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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 ...
Choice numbers, Ohba numbers and Hall numbers of some complete k-partite graphs
(2009-07-15)
The choice numbers of some complete k−partite graphs are found, after we resolved
a dispute regarding the choice number of K(4, 2, . . . , 2) when k is odd. Estimates of the
choice numbers and the Ohba numbers of K(m, ...
Choral directors' knowledge of biological and sociological sex differences in the secondary choral classroom
(2013-04-16)
Secondary choral directors who enter the work force are expected to teach all types of choirs, including mixed-sex choirs, male choirs, and female choirs. Most undergraduate programs address voice change differences and ...
Chromate immobilization in groundwater and soil using Iron-Manganese binary metal oxide nanoparticles
(2015-12-16)
Fe-Mn (iron – manganese binary oxide) nanoparticle were synthesized and test for the Cr(VI) immobilization in soil and groundwater. Water soluble starch and carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) were applied to stabilize the ...
The Chromatic Number of the Euclidean Plane
(2009-08-03)
We discuss the chromatic number of the plane problem. We provide a detailed history
of its origins, along with some of the recent progress.
Chromatographic and Mass Spectral Studies on Mass Equivalent Substituted Phenethlamines Related to MDEA, MDMMA and MBDB
(2006-12-15)
The goal of this project is to evaluate the GC-MS properties of a series of twelve regioisomeric and isobaric ring substituted phenethylamines with identical molecular weight and major fragmentation ions. Three regioisomeric ...
Chronic Dietary Quercetin Enrichment and Cardiac Pathology in Mdx and Mdx-Utrn +/-Mice
(2015-05-08)
BACKGROUND: Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy causes declines in cardiac health resulting in mortality in up to 40% patients due to fibrosis and cardiopathology. Quercetin is a polyphenol possessing inherent anti-inflammatory ...
Chronic effects of Hatha yoga on heart rate variability and EEG spectral power in young adults with elevated mental health symptoms
(2023-07-27)
More than 50% of adults will be diagnosed with a mental illness or disorder within their lifetime. There is a significant increase in the prevalence of internalizing disorders and associated symptomology (i.e., anxiety, ...
Chronic Wasting Disease in the United States: How Have Hunters and State Wildlife Agencies Responded?
(2024-04-26)
Chronic wasting disease (CWD), a fatal neurodegenerative disease that affects cervids, has been detected in 33 states across the United States. Currently there are no preventions, treatments, or cures for the disease in ...
Circuit Simulator Based Mextram Parameter Extraction of SiGe HBTs
(2016-05-02)
This work implements Mextram 504 parameter extraction using ICCAP and ADS simulator. A 50 GHz SiGe HBT is used. Results show a whole procedure of parameter extraction with temperature scaling.
Cislunar Trajectory Design Techniques in Virtual Reality
(2023-08-01)
Mathematical models of various astrodynamical systems in the Solar system and identification of solutions within these models are crucial for the burgeoning space exploration efforts carried out by the government agencies ...
Civil UAV Type Certification: DoD Mishap Analysis 2000-2009 and FAA Certification Roadmap
(2012-08-29)
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued memorandums which support the use of flight activities which can demonstrate that proposed operation can be conducted at an acceptable level of safety. This paper ...
Civil War and Reconstruction Era Cass/Bartow County, Georgia
(2007-05-15)
A "white men’s democracy" profoundly shaped aspects of pre-industrial Cass/Bartow County, Georgia’s social, economic, and political landscape. Following the removal of the Cherokee from northwest Georgia, white settlers ...