ObjectiveTo identify the key mechanisms that clinicians perceive improve care in the intensive care unit (ICU), as a result of their involvement in post-ICU programs.MethodsQualitative inquiry via focus groups and interviews ...

In response to the shrinking federal role in environmental protection, many policy advocates have focused on the role of states and cities, but this symposium focuses on another important source of sustainability initiatives: ...

This thesis will claim that applying the concepts of J.L Austin’s speech act theory to Søren Kierkegaard’s practice of indirect communication will provide insight into the performative aspects of indirect communication and ...

The Wnt signaling pathway plays essential roles in a wide variety of biological processes including early animal development, cell fate determination, cell proliferation, organogenesis, and stem-cell renewal. Deregulation ...

Stroke is one of the major causes of loss if dexterity in human hand, preventing effective self-care and employment opportunities among the patients. In this thesis, an exoskeleton device for thumb rehabilitation is ...

The kinetic characterization of cytochrome P450s that catalyze multi-step, sequential reactions is the focus of this work. Two novel substrates were identified for P450 1A2, one of which showed a high degree of homotropic ...

The presented research describes how properties of thiolate protected gold nanoparticles were used to create functional nanomaterials with applications in biomimetics and nanomolecular electronics. Additionally, fundamental ...