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Explicitly teaching five technical genres to English first-language adults in a multi-major technical writing course

Description: In this article, the author reports the effects of explicitly teaching five technical genres to English first-language students enrolled in a multi-major technical writing course. Previous experimental research has demonstrated the efficacy of explicitly teaching academic writing to English first-language adults, but no comparable study on technical writing exists.
Date: 2014
Creator: Boettger, Ryan K.
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Introducción a la Sección Especial de Revista Bosque. Avances de una red de sitios de estudios ecológicos a largo plazo en el suroeste de Sudamérica

Description: This article is the forward to a special section on long-term ecological research in Chile. It briefly introduces the main topics and ideas of each of the articles and comment on their relevance in the context of research and monitoring of Chilean ecosystems and in the perspective of global change research.
Date: 2014
Creator: Armesto, Juan J., 1953-; Nuñez-Avila, Mariela; Donoso, Pablo & Rozzi, Ricardo, 1960-
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Latino Attitudes Toward Abortion and Marriage Equality: Examining the Influence of Religiosity, Acculturation, and Non-Response

Description: This article seeks to extend literature on Latinos' policy preferences by examining the influence of multiple dimensions of acculturation and religiosity on two contemporary moral policy issues: abortion and same-sex marriage.
Date: 2014
Creator: Branton, Regina; Franco, Ana B.; Wenzel, Jim & Wrinkle, Robert D.
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Wnt Antagonist, Secreted Frizzled-Related Protein 4 (sFRP4), Increases Chemotherapeutic Response of Glioma Stem-Like Cells

Description: Article on the effect of secreted frizzled-related protein 4, a Wnt signaling antagonist, in chemosensitizing the glioma cell line U138MG and glioma stem cells enriched from U138MG to chemotherapeutics.
Date: 2014
Creator: Warrier, Sudha R.; Balu, Senthil Kumar; Kumar, Alan Prem; Millward, Michael & Dharmarajan, Arunasalam
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Analysis of the Genome of a Korean Isolate of the Pieris rapae Granulovirus Enabled by Its Separation from Total Host Genomic DNA by Pulse-Field Electrophoresis

Description: Article on an analysis of the genome of a Korean isolate of the Pieris rapae granulovirus enabled by its separation from total host genomic DNA by pulse-field electrophoresis.
Date: December 31, 2013
Creator: Jo, Yong Hun; Patnaik, Bharat Bhusan; Kang, Se Won; Chae, Sung-Hwa; Oh, Seunghan; Kim, Dong Hyun et al.
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Thymoquinone overcomes chemoresistance and enhances the anticancer effects of bortezomib through abrogation of NF-κB regulated gene products in multiple myeloma xenograft mouse model

Description: Article investigates whether thymoquinone (TQ), a bioactive constituent of black seed oil, could suppress the proliferation and induce chemosensitization in human myeloma cells and xenograft mouse model. Overall, the results demonstrate that TQ can enhance the anticancer activity of bortezomib in vitro and in vivo and may have a substantial potential in the treatment of MM.
Date: December 18, 2013
Creator: Siveen, Kodappully Sivaraman; Mustafa, Nurulhuda; Li, Feng; Kannaiyan, Radhamani; Ahn, Kwang Seok; Kumar, Alan Prem et al.
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Exposure to vehicle emissions results in altered blood brain barrier permeability and expression of matrix metalloproteinases and tight junction proteins in mice

Description: Article on the exposure to vehicle emissions results in altered blood brain barrier permeability and expression of matrix metalloproteinases and tight junction proteins in mice.
Date: December 17, 2013
Creator: Oppenheim, Hannah A.; Lucero, JoAnn; Guyot, Anne-Cécile; Herbert, Lindsay M.; McDonald, Jacob D.; Mabondzo, Aloïse et al.
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Simvastatin sensitizes human gastric cancer xenograft in nude mice to capecitabine by suppressing nuclear factor-kappa B-regulated gene products

Description: Article on simvastatin sensitizes human gastric cancer xenograft in nude mice to capecitabine by suppressing nuclear factor-kappa B-regulated gene products.
Date: November 14, 2013
Creator: Manu, Kanjoormana Aryan; Shanmugam, Muthu K.; Li, Feng; Chen, Luxi; Siveen, Kodappully Sivaraman; Ahn, Kwang Seok et al.
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