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Evaluation and engineering of Saccharomyces cerevisiae for cellulase expression and growth on insoluble cellulose.
Saccharomyces cerevisiae -- Genetics. Cellulase -- Biotechnology. Cellulose -- Biotechnology. Biomass conversion -- Technological innovations.
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Optical constants of ZnS and ZnS:Mn thin films from 1.5 eV to 3.2 eV as determined by transverse photothermal deflection spectroscopy.
Thin films -- Optical properties. Zinc sulfide -- Spectra.
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Electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy of chromium compounds.
Chromium compounds. Electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy.
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Regulation of the floral organ identity gene APETALA3 in Arabidopsis thaliana.
Arabidopsis thaliana -- Genetics. ; Genetic regulation.
APETALA3 (AP3) is a MADS box gene required for normal development of the petals and stamens in the Arabidopsis flower. AP3 transcriptional regulation occurs in two stages; an initial establishment phase, which is mediated by LEAFY (LFY) and UNUSUAL...
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Patient outcomes and clinical decision making in aortic valve replacement.
Outcome assessment (Medical care). ; Aortic valve -- Surgery -- Complications. ; Aortic valve -- Surgery -- New England. ; Cardiovascular instruments Implanted.
Aortic valve disease is a frequent and serious disorder. Although aortic valve replacement (AVR) is arguably the only effective treatment, important issues remain unresolved in the care of patients with this disease. Recent studies have focused...
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Samson Occom, letter, to Mary Occom, 21 January 1767
1767-01-21. [767121]
Photocopy
Manuscripts Related to Samson Occom and Eleazar Wheelock's Early Indian Students

Synthetic studies of Munchnone reactivity and applications and the total synthesis of cyclopenta[B]indole natural products / by Justin M. Lopchuk.
Chapter 1: Munchnones and mesoionic heterocycles The reactivity, regioselectivity, and synthetic applications of munchnones (1,3-oxazolium-5-olates) is a common theme which runs through Chapters 2-5. The definition, structure, and reactivity of...
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The Feynman path integral.
Feynman integrals. Asymptotic expansions. Perturbation (Mathematics)
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Characterization of the interaction between Staphylococcus aureus and the cystic fibrosis cell line CFT-1.
Cystic fibrosis -- Immunological aspects. Cystic fibrosis -- Genetic aspects. Staphylococcus aureus infections -- Pathogenesis. Epithelial cells. Lungs -- Pathophysiology.
Patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) are susceptible to respiratory tract infections at an early age; with the most frequent initial isolate being the Gram-positive pathogen Staphylococcus aureus. Subsequently, these patients become chronically...
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Periodic spectral variation in Cygnus X-2 and Scorpius X-1.
Stars -- Spectra.
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Color centers and thermoluminescence in LiF.
Thermoluminescence. Lithium fluoride.
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Forest structure and atmospheric interactions : predictive models for subalpine balsam fir forest
Forest hydrology -- Mathematical models; Forest Meteorology -- Mathematical models; Balsam fir
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The problems of perception and regulation in the relationship between activities and mood.
Mood (Psychology)
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The effect of microstructure on firn gas transport / by Kaitlin M. Keegan
The processes affecting gas transport through the firn column are important to understand in order to accurately interpret climate records from ice cores. Historically, density measurements have been used to estimate open and closed porosity in the...
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Memory consolidation in temporal lobe epilepsy / by Ali Seçkin Titiz.
Epilepsy is associated with cognitive impairments which often manifest as a higher prevalence of memory impairments. Memory impairments in patients with epilepsy may persist even with sufficient control of seizures, suggesting other factors may...
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Nerve growth factor and the septohippocampal system / by Lan Guo.
Nerve growth factor (NGF), the prototypic neurotrophin, is well characterized for its pro-survival and growth effects in sympathetic and sensory neurons. Acting as a target-derived factor, NGF regulates the maturation of innervating neurons, and...
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Nd, Sr and O isotopic study of midcrustal granitoid petrogenesis within the Acadian central Maine terrane.
