Electronic Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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(2024-05-21)Department: BiostatisticsClustered data are common in biomedical research. It is often of interest to evaluate the correlations within clusters and between variables with clustered data. Conventional approaches, including intraclass correlation ...
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(2024-07-15)Department: Cancer BiologyWhile cancer treatments have made great strides, aberrant activation of key signaling pathways presents an opportunity for improved therapeutic targeting. Overactivation of the Hedgehog developmental signaling pathway ...
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(2024-05-16)Department: Computer ScienceThis dissertation presents empirical and theoretical work aimed at enhancing the understanding of transformer-based Large Language Model (LLM) behaviors, with the empirical behaviors compared to established human behaviors. ...
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(2024-04-29)Department: Hearing & Speech SciencesTalkers with Parkinson’s disease (PD) exhibit a wide variety of perceptual speech patterns. Although heterogeneity of dysarthria manifestation across talkers with PD has long been acknowledged, they are still poorly ...
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(2024-05-22)Department: Electrical and Computer EngineeringAs microelectronic devices have become more integrated and compact over time, ensuring their reliability has become a critical challenge. This dissertation investigates the bias instability, radiation effects, and low-frequency ...
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(2024-05-08)Department: EconomicsIn my dissertation, I study the cost and benefits of some FDI-preferential policies. I focus on a Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) preferential policy in China that provides a corporate tax reduction for firms with foreign ...
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(2024-05-14)Department: MathematicsThe dynamics of pseudo-Anosov homeomorphisms of surfaces are encapsulated largely by their dilatations. Since Penner's work in the 90's, questions about minimal dilatation pseudo-Anosovs have been an area of active research ...
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(2024-07-12)Department: MathematicsWe develop linear programming bounds for the energy of configurations in Euclidean space which are periodic with respect to a lattice. In certain cases, the construction of sharp bounds can be formulated as a finite ...
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(2024-07-15)Department: Mechanical EngineeringRecent technological developments on head-mounted-devices have transformed the entertainment experience, immersive learning, and professional training applications for virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) by ...
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(2024-07-17)Department: Leadership & Policy StudiesWhile a robust literature has developed around teacher hiring practices, leadership hiring remains a black box. This dissertation examines the supply of school leaders and the complex process through which school leaders ...
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(2024-07-15)Department: NeuroscienceCerebrovascular and Alzheimer’s disease (AD) pathology often co-occur, complicating clinical diagnosis, treatment strategies, and understanding of the leading causes of dementia. Cerebral hemodynamic and metabolic rate ...
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(2024-05-22)Department: Political ScienceThe polarization of political elites, proliferation of campaign contributions, and importance of primary elections are three features which define the modern era of politics in the United States. This dissertation investigates ...
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(2024-07-15)Department: Human GeneticsParalleling the expansive growth of large-scale biobanks that contain patient electronic medical records-tied genome wide genetic data, the number of genome-wide association studies (GWASs) and the volume of newly identified ...
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(2024-05-13)Department: Molecular Pathology & ImmunologyBreast cancer remains the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths among females. The abundance of clinical trials reveals the extent to which investigators are attempting novel therapies for patients at risk. Immune ...
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(2024-06-24)Department: Biological SciencesHistones are essential for the structure and function of chromatin, serving as the basic units of chromatin packaging, thus exerting major influence over DNA organization and gene expression regulation. Additionally, ...
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(2024-07-12)Department: NeuroscienceEstablishing the Enteric nervous system (ENS) relies heavily upon migration, colonization, and proper neural diversification to ensure a functional digestive tract. This dissertation investigates the role of Sox10 in ENS ...
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Department: Test MajorThis is a sample submission generated by Vireo to test the repository deposit features.
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(2024-07-12)Department: NeuroscienceEstablishing the Enteric nervous system (ENS) relies heavily upon migration, colonization, and proper neural diversification to ensure a functional digestive tract. This dissertation investigates the role of Sox10 in ENS ...
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(2024-07-12)Department: NeuroscienceEstablishing the Enteric nervous system (ENS) relies heavily upon migration, colonization, and proper neural diversification to ensure a functional digestive tract. This dissertation investigates the role of Sox10 in ENS ...
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(2024-07-12)Department: NeuroscienceEstablishing the Enteric nervous system (ENS) relies heavily upon migration, colonization, and proper neural diversification to ensure a functional digestive tract. This dissertation investigates the role of Sox10 in ENS ...