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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 “Hard Freight” Borne by the “Brave Child”: Theological Humanism in the Poetry of Charles Wright and Gregory Orr
(Theology Today, 2012-04-01)
Using Religion and the Human Future by Klemm and Schweiker as a reference point, I argue for the placement of the Appalachian poets Gregory Orr and Charles Wright within the emerging thought of theological humanism, which ...
Employment Status and Intimate Partner Violence Among Mexican Women
(Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2015-04-01)
Exploring risk factors and profiles of intimate partner violence in other countries provides information about whether existing theories of this phenomenon hold consistent in different cultural settings. This study will ...
Effects and mechanisms of auricular electroacupuncture on gastric hypersensitivity in a rodent model of functional dyspepsia
(PLos One, 2017-03-28)
Background Functional dyspepsia (FD) is a common functional gastrointestinal disease, and abdominal pain is one of the main symptoms. The aim of this study was to explore the effects and mechanisms of auricular electro-acupuncture ...
Israeli Acute Paralysis Virus: Epidemiology, Pathogenesis and Implications for Honey Bee Health
(PLoS Pathogens, 2014-07-31)
Author Summary The mysterious outbreak of honey bee Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) in the US in 2006–2007 has attracted massive media attention and created great concerns over the effects of various risk factors on bee ...
Goal Content Analysis for Middle and High School Students With Disabilities
(Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 2010-12-01)
Goal setting is associated with self-determination and student involvement in learning. Middle and high school students receiving special education services and corresponding special education teachers across six states ...
Sequence Evolution and Expression of the Androgen Receptor and Other Pathway-Related Genes in a Unisexual Fish, the Amazon Molly, Poecilia formosa, and Its Bisexual Ancestors
(PLos One, 2016-06-01)
The all-female Amazon molly (Poecilia formosa) originated from a single hybridization of two bisexual ancestors, Atlantic molly (Poecilia mexicana) and sailfin molly (Poecilia latipinna). As a gynogenetic species, the ...
A Grammatical Approach for Customization of Laminated Composite Materials
(Concurrent Engineering, 2011-06-01)
The wide range of properties covered by the manufacturable fiber—matrix combinations of composite materials, along with their directional property characteristics, provides designers with material selection flexibility ...
Purine Nucleoside Phosphorylase Targeted by Annexin V to Breast Cancer Vasculature for Enzyme Prodrug Therapy
(PLos One, 2013-10-03)
Background and PurposeThe targeting of therapeutics is a promising approach for the development of new cancer treatments that seek to reduce the devastating side effects caused by the systemic administration of current ...
Historical geography I: Vital traditions
(Progress in Human Geography, 2012-08-01)
In the first of three reports outlining the current state of historical geography, I review recently published work from three research themes: the geographic imagination (maps and cartography), geographies of knowledge, ...