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High Mass Accuracy Coupled to Spatially-Directed Proteomics for Improved Protein Identifications in Imaging Mass Spectrometry Experiments
(2016-06-08)
Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization imaging mass spectrometry (MALDI IMS) allows for the study of protein distributions in biological tissue specimens. This has traditionally been performed using time-of-flight ...
Demystifying alexithymia: An empirical approach and roadmap for remediation
(2016-06-15)
Alexithymia is a problematic psychological characteristic that limits one’s ability to identify and describe internal emotional states. Heightened levels of alexithymia are ubiquitous among many mental and physical health ...
Impact of Depression and Anxiety on Antiretroviral Therapy Initiation and Adherence among Newly Diagnosed HIV-infected Men Who Have Sex with Men in China
(2016-06-29)
This dissertation explored the effects of depression and anxiety on antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation and adherence among newly diagnosed HIV-infected Chinese men who have sex with men (MSM). First, I conducted a ...
Predicting Colorectal Cancer Recurrence by Utilizing Multiple-View Multiple-Learner Supervised Learning
(2016-06-15)
Colorectal Cancer (CRC) remains a leading cause of cancer-related mortality in the United States. A key therapeutic dilemma in the treatment of CRC is whether patients with stage II and stage III disease require adjuvant ...
The Analysis of the Human Antibody Response to Filovirus Infection
(2016-06-21)
Filoviruses cause a highly lethal disease in humans, with untreated mortality rates approaching 90%. Most of our knowledge about neutralizing antibody responses against filovirus infections has come from studies of monoclonal ...
Dynamical Sampling
(2016-05-31)
Let f ∈ l^2(I) be a signal at time t = 0 of an evolution process controlled by a
bounded linear operator A that produces the signals A f , A^2 f , · · · at times t = 1, 2, · · · . Let Y = { f (i), Af (i), · · · , A^(l_i ...