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The Relation Between Patient Education And Picc Line Occlusion, Patricia Louise Petroulias
The Relation Between Patient Education And Picc Line Occlusion, Patricia Louise Petroulias
Wayne State University Dissertations
The purpose of this study was to test the feasibility of using an electronic tablet to supplement patient and caregiver education about PICC line maintenance and to compare the percentage of PICC line complications in the intervention group with national percentage rates for patients and caregivers. Newly diagnosed cancer patients who had PICC lines inserted participated in this study. They used an electronic tablet to learn the 10 steps for flushing their PICC lines correctly. They also met with the researcher via FaceTime to review the steps.
A total of 11 patients participated in this quasi-experimental pilot study. They completed …
Biochemical And Structural Characterization Of The Core Subunits Of Gpi Transamidase, Dilani G. Gamage
Biochemical And Structural Characterization Of The Core Subunits Of Gpi Transamidase, Dilani G. Gamage
Wayne State University Dissertations
BIOCHEMICAL AND STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION OF THE CORE SUBUNITS OF GPI TRANSAMIDASE
by
DILANI G GAMAGE
May 2015
Advisor: Prof. Tamara L. Hendrickson
Major: Chemistry (Biochemistry)
Degree: Doctor of Philosophy
Glycosylphosphatidylinositol transamidase (GPI-T) is a complicated, membrane-bound, multi-subunit enzyme that catalyzes an essential post-translational modification. This enzyme attaches GPI anchors to the C-termini of various proteins that contain a proper GPI-T signal sequence. Gpi8, Gaa1, Gpi16, Gpi17 and Gab1 are the five known subunits that may encompass the fungal GPI-T; Gpi8 is the catalytic subunit, but the functions of the other subunits remain essentially unknown. In humans, different GPI-T subunits are …
Biological Evaluation Of The Vaccine Candidate Tf-Ps A1 And A One-Pot Multicomponent Coupling/Cyclization For Natural Product Herbicide (±)-Thaxtomin A, Jean Paul Bourgault
Biological Evaluation Of The Vaccine Candidate Tf-Ps A1 And A One-Pot Multicomponent Coupling/Cyclization For Natural Product Herbicide (±)-Thaxtomin A, Jean Paul Bourgault
Wayne State University Dissertations
ABSTRACT
BIOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF THE VACCINE CANDIDATE TF-PS A1 AND A ONE-POT MULTICOMPONENT COUPLING/CYCLIZATION FOR NATURAL PRODUCT HERBICIDE (±)-THAXTOMIN A
By
JEAN PAUL BOURGAULT
August 2015
Advisor: Prof. Peter R. Andreana
Major: Chemistry (Organic)
Degree: Doctor of Philosophy
The -aminooxy derivative of the Thomsen–Friedenreich tumor associated carbohydrate antigen has been synthesized in 11 steps utilizing a D-GalN3 acceptor carrying a pre-installed -N-hydroxysuccinimidyl moiety. The natural linkage was prepared in high selectivity employing a suitably protected D-GalN3-thioglycoside donor with N-hydroxysuccinimide. With access to -TF-ONH2, the preparation of the TF-PS A1 vaccine candidate ensued smoothly through oxime bond formation. This construct …