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- Valentina Albi, Teaching Advisor, French and Itali...
- Dartmouth College Photographic Records
- Valentina Albi, Teaching Advisor, French and Itali...
- Dartmouth College Photographic Records
- 2012 Woodsmen's Weekend, Dartmouth Green, Dartmout...
- Dartmouth College Photographic Records
- Commencement 2013
- Dartmouth College Photographic Records
- interior view of Collis: posted on flickr, Views F...
- Dartmouth College Photographic Records
- Dartmouth Department of Theater Presents 'Big Love...
- Dartmouth College Photographic Records
- The inverse hyperthermia problem and its solution.
- Thermotherapy.
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- A study of drag forces.
- Drag (Aerodynamics). ; Boundary layer control.
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Examining relationships between health beliefs and medical decisions in the context of medical uncertainty.
- Medical care -- Decision making. Health attitudes. Prostate -- Cancer -- Treatment -- Decision making. Prostate -- Cancer -- Patients -- Attitudes. Uncertainty. Video recording in medicine.
- This dissertation used two studies to evaluate the appropriateness of a theoretical model exploring the relationships between screening/treatment beliefs and intending to be screened or treated for prostate cancer (P-CA). Study One examined...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- A catalog of clusters to z [is less than or equal to] 1 from the Oxford Dartmouth Thirty Degree Survey.
- Galaxies -- Clusters -- Mathematical models. Galaxies -- Formation -- Mathematical models. Galaxies -- Clusters -- Catalogs. Galaxies -- Spectra. Algorithms. Andromeda Galaxy.
- A sample of 46 previously unidentified, intermediate- to high-redshift, near-infrared (NIR)-selected galaxy clusters have been discovered in the Andromeda catalog of the Oxford Dartmouth Thirty Degree Survey (ODTS). These clusters vary from low- to...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Quantitative risk analysis of computer networks.
- Computer networks -- Security measures. Computer security. Risk assessment. Operating systems (Computers) -- Evaluation.
- Quantitative Risk Analysis of Computer Networks (QSRA) addresses the problem of risk opacity of software in networks. It allows risk managers to get a detailed and comprehensive snapshot of the constitutive software on the network, assess its risk...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- The impact of prenatal and postnatal home visiting on utilization of care.
- Home care services -- Utilization -- New Hampshire. Home care services -- New Hampshire -- Evaluation. Maternal health services -- Utilization -- New Hampshire. Infant health services -- Utilization -- New Hampshire. Prenatal care -- Utilization --...
- Research objective . Research suggests that home visiting services can have a significant impact on pregnancy outcomes, child health and development, parenting and maternal life course. The effect of home visiting on utilization of health services...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Functionalization of fluorocarbons.
- Fluorocarbons -- Synthesis. Fluorocarbons -- Derivatives. Activation (Chemistry). Polytef -- Surfaces. Organofluorine compounds -- Synthesis.
- The great strength of the C-F bond has enabled fluorocarbons to find many industrial and domestic applications, and makes C-F activation a chemical and technical challenge akin to that of C-H bond activation in hydrocarbons. In our mission to...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Gain experiments with a grating based free electron laser.
- Free electron lasers -- Experiments. Wave guides -- Design and construction. Diffraction gratings -- Experiments. Electron beams. Infrared sources.
- The far infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum, 15-3000 Œºm in wavelength, has a paucity of narrow band laser sources. To address the issue of whether a grating based free electron laser could operate well as such a source, a grating...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Synthetic and mechanistic studies in tetrapyrrole chemistry.
- Tetrapyrroles -- Synthesis. Tetrapyrroles -- Mechanism of action. Transition metal catalysts.
- Previous studies have shown that the mucosal immune system is present in the female reproductive tract and under hormonal control. With the recognition that underlying stromal cells regulate epithelial cell function and hormonal responsiveness,...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Radical methodologies with indole and synthetic strategies towards the indole alkaloids, echitamine and prenostodione.
- Indole alkaloids -- Synthesis. Ring formation (Chemistry). Radicals (Chemistry).
- A novel radical cyclization of 2-bromoindoles was examined, generating a series of hexahydropyrrolo[3,4- b ]indoles in fair yield. This process involved the generation of a variety of indole-3-carboxamides followed by the introduction of bromine at...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- New synthetic approaches to chlorins and bacteriochlorins.
- Pyrroles -- Synthesis. Porphyrins -- Synthesis.
