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Slaughter, William Stephen. "An exploratory study of the determinants of family harmony in family businesses / William Stephen Slaughter." Thesis, North-West University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/4157.

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Family businesses are the backbone of almost every country on earth, but their contributions towards local, national and the global economies have been and are still underestimated by millions of people. Family businesses can range from very small businesses to multinational empires found in every country and city one can think of, covering all household items, industrial equipment, automobiles, hotels and many more. Millions of people would be jobless if it was not for family businesses, but many have also lost their jobs due to the inability of families to solve their differences in order to sustain their legacy's existence. Many possible reasons exist for these businesses that have failed, but one of the most common reasons is a lack of family harmony within families. The main objective of this study is to evaluate the determinants of family harmony of family businesses and to make recommendations to enable family businesses to obtain family harmony to ensure the future continuity of family businesses. The research was conducted by means of a literature review and an empirical study. The purpose of the literature review was to gain an in-depth knowledge on family businesses. Specific topics covered in the literature review include; definitions of family businesses, the uniqueness of family businesses, the advantages and disadvantages of family businesses, family harmony, the determinants of family harmony and perceived future continuity. The determinants or constructs of family harmony were empirically tested in twenty-nine family businesses by means of a structured measurement instrument (questionnaire) and subsequently evaluated. A total of one hundred and twenty questionnaires were collected from participating family businesses. Eighty-one of these respondents were actively involved in the day-to-day activities of the family business; the other thirty-nine respondents were inactive. The reliability of the questionnaire was determined by calculating the Cronbach alpha coefficient of the constructs. None of the constructs' Cronbach alpha coefficients were lower than the routine cut-off value of 0.70. This suggests that the questionnaire used in this study to measure the latent constructs has acceptable reliability and can be accepted as internally consistent. The evaluation of the constructs determining family harmony revealed that the average score ranges between (3c = 6.250) for the construct, family commitment, and (x = 4.350) for the construct corporate governance. This indicates a high level of agreement with the statements / items concerned with family commitment and a relatively low agreement with the statements / items concerned with corporate governance. The correlation between the dependent variable, family harmony, and the independent variables revealed that based on Cohen's rules, it is evident that the independent variables, non-family members ( r= 0.313), governance ( r= 0.392) and inactive family members (r = 0.465) have a medium effect on the dependent variable, family harmony. The rest of the independent variables, however, have a large or practical significant effect (/-> 0.50) on the dependent variable, family harmony. No practical significant differences could be found between the means of the demographical variables and the constructs. Practical recommendations are suggested to improve family relationships in family businesses.
Thesis (M.B.A.)--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2009.
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Holland, Brenna O'Rourke. "Free Market Family: Gender, Capitalism, & the Life of Stephen Girard." Diss., Temple University Libraries, 2014. http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/287455.

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This dissertation is a cultural biography of merchant banker Stephen Girard that explores the origins of the mythology as well as the mechanics of capitalism as it functioned on the streets and in the homes of early national Philadelphia. By tracing changes in Stephen Girard's family, both traditional and improvisational, from the 1770s to his death in 1831 and beyond, this project examines how Girard repeatedly capitalized on his family to take commercial risks, reinventing what family meant in a transforming economy. Telling overlapping stories of Girard's family and businesses, including trade networks reaching from Europe, the Caribbean, and China to the United States, I argue that an Atlantic-American culture of capitalism developed at the intersection of the family and the market. Episodes that show the salience and limits of familial bonds in a turbulent economy include Girard's risky commercial strategies during the American Revolution that relied on his brother in Saint-Domingue, and tenuous rationalities of the market and marriage that collided when his wife supposedly went insane. After his public involvement in Philadelphia's yellow fever epidemics of the 1790s, Girard learned that institutions could do the work of families. Applying this lesson to the national political economy, Girard refashioned the Bank of the United States into the Bank of Stephen Girard and lent the U.S. Treasury over one million dollars to help fund the War of 1812. Well before his death in 1831, Girard was one of the wealthiest men in the nation. His will altered the shape and flow of Philadelphia, with repercussions for inheritance and corporate law through the twentieth century. By juxtaposing Girard's personal and public lives, this dissertation integrates scholarship on the market economy with that on gender and the family to better understand the expansion of a culture of capitalism in the early American Republic. Under capitalism, people and relationships were fungible in new and important ways. In telling the story of Stephen Girard, this dissertation follows a central, but overlooked, player in the early American and Atlantic economy in order to explain the paradoxical relationship between capitalism and liberty.
Temple University--Theses
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Guthrie, James Ronald. "Three decades of terror domestic violence, patriarchy, and the evolution of female characters in Stephen King's fiction /." Birmingham, Ala. : University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2009. https://www.mhsl.uab.edu/dt/2009m/guthrie.pdf.

