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A Robust Version of Hotelling's T2 Control Chart for Retrospective Location Analysis of Individuals Using BACON Estimators
(2012-02-13)
Hotelling's T2 chart is commonly used for Phase I analysis of individual multivariate normally distributed data. However, the presence of only a few outliers can significantly distort classical estimates of location and ...
The Role and Reputation of Government Research Organizations in State Policymaking
(2023-11-17)
This research explores the role and reputation of state-level nonprofit policy research organizations, which are members of the Government Research Association (GRA). The research traces the development of municipal research ...
Role of Adipocyte P2Y2 Receptor in Adipogenesis and Insulin Resistance
(2022-05-03)
Objective -- It has been known that obesity and type 2 diabetes are associated with inflammation and insulin resistance and that adipose tissue contributes to insulin sensitivity and glucose homeostasis. Also, it was ...
The Role of an Agency in Setting the Policy Agenda
(2012-05-09)
This paper examines the impact a government agency can have on setting the political agenda for the agency’s policy area. While most literature on the role of agencies in the policy process acknowledges that agencies play ...
Role of Arabidopsis Thaliana Calmodulin Isoforms in Tolerance to Abiotic Stress
(2008-08-15)
Calmodulin and Ca2+ have been implicated in adaptation of plants to changes in its environment. Arabidopsis thaliana (Arabidopsis) genome has nine genetic loci encoding calmodulin protein isoforms. We have used wild type ...
The role of atomic excited states in laboratory plasmas and a study in fine structure diagnostics for far infra-red astrophysical observations
(2016-12-09)
This dissertation has a focus on the role of atomic excited states in laboratory and astrophysical plasmas. The emphasis is on systems for which perturbation theory is not expected to produce accurate results. The work ...
The Role of Awareness in Differential Delay Eyeblink Classical Conditioning
(2020-02-04)
Eyeblink classical conditioning (EBCC) is an experimental procedure widely used for understanding learning and memory in a variety of species. In EBCC, a neutral conditioned stimulus (CS; a tone) is repeatedly paired with ...
The Role of Body Mass Index and Body Shape in Perception of Body Attractivness: Cross-Cultural Study
(2005-12-15)
The purpose of this study was to cross-culturally investigate the effect of BMI (Body Mass Index) and three body shapes (Rectangle, Pear, and Hourglass) on the perception of female body attractiveness and body size. A ...
Role of calcium during plant infection by Xylella fastidiosa
(2021-04-26)
Xylella fastidiosa (Xf) is a Gram-negative plant pathogenic bacterium that lives in the xylem vessels of infected plants and the foregut of sharpshooter insect vectors. X. fastidiosa causes diseases in many economically ...
The role of calcium in the regulation of Xylella fastidiosa virulence
(2013-12-03)
The Gram-negative plant pathogenic bacterium Xylella fastidiosa inhabits the xylem vessels of the host, where it forms biofilms thought to be responsible for disease symptoms. Even though knowledge regarding the mechanism ...
Role of calcium-independent phospholipase A2 in insulin-stimulated glucose uptake in 3T3-L1 adipocytes
(2009-08-06)
Calcium-independent phospholipase A2 (iPLA2) is a member of the phospholipase A2 family that catalyzes the hydrolysis of glycerophospholipid at the sn-2 position to liberate free fatty acid and lysophospholipid. Recent ...
The Role of Centralized Wastewater Treatment in the Rural Alabama Black Belt
(2023-05-02)
Centralized and decentralized wastewater treatment systems play a major role in protecting human health and U.S. waters from contamination. However, failing wastewater treatment in the rural Alabama Black Belt has become ...
Role of Chemokine Receptor CXCR7 in Adipocyte Physiology and Disease
(2022-04-14)
Objective—Chemokines and chemokine receptors have long been shown to play important roles in inflammation, obesity, and type II diabetes. CXCR7 is characterized as an atypical chemokine receptor whose function as a signaling ...
Role of Climate, Land Use/Cover and Water Quality on West Nile Virus Incidence: A Modeling Approach
(2015-07-02)
West Nile virus (WNV), a vector-borne infectious disease, has been a major public health concern in North America since 1999. This virus is transmitted to susceptible mosquitoes when they feed on infected birds. Infected ...
The Role of Communication and Social Skills in Postsecondary Education Programs for Students with Intellectual Disabilities
(2020-04-16)
The purpose of the current investigation was to explore the educational missions and priorities of postsecondary education (PSE) programs for individuals with intellectual disabilities (ID), where and how communication and ...
Role of CXCR7 in Human Coronary Artery Smooth Muscle Restenosis
(2019-07-12)
Objective—Whether CXCR7 is a signaling or non-signaling scavenger receptor is still in debate. Our previous study showed that during monocyte-to-macrophage differentiation, CXCR7 mediates positive signaling to the p38 and ...
The Role of Data Analytics in Accelerating Assessments of the Impacts of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Source and Drinking Water
(2022-12-05)
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a large, diverse, and growing family of persistent, mobile organofluorine compounds that are used for a wide variety of industrial and consumer applications, and that are ...
The role of digital platform adoption and venture capital abundance location in scale entrepreneurship: An entrepreneurial ecosystem perspective
(2023-04-22)
This paper investigates the role of digital platform adoption and VC abundance location in scale entrepreneurship from an EE perspective. My results show positive relationships between digital platform adoption and VC ...
Role of Distant, Intrasubunit Residues in Catalase-Peroxidase Catalysis: Tracing the Role of Gene Duplication and Fusion in Enzyme Structure and Function
(2009-05-08)
In spite of being positioned 30 Å away from the active site, the C-terminal domain is essential for catalase-peroxidase (KatG) function. Addition of equimolar amounts of separately expressed and isolated C-terminal domain ...
The Role of Dopamine Receptor Subtypes in Reinforced Variability
(2008-08-15)
Variability in behavior can be measured and reinforced. However, the underlying neurological mechanisms of such variability are unknown. Dopamine is associated with reinforcement but its role in reinforced variability is ...