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- Convocation 2012: September 11, 2012 posted on Dar...
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- Integration of machine learning network science and pathway analysis in genetic epidemiology / by Qinxin Pan.
- Although genome-wide association studies (GWAS) and other high-throughput initiatives have led to an information explosion in human genetics and genetic epidemiology, the mapping from genotype to phenotype remains challenging as most of the...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- The optical spectrum of SCO X-1
- Stars -- Spectra
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Chemistry of P-H bonds at metal centers.
- Organophosphorus compounds -- Synthesis. ; Phosphine. ; Transition metal compounds.
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Synthesis of highly fluorinated bicyclo [2.2.0] hex-2-ene derivatives.
- Ketones. ; Fluorocarbons.
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Graph algorithms for NMR resonance assignment and cross-link experiment planning.
- Graph algorithms. Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy -- Data processing. Proteins -- Structure -- Mathematical models. Proteins -- Crosslinking -- Mathematical models. Protein folding -- Mathematical models.
- The study of three-dimensional protein structures produces insights into protein function at the molecular level. Graphs provide a natural representation of protein structures and associated experimental data, and enable the development of graph...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Usable security for wireless body-area networks / by Cory Cornelius.
- We expect wireless body-area networks of pervasive wearable devices will enable in situ health monitoring, personal assistance, entertainment personalization, and home automation. As these devices become ubiquitous, we also expect them to...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Library Staff (Formal Group Photos)
- Library Staff (Formal Group Photos)
- Library Staff (Formal Group Photos); Identifications: 1. Monique C. Cleland; 2. Michael J. Lach; 3. Donald L. Saporito; 4. Molly M. O'Connor; 5. Theresa Blake; 6. Stanley Brown; 7. William B. Meredith; 8. Edward Connery Lathem; 9. June I. Hicks;...
- Dartmouth College Photographic Files
- Press Translations, Japanese
- Tokyo, Japan
- Press Translations, Japan, 1945-1946
- Press Translations, Japanese
- Tokyo, Japan
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- Press Translations, Japanese
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- Microwave imaging spectroscopy for breast cancer diagnosis.
- Microwave spectroscopy. Imaging systems -- Design and construction. Diagnostic imaging -- Digital techniques. Breast -- Cancer -- Diagnosis. Microwave imaging in medicine.
- Microwave spectroscopy has been investigated as a possible modality for breast imaging because of the significant contrast in electrical properties between normal and malignant tissue over the microwave spectrum. A liquid-coupled, non-contacting...
- 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
- Interspecific interactions and population dynamics of the Southern pine beetle.
- Southern pine beetle -- Ecology. Mutualism (Biology). Commensalism.
- A challenge for ecologists is to identify and understand the mechanisms that produce population behaviors in nature. This is particularly difficult in complex communities that comprise of tightly linked multivoltine organisms that are...
- 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
- Steady state NMR imaging of cerebral blood volume as an index of chronic hypoxia induced angiogenesis.
- Neovascularization. Brain -- Blood-vessels -- Magnetic resonance imaging. Blood volume -- Measurement. Cerebral circulation -- Measurement. Anoxemia. Blood Volume Determination -- methods.
- Angiogenesis is part of the natural defense mechanism in brain against hypoxia and ischemia. Animal models and methods for the non-invasive investigation of cerebral angiogenesis are needed. This thesis addresses the hypothesis that steady state,...
- 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
- Mechanisms of anabolic androgenic steroid modulation of GABAa receptors.
- GABA -- Receptors. Anabolic steroids -- Physiological effect. Androgens -- Physiological effect. Receptors
- The goal of this thesis has been to characterize the mechanisms of anabolic androgenic steroid (AAS) modulation of γ-aminobutyric acid type A (GABA A ) receptors. I used whole cell patch clamp recording to investigate the effects of AAS on...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Mobility and communication in sensor networks.
- Sensor networks. Robots -- Control systems. Detectors. Synchronization. Computer network protocols.
