The Common Core State Standards—a series of standards adopted by almost all 50 states—are currently changing the conversation about important skills needed in the English Language Arts high school classroom. To succeed, ...

The potential of using Thermus thermophilus HB8, a thermophilic bacterium, for the production of biofuels was investigated in this work. T. thermophilus is a thermophilic bacterium that thrives naturally at high temperatures, ...

This paper argues that, with respect to creaturely freedom, Thomas Aquinas is a theological compatibilist. The compatibilist position is entailed by his claim that God is the cause of everything including all creaturely ...

The purpose of this research is to investigate the historical materials and techniques used in the production of the applied tin relief decorations found on three panel paintings in the collection of the Walters Art ...

Derived from endogenous docosahexaenoic acid, neurofurans (nFs) are produced in mammalian brain tissue through nonenzymatic free radical oxidation pathways, culminating in 512 enantiomerically pure diastereomers. To achieve ...

Electrophysiological evidence has shown that the hippocampus and prefrontal cortex functionally synchronize during working memory tasks in rodents, indicating that the two brain structures form a neural circuit that is ...

The marine bacterium Vibrio parahaemolyticus has evolved multiple strategies for adapting to short- and long-term shifts in osmolarity. One such mechanism involves the uptake and/or biosynthesis of small organic molecules ...

Dynamic light scattering (DLS) and ex situ Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) experimental techniques were utilized to investigate growth rates and chemical structure of humins formed during biomass conversion. We ...

This paper aims to conceptualize "outsider" as an approach to gaining power as well as to provide a language with which we can discuss outsiders. It begins with an argument for how outsiders pose a threat to liberal ...

There is growing recognition of the critical importance of the impact of social determinants of health – conditions that impact health status and outcomes – on individual and community health outcomes. Yet, despite efforts ...