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A Retrospective Descriptive Study Of Chemically Impaired Nurses In Texas, Mercy Ngosa Mumba Dec 2016

A Retrospective Descriptive Study Of Chemically Impaired Nurses In Texas, Mercy Ngosa Mumba

Nursing Dissertations - Archive

There are approximately 3.1 million nurses in the Unites States (US Census Bureau, 2016) and approximately 8% of them suffer from chemical dependency and substance use disorders (Kunyk, 2015). In Texas, nurses with impaired practice are referred to peer assistance programs such as the Texas Peer Assistance Program for nurses (TPAPN), a monitoring program for nurses as they seek rehabilitation and recovery. Nurses are referred for various reasons including diversion of medications from patients and impairment at work. Currently, 348 nurses in TPAPN are actively participating in the program for substance abuse related offenses. Many nurses are also referred to …

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Temporal Variability Of Diapycnal Mixing In The Northern South China Sea, Hui Sun, Qingxuan Yang, Wei Zhao, Xinfeng Liang, Jiwei Tian Dec 2016

Temporal Variability Of Diapycnal Mixing In The Northern South China Sea, Hui Sun, Qingxuan Yang, Wei Zhao, Xinfeng Liang, Jiwei Tian

Marine Science Faculty Publications

Temporal variability of diapycnal mixing over 7 months in the northern South China Sea was examined based on McLane Moored Profiler observations from 850 to 2200 m by employing a finescale parameterization. Intensified diffusivity exceeding the order of 10−3 m2/s in magnitude was found over the first half of October 2014, and from 2 December 2014 to 21 January 2015 (a typical wintertime). Strong internal tides and winds in winter were the likely candidates for the high‐level diapycnal mixing in winter. As for the enhanced mixing during October 2014, we suspect the generation of near‐bottom near‐inertial waves …

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The Effects Of Feeders On Pollen Abundance And Diversity Carried By Hummingbirds, December 2016, Georgia Riggs Dec 2016

The Effects Of Feeders On Pollen Abundance And Diversity Carried By Hummingbirds, December 2016, Georgia Riggs

Monteverde Institute: Tropical Ecology and Conservation

Hummingbird feeders may appear to be something that brings life and excitement close to viewers. However, not much is known about how this unlimited food source alters the pollination of plants that rely on hummingbirds. It could be possible that feeders deter hummingbirds from visiting flowers. I studied the effects of feeders on hummingbird-carried pollen abundance and diversity. I used two sites for my study, one that has had feeders for nearly 20 years and another site where I introduced feeders for the first time. With these feeders, I collected pollen samples from the heads of visiting hummingbirds and then …

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A Comparison Of Soil Ph, Leaf Caffeine Concentration, And Disease Prevalence In Coffea Arabica, December 2016, Sofia Lochner Dec 2016

A Comparison Of Soil Ph, Leaf Caffeine Concentration, And Disease Prevalence In Coffea Arabica, December 2016, Sofia Lochner

Monteverde Institute: Tropical Ecology and Conservation

This study investigates the relationship between soil pH, caffeine content in leaves, and disease prevalence in Coffea arabica. Caffeine is a secondary metabolite that acts as an insecticide and antimicrobial to protect the coffee leaves, shoots, and fruits from fungus and herbivory. I used caffeine water extraction and UV/V spectrophotometry to analyze the caffeine content in leaf samples from a total of forty trees in four different sites at the Life Monteverde farm in Cañitas, Guanacaste. At each tree a soil sample was collected for pH analysis and a disease survey was conducted for Hemileia vastatrix, Mycena citricolor, and herbivory. …

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The Effect Of Abundance Of Surrounding Trees On The Abundance Of Mycorrhizae In Ocotea Monteverdensis (Lauraceae), December 2016, Jenna Lindsay Dec 2016

The Effect Of Abundance Of Surrounding Trees On The Abundance Of Mycorrhizae In Ocotea Monteverdensis (Lauraceae), December 2016, Jenna Lindsay

Monteverde Institute: Tropical Ecology and Conservation

A very important mutualism for many plant species is the association between mycorrhizal fungi and its host plant. Mycorrhizal fungi assist in nutrient and water uptake, helping to protect the plant from desiccation. The hyphae of the fungus can spread into the surrounding soil and link with other mycorrhizae to form mycorrhizal networks. The network then allows for interplant communication either between the same or different species of plant. This study examines how the number and size of surrounding trees impacts the abundance of mycorrhizae present in the roots of Ocotea monteverdensis. I collected one root from 28 different Ocotea …