Petrology -- Maine. Granite -- Maine. Isotope geology -- Maine.
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The role of attributions, affect, and expectancies in effort.
Motivation (Psychology). Attribution (Social psychology). Affect (Psychology). Expectation (Psychology).
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Characterization of proteins that bind the conserved LVb and core sequences of mammalian type C retroviral enhancers.
Proteins. Protein binding. Mouse leukemia viruses. Retroviruses.
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Microwave imaging for 2-D electrical property distribution profiling.
Image reconstruction. Microwave imaging. Microwave imaging -- Instruments -- Design and construction. Microwave imaging in medicine.
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Distribution of sessile rotifers in a bog pond : with particular emphasis on substrate selection by Ptycura Beauchampi larvae
Rotifera. Ptychura Beauchampi.
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Detection of hydrocarbons and hydrocarbon microseepage in the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming using isotopic, biogeochemical, and spectral reflectance techniques.
Hydrocarbons -- Secretion. Petroleum -- Geology -- Bighorn Basin (Mont. and Wyo.). Natural gas -- Geology -- Bighorn Basin (Mont. and Wyo.). Isotope geology -- Bighorn Basin (Mont. and Wyo.). Sagebrush -- Bighorn Basin (Mont. and Wyo.) -- Analysis....
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Structural, functional, and biochemical approaches to understanding the role of the C1 microtubule of the flagellar central apparatus.
Microtubules. Dynein. ; Eukaryotic cells -- Motility.
The eukaryotic flagellum is a complex organelle that uses the force generated by dynein motors to cause beating motion of the flagellum. The central apparatus of eukaryotic flagella has been implicated in the regulation of dynein-driven motility....
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A study of mid-infrared reflectance spectra of powdered mineral mixtures
Mineralogy -- Analysis. ; Infrared spectroscopy. ; Minerals -- Spectra. ; Special reflectance
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The influence of spatial expectancy on spatial discriminability in single- and multiple-element displays.
Visual discrimination. ; Visual perception. ; Information display systems -- Psychological aspects.
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Multiplicative problems in combinatorial number theory / by Nathan McNew
In this thesis we look at several problems that lie in the intersection between combinatorial and multiplicative number theory. A common theme of many of these problems are estimates for and properties of the smooth numbers, those integers not...
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The mental workspace as a distributed neural network / by Alexander Schlegel
The brain is a vastly interconnected information processing network. In humans, this network supports the rich mental space at the root of the imagination and enables many flexible cognitive abilities such as scientific and artistic creativity. How...
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The sturucture and function of brain networks underlying self-evaluation / by Robert S. Chavez
Humans have a seemingly unique capacity to reflect upon information about the self to form evaluative attitudes that influence their quality of life and predict mental health outcomes. While psychologists have devoted decades of research to the...
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Microwave imaging spectroscopy for breast cancer diagnosis.
Microwave spectroscopy. Imaging systems -- Design and construction. Diagnostic imaging -- Digital techniques. Breast -- Cancer -- Diagnosis. Microwave imaging in medicine.
Microwave spectroscopy has been investigated as a possible modality for breast imaging because of the significant contrast in electrical properties between normal and malignant tissue over the microwave spectrum. A liquid-coupled, non-contacting...
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Characterizing the impact of single nucleotide variation in breast cancer / by Kinjal Desai
Genome sequencing technology has enabled the identification of genetic variants that are linked with cancer phenotypes, whether these are somatically acquired mutations or common inherited single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). Whereas coding...
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Innate immune mechanisms contributing to LP-BM5 murine retroviral pathogenesis and immunodeficiency / by Megan Ashley O''Connor
LP-BM5 murine retroviral infection induces murine AIDS (MAIDS), and is characterized by profound and broad immunosuppression of T- and B-cell responses. Adaptive immune response to LP-BM5 infection, including the pathogenic role of CD4+ T-cells and...
