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Physical disability and the attribution dilemma : perceiving the causes of behavior in social interaction
People with disabilities -- Psychology; Social perception
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Habitat selection in the American redstart (Setophaga ruticilla): the importance of early successional habitat and the role of landscape change in population declines.
Wood warblers -- Habitat. Wood warblers -- Effect of habitat modification on. Forest ecology -- New Hampshire. Animal populations -- Mathematical models.
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A study of mid-infrared reflectance spectra of powdered mineral mixtures
Mineralogy -- Analysis. ; Infrared spectroscopy. ; Minerals -- Spectra. ; Special reflectance
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Two new methods for 2,3-pyridyne formation.
Pyridine -- Synthesis. ; Alkaloids -- Synthesis.
Many alkaloids of biological importance have the 11H-pyrido (4,3,2-mn) acridine ring structure such as cystodytin and amphimedine. It would be desirable to find an effective way to synthesize a wide variety of these compounds using a single...
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Group-aware stream filtering.
Streaming technology (Telecommunications). Computer networks -- Monitoring. Multicasting (Computer networks). Electronic data processing -- Distributed processing.
Recent years have witnessed a new class of monitoring applications that need to continuously collect information from remote data sources. Those data sources, such as web click-streams, stock quotes, and sensor data, are often characterized as...
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Memory consolidation in temporal lobe epilepsy / by Ali Seçkin Titiz.
Epilepsy is associated with cognitive impairments which often manifest as a higher prevalence of memory impairments. Memory impairments in patients with epilepsy may persist even with sufficient control of seizures, suggesting other factors may...
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The cognitive dynamics underlying decision-making : interactions between attention memory and reward in action control / by Kanghoon Jung.
A fundamental question in decision neuroscience is how cognitive processes underlying decision-making give rise to efficient decisions, especially in complex situations with multiple choice options, and each option consisting of multiple attributes...
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Formation and interactions of infectious prions
Prions. ; Proteins -- Conformation. ; Nanoparticles. ; Iron oxides. ; PrPSc Proteins.
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Demography and movement of migratory wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) in northern Tanzania
Gnus -- Tanzania -- Geographical distribution. ; Gnus -- Migration -- Tanzania.
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Anisotropic quasiparticle properties in aluminum.
Aluminum. ; Fermi surfaces.
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Electrostatic waves in an inhomogeneous plasma.
Plasma waves.
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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...
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The sturucture and function of brain networks underlying self-evaluation / by Robert S. Chavez
Humans have a seemingly unique capacity to reflect upon information about the self to form evaluative attitudes that influence their quality of life and predict mental health outcomes. While psychologists have devoted decades of research to the...
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Innate immune mechanisms contributing to LP-BM5 murine retroviral pathogenesis and immunodeficiency / by Megan Ashley O''Connor
LP-BM5 murine retroviral infection induces murine AIDS (MAIDS), and is characterized by profound and broad immunosuppression of T- and B-cell responses. Adaptive immune response to LP-BM5 infection, including the pathogenic role of CD4+ T-cells and...
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Determinants of the il-1β response to Pseudomonas aeruginosa / by Yash R. Patankar
IL-1β is a potent proinflammatory cytokine produced in response to Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection. While it is appreciated that IL-1β is a critical modulator of the host response to P. aeruginosa infection, the host and bacterial determinants...
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Sensing eye position.
Saccadic eye movements. ; Eye -- Movements. ; Visual perception -- Physiological aspects. ; Senses and sensation.
The oculomotor system needs up-to-date information about eye position in order to make accurate saccades to stimuli in the environment. This thesis investigated how well the oculomotor system uses information about eye position to make a variety of...
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Coping in context: a longitudinal analysis of the relationship between emotion and coping in two stressful situations.
Adjustment (Psychology) -- Testing. ; Affect (Psychology) -- Testing. ; Context effects (Psychology). ; Life change events. ; Stress (Psychology).
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Isolation and characterization of two distinct mutations affecting cholesteryl ester synthesis in mammalian cells.
Cholesterol. ; Esters. ; Mammals -- Cytology. ; Cell metabolism.
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Modeling of shocks in young and old supernova remnants.
Supernova remnants. Shock waves -- Mathematical models. Interstellar matter.
We present results from a modeling effort of simple shock phenomena in the Cygnus Loop and Cassiopeia A. Using multi-epoch MDM observations of a small, isolated cloud in the southwest region of the Cygnus Loop, we measure the velocity of the...
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Intraspecific spatial variation in bird abundance: patterns and processes.
Songbirds -- Ecology -- New Hampshire -- Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest. ; Songbirds -- Habitat -- New Hampshire -- Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest. ; Songbirds -- Behavior -- New Hampshire -- Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest. ; Songbirds --...
Within a species, the abundance of individuals varies in time and space. This dissertation research examines processes giving rise to patterns of spatial and temporal variation in the abundance of multiple species of forest-breeding migratory...
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The mitotic spindle pole: a new functional and structural entity of the mitotic spindle.
Mitosis. ; Microtubules. ; Molecular biology -- Technique. ; Mammals -- Cytology.
