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Relationship Between Marine Heatwaves And Diadema Antillarum Settlement In The Florida Keys, David Ogando Jr. May 2024

Relationship Between Marine Heatwaves And Diadema Antillarum Settlement In The Florida Keys, David Ogando Jr.

Theses, Dissertations and Culminating Projects

Ocean warming can have profound impacts on benthic marine invertebrates through direct physiological effects. Yet, the impacts of ocean warming on the long-spined sea urchin (Diadema antillarum), a keystone grazer on western Atlantic and Caribbean coral reefs, has received little attention. In the summer of 2023, the Caribbean basin experienced a strong marine heatwave event with sea temperatures ~1–3°C above average and the warmest on record in southern Florida. An ongoing field settlement sampling program for D. antillarum in the Florida Keys provided an opportunity to examine the correlative relationship between thermal exposure and larval settlement. Thermal exposure was quantified …

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Spatiotemporal Patterns In Diadema Antillarum Settlement In The Florida Keys: Implications For Habitat Restoration, Julia Skowronski May 2024

Spatiotemporal Patterns In Diadema Antillarum Settlement In The Florida Keys: Implications For Habitat Restoration, Julia Skowronski

Theses, Dissertations and Culminating Projects

The long-spined sea urchin (Diadema antillarum) is a keystone herbivore in the Caribbean and western Atlantic Ocean. It is found in various marine habitats including coral reefs and seagrass beds. On coral reefs, D. antillarum is part of a grazer assemblage that consumes fast-growing macroalgae and reduces competition with reef-building corals. In 1983–84 and again in 2022, D. antillarum experienced mass mortality, and presently populations have not recovered to their pre-1983 levels. Slow population growth is likely due to limited recruitment success under high post-settlement morality caused by a lack of suitable habitat. Here, patterns in larval settlement were examined …

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Trends And Barriers In Service Utilization In Underrepresented Ethnoracial Groupswith Autism Spectrum Disorder In The United States: A Mixed-Method Analysis, Sadaf Khawar May 2024

Trends And Barriers In Service Utilization In Underrepresented Ethnoracial Groupswith Autism Spectrum Disorder In The United States: A Mixed-Method Analysis, Sadaf Khawar

Theses, Dissertations and Culminating Projects

Caregivers with autistic children, particularly from minoritized populations, experience significant barriers while navigating the complex healthcare system, including acquiring services. Therefore, it is crucial to understand what these barriers are in order to inform policymaking initiatives to support families. Notably, there is a significant gap in extant literature to explore trends in service use and unique experiences of caregivers of autistic youth from three historically underrepresented groups in research (and currently not in the parameters of the United States census): 1) South Asian, 2) Middle Eastern and North African (MENA), and 3) East African. This study employed a mixed-method design …

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The Influence Of Edaphic Factors On The Growth And Competitiveness Of Loosestrife (Lythrum Spp.), Martha Mahady May 2024

The Influence Of Edaphic Factors On The Growth And Competitiveness Of Loosestrife (Lythrum Spp.), Martha Mahady

Theses, Dissertations and Culminating Projects

Wetlands are important areas in the landscape, providing important ecosystem services. Purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria), native to Europe and Asia, invades wetlands in North America, outcompeting native wetland plants and disrupting ecosystem services. While purple loosestrife is invasive in North America, it is not in its native range. Winged loosestrife (Lythrum alatum), a North American native congener, is not invasive in North America. Purple loosestrife from Sussex County, N.J. U.S.A. and purple loosestrife from the United Kingdom, and winged loosestrife were compared in this study. Their response to soil edaphic factors, such as seed vernalization, soil nutrients, soil pH, water, …

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A Global Analysis Of Carbon And Nitrogen Stocks In Natural And Anthropogenic Soils, Shih-Chieh Chien May 2024

A Global Analysis Of Carbon And Nitrogen Stocks In Natural And Anthropogenic Soils, Shih-Chieh Chien

