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Hispanidades trasatlánticas o la reconquista espiritual de América: Vicente Blasco Ibáñez y el nacionalismo Argentino en torno al centenario
(2010-01-06)
In 1909, Vicente Blasco Ibáñez (1867-1928), a Spanish journalist, radical politician and acclaimed realist and naturalist writer, made a trip to Argentina that would transform him into an internationalist and separate him ...
Molecular Mechanism of Prothrombin Activation by von Willebrand Factor-Binding Protein
(2010-01-04)
The studies in this dissertation defined the molecular mechanism of prothrombin (ProT) activation by a recently-identified Staphylococcus aureus exoprotein, von Willebrand factor-binding protein (VWbp). We demonstrated ...
Knowledge-Driven Genome-Wide Analysis of Multigenic Interactions Impacting HDL Cholesterol Level
(2010-12-21)
Growing interest and burgeoning technology for discovering genetic mechanisms that influence disease processes have ushered in a flood of genetic association studies over the last decade, yet little heritability in highly ...
Cyanobacterial circadian clock in vitro and in vivo
(2010-12-21)
Circadian rhythms are intrinsic biological rhythms that have a period close to 24 hours. Prokaryotic cyanobacteria are the simplest organisms that show robust circadian rhythms, and are the only organisms that have a ...
Total ionizing dose radiation effects on germanium pMOS devices.
(2010-12-22)
Radiation effects on Ge pMOS devices have been presented in this thesis. The irradiation and annealing responses of Ge pMOSFETs are investigated as a function of device processing. Transmission gate bias is found to be the ...
Mother-Child Communication About Cancer: The Role of Maternal Anxiety and Coping
(2010-01-04)
The objective of the study was to 1) understand the inter-relationships among variables of mother-child communication, maternal distress and illness-related stressors and 2) to isolate maternal distress and coping behaviors ...
Speciation and diversification in the North American tiger beetles of the cicindela sylvatica group: morphological variation and an ecophylogeographic approach.
(2010-12-17)
SPECIATION AND DIVERSIFICATION IN THE NORTH AMERICAN TIGER BEETLES OF THE CICINDELA SYLVATICA GROUP: MORPHOLOGICAL
VARIATION AND AN ECOPHYLOGEOGRAPHIC APPROACH
DANIEL PAUL DURAN
Dissertation under the direction of ...
Allograft mineralized bone particle/polyurethane composites for bone tissue engineering
(2010-12-16)
Healing of bone defects such as open fractures is a challenging clinical problem. An ideal treatment for bone defects would restore both form and function of the tissue. In this research, a two-component allograft bone ...
Progress Toward the Total Synthesis of HMP-Y1 and Hibarimicinone
(2010-12-20)
In 1998, Hori and coworkers1 reported a small group of pseudodimeric aromatic polyketides, named hibarimicins, which are produced by Microbispora sp found in a soil sample. This group consisted of more than ten components. ...
Achieving Medication Safety during Acute Kidney Injury: The Impact of Clinical Decision Support and Real-Time Pharmacy Surveillance
(2010-12-06)
The utilization of clinical decision support (CDS) is increasing among healthcare facilities that have implemented computerized physician order entry or electronic medical records. Formal prospective evaluation of CDS ...