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Recently, in an attempt to produce robust production frontier estimators, Aragon et al. [2005, Nonparametric frontier estimation: a conditional quantile-based approach. Econometric Theory 21, 358-389] and Martins-Filho and Yao [2008, A smooth...
2008-09-18T15:36:25Z (iso8601)
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Microfinance, or the technique of lending small amounts of money to the world's poor for productive activities, has emerged as a dominant approach to poverty alleviation among international development organizations. However, consensus does not...
2008-07-02T23:08:16Z (iso8601)
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The purpose of this study was to address the implementation fidelity of one part
of a professional development model developed by the Northwest Regional Educational
Laboratory (NWREL). Specifically, this research investigates middle school...
2008-05-29 (iso8601)
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Several plant hormones, including ethylene and jasmonates, are known to mediate responses against biotic and abiotic stress. The first and second objectives of this thesis were (i) to elucidate the role of ethylene in defense responses against...
2008-06-26T18:05:14Z (iso8601)
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Modern Apostles actively attempts to blur the line between academic scholarship and
narrative fiction for the purpose of satirizing the social and the political assumptions of
its contemporary moment. By appropriating the loudest voices in...
2008-05-02 (iso8601)
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Globally, access to safe, reliable drinking water sources is a major challenge of this generation. Protected sources of drinking water provide communities with a sustainable, vital resource, yet many public water suppliers lack legal authority...
2008-07-11T22:43:27Z (iso8601)
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Contact of blood with the surfaces of synthetic materials is associated with
spontaneous protein adsorption, initiating platelet aggregation, the coagulation
cascade, and the eventual development of a stable clot. Current therapy to inhibit...
2008-07-08T22:59:38Z (iso8601)
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Upper Klamath Lake (UKL) and Agency Lake in south-central Oregon are
hypereutrophic due to phosphorus (P) loading from both geologic and agricultural
sources in the watershed. Restoring historic lake-fringe wetlands to provide P sinks
around the...
2008-06-19 (iso8601)
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Soil surveys provide essential information for making land use and management decisions on publicly-owned lands in the semi-arid Great Basin. Soil maps produced with conventional mapping techniques are time-consuming, costly, and do not...
2008-07-01T23:06:33Z (iso8601)
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Field biologists are in need of more specialized and technical equipment than they are able to produce on their own in order to collect data more efficiently or gather data that is not currently available. This presents a challenge for design...
2008-07-16T23:14:16Z (iso8601)
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7,7'-Dihydroxy-8,8'-biquinolyl (azaBINOL) was prepared from 7-hydroxyquinoline via N,N-dimethyl O-quinol-7-yl carbamate by directed ortho-metallation followed by FeCl₃-mediated oxidative coupling of the 8-lithioquinoline intermediate....
2008-06-27T15:35:51Z (iso8601)
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This study documents the occurrence of stereotypical representations of
gender, race, and other characteristics in individuals that appear in advertisements in
the prestigious academic journal Science. It repeats and expands upon a study...
2008-07-11T22:46:22Z (iso8601)
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A major barrier to air travel for people with disabilities is the general lack of accessible lavatories on board commercial passenger aircraft. A primary reason for this lack of greater accessibility is related to space. To design an airplane...
2008-07-10T15:09:35Z (iso8601)
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The XEPHWICH system is a phoswich type (multiple scintillator) radiation
detector designed to detect several radioxenon isotopes with the goal of identifying covert
nuclear explosions. The XEPHWICH system is designed with the sole purpose of...
2008-06-26T23:16:24Z (iso8601)
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Identification and population counts of soil mesofauna can be an
important tool for soil ecologists to determine the soil biodiversity. Information
provided from population counts can give insight to soil ecologists about the
effects of human...
2008-06-26T20:37:58Z (iso8601)
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Field and laboratory work was undertaken in 1993 to increase understanding of the life history and ecology of the brown jellyfish,
Chrysaora fuscescens, a large semaeostome typically abundant in the neritic regions of the Oregon coast during...
1994-06-30 (iso8601)
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