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The marginalization of astrology among Dutch astronomers in the first half of the 17th century
(History of Science, 2014-06-01)
In the first half of the 17th century, Dutch astronomers rapidly abandoned the practice of astrology. By the second half of the century, no trace of it was left in Dutch academic discourse. This abandonment, in its early ...
Impact of tobacco industry and other corporations in the defeat of the 1994 Clinton health care plan
(2017)
Abstract
Background: The primary reason cited by many scholars for the defeat of the Clinton Administration’s 1994 health
care reform bill has long been identified as Health Insurance Association of America and National ...
Utilizing and Adapting the Delphi Method for Use in Qualitative Research
(2015-12)
The Delphi method is a pragmatic research method created in the 1950s by researchers at the RAND Corporation for use in
policy making, organizational decision making, and to inform direct practices. While the Delphi method ...
Leveraging the Use of Mobile Applications to Increase Knowledge Retention in a Classroom Lecture
(Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 2012-09-01)
This research sought to determine if the use of mobile applications (e.g., iPhone® apps) had an impact on students’ ability to learn new material. A control group was compared against a group of students who used mobile ...
Microbial Community Dynamics and Activity Link to Indigo Production from Indole in Bioaugmented Activated Sludge Systems
(PLos One, 2015-09-15)
Biosynthesis of the popular dyestuff indigo from indole has been comprehensively studied using pure cultures, but less has been done to characterize the indigo production by microbial communities. In our previous studies, ...
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 ...
Affective Pictures and the Open Library of Affective Foods (OLAF): Tools to Investigate Emotions toward Food in Adults
(PLos One, 2016-08-11)
Recently, several sets of standardized food pictures have been created, supplying both food images and their subjective evaluations. However, to date only the OLAF (Open Library of Affective Foods), a set of food images ...
Comparing the Utility of the Theory of Planned Behavior Between Boys and Girls for Predicting Snack Food Consumption: Implications for Practice
(Health Promotion Practice, 2014-01-01)
The purpose of this study was to use the theory of planned behavior to explain two types of snack food consumption among boys and girls (girls n = 98; boys n = 69), which may have implications for future theory-based health ...
Tools of the Trade: The Role of Perceptions and Context in Designing and Developing Instructional Learning Aids
(2013-05)
Design principles, theories and artifacts from instruction in many fields have been analyzed from various perspectives. Instructional learning aids (ILAs) such as workbooks and job aids are components of instructional ...
Naming Patterns Reveal Cultural Values: Patronyms, Matronyms, and the U.S. Culture of Honor
(Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 2014-02-01)
Four studies examined the hypothesis that honor norms would be associated with a pronounced use of patronyms, but not matronyms, for naming children. Study 1 shows that men who endorse honor values expressed a stronger ...