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A Chemiresistor Sensor Array for Insect Infestation Detection
(2012-05-03)
Plants emit volatile organic compounds as a defensive mechanism to protect themselves from insects and pathogens. These volatile organic chemicals, also known as phytochemicals, are given off during the early stages of ...
Chemistry in silico: Organic Reactions, Ionic Liquids, Tautomerization
(2013-04-22)
Computational chemistry is a collection of methods that seek to interpret and predict chemical phenomena. In this work, three distinct areas of chemistry are investigated: (1) the reactive pathways of UVA irradiated ...
Chemokine ccl33 is a key regulator of fish barbel development
(2017-07-22)
Barbels are integumentary sense organ that can be found in fishes, reptiles and amphibians. Barbel structures are relatively simple, consisting of central rod of cartilage, nerve trunk, artery and taste bud. The cell types ...
Chemokine Receptor CXCR7 in Vascular Biology and Disease
(2018-04-16)
Initially CXCR4 was thought to be the exclusive receptor for SDF-1. However, the discovery of a new SDF-1 receptor CXCR7, made the picture more complex. Whether CXCR7 is a “scavenger” receptor or not is still in debate. ...
Chemometric Modeling of the Structural Integrity, Chemistry and Bioenergy Potential of Elite Loblolly Pine Families and Forest Biomass
(2016-12-12)
Pinus taeda L. (loblolly pine) is the most economically important tree species in the USA. With 30 million acres in plantations in the southern United States alone, it accounts for over 50% of the standing pine volume of ...
Chemosensation in the Common Bed Bug, Cimex lectularius
(2016-08-05)
As an ectoparasite on human beings and other animals, the common bed bug, Cimex lectulatius, has been resurgent worldwide and is of concern by both governments and general public for their biting nuisance and potential ...
Cherokees, Creeks, and Charlestonians: The Colonial World of James Grant, 1757-1771
(2020-04-15)
The following study provides a revisionist interpretation of the career of James Grant, an officer in the British army during the French and Indian War (1754-1763), and subsequently governor of the new colony of East Florida ...
Child Abduction in Television News Media: A Content Analysis
(2014-12-09)
Television news media can be a beneficial part of society. It allows for individuals to gain knowledge about what is occurring around them. When child abduction cases are presented to the public through television news ...
Children's Responses to a Mastery Motivation Climate in an Inclusive Physical Education Setting: A Multiple Baseline Study
(2018-07-18)
This study examines the use of mastery motivational climate in an inclusive physical education setting. Mastery motivational climates (MMC) are grounded in achievement goal theory and the TARGET principles. Research has ...
Children’s Cortisol in Preschool and Aggression One Year Later in Kindergarten
(2011-01-05)
Previous research has examined associations between aggression and cortisol throughout the lifespan, with most studies concluding that individuals with lower basal cortisol exhibit more aggressive and antisocial behavior. ...
Children’s Externalizing and Internalizing Behavior and Social Competence predicted by Home Environment: Are These Associations Mediated by Social Competence and Moderated by Child Maltreatment?
(2015-07-24)
Home environment is often related to child functioning, including child social competence and child externalizing and internalizing behaviors. However, there is limited research that has examined how child abuse status, ...
Children’s Internalizing, Externalizing, Sexualized Behavior, and Social Competence as Predicted by Maternal Level of Depression: Are These Associations Moderated by Child Sex and Mothers’ History of Sexual Abuse?
(2014-05-27)
Maternal depression is often related to child functioning, including child internalizing, externalizing, and sexualized behavior, as well as child social competence. However, little research has investigated how child sex ...
Children’s Stress and Their Health: Cortisol and the Common Cold
(2012-12-11)
Many studies document associations between high levels of stress in early childhood and poor adult health, but understanding of mechanisms underlying these links is limited. Recent theoretical models focus on physiological ...
Chinese American Adolescents' Self-Perceived Identities and Their Language Behaviors
(2010-05-12)
The purpose of this study was to determine the relationships between self-perceived identities of Chinese American adolescents and their language behaviors. The self-perceived identities were measured by the Chinese ...
The Chinese Consumers' Changing Value System, Consumption Values and Modern Consumption Behavior
(2005-08-15)
China is traditionally regarded as a collectivistic society, in which the linkage between individuals is close and strong; people treasure tradition, benevolence, and conformity. However, as a result of economic growth ...
Chinese Consumers’ Perceptions of Cross-Border E-Commerce Retailer Attributes: A Scale Development and Validation Study
(2022-08-05)
Cross-border e-commerce (CBEC) offers a new way for consumers to purchase foreign products online. China is the largest e-commerce market in the world and thus is a lucrative market for CBEC. However, no quantitative scale ...
A Chinese Director and His Transition from Critical Banned Filmmaker to Box Office Success
(2005-08-15)
This thesis uses historical poetics to analyze Chinese director Zhang Yimou’s film productions of the last ten years. Zhang Yimou has been famous for his leading position in the Fifth Generation of Chinese directors. Zhang ...
Chinese School Principals’ Behavioral Intentions in Relation to Green School Practices
(2013-04-16)
This elicitation study explored Chinese school principals’ beliefs and practices associated with sustainability and green school practices. Using the theory of planned behavior (TPB) as the theoretical framework, this study ...
Chinese tallow seed viability, resprouting capacity, and leaf litter flammability: consequences for restoring coastal pine forests
(2023-07-27)
Chinese tallow (Triadica sebifera) is an invasive tree that threatens the health and integrity of pine flatwoods and savannas along the USA Gulf of Mexico. These open forests historically experienced frequent, low-intensity ...
Choice in C57BL/6n Mice: Behavioral and Pharmacological Mechanisms of Concurrent Schedule Performance
(2016-07-25)
Evidence from clinical and laboratory studies converge on the same neurochemical and neuroanatomical substrates underlying choice behavior. The findings suggest that behavioral adjustments in choice procedures are the ...