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(2012-06-21)Listeria monocytogenes is a human pathogen commonly found in soil, water, vegetation, and foods such as meats, poultry, and dairy products. Over the past two decades, there has been an increase in disease caused by Listeria. ...
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(2012-06-21)The Red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta) is remarkably tolerant to the anoxic conditions of hibernation. During the winter. these turtles hibernate under a thin layer of mud where the temperature is approximately 5 °C and ...
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(2012-06-21)Continuous season-long rangeland use (CSLU) by livestock has been one of the largest land uses in the western United States since the mid-1800s. Until recently, little credence has been paid to the impact of this type of ...
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(2012-06-21)Throughout North America, shorebird numbers have declined within the last several years. The loss of habitat is one of the major reasons for this decline. Habitat loss is not only occurring at northern breeding grounds and ...
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(2012-06-21)This study investigates Parrington's involvement in athletics during his years in Lyon County, Kansas. Chapter I reviews earlier scholarship on Parrington's Main Currents In American Thought and traces the instant success ...
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(2012-06-21)Collections of the threatened Neosho madtom (Noturns placidus) made in 1993-94 confirm the persistence of a disjunct population in the Spring River. We captured 87 Neosho madtoms at 19 sites, extending the known distribution ...
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(2012-06-21)The results of the construction and testing of a data collection system for use with a voltammetric analysis instrument is presented. A solution of copper(II) was studied with the instrument. A miniature electrode with a ...
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(2012-06-21)Race in the latter part of the 20th century still continues to play a major role in the lives of many African Americans within this country. Simply being of African American ancestry means that one is more likely to have ...
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(2012-06-21)Past studies of relationship commitment have examined commitment levels and how they varied across given populations. Recent research focuses on what factors determine one's commitment level. The current study investigated ...
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LDH activity and isozyme patterns in crayfish (Orconectes nais) under conditions of seasonal change.(2012-06-21)In the crayfish Orconectes nais, LDH is present in two isozymatic forms. Isozymes from gill, abdominal muscle, heart and nerve have the same mobility indicating that they possess the same polypeptide composition. However, ...
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(2012-06-21)James Joyce is recognized as an innovator in the use of allusion. Many scholars have interpreted the allusions in Dubliners according to what they contribute to the text while other scholars have addressed Joyce's allusive ...
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(2012-06-21)This study investigates the theory, research, and methodology of peer response groups in the English and composition classroom and offers a method of using writing groups. It addresses the problem of the gap between theory ...
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(2012-06-21)Previous research examining confidence levels has shown that for men confidence seems to be a relatively stable personality trait, remaining consistent across a wide variety of situations. In women, the same is apparently ...
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(2012-06-21)The specific battles Chaucer attributes to the Knight in the General Prologue of The Canterbury Tales illustrate the values Chaucer believed a fourteenth-century knight should possess. Chaucer deliberately chooses certain ...
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(2012-06-21)This thesis is a collection of poems prefaced by an aesthetic statement. The manuscript is organized in five sections: an introductory poem; poems pertaining to the phenomena of experience; poems pertaining to the question ...
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(2012-06-21)The study of taste aversions evolved from watching animals eat something, become ill, and subsequently not eating that substance again. Logically, if the animal is able to associate a certain odor with the substance which ...
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(2012-06-21)Eleven watersheds that drain the city of Emporia were investigated to determine relationships between land use and urban runoff water quality. Discharge, conductivity, and pH of dry-weather flow were monitored in each ...
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(2012-06-21)For many years acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) has been used as an analgesic, antiinflammator and antipyretic agent. In the past decade, the use of ASA has increased because it is thought to be beneficial for the cardiovascular ...
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(2012-06-21)Although goal setting researchers have demonstrated that goals are effective for increasing performance, they have also suggested high goal levels are associated with low satisfaction. Since low goal levels are associated ...
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(2012-06-21)The validity of the Substance Abuse Subtle Screening Inventory-2 (SASSI-2) FAM scale was investigated by examining the family (FAM) scale's ability to distinguish children of alcoholics from children of non-alcoholics. The ...
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