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Coordination chemistry of novel multifunctional pyridylphosphine ligands.
(2015-07-29)
Coordination complexes with ligands that incorporate multiple donor moieties have been of particular interest due to the unique and diverse characteristics they can possess. In particular, phosphine- and/or nitrogen-based ...
Perceptions of teaching nonliterate adults in oral cultures : a modified Delphi study.
(2015-07-13)
A descriptive study using a modified Delphi method was conducted to gather literate instructors' perceptions of teaching nonliterate adults in oral cultures. Using the extant literature, the researcher prepared 66 statements ...
Characterization of a nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD) copper regulon.
(2015-07-17)
The nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD) pathway was originally identified as a pathway that degrades mRNAs harboring premature termination codons. NMD is now also recognized as a pathway that degrades natural mRNAs. In ...
The impact of the internship experience on interns’ self-perceived preparedness to teach in a technology rich society : a mixed methods multiple case study.
(2015-07-24)
Preservice teacher education programs are the foundation of the future generations of teachers, and the pinnacle of beginning teacher training is the internship experience. A gap in educational literature exists in relation ...
“The darling child of speech” : Gerard Manley Hopkins’s pedagogy of poetic performance.
(2015-07-31)
Gerard Manley Hopkins takes pains in his letters, sermons, journals, and notes to facilitate his readers’ experience of his poetry by advocating vocal performance. This study considers Hopkins’s thoughts on poetic performance ...
A director's approach to Sam Shepard's True West.
(2015-07-14)
Sam Shepard’s True West is a black comedy that tells the story of Austin and Lee, two brothers leading vastly different lives who meet unexpectedly at their mother’s home in suburban Los Angeles, and through a series of ...
The not-so-blind date : how online information-seeking influences first date romantic attraction.
(2015-07-13)
With the advent of social media, individuals like never before can gather information about a potential date prior to the first date. Previous research has explored both online information-seeking and attraction, yet little ...
Justice, prudence, and foreign relations in Aristotle’s political thought.
(2015-07-23)
This dissertation examines how the political thought of Aristotle addresses foreign relations and the nature of international politics. I argue that for Aristotle the practice of justice and prudence occurs only in relation ...
Investigation of combretastatin, dihydronaphthalene, benzosuberene, and quinoline-based analogues as inhibitors of tubulin polymerization with potential to function as vascular isrupting gents, and selected compounds as water-soluble prodrug salts and drug-linker conjugates
(2015-11-17)
Differences from normal and tumor vasculature directed to the concept of discovery of vascular disrupting agents (VDAs), which interfere with oxygen and nutrients supply for tumor, as potential therapeutic agents for cancer ...
“Copies of life, and models of conduct” : realism and female virtue in the novels of Charlotte Lennox, Frances Burney, and Jane Austen.
(2015-07-23)
In the field of British literature, it is well established that during the eighteenth century the novel came into being as a genre with distinct characteristics, namely, realism. It is also well established that the ...