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Exposure of Soil Microbial Communities to Chromium and Arsenic Alters Their Diversity and Structure
(PLos One, 2012-06-29)
Extensive use of chromium (Cr) and arsenic (As) based preservatives from the leather tanning industry in Pakistan has had a deleterious effect on the soils surrounding production facilities. Bacteria have been shown to be ...
Cost and Efficiency Analysis of NEMO Protocol Entities
(2012-03)
To support IP-mobility of networks in motion, IETF proposed Network Mobility (NEMO) protocol that uses various signaling messages to ensure connectivity of the mobile nodes with the Internet and to maintain security of ...
Crumple: A Method for Complete Enumeration of All Possible Pseudoknot-Free RNA Secondary Structures
(PLos One, 2012-12-27)
The diverse landscape of RNA conformational space includes many canyons and crevices that are distant from the lowest minimum free energy valley and remain unexplored by traditional RNA structure prediction methods. A ...
Similar Gene Estimates from Circular and Linear Standards in Quantitative PCR Analyses Using the Prokaryotic 16S rRNA Gene as a Model
(PLos One, 2012-12-19)
Quantitative PCR (qPCR) is one of the most widely used tools for quantifying absolute numbers of microbial gene copies in test samples. A recent publication showed that circular plasmid DNA standards grossly overestimated ...
SUCCESS for Teaching Assistant Professional Development
(2012-07)
This paper reflectively applies the Motivating Opportunity Model (SUCCESS Model) to a successful redesign of a university teaching-assistant professional development program. It illustrates how the principles of motivation ...
Alternative Multiple Imputation Inference for Mean and Covariance Structure Modeling
(Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, 2012-12-01)
Model-based multiple imputation has become an indispensable method in the educational and behavioral sciences. Mean and covariance structure models are often fitted to multiply imputed data sets. However, the presence of ...
Climate and Weather Impact Timing of Emergence of Bats
(PLos One, 2012-08-02)
Interest in forecasting impacts of climate change have heightened attention in recent decades to how animals respond to variation in climate and weather patterns. One difficulty in determining animal response to climate ...
Insights from Characterizing Extinct Human Gut Microbiomes
(PLos One, 2012-12-12)
In an effort to better understand the ancestral state of the human distal gut microbiome, we examine feces retrieved from archaeological contexts (coprolites). To accomplish this, we pyrosequenced the 16S rDNA V3 region ...
In the Pause and Listening to the Little People: A Folk Healer’s Journey
(The Counseling Psychologist, 2012-01-01)
Rockey Robbins, PhD (Cherokee/Choctaw), is an associate professor in counseling psychology at the University of Oklahoma. His research has been primarily with Native Americans in the areas of spirituality, family resiliency, ...
Gay and Lesbian Individuals’ Attitudes Toward the Death Penalty: An Exploratory Study of the Roles of Empathic Concern and Political Beliefs
(Criminal Justice Review, 2012-06-01)