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Captive Jaguar Behavior And Best Practice Management, December 2016, Kathleen E. Knight Dec 2016

Captive Jaguar Behavior And Best Practice Management, December 2016, Kathleen E. Knight

Monteverde Institute: Tropical Ecology and Conservation

As the number of jaguars in captivity grows, the need to better understand the activity level and behavioral effects of captive jaguars increases. By understanding the specific activities and behaviors of jaguars in captivity, it is possible to better provide for the overall health of these animal in rescue centers, zoos, and wildlife sanctuaries. This first part of this study consists of a comprehensive activity budget report, which assesses the activity and inactivity levels in a male jaguar and female jaguar at the Centro Rescate de Las Pumas in Cañas, Guanacaste, Costa Rica. These activity budgets were constructed through an …

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Archinsects And Arachnitects: The Leaf Structures That Arthropods Construct In The Protected Areas Of Monteverde, December 2016, Holly Eichrodt Dec 2016

Archinsects And Arachnitects: The Leaf Structures That Arthropods Construct In The Protected Areas Of Monteverde, December 2016, Holly Eichrodt

Monteverde Institute: Tropical Ecology and Conservation

This study aimed to understand which insect and arachnid families manipulate leaves to make shelters and for what purposes they make them. I investigated the types of structures they create and how this may benefit their survivorship within three diverse protected areas of Monteverde- Estación Biológica Monteverde, Bajo del Tigre and Rachel Dwight Crandell Reserve. I collected a total of 56 individuals in the orders Lepidoptera, Araneae, and Orthoptera. I quantified the different types of leaf modifications made as well as the plant family in which they were made. I wanted to determine if there was specificity within the different …

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Differences In Root Systems Among Common Genera Of Orchidaceae In A Tropical Cloud Forest, December 2016, Taryn Sena Dunivant Dec 2016

Differences In Root Systems Among Common Genera Of Orchidaceae In A Tropical Cloud Forest, December 2016, Taryn Sena Dunivant

Monteverde Institute: Tropical Ecology and Conservation

Most tropical forests consist of a dense stem count, presenting many opportunities for epiphytes to find a niche and diversify. Orchidaceae is a strong example of biodiversity in a tropical cloud forest, which is supported by representing one of the largest families within angiosperms and containing countless epiphytic species. Their unique abilities to survive as epiphytes are showcased in their complex root systems. A key structure to these impressive root systems are the outermost layer termed the velamen. The velamen is comprised of spongy dead cells ranging from one to eighteen cells thick. This sheath-like layer serves as a source …

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Conservation And Tourism In The Monteverde Cloud Forest Biological Reserve, December 2016, Kurtis Bonano Dec 2016

Conservation And Tourism In The Monteverde Cloud Forest Biological Reserve, December 2016, Kurtis Bonano

Monteverde Institute: Tropical Ecology and Conservation

The goal of protected areas is to protect the flora and fauna contained within them. Tourism may adversely affect the species contained in the protected area while also generating revenue to keep a protected area open. This study aimed to find if there is a correlation between number of tourists and the abundance of wildlife within the Monteverde Cloud Forest Biological Reserve. Mammal and bird abundance and tourist abundance estimates were made using Bushnell HD camera traps over 96 trap nights. A positive correlation was found between the number of visitors and the number of animal individuals photographed at night …

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Nectar Glands Possibly Lessen Herbivory On Yayo (Rehdera Trinervis) Leaves And Flowers, December 2016, Steven Dittmer Dec 2016

Nectar Glands Possibly Lessen Herbivory On Yayo (Rehdera Trinervis) Leaves And Flowers, December 2016, Steven Dittmer

Monteverde Institute: Tropical Ecology and Conservation

The Yayo tree, Rehdera trinervis, is a largely unstudied tree that produces foliar extrafloral nectar glands that are commonly exploited by a wide variety of insect species. These nectar glands are positively correlated with number of fruit, a commonly accepted metric of plant reproductive potential and fitness. Though there are many cases of ant-plant mutualistic systems, it is yet unclear if the Yayo tree represents one of those cases or if the nectar glands have a different adaptive significance. This paper studies the possibilities that nectar glands facilitate ant-plant mutualism and explores the Distraction Hypothesis stating that nectar glands distract …

