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(2019-09-13)Department: Cell and Developmental BiologyCytokinesis is the physical separation of two daughter cells. Coordination of cytokinesis with genome duplication and segregation is essential for the viability of all cells. Yeast, amoebas, and animal cells assemble an ...
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(2009-08-05)Department: PhysicsThe design and characterization of a photovoltaic device employing CdSe nanocrystals sensitized to TiO2 nanotubes is described. The project was divided into three major objectives: (1) fabrication of anodically-oxidized, ...
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(2013-08-09)Department: Interdisciplinary Materials ScienceAs the limits of silicon based transistors are approached, carbon nano-electronics represents a promising alternative to traditional semiconducting transistors. Silicon-dioxide hinders the electron transport through carbon ...
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(2010-02-11)Department: Chemical EngineeringCeramic materials in the Al-O-C and Hf-O-C systems were fabricated for electrical or thermal protection applications. AlOxCy films were produced via high-vacuum chemical vapor deposition (CVD) using dimethylaluminum ...
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(2015-03-26)Department: Chemical EngineeringExtracted from green plants, Photosystem I (PSI) is a nanoscale protein complex that can be incorporated into biohybrid devices to convert solar irradiation into usable power. In previous research, our group has shown that ...
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(2019-04-03)Department: Electrical EngineeringAnodically etched porous silicon, which is characterized by aligned cylindrical pores in a silicon matrix, is an attractive material for applications in optics, energy, electronics, sensing, and biology. The porous silicon ...
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(2008-11-21)Department: SociologyThis sociological and cultural analysis of facial disfigurement employs multi-sited ethnographic methods, participant-observation, content analysis, interviews, and autoethnography to examine four sites in which faces ...
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(2008-08-18)Department: PsychologySchizophrenia (SZ) patients exhibit deficits in recognition and identification of facial emotional expressions but it is unclear whether these deficits result from abnormal affective processing or an impaired ability to ...
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(2007-07-27)Department: Mechanical EngineeringThe goal of this study is to develop a decision-making methodology to optimally allocate resources in designing a facility protection system, composed of detection, delay, and response elements, in order to balance cost ...
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(2016-07-18)Department: Interdisciplinary Studies: Environmental ManagementFactors affecting water security in rural south-western Bangladesh were assessed using an interdisciplinary approach: evaluating national water security by analysis of water indices and parameters and by comparison to ...
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(2016-07-24)Department: Nursing ScienceHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a sexually transmitted disease with opportunity for transmission when barrier protection is not used during sex. The incidence rate for infections in the US has been approximately ...
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(2022-11-15)Department: Nursing ScienceAccording to a 2019 Health and Human Services report, two primary gaps in implementing evidence based CIH care for chronic pain are a lack of clarity on how to deliver therapies for chronic pain and lack of access to CIH ...
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(2016-03-23)Department: Medicine, Health, and SocietyProfessional athletes are at unique risk for difficulties during retirement due to factors such as early retirement age, identity change, and financial instability. Due to factors such as the high physicality of the sport, ...
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(2010-04-12)Department: Community Research and ActionFamily involvement in mental health treatment has been shown to positively influence child outcomes, but families often are difficult to involve in treatment. We investigated the influence of child, caregiver, service ...
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(2016-01-07)Department: Nursing ScienceFather involvement research has shown that fatherhood is important to the behavioral and physiological development of children. Children with involved fathers have lower rates of teenage delinquency and pregnancy, improved ...
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(2020-07-13)Department: Biological SciencesRetina regeneration has been proposed as a potential treatment for retinal diseases. Unlike mammals, zebrafish are capable of naturally regenerating the retina in response to damage. This has led to a concerted effort to ...
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(2015-04-08)Department: Leadership and Policy StudiesAcross US colleges and universities as a whole, commuter students account for the majority of undergraduate and graduate students. Despite their majority status, commuter students represent an overlooked majority in terms ...
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(2021-03-16)Department: Special EducationThe positive effects of mathematics intervention on elementary students' academic ability often fade out during the years following intervention. One theory to explain the fadeout of intervention effects is that once ...
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Failson (2022-07-28)Department: EnglishThe poems in FAILSON have to do with being an adolescent caregiver of a mother with early-onset Alzheimer's. Politics, parenting, mentoring, protection, guidance, nurturing – I'm working with these problems, often using form.
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(2021-09-01)Department: Electrical EngineeringIn the light of recent attacks, making the power grid more resilient has become one of the top national priorities. One way of increasing the grid resiliency is by enriching the grid operators with efficient online management ...