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Sexual Dimorphism, the Big-Mother Hypothesis, and Analyses of Hormones, Minerals, and Stable Isotopes to Determine Reproductive Events in Bowhead Whales (Balaena mysticetus)
(2015-12-03)
Baleen from bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) provided an opportunity to study reproduction and sexual dimorphism via analyses of hormones, minerals, and stable-isotopes. Concentration of progesterone in baleen was ...
Shakespeare and the Cultural Impressment of Ireland
(2005-08-15)
Using a combined lens of cultural materialist and postcolonial studies to read the early modern inclusion of Irish in the culture of the British empire, this study explores --Y΄cultural impressment‘ as a descriptor for ...
Shape Memory Alloy Robotic Truss
(2008-08-15)
The development, design, and analysis of a Shape Memory Alloy Robotic Truss (SMART) actuator is presented in this research paper. SMART is a three-degree of freedom actuator capable of large rotary and bending displacements ...
“She Can Never Be Happy Without All or Some of the Family with Her”: Women’s Lives on the Early National Frontier
(2018-04-18)
When it comes to the early American frontier, a great deal is known about the men who moved to form the first permanent settlements. Much less has been told about the women they brought with them, the fundamental role these ...
Shear Strengths of End Regions of Prestressed Self-Consolidating Concrete Beams
(2008-05-15)
Understanding of the shear and bond performance of self-consolidating concrete (SCC) is vital to fully implement SCC usage in structures. State highway structures are a potential application for prestressed SCC systems ...
Shelf Life Validation of Marinated and Frozen Chicken Tenderloins
(2020-07-21)
It is immensely important for producers and restaurants to know the shelf life of a meat product. If a consumer eats a product that is rancid it could impact a restaurant’s reputation. The objective of this study is to ...
The Shields-Harary Number of Graphs
(2004-05-15)
The Shields-Harary numbers are a class of graph paramaters that measure the robustness
of a graph in terms of network vulnerability, with reference to a given cost
function.
Shifting Landscapes
(2016-05-03)
Mobile Bay is a landscape that is experiencing distress from human manipulations, much like most coastal environments. The field of landscape architecture is attempting to tackle the issues by advocating for resilient ...
Shifting Relationships Between Crayfish and Symbiotic Worms in Surface Water and Subterranean Environments
(2013-08-22)
Branchiobdellidans are small annelids (Clitellata) that have neutral, positive, and negative effects on stream crayfishes. Host effects are context dependent, with positive effects (increased survivorship and growth) ...
Shifting street: A new street form turn street into place
(2016-05-03)
The street is one of the key spaces that people spend their time at everyday. The experiences of the street are important to enhance the quality of people’s life. There are lots of ways to build a street. With different ...
Shoal occupancy estimation for 3 lotic crayfish species in the Tallapoosa River basin, Alabama
(2010-04-08)
The greatest diversity of crayfishes in the world is in the southeastern United States; however many species are at risk and lack of information on habitat requirements and the effects of habitat alteration hamper crayfish ...
Short-Chain Ceramides for Enhancing Cytotoxicity of Liposome-Encapsulated Doxorubicin Toward Human Breast Cancer (MDA-MB-231) and Prostate Cancer (PC-3) Cells
(2016-08-01)
Co-delivery of short chain ceramide, C6-Ceramide (C6-Cer) and C8-Ceramide (C8-Cer) and doxorubicin (DOX) using a liposomal system in MDA-MB-231 breast cancer and PC3 prostate cancer cell lines for synergistic cytotoxic ...
Short-Term Changes in Health Status after Cigarette Smoking and Moderate-Intensity Exercise
(2005-12-15)
The combined effects of cigarette smoking and moderate-intensity aerobic exercise on physiological, inflammatory and blood clotting factors were examined in 12 casual smokers. Apparently healthy males between the ages of ...
Should I Stay or Should I Go? An Examination of the Effects of Work and Family Factors on Active-duty and National Guard and Reserve Service Members’ Military Career Intentions
(2022-11-21)
The Department of Defense (DoD) prioritizes the retention of military personnel to maintain a ready defense force and earn return on their investment of training highly skilled Service members. Prior research has examined ...
Shut it Down: Nineteenth-Century Southern Fictions of Reproduction
(2015-05-04)
The dissertation analyzes how the establishment of professionalized—and masculinized—medicine during the nineteenth century controlled female sexuality by policing reproductive rights and rates. Focusing specifically on ...
“Shut Up and Play”: Modifying A Situational Attitude Scale to Detect Negative Perceptions and Prejudice toward Division I Athletes in Academic Settings
(2023-07-17)
The current study aimed to modify and develop a scale that detects prejudice towards athletes and examine if there were differences in participant responses based on race, sport or athletic identity. The study involved 107 ...
Sickness Behavior and the Metabolic Demand of Immunity: Insight from a Live Bacterial Infection Model.
(2020-07-21)
Life-history theory states that animals have access to a finite amount of resources over their lifespan. These resources are allocated between growth, reproduction, and maintenance, and how these resources are allocated ...
SiGe HBT Parameter Extraction Using Mextram 505.00
(2018-04-24)
Applications of SiGe HBT need a robust model which can accurately describe the performance of SiGe HBT at various temperatures. Circuit simulation requires accurate transistor model and reliable parameters.
This work ...
Signal Integrity Analysis of Transmission lines in Anisotropic Substrate for High-Speed Data Transmission
(2013-05-06)
Continuous increase in high-speed data rates is essential in today’s world in order to keep up with Moor’s law scaling and to meet application demands. This increase in information transfer rates is essentially limited by ...
Signal Integrity Challenges and Solutions at Cryogenic Temperatures
(2023-08-07)
The field of electronics is rapidly evolving and expanding into new frontiers, including cryogenic environments. Cryogenic temperatures below 10 K have become increasingly important in various applications such as quantum ...