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Microbial Diversity On The Skin Of Frogs, December 2016, Ashley Clow Dec 2016

Microbial Diversity On The Skin Of Frogs, December 2016, Ashley Clow

Monteverde Institute: Tropical Ecology and Conservation

Frogs interact with their environment directly through their skin through activities that are necessary for survival, such as respiration and rehydration. This causes vulnerability to pathogens like B. dendrobatidis, the Amphibian Chytrid Fungus, that can be picked up in the environment and passed between individuals. I ask if other types of fungi are present on the skin of frogs and whether they are picked up in the environment or living on the skin. To answer these questions, I swabbed 19 individuals from five species of frogs and cultured the fungi that I collected. Nine different types of fungi or fungal …

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Starfruit Leaves As Glucose Absorption Inhibitor In Mice’S Small Intestinal Epithelial Cells, Rifqi Y. Muhammad, Ramdan Panigoro, Julius B. Dewanto Dec 2016

Starfruit Leaves As Glucose Absorption Inhibitor In Mice’S Small Intestinal Epithelial Cells, Rifqi Y. Muhammad, Ramdan Panigoro, Julius B. Dewanto

Makara Journal of Health Research

Background: Starfruit (Averrhoa carambola) leaves contain flavone derivatives that exhibit anti-hyperglycemic effects. This study aims to determine the effect of starfruit leaves in reducing glucose absorption in intestinal epithelial cells of mice. Methods: This study was done by performing perfusion on the small intestines of mice. The mice that were used in this study were divided into four groups. The control group was given glucose solution without infused starfruit leaves whereas, the remaining 3 groups were given 3 mmol (540 mg/dL) glucose solution with infused starfruit leaves of varying concentrations; 200, 400, and 600 mg/kg. Samples were collected at 0, …

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A Novel Codon-Optimized Siv Gag-Pol Immunogen For Gene-Based Vaccination, Catherine M. Crosby, Eric A. Weaver, Reeti Khare, Michael A. Barry Dec 2016

A Novel Codon-Optimized Siv Gag-Pol Immunogen For Gene-Based Vaccination, Catherine M. Crosby, Eric A. Weaver, Reeti Khare, Michael A. Barry

Nebraska Center for Virology: Faculty Publications

Simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) is a robust pathogen used in non-human primates to model HIV vaccines. SIV encodes a number of potential vaccine targets. By far the largest and most conserved protein target in SIV is its gag-pol protein that bears many epitopes to drive multivalent immune T cell responses. While gag-pol is an attractive antigen, it is only translated after a frame shift between gag and pol with the effect that gag and pol are expressed at an approximate 10/1 ratio. The codon bias of native lentiviral genes are also mismatched with the abundance of tRNAs in mammalian cells …

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The Heat Shock Transcription Factor Hsf1 Induces Ovarian Cancer Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition In A 3d Spheroid Growth Model., Chase D Powell, Trillitye R Paullin, Candice Aoisa, Christopher J Menzie, Ashley Ubaldini, Sandy D. Westerheid Dec 2016

The Heat Shock Transcription Factor Hsf1 Induces Ovarian Cancer Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition In A 3d Spheroid Growth Model., Chase D Powell, Trillitye R Paullin, Candice Aoisa, Christopher J Menzie, Ashley Ubaldini, Sandy D. Westerheid

Molecular Biosciences Faculty Publications

Ovarian cancer is the most lethal gynecological cancer, with over 200,000 women diagnosed each year and over half of those cases leading to death. The proteotoxic stress-responsive transcription factor HSF1 is frequently overexpressed in a variety of cancers and is vital to cellular proliferation and invasion in some cancers. Upon analysis of various patient data sets, we find that HSF1 is frequently overexpressed in ovarian tumor samples. In order to determine the role of HSF1 in ovarian cancer, inducible HSF1 knockdown cell lines were created. Knockdown of HSF1 in SKOV3 and HEY ovarian cancer cell lines attenuates the epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition …

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Analysis Of Groundwater Contaminants Using Aris Dispersion Model, Nirmala P. Ratchagar, S. Senthamilselvi Dec 2016

Analysis Of Groundwater Contaminants Using Aris Dispersion Model, Nirmala P. Ratchagar, S. Senthamilselvi

Applications and Applied Mathematics: An International Journal (AAM)

The paper presents the study of dispersion of contaminants in unsteady laminar flow of an incompressible fluid (groundwater) bounded by an upper porous layer and lower impermeable layer with interphase mass transfer. An analytical solution of unsteady advection dispersion based on Aris-Barton method of moments is presented up to the second moment about the mean in axial direction.