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Thesis (M.A.)--University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2009.
Title from PDF title page (viewed Sept. 2, 2009). Additional advisors: Rebecca Bach, Danny Siegel, Becky Trigg. Includes bibliographical references (p. 103-107).
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Mgalama, Erasto C. "The morality of relinquishing a child for adoption an inquiry through the documents of the Church and the theological views of Stephen G. Post /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2003. http://www.tren.com.

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Cuevas, Cristina L. "Stephen Dedalus' Search for Identity in Catholic Ireland." FIU Digital Commons, 2015. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/2258.

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The purpose of my research was to explore the interplay between religion and art in James Joyce’s novel, A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN. My aim was to trace the development of the protagonist, Stephen Dedalus by analyzing how Catholicsim is an institution that forms him, yet must reject to realize his artistic potential. I researched Joyce’s background to gain an understanding of the exilic experience on the literature. Through the exilic lens, I realized that Catholicism was the predominant influence on Stephen’s need to embark on a self-imposed exile at the end of the novel. Complicating his decision is the fact that he does not stop believing in religious constructs such as heaven and hell. In conclusion I found by following his artistic longing, and turning away from the church he is committing a sin and, as a result, damning his soul.
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Turnage, Rachel Anne. "Finding the faces of our mothers every day feminism in Stephen King's "Dolores Claiborne" and "Gerald's game" /." Thesis, Montana State University, 2006. http://etd.lib.montana.edu/etd/2006/turnage/TurnageR0506.pdf.

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Stapleton, Megan Leigh. "The Vocal Pedagogy of the Behnke Family: The Behnke Method." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2020. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1703363/.

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Emil Behnke was a highly esteemed vocal pedagogue of the late nineteenth century. Perhaps rare for the time, the art and science of teaching vocal methods of speech and singing was a Behnke family business, one that Emil shared with his wife and daughter, who were both named Kate. Indeed, Emil's daughter, Kate Emil Behnke, was equally regarded and valued in the field of vocal pedagogy, carrying her father's teachings into the twentieth century. Meanwhile, the elder Kate Behnke, wife to Emil and mother to Kate Emil, was responsible for administering and building upon her husband's innovative methods of speech therapy, establishing her own reputation as a speech healer. The Behnke family published no less than fourteen books, cumulatively. Largely forgotten today, the purpose of this document is to provide a comprehensive overview of the biography and the pedagogical methods and works of the Behnke family, and to contextualize these methods within the framework of trusted vocal pedagogy, both historic and current.
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Morrell, Allison, Halie Dyer, Courtney Smith, Kammy Kuang, Deb Mills, Gayatri Jaishankar, Karen Schetzina, and Jodi Polaha. "Evaluating the Feasibility of a Stepped-Care Protocol for Postpartum Depression via Adoption and Maintenance (Cost)." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2016. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/6621.

