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(2008-05-07)Department: Biomedical EngineeringMost magnetic resonance imaging techniques offer tissue contrast but provide limited information regarding the variation of the magnetic resonance signal that exists on a smaller scale. The magnetic resonance signal arising ...
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(2014-06-03)Radiographic imaging plays a crucial role in the diagnosis of osteosarcoma. Currently, computed-tomography (CT) is used to measure tumor-induced osteolysis as a marker for tumor growth by monitoring the bone fractional ...
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(Harvard Environmental Law Review, 2009)We have been asked to examine climate change justice by discussing the methods of allocating the costs of addressing climate change among nations. Our analysis suggests that climate and justice goals cannot be achieved by ...
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(2019-01-02)Department: EconomicsFrom 1998 to 2003, Ecuador experienced large macroeconomic fluctuations ending with a period of stabilization under a dollarized economy. This dissertation exploits these fluctuations and a novel dataset of micro-prices ...
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(2023-05)Previous research has illustrated the importance of examining both microaggressions and acculturative stress. However, there is a large gap in existing research examining the impact of microaggressions on acculturative ...
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(2009-05-20)Department: ChemistryThe biosyntheses of benzodiazepines and nitrosugar containing natural products in actinomycetes were investigated. The first biosynthetic gene cluster of a benzodiazepine natural product was identified in the genome of the ...
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(Nature Communications, 2019-07-22)Severe respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in infants <2 years-old. Here we describe that high-fiber diet protects mice from RSV infection. This effect was dependent on ...
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(2019-12-05)Department: NeuroscienceThe nucleus accumbens (NAc) is implicated in the pathogenesis of conditions characterized by maladaptive motivational states, including addiction and depression. Embedded within the mesolimbic network, the NAc coordinates ...
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(2009-07-29)Department: Mechanical EngineeringAC-dielelectrophoresis is utilized inside a lab-on-a-chip device to separate particles and cells. Dielectrophoresis is the movement of particles in a non-uniform electric field due to the interaction of the particle's ...
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(2022-07-18)Department: Biomedical EngineeringLong-term, sustained drug release utilizing an injectable delivery vehicle in localized, chronic diseases is a therapeutic strategy with the potential to extend the action of drugs, reduce drug off-target side effects, and ...
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(2011-12-12)Department: Mechanical EngineeringMicrofluidic systems have the ability to tailor cell microenvironment in a con-trollable and reproducible fashion that cannot be easily achieved by conventional me-thods. This research aimed to develop microfluidic platforms ...
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(2016-07-21)Department: Mechanical EngineeringMicrofluidic platforms are extremely promising for cell and tissue culture by greatly reducing costs while opening doors of opportunity for biological assays that were not feasible previously. The capability of precise ...
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(2023-03-13)Department: Mechanical EngineeringMicrofluidic platforms for ex vivo tissue culture studies are crucial for better understanding tissue physiologies and pathologies as they allow for precise control of cell microenvironment alike in vitro models, while ...
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(2010-12-08)Department: Mechanical EngineeringThis dissertation presents the development of two microfluidic resistance sensing schemes and demonstrates their applications for (1) volume growth rate measurements of single budding yeast cells, and (2) performance ...
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(2019-03-19)Department: NeuroscienceExcessive synaptic elimination during adolescence has been suggested to reduce the density of dendritic spines on pyramidal cells (PCs) in the prefrontal cortex (PFC), thereby contributing to the cognitive deficits of ...
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(2003-02-20)Department: Electrical EngineeringChemical vapor deposited (CVD) diamond or related carbon materials are excellent materials for electron field emitters. However, the key factor to successful exploitation of CVD diamond for vacuum microelectronic applications ...
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(2018-10-23)Department: Biological SciencesmicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a family of highly conserved small noncoding RNAs that post transcriptionally regulate gene expression and play important roles in many cellular processes during development and regeneration. The ...
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(2015-02-03)Department: Biological SciencesmicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small noncoding RNAs that bind the 3’ untranslated regions (UTRs) of mRNA targets and, acting with associated proteins, facilitate translation repression and degradation of target mRNAs. Since their ...
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(2006-12-11)Department: Interdisciplinary Materials ScienceFePt alloys with the CuAuI L10-ordered structure are important magnetic materials since their large uniaxial magnetocrystalline anisotropy can overcome the thermal stability problem of high-density magnetic recording media. ...