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The Kidney Tight Junction, Jianghui Hou

Open Access Publications

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Network-Mediated Encoding Of Circadian Time: The Suprachiasmatic Nucleus (Scn) From Genes To Neurons To Circuits, And Back, Marco Brancaccio, Ryosuke Enoki, Cristina N. Mazuski, Jeff Jones, Jennifer A. Evans, Abdelhalim Azzi

Open Access Publications

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Long-Term Outcomes Following A Single Corticosteroid Injection For Trigger Finger, Robert D. Wojahn, Nicholas C. Foeger, Richard H. Gelberman, Ryan P. Calfee

Open Access Publications

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Curricular Priorities For Business Ethics In Medical Practice And Research: Recommendations From Delphi Consensus Panels, James M. Dubois, Elena M. Kraus, Kamal Gursahani, Anthony Mikulec, Erin Bakanas

Open Access Publications

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Smokers’ Beliefs About The Tobacco Control Potential Of “A Gene For Smoking”: A Focus Group Study, Erika A. Waters, Linda Ball, Kimberly Carter, Sarah Gehlert

Open Access Publications

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A Novel Genetic Locus Linked To Pro-Inflammatory Cytokines After Virulent H5n1 Virus Infection In Mice, Adrianus C.M. Boon, Robert W. Williams, David S. Sinasac, Richard J. Webby

Open Access Publications

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Quantitative Evaluation Of Atlas-Based Highdensity Diffuse Optical Tomography For Imaging Of The Human Visual Cortex, Xue Wu, Adam T. Eggebrecht, Silvina L. Ferradal, Joseph P. Culver, Hamid Dehghani

Open Access Publications

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Genomic Epidemiology Of Salmonella Enterica Serotype Enteritidis Based On Population Structure Of Prevalent Lineages, Xiangyu Deng, Prerak T. Desai, Henk C. Den Bakker, Matthew Mikoleit, Beth Tolar, Eija Trees, Rene S. Hendriksen, Jonathan G. Frye, Steffen Porwollik, Bart C. Weimer, Martin Wiedmann, George M. Weinstock, Patricia I. Fields, Michael Mcclelland

Open Access Publications

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Genetic Analysis Workshop 18: Methods And Strategies For Analyzing Human Sequence And Phenotype Data In Members Of Extended Pedigrees, Robert C. Culverhouse, Et Al

Open Access Publications

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Loureirin B, An Essential Component Of Sanguis Draxonis, Inhibits Kv1.3 Channel And Suppresses Cytokine Release From Jurkat T Cells, Shijin Yin, Qinglan Hu, Jialie Luo, Yuxin Li, Chunlan Lu, Xuan Chen, Hongzhen Hu

Open Access Publications

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A Qualitative Study Of Children’S Snack Food Packaging Perceptions And Preferences, Paola Letona, Violeta Chacon, Christina Roberto, Joaquin Barnoya

Open Access Publications

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A 2-Pyridone-Amide Inhibitor Targets The Glucose Metabolism Pathway Of Chlamydia Trachomatis, Patrik Engstrom, K. Syam Krishnan, Bidong D. Ngyuen, Erik Chorell, Johan Normark, Jim Silver, Robert J. Bastidas, Matthew D. Welch, Scott J. Hultgren, Hans Wolf-Watz, Raphael H. Valdivia, Fredrik Almqvist, Sven Bergstrom

Open Access Publications

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Smoking Cessation Is Associated With Lower Rates Of Mood/Anxiety And Alcohol Use Disorders, P. A. Cavazos-Rehg, N. Breslau, D. Hatsukami, M. J. Krauss, E. L. Spitznagel, R. A. Grucza, P. Salyer, S. M. Hartz, L. J. Bierut

Open Access Publications

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Intravenously Injected Human Apolipoprotein A-I Rapidly Enters The Central Nervous System Via The Choroid Plexus, John R. Cirrito, Et Al

