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At War with Zola
Nicholas White
Jul 24, 2015
This lecture was presented at the 13th Annual Conference of the Society of Dix-Neuviémistes by Nicholas White (University of Cambridge). © 2015 Nicholas White.
Functional connexin35 increased in the myopic chicken retina.
Our previous research showed that increased phosphorylation of connexin (Cx)36 indicated extended  coupling of AII amacrine cells (ACs) in the rod-dominant mouse myopic retina. This research will determine whether...
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Non-invasive technical investigation of english portrait miniatures attributed to Nicholas Hilliard and Isaac Oliver
This study presents the results of the technical investigation carried out on several English portrait miniatures painted in the 16th and 17th century by Nicholas Hilliard and Isaac Oliver, two of the most famous limners...
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The New Capital of Spanish Language Literature
This translation was originally published as: “The New Capital of Spanish Language Literature: The Best Seller.” New Spain New Literatures, by Maarten Steenmeijer. Eds. Luis Martín Estudillo and Nicholas Spadaccini. Vanderbilt...
The New Capital of Spanish Language Literature
This translation was originally published as: “The New Capital of Spanish Language Literature: The Best Seller.” New Spain New Literatures, by Maarten Steenmeijer. Eds. Luis Martín Estudillo and Nicholas Spadaccini. Vanderbilt...
The New Capital of Spanish Language Literature
This translation was originally published as: “The New Capital of Spanish Language Literature: The Best Seller.” New Spain New Literatures, by Maarten Steenmeijer. Eds. Luis Martín Estudillo and Nicholas Spadaccini. Vanderbilt...
Evolutionary contingency as non-trivial objective probability
TY William Wong
Jan 03, 2020
Contingency-theorists have put forth differing accounts of evolutionary contingency. The bulk of these accounts abstractly refer to certain causal structures in which an evolutionarily contingent outcome is supposedly embedded....
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Two Donations to Environmental Programs Expand Opportunities for Students
Winthrop University
Jan 01, 0001
Ty Robbins, a senior environmental sciences major from Clemson, South Carolina, and Allyssa Calderhead, a senior environmental studies major living in Fort Mill, are the first two Dalton Scholarship recipients. In other...
Published by: Winthrop University
Review of the Book "Understanding Liberal Democracy: Essays in Political Philosophy"
Kelly Sorensen
Jan 01, 0001
[Excerpt] Nicholas Wolterstorff argues that public reason liberalism is a dead end, and defends instead what he takes to be a more defensible form of liberalism ("equal political voice liberalism"). His book is fresh and...
Published by: Ursinus College
Fossils Collected This Summer Will Be Subject of Tests
Winthrop University
Jan 01, 0001
Boyer and two environmental science majors, Tim Swartz and Ty Robbins, took a 13-day trip in June to Utah and Nevada to collect rock samples on federal lands believed to have been the site of mass extinctions. The Winthrop study...
Published by: Winthrop University
Mass and Heat Exchange in Rotating Compressor Cavities With Variable Cob Separation
Next generation aeroengines will operate at ever-increasing pressure ratios with smaller cores, where the control of blade-tip clearances across the flight cycle is an emerging design challenge. Such clearances are affected by...
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Social Identity Theory in Sports Fandom Research
Nicholas Hirshon
May 08, 2020
Sports fans are known to engage in BIRGing, or basking in reflected glory after their team wins, and CORFing, cutting off reflected failure following a team loss. These phenomena are related to social identity theory, which...
A Model of Mass and Heat Transfer for Disc Temperature Prediction in Open Compressor Cavities

Accurate prediction of heat transfer in compressor cavities is crucial to the design of efficient and reliable aircraft engines. The heat transfer affects the thermal expansion of the compressor rotor and, in turn, the tip...

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Early life programming in mice by maternal overnutrition
Animal models have been indispensable in elucidating the potential causative mechanisms underlying the effects of maternal diet on offspring health. Of these, the mouse has been widely used to model maternal overnutrition and/or...
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The Clinical and Public Health Challenges of Diabetes Prevention
NJ Wareham, WH Herman
Oct 19, 2016
In an Editorial accompanying PLOS Medicine's Special Issue on Diabetes Prevention, Guest Editors Nicholas Wareham and William Herman discuss some of the challenges for researchers and policy makers in developing effective and...
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Genetics of Gland- in-situ or Hypoplastic Congenital Hypothyroidism in Macedonia
Neonatal screening in Macedonia detects congenital hypothyroidism (CH) with an incidence of 1 in 1,585, and more than 50% of cases exhibit a normally located gland-in-situ (GIS). Monogenic mutations causing dyshormonogenesis may...
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Psychological drivers of hotel guests’ energy‐saving behaviours—empirical research based on the extended theory of planned behaviour
The hospitality industry is an important energy consumer and carbon emitter. Behaviour-driven energy conservation is a strategy with great promise to strengthen the energy efficiency of hotel buildings. The aim of this...
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Grip strength from midlife as an indicator of later-life brain health and cognition
Abstract: Background: Grip strength is an indicator of physical function with potential predictive value for health in ageing populations. We assessed whether trends in grip strength from midlife predicted later-life brain...
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