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Dub City: Sample, Remix, and the Techno-Urban Graft
(2012-08-13)
This thesis looks to techno music, and subsequently to the DJ, as models for a way of understanding urban spatial ecology. In its compositional use of rhythm to create a sense of musical space punctuated by time, the DJ’s ...
HOW DOES FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT (FDI) AFFECT CHINA'S EXPORTS TO OECD COUNTRIES
(2014-10-29)
This paper empirically investigates the impact of inward FDI on China’s export performance to OECD countries, employing a panel dataset that incorporates 34 OECD members with the time-span from 1997 to 2012. The estimation ...
METHODS FOR ESTIMATING APPARENT DENSITY OF SEDIMENT IN SUSPENSION USING OPTICS
(2015-05-01)
In most aquatic environments, suspended sediment is composed of loosely packed particle aggregates, termed flocs, that have variable apparent densities. The apparent density of flocs, which is defined as particle dry mass ...
MATERIAL PROCESS AS A DESIGN TOOL: INVESTIGATING THE MAKING OF CERAMICS IN NOVA SCOTIA
(2013-12-10)
Materials are a significant aspect of architectural design, the construction components are selected for their availability, location, cultural meaning, physical characteristics and properties. The construction components ...
THE USE OF RADIUM ISOTOPES TO INVESTIGATE BOUNDARY EXCHANGES IN COASTAL OCEAN SYSTEMS
(2015-04-07)
Coastal seas are of major economic and social importance for the majority of the human population, and are amongst the most biologically and geochemically active areas of
the biosphere. Coastal systems are also highly ...
An investigation of the role of cytosolic superoxide dismutase (SOD1) on the C-X-C chemokine receptor type 4 (CXCR4)-mediated signal transduction in prostate cancer cells
(2014-09-10)
Prostate cancer (PCa) is associated with high rates of cancer spread, or metastasis, the process that accounts for up to 90% of cancer-related deaths. CXCR4, a chemokine G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR), and its ligand ...
Involvement of Lysophosphatidic Acid in Peripheral Neuropathy and Osteoarthritic Pain in Rats
(2013-08-23)
A recent study discovered elevated levels of lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) in the synovial fluid of OA patients (Eli Lilly, unpublished). LPA is required for the initiation of neuropathic pain (Inoue, 2004), and therefore, ...
AN EXPLORATORY STUDY OF SUBJECTIVE MENTAL HEALTH AND FREQUENCY OF LEISURE ENGAGEMENT
(2015-06-11)
Mental health has traditionally been understood as the presence or absence of disease – however, research shows it is much more. Mental health is a complete state of well-being in which every individual realizes his or ...
“A Girl Called Dusty With the Sound of Motown:” Dusty Springfield, Mimesis, and the Genealogy of a Persona
(2013-09-03)
Though British singer Dusty Springfield had a very prominent and successful career, she is often left out of the history books. Her North American legacy has been reduced to her album Dusty in Memphis, an inaccurate and ...
Performance Analysis of a Residential, Wind-Energy Thermal Storage System
(2011-10-21)
Wind-generated electricity is presented as a means to reduce anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions and improve a region’s energy security. The variable nature of wind-electricity means that electricity providers face ...