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Title
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The varieties of secular experience
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Author
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Starrett, Gregory, 1961-
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Date Created
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2010
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Subjects--Topical
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Secularism, Religion
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Description
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Taking the Egyptian case as an example, this article examines secularism (and its cognates secularity and the secular), not so much as a failed social project, but as a problematic concept. Reflecting on the on-going scholarly interest in the noti...
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Prevalence of alternative splicing choices in Arabidopsis thaliana
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Author
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Loraine, Ann, English, Adam C., Patel, Ketan S.
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Date Created
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2010
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Subjects--Topical
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Gene expression, Nucleic acids
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Description
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Background: Around 14% of protein-coding genes of Arabidopsis thaliana genes from the TAIR9 genome release are annotated as producing multiple transcript variants through alternative splicing. However, for most alternatively spliced genes in Arabi...
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Randomization based privacy preserving categorical data analysis
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Author
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Guo, Ling
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Date Created
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2010
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Subjects--Topical
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Information technology
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Description
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This dissertation investigates data utility and privacy of randomization-based models in privacy preserving data mining for categorical data. For the analysis of data utility in randomization model, we first investigate the accuracy analysis for a...
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ROLE OF AQUAPORINS DURING HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA INITIATION AND PROGRESSION
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Author
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Mattocks, Matthew
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Date Created
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2010
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Subjects--Topical
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Molecular biology, Cytology, Oncology
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Description
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Aquaporins (AQPs) are ubiquitously expressed proteinaceous water channels involved in numerous physiological processes including bile production and apoptosis. Aquaporins 8 and 9 are expressed in hepatocytes, and are down regulated in a rat model ...
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PROMOTING EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT THROUGH MANAGERS' STRATEGIC USE OF MEETINGS
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Author
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Allen, Joseph
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Date Created
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2010
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Subjects--Topical
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Communication, Psychology, Industrial, Business
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Description
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Employee engagement is a positive, fulfilling, work-related state of mind that researchers suggest is characterized by vigor, dedication, and absorption in work activities. Employee engagement is heavily marketed by HR consultants and recently rec...
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Probe-Based Visual Analysis of Geospatial Simulations
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Author
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Butkiewicz, Thomas
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Date Created
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2010
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Subjects--Topical
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Computer science
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Description
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This work documents the design, development, refinement, and evaluation of probes as an interaction technique for expanding both the usefulness and usability of geospatial visualizations, specifically those of simulations. Existing applications th...
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A CASE STUDY OF THE ENGLISH SECOND LANGUAGE PROGRAMS OF A NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL DISTRICT
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Author
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Harris, Letitia
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Date Created
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2010
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Subjects--Topical
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English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers
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Description
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As the United States struggles with issues regarding the rapidly increasing immigrant population, so do public schools struggle with providing the youth of this non-English speaking population a quality education. Because of the requirements and s...
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A COMPARATIVE EXPLORATION OF CULTURE CHANGE IN NURSING HOMES: THE RESIDENTS' PERSPECTIVE
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Author
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Murray, Louise
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Date Created
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2010
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Subjects--Topical
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Educational leadership, Gerontology
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Description
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The need to provide an environment that ensures both quality care and quality of life for residents of nursing homes has long been recognized. The culture change movement in nursing homes emphasizes both principles. This mixed-methodology research...
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DRUG CONTROL POLICIES: THE CASES OF COLOMBIA AND THE UNITED STATES
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Author
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Bottia, Martha
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Date Created
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2010
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Subjects--Topical
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Government policy, Criminology
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Description
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The consumption, production and trafficking of illicit drugs is one of the major problems facing nearly all societies today. Unfortunately, illicit drugs have the ability to disintegrate persons, families and, in some extreme cases, entire societi...
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A Case Study of Hispanic Middle School Students In An ESL Classroom: Discourses In Academic Reading Instruction
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Author
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Andrews, Horace
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Date Created
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2010
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Subjects--Topical
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English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers, Ethnicity--Study and teaching, Hispanic Americans--Study and teaching
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Description
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This case study examined student teacher interaction that took place in one ESL middle school classroom with 29 Latino/a students learning to read in English. Observations in classrooms and interviews with teachers were conducted over a ten month ...
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AUTOMATIC GENERATION OF INTELLIGENT TUTORING CAPABILITIES VIA EDUCATIONAL DATA MINING
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Author
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Stamper, John
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Date Created
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2010
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Subjects--Topical
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Computer science, Information science, Educational technology
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Description
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Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITSs) that adapt to an individual student's needs have shown significant improvement in achievement over non-adaptive instruction. This improvement occurs due to the individualized instruction and feedback that an ITS...