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(2008-08-04)Department: Electrical EngineeringWith shrinking device feature sizes, integrated circuits are becoming more vulnerable to Single-Event Transients (SETs). Characterizing error rates due to SETs is essential for choosing appropriate hardening techniques ...
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(2011-12-10)Department: Special EducationThe purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of a Responsiveness-to-Intervention (RTI) Tier II tutoring program on first grade students who are at risk for reading disabilities. Ten students (8 boys and 2 girls) ...
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(2015-07-28)Department: HistoryIn this paper, I examine the press of Rio de Janeiro in August and September 1922 to argue that Brazil’s centennial celebrations represented a novel, yet culturally conservative, attempt by Brazilian and Portuguese political ...
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(2024-07-15)Department: Earth & Environmental SciencesI present a precisely dated, high-resolution stable isotope (δ13C and δ18O) and trace element (Mg/Ca, Ba/Ca, Sr/Ca, Zn/Ca) record of mid-Holocene hydroclimate variability using a speleothem (WMC5) from White Moon Cave (WMC) ...
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(2019-03-25)Department: Medicine, Health, and SocietyMental health and illness on college and university campuses have become major topics of concern in recent years. The following study consists of a qualitative investigation of student and faculty perspectives about mental ...
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(2014-04-11)Department: Environmental EngineeringAdaptation planners and water managers around the world are faced with the increasingly difficult challenge of allocating scarce water resources in a world of climate change and dynamic social pressures. Sri Lanka serves ...
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(2010-07-15)Department: Cell and Developmental BiologyWnt/β‐catenin signaling plays a critical role in metazoan development, stem cell maintenance, and human disease. The multicomponent β‐catenin destruction complex maintains low cellular β‐catenin in the absence of a signal ...
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(2021-04-02)Department: NeuroscienceManganese (Mn) is a biologically essential metal, critical as a cofactor for numerous enzymes such a glutamine synthetase and kinases such as ataxia-telangiectasia mutated (ATM). Similar to other essential metals, such as ...
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(2016-11-23)Department: Microbiology and ImmunologyStaphylococcus aureus is a Gram-positive pathogen that contributes to significant morbidity and mortality worldwide. In order to successfully colonize the host, S. aureus requires heme as a nutrient iron source and as a ...
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(2015-07-14)Department: Community Research and ActionAs conflicts surrounding the global Muslim community and other religious divisions continue to capture the attention of the media and public audiences, scholars and community practitioners increasingly extol the benefits ...
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(2019-04-01)Department: ReligionThis dissertation is an empirical study of neoliberal urban redevelopment in the U.S. It considers how race, class, and gender shape twenty-first century cities. While neoliberal urban redevelopment has pronouncedly negative ...
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(2023-11-15)Department: Biological SciencesCircadian clocks are intrinsic biological timers with a period of about 24 hours that can be synchronized to the environmental daily cycle and allow for prediction and anticipation of important cyclic events. These clocks ...
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(2011-04-14)Department: Electrical EngineeringPower is a critical issue in digital system design, especially with the emphasis on the portability of electronic devices. However, decreasing power does not necessarily lead to energy efficiency; designers need to consider ...
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(2022-11-14)Department: PsychologyJust as the perception of simple events such as clapping hands requires a linkage of sound with the movements that produce the sound, the integration of more complex events such as describing how to give an injection often ...
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(2021-02-12)Department: BiochemistryHuman cells are constantly exposed to endogenous and exogenous sources of DNA damage that cause thousands of DNA lesions in each cell every day. Accurate repair of these lesions ensures maintenance of genome stability and ...
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(2009-10-15)Department: Leadership and Policy StudiesThe objective of this dissertation is to understand the circumstances under which non-experimental methods yield unbiased estimates of the effect of magnet school attendance on student achievement. This dissertation has ...
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(2014-09-22)Department: Biological SciencesThis research utilizes aphids to address some of the emerging themes in social evolution. To begin to address these themes, I identified traits to measure sociality in aphids. I found that for the ecological and behavioural ...
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(2004-06-15)Department: PsychologyStudies show that children with autism demonstrate impairments in their emotion-expression abilities. In the current study, one aspect of emotion-related expression was examined in these children: the production of laughter. ...
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(2005-04-21)Department: Management of TechnologyThe Institute of Medicine (IOM) has identified error reporting systems as important components of patient safety improvement. Medical error reporting systems historically has been accomplished by disparate paper based ...
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(2017-06-20)Department: BiostatisticsOncology phase II clinical trials are used to evaluate the initial effect of a new regimen to determine if there warrants further study in a phase III clinical trial. Two-stage designs with an early futility stop are ...