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Introduction: Research has shown that Postpartum Depression (PPD) occurs in 10-20% of new mothers. Symptoms of PPD include excessive sadness, increased anxiety, guilt, and possible suicidal ideation. PPD can increase a mother’s risk for health and psychological dysfunction including future psychiatric illnesses, substance abuse, and decrease her adaptive functioning. PDD can also have negative implications on child safety practices and a child’s psychosocial and developmental wellbeing. Treatments for PPD, such as medication and psychotherapy, have been shown to be effective at reducing the number and severity of a mother’s symptoms, and generally improving their lives and the lives of their families. Unfortunately, many mothers do not receive treatment due to fears of stigma, inadequate screening practices and an inability to access care. Thus, early detection and improved access to care is critical and literature suggests formal screening practices increases the rate of detection. Pediatrician’s offices serve as ideal locations to screen mothers and connect them to appropriate services because of frequent contact with the mother. Methods: Recognizing this public health concern, the American Academy of Pediatrics developed PPD screening guidelines. ETSU Pediatrics, a local pediatric primary care clinic, adhered to these guidelines, assembled an interdisciplinary health care team, and developed a stepped care protocol to not only screen all new mothers but connect them with immediate, onsite behavioral health services. The protocol consisted of four distinct phases: 1) distribution of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS), an evidence- based tool screening for depression in new mothers, to every mother of infants 0 to 6 months at their well- child visit; 2) appropriate documentation of the EPDS score and plan of action noted within the electronic medical record (EHR); 3) brief behavioral health intervention conducted by the on-site behavioral health consultant, and/or referral to outside provider; 4) phone call follow up with mother and referred provider. The aim of the study is to evaluate components of intervention feasibility based upon the RE-AIM framework (Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation, and Maintenance), which stems from the Dissemination and Implementation Science field. This particular project extends past previous pilot studies to include EHR chart review from an entire year and evaluates the protocol’s feasibility by examining Adoption and Maintenance domains. Results: Results were collected from EHR and billing records of all patients, 0 to 6 months of age, seen at the clinic from February 26, 2014 to February 25, 2015 (n = 755) for their well-child visit (n = 2,459). Adoption will examine feasibility by noting the percentage of mothers who were administered the EPDS as well as the general trend in administration across the year. Maintenance will examine feasibility from a financial perspective and reveal the amount of reimbursement accrued by billing for the EPDS. Conclusions: The anticipated results will have implications on the
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Tolliver, Sarah, and Jodi Polaha. "Assessing for and Treating Postpartum Depression in a Pediatric Primary Care Setting Using a Stepped Care Model: Is It Feasible?" Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2014. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/6630.

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Postpartum Depression (PPD) occurs in 10-20% of new mothers. PPD can lead to serious health risks to both the mother and infant, increase the risk of complications during birth, and cause lasting effects on the development and wellbeing of the child. Many mothers suffering from PPD do not receive treatment due to fear of being stigmatized, lack of education, or not being able to access mental health services. High prevalence of PPD, along with the negative and lasting effects it can cause point to the importance of developing an effective and feasible method of assessing and treating this disorder. A pediatric primary care office may be an opportune setting to screen for PPD since mothers often accompany their children to regularly scheduled well child visits. While some studies have examined PPD screening within the pediatric primary care setting, few have explored the addition of an on-site Behavioral Health Consultant to provide brief interventions for depressed mothers as part of a stepped care model. The primary aim of the current study is assess the feasibility of implementing a stepped care protocol that assesses PPD and provides brief interventions and referrals for depressed mothers within a pediatric primary care clinic. The protocol consists of several phases including: 1) distribution of the Edinburgh Postpartum Depression Screener to every mother arriving for a well child visit during the first six months of their child’s life; 2) appropriate documentation in the clinic’s electronic health record (EHR) of the Edinburgh score and resulting plan of action; 3) a brief same day intervention by the on-site Behavioral Health Consultant and referral to outside provider, if applicable; and 4) phone call follow up with the mother and referred provider, if applicable. Research assistants will monitor the EHR to determine the clinic’s fidelity to the protocol (e.g., if the Edinburgh is being administered properly). Data will also be collected from the EHR to determine if a correlation exists between Edinburgh scores and number of Emergency Room visits made by the child, immunizations administered to the child, and number of well child checks the child attended. Data collected throughout the month of March showing the Edinburgh uptake, consistency with protocol, and any correlation between Edinburgh scores and other variables will be presented.
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Baumann, Matthias [Verfasser], Stephan [Gutachter] Stubner, and Tobias [Gutachter] Dauth. "Essays on the governance and management of family firms / Matthias Baumann ; Gutachter: Stephan Stubner, Tobias Dauth." Dresden : Sächsische Landesbibliothek - Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Dresden (SLUB), 2017. http://d-nb.info/1153743671/34.

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Smith, Caleb, Jodi Polaha, K. Schetzina, and M. Tolliver. "A Screening and Stepped Care Intervention for Postpartum Depression in a Pediatric Setting: Implementation and Feasibility." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2015. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/6628.

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Brands, Christian [Verfasser], Torsten [Akademischer Betreuer] Wulf, and Stephan [Akademischer Betreuer] Stubner. "Scenario-based strategic planning and strategic management in family firms / Christian Brands. Gutachter: Torsten Wulf ; Stephan Stubner. Betreuer: Torsten Wulf." Dresden : Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2013. http://d-nb.info/1056877421/34.

