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Non-native tree regeneration indicates regional and national risks from current invasions
Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 2022 Non-native (introduced, exotic, and alien) species alter forest ecosystem processes, cause landscape change, interfere with services provided by native trees, and contribute to biotic homogenization. To quantify the degree of invasion by non-native trees
Kevin M. Potter +2 more
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Helping Our Students Reach Their Full Potential: The Insidious Consequences of Stereotype Threat [PDF]
, 2016 A psychological phenomenon may be a significant cause of academic underachievement by minorities in law school. This phenomenon, called stereotype threat, occurs as a result of the fear of confirming a negative group stereotype (such as African-Americans
McClain, Russell A
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Advanced Cloud Privacy Threat Modeling
, 2016 Privacy-preservation for sensitive data has become a challenging issue in cloud computing. Threat modeling as a part of requirements engineering in secure software development provides a structured approach for identifying attacks and proposing ...
Gholami, Ali, Laure, Erwin
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Is militant Islamism a busted flush in Indonesia? [PDF]
, 2013 In the late 1990s, Indonesia - the world’s most populous Muslim nation - began a transition from authoritarian rule. At the time, many commentators expressed concern about the security threat posed by militant Islamist extremists in the wake of Suharto ...
Carnegie, Paul J.
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Vaccination against Q Fever for biodefense and public health indications
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2014 Coxiella burnetii is the etiological agent of Q Fever, a disease that is often spread to humans via inhalational exposure to the bacteria from contaminated agricultural sources.
Sara eRuiz, Daniel N Wolfe
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Stereotype Threat, Self-Affirmation, and Women\u27s Statistics Performance [PDF]
, 2014 Stereotype threat (fear of confirming a negative group stereotype that in turn can inhibit academic performance) has been implicated in the gender gap observed in the field of mathematics.
Tapia, Blanca
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Social threat appeals in commercial advertising: the moderating impact of perceived level of self-efficacy and self-esteem on advertising effectiveness [PDF]
, 2015 This study investigates the impact of the level of fear evoked by an advertisement (for deodorant) framing a threatening social situation. Where the effectiveness of threat appeals has been investigated extensively in health communication, this study ...
Cauberghe, Veroline +2 more
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The newfound relationship between extrachromosomal DNAs and excised signal circles
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Extrachromosomal DNAs (ecDNAs) contribute to the progression of many human cancers. In addition, circular DNA by‐products of V(D)J recombination, excised signal circles (ESCs), have roles in cancer progression but have largely been overlooked. In this Review, we explore the roles of ecDNAs and ESCs in cancer development, and highlight why these ...
Dylan Casey, Zeqian Gao, Joan Boyes
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Digitalization and Cyber Risks
Управленческое консультирование, 2023 Digitalization, considered in a broad sense as the most important modern trend of social development, is generally accompanied not only by positive consequences for the economy and society, but also by challenges, threats, as well as negative ...
V. G. Khalin, G. V. Chernova
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Potential therapeutic targeting of BKCa channels in glioblastoma treatment
Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.This review summarizes current insights into the role of BKCa and mitoBKCa channels in glioblastoma biology, their potential classification as oncochannels, and the emerging pharmacological strategies targeting these channels, emphasizing the translational challenges in developing BKCa‐directed therapies for glioblastoma treatment.
Kamila Maliszewska‐Olejniczak +4 more
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