The importance of RNA as a mediator of genetic information is widely appreciated. RNA molecules also participate in the regulation of various post-transcriptional activities, such as mRNA splicing, editing, RNA stability ...

The importance of RNA as a mediator of genetic information is widely appreciated. RNA molecules also participate in the regulation of various post-transcriptional activities, such as mRNA splicing, editing, RNA stability ...

The end of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth century in Paris was a time of social upheaval that witnessed the appearance of a new style of Sapphic novel in Paris, that of women writing about their ...

Brain function is dependent upon the active coordination of many different cell types and subtypes at cellular resolutions. While measuring neurochemistry at cellular resolutions is important for understanding emergent ...

This study examined sources of perceived social support and attachment insecurity that were significant predictors of mental health in a group of college students. 407 undergraduate students (mean age = 20.25 years) enrolled ...

A stigma “refers to an attribute that is deeply discrediting” (Goffman 1963, 3). The stigmatized characteristic or trait labels the possessor as different from what is considered “normal” in some way. More specifically, ...

Formal dynamic model analysis tools are essential in understanding how model structure drives behavior. A model analysis approach is formulated based on eigenvalue elasticity analysis in this dissertation. Eigenvalue ...

Obesity has become a pressing issue for Hispanic populations in the United States (U.S.) as well as for the Mexican population in Mexico with prevalence steadily increasing over the last quarter century for both adults and ...

This dissertation explores the dynamics of language variation and the process of language change from a Speaker-based approach (cp. Weinreich, Labov, & Herzog, 1968) through the analysis of a linguistic feature that has ...

The purpose of this study was to investigate whether achievement in home economics foods and nutrition classes could be increased by assigning critical thinking tasks and to determine whether critical thinking could be ...