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Biaxial mechanical data of porcine atrioventricular valve leaflets
(2018)
This dataset contains the anisotropic tissue responses of porcine atrioventricular valve leaflets to force-controlled biaxial mechanical testing. The set includes the first Piola-Kirchhoff Stress and the specimen stretches ...
Living Dangerously: Culture of Honor, Risk-Taking, and the Nonrandomness of “Accidental” Deaths
(Social Psychological and Personality Science, 2012-01-01)
Collin D. Barnes is a postdoctoral research fellow with the Institute for U.S.-China Issues at the University of Oklahoma.
Investigation of Genetic Variation Underlying Central Obesity amongst South Asians
(PLos One, 2016-05-19)
South Asians are 1/4 of the world’s population and have increased susceptibility to central obesity and related cardiometabolic disease. Knowledge of genetic variants affecting risk of central obesity is largely based on ...
The Evolutionary History of Daphniid a-Carbonic Anhydrase within Animalia
(2015)
Understanding the mechanisms that drive acid-base regulation in organisms is important, especially for organisms in aquatic habitats that experience rapidly fluctuating pH conditions. Previous studies have shown that ...
Risk of acute myocardial infarction in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease: A nationwide population-based study
(PLos One, 2017-03-20)
Objective Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is a common disease which can cause troublesome symptoms and affect quality of life. In addition to esophageal complications, GERD may also be a risk factor for extra-esophageal ...
Encouraging servant leadership: A qualitative study of how a cause-related sporting event inspires participants to serve
(2013-10-07)
A longitudinal, qualitative case study was conducted to explore if a cause-related sporting event could inspire participants to serve others and how the event achieved this. Servant leadership theory, social leverage theory, ...
Information-Seeking Habits of Education Faculty
(2013-03)
This study explores the information-seeking behavior of academic education
faculty from twenty large public research universities. The investigation
includes an examination of how frequently education faculty seek ...
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 ...