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- Title
- Leveraging Social Media to Better Understand People's Obesity Related Behaviors
- Author
- Li, Chuqin
- Date Created
- 2021
- Subjects--Topical
- Computer science
- Description
- With the worldwide prevalence of obesity doubling over the past 30 years across a wide range of demographic and socioeconomic groups, the obesity epidemic is a major public health challenge today. Excessive food consumption and lack of exercise ar...
- Title
- Modeling the Effects of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems on Driver Behavior
- Author
- Gouribhatla, Raghuveer
- Date Created
- 2022
- Subjects--Topical
- Transportation
- Description
- About 38,000 fatalities are reported every year in the United States and traffic crashes (referred to as crashes) are the leading cause of deaths among people up to 54 years. Additionally, economic loss due to crashes is estimated equal to $380 mi...
- Title
- Dynamic and Conditionally Activated Nucleic Acid Nanoparticles
- Author
- Chandler, Morgan
- Date Created
- 2021
- Subjects--Topical
- Nanoscience
- Description
- Programmed interactions of nucleic acids—including DNA and RNA—orchestrate genetic expression and downstream cellular processes at every level. The structures of nucleic acids rely on their sequences, which include traditional Watson-Crick base pa...
- Title
- EFFECT OF CADMIUM AND SEASONALITY ON CRITICAL TEMPERATURES OF AEROBIC METABOLISM IN EASTERN OYSTERS, Crassostrea virginica Gmelin 1791
- Author
- Bagwe, Rita
- Date Created
- 2012
- Subjects--Topical
- Biology
- Description
- Cadmium (Cd) and elevated temperatures are common stressors in estuarine and coastal environments affecting intertidal mollusks such as oysters. Cd and elevated temperature can raise the metabolic demands of oysters due to the increase cost of det...
- Title
- EXPERIENCES OF INDIVIDUALS WHO MAINTAIN ABSTINENCE FROM MOOD ALTERING SUBSTANCES USING SELF-DIRECTED, COGNITIVE-BASED RECOVERY SUPPORT GROUPS
- Author
- Kitzinger, Robert
- Date Created
- 2013
- Subjects--Topical
- Counseling psychology
- Description
- ABSTRACTROBERT HENRY KITZINGER, JR. Experiences of individuals who maintain abstinence from mood altering substances using self-directed, cognitive-based recovery support groups. (Under the direction of DR. PAMELA S. LASSITER) The purpose of this ...
- Title
- EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF TURBULENT WAKE STRUCTURES AND DYNAMIC COUPLING OF TANDEM LIFTING BODIES IN A HYDRODYNAMIC CHANNEL
- Author
- Hellman, Samuel
- Date Created
- 2012
- Subjects--Topical
- Mechanical engineering
- Description
- Two experimental studies are carried out on interacting tandem bodies in incompressible, turbulent flow and the design of a hydrodynamic water channel in which the studies are conducted is discussed. The water channel has a 1 m^2 test section, and...
- Title
- EXPERIMENTAL AND COMPUTATIONAL STRATEGIES FOR ENHANCING MASS TRANSPORT AND CRYOPRESERVATION OF BIOLOGICAL TISSUES
- Author
- Karthik Kumar, Balasubramanian
- Date Created
- 2012
- Subjects--Topical
- Mechanical engineering, Biomedical engineering
- Description
- A bioreactor is a large-scale engineered in vitro device that maintains a 3D arrangement of functioning cells for use in various bioengineering applications. The current work is focused on heat and mass transfer issues related to the bioreactor's ...
- Title
- FULL-SCALE TESTING AND NUMERICAL MODELING OF A MULTISTORY MASONRY STRUCTURE SUBJECTED TO INTERNAL BLAST LOADING
- Author
- Zapata, Brian
- Date Created
- 2012
- Subjects--Topical
- Mechanical engineering, Physics, Civil engineering
- Description
- As military and diplomatic representatives of the United States are deployed throughout the world, they must frequently make use of local, existing facilities; it is inevitable that some of these will be load bearing unreinforced masonry (URM) str...
- Title
- FUNCTIONAL NUCLEIC ACID NANOPARTICLES AND THEIR DELIVERY
- Author
- Ke, Weina
- Date Created
- 2020
- Subjects--Topical
- Biochemistry, Cytology
- Description
- Nucleic acid biopolymers are essential to all living organisms. The chemical makeup of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and ribonucleic acid (RNA) consist of sequences of only four monomers. However, they transmit and express genetic information for va...
- Title
- Facilitating Individual Student Planning with English Learners: An Exploration of Placement Complexities and Counselor Educational Preparation
- Author
- Lachance, Joan
- Date Created
- 2010
- Subjects--Topical
- Curriculum planning
- Description
- ABSTRACTJOAN ROLSTON LACHANCE. A multiple case study on facilitating individual student planning with English learners in North Carolina high schools: An exploration of placement complexities and counselor educational preparation. (Under the direc...
