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(2005-09-09)Department: PathologyBifunctional alkylating agents that cause DNA cross-linking are implicated in the pathogenesis of myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) and MDS related acute myeloid leukemia (MDR-AML). Therefore, characterizing hematopoietic ...
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(2021-05-12)Department: Chemical & Physical BiologyTranscranial focused ultrasound (FUS) is being studied for a number of research and clinical applications in the brain. Transcranial FUS is able to generate bioeffects with minimal invasiveness on a millimeter-scale. It ...
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(2022-07-15)Department: Electrical EngineeringRecent successes have brought Reinforcement Learning (RL) to the forefront of the AI discussion. Additional research consistently shows RL training produces optimal results even when trained with inaccurate or incomplete ...
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(2023-02-22)Department: Nursing ScienceAdvance care planning refers to the ongoing, iterative process of health behavior change with the goal of full participation with end-of-life care planning exhibited by routine behaviors of formal and informal documentation ...
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(2022-06-29)Department: Civil EngineeringTransportation-related fatalities and serious injuries are societal problems that requires active risk mitigation. With the latest information technology and data analytics, opportunities arise to make evidence-based safety ...
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(2016-04-11)Department: Law and EconomicsThe Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulates the risks associated with pharmaceutical products; however, some drug uses are not directly regulated, and appropriate usage is left to the physician’s discretion. These ...
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(2022-05-10)Department: Electrical EngineeringThere are few technologies that hold as much promise as autonomous Cyber-physical systems (CPS) in re-orienting the way we move around, explore new environments, distribute resources, and conduct complex missions. To bring ...
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(2021-09-16)Department: Electrical EngineeringWe interact with a variety of Cyber Physical Systems (CPSs) in our everyday lives directly through consumer goods such as automobiles and smart homes as well as indirectly through examples including energy infrastructure ...
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(2023-07-21)Department: Creative WritingSaint Gary is a full-length poetry manuscript of documentary poetics centered on the 2011 horror story of the Ammons Family Haunting in Gary, Indiana. Utilizing court documents, hospital records, maps, and first-hand ...
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(2023-07-21)Department: Creative WritingSaint Gary is a full-length poetry manuscript of documentary poetics centered on the 2011 horror story of the Ammons Family Haunting in Gary, Indiana. Utilizing court documents, hospital records, maps, and first-hand ...
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(2009-04-10)Department: Biomedical EngineeringImage-guided surgery (IGS) has emerged as a valuable tool for the interactive incorporation of pre-operative image data into the surgical setting. While a majority of research has focused on neurosurgical procedures, the ...
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(2018-09-20)Department: Cell and Developmental BiologyInterstrand DNA cross-links (ICLs) block both replication and transcription, and are commonly repaired by the Fanconi anemia (FA) pathway. However, FA-independent repair mechanisms of ICLs remain poorly understood. Yeast ...
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(2018-07-11)Department: Cell and Developmental BiologyThe DNA damage response consists of complex signaling pathways that act to recognize and remove various types of genomic insults. One particularly dangerous type of lesion is an interstrand cross-link (ICL). ICLs are ...
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(2022-03-24)Department: Community Research & ActionThis dissertation is a three-year ethnographic exploration of the Episcopal movement for racial healing and justice. I argue that this movement is best understood through the concept of sacred antiracism—a theological ...
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(2020-04-07)Department: Earth & Environmental SciencesSatellite Measurements of Falling Snow: methods and applications Abstract Half of all precipitation on the planet begins as snow and snow represents the surface precipitation for much of the planet during winter months. ...
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(2012-03-25)Department: Nursing ScienceNURSING SCIENCE SATISFACTION WITH PATIENT-CENTERED CARE AND SELF-CARE EDUCATION IN LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE PATIENTS STEVE BRIAN WIDMAR Dissertation under the direction of Professor Ann F. Minnick The study’s ...
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(2019-06-14)Department: ReligionThe “prophetic immanence” of James Baldwin’s racial and gender sexual politics as it relates to his experience with the black Christian church and the civil rights freedom struggle serves as symbol of hope, redemption and ...
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(2015-03-16)Department: SociologyWhat is the effect of globalization on the development of civil society? This dissertation examines the relationship between these two phenomena by examining environmentalist efforts in Irkutsk, Russia. Environmentalism ...
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(2018-03-27)Department: Computer ScienceElectronic medical record (EMR) systems have been progressively adopted in numerous aspects of clinical care and healthcare endeavors. As the quantity and diversity of such data grows, so too has its repurposing to support ...
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(2017-03-31)Department: Biomedical EngineeringSepsis is a life threatening syndrome caused by infection, affecting over 1 million Americans per year and accounting for over 250,000 deaths annually. Treatment of sepsis relies on appropriate antibiotic therapy targeted ...