- Naturally occurring macrocyclic tetrapyrroles of the chlorin and bacteriochlorin classes play important roles in essential biological processes, including photosynthesis and nitrogen cycling. The chromophores also show promise in various...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Synthesis and characterization of phosphido-coated gold nanoclusters and gold phosphido complexes.
- Gold -- Analysis. Gold compounds. Metal complexes -- Synthesis. Phosphides. Ligands.
- Chapter one: Gold(I) phosphido complexes: Synthesis, structure and reactivity . Deprotonation of the phosphine complexes Au(PHR 2 )Cl with aqueous ammonia gave the gold(I) phosphido complexes [Au(PR 2 )] n (PR 2 = PMes 2 ( 1 ), PCy 2 ( 2 ), P(t-Bu)...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Evaluation and engineering of Saccharomyces cerevisiae for cellulase expression and growth on insoluble cellulose.
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae -- Genetics. Cellulase -- Biotechnology. Cellulose -- Biotechnology. Biomass conversion -- Technological innovations.
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- SGA screen identifies a cytoplasmic role for Dbp5/Rat8 and a novel player in nuclear pore complex biogenesis.
- Nuclear membranes. Membrane proteins. Genetic regulation.
- The coordination and coupling of the several steps in mRNA biogenesis helps to ensure proper regulation of gene expression. The DEAD-box helicase Dbp5/Rat8 is an essential mRNA export factor that has also been implicated in other steps of mRNA...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Shared decision making for people with severe mental illness.
- Mentally ill -- Care -- Decision making. Mental illness -- Treatment -- Decision making. Mental health services -- Decision making. Mental health -- Information services. Medical informatics. Mental Disorders -- drug therapy.
- Objective. We explored preferences and perceptions about treatment decision-making roles among persons with severe mental illness and evaluated two computer-based medication values clarification tools. Methods. In this study we conducted a pilot...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Kinematics and space densities for the local cataclysmic variable population.
- Cataclysmic variable stars. Kinematics.
- I investigate the kinematics and space densities of the local cataclysmic variable (CV) population. CVs are close binary star systems composed of a white dwarf that accretes matter from a less compact companion star in Roche lobe overflow....
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- I. Reactivity of electron deficient indoles toward nucleophiles, Diels-Alder reactions and dipolar cycloadditions; II. Synthesis of pyrrolo[3,4-b]indoles.
- Indole -- Synthesis. Indole -- Reactivity. Pyrroles. Diels-Alder reaction.
- Earlier in our laboratory, a facile synthesis of the 2- and 3-nitroindoles was realized. These compounds showed promise as powerful intermediates in the synthesis of novel structures and natural products. The reactivity of 2- and 3-nitroindoles...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Versatile 2-lithioindoles, syntheses and Diels-Alder reactions of pyrrolo[3,4-b]indoles.
- Indole alkaloids -- Synthesis. Diels-Alder reaction.
- An efficient synthetic approach to both 2-acyl-1-(substituted)indoles and 2-nitro-1-(substituted)indoles by reaction of 2-lithio-1-(substituted)indoles with appropriate electrophiles is presented. Inverse quenching of 2-lithioindoles 5 and 208 with...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Sounding rocket investigations of whistler, upper hybrid and Langmuir waves in the auroral ionosphere.
- Auroras -- Alaska -- Observations. Ionospheric radio wave propagation -- Observations. Sounding rockets. Electromagnetic waves -- Observations. Whistlers (Radio meteorology) -- Alaska -- Observations.
- In this thesis data from four sounding rocket experiments (PHAZE II, SIERRA, RACE and HIBAR) are used to explore the high and medium frequency waves seen in the auroral ionosphere. All rockets were launched into active aurora and carried both...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Part I, a photoprecursor for difluorocarbene: Part II, syntheses and studies of the highly fluorinated [2.2.2] propellanes.
- Organofluorine compounds -- Synthesis. Carbenes (Methylene compounds) -- Synthesis. Propellanes -- Synthesis.
- Part I. A photoprecursor for difluorocarbene . The goal of this research was to develop a more practical and efficient photoprecursor for difluorocarbene. The first approach was concerned with the synthesis of 4,4-difluoropyrazoline-3,5-dione ( 5...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Investigation, optimization and synthesis of dihydrodipyrrins, linear tetrapyrroles and the resulting chlorins.
- Porphyrins -- Synthesis. Tetrapyrroles -- Synthesis.
- The synthesis of macrocyclic tetrapyrroles continues to be an area of vigorous research due to their application to a wide range of fields spanning the physical sciences. Only recently have general syntheses for the reduced systems, such as...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Memory and the resting brain.
