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ENGINEERED WATER REPELLENCY FOR INFILTRATION CONTROL IN COAL FLY ASH
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Author
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Feyyisa, Jenberu
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Date Created
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2017
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Subjects--Topical
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Civil engineering, Environmental engineering
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Description
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In 2014 approximately 47% of the 190 million short tons of coal combustion product (CCP) was recycled. As a construction material, coal fly ash (CFA) finds considerable use as a partial replacement for Portland cement, as structural fill, and as a...
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Long-term study of changes in microbiota in a Cystic Fibrosis patient
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Author
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Stokell, Joshua
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Date Created
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2013
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Subjects--Topical
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Biology, Microbiology
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Description
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Application of culture-independent techniques have revealed the presence of more types of bacteria than were previously thought, which led to the current description of Cystic Fibrosis (CF) being a polymicrobial disease. We know this polymicrobial...
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MICRO- TO MACROSCALE MODELING OF DRINKING WATER TREATMENT AND DISTRIBUTION
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Author
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Polaczyk, Amy
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Date Created
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2010
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Subjects--Topical
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Environmental engineering, Environmental sciences
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Description
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Models are valuable tools that can provide quantitative insight into a process or system, but must to be kept simple to remain meaningful. In this dissertation, three separate drinking water research projects were completed using numerical modelin...
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MUC1 MEDIATED SIGNALING IN PANCREATIC DUCTAL ADENOCARCINOMA
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Author
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Grover, Priyanka
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Date Created
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2019
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Subjects--Topical
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Biology
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Description
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In 2019, Pancreatic Cancer (PC) is the 3rd leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the USA with 94% dying within 5 years of diagnosis. 90% of PC is Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma (PDA), of which >80% overexpress a hypo-glycosylated form the me...
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NOVEL ROLES OF MICRORNAS IN HEPATITIS C
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Author
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Sendi, Hossein
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Date Created
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2013
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Subjects--Topical
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Virology, Biology
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Description
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Approximately, 170 million people are infected by hepatitis C virus (HCV) worldwide, and of these, nearly 85% will develop chronic hepatitis C (CHC). Despite finding new anti-viral treatment that increase response rate from 45 % to 65-70 %, invest...
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RECIPROCAL REGULATION OF MYC AND MICRORNA MIR-308 DURING DROSOPHILA EMBRYOGENESIS
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Author
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Daneshvar, Kaveh
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Date Created
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2012
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Subjects--Topical
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Molecular biology, Biology, Genetics
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Description
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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...
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ROLE OF THE NOVEL DNA SENSORS cGAS, IFI16, AND ZBP1, DURING VIRAL INFECTIONS IN GLIA
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Author
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Jeffries, Austin
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Date Created
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2020
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Subjects--Topical
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Immunology, Virology, Neurosciences
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Description
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Viral central nervous system (CNS) infections can lead to life threatening encephalitis and long-term neurological deficits in survivors. Resident CNS cell types, such as astrocytes and microglia, are known to produce key inflammatory and antivira...
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SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF A NOVEL SENSOR FOR NITROAROMATIC MOLECULES
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Author
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Nesmelov, Andrei
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Date Created
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2019
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Subjects--Topical
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Chemistry, Organic, Chemistry, Polymers
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Description
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New conjugated spirosilabifluorene networks have been synthesized and characterized. They exhibit high surface areas, negligible solubility, broad chemical stability, and bright fluorescence. The materials have been analyzed as potential sensors f...
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THE ROLE OF MUC1 IN REGULATION AND PROGRESSION OF CANCER
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Author
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Sahraeimanouchehrabadi, Mahnaz
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Date Created
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2011
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Subjects--Topical
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Immunology, Biology, Oncology
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Description
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MUC1 is a heavily glycosylated transmembrane glycoprotein which is overexpressed and aberrantly glycosylated in most human carcinomas. MUC1 contains a large tandem repeat, a short transmembrane, and a small cytoplasmic tail. Both tandem repeat and...