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(2017-11-27)Department: Biomedical EngineeringLaparoscopic liver surgery is challenging to perform due to a compromised ability of the surgeon to localize subsurface anatomy in the constrained environment. While image guidance has the potential to address this barrier, ...
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(2014-04-29)Department: Biomedical EngineeringImage guided transorbital endoscopic procedures have the potential to introduce new forms of therapy to the optic nerve, such as direct delivery of neuroprotective drugs for glaucoma treatment. This technique was confirmed ...
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(2024-03-28)Department: Mechanical EngineeringImage guidance is increasingly used by surgeons to locate specific anatomy more accurately during surgery. Unfortunately, many of the sensing systems currently used for image guidance, such as optical or magnetic tracking, ...
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(2003-02-20)Department: Electrical EngineeringThe continuous demand for higher packing density and faster operating speeds in modern digital CMOS circuits has driven the scaling of the metal-oxide-silicon field effect transistors. The use of scaling schemes which do ...
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(2024-03-22)Department: BiochemistryGenome integrity is established through the high fidelity and efficient replication of cellular DNA as well as the ability to repair DNA when DNA damage or errors occur. A wide array of genotoxins can interfere with DNA ...
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(2015-08-14)Department: Biomedical EngineeringBIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING CHARACTERIZATION OF A PASSIVE DIFFUSION DEVICE FOR ASSAYS OF CHEMOTAXIS AND MORPHOGENESIS IPSHITA CHAKRABORTY Thesis under the direction of Professor John Wikswo Cell migration plays an important ...
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(2016-03-28)Department: Mechanical EngineeringSeveral technical needs were identified and addressed for advancing the Strain Energy Accumulator (SEA), which is an energy storage device consisting of an expandable rubber bladder inside of a rigid shroud that stores ...
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(2006-08-09)Department: Microbiology and ImmunologyMICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY CHARACTERIZATION OF AN AUTOIMMUNE GENE EXPRESSION SIGNATURE KEVIN MAAS Dissertation under the direction of Professor Thomas Aune Autoimmune diseases affect approximately 5% of the human ...
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(2024-03-21)Department: Biomedical EngineeringAngiogenesis is the generation of new blood vessels from existing vasculature and is essential for growth and development of the human body. However, it also plays a role in many pathological processes, such as tumor growth. ...
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(2016-03-11)Department: Biomedical EngineeringAptamers are segments of single-strand DNA or RNA used in a wide array of applications, including sensors, therapeutics, and cellular process regulators. Aptamers can bind many target species, including proteins, peptides, ...
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(2019-04-09)Department: Biomedical EngineeringOtitis media (OM), an inflammatory disease of the middle ear, is the most frequent cause of physician visits and prescription of antibiotics for children. Current methods to diagnose OM rely on varying symptoms and visual ...
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(2022-03-21)Department: Biological SciencesDNA is a fundamental biomolecule of life which stores the genetic information of organisms and drives many of the evolutionary processes in nature. Despite this, DNA is subject to physical and chemical damage from environmental ...
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(2022-03-21)Department: Biological SciencesDNA is a fundamental biomolecule of life which stores the genetic information of organisms and drives many of the evolutionary processes in nature. Despite this, DNA is subject to physical and chemical damage from environmental ...
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(2010-04-30)Department: Chemical and Physical BiologyIn this thesis, the structural differences between wild-type band 3 and band 3 Fukuoka, the G130R mutant identified in cases of hereditary spherocytosis associated with reduction of protein 4.2, are examined. The G130R ...
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(2023-07-17)Department: Biomedical EngineeringEndometriosis is a debilitating gynecological condition that afflicts more than 10% of reproductive-age women worldwide. It is characterized by the abnormal growth of endometrial tissue outside of the uterine cavity. Despite ...
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(2005-11-01)Department: Cell and Developmental BiologyThe work contained in this document provides the first description and characterization of Bves, a gene product identified by our laboratory, in epithelial cell types. Studies addressed a central hypothesis that Bves plays ...
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(2005-07-12)Department: Cell and Developmental BiologyThe study of cytokinesis in fission yeast S.pombe has revealed a signaling network, the septation initiation network (SIN) that serves to coordinate cytokinesis with mitotic exit in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces ...
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(2018-08-28)Department: Cell and Developmental BiologyCell division cycle 14 (Cdc14) is an evolutionarily conserved phosphatase originally identified in <em>Saccharomyces cerevisiae</em> as a cell cycle regulator. In <em>Drosophila melanogaster</em>, Cdc14 is encoded by a ...
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(2021-08-02)This paper explores the current and needed identities and competencies of a small but growing environmental nonprofit organization, the South Louisiana Wetlands Discovery Center. The current board is neither designed nor ...
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(2005-03-25)Department: Cell and Developmental BiologyLIS1 and NudE(L) are partner proteins in a conserved pathway regulating the function of dynein and microtubules. Members of the LIS1 pathway play a critical role in fundamental cellular processes, such as differentiation, ...