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(2015-12-03)Cadherins and integrin receptors form crucial extracellular adhesive connections with, respectively, adjacent cells and the extracellular matrix, and transduce mechanical signals across cell membranes. The role of adhesive ...
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(2010-06-22)Successful self-health management often includes a medication regimen. Medication adherence – taking medication according to how it is prescribed – is essential to effective treatment. It is even more crucial for older ...
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(2019-03-29)We focus on the new problem of determining which methylation patterns in gene promoters strongly associate with gene expression in cancer cells of different types. Although a number of results regarding the influence of ...
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(2011-08-26)I investigate whether U.S. bank holding companies choose early adoption of accounting standards to better access external financing. Both economic intuition and theories suggest that banks are motivated to take measures ...
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(2000)A design guide was developed to predict cracking tendency in bonded concrete overlay at early age. The design guide, implemented as an EXCEL spreadsheet, is a practical tool for pavement engineers. The design guide calculates ...
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(2012-02-01)Concrete pavements and structures are especially vulnerable to cracking at early age. The volumetric instability of concrete at early age is a frequent cause of cracking. The primary components of volume change are ...
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(2000)The analysis revealed stress-induced shrinkage as a major mechanism of drying creep for plain and fiber reinforced concrete (FRC). Microcracking forms a significant portion of drying creep of plain concrete, but it is less ...
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(1990)The purpose of this dissertation is to reexamine the relationship between the American and English members of the transatlantic Quaker community during the first fifty-six years of the eighteenth century. The pursuit of ...
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(2019-06-27)Peer and parental relationships across childhood and adolescence have an important role in later psychosocial adjustment for all youth. For youth who experience subjectively more minority stress or more encounters with ...
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(2019-02-13)Pediatric obesity remains a public health concern in the U.S.(Ogden, Carroll, Kit, & Flegal, 2012) and worldwide (De Onis, Blössner, & Borghi, 2010) due to its prevalence and association to chronic illnesses in adulthood. ...
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(2012-09-18)Mexicans represent more than half (65%) of the Latinos in the United States, and Latinos are the largest racial/ethnic minority group (U.S. Bureau, 2011a). Over the last decade, the number of Latino children has increased ...
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(2020-07-08)Childhood obesity continues to be a major issue in the United States, with approximately 26% of the nation’s preschool-aged children being overweight or obese. This statistic is troublesome in that overweight preschoolers ...
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(2015-04-21)High-quality early childhood inclusion consists of providing access, participation, and supports to young children with disabilities (DEC/NAEYC, 2009). This case study examines how a public Montessori school provides early ...
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