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Healing by Example: The Influences of Medical Residents' Attitudes and Health Behaviors on their Communication Skills and Counseling Practices
(Virginia Tech, 2012-02-15)
The opportunity to educate obese patients on healthy lifestyle practices and address habits related to chronic disease development is present among many physician office visits, though this opportunity is often overlooked ...
Molecular Basis of Upregulation of IL-17 in Estrogen Model of Inflammation
(Virginia Tech, 2012-06-20)
Interleukin-17 (IL-17) plays a major role in inflammation by regulating the induction of various proinflammatory genes, which aid in the recruitment and activation of neutrophils. Although IL-17 is considered to be protective ...
Dynamics of Atmospherically Important Triatomics in Collisions with Model Organic Surfaces
(Virginia Tech, 2011-04-08)
Detailed investigations of molecular collisions at the gas-surface interface provide insight into the dynamics and mechanisms of important interfacial reactions. A thorough understanding of the fundamental interactions ...
The Role of IRAK-1 in the Regulation of Free Radicals and Oxidative Stress during Endotoxemia
(Virginia Tech, 2010-07-14)
Oxidative stress plays a vital role in the pathogenesis of many chronic and acute inflammatory diseases. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) and reactive nitrogen species (RNS) are two key mediators that are known to induce ...
Some Optimization Problems in Wireless Networks
(Virginia Tech, 2012-06-15)
Recently, many new types of wireless networks have emerged for both civil and military applications, such as cognitive radio networks, MIMO networks. There is a strong interest in exploring the optimal performance of these ...
Somatic embryogenesis in southern and tropical pine species: Loblolly pine (Pinus taeda), Longleaf pine (P. palustris) and Oocarpa pine (P. oocarpa)
(Virginia Tech, 2010-08-11)
The focus of the current project was to establish an improved and reliable protocol for somatic embryogenesis in 1) Pinus taeda and Pinus palustris; pine species of high value for commercial applications and germplasm ...
An Investigation of the Relationships among Consumer Characteristics, Attitude, and Purchase Intention in Apparel Mass-customization
(Virginia Tech, 2011-06-30)
Mass-customization is a form of consumer-centric business practice, which is a hybrid of customization and mass-production (Gilmore & Pine II, 1997). It is the use of flexible processes and organizational structures to ...
The Man Made World: The Social Production of Health and Disablement in Construction Workers
(Virginia Tech, 2011-08-04)
This study focuses on the mechanisms through which systems of inequality operate in relationship to health and disablement processes. Using quantitative data from the National Longitudinal Study of Youth 1979 and qualitative ...
Building a Transdisciplinary Trading Zone: Knowledge Sharing and Integration in a Heterogeneous Milieu
(Virginia Tech, 2010-09-09)
The numerous transdisciplinary research initiatives currently addressing a variety of complex social issues could benefit from a deeper understanding of the ways in which intellectually diverse groups work together to ...
Cultural Factors in the Dysregulation of Shame and Embarrassment: Emotions in Social Anxiety and Taijin Kyofusho
(Virginia Tech, 2011-04-20)
The present study examined the role of emotion regulation (ER) in individuals who endorsed social anxiety symptoms found in taijin kyofusho (TKS) and social anxiety disorder (SAD) in a young adult sample. More specifically, ...