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Step By Step: Biology Undergraduates' Problem-Solving Procedures During Multiple-Choice Assessment, Luanna B Prevost, Paula P Lemons Dec 2016

Step By Step: Biology Undergraduates' Problem-Solving Procedures During Multiple-Choice Assessment, Luanna B Prevost, Paula P Lemons

Integrative Biology Faculty and Staff Publications

This study uses the theoretical framework of domain-specific problem solving to explore the procedures students use to solve multiple-choice problems about biology concepts. We designed several multiple-choice problems and administered them on four exams. We trained students to produce written descriptions of how they solved the problem, and this allowed us to systematically investigate their problem-solving procedures. We identified a range of procedures and organized them as domain general, domain specific, or hybrid. We also identified domain-general and domain-specific errors made by students during problem solving. We found that students use domain-general and hybrid procedures more frequently when solving lower-order …

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Beyond Financial Need: Predictors Of Student Loans And Student Loan Attitudes, Jill M. Norvilitis, Meghan J. Batt Dec 2016

Beyond Financial Need: Predictors Of Student Loans And Student Loan Attitudes, Jill M. Norvilitis, Meghan J. Batt

Journal of Student Financial Aid

Although public concern about student loan debt has been increasing, little research has examined predictors of debt beyond financial need or demographic factors. The present study explored the role of several psychological and attitudinal variables in student loan debt among 189 college students. Results indicate that loan initiative and loan resignation attitudes predicted level of student loan debt. In addition, locus of control, delay of gratification, and social comparison are also related to loans and loan attitudes. Parental instruction marginally predicted loan attitudes, but not loan totals. Overall, these results suggest the need to consider non-need based factors when counseling …

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Investigating The Effectiveness Of Digital-Based Concept Mapping On Teaching Educational Technology For Undergraduate Students, Abdelrahman Ahmed, Ahmed Abdelraheem Dec 2016

Investigating The Effectiveness Of Digital-Based Concept Mapping On Teaching Educational Technology For Undergraduate Students, Abdelrahman Ahmed, Ahmed Abdelraheem

Journal of Educational and Psychological Studies

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of using digital-based concept mapping as strategy on students’ achievements and attitudes. Data was collected from 58 students enrolled in the course of ”Introduction to Educational Technology” in Instructional and Teaching Technologies Department at Sultan Qaboos University. Two sections out of four sections were selected randomly as the sample of the study. One of the sections was randomly chosen as experimental group (n = 27) and the other was control group (n = 31). Both pre- and post- achievement tests were used. The results of the study revealed that students …

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Non-Destructive Testing Of Carbon Fiber Crank Arms, Timothy Hoekstra, Grant Pocklington, Johnathan Simeroth Dec 2016

Non-Destructive Testing Of Carbon Fiber Crank Arms, Timothy Hoekstra, Grant Pocklington, Johnathan Simeroth

Mechanical Engineering

Carbon fiber components present unique challenges for detecting defects, damage, and fatigue. Nondestructive methods exist for testing and locating defects. However, most of these methods are expensive, not versatile enough for practical use on non-idealized parts, or both. Vibrothermography can be an affordable option and has shown promising results with thin rectangular panels. The goal of this senior project was to assess the feasibility of using vibrothermography to find defects in SRAM carbon fiber crank arms. Our team found vibrothermography to be a feasible method of non-destructive testing for carbon fiber crank arms, and this report discusses the development and …

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Final Design Report: Polymer Fatigue Characterization Test Method, Wyatt Ayling, Tyler Price, Brandon Stell, Michela Upson Dec 2016

Final Design Report: Polymer Fatigue Characterization Test Method, Wyatt Ayling, Tyler Price, Brandon Stell, Michela Upson

