For the past century, property rights-and in particular development rights-have been circumscribed and largely defined by comprehensive local land use regulations. As any student of land use knows, zoning across the country ...

There is increasing appreciation that, in addition to being shaped by an individual's genotype and environment, most complex traits are also determined by poorly understood interactions between these two factors. So-called ...

In recent years it has become apparent that microRNAs (miRNAs) are common feature of eukaryotic genomes. The functional products of these non-canonical genes are small, ~22nt RNAs that negatively regulate translation. ...

A study of the Federal Government Agency through a socio-ecological model was conducted to examine the causes for the low Hispanic representation rate. At the Individual level, it was found that salary, benefits, job ...

The number of students of color in urban and suburban areas continues to increase (Howard, 1999, Irvine 2003,). In 2001 forty percent of students enrolled in public schools were students of color (Irvine, 2003). In some ...

In many organisms, a cytokinetic ring directs daughter cell separation following mitosis. While conserved molecular participants in this process have been defined, the signaling events controlling cytokinetic ring function ...

This thesis investigates the notion of divine inscrutability as expressed in Wisdom Literature of Ancient Israel and Mesopotamia. Working with a definition that Wisdom Literature is a group of texts that advocates a way ...

DJ-1, A NOVEL ANDROGEN RECEPTOR BINDING PROTEIN, ACTIVATES RECEPTOR SIGNALING IN PROSTATE CANCER AND CORRELATES WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF ANDROGEN-INDEPENDENT DISEASE Jennifer Erin Tillman Dissertation completed under the ...

Topoisomerase II is an essential enzyme that controls DNA topology. This enzyme generates a protein-linked DNA break as a catalytic intermediate. This intermediate, known as the cleavage complex, is present in very low ...