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2008
Background: Bast fibres from the phloem tissues of flax are scientifically interesting and economically useful due in part to a dynamic system of secondary cell wall deposition. To better understand the molecular mechanisms underlying the process of cell wall development in flax, we extracted...
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Are you like me? Maybe, but I will not imitate you! A longitudinal study on newborns and infants’ imitation and conspecific identification skills
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Imitation abilities in infancy have long been proposed to be the building blocks of later social cognition skills (e.g., Gopnik & Meltzoff, 1994). Although Piaget (1953, 1962) argued that it was only in the coordination of secondary schemes that infants showed signs of true imitation, his...
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Fall 2016
This thesis examines the Ming (1368-1644) literatus Jin Shengtan’s (ca. 1608-1661) commentaries on Du Fu’s (712-770) poetry and his imitation of Du Fu. The first chapter focuses on Jin Shengtan’s commentaries on Du Fu’s poem series “Autumn Stirrings Eight Poems,” analyzing how Jin Shengtan,...
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Characterization of Human Pancreatic Beta-cell Progenitors as a Means to Alleviate the Shortage of Donor Tissue for Islet Transplantation
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The current shortage of islet tissue from cadaveric human donors is not sustainable and will preclude islet transplantation from becoming a widespread therapeutic treatment for those with type 1 diabetes. A potential alternative source of tissue may be through isolating, expanding, and...
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Competition between Private Label and National Brand for Differentiated Food Category: A Canadian Retail Case
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Retailers in Canada have introduced private labels to gain vertical bargaining power over manufacturers’ national brands and to establish customer loyalty. Product differentiation in quality and increasingly product formulation is an emerging trend for both private labels and national brands in...
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Ganglioside composition of differentiated Caco-2 cells resembles human colostrum and neonatal rat intestine
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Field, Catherine J., Schnabl, Kareena L., Clandinin M. Thomas
Gangliosides are glycosphingolipids found in cell membranes and human milk with important roles in cell proliferation, differentiation, growth, adhesion, migration, signalling and apoptosis. Similar changes in ganglioside composition occur during embryonic development, lactation and cancer cell...
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Michelle, music and me: How siblings influence music preferences and how music influences their relationships
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How do sibling relationships affect the music we listen to? And vice versa, how do the music choices we make influence the perceived intimacy of the relationship between siblings? This study looks at the relationship between two sisters, close in age, and how their individual musical preferences...
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Regulation of Na+/H+ Exchanger Gene Expression: Role of a poly T rich region in regulation of expression of the NHE1 promoter
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Yang, Weidong, Wang, Huayan, Fliegel, Larry
In this study we examine regulation of expression of the Na+/H+ exchanger promoter in L6 and NIH 3T3 cells. We have identified a highly conserved poly(dA·dT)-rich region that appears to be important in regulation of expression of the NHE1 gene. Deletion or mutation of this region results in...
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2022-01-01
For educators to move into the twenty first century, they need to let go of the past and integrate aspects of technology which support student learning. This allows today’s learners an opportunity to explore how to think and learn and not what to think and learn. There needs to be a pedagogical...