- Title
- FROM OPPORTUNITY RECOGNITION TO OPPORTUNITY EVALUATION: A CONGRUENCE PERSPECTIVE OF OPPORTUNITY BELIEF FORMATION
- Author
- Scheaf, David
- Date Created
- 2018
- Subjects--Topical
- Cognitive psychology, Entrepreneurship
- Description
- Beliefs about the existence and attractiveness of opportunities underpin entrepreneurial action. Belief formation is broken into two distinct phases. Third-person opportunity beliefs (i.e., an opportunity for someone) form as a result of the oppor...
- Title
- Poverty, English, and Evangelism: A qualitative study of young adults in a church-based English language program in Cambodia
- Author
- Krzeszewski, Lori
- Date Created
- 2011
- Subjects--Topical
- English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers, Language and languages--Study and teaching
- Description
- This qualitative case study explored the motivations and experiences of thirty young adults enrolled in a free church-based English program in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Data include the researcher's field notes from six months of participant observati...
- Title
- Predictive Energy Function Based Power System Transient Stability Assessment and Improvement
- Author
- SAHAMI, AMIRREZA
- Date Created
- 2019
- Subjects--Topical
- Electrical engineering
- Description
- Transient stability assessment and improvement are critical for power grid operation. It deals with the assessment of transient behavior of the power grid (especially the generators) when subjected to large disturbances. State-of-the-art approache...
- Title
- Preschool Pedagogy and Its Impact on Preschoolers' Attitudes Toward Learning
- Author
- Lounsbury, Karen
- Date Created
- 2014
- Subjects--Topical
- Early childhood education, Education
- Description
- This qualitative study examined two preschool pedagogical approaches and the impact each had on students' attitudes toward learning. One preschool used A Beka curriculum, which is a direct instruction pedagogy. The other preschool used Creative Cu...
- Title
- Preoperative Education and The Reduction of Parental Anxiety
- Author
- Bernardo, Sherry
- Date Created
- 2015
- Subjects--Topical
- Nursing, Medicine, Health services administration
- Description
- Background: One of the most frequently reported emotions in children in the setting of surgery or a medical procedure is anxiety. Currently, many interventions are used to assist with the perioperative reduction in anxiety for both parent and chil...
- Title
- REASONS FOR USE OF COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE AND PRAYER FOR HEALTH BY OLDER ADULTS IN THE UNITED STATES
- Author
- Tait, Elizabeth
- Date Created
- 2010
- Subjects--Topical
- Public health, Gerontology, Alternative medicine
- Description
- Objectives: This study examined prayer for health and eight specific reasons why Americans ages 50 and over use Complimentary and Alternative Medicine (CAM): effectiveness; cost; recommendations from health care providers; recommendations from fam...
- Title
- RAPID AND DYNAMIC LOAD TESTING OF INSTRUMENTED PZ27 STEEL SHEET PILES
- Author
- Rice, Corey
- Date Created
- 2020
- Subjects--Topical
- Civil engineering
- Description
- Pile foundations are typically used for structures underlain by weaker soils in order to increase the soil resistance and, subsequently, the axial capacity. In bridge abutments, sheet piles are typically used as facing elements for soil retention ...
- Title
- RANK-L expression in Staphylococcus aureus- induced osteomyelitis, therapeutic intervention using nanotechnology and use of UV-killed bacteria as an osteoconductive coating for biomaterials.
- Author
- Somayaji, Shankari
- Date Created
- 2009
- Subjects--Topical
- Microbiology
- Description
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Staphylococcus aureus is responsible for approximately 80% of all cases of human osteomyelitis. RANK-L is an essential signal produced by osteoblasts and is required for full osteoclastic differentiation. PGE2 - induced bone resorption involves bo...
- Title
- RATIONALE, MOTIVATION AND EFFECT OF FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN VIETNAMESE COMPANIES
- Author
- Le, Ben
- Date Created
- 2014
- Subjects--Topical
- Finance
- Description
- Existing literatures have documented that foreign investors in developed markets hold disproportionately more shares of firms with high turnover rates. In Vietnam, I find evidence that foreign investor ownership percentage is higher in firms with ...
- Title
- RECIPROCAL REGULATION OF MYC AND MICRORNA MIR-308 DURING DROSOPHILA EMBRYOGENESIS
- Author
- Daneshvar, Kaveh
- Date Created
- 2012
- Subjects--Topical
- Molecular biology, Biology, Genetics
- Description
- Myc is a conserved transcription factor with a role in the regulation of genes that are involved in growth and development. The abundance of Myc protein in the cells must be exquisitely controlled to avoid growth abnormalities caused by too much o...