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Value-based Rhetoric in the Campaign for Intelligent Design in Ohio Public Schools

Beaver, Maureen ( 2006-06 )

This project analyzes the rhetoric of an issue that has excited considerable governmental, media, and public interest in Ohio: the teaching of neo-creationist ideas (Intelligent Design) in the public schools. The project ...

Variability in Daily Experiences of Mood and its Correlates

Khambaty, Tasneem ( 2009-06 )

This study investigated the characteristics and correlates of Mood variability (MV), defined as atypically frequent fluctuations in mood. MV has been associated in the literature with various forms of psychopathology. For ...

Variability in surface reflectance of the Greenland ice sheet (1982-2005) using satellite remote sensing

Veenhuis, Bruce ( 2006-06 )

Data from space born sensors, the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) and the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) are used to investigate albedo trends over the entire Greenland ice sheet for ...

Variation in EGF/Ras signaling in C. elegans and C. briggsae vulval development

Zitnik, Edward ( 2014-05 )

The EGF/Ras signal transduction pathway has been shown to be essential in nematode vulval development. When levels of EGF signal are manipulated, precursor cells that give rise to the adult vulva (egg-laying structure) ...

Variation in Glottalization at Prosodic Boundaries in Clear and Plain Lab Speech

Luthern, Erin ( 2015-05 )

Previous research on glottalization shows that this voice quality occurs more frequently at prosodic boundaries than in the middle of prosodic phrases. This study investigates ten speakers’ use of glottalization at prosodic ...

Variation in Plumage Coloration of Northern Cardinals in Urbanizing Landscapes

Jones, Todd M. ( 2009-12 )

Despite decades of study, biologists know relatively little of how one of the most important avian phenotypic signals, feather coloration, may be affected by anthropogenic disturbances resulting from urbanization. From ...

Variations in Maternal Play Behaviors Affected by Hearing Status

Adazzio, Hannah ( 2018-05 )

Early face-to-face interactions between infants and their caregivers sets the stage for later language development. As social, cognitive, and motor skills emerge with age, parent-child dyads begin to engage in object play. ...

Variations in SES, home environment, and childcare on child language abilities

Miser, Tracey M. ( 2010-06 )

The present study investigated the relationship between SES, home environment, and amount of childcare on the language of 3, 4, and 5 year old children. This study also developed a parental report measure of the home ...

Variations in upper troposphere temperatures and stability indices over the past 46 years in the Gulf of Mexico, and the Influence a Warming Earth has on Tropical Systems

Annunzio, Andrew ( 2006-06 )

The 2005 hurricane season was the most active hurricane season on record, and it was as destructive as it was active, ravaging areas along the Gulf Coast, especially Louisiana and Mississippi. The 2005 hurricane season ...

The Various Perspectives of the Islamic World throughout the Crusader Period

Young, Griffin ( 2022-05 )

There is a distinct lack of research on the Islamic perspective during the Crusades and what has been done often paints the Muslims as one monolithic group. This paper sets to diffuse that notion and show that not all ...

Varying Visual Imagery Perspective to Assess Interest

Carlisle, Clare ( 2017-05 )

People's personal interests shape significant facets of their lives, but pre-existing beliefs (e.g. "Men are better at math than women") may prevent personal interest development that aligns with actual experiences (e.g. ...

Vascular Development in the Hippocampal Neurogenic Niche

Devasthali, Nidhi ( 2022-05 )

Adult neurogenesis occurs in microenvironments called stem cell niches, one of which is the subgranular zone (SGZ) of the dentate gyrus (DG) in the hippocampus. The hippocampal neurogenic niche also has a unique vascular ...

A Vascular Function-Relevant Transcriptional Module of Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells That is Modified in Neurodegenerative Diseases

O'Neill, Ryan ( 2015-05 )

Background. Besides neuron-specific factors, vascular alterations are involved in the pathogenesis of several age-dependent central nervous system (CNS) diseases. For example, the majority of cardiovascular risk factors ...

Verb Finiteness, Subject-Auxiliary Inversion and General Language Ability in Pre-school Children with Specific Language Impairment

Hall, Emily ( 2011-06 )

Children with Specific Language Impairment (SLI) are known to have problems marking finiteness (tense) on verbs. As a consequence, this has been shown as a clinical marker of the disorder. In this study, other constructions ...