Theses, Dissertations and Culminating Projects

In terrestrial biomes, soils possess the highest amount of carbon and nitrogen stocks that regulate biogeochemical processes and provide ecosystem services. The amount of carbon and nitrogen stored in soils, as a balance of nutrient influxes and outfluxes, is controlled by various environmental and soil factors, while at the same time soil carbon and nitrogen stocks can be subject to anthropogenic impacts, like nutrient storage in urban soils. To inform a better, general understanding of carbon and nitrogen distribution in urban soils, the present dissertation gathers four articles (from Chapters 2 to 5, respectively) addressing different aspects of the issue, …

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Evaluation Of Heavy Metal Pollution, Water Quality, And The Effectiveness Of Remedial Sediment Dredging In The Lower Passaic River, New Jersey, Oluwafemi Soetan May 2024

Evaluation Of Heavy Metal Pollution, Water Quality, And The Effectiveness Of Remedial Sediment Dredging In The Lower Passaic River, New Jersey, Oluwafemi Soetan

Theses, Dissertations and Culminating Projects

Toxic metal pollution is a leading environmental concern for aquatic systems globally and remedial dredging has been widely employed to mitigate its harmful impacts. In terms of the short-term impacts of remedial dredging, mixed results are reported in several studies. Despite its immediate negative impacts including saturation of water with toxic metals, increased turbidity, and sediment resuspension, positive impacts can be recorded over a stabilization period of 6 – 24 months after dredging. Nevertheless, the sustainability of these recorded positive effects cannot be ascertained as some studies have reported long-term regression in remediated sites’ conditions. Evaluation of success determinants, site-measure …

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Tribes, States, And Sovereigns’ Interest In Children, Emily J. Stolzenberg May 2024

Tribes, States, And Sovereigns’ Interest In Children, Emily J. Stolzenberg

North Carolina Law Review

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Client Treatment Preferences In Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy For Depression In Participants With Depressive Symptoms, Alyssa B. Oliva May 2024

Client Treatment Preferences In Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy For Depression In Participants With Depressive Symptoms, Alyssa B. Oliva

Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)

Research on psychedelic-assisted therapy (PAT), a promising treatment option for major depression, has not revealed if potential clients show preferences about the demographic characteristics of providers comparable to those common in other forms of psychotherapy. Previous work suggests that honoring comparable client preferences can enhance therapeutic outcomes. This study aims to investigate the importance ratings for a same-gender and a same-race therapist in both cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and PAT.

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Determining The Roles Of Whib-Like Transcription Factors In Mycobacterium Abscessus, Charity Lynn Mcmanaman May 2024

Determining The Roles Of Whib-Like Transcription Factors In Mycobacterium Abscessus, Charity Lynn Mcmanaman

Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)

Mycobacterium abscessus is a non-tuberculous mycobacteria that causes lung infections or skin and soft tissue infections. M. abscessus is innately resistant to antibiotics, requiring a long multi-antibiotic treatment regimen, with a low 45% cure rate for lung infections. The WhiB-like transcription factors are limited to the actinomycete class, which includes Mycobacteria. These proteins regulate multiple cellular processes, including growth and division, responses to oxidative, nitrosative or pH stress, and antibiotic resistance. Our work describes three WhiB-like transcription factors: WhiB7, which regulates antibiotic resistance, WhiB2, with a role in cell division, and Mab1756, an unstudied regulator similar to WhiB2. We used …

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Comparative Population Genomics Of Bloodstream-Derived Staphylococcus Aureus From Disparate Geographic Origins In The United States, Milan Pfister May 2024

Comparative Population Genomics Of Bloodstream-Derived Staphylococcus Aureus From Disparate Geographic Origins In The United States, Milan Pfister

Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)

Staphylococcus aureus is a commensal and an opportunistic pathogen that causes a variety of diseases in humans, from minor skin and soft tissue infections to life-threatening invasive diseases. The emergence and spread of multidrug-resistant and methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) complicate treatment options, which can lead to significant morbidity and mortality of patients. In this study, we compared the clonal lineages and genomic features of bloodstream-derived S. aureus populations from different locations. We leveraged 957 previously published genomes derived from bloodstream infections across six hospitals located in Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, and New York, USA. We carried out pan-genome analysis, …

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Development Of Selective Rna Aptamers For Kainate Receptors, Samantha Ingenito May 2024

Development Of Selective Rna Aptamers For Kainate Receptors, Samantha Ingenito

Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)