Open Access Publications

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Using The Internet To Seek Information About Genetic And Rare Diseases: A Case Study Comparing Data From 2006 And 2011, Tamandra Morgan, Johanna Schmidt, Christy Haakonsen, Janine Lewis, Maria Della Rocca, Stephanie Morrison, Barbara Biesecker, Kimberly A. Kaphingst

Open Access Publications

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Climbing The Vertebrate Branch Of U1a/U2b″ Protein Evolution, Kimberly J. Delaney, Sandra G. Williams, Mariah N. Lawler, Kathleen B. Hall

Open Access Publications

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Feasibility Of Isotope Harvesting At A Projectile Fragmentation Facility: ⁶⁷Cu, Tara Mastren, Aranh Pen, Graham F. Peaslee, Nick Wozniak, Shaun Loveless, Scott Essenmacher, Lee G. Sobotka, David J. Morrissey, Suzanne E. Lapi

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Development Of The Dynamic Evaluation Model To Significantly Advance Autism Research, Dana Cihelkova

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

In my dissertation effort I suggested new directions in order to significantly advance Autism Research. I moved from identification of the problem (Stagnation of Autism Research) to offering one possible explanation for the problem (Conceptualization of Autism as a Complex Phenomenon) to one possible solution for the problem. I developed the Dynamic Evaluation Model which is a five dimensional evaluation system to (a) effectively evaluate Autism interventions, (b) uncover Autism symptoms dynamics, and (c) identify what child with what symptoms characteristics will benefit the most from what currently available treatments. And finally I tested the prototype of the Dynamic Evaluation …

Monitoring The Integrity Of Co2 Storage Sites Using Smart Field Technology, Seyed Alireza Haghighat

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Capability of underground carbon dioxide storage to confine and sustain injected CO2 for a very long time is the main concern for geologic CO2 sequestration. If a leakage from a geological sink occurs, it is crucial to find the approximate amount and location of the leak in order to implement proper remediation activity.;An overwhelming majority of research and development for storage site monitoring has been concentrated on atmospheric, surface or near surface monitoring of the sequestered CO2. This study is different it aims to monitor the integrity of CO2 storage at the reservoir level. This work proposes developing in-situ CO2 …

Relation Of Distress Tolerance And Dental Care-Related Fear And Anxiety, Sarah E. Hayes

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Distress tolerance can be defined as the degree to which one is able to cope with and endure negative emotional states. This study examined possible differences in levels of distress tolerance between adults with dental phobia and age-, sex-, and income-matched adults without dental phobia. Using 42 volunteers who responded to advertisements (n = 21, dental phobia group; n = 21, healthy comparison group), this investigation utilized self-report measures of distress tolerance, fear of pain, anxiety sensitivity, dental care-related fear and anxiety,, and depression. All participants were assessed with the Anxiety Disorders Interview Schedule (ADIS-IV); for the dental phobia group, …

The Power Of Multiplying: Reproductive Control In American Culture, 1850-1930, Virginia B. Engholm

Theses and Dissertations--English

Prior to the advent of modern birth control beginning in the nineteenth century, the biological reproductive cycle of pregnancy, post-partum recovery, and nursing dominated women’s adult years. The average birth rate per woman in 1800 was just over seven, but by 1900, that rate had fallen to just under than three and a half. The question that this dissertation explores is what cultural narratives about reproduction and reproductive control emerge in the wake of this demographic shift. What’s at stake in a woman’s decision to reproduce, for herself, her family, her nation? How do women, and society, control birth?

