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(2020-03-25)Department: Environmental EngineeringThe development of a flexible methodology to comprehensively identify the hazards, and determine the most significant risks associated with the operation of advanced nuclear reactor designs, is required in order to ...
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(2022-05-16)Department: Biomedical EngineeringTriple negative breast cancer (TNBC) is characterized by a lack of estrogen receptor, progesterone receptor, and HER2. Patients with TNBC therefore cannot benefit from treatment with one of the molecularly targeted therapies ...
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(2010-03-30)Department: Civil EngineeringOver the past decade, catastrophic events such as the World Trade Center attacks, Hurricane Katrina, and the Minneapolis bridge collapse have affected societal perception of the risks affecting our lives. It has also led ...
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(Law and Contemporary Problems, 1997)The purpose of this article is to describe the development of an early identification and response model of malpractice prevention that is designed to achieve these objectives. The article begins with a rationale for the ...
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(2017-08-11)Department: Biomedical EngineeringBreast cancer is the most common cancer in women and the second highest cause of cancer related deaths among women in the United States. Most breast cancers are treated by some form of surgical intervention. Breast ...
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(2020-06-02)Department: ChemistryHere in, we describe the optimization of high-affinity, choline up-take transporter (CHT) antagonist, ML352, to improved in vivo tool compound, VU6001221. VU6001221, a potent and selective CHT inhibitor with significantly ...
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(2021-05-11)Department: Biomedical EngineeringLoss of parathyroid function (hypoparathyroidism) is an unintended consequence of endocrine neck surgeries. This leads to an inability of the patient to maintain healthy levels of blood calcium, as the parathyroid glands ...
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(2016-04-15)Department: Biomedical EngineeringThe inability to identify the parathyroid glands is a significant challenge during endocrine procedures. Successful parathyroid and thyroid surgeries require careful resection of diseased tissue and preservation of normal ...
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(2018-10-30)Department: PhysicsOver the last few decades the capabilities of atomic-resolution imaging techniques such as Scanning-Transmission-Electron-Microscopy (STEM) have greatly increased. The data acquisition rate of modern of atomic-resolution ...
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(Childhood Obesity, 2020)To develop and test brief nutrition and physical activity screening questions for children ages 2–11 years that could be used as a pragmatic screening tool to tailor counseling, track behavior change, and improve population ...
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(2021-08-13)Department: ChemistryBiohybrid solar cells utilizing the plant protein complex Photosystem I (PSI) as the key photoactive ingredient are studied for their ability to reduce the cost and environmental impacts of solar energy harvesting technologies. ...
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(2004-12-01)Department: PsychologyIn a sample of 515 children (grades 2, 4, and 6), we examined parenting and negative life events as predictors of depressive cognitions, specifically depressogenic attributional style, depressive cognitive schemas, and low ...
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(2012-03-31)Department: PsychologyThe link between the experience of peer victimization (PV) and future psychological maladjustment, particularly depressive symptoms, has been consistently documented; however, little is known about intermediary cognitive ...
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(2009-12-23)Department: Biomedical EngineeringSkin cancer is the most common cancer in the United States, with an incidence rate that continues to rise. Fortunately, it can be highly curable if detected at an early stage. Best clinical practices require physicians to ...
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(2023-12)Resultant is a modern professional services consulting firm that seeks to define, aggregate, and assess the knowledge, skills, attributes, and other characteristics (KSAOs) of its Professional Services employees, including ...
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(2007-04-17)Department: Environmental EngineeringThis dissertation details the development of a consequence management system for water utilities, which determines the optimal operational response to a contamination event in a water distribution network. In order to ...
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(2021-01-05)Department: Civil EngineeringThis dissertation presents development of constitutive relations for progressive damage analysis of laminated composites and efficient computational implementation of a multiscale computational framework. All the numerical ...
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Development of Decision Support Tools for Water Energy Food Infrastructure Management of Sri Lanka (2020-01-17)Department: Environmental EngineeringThe energy and food sectors of the economy heavily rely on water resources. All nations face challenges of meeting increasing demand for water, food, and energy due to limited and uncertain resources, complex multisector ...
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(2017-07-20)Department: ChemistryPolymeric nanoparticles have historically been shown to be valuable tools for the solubilization and delivery of small molecule hydrophobic drugs. However, most systems do not address obstacles associated with off-target ...
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(2021-07-15)Department: ChemistryMalaria is a lethal infectious disease which is estimated to cause 229,000,000 cases worldwide, with 409,000 deaths. In this work, two methods are explored to enhance the efficacy and utility of malaria control and elimination ...