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(2017-07-31)Department: EconomicsA large literature studies the effects of young adult insurance eligibility expansions which is a major provision of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). I provide new evidence on the effects of dependent coverage mandates by ...
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(2018-03-29)Department: SociologyHealth and migration are interrelated processes. This dissertation focuses on the case of Mexico to study the reciprocal relationship between migration and health by examining health selection among return US migrants and ...
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(2022-11-10)Department: Community Research & ActionIn light of rapid urban developments, urban planners have become more concerned with enhancing the quality of life in cities. However, the connection between the built environment and perceived well-being is not adequately ...
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(2017-08-10)Department: PsychologyStigma is a feature of many chronic health conditions, contributing to a “hidden burden of illness” that compounds the negative impact of a health condition on physical and mental well-being. The current study used a ...
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(2015-07-27)Department: Nursing ScienceHealth related stigma (HRS) is a poorly understood phenomenon in patients with advanced lung cancer. Approximately 30% of patients with lung cancer, regardless of smoking status, report feeling stigmatized due to their ...
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(2021-07-15)Department: SociologyAccess to medical care is an important factor in predicting health outcomes. Specifically, the geographic and spatial measures used to proxy for access can play an important role in how social science researchers understand ...
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(2017-04-24)Department: EpidemiologyWe sought to investigate: a) heart failure (HF) incidence and post-HF survival by race and sex, b) the association between neighborhood deprivation and HF risk, and c) the dose-response relationship between surrogate ...
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(2012-12-12)Department: SociologyUtilizing a nationally representative sample of 1,588 African Americans and 549 Caribbean Blacks from the National Survey of American Life, I examined the relationship between history of heart trouble and racial group ...
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(2009-04-20)Department: Mechanical EngineeringFriction Stir Welding (FSW) is a recently-developed solid-state joining process in which a rotating cylindrical tool is passed through the work piece, heating the material to a plasticized state through friction and stirring ...
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(2021-05-20)Department: Electrical EngineeringSpacecraft electronics are subjected to harsh radiation environments, necessitating ground based testing of potential electronics. Single event effects (SEEs), one type of radiation effect, occur when single ionizing ...
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(2013-12-03)Department: Electrical EngineeringDisplacement damage from individual heavy ions results in discrete, measurable electrical degradation in <sup>252</sup>Cf-irradiated silicon diodes. This work presents measurements of discrete increases in diode reverse ...
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(2006-04-19)Department: PhilosophyThe goal of my dissertation is to bring the exacting account of relations found in Hegel's Science of Logic down to earth by bringing it to bear on global climate change. Chapter by chapter, I explain the complicated, ...
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(2022-03-23)Department: Microbe-Host InteractionsChronic mucosal pathogens have evolved multiple strategies to manipulate the host immune response; consequently, microbes contribute to the development of >2 million cases of cancer/year. Gastric adenocarcinoma is the ...
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(2021-12-21)Department: Microbe-Host InteractionsHelicobacter pylori population dynamics in vitro and in vivo Margaret Lorena Harvey Dissertation under the direction of Dr. Timothy L. Cover The Gram-negative bacterium Helicobacter pylori colonizes the human stomach ...
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(2020-03-31)Department: Microbe-Host InteractionsHelicobacter pylori is a Gram-negative bacterium that colonizes the gastric mucosa and has the potential to cause peptic ulcer disease and gastric cancer. The risk of developing gastric cancer is determined by multiple ...
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(2009-03-03)Department: Cancer BiologyGastric adenocarcinoma is strongly associated with the presence of H. pylori, and both microbial and host factors influence the risk for carcinogenesis. A novel role for H. pylori in the stimulation of the p120ctn/Kaiso ...
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(2020-01-14)Department: Microbiology and ImmunologyInvading microbial pathogens must sense and respond to the hostile environment of the vertebrate host to survive and cause infection. Clostridioides difficile, formerly Clostridium difficile, is the leading cause of ...
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(2019-01-25)Department: Microbiology and ImmunologyThe cofactor heme is essential to the growth and virulence of the human pathogen Staphylococcus aureus. S. aureus is capable of synthesizing heme de novo as well as acquiring it from host hemoglobin. The molecular mechanisms ...
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(2009-07-19)Department: ChemistryBiomineralization is the formation of organic-inorganic composites by organisms. Originally evolved as a protective mechanism, this complex process has also become a recognized contributor to several disease states, ranging ...
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(2010-07-28)Department: Interdisciplinary Materials ScienceDuring the pathogenic blood stage of a malaria infection, the Plasmodium parasites degrade hemoglobin as a source of nutrition. As a consequence, free heme, known to be toxic to the parasite, is released. It is believed ...