- Memory -- Physiological aspects. Hippocampus (Brain) -- Physiology. Perceptual-motor processes. Brain -- Variation.
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- The importance of p53-dependent transcriptional responses in the differentiation and curability of human embryonal carcinoma.
- Testis -- Cancer -- Genetic aspects. p53 antioncogene -- Regulation. Embryonal tumors -- Pathophysiology. Germ cells -- Tumors -- Pathophysiology. Cisplatin -- Mechanism of action. Tretinoin. Testicular Neoplasms -- in children. Neoplasms
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Catalytic asymmetric P-C bond formation with Pt-phosphido complexes.
- Organoplatinum compounds -- Synthesis. Organoplatinum compounds -- Reactivity. Organophosphorus compounds -- Synthesis. Organophosphorus compounds -- Reactivity. Asymmetric synthesis. Phosphate carbon. Platinum catalysts.
- Chapter One. Synthesis and Structure of Chiral Pt(Duphos) Terminal Phosphido Complexes. Treatment of Pt halide precursors with a secondary phosphine in the presence of the base NaOSiMe 3 gave the terminal phosphido complexes Pt(Duphos)(Ph)(PMeIs)....
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Fine structure in auroral radio emissions.
- Ionospheric radio wave propagation -- Observations. Hiss (Radio meteorology). Auroras -- Antarctica -- Observations.
- A VersatIle Electromagnetic Waveform (VIEW) receiver was deployed at South Pole station in December 2002 in order to measure the fine structure of auroral radio emissions with high resolution and an unprecedented 500-1000 kHz bandwidth. Using this...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- The resistance to sliding along Coulombic shear faults in columnar S2 ice.
- Ice mechanics. Friction. Shear (Mechanics). Strains and stresses. Ice -- Brittleness. Ice -- Ductility.
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Development of a multi-high frequency electrical impedance tomography system for breast imaging.
- Electrical impedance tomography. Breast -- Imaging. Imaging systems -- Design and construction.
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Theoretical study of carbon-heteroatom clusters: Theoretical study and comparison of the intradiol and extradiol oxidation of catechol.
- Catechol -- Biodegradation. Glycols. Oxidation. Carbon compounds -- Mathematical models.
- Part 1 . A computational study targeting the lowest energy structure, electronic state and physical properties of small carbon clusters containing one or two heteroatoms has been done. The structural properties sought included whether the most...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Self-consistent stellar evolution models with applications to Milky Way globular clusters and population synthesis.
- Stars -- Evolution. Stars -- Globular clusters -- Computer simulation. Milky Way.
- The Dartmouth Stellar Evolution Program, a state of the art stellar evolution code, has been modified and expanded to increase its versatility. The modifications include: the ability to self-consistently model stars with arbitrary chemical...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Designing treatment individualization in photodynamic therapy to compensate for pharmacokinetic variability.
- Photochemotherapy. Photosensitizing compounds -- Therapeutic use. Pharmacokinetics. Drugs -- Physiological effect.
- The main theme of this thesis is to investigate the origins of photosensitizer pharmacokinetic variability, how this pharmacokinetic variation affects photodynamic therapy (PDT), and to search for innovative strategies to reduce the...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Activation of C-F bonds using transition metals by reduction and external acid.
- Fluorine compounds. Activation (Chemistry). Transition metal catalysts.
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Role of GATA-1 in β-globin locus chromatin structure reorganization and eryrhoid [i.e. erythroid] gene expression.
- Chromatin -- Structure. Globin genes -- Expression. Transcription factors. Erythropoiesis. Genetic transcription -- Regulation.
- Despite being cloned over twenty years ago, many regulatory mechanisms of the β-globin genes have yet to be fully elucidated. The regulation of the β-globin locus in erythroid cells requires chromatin structural changes before the genes can be...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Synthetic studies towards the syntheses of 2,3,3',4,4',5,5'-Heptachloro-1'-methyl-1,2'-bipyrrole (Q1), Lycogarubin C, and cis-Trikentrin A.
- Heterocyclic compounds -- Synthesis. Organohalogen compounds -- Synthesis. Pyrroles -- Synthesis. Indole -- Synthesis.
- The novel heptachloro-1'-methyl-1,2'-bipyrrole (""Q1"") ( 1 ) is a natural organohalogen that has been detected in more than 100 worldwide environmental samples. In recent years mixed halogenated 1,2'-bipyrroles have also been detected in several...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Enzymatic hydrolysis of cellulosic biomass solids prepared by leading pretreatments and identification of key features governing performance.
