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(2012-05-03)Department: Cancer BiologyC/EBPbeta is a member of a family of basic-leucine zipper transcription factors. It has been shown to be a key regulator of growth and differentiation in the mammary gland. There are three different protein isoforms of ...
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(2009-12-01)Department: PharmacologyPHARMACOLOGY Ca2+-SELECTIVE TRPM CHANNELS REGULATE IP3-DEPENDENT Ca2+ OSCILLATIONS IN THE C. ELEGANS INTESTINE Juan Xing Dissertation under the direction of Professor Kevin Strange Posterior body wall muscle contraction ...
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(2010-04-07)Department: NeuroscienceCalcium/calmodulin-dependent kinase II (CaMKII) facilitates L-type calcium channel (LTCC) activity physiologically, but may exacerbate LTCC-dependent pathophysiology. We previously showed that CaMKII forms stable complexes ...
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(2006-11-13)Department: Molecular Physiology and BiophysicsHeart disease is the number one cause of death in the United States. There are many forms of heart disease including heart failure and arrhythmias. One underlying theme in heart disease and many other diseases is disrupted ...
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(2014-07-26)Department: EnglishDuring the nineteenth century, the rise of surgery and the transatlantic institutionalization of medicine contributed to an epistemological redefinition of the human body as an animated corpse. As medical schools restructured ...
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Cadherin-11 in Cardiovascular Mechanobiology: Altered Immune Response and Endothelial Contractility (2021-03-12)Department: Biomedical EngineeringCadherin-11 (CDH11) is a cell-cell adhesion protein that has been implicated in several diseases associated with fibrosis and inflammation. The bulk of current CDH11 research focuses on fibroblasts and its upregulation ...
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(2022-01-10)Department: Biomedical EngineeringChronic kidney disease (CKD) represents a massive unmet clinical need, as there are virtually no pharmaceutical options for treatment of renal injury. A recent study identified cadherin-11 (CDH11) as a potential biomarker ...
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(2010-01-18)Department: PharmacologyMethylmercury (MeHg), a known neurotoxicant, is found in seafood, leading to regular exposure of humans to this compound. Many of the molecular targets and detoxifying components of MeHg toxicity, including glutathione ...
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(2005-03-31)Department: Management of TechnologyCost as an Independent Variable (CAIV) is a way to develop systems in which the cost for the system is fixed and all other system attributes are traded off to meet the fixed cost. The Government has required CAIV to be ...
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(2016-11-22)Department: EpidemiologyIt is plausible that calcium intake and the calcium: magnesium (Ca:Mg) intake ratio play an essential role in the development of colorectal cancer. The first project of this dissertation was to determine the role of calcium ...
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(2013-03-25)Department: Chemical EngineeringIn this work, molecular simulations are used to calculate the vapor-liquid equilibrium (VLE) of polymer-grafted nanoparticles under a wide range of conditions, with the main goal to explore the balance between nanoparticle-polymer ...
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(2017-12-04)Department: Mechanical EngineeringAdditive manufacturing of plastics, commonly referred to as Rapid Prototyping, is an emerging field with the potential to improve the performance of guidance and control systems for small satellites. Small-scale nozzles ...
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(2011-12-09)Department: Biomedical EngineeringThe present technique to correct for instrument variations between fiber-optic probe based Raman spectroscopic systems is through the use of a NIST tungsten calibrated lamp spectrum. This method does not accurately correct ...
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(2021-07-15)Department: Creative WritingCall Me When You Land is a collection of eight short stories that explore the passage of time, what it means to leave or return home, the feeling of being adrift in the world, and the search for human connection. In “Shelby ...
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(2014-04-08)Department: Religion“Call the Question” critically examines the gap between women’s divine inward call to preach and the institutional outward endorsement of the call to preach. This project is concerned with women’s call to preach and how ...
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(2022-03-29)Department: PsychologyAs information sharing via social media increases, individuals are increasingly exposed to misinformation that they may utilize when forming beliefs. Over five experiments (total N=819), we investigated whether people could ...
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(2009-01-08)Department: ReligionRELIGION CAN THESE BONES LIVE: A PHENOMENOLOGICAL EXPLORATION OF IMAGES OF THE BLACK CHURCH CHARLES EDWARD BOWIE Dissertation under the direction of Professor Victor Anderson This project is concerned with images ...
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(2004-12-17)Department: SociologyIn this dissertation, I argue that cancer support groups may be usefully reconceptualized as subcultures with three distinct characteristics: ideology, norms and coping assistance. Ideology offers participants an alternative ...
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(2023-03-23)Department: Law & EconomicsThis dissertation is the first to examine the effects of cannabis access laws on sleep, all auto accidents and substitution trends between medical and recreational purchases. In chapter 1, using a difference-in-difference ...
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(2015-12-04)Department: Cell and Developmental BiologyMyocardial infarction (MI) causes irreversible tissue damage, leading to heart failure. Our laboratory found canonical Wnt signaling and the Wnt10b ligand are strongly induced in mouse and human hearts after MI. Wnt10b ...