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Uncultured: Civil War and Culture Policy
(Routledge, 2018-05)How does cultural policy affect violence? While cultural discrimination is frequently cited as a potential grievance motivating political violence, the relationship remains under-theorised and largely untested. I weave ... -
Unraveling the Role of Alkyl F on CH-pi Interactions and Uncovering the Tipping Point for Fluorophobicity
(American Chemical Society, 2015-07-08)Although fluorine often plays an influential role in molecular recognition, little is known about the effect of aliphatic fluorine on the CH-pi interaction in solution. A series of molecular balances were synthesized that ... -
Untangling the contribution of characters to evolutionary relationships: a case study using fossils, morphology, and genes
(Routledge, 2018-05-24)Given the importance of phylogenetic trees to understanding common ancestry and evolution, they are a necessary part of the undergraduate biology curriculum. However, a number of common misconceptions, such as reading ... -
The use of aquatic plants by populations of the zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) (Bivalvia: Dreissenidae) in a small glacial lake
(Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum, 2010)We examined the early life history of the zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) in a small Pennsylvania lake with limited natural hard substrate. Veligers first appear in May, and settled on Nuphar (Yellow Water Lily) stems ... -
Using detrital zircon U-Pb ages to calculate Late Cretaceous sedimentation rates in the Magallanes-Austral basin, Patagonia
(Wiley, 2016)Determining both short- and long-term sedimentation rates is becoming increasingly important in geomorphic (exhumation and sediment flux), structural (subsidence/flexure) and natural resource (predictive modelling) studies. ... -
V1309 Sco: Understanding a merger
(IOP, 2014-05-01)One of the two outcomes of a common envelope (CE) event is a merger of the two stars. To date, the best known case of a binary merger is the V1309 Sco outburst, where the orbital period was known and observed to decay up ... -
Veterans in the Writing Classroom: Three Programmatic Approaches to Facilitate the Transition from the Military to Higher Education
(National Council of Teachers of English, 2016-12)Drawing upon a two-year study of student-veterans in college writing classrooms, this article analyzes three types of courses developed in an effort to respond to increased military-affiliated student enrollments: ... -
Virus Innexins induce alterations in insect cell and tissue function
(Elsevier, 2017-01-07)Polydnaviruses are dsDNA viruses that induce immune and developmental alterations in their caterpillar hosts. Characterization of polydnavirus gene families and family members is necessary to understand mechanisms of ... -
‘We Want Both!’: pressuring Philadelphia unions for inclusion and equity during the long 1970s
(Taylor & Francis, 2019-06-02)This article examines local labor insurgency in Philadelphia between the mid-1960s and mid-1980s. Drawing on alternative press sources, it traces the efforts of Black, Puerto Rican, and female workers to reshape their ... -
“Weaning off of Email”: Encouraging Students to Use Office Hours over Email to Contact Professors
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Wetland Animal Ecology
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When Drama Went to the Dogs; or, Staging Otherness in the Animal Melodrama
(Modern Language Association, 2017-05-01)For much of the nineteenth century, nonhuman animals shared the English stage with human performers in a series of popular, widely produced quadruped dramas. Work in animal studies and performance theory overlooks this ... -
Why eat extrafloral nectar? Understanding food selection by Coleomegilla maculata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)
(International Organization for Biological Control (outside the USA)., 2012-12-20)Methods of increasing predator abundance within a habitat include the incorporation of non-prey food items, yet the influence of this on predation intensity toward herbivores remains unknown. In order to gain an understanding ... -
Wild bee species abundance and richness across an urban–rural gradient
(Springer, 2018-05-26)Long-term and widespread monitoring programs are essential to understanding the role of human-dominated landscapes in supporting wild bee populations. Urbanization results in increased impervious surfaces throughout the ... -
Will (copy of ): John Hanks
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Woody Allen's Cinema of Regret
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You Have To Leave Me Twice
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Yucatec Maya Organizations in San Francisco, California: Ethnic Identity Formation Across Migrant Generations
(Latin American Studies Association, 2015-06-01)Using results of field research among Yucatec Maya in San Francisco, we compare two types of migrant associations: hometown associations (HTAs) and social service agencies, specifically in terms of the use and expression ... -
Zheng Zhen and the Rise of Evidential Research in Late Qing Northern Guizhou
(Cambridge University Press, 2017-08-07)This article investigates the formation of the Shatan scholarly group and the contribution of its leader, Zheng Zhen. Zheng benefitted from a vigorous trans-regional cultural network of returned local scholars such as Li ...
