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Donkey pronouns
(2012-08)Donkey pronouns seem to defy the conventional categories of referential and anaphoric pronouns and hence cannot be analyzed as variables. An orthodox treatment is that donkey pronouns are semantically equivalent to definite ... -
The Donya of the Iranian diasporic popular culture : from Tehrangeles to Malmo
(2010-05)Since the 1979 revolution the Iranian popular culture, specifically the popular music, has turned into a peculiar landscape complicated by politics, regulations, technology and the border-crossing of resources. The Islamic ... -
Don’t forget about us : African-American collegiate students’ newfound perspectives on foreign language motivation, foreign language anxiety, and their beliefs about foreign language learning
(2013-12)This study investigates African-American college students’ beliefs about foreign language learning, foreign language anxiety, motivations for language learning, and the extent to which the racial composition of a campus ... -
Dopamine and ethanol induced trafficking of viral mediated eGFP tagged dopamine D1 receptors in parasagittal explants
(2005)The mesolimbic pathway has been implicated in the rewarding effects of drugs of abuse, and an important component of this pathway is the D1 dopamine receptor (D1DR). D1DRs desensitize upon agonist stimulation by several ... -
Dopamine concentrations in nucleus accumbens subregions are differentially affected by ethanol administration
(2009-08)Dopamine increases in the nucleus accumbens after contingent and noncontingent ethanol administration in rats, but the contributions of the core, coreshell border, and shell subregions to this response are unclear. Also, ... -
Dopamine concentrations in the nucleus accumbens core-shell border during the early stages of operant ethanol self-administration
(2010-12)Mesolimbic dopamine plays an important role in ethanol reinforcement, and studies have shown that accumbal dopamine increases during operant ethanol self-administration. However, no one has ever studied this dopaminergic ... -
Dopamine responses in the ventral straitum contribute to ethanol preference and consumption and, mu opioid receptors do not mediate ethanol stimulated dopamine release
(2010-08)The goal of this dissertation was two fold: 1) To relate dopamine responses in the ventral striatum to ethanol preference and consumption, and 2) to investigate the role of the mu opioid receptors in this ethanol induced ... -
Dopant behavior in complex semiconductor systems
(2009-12)As the size of modern transistors is continuously scaled down, challenges rise in almost every component of a silicon device. Formation of ultra shallow junction (USJ) with high activation level is particularly important ... -
Doppler tomographic observations of exoplanetary transits
(2013-08)Transiting planet candidates around rapidly rotating stars, a number of which have been found by the Kepler mission, are not amenable to follow-up via the usual radial velocity techniques due to their rotationally broadened ... -
The dose dependent effects of polyphenol supplementation on inflammatory markers following eccentric exercise
(2012-05)Unaccustomed eccentric exercise can lead to decreases in muscle force production, increases in soreness, swelling, stiffness, and discomfort. The purpose of this study was to test the dose response of pomegranate juice ... -
The Double Beltrami model of coronal mass ejections
(2007-08)Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are the most powerful events on the Sun and have important effects on Earth (geomagnetic storms), but their initiation is still not well understood. I show that the general class of Double ... -
The double edged sword: the cult of Bildung, its downfall and reconstitution in fin-de-siècle Germany (Thomas Mann, Rudolf Steiner, and Max Weber)
(2002)Around 1800, education or self-formation -- Bildung -- evolved into a primary status marker for the Bildungsbürgertum. Germany’s nineteenth-century socioeconomic landscape was dominated by these new social values, ... -
The double-edged sword of corporate social responsibility campaigns : examining the effects of congruence and identification in product-failure and moral crises
(2011-08)As consumer expectations of corporate values and ethics increase, more and more companies are engaging in corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives. While CSR in general is believed to play a positive role in ... -
Double-punch test for evaluating the performance of steel fiber-reinforced concrete
(2012-05)The objective of this study is to develop test protocols for comparing the effectiveness of fiber-reinforced concrete (FRC) mixtures with high-performance steel fibers. Steel fibers can be added to fresh concrete to increase ... -
Doubly-fed induction generator based wind power plant models
(2009-12)This thesis describes the generic modeling of a Doubly-Fed Induction Generator (DFIG) based wind turbine. The model can also represent a wind plant with a group of similar wind turbines lumped together. The model is ... -
Downlink beamforming for mobile communications
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The downside of sexual restraint : sexual frequency, frustration, and stress
(2012-05)Individuals in passionate love often experience a strong desire to engage in sexual intercourse with their partners. In a previous study (Crockett, Wright, & Loving, under review), individuals who were engaging in less ...
