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- The mechanisms underlying the discovery of abstract rules like those found in natural language may be evolutionarily tuned to speech, according to previous research. When infants hear speech sounds, they can learn rules that govern their combination, but when they hear non-speech sounds such as sine-wave tones, they fail to...
- Keyword:
- speech, abstract rule learning, and infant learning
- Creator:
- Brock Ferguson and Casey Lew-Williams
- Depositor:
- Anne E Zald
- Owner:
- Chris Diaz
- Publisher:
- Springer Nature
- Language:
- English
- Date Uploaded:
- 03/13/2017
- Date Modified:
- 05/08/2017
- Date Created:
- 2016-05-06
- Resource Type:
- Article
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- Description:
- Nitrogen (N) deposition can alter belowground microbial communities, especially ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungi, resulting in a reduced ability of associated trees to access organic nutrients. This study tested whether N addition decreases ECM species richness and shifts ECM species composition across spatial scales in a subtropical slash pine (Pinus elliottii) plantation...
- Keyword:
- plant biology
- Subject:
- plant biology
- Creator:
- Ning, Chen
- Owner:
- Nurganym Agzamova
- Publisher:
- Northwestern University Libraries
- Language:
- English
- Date Uploaded:
- 06/14/2017
- Date Modified:
- 11/06/2023
- Date Created:
- 2014-07-17
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
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- Description:
- Background: Parental characteristics that influence child physical activity (PA) behavior often co-occur. An analytic approach that considers these co-occurring patterns can help researchers better understand the overall context of parental influence. The study aims were to: (1) identify diverse patterns of the relationships among parental characteristics, (2) examine the influence...
- Keyword:
- Moderate to vigorous intensity physical activity, Father's role in child physical activity, Sports participation, and Latent class
- Creator:
- Kathleen F. Janz, Elena M. Letuchy, Steven M. Levy, Trudy L. Burns, and Soyang Kwon
- Owner:
- Chris Diaz
- Publisher:
- BioMed Central
- Language:
- English
- Date Uploaded:
- 01/20/2017
- Date Modified:
- 05/08/2017
- Date Created:
- 2016-05-06
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Alternate Identifier:
- DOI: 10.1186/s12966-016-0383-9
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- Description:
- Contemporary Ethiopian is, without question, facing enormous challenges. At the core of these challenges lay a state-building process major constituencies and elite groups were either alienated from, forced to acquiesce to, or coopted into. Unable to derive political legitimacy from democratic participation, successive governments largely relied on coercion and neopatrimonialism,...
- Keyword:
- citizenship, managing diversity, constitutional law, law, states' rights, Ethiopia, political science, consociationalism, federalism, democratization, constitutionalism, intersectionality, and ethnic federalism
- Subject:
- Law and Political Science
- Creator:
- Dr. Juweria Ali, Loid Taye, Dr. Solomon Negussie, Melhik A. Bekele, Fowsia Abdulkadir, Dr. Christophe Van der Beken, Rediet Baye Ayalew, Professor Thomas Geraghty, Prof. Dr. Adeno Addis, Teguadda Alebachew, Dr. Abchu Wassihun, Dr. Mulugeta Mengist Ayalew, Prof. Dr. Assefa Fiseha, Dr. Mizanie Abate Tadesse, Dr. Getachew Assefa Wodemariam, Dr. Semir Yusuf, Abduletif Kedir Idris, Dr. Aberra Degefa, Kokebe Wolde Jemaneh, Dr. Kalkidan Negash Obse, Dr. Abadir M. Ibrahim, Dr. Zemalek Ayitenew Ayele, Dr. Yonatan Tesfaye Fessha, Dr. Semeneh Ayalew Asfaw, Dr. Abdi Jibril, Dr. Sossina M. Haile, Dr. Tigist Shewarega Hussen, Dr. Berihun Adugna Gebeye, Dr. Adem K. Abebe, Dr. Mohammed Dejan Assen, Dr. Zelalem Mogessie Teferra, Gossaye Ayele, Dr. Yitayew Alemayehu, Dr. Shimelis Mulugeta Kene, and Dr. Sisay Alemahu Yeshanew
- Contributor:
- Mezgebu Tesema (cover art) and May Malone (cover design)
- Owner:
- Basia Kapolka
- Publisher:
- Northwestern University Libraries and Northwestern University Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs
- Language:
- English
- Date Uploaded:
- 12/15/2022
- Date Modified:
- 01/03/2023
- Date Created:
- 2022-12-22
- Resource Type:
- Book
- Alternate Identifier:
- ISBN 978-1-954984-06-6
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- Description:
- The textbook proceeds with an introduction to theory and concept building, moves to an explanation of causal inference (how do we 'know' whether something is causal?), and then provides a quick introduction to data and hypothesis testing. Following that, each chapter is devoted to a particular research method used within...
