Electronic Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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(2024-02-26)Department: Biological SciencesMy thesis work examines how coronaviruses hijack host cell proteins and stress response pathways during infection. Coronaviruses encode sixteen nonstructural proteins (nsps), which interact with host proteins to modulate ...
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(2024-03-21)Department: Chemical EngineeringBPMs are laminates of cation-exchange polymer (CEP) and anion-exchange polymer (AEP) layers. At the interfacial junction where the two layers meet, water is split into H+ and OH- during current flow at a voltage less than ...
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(2024-03-12)Department: Molecular Physiology & BiophysicsNeuroinflammation and brain iron dyshomeostasis are key features of several neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Specifically, microglial activation and iron load have been recently appreciated ...
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(2024-03-22)Department: Learning, Teaching & DiversityThis is an empirical, ethnographic study about middle school students’ mathematical joy in a formal math classroom. This study is situated in a year-long Research Practice Partnership with 6th grade mathematics teacher and ...
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(2024-03-21)Department: Computer ScienceIn an era where data increasingly drives our world, the proliferation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is undeniable. AI has become integral, not just in our digital lives but in mission-critical domains from medical ...
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(2024-03-24)Department: Biomedical EngineeringOtitis Media (OM), an inflammatory disease of the middle ear, is the most common pediatric diagnosis and the leading cause of outpatient antibiotic use for children. It is a complex disease that progresses through unique ...
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(2024-03-21)Department: Community Research & ActionWorking to fill existing gaps in the study of digital wellbeing and advance teen-centric methods mostly absent from prior research, this manuscript-style dissertation builds upon theoretical and conceptual foundations of ...
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(2024-03-22)Department: ChemistryHuman breast milk is the gold standard in infant nutrition. It supplies the developing neonate with nutrients, bioactive molecules, and microbes that confer total health to the infant. Human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) ...
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(2024-03-22)Department: Law & EconomicsWomen- and Minority-Businesses (WMB) encounter persistent barriers to participate in government construction contracts in the United States. Despite longstanding policies aimed at increasing WMB participation, various ...
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(2024-03-11)Department: PsychologyAsking questions is one way that young children elicit word-related input. Children appear to be well-positioned to use questions as a tool for learning words. However, whether and how children’s questions impact their ...
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(2024-03-08)Department: Computer ScienceComputational risk detection holds promise for shielding particularly vulnerable groups from online harm. A thorough literature review on real-time computational risk detection methods revealed that most research defined ...
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(2024-03-21)Department: Learning, Teaching & DiversityEffective language practices are crucial for children's oral language and reading development in early childhood education (ECE), yet they are often underutilized in pre-K classrooms. Published curricula provide a potential ...
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(2024-03-06)Department: Learning, Teaching & DiversityIn today’s digitally interconnected world, one’s ability to collaboratively create with others and compose multimodal texts is essential. Yet, high-stakes standardized assessments that value individualistic print centric ...
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(2024-03-06)Department: Learning, Teaching & DiversityThis study aimed to evaluate the impact of a community-based, dual language narrative intervention on young, Spanish-English Dual Language Learners’ (DLLs’) oral language skills. Additionally, this study assessed the extent ...
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(2024-03-25)Department: Learning, Teaching & DiversityPervasive beliefs that mathematics is race-neutral inhibit faculty awareness of and responsiveness to racial issues in postsecondary mathematics departments. However, research inquiries exploring mathematics content and ...
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(2024-03-21)Department: EconomicsThis dissertation consists of three papers that examine issues related to economic mobility and equitable and efficient public good provision. The first chapter studies the effects of exposure to negative labor demand ...
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(2024-03-04)Department: Biomedical EngineeringTriple negative breast cancer (TNBC) is a highly aggressive BC subtype with limited molecularly targeted therapies. Aberrant activation of the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/ mammalian target of rapamycin (PI3K/mTOR) pathway ...
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Synthetic Strategies Toward Complex Molecule Synthesis: from Glycan Mimetics to Complex Terpenoids (2024-03-08)Department: ChemistryGlycans are ubiquitously expressed on the surface of cells and are responsible for mediating a host of critical cellular interactions. Specifically, bacteria have evolved to produce a diverse array of carbohydrate structures ...
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(2024-03-11)Department: NeuroscienceThe posterior parietal cortex (PPC), generally refers to the part of parietal cortex posterior to Brodmann’s Areas 3, 1, and 2 of the somatosensory areas, is a prominent feature of primate brains. PPC emerged in early ...
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(2024-03-26)Department: Community Research & ActionThis dissertation investigates the complex relationship between community violence and school environments in Nashville, Tennessee, through the lenses of social disorganization theory and routine activities theory. It ...