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Value Premiums of Sustainable Elements in Residential Homes in the Greater Philadelphia Area
(2019-06-13)
Energy consumption in the United States has critical implications for national security, health, the environment, scarce resources, and the overall economy. Residential energy consumption is a major component of overall ...
The Thalamic Reticular Nucleus in Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder: Role of Neurons Expressing Parvalbumin
(2017-09-07)
Despite the prevalence and impact on society of Schizophrenia (SZ) and Bipolar Disorder (BD), their precise etiology and pathophysiology remain uncertain. Growing evidence points to a disruption of cortico-thalamo-cortical ...
The Effects of FDA’s Patient-Focused Drug Development Initiative and Patient Advocacy on New Drug Review
(2017-09-05)
This study investigates how a large and historically science-driven federal bureaucracy, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), responds to the influences of stakeholders external to the agency in one of its key ...
“That Unfailing Comfort Is, It’s All Predestinated”: Ishmael’s Calvinist Journey in Moby-Dick
(2017-10-05)
This study examines Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick through the lens of Calvinism, analyzing Ishmael’s journey through the narrative in light of this particular theology. The text itself, through specific words that continue ...
Exploration of Non-Viral Gene Delivery Methods for Safe and Efficient Protein Expression in Non-Dividing Mammalian Cell Types
(2018-04-13)
Lentiviral vectors are a ubiquitous gene transfer tool in fundamental biological research. Although highly efficient and cost effective under most use cases, the limitations of lentivirus become apparent in specialized ...