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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, ...
Sparse Inverse Covariance Estimation: A Data Mining Technique to Unravel Holistic Patterns among Business Practices in Firms
(2019-07-12)
Firms are seeking ways to improve managerial decision making in order to enhance operational performance. However, the complexities underlying business processes often mean that operational performance depends on a multitude ...
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 ...
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, ...