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Sneak peek: Raptors search for prey using stochastic head turns
(Central Ornithology Publication Office, 2017)
The strategies by which foraging predators decide when to redirect their gaze influence both prey detection rates and the prey's ability to detect and avoid predators. We applied statistical analyses that have been used ...
Humanities e-books: an affective faculty survey
(Routledge, 2017)
Subject specialists seek to understand humanists' perceptions of e-books. The investigator conducted an online survey of humanities faculty at The College of New Jersey (TCNJ) to find out. The survey uncovered information ...
Evaluating optimal therapy robustness by virtual expansion of a sample population, with a case study in cancer immunotherapy
(National Academy of Sciences, 2017)
Cancer is a highly heterogeneous disease, exhibiting spatial and temporal variations that pose challenges for designing robust therapies. Here, we propose the VEPART (Virtual Expansion of Populations for Analyzing Robustness ...
PatternMarkers & GWCoGAPS for novel data-driven biomarkers via whole transcriptome NMF
(Oxford University Press, 2017)
Non-negative Matrix Factorization (NMF) algorithms associate gene expression with biological processes (e.g. time-course dynamics or disease subtypes). Compared with univariate associations, the relative weights of NMF ...
Integrative computational analysis of transcriptional and epigenetic alterations implicates DTX1 as a putative tumor suppressor gene in HNSCC
(Impact Journals, 2017)
Over a half million new cases of Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma (HNSCC) are diagnosed annually worldwide, however, 5 year overall survival is only 50% for HNSCC patients. Recently, high throughput technologies have ...
Mentoring undergraduate interdisciplinary mathematics research students: junior faculty experiences
(Taylor & Francis, 2017)
To be successful, junior faculty must properly manage their time in the face of expanding responsibilities. One such responsibility is supervising undergraduate research projects. Student research projects (either single ...
Ask and you shall receive? Right-wing authoritarianism shapes reactions to religious accommodation requests at work
(Elsevier, 2017-01)
Religious accommodation in the workplace remains a contentious issue in the United States. We conducted an experiment to examine how individual differences in right-wing authoritarianism (RWA) shape how people react to ...
The Effect of Hydrophobic Alkyl Silane Self-Assembled Monolayers on Adult Barnacle Adhesion
(Marine Technology Society, 2017)
Although there exists a wide range of nonbiocidal and environmentally friendly surface coatings to reduce biofouling on marine structures, there is still not a fundamental understanding of barnacle adhesion upon reattachment. ...
Towards Sustainable Partnership: Examining Cross Perceptions of Public and Technical Services Academic Librarians
(Association for Library Collections & Technical Services, 2017)
Public services (PS) and technical services (TS) librarians play equally crucial roles in providing library services to meet user needs to support institutional goals. For PS and TS librarians to develop effective workplace ...
Advancing Professional Learning in Libraries: An Exploratory Study of Cataloging and Metadata Professionals' Experiences and Perspectives on Continuing Education Issues
(Routledge, 2017)
Based on a set of web survey data, this study examines cataloging and metadata professionals' perspectives on issues surrounding continuing education. The results show that emerging data standards such as the Semantic Web ...