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Vaccinogenic and Therapeutic Applications of Burkholderia Polysaccharides
(2022)Burkholderia pseudomallei the causative agent of melioidosis, is a Gram-negative, facultative-intracellular bacterium that can cause disease in humans and animals. The diagnosis and treatment of melioidosis can be difficult, ... -
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Vaccinogenic and Therapeutic Applications of Burkholderia Polysaccharides
(2023)Burkholderia pseudomallei the causative agent of melioidosis, is a Gram-negative, facultative-intracellular bacterium that can cause disease in humans and animals. The diagnosis and treatment of melioidosis can be difficult, ... -
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Validation and Application of a Microscopic Chemical Imaging System for PM Source Apportionment
(2011)Many urban and industrial areas suffer from high levels of coarse particulate matter (PM10) and fine particulate matter (PM2.5). In order to evaluate the health impacts of particulate matter and develop effective pollutant ... -
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Validation of a human cell model to investigate the role of Ca2+-activated Cl- channels encoded by Anoctamin-1 in human pulmonary arterial smooth muscle cells
(2017)Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a rare chronic disease in humans. While new genetic markers have been identified and new therapeutic agents developed within the last two decades, survival rate and quality of care ... -
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Valorization of the Organic Fraction of MSW via Hydrothermal Carbonization andFischer-Tropsch Synthesis
(2019)The ability to impact the world in a positive way through the design of a process is one of the many benefits of an engineering expertise. Through chemical engineering, the world’s greatest problems can be solved with ... -
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Valuation of a ground-water supply for management and development
(University of Nevada, Reno, 1967)An analytical expression is derived which gives both present worth of gains forthcoming from resource exploitation over a variable time period and the remaining worth of a groundwater supply after it has been partially depleted. -
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Valuation of Objects Versus Images: The Extent to which Real Object Displays Influence Consumer Decision Making
(2015)Recent research has shown that behavioral and brain responses are different for real objects versus pictures of the same items. This project tests whether the display format (real objects versus images) in which foods ... -
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Valued Identities and Aging Experiences in a Diverse Sample of Middle-Aged Women
(2013)Aging has been consistently found to carry negative meanings in Western societies, particularly for women. The goal of this study was to investigate aging experiences in a diverse sample of middle-aged women, as well as ... -
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Values Across the Lifespan Questionnaire (VALQUEST): Development of a New Values Assessment Tool for Use with Older Adults
(2018)Human values are a perennially important and popular topic in psychology. In Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), values are one of the six core processes have been shown to contribute to psychological flexibility (the ... -
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Vanadium Extraction and Recovery by Alkaline Heap Leaching of Mineralized Material from the Gibellini Project in Eureka County, Nevada
(2019)Vanadium is an important metal used in ferrous and non-ferrous alloys, industrial catalysts, pigments and dyes, and as a charge carrier in vanadium redox flow batteries. Demand for and price of vanadium have increased in ... -
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Vanished in Silver
(2023)Vanished in Silver is a novel that explores several different themes, including the internalization of childhood abuse, the sins of capitalism, and the commodification of culture and belief. As this novel operates within ... -
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Vapor Pressure Measurements of LiBH4, NaBH4 and Ca(BH4)2 using Knudsen Torsion Effusion Gravimetric Method
(2016)Hydrogen storage is one of the critical technologies needed on the path towards commercialization for mobile applications. In the past few years, a range of new light weight hydrogen containing material has been discovered ... -
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Vapor Pressures and Thermodynamic Properties of Mg(BH4)2, KBH4 and RbBH4 Using Torsion-Effusion and Thermogravimetric Method
(2011)The aim of this research was to study the total vapor pressures and vapor molecular weights of magnesium borohydride (Mg(BH4)2), potassium borohydride (KBH4) and rubidium borohydride (RbBH4). The torsion-effusion method ... -
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Vapor pressures and thermodynamic properties of tungsten, chromium, cobalt, and rhodium carbonyls
(University of Nevada, Reno, 1994)Low temperature vapor pressures of four metal carbonyls; tungsten hexacarbonyl, chromium hexacarbonyl, dicobalt octacarbonyl, and hexarhodium hexadecacarbonyl were determined using gravimetric torsion effusion method. -
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Variable Selection in Linear Models with Grouped Variables
(2023)Linear mixed models have been widely used for repeated measurements, longitudinal studies, or multilevel data. The selection of random effects in linear mixed models has received much attention recently in the literature. ... -
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Variation in the Bimodal Precipitation Regime of Southern Nevada, USA Measured in Tree-Ring Isotopes
(2020)The North American Monsoon System (NAMS) is a seasonal climatic phenomenon vital to ecosystems and human population centers in the southwestern USA and northwestern Mexico. Inter-annual variation of the NAMS bimodal ... -
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Variation of frictional strength in precut foam rubber, with implications for slip instability
(University of Nevada, Reno, 1993)Foam rubber is useful for modelling earthquakes and stick-slip, chattering that occurs readily in foam rubber and is controlled by friction weakening and stiffness. This study investigates frictional parameters and variable ... -
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Variations of Wildlife Safety Crossings and Their Effects for Mule Deer in Northeast Nevada
(2012)Organisms move long distances for various reasons including foraging for food, avoidance of predators, increased breeding opportunities, to access seasonal or ephemeral resources, to access seasonal ranges, to expand ... -
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Varying the Kinetics of Actin and Myosin of the Bovine Cardiac Muscle ATPase Cycle
(2017)Understanding the kinetics and mechanics of cardiac muscle myosin (CMM) is important for understanding how cardiac muscle contraction occurs in both a normal and a diseased states and can also provide insights into how ... -
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Varying the Transitional Criterion in a Chain Schedule of Reinforcement
(2018)The present study is an examination of a single parameter of forward chaining procedures with humans. The specific parameter of interest, referred to as a transitional criterion, is applied throughout the course of a ...