- Cellulase -- Absorption and adsorption. Enzymes -- Biotechnology. Cellulose -- Biodegradation. Lignocellulose -- Biotechnology. Biomass conversion. Hydrolysis. Corn stover. Poplar -- Biotechnology.
- Prior to biological conversion of lignocellulosic biomass, natural barriers to efficient enzymatic hydrolysis must be overcome, and a few pretreatment technologies effectively accomplish this job with chemicals. Although several factors are...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Investigations on optimizing the energy transmission of ultrafast optical pulses in pure water.
- Laser pulses, Ultrashort. Electromagnetic waves -- Transmission.
- Many of today's communication and imaging technologies share the common challenge of signal deterioration due to water's large absorption coefficient. As an example, it is water molecules that contaminate the fused silica of optical fibers and...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Metal-catalyzed asymmetric synthesis of P-stereogenic phosphines.
- Phosphine. Phosphorus compounds -- Synthesis. Platinum catalysts. Palladium catalysts. Asymmetric synthesis. Enantiomers.
- Abstract (Summary) Chapter One. Platinum-Catalyzed Asymmetric Alkylation of Bis(secondary) Phosphines. Efficient Screening and the Synthesis of an Enantiomerically Pure C 2 -Symmetric Diphosphine . Platinum-catalyzed asymmetric alkylation of...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Iron and sulfur mineralogy and redox transformations in soils and sediments: implications for trace metal dynamics.
- Soils -- Arsenic content. Arsenic wastes -- Biodegradation. Ferric hydroxides -- Biodegradation. Sulfides -- Metallurgy. Groundwater -- Arsenic content -- Cambodia.
- Iron minerals are ubiquitous in near surface environments and often readily sorb or coprecipitate with many trace metals. Transformations of iron phases are, therefore, integral to the fate of trace metals in most near surface aqueous regimes....
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Does continuity matter?: measuring the quality of ambulatory care among chronically ill elders in the United States.
- Older people -- Medical care -- United States -- Evaluation. Chronically ill -- Medical care -- United States -- Evaluation. Ambulatory medical care -- United States -- Evaluation.
- Objective . To examine how continuity is related to quality measures for chronically ill elderly patients; to the specialty and caseload of the physicians they predominantly visit; and to the regional context of where their ambulatory care is...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- The role of DRNL and microRNA319a in petal and stamen growth in Arabidopsis.
- Arabidopsis thaliana -- Genetics. Growth (Plants).
- Work in Arabidopsis and other model species over the past 25 years has led to major insights into the control of floral organ identity. However, much less is known about genes that control the growth and differentiation of floral organs. In this...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Activation of carbon-fluorine bonds and carbon-hydrogen bonds with transition metal compounds.
- Organoiridium compounds -- Synthesis. Organofluorine compounds -- Synthesis. Transition metal compounds.
- Fluorine forms the strongest single bond to carbon, however, it is well established that transition metals can lengthen and weaken C-F bonds in fluorinated ligands. Described here are studies on the activation of C-F bonds in iridium compounds...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Hardware-Assisted Secure Computation.
- Computer networks -- Security measures. Computer networks -- Access control. Computer network protocols.
- The theory community has worked on Secure Multiparty Computation (SMC) for more than two decades, and has produced many protocols for many settings. One common thread in these works is that the protocols cannot use a Trusted Third Party (TTP), even...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Synthesis and evaluation of alkoxyamine initiators for nitroxide-mediated polymerization.
- Polymerization. Amines -- Synthesis. Nitroxides. Radicals (Chemistry)
- Since alkoxyamines, O-alkylated nitroxide derivatives, are important control agents for nitroxide-mediated polymerization, protocols for their synthesis should be straigh- forward, cost-effective, and versatile. We have utilized a facile method for...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Magnet hospitals and patient outcomes.
- Nursing services -- United States -- Evaluation. Nursing services -- United States -- Personnel management. Hospitals -- United States -- Administration. Outcome assessment (Medical care). Nursing Service.
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Depositional environments of rifted margin sediments: insights from Neoproterozoic diamictite and cap carbonates and the Silurian Arisaig Group.
- Geology, Stratigraphic -- Proterozoic. Geology Stratigraphic -- Silurian. Rocks Sedimentary -- Nova Scotia. Rocks.
- Dartmouth Dissertations