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    • Performing Thyself: Sparking Imagination and Exploring Ethnic Identity Through Singing and Dancing 

      Tsetsura, Katerina (University of California/California Digital Library, 2010)
      This essay discusses two sets of creative teaching methods: live singing and dancing. The performance by an instructor can set a mode for students to achieve intellectual transformation by exploring issues of identity. The ...

    • Persistent and delayed effects of toxic cyanobacteria exposure on life history traits of a common zooplankter 

      Beyer, Jessica E.; Hambright, K. David (2015-12-15)
      Anthropogenic eutrophication has resulted in shifts in phytoplankton community composition worldwide which represent dramatic changes in resource quality and availability for grazers such as rotifers. For these grazers, ...

    • Persisters and Nonpersisters In A Graduate Level, Nontraditional, Liberal Education Program 

      Michael Langenbach; Lloyd Korhonen (Adult Education Quarterly, 1988-09-01)
      This exploratory study focused upon persisters and nonpersisters in a graduate level, nontraditional, liberal education program. Five demographic factors proved to be significant: age, type of Bachelor's degree held, years ...

    • Personal Growth in Social Context: A High School Senior's Search for Meaning in and Through Writing 

      PETER SMAGORINSKY (Written Communication, 1997-01-01)
      The different emphases that theorists and teachers place on the product and process of writing in their accounts of how writers construct meaning have been influenced by different traditions of Western thought that have ...

    • Personality Assessment in Neuropsychology: The Nonspecificity of MMPI-2 Neurocorrection Methods 

      Daniel W. Edwards; Brian A. Dahmen; Richard L. Wanlass; Lori A. Holmquist; John J. Wicks; Christine Davis; Thomas L. Morrison (Assessment, 2003-09-01)
      Three established methods of neurocorrection claim to improve Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)/MMPI-2 validity with closed-head injury (CHI) patients. These methods (which suggest removing `neurological' ...

    • Perspectives on Reading, Language arts, and Learning Disabilities 

      Unknown author (Learning Disability Quarterly, 1980-11-01)

    • Perspectives on Viral RNA Genomes and the RNA Folding Problem 

      Schroeder, Susan J. (2020-10-05)
      Viral RNA genomes change shape as virus particles disassemble, form replication complexes, attach to ribosomes for translation, evade host defense mechanisms, and assemble new virus particles. These structurally dynamic ...

    • Phased-Array Radar System Simulator (PASIM): Development and Simulation Result Assessment 

      Zhe, Li; Perera, Sudantha; Zhang, Yan; Zhang, Guifu; Doviak, Richard (2019-01-19)
      In this paper, a system-specific phased-array radar system simulator was developed, based on a time-domain modeling and simulation method, mainly for system performance evaluation of the future Spectrum-Efficient National ...

    • Phenotypic and Phylogenetic Characterization of a New Corynebacterium Species from Dogs: Description of Corynebacterium auriscanis sp. nov. 

      Collins, Matthew D.; Hoyles, Lesley; Lawson, Paul A.; Falsen, Enevold; Robson, Robert L.; Foster, Geoffrey (1999-11)
      Six strains of a previously undescribed catalase-positive coryneform bacterium isolated from clinical specimens from dogs were characterized by phenotypic and molecular genetic methods. Biochemical and chemotaxonomic studies ...

    • Phylotyping and Functional Analysis of Two Ancient Human Microbiomes 

      Raúl Y. Tito; Simone Macmil; Graham Wiley; Fares Najar; Lauren Cleeland; Chunmei Qu; Ping Wang; Frederic Romagne; Sylvain Leonard; Agustín Jiménez Ruiz; Karl Reinhard; Bruce A. Roe; Cecil M. Lewis Jr. (PLos One, 2008-11-11)
      BackgroundThe Human Microbiome Project (HMP) is one of the U.S. National Institutes of Health Roadmap for Medical Research. Primary interests of the HMP include the distinctiveness of different gut microbiomes, the factors ...

    • Physiological Roles of ArcA, Crp, and EtrA and Their Interactive Control on Aerobic and Anaerobic Respiration in Shewanella oneidensis 

      Haichun Gao; Xiaohu Wang; Zamin K. Yang; Jingrong Chen; Yili Liang; Haijiang Chen; Timothy Palzkill; Jizhong Zhou (PLos One, 2010-12-28)
      In the genome of Shewanella oneidensis, genes encoding the global regulators ArcA, Crp, and EtrA have been identified. All these proteins deviate from their counterparts in E. coli significantly in terms of functionality ...

