09-26)Background: The role of pathogen-mediated febrile illness in sub-Saharan Africa is receiving more attention, especially in Southern Africa where four countries (including Namibia) are actively working to eliminate malaria. ... -
Exposure to citral, cinnamon and ruda disrupts the life cycle of a vector of Chagas disease
(Science Publications, 2007)The main vector of Chagas disease in Venezuela was exposed to the odors of citral, cinnamon and ruda. Cinnamon was found to stop the life cycle of Rhodnius prolixus relative to untreated animals. Citral and ruda also ... -
Expression of recombinant Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus, R. annulatus and R. decoloratus Bm86 orthologs as secreted proteins in Pichia pastoris
(BioMed Central, 2008-02-14)Background: Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) spp. ticks economically impact on cattle production in Africa and other tropical and subtropical regions of the world. Tick vaccines constitute a cost-effective and environmentally ... -
Expression of the recA gene of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO is inducible by DNA-damaging agents
(American Society for Microbiology, 1988-05)Western (immunoblot) analysis using Escherichia coli anti-RecA antiserum revealed that expression of the RecA protein of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO is induced upon exposure of the bacterium to UV irradiation or norfloxacin, ... -
Expression of the strA-strB streptomycin resistance genes in Pseudomonas syringae and Xanthomonas campestris and characterization of IS6100 in X. campestris
(American Society for Microbiology, 1995-08)Expression of the strA-strB streptomycin resistance (Sm^r) genes was examined in Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae and Xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria. The strA-strB genes in P. syringae and X. campestris were encoded ... -
Expression, purification, crystallization and preliminary crystallographic analysis of an endo-1,5-a-L-arabinanase from hyperthermophilic Thermotoga petrophila
(International Union of Crystallography, 2009)The endo-1,5-[alpha]-L-arabinanases belonging to glycoside hydrolase family 43 are of great industrial interest for use in food technology, organic synthesis and biofuel production owing to their ability to catalyze the ... -
Extreme makeover: A blueprint for redefining the role of the liaison librarian in the academic library
(Oklahoma State University, 2017-02)What does it mean to be an engaged liaison in today's academic library? New trends in liaison roles have shifted the focus of many librarians from traditional activities to new areas, such as scholarly communication and ... -
Fabrication of hierarchical Lewis acid Sn-BEA with tunable hydrophobicity for cellulosic sugar isomerization
(Elsevier, 2019-04)Lewis acid Sn-BEA catalysts with tunable morphology and hydrophobicity were successfully synthesized by the recrystallization of post-synthetic Sn-BEA in the presence of ammonium fluoride (NH4F) and tetraethylammonium ... -
Faceless heroes: A content analysis of determinants for the recruitment, career development and retention of Emergency Medical Dispatchers in the United States of America
(Elsevier, 2021-05-26)Emergency Medical Dispatchers (EMDs) provide life-critical telephone-based medical advice 24 h a day, 365 days a year. EMDs are the first point of contact but rarely, if ever, meet the public whom they serve. They are ... -
Factors affecting adoption of cow-calf production practices in Oklahoma
(Cambridge University Press, 2008-12)Most technology adoption research has focused on crops. Primary data were used to determine differences in management practices among two groups of Oklahoma cow-calf producers based on herd size and cattle income dependence. ... -
Factors affecting adoption of recommended management practices in stocker cattle production
(Cambridge University Press, 2010-02)Binary logit regression models were used to estimate factors affecting adoption of recommended management practices. Variables analyzed include aspects of farm structure, human capital, farm objectives, and production ... -
Factors associated with growth in daily smoking among Indigenous adolescents
(Wiley, 2012-12-01)North American Indigenous adolescents smoke earlier, smoke more, and are more likely to become regular smokers as adults than youth from any other ethnic group, yet we know very little about their early smoking trajectories. ... -
Factors associated with Indigenous youths' abstinence from drinking
(Elsevier BV, 2017)The proportion of youth who abstain from alcohol use decreases during adolescence but little attention has focused on factors associated with abstinence. No research has examined this question for Indigenous youth, many ... -
Factors associated with nutritional status of infants and young children in Somali Region, Ethiopia: a cross- sectional study
(BioMed Central, 2015-09-02)Background: Inadequate nutrition during the first two years of life may lead to childhood morbidity and mortality, as well as inadequate brain development. Infants are at increased risk of malnutrition by six months, when ... -
Factors associated with the presence of coliforms in the feed and water of feedlot cattle
(American Society for Microbiology, 2005-10)The objective of this study was to investigate coliform counts in feedlot cattle water and feed rations and their associations with management, climate, fecal material, and water Escherichia coli O157 using a cross-sectional ... -
Factors driving the abundance of Ixodes ricinus ticks and the prevalence of zoonotic I. ricinus-borne pathogens in natural foci
(American Society for Microbiology, 2012-04-15)Environmental factors may drive tick ecology and therefore tick-borne pathogen (TBP) epidemiology, which determines the risk to animals and humans of becoming infected by TBPs. For this reason, the aim of this study was ... -
Fake news and elections in two Southeast Asian nations: A comparative study of Malaysia general election 2018 and Indonesia presidential election 2019
(Atlantis Press, 2019-11)The increased penetration of Internet connection in Malaysia and high mobile device affordances in Malaysia over the last two decades resulted in significant changes in the media ecosystem and information consumption ...