Ionotropic glutamate receptors (iGluRs) play a major role in mediating the excitatoryfunctions in the central nervous system (CNS). iGluRs are ligand-gated ion channels that are activated when glutamate binds to the extracellular ligand binding domain, thereby leading to the opening of the ion channels. Three subtypes of iGluRs include kainate receptors, α-amino-3- hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazole propionate (AMPA) receptors, and N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors. Abnormal and dysregulation of these receptors have cytotoxic effects for neurons and have been implicated in various neurological diseases. For instance, elevated expression of a key AMPA receptor subunit has been linked to conditions such as ALS, where cytotoxic levels …

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A Multi-Century Reconstruction Of Sea Surface Temperature, Salinity, And Density From A Northern Red Sea Coral., Daliza Nanette Rivera-Matos May 2024

A Multi-Century Reconstruction Of Sea Surface Temperature, Salinity, And Density From A Northern Red Sea Coral., Daliza Nanette Rivera-Matos

Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)

The Red Sea Outflow Water (RSOW), an intermediate water mass formed in the northern Red Sea, is a primary Red Sea water circulation process. Understanding these water circulation processes gives us an insight into this region's climate dynamics. The intermediate water formation is one of the main processes of the water circulation in the northern Red Sea and feeds the Indian Ocean with saltier and colder water. Despite understanding the RSWO's association with the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO), its historical response to this climate mode remains unclear. There has not been a long-term record to analyze the relationship between the …

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Prop-Oriented Make-Believe In Metaphor And Morality, Jordan Ray Alexander Corner May 2024

Prop-Oriented Make-Believe In Metaphor And Morality, Jordan Ray Alexander Corner

Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)

“Bill is such a bulldozer.” How does this metaphor mean what it does? How are we to understand how metaphors work with respect to meaning. In this work, there is an exploration of both of the answers that have already been given to these questions, as well as some reasons to think that those answers are insufficient. Importantly, Kendal Walton has put forward a prop-oriented make-believe account of meaning in metaphor. This account succeeds where others fail, though it is not without its own detractors. Elisabeth Camp and Catherine Wearing both object to Walton’s accounts and their objections require responses. …

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Species Distribution And Logistic Regression Analysis Of Nosocomial Legionella Detection And Infection In New York State, 2017 – 2023, Roxann Brna May 2024

Species Distribution And Logistic Regression Analysis Of Nosocomial Legionella Detection And Infection In New York State, 2017 – 2023, Roxann Brna

Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)

Healthcare facilities are high-risk areas for legionellosis infections, as they have large, complex potable water systems ideal for Legionella proliferation, and they host susceptible populations. New York State regulation 10 NYCRR § 4-2: Protection Against Legionella in Healthcare Facilities was implemented in July 2016 to reduce healthcare-acquired legionellosis. This regulation mandated environmental surveillance of healthcare facilities’ potable water systems via culture. Data from these environmental reports were paired with data for cases of healthcare-acquired legionellosis infections for the years 2017-2023. Using these data, geographic Legionella species and serogroup distributions were described, and logistic regressions evaluated facility attributes associated with potable …

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Coping With Stress In Caregiving Among Korean Immigrant Parents Of A Child With Adhd, Jinhee Koo May 2024

Coping With Stress In Caregiving Among Korean Immigrant Parents Of A Child With Adhd, Jinhee Koo

Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)

Parents of children with ADHD were found to struggle with additional demands in caregiving. Immigrant populations reported acculturative stress as they encountered immigration stressors, including language barriers, cultural differences, lack of social support, discrimination, and so forth. Belonging to both social groups, Korean immigrant parents of children with ADHD are likely to face numerous stressors and undergo a great deal of stress. Nevertheless, little has been known about how they experience stress and coping. It is important to identify their experiences because the knowledge can be used to support their well-being and quality of life. To fill this gap, this …

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Clarifying The Relationship Between Weight Suppression And Eating Psychopathology: The Role Of Fear Of Weight Gain And Intolerance Of Uncertainty, Danielle Elizabeth Peters May 2024

Clarifying The Relationship Between Weight Suppression And Eating Psychopathology: The Role Of Fear Of Weight Gain And Intolerance Of Uncertainty, Danielle Elizabeth Peters

Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)

