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(2012-07-23)Department: EnglishThis paper examines Herman Melville’s Pierre, and the novel’s critical reception, in order to investigate and theorize the relevance of Melville’s work for Caribbean writers and historians. This work will contend that the ...
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(2019-11-21)Department: Interdisciplinary Materials ScienceRapid advances in technology over the past several years have presented our generation with the need for sustainable and dependable on-demand energy storage solutions. With research efforts focused on improving battery ...
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(2019-11-15)Department: BiochemistryMyo-Inositol is the precursor to a family of molecules called inositides. The two major classes of inositides, the lipid phosphatidylinositol phosphates (PIPs) and the water-soluble inositol phosphates (IPs) are conserved ...
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(2008-04-25)Department: Biomedical InformaticsClinical decision support systems can decrease common errors related to inadequate dosing for nephrotoxic or renally cleared drugs. Within the computerized provider order entry (CPOE) system, we developed, implemented, ...
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(2008-05-05)Department: Interdisciplinary Studies: Environmental ManagementThis research aimed to measure the operational impact of various strategies for utility loading behavior for commercial spent nuclear fuel (CSNF), as well as thermal design parameters involving waste transportation and ...
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(2014-04-01)Department: Interdisciplinary Studies: Environmental ManagementThe Department of Energy (DOE) is responsible for the cleanup of nuclear waste at former nuclear weapons sites across the United States. Cleanup activities of particular interest include the containment of waste in near ...
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(2022-03-18)Department: Chemical & Physical BiologyA central challenge in biomedical research is to understand how cells process information, respond to perturbations, and make decisions. Cells are constantly processing extracellular stimuli that can lead to multiple ...
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A Tale of Two Poisons: Overcoming deleterious anticancer side effects and antibacterial resistance (2022-03-28)Department: Chemical & Physical BiologyThe type II topoisomerases are the targets of both anticancer and antibacterial therapies. These enzymes perform critical actions in the cell, including unwinding, unknotting, and untangling the genome, through the ...
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(2018-03-29)Department: NeuroscienceThe prefrontal cortex (PFC) is most commonly defined as the frontal cortical area receiving a mediodorsal (MD) thalamic innervation, however other have put forth that the PFC in the zone of convergent innervation from the ...
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(2016-07-26)Department: HistoryIn 1873, the capture of a private American vessel, the Virginius, by a Cuban warship almost brought the United States and Spain to war. The Spanish warship the Tornado seized the Virginius as it ran arms and ammunition to ...
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(2023-11-13)Department: SociologyIn recent decades college degrees have become both more necessary and less affordable, resulting in a growing crisis of college affordability. This study examines two very different and prominent approaches to this crisis. ...
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(2020-08-18)Department: Learning, Teaching & DiversityAlthough extensive research has focused on young children’s writing and identified the importance of early writing experiences, there is a limited amount of writing occurring in some early childhood classrooms. Furthermore, ...
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(2014-05-27)Department: Electrical EngineeringMuons produced by cosmic rays in the upper atmosphere can induce single event upsets in modern technology nodes. Consequently, errors caused by muons have become a concern in certain terrestrial applications. Testing for ...
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(2007-04-18)Department: Biomedical EngineeringThe failure of synthetic vascular grafts due to de-endothelialization of the lumen as a result of exposure to fluid-induced shear stress prevents the widespread use of such grafts as small-diameter vessel replacements. ...
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(2008-04-25)Department: Computer ScienceThis thesis describes the design and implementation of a thread-safe meta-programmable data model that can be used in a multi-threaded environment without the need for user defined synchronization. The locking mechanisms ...
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(2014-09-25)Department: Biological SciencesThe zebrafish epithalamus, which includes the dorsal habenular nuclei and pineal complex, displays robust molecular and anatomical asymmetries. The full elaboration of molecular and anatomical differences between the left ...
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(2011-12-10)Department: Cell and Developmental BiologyInformation flow in nervous systems depends on the asymmetric organization of neurons; neurotransmitters are released from presynaptic domains and stimulate receptors localized to postsynaptic regions. These specialized ...
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(2021-03-18)Department: Chemical EngineeringDespite the potency of most first-line anti-cancer drugs, non-adherence to these drug regimens remains high and is attributable to the prevalence of “off-target” drug effects that result in serious, adverse events (SAEs) ...
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(2010-12-13)Department: PhilosophyA TRIAL OF PHILOSOPHY JOEL C. BEAUPRÉ Dissertation under the direction of Professor David C. Wood This “trial of philosophy” is of whether suffering, through a reading of Job, can arraign philosophy. I examine the form ...
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(2009-03-27)Department: Computer ScienceEmerging applications in the realm of Intelligent Transportation systems, such as traffic congestion management and vehicle rerouting, weather alerts, and infotainment via multimedia streaming, require timely and reliable ...