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The Revival of Russia’s Gubernatorial Elections: Liberalization or Potemkin Reform?
(2013-11-18)After an eight year pause, gubernatorial elections returned to Russia in 2012. Formerly appointed governors are now being put to the electoral test, and the Kremlin is discovering the extent to which it sacrificed effective ... -
Ring-like N-fold Models of Aβ42 fibrils
(2017-07-26)When assembling as fibrils Aβ40 peptides can only assume U-shaped conformations while Aβ42 can also arrange as S-shaped three-stranded chains. We show that this allows Aβ42 peptides to assemble pore-like structures that ... -
The Rise of Rentier Capitalism and the Financialization of Real Sectors in Developing Countries
(Review of Radical Political Economics, 2007-09-01)Using microlevel company panel data, the article analyzes the impacts of financial liberalization on real investment behavior under capital market imperfections, volatile macroprices, and changing country risk levels. The ... -
Risk of acute myocardial infarction in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease: A nationwide population-based study
(PLos One, 2017-03-20)Objective Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is a common disease which can cause troublesome symptoms and affect quality of life. In addition to esophageal complications, GERD may also be a risk factor for extra-esophageal ... -
Rock Magnetic Cyclostratigraphy of Permian Loess in Eastern Equatorial Pangea (Salagou Formation, South-Central France)
(2020-06-26)We present the findings from analysis and modeling of a stratigraphic series of magnetic susceptibility (MS) data measured with a portable MS meter from the Permian Salagou Formation loessite (south-central France). The ... -
Role conflict and burnout: The direct and moderating effects of political skill and perceived organizational support on burnout dimensions
(2007)Drawing from previous research on the effect of role conflict on burnout and the Conservation of Resources theory, we propose that individual differences in political skill and perceptions of organizational support will ... -
Role of Catecholate Siderophores in Gram-Negative Bacterial Colonization of the Mouse Gut
(PLos One, 2012-11-29)We investigated the importance of the production of catecholate siderophores, and the utilization of their iron (III) complexes, to colonization of the mouse intestinal tract by Escherichia coli. First, a ΔtonB strain was ... -
THE ROLE OF COGNITIVE FIT IN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SOFTWARE COMPREHENSION AND MODIFICATION
(2006-03)Although there is a long tradition of empirical studies of software developers, few studies have focused on software maintenance. Prior work is predicated on the belief that higher levels of software comprehension are ... -
The Role of Gender in Descriptive Representation
(Political Research Quarterly, 1995-09-01)This article broadens consideration of the gender gap from voting differ ences to the larger question of affective preferences for descriptive represen tation (Pitkin 1967). The results, based on a 1993 survey of 416 ... -
The Role of Identification in Giving Sense to Unethical Organizational Behavior: Defending the Organization
(Management Communication Quarterly, 2013-05-01)This language production experiment investigates communication’s role in defending, and therefore giving sense to, organizational wrongdoing. The study suggests identification may possibly reduce organizations’ moral ... -
The Role of Managerial Experience in the Management Education Process: Status, Problems, and Prospects
(Journal of Management Education, 1992-08-01)A number of authorities on management education believe that those who teach management should have managerial experience or have been in contact with real-world management practices. However, a significant number of ... -
The Role of Neutrophil Proteins on the Amyloid Beta-RAGE Axis
(PLos One, 2016-09-27)We previously showed an elevated expression of the neutrophil protein, cationic antimicrobial protein of 37kDa (CAP37), in brains of patients with Alzheimer’s disease (AD), suggesting that CAP37 could be involved in AD ... -
The role of Rnf in ion gradient formation in Desulfovibrio alaskensis
(2016-04-14)Rnf is a membrane protein complex that has been shown to be important in energy conservation. Here, Desulfovibrio alaskensis G20 and Rnf mutants of G20 were grown with different electron donor and acceptor combinations to ... -
The Role of Sexual and Reproductive Rights in Social Work Practice
(Affilia, 2009-05-01)The understanding and promotion of sexual and reproductive rights are essential in the social work profession, not only to improve the health status of affected populations but to advocate effectively for social justice ... -
The Role of Trust: Teacher Capacity During School Leadership Transition
(2020-07-10)The purpose of this research is to examine teachers’ capacities and the role trust plays in the professional lives of teachers during the transition to a new team of three administrators in an elementary school located in ... -
Roles of TLR/MyD88/MAPK/NF-κB Signaling Pathways in the Regulation of Phagocytosis and Proinflammatory Cytokine Expression in Response to E. faecalis Infection
(PLos One, 2015-08-28)Enterococcus faecalis is a commensal bacterium residing in the gastrointestinal tract of mammals, but in certain situations it is also an opportunistic pathogen which can cause serious disease. Macrophages have been shown ... -
Rubrics and Their Use in Inclusive Science
(Intervention in School and Clinic, 1998-11-01)General education teachers are increasingly finding themselves faced with the challenge of providing instruction for all students, including those with learning and behavior problems. Because of the emphasis on experiments ... -
Rural Teachers' Best Motivating Strategies: A Blending of Teachers' and Students' Perspectives
(2008)This paper extracts and elaborates rural secondary teachers' most effective reported motivating strategies. From the data generated by two years of mixed method research in rural secondary schools, these strategies emerged ... -
Russia's Passive Army: Rethinking Military Coups
(Comparative Political Studies, 2001-10-01)Military coups are considered most likely when state political capacity is low and the army's corporate interests are threatened. However, these conditions are also frequently present in situations in which the military ... -
Russian City Planning, Democratic Reform, and Privatization: Emerging Trends
(Journal of Planning Education and Research, 1997-03-01)The emerging democratic and privatization reforms are shaping city planning practice in Russia. This paper provides a brief history of city planning, a typical schema of city governance, and describes some of the effects ...