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(2009-04-27)Department: Electrical EngineeringThe demand for high power high frequency semiconductor devices has led to the development of microwave power devices using GaN and SiC. AlGaN/GaN HEMTs have shown power densities of 9.8 W/mm at 8 GHz. Although these results ...
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(2009-11-30)Department: Biomedical InformaticsThe concept of health information exchange (HIE) among organizations in the United States has evolved over the last 25 years, from early efforts to build Community Health Information Networks to recent collaborations in ...
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(2016-08-09)Department: Chemical EngineeringVisible light therapy (400-700 nm), i.e. photodynamic therapy, phototherapy, etc. has been used experimentally and clinically for treatment in acne, cancer, wounds, jaundiced neonates and other ailments. In the wake of ...
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(2024-03-21)Department: BiochemistryApurinic/apyrimidinic (AP) sites are one of the most frequent DNA lesions in mammalian cells. HMCES (5-hydroxymethylcitosine, embryonic cell specific) is an evolutionarily conserved protein found at replication forks that ...
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(2017-11-22)Department: Chemical EngineeringMesoscopic solar cells, including dye-sensitized (DSSCs) and perovskite solar cells (PSCs), have recently emerged as a global contender to silicon photovoltaics (PVs), due to their inexpensive and non-toxic constituents, ...
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(2021-08-13)As an open-access, public community and technical system located in the southern United States, SCTCS is the largest higher education provider in the state. One of the fastest growing populations within the SCTCS population ...
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(2015-04-05)Department: Chemical EngineeringIn recent years, the development of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) and nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS) has received intense attention and effort. However, studies on nanoconfined fluid phase behavior has given ...
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(Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities, 2007-04-12)
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(Fortress Press, 1989)In this book I offer a causal explanation for occult beliefs. I try to show what events in a person's live typically precede the occult moment and why the occult moment is so important to that person's sense of herself or ...
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(2012-03-31)Department: PathologyPatients with the autoimmune disease systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have an increased risk of developing premature cardiovascular disease, most notably atherosclerosis. While the mechanisms behind this increased risk ...
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(2009-07-28)Department: PhysicsThe goals of the research presented in this dissertation are to better understand the characteristics of the X-ray emitting plasmas of young stars and the physical mechanisms that produce the emission. We seek to achieve ...
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(2011-08-12)Department: Leadership and Policy StudiesThe purpose of this study is to understand how the process of educational assimilation differs between refugee and non-refugee immigrant students. More specifically, the study examines how well the segmented assimilation ...
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(2019-09-16)Department: Biological SciencesDNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) are toxic forms of DNA damage that must be repaired to maintain genome integrity. In addition to maintaining telomeres, telomerase can act on DSBs creating de novo telomeres, a mutagenic ...
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(2011-03-25)Department: Nursing ScienceNURSING SCIENCE UNDERSTANDING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GENDER, PREVIOUS CARDIAC EVENT AND PREHOSPITAL DELAY BEHAVIOR IN ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION Cynthia G. Waller Dissertation under the direction of Professor ...
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(2020-04-01)Department: Community Research & ActionMuslim American youths are often confronted by negative stereotypes of their religion in the United States, making the process of religious identity formation for this group especially complicated. This dissertation explores ...
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(2023-03-24)Department: AstrophysicsGalaxy formation theory encompasses a wide range of physical mechanisms that contribute to the growth and evolution of galaxies. First, we study the present-day connection between galaxy morphology and angular momentum ...
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(2022-11-15)Department: Biomedical EngineeringPreterm birth, defined as birth that occurs before 37 weeks gestation, is the leading cause of neonatal mortality in the United States. For vaginal delivery to occur, whether at term or preterm, the cervix must transform ...
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(2021-12)Instructional coaching is one of the most impactful forms of professional development that results in improved teacher instruction and student achievement in a K-12 setting (Kraft et al., 2018), yet little consensus exists ...
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(2014-07-31)Department: Cell and Developmental BiologyColorectal carcinoma is the third leading cause of cancer related mortality within the United States. Over 90% of these deaths can be attributed to distant metastasis. Therefore, understanding the signaling perturbations ...
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(2012-08-02)Department: Biomedical EngineeringRaman Spectroscopy is a non-invasive optical detection technique that has been used to study the structural and biochemical components of disease progression. Practical considerations limiting the clinical application of ...