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Plant-Symbiotic Fungi as Chemical Engineers: Multi-Genome Analysis of the Clavicipitaceae Reveals Dynamics of Alkaloid Loci
(2013-02-28)The fungal family Clavicipitaceae includes plant symbionts and parasites that produce several psychoactive and bioprotective alkaloids. The family includes grass symbionts in the epichloae clade (Epichloë and Neotyphodium ... -
Plant-Symbiotic Fungi as Chemical Engineers: Multi-Genome Analysis of the Clavicipitaceae Reveals Dynamics of Alkaloid Loci
(PLos Genetics, 2013-02-28)Author Summary The fungal family, Clavicipitaceae, includes “ergot” fungi that parasitize ears of cereals and have historically caused mass poisonings, as well as “epichloae,” which are symbionts of grasses. Many epichloae ... -
Plants regulate grassland arthropod communities through biomass, quality, and habitat heterogeneity
(2019-10-16)Habitat heterogeneity affects both biotic and abiotic factors important in determining arthropod community composition. In a sandy, mixed‐grass prairie in the southern Great Plains, we used clipping and NPK fertilization ... -
Plasticity in the Olfactory System: Lessons for the Neurobiology of Memory
(The Neuroscientist, 2004-12-01)We are rapidly advancing toward an understanding of the molecular events underlying odor transduction, mechanisms of spatiotemporal central odor processing, and neural correlates of olfactory perception and cognition. A ... -
Plate Wave Propagation in Transversely Isotropic Materials
(Journal of Composite Materials, 1989-05-01)In this work, the modes of plate wave propagation in a fiber reinforced com posite (assumed to be transversely isotropic) were investigated. The waves were modeled as harmonic plane waves propagating in the plane of an ... -
The Platonic Paradox: Plato's Rhetoric in Contemporary Rhetoric and Composition Studies
(Written Communication, 1988-01-01)This article surveys and analyzes the contemporary reception of Plato's rhetorical theory in contemporary rhetoric and composition studies by examining the response from three current perspectives: (1) presenting Plato as ... -
Poeciliid male mate preference is influenced by female size but not by fecundity
(2013)While female mate preference is very well studied, male preference has only recently begun to receive significant attention. Its existence is found in numerous taxa, but empirical research has mostly been limited to a ... -
The poetics of indigenous radio in Colombia
(Media, Culture & Society, 2007-05-01)In 2002, 14 indigenous radio stations began operating in Colombia reaching 78.6 percent of the national indigenous population. Colombian indigenous radio stations are shaped by intense deliberations among each indigenous ... -
Point-loaded discs and blocks applicable to tensile testing of brittle materials
(The Journal of Strain Analysis for Engineering Design, 1972-07-01)A method of numerically approximating the solutions of plane-stress or plane-strain elasticity problems with boundary conditions consisting of concentrated forces or distributed loads is presented herein. The effect of ... -
Policing Political Ads: An Analysis of Five Leading Newspapers' Responses to 1992 Political Advertisements
(Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 1996-03-01)Lori Melton McKinnon is an assistant professor of advertising and public relations in the College of Communication at the University of Alabama. Lynda Lee Kaid is a professor in the Department of Communication and the ... -
Policy Regarding the Sequential Lineup Is Not Informed by Probative Value but Is Informed by Receiver Operating Characteristic Analysis
(Current Directions in Psychological Science, 2014-02-01)It is important to determine if switching from simultaneous to sequential lineups affects response bias (the inclination to make an identification from a lineup), discriminability (the ability to distinguish between innocent ... -
Policy, Behavior, and Research: Changing Schooling for Homeless Children and Youth
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Political Agreements and Exporting Activities: An Empirical Assessment of the Effects of the JCPOA Agreement on Iran’s Exports
(2020-08)Conflicts hinder international trade. Political agreements that restrain conflicts and remove sanctions may contribute positively to exporting and importing activities. In this study, we examine the effects of the Joint ... -
Political Linkage and Public Policy: Attitudinal Congruence Between Citizens and Officials
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Political Participation Among Federal Employees: The Hatch Act and Political Equality
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Political Television Commercials: An Experimental Study of Type and Length
(Communication Research, 1978-01-01)Considerable controversy has arisen over the use in political campaigns of short, image-oriented television commercials. This study compared the effect of type (image and issue) and length (5 minute and 60 second) of ... -
Popular Science in National and Transnational Perspective: Suggestions from the American Context
(2009-06)In what ways can the study of science and popular culture in the American context contribute to ongoing debates on popularization and popular science? This essay suggests that, for several reasons, attention to the antebellum ... -
Porosity Reduction in the High-Speed Processing of Glass-Fiber Composites by Resin Transfer Molding (RTM)
(Journal of Composite Materials, 2004-02-01)High-speed processing is essential to achieve lower production cost in the fabrication of fiber-reinforced composites with the current liquid molding practices. A major consequence of increasing the resin injection velocity ... -
Positive Youth Development Interventions Impacting the Sexual Health of Young Minority Adolescents: A Systematic Review
(The Journal of Early Adolescence, 2015-03-30)A systematic literature review was conducted to assess the utility of Positive Youth Development (PYD) concepts in promoting positive sexual health behaviors in young minority adolescents (n = 12 studies). Interventions ...