Results 41 to 50 of about 642,323 (86)

Network Topology as a Driver of Bistability in the lac Operon

open access: yes, 2008
The lac operon in Escherichia coli has been studied extensively and is one of the earliest gene systems found to undergo both positive and negative control. The lac operon is known to exhibit bistability, in the sense that the operon is either induced or
Alan Veliz-Cuba   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Federal Programs that Protect Young Children's Health [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
An investment in children's health is an investment in our country's economic health. Infants and toddlers, whose bodies and brains are in their most rapid period of growth, are uniquely vulnerable to even shortterm deprivation.
Elizabeth L. March   +2 more
core  

Spreading the Flames: The United States, Cuba, and the Fear of Africanization

open access: yes, 2018
In the years leading up to the Civil War, the fight over slavery played out in many different arenas, notably in Kansas and Nebraska. While Bleeding Kansas was arguably the most well-known and violent clash over slavery before the Civil War, there were ...
Labbe, Savannah A.
core  

Food Insecurity Rates Rise Steeply with Recession [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Children's HealthWatch finds that the prevalence of food insecurity in a five-city sample of low-income families with young children increased from 18.5 percent to 22.6 percent between 2007 and 2008.
Elizabeth L. March   +2 more
core  

Even Very Low Levels of Food Insecurity Found to Harm Children's Health [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
This publication is the first in a series of Children's HealthWatch Policy Action Briefs, which will provide a summary of our research, as well as that of others, on issues affecting children's health and well-being.
Elizabeth L. March   +2 more
core  

A PARTIAL-EQUILIBRIUM SIMULATION OF INCREASING THE U.S. TARIFF-RATE SUGAR QUOTA FOR CUBA AND MEXICO [PDF]

open access: yes
A model consisting of Cuba, Mexico, the U.S., and an aggregated "Rest of the World" was developed to simulate increases in U.S. sugar imports from Cuba and Mexico. Results indicate that increased imports would generate up to $505 million in U.S.
Kennedy, P. Lynn, Petrolia, Daniel R.
core   +1 more source

Symmetrical angle switched single-phase and three-phase rectifiers: application to micro hydro power plants [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Micro-size hydro power plants are commonly used at remote areas to supply islanded AC microgrids. A typical way to control grid frequency is to manipulate active power dissipated in ballast loads by AC/AC converters.
Bory Prevez, Henry   +3 more
core  

Bringing Military Tribunals into Focus [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
How do you draw the line between national security and individual rights? A new movie, developed in collaboration with the law school, sheds fresh insights on the issues so fundamental to the secrecy-shrouded U.S.
Field, Mike
core   +1 more source

A Fixed Effects Analysis of the Adoption of New Technologies in the Cuban Sugar Industry, 1899-1929 [PDF]

open access: yes, 1992
This paper focuses on the relationship between technical and institutional changes in Cuba a leader in the use of continuousprocess technologies being applied to cane sugar manufacture in the first three decades of the twentieth century. Using a fixed
Dye, Alan
core   +1 more source

Dancing to the same beat [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
There is a longstanding historical and cultural relationship between Congo and Cuba via the slave trade and the ‘return’ of Cuban music to Africa. Do historic connections enable contemporary musicians from both worlds to recognise similarities in each ...
Mcguinness, Sara
core  

Home - About - Disclaimer - Privacy