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Reventlid, Amanda. "Familj, moderskap och incest i Så länge vi båda andas : En queerteoretisk temastudie av Stephenie Meyers Så länge vi båda andas." Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Institutionen för genus, kultur och historia, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-15284.

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This paper examines in what way the heterosexual matrix is challenged by Stephenie Meyer in Breaking dawn (Så länge vi båda andas). By doing a thematic study on the various family constellations appearing in the novel, I search for the queer elements in it. I discuss incest, family building and motherhood, and find that there are numerous queer elements associated with the themes I have chosen. I conclude that the Cullen family challenges the heterosexual matrix, despite not being typical queer vampire characters. I also find that building a successful family is not based on gender or constellation otherwise, but is instead dependant on democracy and equality. Bella has a desire to taste the blood of both her daughter and her father, interpreted as an incestuous desire. I find similarities between Bella’s extreme motherhood behaviors and how drag show artists parody gender.
Denna uppsats undersöker på vilka sätt Stephenie Meyer utmanar den heterosexuella matrisen i Så länge vi båda andas. Genom att göra en queerteoretisk temastudie utifrån temat familj undersöker jag de queera elementen i texten. Jag behandlar incest, familjebildning och moderskap och kommer fram till att det finns många queera inslag i mina valda teman. I min analys drar jag slutsatsen att familjen Cullen, trots att de inte är klassiska queera vampyrkaraktärer ändå utmanar den heterosexuella matrisen. Jag kommer även fram till att framgången i en familjebildning inte ligger i kön, eller konstruktion, utan i demokrati och jämställdhet. När Bella åtrår sin faders och dotterns blod tolkar jag detta i sin kontext som ett incestuöst begär. Jag jämför extremismen i Bellas moderskap med hur dragshowartisten parodierar genus.
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Rothe, Fabian [Verfasser], Jörg [Akademischer Betreuer] Stülke, Kai [Akademischer Betreuer] Tittmann, and Stephan [Akademischer Betreuer] Seiler. "Regulation der Aktivität und Lokalisation von Antiterminatorproteinen der BglG-Familie / Fabian Rothe. Gutachter: Jörg Stülke ; Kai Tittmann ; Stephan Seiler. Betreuer: Jörg Stülke." Göttingen : Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen, 2012. http://d-nb.info/1043028935/34.

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Burbach, Frank Robert. "Developing systemically-oriented secondary care mental health services." Thesis, University of Plymouth, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/1599.

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Research has indicated that offering support and services for people who experience mental health problems and their families is a complex and contested area. Despite the controversies surrounding therapeutic interventions with families, it has now been recognised that relatives and other supporters of people with mental health problems should be included in their care. Whole- family interventions and partnership working with carers and families is now central to secondary care UK mental health policies and clinical practice guidelines. However, for many families/ carers this remains an aspiration rather than a reality. The way in which we successfully developed family focused mental health practice, as well as specialist family interventions (FI) for people who have been given a diagnosis of psychosis, has therefore aroused considerable interest. The Somerset Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has adopted a Strategy to Enhance Working Partnerships with Carers and Families, developed best practice guidance and has established two complementary workforce development projects - the development of specialist family intervention services and the widespread training of mental health staff to create a ‘triangle of care’ with service users and their families. This has resulted in widespread adoption of systemically informed, ‘whole-family’ practice. In response to the widespread difficulties experienced following other staff- training initiatives we developed specialist family interventions (FI) services by means of an innovative one-year course delivered in partnership with Plymouth University. This training initiative has been widely acknowledged for its novel integration of psycho-educational and systemic approaches and the effective in-situ, multi-disciplinary service development model. An advantage of this approach is that by the end of the course a local FI Service has been established and staff experience fewer difficulties in applying their new skills than people trained in other programmes. We then ensure the continued development of clinical skills by means of a service structure that emphasises on-going supervision. Regular audits of the service and in-depth research studies clearly indicate that the service is effective and highly valued by users. Our ‘cognitive-interactional’ approach, which integrates systemic therapy with psychosocial interventions (individual- and family-CBT) within a collaborative therapeutic relationship, enables us to meet the needs of families in a flexible, tailored manner. The FI teams are able to deliver early interventions for people with first episode psychosis, as well as meeting the NICE guidelines for people with longstanding symptoms. Recognising that many families do not require formal family interventions/ therapy, we also have been designing ‘stepped-care’ family intervention services. We have developed, and extensively evaluated, short training packages to enhance working partnerships with families throughout our mental health services. We have used this three-day package to train a range of community and inpatient teams. We have also encouraged family- inclusive practice with the establishment of a trustwide steering group, practice guidelines and the establishment of ‘family liaison’ posts to facilitate family meetings on inpatient units, as part of the assessment process. Both training initiatives explicitly focus on developing systemic thinking, by integrating CBT and systemic therapy. The involvement of families/ carers in the design and delivery of both training initiatives is also crucial.
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Antoche, Emanuel Constantin. "Guerre et diplomatie en Europe orientale au XVIIe siècle : le cas de la principauté de Moldavie (1606-1621) : édition critique de l'Histoire sommaire des choses plus mémorables advenues aux derniers troubles de Moldavie. Où sont décrites plusieurs batailles gagnées tant par les Princes Polonois, que par les Turcs, et Tartares : Ensemble l'évasion admirable du Prince Correcki des Tours noires du Grand Turc, par l'invention et assistance d'un Parisien. Composée par M. Jacques Baret Avocat en Parlement sur les mémoires de Charles de Joppecourt Gentilhomme Lorrain, qui portait les armes durant ces troubles à la suite des Princes Polonois. A Paris, chez Toussainct du Bray, MDCXX." Paris, EHESS, 2008. http://www.theses.fr/2008EHES0170.

