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(2016-07-27)Department: SociologySince the mid-twentieth century, the proportion of interactive service jobs has risen dramatically in the United States, quickly outpacing industrial occupations and giving rise to what Bell (1973) calls a “post-industrial ...
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(2023-06-15)Department: Molecular Pathology & ImmunologyTumor-specific CD8 T cells (TST) found in patients with cancer are unable to halt cancer progression. TST are dysfunctional and cannot produce effector cytokines or kill target cells1. TST dysfunction, also known as ...
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(2012-03-28)Department: MathematicsA central problem in topological graph theory is determining the (orientable or nonorientable) genus of a given graph <i>G</i>. For a general graph <i>G</i>, this problem is very difficult (in fact, it is NP-complete). ...
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(2014-04-08)Department: MathematicsThe main results of this dissertation are Hamiltonicity and structural results for graphs on surfaces and graphs with certain forbidden minors. The first result is related to a conjecture due to Grunbaum and Nash-Williams ...
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(2013-04-17)Department: GermanHand/Arbeit/Buch/Schrift investigates the persistent absence of the female hand from representation. It suggests that the female hand embodies a pernicious blind spot in the humanist discourse, resisting representa-tion ...
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(2019-11-19)Department: Computer ScienceComputer science literacy is becoming increasingly important. As technology integrates with every aspect of our lives, so does our need for understanding it. Cybercrime is rapidly growing and there is a shortage of people ...
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(2002-11-03)Department: Mechanical EngineeringA method to enhance the performance and stability of haptic interfaces is addressed. This research approaches the control of haptic interfaces using classical control techniques, addressing both the performance and stability ...
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(2021-07-15)Department: Creative WritingThe stories in this thesis inspect the lives of Pakistani characters as they journey between worlds of differing privileges and social rules both within Pakistan and abroad, and the fragmentations of identity and relationships ...
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(2014-11-04)Department: Electrical EngineeringTypical single microcontroller embedded systems cannot easily satisfy the computational requirements of a new class of cyber-physical systems. For systems observing physical phenomena via multiple channels at high sampling ...
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Harnessing Human Milk Oligosaccharides and Ellagic Acid Glycosides to Combat Group B Streptococcus (2021-03-08)Department: ChemistryGroup B Streptococcus (GBS) is a bacterium ubiquitous in human health that acts as both commensal and pathogen. While adults are often passively colonized with GBS, infants are particularly susceptible to invasive GBS ...
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(2017-02-03)Department: PhysicsClinical imaging and biopsies are major tools for cancer diagnosis. We explore whether serial imaging coupled with a mathematical model could test and refine patient specific forecasts for therapy outcomes. We first ...
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(2019-11-14)Department: Cancer BiologyRIG-I is a cytoplasmic RNA helicase expressed in most cells of the body, functioning to sense viral oligonucleotide motifs then activate innate immune responses to combat viral infection. RIG-I expression and activity is ...
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(2023-03-27)Department: Microbe-Host InteractionsTraditional therapeutics and vaccine regimens have been responsible for saving millions of lives and eliminating some of the deadliest diseases; however, many threats remain, and new threats continue to emerge. Pathogens ...
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(2020-03-26)Department: Biological SciencesRecently the availability of hand-held recording devices has driven the immense growth of citizen-science repositories. While these repositories have the benefit of providing a well-distributed dataset, they also bring the ...
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(2003-04-14)Department: PhysicsThe description of the properties of nuclei far from stability presents a big challenge in Nuclear Physics theory. It demands the development of sophisticated algorithms suitable for describing the complex many-body ...
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(2010-04-16)Department: Leadership and Policy StudiesPublic schools have been found to be inefficient in producing education outcomes. Few studies, however, have investigated the sources of inefficiency in education. Lack of accountability is a possible contributing factor. ...
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(2020-03-27)Department: Medicine, Health, and SocietySense-making (also known as meaning-making) is a process in which human beings participate to make sense of the world around them. This process is often seen after a tragic or cataclysmic event, and social media can document ...
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(2021-10-26)Department: EnglishThe plot of John Milton’s (1608-1674) only masque, Comus (1634, first published as A Masque Presented at Ludlow Castle), revolves around power and sex. The titular character tempts travelers into participating in his nightly ...
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(2013-09-30)Department: Learning, Teaching and DiversityAccumulating evidence from research indicates that input from teachers, measured at the utterance level, may positively impact children’s language and vocabulary growth. To date, few studies have investigated teachers’ ...
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(2008-07-08)Department: ReligionLuke 8:1-3 and 18:35-19:10 are two uniquely Lukan scenes which are meant to evoke similarities between Jesus and Dionysus. Luke’s intentional comparison constructs an apologia that is a response to allegations of Jesus’ ...