- This thesis considers the two special sensor networks for future sensor network design: mobile sensor networks and hybrid network of sensors and robots. To investigate two types of networks, we abstract two most important aspects that are ingrained...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Classical and quantum aspects of elastic instability: theory and experiment.
- Elastic solids. Elasticity. Structural stability. Buckling (Mechanics). Silicon. Quantum theory. Mesoscopic phenomena (Physics).
- Experimental and theoretical aspects of macroscopic and mesoscopic elastic instability are investigated in this thesis. For the theoretical investigations we utilize a Lagrangian formulation of nonlinear continuum elasticity theory, the novel...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- The influence of trait psychopathy on the decoding, interference and utilization of emotional information.
- Psychopaths. Personality and emotions. Emotions and cognition.
- Research investigating clinical and criminal psychopaths is quite extensive. Though it has evolved in terminology over the years, the basic premise and description of psychopathy has maintained deficits associated with emotional interpretation and...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Parallel out-of-core sorting: the third way.
- Sorting (Electronic computers). Parallel processing (Electronic computers). Computer algorithms.
- Sorting very large datasets is a key subroutine in almost any application that is built on top of a large database. Two ways to sort out-of-core data dominate the literature: merging-based algorithms and partitioning-based algorithms. Within these...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- The impact of sodium channel isoform expression on cerebellar Purkinje cell development.
- Purkinje cells. Sodium channels -- Genetic aspects. Excitation (Physiology). Neurons -- Physiology. Cerebellum -- Physiology. Genetic regulation.
- Voltage-dependent sodium channels (Na v ) are critical determinants of the ability of a neuron to generate and propagate action potentials. While a large family of Na v isoforms has been identified, the impact of specific isoforms on the electrical...
- 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
- Diffuse tomography of absorbing and fluorescent optical exogenous contrast guided by simultaneously acquired magnetic resonance images.
- Optical tomography. Fluorescence. Imaging systems -- Design and construction. Diagnostic imaging -- Mathematical models. Brain -- Diseases -- Diagnosis. Brain -- Magnetic resonance imaging.
- Fluorescent molecules targeted to reveal information on tissue function have been used as research tools in ex vivo and subsurface characterization of diseased tissue for years. Exploiting this specificity for in vivo imaging through centimeters of...
- 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.
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Towards the experimental verification of macroscopic phenomena in quantum electrodynamics.
- Casimir effect. Zero-point field. Electric conductivity. Quantum electrodynamics.
- The Casimir force arises from an alteration of boundary condition in vacuum and is often regarded as a manifestation of quantum zero point energy. Considerable progress has been made in the last decade with an impressive achievement of experimental...
- 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
- Development of an apparatus for simultaneous trapping of ⁶Li-⁸⁷Rb Fermi-Bose mixtures.
- Trapped ions -- Instruments. Magnetooptical devices -- Design and construction. Atoms -- Cooling. Lithium ions. Rubidium -- Isotopes.
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- ID4 promotes the growth of glioblastoma multiforme by mediating MGP-enhanced angiogenesis.
- Glioblastoma multiforme. DNA-binding proteins. Transcription factors. Extracellular matrix proteins. Neovascularization.
- ID proteins are naturally occurring dominant negative HLH-transcription factors that are highly expressed during development but generally not expressed in adult tissue except for selected cell types and some stem cells. Also, aberrant expression...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Physiological and neural mechanisms of anxiety, negativity, and threat.
- Anxiety -- Physiological aspects. Threat (Psychology) -- Physiological aspects. Amygdaloid body -- Psychophysiology. Brain -- Psychophysiology.
- The objective of this thesis was to examine the neural and physiological substrates underlying the processing of aversive information, and how individual differences in anxiety influence these responses. In a series of experiments, we utilized skin...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Neural and behavioral correlates of auditory-object processing.
- Auditory perception. Temporal lobes -- Physiology. Prefrontal cortex -- Physiology. Neurophysiology.
