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A Case Study In The Effective Diagnosis Of Infectious Esophagitis, Bryan B. Grissett, Ali Hassoun Jan 2019

A Case Study In The Effective Diagnosis Of Infectious Esophagitis, Bryan B. Grissett, Ali Hassoun

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Cryptococcal Pneumonia In An Immunocompetent Host, Mohamed Hasan, Ali Hassoun Jan 2019

Cryptococcal Pneumonia In An Immunocompetent Host, Mohamed Hasan, Ali Hassoun

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Behcet's Syndrome: A Case Presentation, J Johnson, R Turner, C Gaviria-Agudelo Jan 2019

Behcet's Syndrome: A Case Presentation, J Johnson, R Turner, C Gaviria-Agudelo

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Pleural Effusion As A Manifestation Of Disease Progression In Cll, Samuel Johnston, Tim Anderson, Mohammed Abdulhaleem, Alan Baggett Jan 2019

Pleural Effusion As A Manifestation Of Disease Progression In Cll, Samuel Johnston, Tim Anderson, Mohammed Abdulhaleem, Alan Baggett

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Case Report: Panic Attacks, An Ominous Sign Of Pheochromocytoma, Samuel Johnston, Tarak Vasavada Jan 2019

Case Report: Panic Attacks, An Ominous Sign Of Pheochromocytoma, Samuel Johnston, Tarak Vasavada

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Toxic Shock Syndrome From Protracted Menstrual Cup Use, Jamie L. Kuck, Lourdes C. Corman Jan 2019

Toxic Shock Syndrome From Protracted Menstrual Cup Use, Jamie L. Kuck, Lourdes C. Corman

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Sjogren's Syndrome: A Case Presentation, J Johnson, L Burch, P Yedla Jan 2019

Sjogren's Syndrome: A Case Presentation, J Johnson, L Burch, P Yedla

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Brain Abscess Mimicking Brain Neoplasm Presentation, Sabrina Martosz, Ali Hassoun Jan 2019

Brain Abscess Mimicking Brain Neoplasm Presentation, Sabrina Martosz, Ali Hassoun

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When The Cure Brings A Complication: Atypical Stevens-Johnson Syndrome After Gonorrhea Treatment, Wesley Minor, Roger Smalligan Jan 2019

When The Cure Brings A Complication: Atypical Stevens-Johnson Syndrome After Gonorrhea Treatment, Wesley Minor, Roger Smalligan

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Suffocating Sub-Mental Hematoma- A Rare Allergic Reaction To A Drug, Sanjay Muttineni, Elizabeth Thottacherry, Timothy Littmann, Nessy Abraham Jan 2019

Suffocating Sub-Mental Hematoma- A Rare Allergic Reaction To A Drug, Sanjay Muttineni, Elizabeth Thottacherry, Timothy Littmann, Nessy Abraham

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"Syphilips", Dallas Moran, Erin Baldwin, Haley Gates, Katherine Moody, Rajalakshmi Cheerla Jan 2019

"Syphilips", Dallas Moran, Erin Baldwin, Haley Gates, Katherine Moody, Rajalakshmi Cheerla

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Lance-Adams Syndrome: A Post-Hypoxic Myoclonus After Cardiopulmonary Arrest, Sanjay Muttineni, Sujatha Baddam, William Humphrey Jan 2019

Lance-Adams Syndrome: A Post-Hypoxic Myoclonus After Cardiopulmonary Arrest, Sanjay Muttineni, Sujatha Baddam, William Humphrey

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Burger And Aki From Uncommon Cause, Jaime Alejandro Peña Garcia, Sabrina Matosz, Parekha Yedla Jan 2019

Burger And Aki From Uncommon Cause, Jaime Alejandro Peña Garcia, Sabrina Matosz, Parekha Yedla

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Diagnostic Challenges In A Toddler Struggling To Walk After Upper Respiratory Infection - Case Study Of Pediatric Patient With Guillain-Barre Syndrome (Gbs), Ibukunoluwa Pickens, Shivani Malhotra Jan 2019

Diagnostic Challenges In A Toddler Struggling To Walk After Upper Respiratory Infection - Case Study Of Pediatric Patient With Guillain-Barre Syndrome (Gbs), Ibukunoluwa Pickens, Shivani Malhotra

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Gut Instinct: An Uncommon Presentation Of Dilated Cardiomyopathy, Larissa Mueller Pierce, Brian Parker, Jennie Stanford, Shivani Malhotra Jan 2019

