Electronic Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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(2024-07-09)Department: Leadership & Policy StudiesHealth and education are fundamentally linked, with each significantly impacting and relying on the other. Scholars have recognized the potential to enhance health outcomes through educational interventions and the benefits ...
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(2024-07-08)Department: Electrical and Computer EngineeringFunctional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) is a powerful technology for studying human brain activity in both healthy individuals and in patient populations. To most effectively use fMRI for neuroscience or healthcare, ...
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(2024-07-09)Department: NeuroscienceThe mechanism underlying ketamine’s rapid and sustained antidepressant action remains incompletely understood. In this dissertation, we investigated ketamine’s modulation of excitatory and inhibitory synaptic transmission ...
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(2024-07-10)Department: BiostatisticsThis dissertation details the methodology and application of analytical methods using observational data to assess the impact of health policies. We first focus on the Difference-in-differences (DID) method and its extensions, ...
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(2024-07-09)Department: BiostatisticsRecent technological advancement has resulted in the proliferation of interactive text message-based interventions to support medication adherence in patients managing chronic illnesses. Several recent clinical trials have ...
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(2024-07-12)Department: Electrical and Computer EngineeringLeveraging deep learning models at the edge is becoming increasingly more prevalent due to their performance as well as security, privacy, or environmental concerns. These models can be used for applications ranging from ...
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(2024-07-22)Department: Political SciencePolitical scientists have long argued that schools nurture active citizens by teaching civics. I provide an alternative perspective by viewing schools as a formative social experience: education happens in social settings ...
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(2024-07-08)Department: SpanishThis dissertation delves into the importance that monuments and the press played in the formation of the nation in Spain during the last decade of the 19th century and the first decade of the 20th. In particular, it focuses ...
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(2024-07-10)Department: Civil EngineeringUnderstanding how advanced composites behave under critical conditions is necessary for effective im- plementation of these materials in aerospace structures. Common design involves advanced laminated carbon- fiber reinforced ...
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(2024-07-03)Department: PsychologyPrior research has demonstrated the positive impact of social support (SS) on mental health outcomes, which is conceptualized through two well-established models. The main effect model posits that SS directly influences ...
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Design, Modeling and Impedance Control of a Novel Fluid-filled Soft Actuator with Variable Stiffness (2024-07-10)Department: Mechanical EngineeringThe advantage of soft actuators and robots compared to their rigid counterparts is often articulated as the inherent compliance afforded by the hyper-elastic materials used to construct soft robots and the high power density ...
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(2024-06-28)Department: Chemical EngineeringThe Molecular Simulation Design Framework (MoSDeF) is a suite of Python libraries designed to assist with the initialization of molecular structures for computational simulation. With a versatile and extensible architecture, ...
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(2024-07-16)Department: AnthropologyThe twin cities of El Alto and La Paz, Bolivia are often perceived through a Manichean lens: La Paz as a modern city of mestizo wealth and power, and El Alto as an impoverished urban extension of the rural indigenous ...
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(2024-07-03)Department: Molecular Pathology & ImmunologyThe extensive heterogeneity of cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAF) has precluded rigorous understanding of their immunoregulatory role in the head and neck tumor microenvironment (TME). To investigate the relationship ...
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(2024-07-08)Department: Human GeneticsClonal hematopoiesis (CH) is a common age-related condition characterized by an acquired somatic mutation in a hematopoietic stem cell that confers a growth advantage. Patients with CH have an increased risk of numerous ...
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(2024-07-10)Department: Special EducationNaturalistic Developmental Behavioral Interventions (NDBIs) are child-led, blended intervention approaches for supporting young children’s development across domains. There is a need for further investigation regarding the ...
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(2024-07-18)Department: PhilosophySubstance monism, the view that there is only one fundamental substance, is infamous in the history of philosophy. It is a difficult view to defend with various ramifications. Nevertheless, it holds key benefits for social ...
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(2024-06-24)Department: Environmental EngineeringGlobal demands for energy decarbonization have led to research and development of advanced nuclear fission reactors, which aim to alleviate public concerns and exhibit significant improvements compared to existing commercial ...
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(2024-06-20)Department: Molecular Physiology & BiophysicsAs incidence of maternal obesity increases, the effects of maternal overnutrition and the therapeutics prescribed to prevent or treat peri-gestational glucose intolerance on offspring health should be considered. My work ...
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(2024-06-17)Department: HistoryA cluster of small independent states emerged in the Balkans between c. 1830 and 1912, as the Ottomans’ pluripolitical imperial system gradually collapsed. Global histories of law and statecraft have shown that such ...