This thesis describes the development of a cell free system for the study of the organization of microtubules into mitotic asters that lack conventional centrosomes and the use of this system, in combination with in vivo approaches, for the...
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Linking behavioral, population, and community ecology: consequences of oviposition-site selection in tree hole metacommunities.
Mosquitoes -- Ecology. ; Mosquitoes -- Behavior. ; Insect communities. ; Habitat selection
Though researchers have advocated a more direct link between individual, population, and community processes, translating the behavior of individuals to the dynamics of natural populations and communities has remained a major challenge in ecology....
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Assisting human motion-tasks with minimal, real-time feedback.
Human locomotion -- Computer-assisted instruction. ; Real-time data processing. ; Human-computer interaction.
Teaching physical motions such as riding, exercising, swimming, etc. to human beings is hard. Coaches face difficulties in communicating their feedback verbally and cannot correct the student mid-action; teaching videos are two dimensional and...
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Determinants of reproductive success in a neotropical migratory songbird: timing, site-selection and mating strategies.
Ovenbird -- Fertility. Ovenbird -- Reproduction. Ovenbird -- Behavior. Ovenbird -- Ecology. Ovenbird -- Nests. Ovenbird -- Maryland -- Anne Arundel County. Courtship in animals -- Maryland -- Anne Arundel County. Brown-headed cowbird -- Maryland --...
Identifying and understanding sources of individual variation in fecundity is of central importance to life history theory and population ecology. In this study, I first examined how factors on the breeding grounds in eastern Maryland affected the...
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Targeted manipulation of ß-globin promoter chromatin structure: implications for gene therapy of ß-hemoglobinopathies.
Chromatin. ; Promoters (Genetics). ; Gene targeting. ; Globin genes -- Expression. ; Genetic vectors -- Therapeutic use. ; Hemoglobinopathy -- Treatment. ; Hemoglobinopathy -- Genetic aspects.
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The 4S polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-binding protein: isolation, characterization, and evidence for the modulation of cytochrome P-4501A1 gene expression.
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons -- Genetics. ; Enzyme induction. ; Oxidation -- Genetics.
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Peer education in eating disorder prevention: a large scale longitudinal analysis of program effectiveness.
Eating disorders -- Prevention -- Longitudinal studies. ; Eating disorders -- Treatment. ; Peer counseling of students.
Eating disorders are a persistent problem for women on college campuses across the country, and peer education programs are one method that colleges have employed to address these concerns. A previous study found that peer education is actually...
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Analysis of intracellular ion homeostasis during apoptotic cell death.
Apoptosis. ; Endonucleases. ; Calcium ions. ; Magnesium ions. ; Hydrogen-ion concentration.
A hallmark of apoptosis is internucleosomal DNA fragmentation catalyzed by an endogenous endonuclease. Many laboratories have implicated the activation of Ca2+/Mg2+-dependent endonucleases or the acid-dependent deoxyribonucleases, (DNase II),...
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Attribute-based, usefully secure email.
Electronic mail systems -- Security measures. Electronic mail systems -- Social aspects. Trust.
A secure system that cannot be used by real users to secure real-world processes is not really secure at all. While many believe that usability and security are diametrically opposed, a growing body of research from the field of Human-Computer...
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Constructing a dynamic model of hedgehog signaling.
Cellular signal transduction. Transcription factors. cos protein, Drosophila. Medical Terms: Hedgehog Proteins; Signal Transduction -- physiology; ci protein, Drosophila.
The evolutionarily conserved Hedgehog (Hh) signaling pathway is required for proper embryonic patterning and development. Deregulated Hh signaling has been implicated in various human carcinomas and developmental defects, thus elucidation of the...
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Relief-based bioinformatics methods for the analysis of epistasis in genetic association studies.
Epistasis (Genetics) Bioinformatics -- Methodology. Genetics -- Data processing. Medical Term Computational Biology -- methods.
A goal of human genetics is the prediction of an individual's risk of common human diseases from their genome sequence. Currently genome-wide methods to measure genetic variation across individuals exist, but methods to effectively analyze these...
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The evolution of metazoan microRNA genes and the advent of vertebrate complexity
Vertebrates -- Evolution.;""Vertebrates -- Molecular genetics."";""Cyclostomata (Bryozoa) -- Evolution."";""Cyclostomata (Bryozoa) -- Molecular genetics."";""Metazoa -- Evolution."";""Metazoa -- Molecular genetics."";""Non-coding RNA."";""MicroRNAs...
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Development of a three-dimensional model for micrometastatic ovarian cancer: A translational research platform to rapidly evaluate mechanism-based combination treatments.
Ovaries -- Cancer -- Photochemotherapy. Ovaries -- Cancer -- Treatment -- Evaluation. Ovaries -- Cancer -- Treatment -- Mathematical models.
The translational potential of new therapeutic strategies for cancer is limited, in part, by a lack of biological models that capture important aspects of tumor growth and treatment response. It is also becoming increasingly evident that no single...
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Synthetic studies of Munchnone reactivity and applications and the total synthesis of cyclopenta[B]indole natural products / by Justin M. Lopchuk.
