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Mille Fabulae et Una: 1001 Aesop’s Fables in Latin
(2010)
The book contains 1001 Aesop's fables in Latin, arranged by character. The fables are in Latin prose, adapted as needed so that each fable is 120 words in length at most. Verse fables have been rephrased in prose form; ...
Effects of a mechanical engineering design course on students’ motivational features
(International Journal of Mechanical Engineering Education, 2015-04-17)
Diverse learning opportunities and deep engagement are needed to support development of engineering competencies and expertise. Deep engagement evolves from productive and high-quality motivation that derives from both ...
Varieties of Homeland Security: An Assessment of US State-level Definitions
(2014-11)
Homeland Security continues to struggle to define itself as a field of practice and scholarship. The difficulty in defining the field has led to a variety of conflicts over membership, content, and focus. This article ...
Family Values, Social Capital and Contradictions of American Modernity
(Theory, Culture & Society, 2011-07-01)
Contemporary American social and political discourses have integrated concerns about family values into the realm of debates about the associational life of social capital. In these discussions, theoretical and historical ...
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 ...
The Oklahoma PetaStore: A Business Model for Big Data on a Small Budget
(2014-05-28)
ABSTRACT
In the era of Big Data, research productivity can be highly sensitive to the availability of large scale, long term archival storage. Unfortunately, many mass storage systems are prohibitively expensive at ...
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 ...
Fruit and Soil Quality of Organic and Conventional Strawberry Agroecosystems
(PLos One, 2010-09-01)
BackgroundSale of organic foods is one of the fastest growing market segments within the global food industry. People often buy organic food because they believe organic farms produce more nutritious and better tasting ...
SUCCESS for Teaching Assistant Professional Development
(2012-07)
This paper reflectively applies the Motivating Opportunity Model (SUCCESS Model) to a successful redesign of a university teaching-assistant professional development program. It illustrates how the principles of motivation ...
Russia’s Failed Federalization Marches and the Simulation of Regional Politics
(2014-12-05)
Inspired by Russia’s insistence on federalization for Ukraine, activists in Novosibirsk attempted to organize a protest march in August 2014 to call for greater regional autonomy in Siberia. Authorities squelched the march ...