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Patterns of Public-Sector and Private-Sector Patenting in Agricultural Biotechnology
(AgBioForum, 2005)
. Universities have increased patenting in agricultural biotechnology particularly rapidly, and they now hold a greater proportion of agricultural biotechnology patents than they do of patents in general. Private firms tend to dominate patenting in plant...
Migratory Shepherds and Ballad Diffusion
(1987-05)
Homer and the Oral Tradition: The Type-Scene
(1992-10)
This is a type-scene plan for Homer and the oral tradition of Ancient Greece. A type-scene "may be regarded as a recurrent block of narrative with an identifiable structure, such as a sacrifice, the reception of a guest, ...
Australian Aboriginal Oral Traditions
(1986-05)
"People, places, and things:" Network factors matter in the experiences of mental health court participants
(2013)
This paper presents findings regarding the relationship between the social networks of MHC participants and one important outcome, treatment adherence. Poor treatment adherence is associated with poor recovery among people ...
Interannual and interdecadal variability in the predominant Pacific region SST anomaly patterns and their impact on climate in the mid-Mississippi valley region
(Centro Ciencias Atmosfera UNAM, 2007-02)
Previous research has demonstrated that Pacific Region SSTs and SST anomalies can be separated into seven general synoptic classifications (“clusters”) (A-G). Clusters B and G (C, D, and F) [A and E] were shown to be generally representative of La...
Changes in financial risk tolerance, 1983-2001
(2004)
Using six Survey of Consumer Finances cross-sectional datasets representing the years 1983 through 2001, this study investigates changes in financial risk tolerance levels over time. Logit analyses are performed to test ...
Relations between librarians and romance readers: A Missouri survey.
(Public Libaries, 2006)
Romance novels have traditionally been derided in academic literature and while recent LIS literature has been supportive of romance, previous articles indicated considerable disdain for the genre. Criticism raised in the ...
A Cross-Cultural Examination of Women in the Orchestras of West Germany and the United States: An Attitudinal and Statistical Analysis
(1988-06-20)
This project examines the current status of women in the professional orchestras of the United States and Federal Republic of Germany. Letters requesting a listing of the number of men and women within each instrument ...
Annotated Bibliography
(1986-10)
Storytelling in Medieval Wales
(1992-10)
Very little is known of the storyteller and his functions in medieval Welsh society. Welsh sources imply that tales were recited in prose by professional storytellers--the cyfarwyddiaid (singular cyfarwydd). In medieval ...