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THE REDUCTION OF NEUTROPHIL POPULATIONS IN INFLAMMATORY CONDITIONS USING CD177-MEDIATED PH-SENSITIVE FUSOGENIC NANOPARTICLES
(2019-08-09)Neutrophils serve a vital role in innate immune defense against bacterial and fungal pathogens. While neutrophils function in the most robust immune defense, they can also play a detrimental role in inflammatory conditions ... -
Designing Functional Ceramics For Service And Wellness
(2019-08-07)Service nurtures wellness. Through glaze palate, form, and function, Wellness illustrates this truth. Complete wellness requires self-care and engagement with community. By serving self, one nurtures decompression and ... -
Autonomy and the Need to Know
(2019-08-02)Personal autonomy is the capacity to decide for oneself and to live one’s life according to reasons and motives that are taken as one’s own and not the product of manipulative external forces. This paper aims to discuss ... -
THERMAL DENATURATION AND REFOLDING OF CARBOHYDRATE BINDING MODULES TO IMPROVE ENZYME RECYCLING IN A LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOREFINERY
(2019-08-01)Second generation bioethanol using lignocellulosic waste is a promising source of renewable energy. Cellulose, lignin, and other biopolymers make up lignocellulose. Saccharification of lignocellulose requires cellulases, ... -
The Mediating Role of Organizational Climate in the Relationship between Leadership Outcomes and Organizational Strategic Planning
(2019-07-30)The topic of leadership has been studied in many different ways, yet there exists very limited information on the impact of leadership style and outcomes on organizational climate and organizational strategic planning ... -
Roles of Knowledge Diffusion, Emotional Intelligence, and Locus of Control in Facilitating Incremental Innovation Among Middle Managers: An Empirical Investigation
The main purpose of this study is to examine middle manager influence on incremental innovation from the standpoint of organizational knowledge diffusion and personality. Middle management plays an important role in fueling ... -
Improving Teacher Effectiveness for Increasing Student Reading Proficiency through a Talent Management Professional Development Model
(2019-07-30)This action research study explored the impact of a professional development model grounded in talent management to increase teacher effectiveness and capacity in elementary literacy. Blending the research on effective ... -
Principals' Perceptions on Their Experience of the Framework for Teaching Professional Development
The research question explored in this study was: What is the impact of the Framework for Teaching (FfT) (2013) professional development on high school principals? The primary purpose of this qualitative study was to ... -
Leadership Style, Leader–Follower Congruence, & the Implementation of a Cultural Proficiency Initiative
(2019-07-13)Principals play a critical role in addressing the institutional inequities that prevent students from fully accessing the benefits of public education. School leaders must work in concert with their staff to transform their ... -
The Impact of Participation in an Elementary Behavior Support Program on Students’ Prosocial Behavior, School Functioning and Academic Performance
(2019-07-13)Environmental factors are causing children to bring well developed patterns of antisocial behavior to school which negatively impact their ability to access their educational program. Existing strategies and resources are ... -
Disproportionate Suspension and Special Education Identification of African American Students: A Case Study in the Early Elementary Grades
(2019-07-13)Disparate discipline and special education identification of African American students has been extensively documented showing a relationship between race/ethnic status and suspension/special education identification rates; ... -
A Case Study on Principal Selection Practices and Preparedness of Assistant Principals for Principal Selection Processes
(2019-07-13)Historically, the role of the assistant principal has served as a stepping-stone to the principalship. However, research has shown that the assistant principalship may not serve as an effective training ground for the ... -
The History of Algerian Immigrants’ Search for Identity in France. An Analysis through French Film: Historical and Political Context between France and Algeria.
(2019-05-15)How did France’s legacy of colonization impact Algeria? How significant was the FLN’s role in the Algerian War of Independence and the conceptualization of historical problems (immigration and integration) that follows in ... -
Plastered Crania and Community Rituals in the Pre-Pottery Neolithic Levant
(2019-04)During the Pre-Pottery Neolithic, complicated mortuary ritual developed in the Levant, which expanded upon traditions of earlier time periods. During the earlier Natufian and Pre-Pottery Neolithic A periods there was already ... -
Engineering melting temperatures of carbohydrate binding modules through site-directed mutagenesis
(2019-05-01)Biofuels are a promising alternative to environmentally harmful fossil fuels. However, in order to displace fossil fuels, biofuels must be competitive in cost. Currently, the production process is the most significant issue ... -
The Intersection of Race and Cultural Production
(2019-05)This paper views the intersection between race and cultural production as related to Native American identity, the shifting racial composition of the sport of lacrosse, and the social and moral paradigms of the Holocaust. ... -
Is Laughter the Best Democratic Medicine? Political Comedy and its Effect on Tolerance and Trust
(2019-04-29)Through utilizing survey methodology with an experimental manipulation, this paper analyzes political comedy's role in contemporary media. The focus of these effects are examined through trust and tolerance because they ... -
Rebellion, Republic, and Resistance: Exploring the Politics of Disney's Star Wars Films
(2019-04-29)Star Wars is arguably one of the most significant cultural franchises in the United States of the past 40 years. George Lucas’ original trilogy has spawned an abundance of media, the most prominent of which is the film ...
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