Gut Instinct: An Uncommon Presentation Of Dilated Cardiomyopathy, Larissa Mueller Pierce, Brian Parker, Jennie Stanford, Shivani Malhotra

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Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension With Bilateral Vision Loss, Nancy Sharma, Alan Reagan, Alan Baggett Jan 2019

Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension With Bilateral Vision Loss, Nancy Sharma, Alan Reagan, Alan Baggett

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Metastatic Neuroendocrine Tumor To The Brain: Unknown Primary Location, Swetha Srialluri, Kapil Nath Veeravalli, Farrah Ibrahim Jan 2019

Metastatic Neuroendocrine Tumor To The Brain: Unknown Primary Location, Swetha Srialluri, Kapil Nath Veeravalli, Farrah Ibrahim

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A Rare Case Of Infliximab Induced Lupus Causing Pericarditis, Mrudula Thiriveedi, Taylor D. Steuber, Mohamed Hasan, Alan Baggett Jan 2019

A Rare Case Of Infliximab Induced Lupus Causing Pericarditis, Mrudula Thiriveedi, Taylor D. Steuber, Mohamed Hasan, Alan Baggett

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Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus And Related Complications, Elizabeth Dilip Thottacherry, Ashley Ford, Farrah Ibrahim Jan 2019

Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus And Related Complications, Elizabeth Dilip Thottacherry, Ashley Ford, Farrah Ibrahim

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Acute Appendicitis Masking Mucinous Adenocarcinoma, Michael Tran, Roger D. Smalligan Jan 2019

Acute Appendicitis Masking Mucinous Adenocarcinoma, Michael Tran, Roger D. Smalligan

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Unusual Case Of Bilateral Foot Drop, Michael Tran, Parekha Yedla, Dennis Sehgal Jan 2019

Unusual Case Of Bilateral Foot Drop, Michael Tran, Parekha Yedla, Dennis Sehgal

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Connection Strengthening Scheme For Coastal Bridges Under Hurricane Induced Surge And Wave Load Using C-Iepm, Li He Jan 2019

Connection Strengthening Scheme For Coastal Bridges Under Hurricane Induced Surge And Wave Load Using C-Iepm, Li He

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Considerable damage to the highway bridge system in the Gulf Coast area was observed during the Hurricane Katrina disaster, of which the primary failure mode, caused primarily by the storm-induced loading, is believed to be the superstructure-substructure connection failure which caused further unseating and drifting of the decks. A new Carbon-fiber Interfacial Epoxy-Polyurea Matrix (C-IEPM) composite is investigated as a potential retrofit option for vulnerable girder-to-cap connection-details in coastal highway bridges. Six scaled concrete girders were tested using a modified simulated storm surge and slamming wave force function, derived using regional maps for a 100-year return-period Hurricane Katrina. Two girders, …


The Efficacy Of Weakly Supervised Learning For Biomedical Imaging, Solomon Lee Hatcher Jan 2019

The Efficacy Of Weakly Supervised Learning For Biomedical Imaging, Solomon Lee Hatcher

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This paper aims to investigate the use of unsupervised saliency proposals in extracting suitable prior information from computed tomography scans of the head using image-level labels. The weak supervision learning method obtains useful information about an object’s location and fuses this result with an unsupervised saliency proposal to propagate labels to all related pixels. However, it is shown that unsupervised saliency guidance fails to supply the synthetic annotations with enough coherence to produce suitable segmentation.


Applying Markov Processes To Model Disability In Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis Patients, Anastasia Hartzes Jan 2019

Applying Markov Processes To Model Disability In Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis Patients, Anastasia Hartzes

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Modeling disability in multiple sclerosis (MS) is challenging due to its complexity and non-linearity, with utilized methodology having many limitations. Lack of a suitable biomarker has led to relying on statistical models to understand disease progression. Markov methodology has been limitedly applied to the clinically-assessed Expanded Disability Status Score (EDSS), but not to patient-reported Patient Determined Disease Steps (PDDS); both measure disease progression and disability, and neither have been analyzed using the Test of Lumpability (TOL). It is common practice to aggregate these scores for computational or inferential convenience; in the case of Markov Chains (MC), combining states is referred …


An Ex Vivo Model Of Neuroendocrine Tumors: A Net Gain, Brendon R. Herring Jan 2019

