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The Wandering Eye: Dreaming the Globe in Faulkner and Walcott
(2009-06-05)
This dissertation is a study of the interplay of regionalism and globalization in the work of William Faulkner (1897-1962) and Derek Walcott (1930-). Through a survey of contemporary criticism delineating a common ...
Names and power: the concept of secret names in the Ancient Near East
(2009-04-10)
Secret names are a common folkloristic concept found in the Ancient Near Eastern society. The thesis examines four stories of various cultures in the Ancient Near East in search of secret names and how they relate to the ...
On the nature of the sensory arrestins of the dipteran insects Anopheles gambiae and Drosophila melanogaster
(2009-01-19)
This project is concerned with the functional roles of the sensory arrestin genes, arr1 and arr2, in the regulation of dipteran olfactory signal transduction. Specifically, I have examined the sensory arrestins of the fruit ...
Identification of protein markers of drug-induced nephrotoxicity by MALDI MS: in vivo discovery of ubiquitin-t
(2009-04-09)
This study demonstrated the utility of direct tissue MALDI MS in identifying early markers of antibiotic induced nephrotoxicity. Using a histology directed approach, twelve proteins were identified as having statistically ...
Neural Circuitry, Behavioral Correlates and Genetic Organization of the Mammalian Circadian Clock
(2009-04-22)
Mammalian circadian rhythms are orchestrated by the suprachiasmatic nuclei (SCN) of the hypothalamus. The SCN are composed of circadian clock neurons but the mechanisms by which these neuronal oscillators encode circadian ...
Salient anatomical features for robust surface registration and atlas-based model updating in image-guided liver surgery
(2009-04-10)
Image-guided surgery (IGS) has emerged as a valuable tool for the interactive incorporation of pre-operative image data into the surgical setting. While a majority of research has focused on neurosurgical procedures, the ...
Replication dependent mechanisms of genome maintenance
(2009-04-10)
The DNA Damage Response (DDR) is an inducible barrier to tumorigenesis at its earliest stages of development. Evidence from cell culture, animal models, and clinical samples reveals DDR activation in response to activation ...
The role of fatty acid oxidation in disruption of macrophage function
(2009-04-10)
Hemozoin (Hz), the heme detoxification biomineral formed during the intraerythrocytic stage of malaria, has long been suspected of contributing to immunomodulations that occur during P. falciparum infection. Rupture of ...
Piezoelectric Inkjet Printing of Multicomposite Biomaterials
(2009-04-14)
For decades, researchers have been searching for alternative methods to ameliorate the rate of waste production and the cost of spending commonly associated with nanofabrication facilities across the world. Estimated to ...
Supporting mathematics teachers’ learning: Building on current instructional practices to achieve a professional development agenda
(2009-07-06)
This dissertation contributes to our understanding of how to design professional development programs that support teachers’ development of effective instructional practices in which students’ reasoning is in the center ...