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Structure, dynamics, and interactions of Angiotensin family of peptides with functional implications.
(, 2011-12-19)
We present a study of structural analysis and reorientational dynamics of the angiotensin family of peptides. AngI is a decapeptide that acts as a precursor to the octapeptide, AngII in the Renin Angiotensin Aldosterone ...
Controls on the accumulation of organic matter in the Eagle Ford Group, Central Texas, USA.
(, 2014-01-28)
The Upper Cretaceous Eagle Ford Formation is an organic rich marine mudrock
which outcrops across central Texas. This study documents the chemostratigraphic
character of the Pepper and Eagle Ford Formations in central ...
Salience and congregational growth : revisiting the strictness thesis.
(, 2013-09-16)
Since Kelley’s (1972) Why Conservative Churches Are Growing, scholars have
examined the relationship between congregational strictness and growth. This paper
seeks to further develop the strict church thesis by suggesting ...
A canonical exegesis of the eighth Psalm : YHWH's maintenance of the created order through divine reversal.
(2010-10-08)
This dissertation presents a canonical exegesis of Psalm 8. The dissertation seeks
to contribute to two areas of scholarship: 1) literature on the canonical approach to exegesis carrying forward the emphases first articulated ...
Political philosophy and the divine ground : Eric Voegelin on Plato.
(, 2012-08-08)
Recent scholarship has shown an interest in how prominent twentieth-century thinkers have interpreted classic texts, especially those of Plato. Understanding how and why contemporary thinkers have turned to Plato promises ...
Reclaiming peace : evangelical scientists and evolution after World War II.
(2011-01-05)
This dissertation argues that during the same period in which antievolutionism became a movement within American evangelicalism, two key groups of evangelical scientists attempted to initiate a countervailing trend. The ...
Periphyton-nutrient dynamics in a gradient-dominated freshwater marsh ecosystem.
(Wilmington, N.C : Society of Wetland ScientistsOldendorf/Luhe, Germany : Inter-Research, 2005)
In this study, the factors influencing the development of a nutrient availability gradient in a wetland ecosystem and the subsequent controls to, and feedbacks from, the structure and function of the periphyton community ...
Roman Catholic Hegemony and Religious Freedom : a Seventh-day Adventist assessment of Dignitatis Humanae.
(, 2012-11-29)
Roman Catholic Hegemony and Religious Freedom sets forth the “Catholic hegemony” thesis, meaning the Church applies Dignitatis Humanae in different ways, depending upon extant political and religious conditions in a given ...
Probabilistic category learning and memory systems functioning in those at-risk for alcohol abuse.
(2018-11-19)
The transition from non-problematic to problematic drinking may be related to neuropsychological functioning, especially difficulties in memory functioning. The goal of this study was to examine declarative and non-declarative ...
Orbifold branes in string theory and their applications to cosmology.
(, 2011-09-14)
This dissertation contains two distinct compactification schemes of 10-dimensional string theory, as well as some of the implications of one of these schemes for string cosmology. The first half of this work begins with a ...