An Ex Vivo Model Of Neuroendocrine Tumors: A Net Gain, Brendon R. Herring

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Neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) are a heterogeneous group of neoplasms that originate in a diverse array of anatomical locations and have widely variable clinical presentations and responses to treatment. Patient-derived xenografts and cell lines are valuable models of tumor biology and for testing personalized therapeutics on tumors prior to their administration to patients. However, as PDX models and cell lines for neuroendocrine tumors are lacking in both number and validity, we have developed a 3D flow perfusion polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) bioreactor model for the purpose of culturing patient derived NETs. The goal of this thesis is to determine the ability to use …


Relationship Between Frustration Tolerance And Psychological Self-Regulatory Mechanisms In Weight Loss Maintenance, Samantha Kaytana Henry Jan 2019

Relationship Between Frustration Tolerance And Psychological Self-Regulatory Mechanisms In Weight Loss Maintenance, Samantha Kaytana Henry

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The present study investigated the relevance of frustration tolerance and other psychological regulation factors (e.g., trait mindfulness, executive function) to long-term weight maintenance. Using a cross-sectional design, participants (N=91) were recruited from three behavioral weight loss interventions and categorized dichotomously (maintainer vs. regainer) based on their level of success in maintaining weight loss long term. Participants completed the Frustration Discomfort Scale (FDS), objective measures of executive functioning (EF), and self-report questionnaires. Poorer frustration tolerance was significantly associated with lower trait mindfulness, higher negative affectivity, and greater difficulties in self-reported EF. There were no differences by race or weight maintenance status. …


Investigating The Rho-Kinase (Rock) Signaling Pathway As A Therapeutic Target In Alzheimer’S Disease, Benjamin Wade Henderson Jan 2019

Investigating The Rho-Kinase (Rock) Signaling Pathway As A Therapeutic Target In Alzheimer’S Disease, Benjamin Wade Henderson

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Current estimates project that there are approximately 5.4 million Americans affected by Alzheimer’s disease (AD). While this number is expected to dramatically increase in the years to come, there is currently no disease modifying therapeutic to prevent or slow AD progression. Cognitive decline is a clinical hallmark of AD, while accumulation of amyloid-β (Aβ) is a pathological hallmark. Work in the field has demonstrated that mitigating Aβ levels may serve as a rational therapeutic avenue to slow progression of the disease. Pharmacologic inhibition of the Rho-associated protein kinases (ROCK1 and ROCK2) is proposed to curb Aβ levels, and mechanisms that …


Perceptions Of African-American Teachers Concerning African-American Youth, D'Antranett Hicks-Stewart Jan 2019

Perceptions Of African-American Teachers Concerning African-American Youth, D'Antranett Hicks-Stewart

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Perceptions of African American youth have been illustrated by how they are perceived on television: as deviants, criminals and unteachable. These perceptions are also illustrated in the behaviors of teachers in both inner-city and suburban schools. African American teachers in the inner-city schools have hope of changing the world for the better until they are met with difficult challenges presented by African-American students. Some students are excellent and some not so excellent. The structural environment of African-American youth can so strongly influence their behavior, that they begin to take on their perceptions. This can be seen in their choice friends, …


An Exploratory Phenomenological Study To Investigate The Necessity Of An Athlete-Specific Bystander Intervention Program, Alexander Ian Gaits Hoffman Jan 2019

An Exploratory Phenomenological Study To Investigate The Necessity Of An Athlete-Specific Bystander Intervention Program, Alexander Ian Gaits Hoffman

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It has been well established that college athletes are among the most at-risk student populations for engaging in heavy episodic drinking and other risky alcohol and drug use behavior including but not limited to risky sexual behavior. Despite this knowledge, to date there are no truly effective long-term education, intervention, prevention, or treatment programs. This is especially true for bystander approaches. Bystander interventions have shown effectiveness in decreasing sexual assaults and changing rape mythology, but there has not been much research on its effectiveness on alcohol and drug use. There is also a lack of knowledge and understanding on how …


Bdnf/Trkb.T1 Signaling: A Novel Mechanism Of Astrocyte Morphological Maturation, Leanne Holt Jan 2019

Bdnf/Trkb.T1 Signaling: A Novel Mechanism Of Astrocyte Morphological Maturation, Leanne Holt

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Astrocytic morphogenesis and maturation are critical steps in central nervous system (CNS) development. During morphological maturation, astrocytes extend fine peripheral processes which infiltrate the neuropil and form intimate partners with neuronal structures, including synapses, where they facilitate neurotransmitter and K+ uptake and contribute to synaptic development and stabilization. The developmental time window of astrocyte morphological maturation and refinement is well defined, but the molecular mechanisms that underlie this process are not understood. Brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is a critical growth factor involved in the development and maturation of neurons. We developed a novel technique for the specific isolation of …