Publications
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Evaluation of the California Subject Matter Project: California International Studies Project Case Study
The California International Studies Project (CISP) strives to provide standards-based professional development in history and international studies to prepare students to live, work, and be informed, active citizens.
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High School Reform in Chicago Public Schools: Autonomous Management and Performance Schools (Part Four of a Series of Five Reports)
The Autonomous Management and Performance Schools Program (AMPS) in the Chicago Public Schools is designed to grant high-performing and/or promising schools certain academic, programmatic, and operational freedoms. In theory, AMPS…
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Evaluation of the California Subject Matter Project: California Mathematics Project Case Study
This is a case study of a partnership between the mathematics department at California State University, Bakersfield (CSUB) and Green Hills High School (GHHS).
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High School Reform in Chicago Public Schools: Instructional Development Systems (Part Two of a Series of Five Reports)
This report sets forth preliminary evaluative work concerning the implementation and early outcomes of the IDS initiative. We describe the successes and challenges associated with implementing the IDS initiative.
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C/NOFS and Radar Observations During a Convective Ionospheric Storm Event Over South America
Evidence for seeding by both gravity waves and the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability is presented.
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High School Reform in Chicago Public Schools: Renaissance 2010 (Part Three of a Series of Five Reports)
The Renaissance 2010 initiative was established to increase the number of high-quality education options across Chicago. This report presents findings about Renaissance 2010 high schools drawn from a larger study…
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Recruitment of CD8(+) T Cells Expressing Granzyme A is Associated with Lesion Progression in Human Cutaneous Leishmaniasis
Our goal was to characterize the immunological kinetics associated with the progression of an infection establishing CL, comparing the cellular composition, cytokines and granzyme expression between lesions of patients with…
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Oral Delivery of Gastro-Resistant Microencapsulated Typhoid Vaccine
The purpose of this study was to develop albumin–chitosan mixed matrix microsphere-filled coated capsule formulations of Typhoid Vi® antigen and to determine whether it can induce antigen-specific mucosal and systemic immune…
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Evaluation of the California Subject Matter Project: California Reading and Literature Project Case Study
We share here the story of how this partnership evolved, some of the impacts it had on the teachers and administrators involved and the students they served, and a few…
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Nociceptin/Orphanin FQ Receptor Activation Attenuates Antinociception Induced By Mixed Nociceptin/Orphanin FQ/Mu-Opioid Receptor Agonists
The ability of the selective NOP receptor antagonist (−)-cis-1-methyl-7-[[4-(2,6-dichlorophenyl)piperidin-1-yl]methyl]-6,7,8,9-tetrahydro-5H-benzocyclohepten-5-ol (SB-612111) to potentiate antinociception induced by the above compounds was examined to investigate whether activation of NOP receptors leads to attenuation…
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MRI Estimates of Brain Iron Concentration in Normal Aging: Comparison of Field-Dependent (Fdri) and Phase (Swi) Methods
The results showed that both methods detected high globus pallidus iron concentration regardless of age and significantly greater iron in putamen with advancing age.
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Biology of Charged Particles