Chapter 1: Munchnones and mesoionic heterocycles The reactivity, regioselectivity, and synthetic applications of munchnones (1,3-oxazolium-5-olates) is a common theme which runs through Chapters 2-5. The definition, structure, and reactivity of...
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Combined MRI and near-infrared spectroscopy for increased specificity of breast cancer imaging / by Michael A. Mastanduno.
A yearly breast contrast-MR scan is recommended to high-risk women because of MR's high sensitivity to breast tumors. However, breast contrast-MR yields a high number of false positives that lead to expensive and sometimes unnecessary biopsy...
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Acquisition and registration of 3D optical surface scanning, MRI, and microwave tomographic imaging for improved clinical breast imaging and surgical planning / by Matthew John Pallone.
Continual improvements to clinical breast imaging technologies have led to ever earlier detections and increasingly accurate localizations of female breast cancers. While these advancements have certainly improved the prognoses of many patients,...
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Understanding the vulnerabilities of tumors : a network-based approach to drug target discovery / by Nadia M. Penrod.
The demand for novel molecularly targeted drugs will continue to rise as we make progress toward personalizing cancer treatments to the molecular signatures of individual tumors. While the collection and analysis of genomic data has become routine,...
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Advancement of magnetic resonance poroelastography for applications in brain imaging / by Adam J. Pattison.
Brain tissue mechanics are an important biomarker for neurological disorders, yet methods to obtain tissue information yield inconsistent conclusions. These techniques can be invasive or require excised tissue, where tissue function is altered from...
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Sampling for complexity in rendering / by Jiawei Ou.
As the visual effect and movie industries are striving for realism and high fidelity images, physically based lighting, global illumination, realistic materials, and highly tessellated geometry are gradually accepted and used in movie and game...
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MicroRNA-10b promotes pancreatic cancer cell invasion by suppressing TIP30 and enhancing EGF and TGF-[beta] actions / by Haoxu Ouyang
MicroRNA-10b (miR-10b) is considered a marker of disease aggressiveness in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), in view of the fact that lower levels of miR-10b are associated with better response to neoadjuvant therapy, likelihood of surgical...
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Estradiol regulation of innate immune protection in the human female reproductive tract / by Mickey Vinay Patel.
Estradiol is a key regulator of immune protection in the female reproductive tract (FRT). Its concentration varies during the menstrual cycle, leading to changes in innate immune protection. In this thesis, I demonstrate the multiple levels at...
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Rejuvenation of cohesion during meiotic prophase is required for maintenance of chiasmata and accurate chromosome segregation / by Katherine Adalia Weng.
Accurate chromosome segregation in human oocytes requires that meiotic sister chromatid cohesion remain intact for decades and work in model organisms indicates that deterioration of meiotic cohesion over time may be a major determinant of...
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A framework of computational opinions / by Fei Yu.
We have a limited understanding of how an opinion is originated, how an opinion and information supporting and explaining it gets conveyed, and how the communicated opinion is perceived and processed by others. One direction of current research...
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Alterations in the production of bacteriochlorophyll a and okenone in purple sulfur bacteria : implications for the interpretaion of their biomarkers / by Derek A. Smith.
Purple sulfur bacteria (PSB) can dominate the nitrogen, carbon, and sulfur cycles in anoxic ecosystems via their anoxygenic photosynthetic metabolisms and are the only producers of the carotenoid, okenone, a biomarker targeted for photic zone...
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Utilization and health outcomes in a spatial model of the US health care system / by Laura C. Yasaitis.
Objectives: This dissertation comprises three essays on geographic variations in healthcare, and the association between utilization and health outcomes. I first explore associations between outpatient visits and Medicare beneficiaries'...
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The evolution of mate recognition in Oecanthus tree crickets / by Laurel Symes.
Many organisms recognize and respond to categories: predator, prey, rival, or juvenile. Organisms recognize these ecologically-important categories by assessing diverse sensory stimuli. A primary focus of my research has been understanding how...
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Security-policy analysis with eXtended unix tools / by Gabriel A. Weaver.
During our fieldwork with real-world organizations---including those in Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), network configuration management, and the electrical power grid---we repeatedly noticed that security policies and related security artifacts...
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Chemico-physical and pharmacologic factors that influence delivery of IONPs to tumors in rodent breast cancer models / by Jennifer Tate.
Nanoparticles have made significant advances in recent years in the realm of cancer therapy. These nanoparticles typically range in size from 10-250nm in diameter, allowing for differential systemic-based biodistribution. The enhanced permeability...
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Characterization of the role of Bacillithiol in Staphylococcus aureus / by Ana Catalina Posada.
As methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) hospitalizations keep increasing, the understanding of the characteristics that make one isolate more successful over another is paramount. Strain variations among Staphylococcus aureus observed...
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Coordination of cell proliferation and cell fate determination by C. elegans CES-1 Snail / by Bo Yan.
Cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs) and their associated cyclins are key regulators of cell cycle progression. Caenorhabditis elegans has two predicted A- type cyclins, encoded by the genes cya-1 and cya-2. Cyclin A has been shown to be required for...
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