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Nous avons réédité et introduit pour la première fois dans le circuit scientifique, un ouvrage publié à Paris chez Toussainct du Bray en 1620 : Histoire sommaire des choses plus mémorables advenues aux derniers troubles de Moldavie. Où sont décrites plusieurs batailles gagnées tant par les Princes Polonois, que par les Turcs, et Tartares : Ensemble l'évasion admirable du Prince Correcki des Tours noires du Grand Turc, par l'invention et assistance d'un Parisien. Composée par M. Jacques Baret Avocat en Parlament sur les mémoires de Charles de Joppecourt Gentilhomme Lorrain, qui portoit les armes durant ces troubles à la suite des Princes Polonois. Il s'agit d'un livre inconnu dans l'historiographie occidentale qui apporte de nombreuses informations inédites sur les relations diplomatiques et militaires de la Porte ottomane avec la Pologne et la France dans la seconde décennie du XVIIe siècle. Notre édition annotée est accompagnée d'une introduction ainsi que de deux études complémentaires, en rapport avec les événements racontés dans l'Histoire sommaire : « L'évasion du prince Samuel Korecki de la prison de Rumeli Hisar (28 novembre 1617), un épisode des relations franco-ottomanes » et « Gaspar Gratiani, prince de Moldavie (février 1619 - septembre 1620) et l'expédition polonaise de Cecora ». Les annexes comprennent une trentaine de lettres inédites sur l'ambassade d'Achille de Harlay, baron de Sancy et de la Mole (1611-1619) à Constantinople, pièces que nous avons copiées dans les archives de Bibliothèque Nationale et de la Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal.
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Dymond, Erica Joan. "Gothic heirs: An examination of family dynamics in the works of Stephen King." 2009. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3354765.

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Lu, Chia-Wen, and 呂佳玟. "A family-based GA algorithm for scheduling in-line stepper in small-lot scenarios." Thesis, 2009. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/05266906289942147041.

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An in-line stepper, a bottleneck machine in a semiconductor fab, may have capacity loss in a small-lot scenario. In such a machine, a setup or mask change is required in processing jobs with different circuit layouts. Different job sequences may require different number of setups and result in different productivity for an in-line stepper. This paper developed a scheduling method (called family-based genetic algorithm, GA-F) in order to increase the machine utilization of in-line steppers, in a small-lot scenario which includes setup characteristics. Two other sequencing methods, called GA-FT (traditional family-based genetic algorithm) and GA-I (individual-based genetic algorithm), are taken as benchmarks and compared with the GA-F method Numeric experiments indicate that the GA-F method outperforms these two benchmarks.
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Hyland, Stephen [Verfasser]. "Generierung und funktionelle Charakterisierung intrazellulärer Antikörperfragmente gerichtet gegen die zytoplasmatische Domäne von Wachstumsfaktor-Rezeptoren der ErbB-Familie / vorgelegt von Stephen Hyland." 2003. http://d-nb.info/969384092/34.

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