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Keeping the peace: An investigation of the interaction between personality, conflict and competence on organizational citizenship behaviors
(2014-05-06)
Purpose:
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the interaction between self-reported proactive personality, competence, and interpersonal conflict in the prediction of supervisor ratings of organizational citizenship ...
An invitation to use craigslist ads to recruit respondents from stigmatized groups for qualitative interviews
(Qualitative Research, 2014-06-01)
Craigslist.org is a website devoted to classified advertisements as well as discussion forums with locations in more than 700 sites in 70 countries. At an estimated 30 billion page views per month and more than 50 million ...
Cloning, Expression, and Purification of Histidine-Tagged Escherichia coli Dihydrodipicolinate Reductase
(PLos One, 2016-01-27)
The enzyme dihydrodipicolinate reductase (DHDPR) is a component of the lysine biosynthetic pathway in bacteria and higher plants. DHDPR catalyzes the NAD(P)H dependent reduction of 2,3-dihydrodipicolinate to the cyclic ...
Crystal structure and DNA binding activity of a PadR family transcription regulator from hypervirulent Clostridium difficile R20291
(2016-10-04)
Background.
Clostridium difficile is a spore-forming obligate anaerobe that can remain viable for extended periods, even in the presence of antibiotics, which contributes to the persistence of this bacterium as a human ...
Public Support for the Department of Homeland Security
(2011)
The creation of the Department of Homeland Security was a landmark in the history of the U.S. federal government. With the largest reorganization of the federal executive branch in decades, policymakers sought to group ...
The Composition and Spatial Patterns of Bacterial Virulence Factors and Antibiotic Resistance Genes in 19 Wastewater Treatment Plants
(PLos One, 2016-12-01)
Bacterial pathogenicity and antibiotic resistance are of concern for environmental safety and public health. Accumulating evidence suggests that wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are as an important sink and source of ...
The Revival of Russia’s Gubernatorial Elections: Liberalization or Potemkin Reform?
(2013-11-18)
After an eight year pause, gubernatorial elections returned to Russia in 2012. Formerly appointed governors are now being put to the electoral test, and the Kremlin is discovering the extent to which it sacrificed effective ...
An automatic approach to weighted subject indexing – An empirical study in the biomedical domain
(2015)
Subject indexing is an intellectually intensive process that has many inherent uncertainties. Existing manual subject indexing systems generally produce binary outcomes for whether or not to assign an indexing term. This ...
Mannose-Binding Lectin 2 Gene and Risk of Adult Glioma
(PLos One, 2013-04-18)
Background and AimsThe immune system is likely to play a key role in the etiology of gliomas. Genetic polymorphisms in the mannose-binding lectin gene, a key activator in the lectin complement pathway, have been associated ...
Speakers and the Spotlight: Explaining Media Coverage of Leadership in the House of Representatives
(American Politics Research, 2013-05-01)
Previous scholarship has described how members of Congress struggle to attract media attention. The Speaker of the House, however, is uniquely positioned to drive media agendas. That position may be conditioned though by ...