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Sleep Functioning and Problem Behaviors: The Salience of Parental Warmth
(2009-02-23)
Inadequate sleep functioning, such as low sleep quantity and poor sleep quality, appears prevalent across age groups, but is particularly detrimental during adolescence, and the consequences vary widely; they include ...
Taxonomic and Phylogenetic Revision of the Family Chiasmodontidae (Perciformes: Acanthomorpha)
(2009-08-07)
The family Chiasmodontidae, commonly known as swallowers, comprises four genera and 33 species distributed in the meso and bathypelagic regions of the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian and Southern Oceans. The species of Chiasmodon ...
Regulation of the p62 promoter by oxidative damage in neurodegenerative disease and aging
(2009-06-30)
Oxidative stress is regarded as the damage to a biological system caused by reactive oxygen species (ROS) when the prooxidant overwhelms the antioxidant defense and repair ability. Growing evidence reveals that oxidative ...
Characterization of Viral Communities in Soil, Activated Sludge, and Influent
(2009-07-15)
Viruses are the most abundant yet uncharacterized biological entities on the planet. This thesis is a survey of viral communities in soil, activated sludge (AS), and influent (IN). Both culture-dependent and culture-independent ...
Three Essays in Tourism, Trade, and Economic Growth
(2009-08-13)
This dissertation consists of three chapters in tourism, trade, and economic growth. Chapter one investigates the short and long run effects of the change in the nominal exchange rate on the US tourism trade balance, ...
Designing for Cultures: An Approach for Product Design Using Components of Regional Culture
(2009-08-06)
Although much of humanity is tied together by certain fundamental principles
and the sharing of common physical and mental faculties, individuals are inherently
different and have different aesthetic preferences. However, ...
Effects of Food Safety Regulatory Standards on Seafood Exports to US, EU and Japan
(2009-07-01)
This thesis examines the effects of the enhanced food safety standards imposed in developed countries on seafood exports to these country markets. New impositions of food safety regulations in three major markets are ...
Phosphodiesterase 5 Inhibition on Dopaminergic and Glutamatergic Neurotransmission: Implications for Memory Enhancement
(2009-02-06)
Phosphodiesterases belongs to a family of proteins that metabolize cyclic nucleotides. There are at present eleven types of Phosphodiesterases been isolated and shown to be expressed in various tissues. Phosphodiesterase ...
Two Essays in International Banking and Finance
(2009-10-21)
This dissertation consists of two essays in international finance and banking. The first essay attempts to evaluate factors that promote or impede cross-border bank mergers and acquisitions using logistic regressions. The ...
Applications of Polyoxometalates as Electron Mediators
(2009-10-15)
The large variety of size, structure and elemental composition of polyoxometalates leads to a wide range of different properties. The primary goal of this dissertation is to study the structure-property relationship of ...