Mechanical Engineering

Polylogix is a team dedicated to the design, build, and testing of a fatigue machine to simulate cyclic loading on a biomedical polymer. This project is sponsored by Endologix, Inc. to provide test data characterizing mechanical material properties of various formulations of polymer used in abdominal aortic aneurysm surgeries. With this project goal, the machine must be able to test the polymer at body conditions; these include a testing temperature of 37°C and a cycling frequency ranging from 1 Hz to 10 Hz. This report proposes the following solution to this design challenge: an AC motor-driven mechanism utilizing a planetary …

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Establishing Reasons And Recommendation On How To Increase Biomedical Technical Training In Alaska, Julianna Fuqua Dec 2016

Establishing Reasons And Recommendation On How To Increase Biomedical Technical Training In Alaska, Julianna Fuqua

Student Projects for Graduate Degrees

There is an acknowledgement in literature about the increasing healthcare needs, and the disparity among rural area healthcare needs. This project explores and establishes that there is a need for increased biomedical technical training in the State of Alaska. The need and recommendations are discovered through research of current methods within the State and in other locations and analyzes different ways they are currently obtained in Alaska, and suggest hiring locally as a way to increase the number of trained biomedical technicians in Alaska.

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Defying Convention: Atypical Perspectives Of Slavery In Antebellum New Orleans, Amanda N. Carr Dec 2016

Defying Convention: Atypical Perspectives Of Slavery In Antebellum New Orleans, Amanda N. Carr

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

During the first half of the nineteenth century, slavery became a vital economic component upon which the success of the southern states in America rested. Cotton was king, and slavery was the peculiar institution that ensured its dominance in the domestic and international markets of America. Popular portrayals, however, often neglect the complicated dynamics of American slavery and instead depict the institution in simplistic terms. The traditional view has emphasized an image of white southerners as slaveholders and blacks as slaves. In New Orleans, the lives of three men—all of whom were tied to slavery in varying capacities—reveal a much …

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Residual Feed Intake And The Relationship With Performance, Temperament And Carcass Traits In Growing And Finishing Steers, Courtney R. Branton Dec 2016

Residual Feed Intake And The Relationship With Performance, Temperament And Carcass Traits In Growing And Finishing Steers, Courtney R. Branton

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Two trials were conducted with Santa Gertrudis steers, trial 1 (n = 115) and trial 2 (n = 118), were fed a roughage-based diet during the growing phase and high-grain diet during the finishing phase. Steers were weighed at 14-d intervals and dry matter intake (DMI) measured for 70 d during both phases. Residual feed intake (RFI) is the difference between actual DMI and DMI predicted from linear regression of DMI on mid-test metabolic body weight. Ultrasound carcass measurements were measured on day 0 and 70 of the growing phase. Steers were harvested after finishing phase and carcass cooler traits …

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Seasonal Habitat Use And Activity Of Bats In Relation To Prescribed Fire And Environmental Conditions, Leanne Katherine Leala Burns Dec 2016

Seasonal Habitat Use And Activity Of Bats In Relation To Prescribed Fire And Environmental Conditions, Leanne Katherine Leala Burns

All Theses

North American bats are becoming increasingly threatened due to stressors such as wind energy development and the emerging infectious disease white-nose syndrome. A better understanding of the seasonal behavior and habitat associations of temperate bat species can inform conservation strategies in the face of current threats, aiding effective management of remaining populations. To this end, we used acoustic bat detectors to examine summer occupancy and winter activity of bats in Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area on the Cumberland Plateau. Our specific objectives were 1) investigate the effects of post-fire landscape conditions on the summer occurrence of commuting …

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Evolution In Light Of Mitonuclear Landscapes: An Examination Of Mitochondrial Replacement In Killifish (Fundulus Spp.), Stephen D. Flanagan Dec 2016

Evolution In Light Of Mitonuclear Landscapes: An Examination Of Mitochondrial Replacement In Killifish (Fundulus Spp.), Stephen D. Flanagan

Dissertations

The mitochondria are responsible for the bulk of energy production in eukaryotes. They possess their own genome that works in conjunction with the nuclear genome to accomplish the extraordinarily important task of energy conversion. When species hybridize there will be a mismatch in evolutionary histories between these two genomes. The deleterious interactions of these genomes have been studied in great detail (i.e. hybrid breakdown). However, little work has been conducted to understand the population genetic, and morphological consequences of wide-ranging replacement. The Fundulus notatus complex is comprised of 3 species: F. notatus, F. olivaceus, and F. euryzonus. …

