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Central Leptin, But Not Central Insulin, Attenuates the Decrease of Adiponectin Concentrations and Increases Insulin Sensitivity in Streptozotocin (STZ)-Induced Diabetic Rats
(2005-08-15)
Central leptin increases peripheral insulin sensitivity through unknown mechanisms. Central insulin signaling may also contribute to peripheral insulin sensitivity. To clarify the relationships among central leptin, central ...
CEO protective responses to short seller attacks at rival firms
(2022-06-21)
Short sellers prosper by betting against the interests of shareholders and managers of public firms. In recent years, however, some short sellers have escalated the intensity of short selling by organizing campaigns that ...
Ceramic Analysis of Proto-Historic Domestic Structures from 1EE89: A Transitional Culture on the Coosa
(2010-08-12)
Excavations at 1EE89, the Historic Creek town of Hickory Ground identified an extensive Proto-Historic occupation. This occupation is identified by evidence of 30 domestic structures and one public structure. The majority ...
Challenges and Opportunities Associated with the Adoption of Wearable Technologies in the Workplace
(2020-07-07)
Work-related musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are painful and costly health conditions that affect workers in many industries, especially manufacturing. Wearable sensors such as inertial measurement units (IMUs) are direct ...
Challenges in Resting State Functional Connectivity Analysis: Removal of Head Motion Artifacts and Machine Learning-based Disease Classification
(2017-01-11)
In recent years, the use of resting-state functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (rs-fMRI) for examining the brain function in healthy and clinical populations has increased drastically. Simultaneous modulations in neural ...
Challenges in the Institution of Peer Tutoring: Dilemmas in Student-Tutor Interaction
(2014-07-02)
This thesis project is an analysis of nine, 1-hour peer tutoring conversations between
tutors and students at a university implemented tutoring organization. The primary framework
for this study is grounded practical ...
Changes in Cardiotrophin-1 and Fibroblast Growth Factor-21 with Weight Loss
(2009-11-18)
The purpose of this investigation was to examine the effects of modest weight loss on circulating concentrations of cardiotrophin-1 (CT-1) and fibroblast growth factor-21 (FGF-21) in obese men. Nine obese men (age = 41.5 ...
Changes in Concentrations of Heat Shock Protein 60, 70 and 90 of a Wild Songbird in Responses to Distinct Stress Challenges
(2013-01-09)
Wild songbirds, such as the House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) require physiological mechanisms to maintain the homeostasis in face of stress threats. One of the primary mechanisms to protect system integrity is production ...
Changes in energy expenditure associated with injestion of high protein, high fat versus high protein, low fat meals among underweight, normal weight, and overweight females
(2006-08-15)
Changes in energy expenditure in response to ingestion of a high protein, high fat meal versus an isocaloric high protein, low fat meal were investigated in 21 females, aged 19-28 years. Subjects were classified based on ...
Changes in Fruit and Vegetable Consumption of Third Grade Students in Body Quest: Food of the Warrior, a 17-class Childhood Obesity Prevention Program
(2012-11-06)
Objective: To increase fruit and vegetable (F/V) consumption, third grade students participated in Body Quest (BQ), a 17-class childhood obesity prevention program.
Methods: Students (n = 2,477) were randomly assigned to ...
Changes in in vitro fermentative capacity of equine feces due to alteration of forage diet
(2017-04-25)
In vitro digestibility methods require a microbial inoculum source. In hindgut fermenters like equids, cannulation of the cecum is a high-risk procedure and can be avoided by using feces as a microbial inoculum source. The ...
Changes in Southern Piedmont Grassland Community Structure and Nutritive Quality Under Future Climate Predictions: Tropospheric Ozone and Altered Rainfall
(2011-05-19)
Tropospheric (ground-level) ozone (O3) is the most significant phytotoxic air pollutant in the United States. It is readily transported to rural agricultural and forested areas from urban centers. Estimating the effects ...
Changes in the Open Reading Frame of Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus during Serial Infection of Pregnant Cattle, Sheep, and Swine
(2018-04-24)
Bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV) is an economically important pathogen that is endemic in cattle populations of many countries. This virus can also infect pigs, camelids, and a wide range of ruminants including sheep, ...
Changing disease knowledge, self-efficacy, and adherence in transition-aged youth with inflammatory bowel disease: The impact of a telehealth coaching intervention
(2020-07-13)
The current study is an evaluation of the first structured transition program for families managing inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) within the United States. To determine the program’s effectiveness, important transition ...
The Changing Status of Women in Taiwan: 1945-2010
(2012-05-04)
This dissertation analyzes the economic, social, and political status of women in Taiwan from 1945 to 2010. This research was guided by a theoretical model of how the status of women worldwide is influenced by the extent ...
Changing the Channel on T.V.
(2011-11-30)
Changing the channel on ‘TV’ is a landscape architecture research project which interrogates the concept of terrain vague through the practises of the formless, a theory developed by Georges Bataille in the late 1920’s. ...
Changing Trade Patterns of Forest Products in the United States
(2007-12-15)
In recent years, a trend has emerged in the trade of forest products in the United States. As witnessed in many other industries in the U.S. over the past several decades, forest products exports have steadily dropped off ...
Channel Estimation and Equalization for Doubly-Selective Channels Using Basis Expansion Models
(2008-05-15)
The nature of the wireless channels places fundamental limitations on the performance of wireless communication systems. In addition to the frequency-selectivity characteristics caused by multipath propagation, the high-rate ...
Channel State Information Fingerprinting Based Indoor Localization: a Deep Learning Approach
(2015-07-28)
With the fast growing demand of location-based services in indoor environments, indoor positioning based on fingerprinting has attracted a lot of interest due to its high accuracy. In this thesis, we present a novel deep ...
Chaotic Dynamic Character of Human Chewing Determined Using New Three-Dimensional Motion Capture Techniques
(2015-05-05)
A need exists to determine the dynamic character of natural human chewing so human mandible or lower jaw biomechanics can be fully understood. No one has reported investigating the dynamic character of natural human chewing ...