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Concerns Involving the Self: What Is the Real Target of Anxiety, Regret, or Worry, When Things Do Not Go Right for You? More Evidence from Sweden and the United States
(Scientific Research Publishing, 2018-06-29)More than 1000 respondents in Sweden (2013) and the US (2014) were asked to report their subjective opinions and attitudes about situations that caused them regret, concern, worry, and anxiety. US respondents self-identified ... -
Consistent Condom Use among HIV Positive Women Attending Comprehensive Care Centre of Thika Level 5 Hospital, Kenya
(Scientific Research, 2015-09)Background: Condoms offer protection against human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmission when used correctly and consistently. Many HIV infected people do not use condom regularly, thus leading to new HIV infections ... -
The Constitution of Somaliland: The Problem of Constitutional Generations and Clan Dissolution
(Scientific Research, 2015-10)This paper outlines the history, formation and general principles of the 2001 Somaliland Constitution. The people of Somaliland declared independence from Somalia in 1991 returning to the boundaries that had marked the ... -
Constitutive and Secretory Expression of the AiiA in Pichia pastoris Inhibits Amorphophallus konjac Soft Rot Disease
(Scientific Research Publishing, 2016-04)Amorphophallus konjac is an important economic crop widely cultivated in Southeast Asia and Africa. However, A. konjac is seriously infected by soft rot pathogen. The endocellular acyl homoserine lactonase (AiiA) which ... -
The Construction and Standardization of a Domestic Violence Questionnaire
(Scientific Research, 2014-01)The purpose of this research was to standardize the self-reported domestic violence scale. 530 participants were randomly selected via clustered sampling methods from married students of The Islamic Azad University of ... -
Contaminants in Industrial Lean Amine Solvent and their Removal using Biopolymers: A New Aspect
(2014-03)Natural biopolymers are gaining increasing attention due to their extraordinary affinity towards adsorption of heavy metal ions. In this research, biopolymers such as chitosan and alginate were used to remove contaminants ... -
Control of alkaptonuria with nitisinone and gene therapy: A systematic review
(African Science Publications, 2021-01-01)Alkaptonuria (AKU) is a genetic disorder inherited in accordance with Mendel first law. Mutations in the HGA gene result in the AKU disorder. Three major features of this disorder: arthritis, ochronosis, and the presence ... -
Controlled Synthesis and Characterization of Nobel Metal Nanoparticles
(Scientific Research, 2012-07)In this work, monodispersed, well-shaped platinum (3.2 - 6.4 nm), rhodium (2.4 - 5.1 nm), and palladium (3.2 - 5.3 nm) nanoparticles capped with poly(vinylpyrrolidone) (PVP) were synthesized by a polyol reduction method ... -
Convergence of the Unmanned Aerial Industry
(Scientific Research, 2017-02)Industry convergence—the merger of previously unrelated industries—is a model that has had a strong influence on various industries and received substantial attention among practitioners over the past years. Despite this, ... -
Correlation between infection by ophiostomatoid fungi and the presence of subterranean termites in loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) roots
(published online, 2014-01)1 Observations of subterranean termites feeding in pine sapwood containing ophiostomatoid fungi prompted the present study aiming to investigate the effect of infection by Leptographium fungi on the probability of ... -
Correlation Between Oxidant Concentration and Morphological Properties of Silicon Nanowires Obtained by Silver-Assist Electroless Etching
(2017-03)In this work, a correlation between oxidant concentration and the morphological changes of silicon nanowires formed by a two-step silver-assist electroless etching method is established. It reveals that a textured silicon ... -
Corrosive Behavior and Physic-Chemical Characterization of Filtration Tanks
(Scientific Research, 2017-11)Most drinkable water supplied to the public in Mexico City comes from deep wells which extract water from the subsoil. Before being distributed, it is treated in steel filtration tanks. This water must be subject to ... -
Corruption and Economic Growth: The Case of EMCCA
(Scientific Research, 2017-08)This article analyzes the relationship between corruption and economic growth in the countries of the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (EMCCA). To our knowledge, there are no works dealing with the direct ... -
Counselling: The Current Opium of the People?
(Scientific Research, 2015-04)Western religion’s propensity to stultify holiness and the sacred is eclipsed in the profession of counselling. With its fundamentalist enthralment with the individual self, this poster-girl of liberalism, through its ... -
Criteria of return on investment in nuclear energy
(Elsevier, 2017-08)Analytical relationships between the investment performance criteria (net present value (NPV), levelized cost of electricity (LCOE), internal rate of return (IRR), discounted payback period (TPB), and discounted costs ... -
A critical review of experimental results on low temperature charge transport in carbon nanotubes based composites
(Elsevier, 2017-11)Owing to their low density, high aspect ratio and excellent charge transport properties, Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are proven to be one of the best reinforcing materials in the fabrication of composite materials. CNTs dispersed ... -
The Crude Oil Price Influence on the Brazilian Industrial Production
(Scientific Research, 2017-04)The oil price is a relevant variable for economic policy makers in countries where this commodity is the main energy source as well as in other countries where crude oil is not the only energy source. The sudden variations ... -
Cyclosporin A inhibits the growth of neonatal MHC-expressing myotubes independent of NFATc1 and NFATc3 in the mechanically overloaded soleus muscle of mice
(Scientific Research Publishing, 2011-04)ABSTRACT The molecular signaling pathway linked to hyper-trophy of the anti-gravity/postural soleus muscle af-ter mechanical overloading has not been identified. Using Western blot and immunohistochemical analy-ses, we ... -
Cytogenotoxic assessment of the aqueous extract of Citrullus lanatus (Cucurbitaceae) leaves using the spermatogonial germ-line cells of Zonocerus variegatus L. (Orthoptera: Pyrgomorphidae)
(African Science Publications, 2020-07-09)The popularity of watermelon, Citrullus lanatus (Cucurbitaceae) has increased in recent years in Cameroon due to the important nutrients it contains and health benefits it presents. Inspired by the ethno botanical and ethno ... -
Cytosolic chaperonin CCT possesses GTPase activity
(Scientific Research Publishing, 2011-10)Cytosolic chaperonin CCT (also known as TRiC) is a hetero-oligomeric cage-like molecular chaperone that assists in protein folding by ATPase cycle-dependent conformational changes. However, role of the nucleo-tide binding ...