- The neurophysiological examination of auditory-object representations has focused on how early auditory cortical areas code for the spectral and temporal features of auditory objects. The goals of this dissertation was to investigate how auditory...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- The effects of context and familiarity on person perception: examining the neural substrates of facial attractiveness.
- Face perception -- Physiological aspects. Face perception -- Social aspects. Sex differences (Psychology). Neuropsychology.
- The general objective of the current thesis was to investigate the neural substrates underlying the perception of opposite-sex faces. Building on what is already known about the distributed network of brain areas supporting various dimensions of...
- 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
- Molecular function of the MADS floral organ identity proteins of APETALA3 and PISTILLATA in Arabidopsis.
- Arabidopsis -- Genetics. Arabidopsis -- Molecular aspects. Transcription factors. DNA-binding proteins. Flowers -- Morphogenesis -- Molecular aspects.
- APETALA3 ( AP3 ) and PISTILLATA ( PI ) are floral organ identity genes that are necessary and sufficient for petal and stamen development. Surprisingly little is known about molecular mechanisms by which AP3 and PI proteins direct floral organ...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Restraint and disinhibition in the brain.
- Self-control -- Physiological aspects. Nucleus accumbens -- Psychophysiology. Reducing diets -- Psychological aspects. Eating disorders -- Psychological aspects. Promiscuity -- Psychological aspects.
- As humans we create goals and strive toward ideals, engaging in a constant endeavor to better ourselves or maintain our success. Whether goals are distant hopes for the future, or small steps of change, success requires some control over...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Reciprocal benefits in a plant-pollinator mutualism.
- Mutualism (Biology). Insect-plant relationships. Insect population density. Bumblebees -- Ecology. Delphinium -- Ecology.
- Mutualisms may facilitate coupled population expansion or decline if changes in either partner species lead to similar changes in the other species. However, few studies have measured how both species in a mutualism respond to changes in each...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Anchor-free localization in mixed wireless sensor network systems.
- Sensor networks. Wireless LANs. Algorithms.
- Recent technological advances have fostered the emergence of Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs), which consist of tiny, wireless, battery-powered nodes that are expected to revolutionize the ways in which we understand and construct complex physical...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Mutations that compromise cohesion predispose chiasmate and achiasmate chromosomes to age-dependent nondisjunction in Drosophila oocytes.
- Chromosome abnormalities. Ovum. Maternal age. Aneuploidy. Aging -- Genetic aspects. Drosophila -- Molecular genetics. Nondisjunction.
- Aneuploidy is the leading cause of pregnancy loss and birth defects in humans. At least 5% of all recognized pregnancies are aneuploid. Maternal meiosis is especially error-prone and the rate of chromosome missegregation increases exponentially...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Fast Fourier transforms for inverse semigroups.
- Fourier transformations. Inverse semigroups.
- In this thesis we develop a theory of Fourier analysis and fast Fourier transforms (FFTs) for finite inverse semigroups. Our results generalize results in the theory of Fourier analysis for finite groups. There is a general method for generating...
- 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
- A novel role for visual arrestin in endocytosis-mediated retinal degeneration.
- Phospholipase C -- Mechanism of action. Retinal degeneration -- Pathophysiology. Retinal degeneration -- Genetic aspects. Endocytosis. Rhodopsin. Cellular signal transduction. Light -- Physiological effect. Arrestin. Clathrin. Adaptor Proteins
- Mutations in the Drosophila retinal-specific Phospholipase C (NORPA) cause massive retinal degeneration within five days of constant light exposure. We have previously shown that in norpA mutants persistent complexes between the light receptor...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Performance evaluation of distributed security protocols using discrete event simulation.
- Computer networks -- Security measures. BGP (Computer network protocol). Public key infrastructure (Computer security). Discrete-time systems -- Mathematical models. Computer simulation.
- The Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) that manages inter-domain routing on the Internet lacks security. Protective measures using public key cryptography introduce complexities and costs. To support authentication and other security functionality in...
- Dartmouth Dissertations