- Keyword:
- textbook, open educational resources, and introduction to political science
- Subject:
- Quantitative research, Political science, and Open educational resources
- Creator:
- Clipperton, Jean
- Contributor:
- Ochoa, Erin, Ruan, Zhihang, Lee, John, Manzi, Pilar, Zimmerman, John, Kwon, Irene, Gubitz, Sam, Noor, Salih, and Weylandt, Max
- Owner:
- Chris Diaz
- Publisher:
- Northwestern University Libraries
- Date Uploaded:
- 01/24/2022
- Date Modified:
- 08/17/2022
- Date Created:
- 2022
- Resource Type:
- Book
- Alternate Identifier:
- ISBN 978-1-954984-05-9
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- Description:
- This study examines how Cape Verdean theatre artists construct transformative performances of race, gender, language, and colonial history at the Mindelact International Theatre Festival on the Cape Verde Islands. The aim is to understand how international theatre festivals participate in the production and shaping of new social imaginaries about nationhood....
- Keyword:
- circulation, theatre, national identity, cape verde, festival, and africa
- Subject:
- Theatre and Drama
- Creator:
- Christina S Mchanon
- Owner:
- Scholarly Digital Publishing
- Date Uploaded:
- 09/10/2018
- Date Modified:
- 09/10/2018
- Date Created:
- 2008-05-08
- Resource Type:
- Dissertation
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- Description:
- This short talk was a part of a panel, "Digital Literacy in the Classroom," organized by Ann Hanlon and Abigail Nye (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee), and which included Harriett Green (University of Illinois Urbana Champaign), and myself, at the 2016 DLF Forum in Milwaukee, WI, on November 8, 2016.
- Keyword:
- Digital Humanities, Digital Literacy
- Subject:
- Digital Humanities
- Creator:
- Josh Honn
- Owner:
- Josh Honn
- Language:
- English
- Date Uploaded:
- 02/28/2017
- Date Modified:
- 02/28/2017
- Date Created:
- 2016-11-08
- Resource Type:
- Presentation
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- Description:
- My work in Comparative Literary Studies and French explores the link between the Mande oral tradition and its literature to reveal the presence and absence of the griots' words and their portrayal in the novel. Authors Amadou Hampaté Bâ (L'Étrange Destin de Wangrin); Massa Makan Diabaté (L'Assemblée de Djinns); D.T....
- Keyword:
- Literature
- Subject:
- Comparative Literary Studies
- Creator:
- Anh Ly
- Owner:
- Scholarly Digital Publishing
- Date Uploaded:
- 07/25/2018
- Date Modified:
- 07/25/2018
- Date Created:
- 2007-05-14
- Resource Type:
- Dissertation
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- Description:
- As many systems of military and autocratic rule came under challenge in Africa, Nigeria lost its leadership position in a democratizing era with the collapse of the Second Republic, 1979-1983. Four military heads-of-state followed. One of the most hopeful transitional experiments in Africa, conducted under General Ibrahim Babangida, 1985-1993, ended...
- Keyword:
- african politics and nigeria
- Creator:
- Richard Joseph
- Depositor:
- Chris Diaz
- Owner:
- Richard A Joseph
- Date Uploaded:
- 10/20/2017
- Date Modified:
- 10/24/2017
- Date Created:
- 2016-06-27
- Resource Type:
- Research Paper
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- Description:
- The causes and consequences of geophagy, the craving and consumption of earth, remain enigmatic, despite its recognition as a behavior with public health implications. Iron deficiency has been proposed as both a cause and consequence of geophagy, but methodological limitations have precluded a decisive investigation into this relationship. Here we...
- Keyword:
- anaemia, pica, geophagy, and iron absorption
- Creator:
- Gretchen L. Seim, Sera L. Young, Elad Tako, Raymond P. Glahn, and Cedric Ahn
- Owner:
- Michelle Anne Guittar
- Publisher:
- MDPI
- Date Uploaded:
- 03/10/2017
- Date Modified:
- 05/08/2017
- Date Created:
- 2016-06-13
- Resource Type:
- Article