    • Piloting an Assessment of Foundational Workplace Competencies for Students with Disabilities and Competitive Employment Aspirations 

      Hennessey, Maeghan (2022)
      It is critical students with disabilities be adequately prepared with the foundational competencies necessary for entry-level employment. However, the field needs a research-based, structurally sound assessment to assist ...

    • The Pitfalls of Privatization: Contracting without Competition 

      David R. Morgan (The American Review of Public Administration, 1992-12-01)
      Most authorities agree that privatization works best with vigorous competition among alternative service providers. Such competition may be difficult to achieve for certain services such as public utilities, for which a ...

    • The Place of Constitutionalism in the Education of Public Administrators 

      Donald J. Maletz (Administration & Society, 1991-11-01)
      The American Society for Public Administration's code of professional ethics culminates in an admonition to respect, supports and even study constitutions, both state and federal. However, an understanding of constitutionalism ...

    • Planning for Evaluation in the Junior High School 

      Unknown author (NASSP Bulletin, 1960-02-01)

    • Plant-Symbiotic Fungi as Chemical Engineers: Multi-Genome Analysis of the Clavicipitaceae Reveals Dynamics of Alkaloid Loci 

      Schardl, Christopher L.; Young, Carolyn A.; Hesse, Uljana; Amyotte, Stefan G.; Andreeva, Kalina; Calie, Patrick J.; Fleetwood, Damien J.; Haws, David C.; Moore, Neil; Oeser, Birgitt; Panaccione, Daniel G.; Schweri, Kathryn K.; Voisey, Christine R.; Farman, Mark L.; Jaromczyk, Jerzy W.; Roe, Bruce A.; O'Sullivan, Donal M.; Scott, Barry; Tudzynski, Paul; An, Zhiqiang; Arnaoudova, Elissaveta G.; Bullock, Charles T.; Charlton, Nikki D.; Chen, Li; Cox, Murray; Dinkins, Randy D.; Florea, Simona; Glenn, Anthony E.; Gordon, Anna; Güldener, Ulrich; Harris, Daniel R.; Hollin, Walter; Jaromczyk, Jolanta; Johnson, Richard D.; Khan, Anar K.; Leistner, Eckhard; Leuchtmann, Adrian; Li, Chunjie; Liu, JinGe; Liu, Jinze; Liu, Miao; Mace, Wade; Machado, Caroline; Nagabhyru, Padmaja; Pan, Juan; Schmid, Jan; Sugawara, Koya; Steiner, Ulrike; Takach, Johanna E.; Tanaka, Eiji; Webb, Jennifer S.; Wilson, Ella V.; Wiseman, Jennifer L.; Yoshida, Ruriko; Zeng, Zheng (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 

      Christopher L. Schardl; Carolyn A. Young; Uljana Hesse; Stefan G. Amyotte; Kalina Andreeva; Patrick J. Calie; Damien J. Fleetwood; David C. Haws; Neil Moore; Birgitt Oeser; Daniel G. Panaccione; Kathryn K. Schweri; Christine R. Voisey; Mark L. Farman; Jerzy W. Jaromczyk; Bruce A. Roe; Donal M. O'Sullivan; Barry Scott; Paul Tudzynski; Zhiqiang An; Elissaveta G. Arnaoudova; Charles T. Bullock; Nikki D. Charlton; Li Chen; Murray Cox; Randy D. Dinkins; Simona Florea; Anthony E. Glenn; Anna Gordon; Ulrich Güldener; Daniel R. Harris; Walter Hollin; Jolanta Jaromczyk; Richard D. Johnson; Anar K. Khan; Eckhard Leistner; Adrian Leuchtmann; Chunjie Li; JinGe Liu; Jinze Liu; Miao Liu; Wade Mace; Caroline Machado; Padmaja Nagabhyru; Juan Pan; Jan Schmid; Koya Sugawara; Ulrike Steiner; Johanna E. Takach; Eiji Tanaka; Jennifer S. Webb; Ella V. Wilson; Jennifer L. Wiseman; Ruriko Yoshida; Zheng Zeng (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 

      Prather, Rebecca M.; Kaspari, Michael (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 

      D. A. Wilson; A. R. Best; R. M. Sullivan (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 

      R.A. Kline; M.M. Doroudian; C.P. Hsiao (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 ...