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Tolkien's Faerian Drama: Origins and Valedictions
(2014)I attempt to define the characteristics of Tolkien’s concept of “Faërian Drama,” and how it differs from the medieval dream-vision, through the way it changes the lives of dreamers such as Scrooge, the Pearl poet, and Smith ... -
Tools of the Trade: The Role of Perceptions and Context in Designing and Developing Instructional Learning Aids
(2013-05)Design principles, theories and artifacts from instruction in many fields have been analyzed from various perspectives. Instructional learning aids (ILAs) such as workbooks and job aids are components of instructional ... -
Top-down Mass Spectrometry Analysis of Human Serum Autoantibody Antigen-Binding Fragments
(2019-02-20)Detecting autoimmune diseases at an early stage is crucial for effective treatment and disease management to slow disease progression and prevent irreversible organ damage. In many autoimmune diseases, disease-specific ... -
Topic-Relevant Reference Groups and Dimensions of Distance: Political Advertising and First- and Third-Person Effects
(Communication Research, 2004-04-01)This article argues for using topic-relevant reference groups in examining first and third-person effects. It also proposes using topic-relevant dimensions of distance to assess relationships not only between self and ... -
The Torpedo Effect: Myth or Reality?
(Journal of Accounting, Auditing & Finance, 2011-04-01)General evidence indicates that managers manage earnings at three common earnings thresholds: analyst forecasts, prior period earnings, and zero earnings. We examine one market-based motivation suggested for this behavior. ... -
A total eclipse of the heart: compensation strategies in entrepreneurial nonprofits
(2020-07)We examine how shifting resource dependencies influence compensation strategy during commercial transitions within entrepreneurial nonprofits. Analyzing a longitudinal sample of 4732 organizations, we show how compensation ... -
Toward a New Administrative Doctrine: Governance and Management for the 1990's
(The American Review of Public Administration, 1989-09-01)Three successive terms of market-oriented presidents raise difficulties for federal bureaucrats in legitimating past administrative doctrine and practices, which were government-centered. The present article responds to ... -
Toward the Construction of an Efficient Set of Robot Arm Operator Performance Metrics
(Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 2004-09-01)As part of a larger project to identify and validate relevant quantitative measures of robot arm operator proficiency, fifteen metrics of arm maneuvering and hand controller performance were defined and measured for 3-DOF ... -
Tracing the Rise of Ants - Out of the Ground
(PLos One, 2013-12-26)The evolution of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) is increasingly well-understood due to recent phylogenetic analyses, along with estimates of divergence times and diversification rates. Yet, leading hypotheses regarding the ... -
Training Characteristics of the Criterion Task Set Workload Assessment Battery
(Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 1985-10-01)An evaluation of the Criterion Task Set was performed to determine the training requirements for the various tasks. Twenty subjects were divided into four groups. One group trained on all nine tasks in the battery. The ... -
Training Models in Counseling Psychology: Scientist-Practitioner Versus Practitioner-Scholar
(The Counseling Psychologist, 2000-09-01)Considerable discussion has occurred through the years regarding models of training. With the recent accreditation of counseling psychology programs espousing the practitioner-scholar model, the importance of reexamining ... -
Training Special Educators to be Consultants: Considerations for Developing Programs
(Teacher Education and Special Education: The Journal of the Teacher Education Division of the Council for Exceptional Children, 1985-07-01)Teacher trainers are currently faced with the task of designing consultation programs for special education teachers. To make these programs contemporary, effective, and relevant for trainees, decisions about their design ... -
Trait–environment relationships could alter the spatial and temporal characteristics of aquatic insect subsidies at the macrospatial scale
(2020-12-02)Ecological flows across ecosystem boundaries are typically studied at spatial scales that limit our understanding of broad geographical patterns in ecosystem linkages. Aquatic insects that metamorphose into terrestrial ... -
Transcriptional Regulator PerA Influences Biofilm-Associated, Platelet Binding, and Metabolic Gene Expression in Enterococcus faecalis
(PLos One, 2012-04-04)Enterococcus faecalis is an opportunistic pathogen and a leading cause of nosocomial infections, traits facilitated by the ability to quickly acquire and transfer virulence determinants. A 150 kb pathogenicity island (PAI) ... -
Transformative Autoethnography: An Examination of Cultural Identity and its Implications for Learners
(Adult Learning, 2014-02-01)The cultural experiences of minority learners are often omitted from the formal curriculum leading to exclusion and a sense of cultural loss. In this study, the researcher’s lived experience serves as the basis to develop ... -
Transient dynamics of terrestrial carbon storage : mathematical foundation and its applications
(2017-01-12)Terrestrial ecosystems have absorbed roughly 30 % of anthropogenic CO2 emissions over the past decades, but it is unclear whether this carbon (C) sink will endure into the future. Despite extensive modeling and experimental ... -
Transient Growth Arrest in Escherichia coli Induced by Chromosome Condensation
(PLos One, 2013-12-23)MukB is a bacterial SMC (structural maintenance of chromosome) protein that regulates the global folding of the Escherichia coli chromosome by bringing distant DNA segments together. We report that moderate overproduction ... -
Transition metal-like carbocatalyst
(2020-08-14)Catalytic cleavage of strong bonds including hydrogen-hydrogen, carbon-oxygen, and carbon-hydrogen bonds is a highly desired yet challenging fundamental transformation for the production of chemicals and fuels. Transition ... -
Translating the Knowledge Gap Between Researchers and Communication Designers for Improved mHealth Research
(2022-10)Our industry insight focuses on the challenges for health researchers collaborating with communication designers during the development of an App for improving maternal mental health and parenting stress. We discuss the ...