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The trans-10, cis-12 isomer of conjugated linoleic acid decreases adiponectin assembly by PPARγ-dependent and PPARγ-independent mechanisms
(Elsevier, 2008)
The adipocyte-derived secretory protein adiponectin functions as an insulin-sensitizing agent. In plasma, adiponectin exists as low, medium, and high molecular weight oligomers. Treatment with trans-10, cis-12 conjugated ...
The Role of AEBP1 in Sex-Specific Diet-Induced Obesity
(Springer Nature, 2005)
Obesity is an important risk factor for heart disease, diabetes, and certain cancers, but the molecular basis for obesity is poorly understood. The transcriptional repressor AEBP₁, which functions as a negative regulator ...
Directionality in English/Arabic Interpreting
(2008-12)
Directionality in interpreting refers tо whether interpreting is performed into оr out оf one's native language, which is known аs (А) language, Arabic in this study. It wаs long-established thаt working into one's non-native ...
L'adaptabilité du cadre expatrié : Revue critique de littérature, proposition et test d'une échelle de mesure améliorée
(Administrative Science Association of Canada (ASAC), 2004)
L'adaptabilité des expatriés a une incidence déterminante sur le succès de leur mission. Pourtant, en raison des difficultés liées à sa mesure, cet antécédent ne reçoit pas toujours l’attention qui lui est due. L’objectif ...
The symbolic meaning of artifacts for the workplace identity of women in academia
(Emerald, 2008)
The aim of this paper is to investigate the symbolic meaning attributed by women in academia to workplace artifacts. The research approach is that of auto-ethnography, whereby the authors, as researchers and participants, ...
An Investigation of Parking Problems and Alternatives at the American University of Sharjah
(2007-05)
This paper investigates parking and transportation challenges at the American University of Sharjah in response to regional and campus growth. A parking inventory was conducted in early 2007, including characteristics of ...
Translating Quasi-Technical Discourse
(2006-12)
In this thesis, the issue of translation across cultures is discussed and the importance of Foreignization and domestication in culture transfer is highlights. The dichotomy, foreignization and domestication, brought to ...
Some finiteness conditions on the set of overrings of a phi-ring
(University of Houston, 2008)
Let H = {R | R is a commutative ring and Nil(R) is a divided prime ideal of R}. For a ring R in H with total quotient ring T(R), Let phi be the natural ring homomorphism from T(R) into R_Nil(R). An integral domain R is ...
Hector Berlioz's Les Nuits d'été: A performer's perspective
(National Association of Teachers of Singing, 2005)
Exercisability Randomization of the American Option
(Taylor & Frances Online, 2008)
The valuation of American options is an optimal stopping time problem which typically leads to a free boundary problem. We introduce here the randomization of the exercisability of the option. This method considerably ...