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The Use Of Information And Communication Technologies (Icts) In Teaching And Learning Advanced Mathematics In Southern Tanzanian Secondary Schools: A Case Of One Secondary School, Noel Ponera Dec 2016

The Use Of Information And Communication Technologies (Icts) In Teaching And Learning Advanced Mathematics In Southern Tanzanian Secondary Schools: A Case Of One Secondary School, Noel Ponera

Master of Education

The ICTs policy in Tanzania was introduced in order to accelerate educational developments by the application of Information and Communication Technologies and so increase the quality of education in all levels of education. Some efforts were done to provide Information and Communication Technologies facilities to different schools so that they were exploited in academics. The aim of this study therefore was to explore the use of Information and Communication Technologies in advanced mathematics instructions in southern Tanzanian secondary schools specifically in Ruvuma region. The study looked at Calculating Devices, that is, the use of scientific calculators, computers and computer packages …

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Investigating The Impact Of Sesemat Program On Teaching Of Biology At O-Level In Uganda: A Case Of Two Secondary Schools In Arua District, Anziku Debo Phanuel Dec 2016

Investigating The Impact Of Sesemat Program On Teaching Of Biology At O-Level In Uganda: A Case Of Two Secondary Schools In Arua District, Anziku Debo Phanuel

Master of Education

SESEMAT is an in-service training program for teachers of science and mathematics in secondary schools in Uganda. It was introduced following the persistent poor performance of learners in the science and mathematics subjects in national examinations in the last two decades. Poor teaching methodologies were identified as one of the contributing factors leading to the poor performance. Therefore, the main objective of the program is to build the capacity of science (biology) and mathematics teachers so as to improve the teaching and learning of these subjects thereby resulting in an improved performance of learners in national examinations managed by Uganda …

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Discovery Of A Novel Nitric Oxide Sensing Protein, Nosp, Sajjad Hossain Dec 2016

Discovery Of A Novel Nitric Oxide Sensing Protein, Nosp, Sajjad Hossain

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

In nature, most bacteria live in surface attached communities called bacterial biofilms. Community living is beneficial to the bacteria, as it offers heightened resistance to environmental stresses due to the production of a protective exopolymeric matrix. When the growth of a bacterial community reaches a certain threshold, some bacteria disperse to find new frontiers to occupy and repopulate. Bacterial biofilms can be beneficial as is the case with those found in our gastrointestinal tracks that help us digest food particles. However, biofilms can pose a major threat to human health when they are composed of pathogenic bacteria that cause chronic …

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Mechanistic Evaluation Of Nsd3 In The Pathogenesis Of Acute Myeloid Leukemia, Chen Shen Dec 2016

Mechanistic Evaluation Of Nsd3 In The Pathogenesis Of Acute Myeloid Leukemia, Chen Shen

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

The bromodomain and extra-terminal (BET) protein BRD4 is a validated drug target in hematological malignancies, owing to its essential role in sustaining oncogenic transcriptional programs. To gain insight into the cancer-relevant mechanistic function of BRD4, I have investigated its mechanism of transcriptional activation in the MLL-fusion subtype of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) with experimental approaches including small hairpin RNA (shRNA) knockdown, clustered regularly-interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)-Cas9 knockout, biochemistry, RNA sequencing (RNA-Seq) and chromatin immunoprecipitation sequencing (ChIP-Seq). In this study, I demonstrate that the AML maintenance function of BRD4 requires its interaction with NSD3, which belongs to a subfamily of …

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Computational Models Of Visual Features: From Proto-Objects To Object Categories, Chen-Ping Yu Dec 2016

Computational Models Of Visual Features: From Proto-Objects To Object Categories, Chen-Ping Yu

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

The human visual perception is a complex system that excels in tasks such as object recognition and localization, face detection, object segmentation, action classification, and more. While we perform these everyday tasks with ease, little is known about the underlying process of the human visual system. In contrast, computer vision is a field of research that strives for better performance in the aforementioned tasks, which rely on carefully designed statistical machine learning based theories. As the field of computer vision and machine learning has matured over the past decade, there is an abundance of methods and theories that can be …

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