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DJ-1
DJ-1 is a multifaceted protein with pleiotropic functions that has been implicated in multiple diseases, ranging from neurodegeneration to cancer and ischemia-reperfusion injury. Ischemia is a complex pathological state arising...
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DJ-1 and SOD1 Act Independently in the Protection against Anoxia in Drosophila melanogaster.
Redox homeostasis is a vital process the maintenance of which is assured by the presence of numerous antioxidant small molecules and enzymes and the alteration of which is involved in many pathologies, including several...
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Effort and Moral Worth
Kelly Sorensen
Jan 01, 0001
One of the factors that contributes to an agent's praiseworthiness and blameworthiness -- his or her moral worth -- is effort. On the one hand, agents who act effortlessly seem to have high moral worth. On the other hand, agents...
Published by: Ursinus College
DJ-1 and SOD1 Act Independently in the Protection against Anoxia in Drosophila melanogaster.
Redox homeostasis is a vital process the maintenance of which is assured by the presence of numerous antioxidant small molecules and enzymes and the alteration of which is involved in many pathologies, including several...
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The Net Worth Trap
This paper investigates investment and output dynamics in a simple continuous time setting, showing that financing constraints substantially alter the relationship between net worth and the decisions of an optimizing firm. In...
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Moral Worth and Moral Knowledge
Paulina Sliwa
Aug 05, 2019
To have moral worth an action not only needs to conform to the correct normative theory (whatever it is); it also needs to be motivated in the right way. I argue that morally worthy actions are motivated by the rightness of the...
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Parental conditional regard and the development of perfectionism in adolescent athletes
Thomas Curran
Aug 01, 2018

Despite evidence highlighting the debilitating nature of perfectionism in sport, few studies have examined how it develops. In explaining the development of perfectionism, theorists emphasize controlling parental practices in...

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Parental conditional regard and the development of perfectionism in adolescent athletes
Thomas Curran
Aug 01, 2018

Despite evidence highlighting the debilitating nature of perfectionism in sport, few studies have examined how it develops. In explaining the development of perfectionism, theorists emphasize controlling parental practices in...

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Taming the Lion
Contrary to conventional wisdom, there is little empirical evidence that elevated power, by default, fuels conflict and aggression. Instead, previous studies have shown that extraneous factors that decrease powerholders'...
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Campus Mourns Death of Long-time Employee Sir Lawrence Darby
Winthrop University
Jan 01, 0001
Sir Lawrence Darby, a custodian who worked at the Winthrop Coliseum, passed away on Sunday, Oct. 23, from injuries sustained in a car accident. Darby was very active with the Samaritan's Feet project involving Winthrop's...
Published by: Winthrop University
Maturational timing, physical self-perceptions and physical activity in UK adolescent females
Background Advanced (early) biological maturation may be a risk factor for inactivity among adolescent girls. Aim To test the mediational effects of body attractiveness and physical self-worth on the relationship between...
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Counterfactual Situations and Moral Worth
Kelly Sorensen
Jan 01, 0001
What is the relevance to praiseworthiness and blameworthiness of what one would have done in other, counterfactual circumstances? I defend a moderate form of actualism: what one would have done is important, but less so than...
Published by: Ursinus College
Maturational timing, physical self-perceptions and physical activity in UK adolescent females
Background Advanced (early) biological maturation may be a risk factor for inactivity among adolescent girls. Aim To test the mediational effects of body attractiveness and physical self-worth on the relationship between...
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The visual and semantic features that predict object memory
Abstract: Humans have a remarkable fidelity for visual long-term memory, and yet the composition of these memories is a longstanding debate in cognitive psychology. While much of the work on long-term memory has focused on...
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Genome bioinformatic analysis of nonsynonymous SNPs
Background: Genome-wide association studies of common diseases for common, low penetrance causal variants are underway. A proportion of these will alter protein sequences, the most common of which is the non-synonymous single...
Published by: BMC BIOINFORMATICS
An Emoji Is Worth a Thousand Words
Face emojis are regularly used in reviews on online shopping sites to add richness and/or levity to the text. However, few researchers have investigated the use of face emojis in consumer reviews. This paper examined the effects...

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