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Birds of Two Oceans? Trans-Andean and Divergent Migration of Black Skimmers (Rynchops niger cinerascens) from the Peruvian Amazon
(PLos One, 2016-01-13)Seasonal flooding compels some birds that breed in aquatic habitats in Amazonia to undertake annual migrations, yet we know little about how the complex landscape of the Amazon region is used seasonally by these species. ... -
Bloodstream-To-Eye Infections Are Facilitated by Outer Blood-Retinal Barrier Dysfunction
(PLos One, 2016-05-19)The blood-retinal barrier (BRB) functions to maintain the immune privilege of the eye, which is necessary for normal vision. The outer BRB is formed by tightly-associated retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells which limit ... -
The Book Everybody Read: Vernacular Translations of Sacrobosco’s Sphere in the Sixteenth Century
(Journal for the History of Astronomy, 2015-02-01)This article presents four detailed case studies of sixteenth-century vernacular translations of Sacrobosco’s De sphaera. Previous scholarship has highlighted the important role of Sacrobosco’s Sphere in medieval and early ... -
The Boundary-spanning Role of Democratic Learning Communities: Implementing the IDEALS
(Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2009-07-01)This multi-case study investigates characteristics and practices in schools that expand the traditional boundaries of school leadership and transform schools into democratic learning communities based on the level of ... -
Brain Transcriptional Profiles of Male Alternative Reproductive Tactics and Females in Bluegill Sunfish
(PLos One, 2016-12-01)Bluegill sunfish (Lepomis macrochirus) are one of the classic systems for studying male alternative reproductive tactics (ARTs) in teleost fishes. In this species, there are two distinct life histories: parental and ... -
Brain-wide neural co-activations in resting human
(2022-10-15)Spontaneous neural activity in human as assessed with resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) exhibits brain-wide coordinated patterns in the frequency of < 0.1 Hz. However, understanding of fast ... -
Breast cancer survivor testimonies: Effects of narrative and emotional valence on affect and cognition
(2018-01-15)This study examined the impact of narrative and emotion on processing of African American breast cancer survivor messages. We employed a two (narrative: present/absent) × three (emotional valence: pleasant/unpleasant/mixed) ... -
BREVISSIMA: 1001 Tiny Latin Poems
(2012)This book contains 1001 two-line poems in Latin, with Latin-English vocabulary. The poems come from all periods of Latin literature - classical, medieval and modern. The vocabulary is keyed to a Latin frequency list so ... -
Bringing cosmos to culture : Harlow Shapley and the uses of cosmic evolution
(2009)In response to a request for an interview to be conducted at the U.S. Naval Observatory, 73-year-old famed astronomer and retired Harvard Observatory Director, Harlow Shapley (1885–1972), stated that for the upcoming NBC ... -
Broad-Band Activatable White-Opsin
(PLos One, 2015-09-11)Currently, the use of optogenetic sensitization of retinal cells combined with activation/inhibition has the potential to be an alternative to retinal implants that would require electrodes inside every single neuron for ... -
Buckling Analysis of Thick Laminated Plates: Higher-Order Theory with Rotatory Moments
(Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials, 1999-09-01)The higher-order shear deformable plate theory presented here concerns the buckling of laminated composite plates. The theory extends Reddy's higher-order theory (1984) to include the effect of rotatory moments sometimes ... -
Building a legacy of volunteers through servant leadership: A cause‐related sporting event
(2012-06-05)This study explores the leadership style of the founder of a cause‐related sporting event and investigates the effects of this style on motivating volunteers. The National Kidney Foundation Surf Festival, established more ... -
Building a Theory of Multi-Media CMC: An Analysis, Critique and Integration of Computer-Mediated Communication Theory and Research
(New Media & Society, 2000-12-01)In order to provide directions for future computer-mediated communication (CMC) scholarship, in this article, I analyze, critique and integrate contemporary CMC theory and research. Particularly, based upon an analysis of ... -
Building a Web-Features Taxonomy for Structuring Web Design Guidelines
(Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 2003-10-01)This paper proposes a framework for structuring web design guidelines that incorporates the hierarchies of web features and their semantic relationships with HTML and CSS. It is argued that this approach will be synchronous ... -
Building Natural Product Libraries Using Quantitative Clade-Based and Chemical Clustering Strategies
(2021-10-26)The success of natural product-based drug discovery is predicated on having chemical collections that offer broad coverage of metabolite diversity. We propose a simple set of tools combining genetic barcoding and metabolomics ... -
Building Social Capital Through Rhetoric and Public Relations
(Management Communication Quarterly, 2011-08-01)When the focus is on meaning making, language, rhetorical argument, and persuasion, there is enormous potential to see how public relations theory and practice in external organizational rhetoric can serve community ... -
The Burden of Acting White: Implications for Transition
(Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 2007-12-01)This study used a phenomenological qualitative approach that engaged Black students in discussions about the burden of acting White and its impact on their in-school and postschool outcomes and postschool transition visions. ... -
Bureaus, Clients, and Congress: The Impact of Interest Group Support on Budgeting
(Administration & Society, 1978-02-01)Richard Fenno, in Power of the Purse, contends that the budget process responds to interest group pressures. This study examines that hypothesis for 20 bureaus in the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal years 1971-1976. ... -
Burnout in Organizational Life
(Journal of Management, 2004-12-01)Burnout is a psychological response to work stress that is characterized by emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and reduced feelings of personal accomplishment. In this paper, we review the burnout literature from ... -
Business Not as Usual: Developing Socially Conscious Entrepreneurs and Intrapreneurs
(2017-07-14)Our objective was to design an introductory business course to shape the mind-sets and skill sets of the next generation of socially conscious practitioners—to help students develop a sense of self-efficacy built on the ...