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Knowing And Being Known: Sexual Delinquency, Stardom, And Adolescent Girlhood In Midcentury American Film, Michael Todd Hendricks

Theses and Dissertations--English

Sexual delinquency marked midcentury cinematic representations of adolescent girls in 1940s, 50, and early 60s. Drawing from the history of adolescence and the context of midcentury female juvenile delinquency, I argue that studios and teen girl stars struggled for decades with publicity, censorship, and social expectations regarding the sexual license of teenage girls. Until the late 1950s, exploitation films and B movies exploited teen sex and pregnancy while mainstream Hollywood ignored those issues, struggling to promote teen girl stars by tightly controlling their private lives but depriving fan magazines of the gossip and scandals that normally fueled the machinery of …

Introduction: Petroleum Fundamentals In A Low-Price Environment – Will North Dakota Develop A Formula For Long-Term Success?, Owen L. Anderson

North Dakota Law Review

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North Dakota Supreme Court Review, North Dakota Law Review Associate Editors

North Dakota Law Review

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Washington University Magazine, June 2014

Washington University Magazine

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Emotion Socialization Via Mother-Child Conversations About Past Emotional Events, Kristina M. Kania

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

This study examined how mothers (N = 24) socialized emotions in their 7- to 10-year-old children during conversations about past positive and negative events. Mothers completed the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (Watson, Clark, & Tellegen, 1988) to rate the extent to which they experienced negative and positive affect. Conversations were coded for content, themes, mothers' and children's narrative strategies, life lessons, and statements that foster self-esteem. These patterns are discussed across mothers and children. Mothers and their children were collaborative in their discussions of past emotional events. That is, they tended to emphasize similar narrative processes during their conversations, …

Integrated Motor Protein Based Nanodevices For Biomolecular Transport, Yongkuk Lee

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

A living cell can be considered as a miniaturized device, which carries out complicated tasks such as reproduction, energy conversion and molecule transport. Many cellular functions are highly efficient and mostly performed at nanoscale, which is pursued in fields of Micro total analysis system (&mgr;-TAS) or lab-on-a-chip. Due to unique mechanical functions performing micro/nano transport with high efficiency of the chemo-mechanical energy conversion in cells, motor proteins have been emphasized to perform laboratory functions such as delivery, assembly, detection, and micro/nano-engines. However, several issues ranging from in vitro stability of motor proteins to understanding their functionalities with inorganic materials remain …

Cross Trees: Visualizing Estimations Using Decision Trees, Naveen Kumar Lekkalapudi

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Optimization has been the goal of almost every human thought and action. With the growing computational capabilities, solutions to problems are also exponentially increasing. With rising demand for data and analytics on this big data, solutions to problems are also multiplied. Although, strong statistical and analytical reasoning has helped narrow down many solutions into set of feasible applicable solutions; Experts also seek knowledge of how these solutions have improved and what decisions are needed to be taken for remaining solutions to improve. This problem persists in software engineering with managers and domain experts taking decisions deciding future course of the …

Inhibition Of Arterial Kdr Channels By Dpo-1 And Activation Of Cloned Human Bk Channels By Bpa-Ms, Ibra S. Fancher Iv

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

The following documents our attempt at answering a fundamental question in vascular smooth muscle: Which K+ channels control membrane potential, and thus, vascular tone? A number of groups have approached this question and great strides have been made; however, uncertainty remains as to which specific K+ channel(s) underlies this physiologically important current. Previous studies using nonselective pharmacological inhibitors of voltage-dependent K+ (KV) channels, particularly delayed rectifier K+ (KDR) channels, indicate membrane depolarization, Ca2+ influx, and vasoconstriction. Importantly, however, there are more than 40 genes known to encode KV channel subunits. We hypothesize that KDR channels composed of KV 1 subunits …

Health-Promoting Behaviors And Well Being Among Middle-Aged And Older Adults, Valerie K. Blake

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

The primary goal of this study was to evaluate the influence of adherence to nutrition guidelines and engaging in regular physical activity on the physical and psychological dimensions of well-being in a sample of middle-aged and older adults. All available sociodemographic indicators were also analyzed in order to investigate potential interactions. A structural equation model was constructed utilizing data from 348 middle-aged and older adults who completed the Health Behavior and Knowledge Survey. Results indicated the model was a good fit to the data, accounting for 40.4% of the variance in physical well-being and 26.3% of variance in psychological well-being. …