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Whistler chorus waves : linear theory and nonlinear simulations in dipole geometry / by Shuo Wu
Whistler-mode chorus waves have recently drawn tremendous attention as an important mechanism for controlling the energetic electron flux in Earth’s radiation belt. This dissertation aims to answer questions about whistler-mode chorus waves, such...
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Clay mineralogy and geochemistry of soils and sediments with perma frost in interior Alaska.
Clay minerals -- Alaska. ; Soils -- Alaska. ; Frozen ground -- Alaska.
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Constraints on the total binding masses of three double clusters of galaxies.
Galaxies -- Clusters -- Mathematical models. ; Cosmology -- Mathematical models.
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The purification and partial characterization of a reconstitutively active iron-sulfur protein.
Cytochrome c. ; Iron-sulfur proteins. ; Proteins -- Analysis.
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The frameless stereotaxic operating microscope: system analysis, enhancements, and nonfiducial registration.
Microscopes. ; Stereotaxic techniques. ; Diagnostic imaging. ; Tomography. ; Magnetic resonance. ; Angiography.
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Evidence for two spindle fiber components.
Chromosomes. ; Crane flies.
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Hydrothermal pretreatment of cellulosic biomass for bioconversion to ethanol.
Alcohol as fuel. ; Cellulose -- Biotechnology. ; Hot water. ; Steam. ; Biomass energy.
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Iron acquisition in Bradyrhizobium japonicum.
Rhizobium -- Physiology. ; Plants -- Effect of iron on.
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Variability of the Maine Coastal Current under spring conditions.
Ocean currents -- Maine, Gulf of -- Mathematical models. ; Ocean currents -- Atlantic Ocean -- Mathematical models.
The Maine Coastal Current (MCC) flows south-westward along the New England coast in the Gulf of Maine. Red tides, river-borne pollutants, and biological species are hypothesized to be transported by the MCC. The transport pathways, and their...
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Molecular mechanisms of vacuole membrane fusion.
Membrane fusion. ; Tonoplasts. ; Plant vacuoles. ; Saccharomyces cerevisiae -- Molecular aspects.
The docking and fusion of cellular membranes plays an essential role in the secretory and endocytic pathways and in organelle inheritance. The homotypic fusion of vacuoles from the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae has been used as a model system to...
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Circadian regulation of gene expression in Arabidopsis thaliana.
Arabidopsis thaliana. ; Circadian rhythms. ; Genetic regulation.
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Galley: a new parallel file system for scientific applications.
Parallel processing (Electronic computers). ; File organization (Computer science). ; Multiprogramming (Electronic computers). ; Multiprocessors.
Most current multiprocessor file systems are designed to use multiple disks in parallel, using the high aggregate bandwidth to meet the growing I/O requirements of parallel scientific applications. Most multiprocessor file systems provide...
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Metamorphic diffusion in New Hampshire: Soapstone bodies and flecky gneisses.
Gneiss -- New Hampshire; Soapstone -- New Hampshire.
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A study of charge transfer in cyanoanthracene/methyl-substituted benzene exciplexes.
Excited state chemistry. ; Photochemistry. ; Charge transfer.
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Effects of selenium deficiency on deiodinase expression and thyroid hormone economy in the rat during development.
Thyroid hormones -- Physiological effect. ; Selenium -- Physiological effect. ; Thyroid hormones -- Synthesis.
The iodothyronine deiodinases, D1, D2, and D3, play a crucial role in determining the circulating and intracellular levels of active and inactive thyroid hormone (TH), and thus have a major effect on TH action during development and adulthood. The...
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Investigation of Sec22p in ER to Golgi transport in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Membrane proteins -- Physiological transport. Membrane fusion. Biological transport -- Regulation. Cell membranes. Saccharomyces cerevisiae -- Cytology. Golgi apparatus. Endoplasmic reticulum.
Vesicle mediated intracellular transport through the secretory pathway requires the formation of transport vesicles from a donor compartment followed by vesicle tethering and fusion with an appropriate acceptor compartment. The anterograde...
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