Objective: Weight suppression (WS), the discrepancy between a person’s highest and current body weight, is largely associated with eating pathology in clinical and non-clinical samples. WS may put individuals in a biobehavioral bind: biological factors may drive the body toward weight regain, which in turn drives eating disorder (ED) behaviors in an attempt to prevent weight regain. However, few studies have examined psychological factors that may play a role in the biobehavioral bind of WS. As such, the present study aimed to (1) whether WS was associated with fear of weight gain (FOWG) and intolerance of uncertainty (IU) and (2) …

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Determining The Time Since Deposition Of Bloodstains Based On Vibrational Spectroscopy For Forensic Purposes, Alexis Renee Weber May 2024

Determining The Time Since Deposition Of Bloodstains Based On Vibrational Spectroscopy For Forensic Purposes, Alexis Renee Weber

Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)

At the scene of violent crimes, bloodstain evidence is one of the most frequently found and valuable types of evidence. Blood traces discovered at crime scenes can provide crucial information to an investigation. By obtaining a DNA profile from the bloodstain, the profile can be used to link someone to a crime scene, which can corroborate or dispute a witness's statement. However, the current analysis of bloodstains is still not able to answer a key question for investigators: how much time has passed since the criminal event occurred? In addition, an equally important aspect of crime reconstruction is the ability …

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Feasibility And Acceptability Of A Self-Paced, Online Workshop Targeting Self-Compassion Skills For Emerging Adults With Disordered Eating, Arielle Wolinsky May 2024

Feasibility And Acceptability Of A Self-Paced, Online Workshop Targeting Self-Compassion Skills For Emerging Adults With Disordered Eating, Arielle Wolinsky

Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)

The present paper includes two studies that explored the relevancy of self-compassion to emerging adults, expectancies of having a self-compassion mindset on disordered eating, and the prospective and concurrent acceptability and feasibility of a self-paced, online workshop targeting self-compassion skills for emerging adults with disordered eating. Study 1 was a cross- sectional study examining emerging adults’ understanding of self-compassion, expectancies of having a self-compassion mindset on disordered eating, and the feasibility and prospective acceptability of a proposed self-paced, online workshop targeting self-compassion skills for emerging adults with disordered eating. Study 1’s findings were incorporated into the design and implementation of …

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“I Felt From That Place”: A Qualitative Case Study Of Emerging Practices To Build Youth Peer Supports In Residential Care, Catherine S. Kramer May 2024

“I Felt From That Place”: A Qualitative Case Study Of Emerging Practices To Build Youth Peer Supports In Residential Care, Catherine S. Kramer

Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)

Background and Purpose: Effectively responding to children and youth who experienced trauma and enter the foster care system is an ongoing challenge in child welfare. In response to the poor outcomes for children and youth in foster care, and the growing understanding of the effects of complex trauma, the Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA) was enacted in 2018 by Congress to overhaul the child welfare system. Among many required changes, states were required to establish guidance and processes for residential agencies to become qualified residential treatment programs (QRTPs) consistent with federal guidelines, which prioritized becoming trauma informed.

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Searching For Regulators Of Catalase Activity Using Enzymatic Screens, Aram Joseph Alaxanian May 2024

Searching For Regulators Of Catalase Activity Using Enzymatic Screens, Aram Joseph Alaxanian

Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)

Catalase is found in a plethora of organisms and plays a crucial role in safeguarding cells against oxidative stress-induced damage to proteins, RNA, and DNA. Catalase catalyzed the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) into oxygen and water. Deficiencies in catalase have been linked to pathological conditions such as Diabetes, Alzheimer's, and Cancer, underscoring its significance in cellular health. In bacteria like Escherichia coli, catalase is encoded by two genes, KatG and KatE, both subject to regulation through transcription, translation, and post-translational modification. Our study focused on assessing the catalase activity of mutants lacking stress response genes (e.g., lexA, soxR, soxS, …

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State Policies On Maternal And Infant Health In The United States, Heeun Kim May 2024

State Policies On Maternal And Infant Health In The United States, Heeun Kim

Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)

In the United States (US), state-level policies are critical structural determinants of maternal and infant health outcomes. State policies profoundly affect prenatal care utilization and pregnancy outcomes, particularly among marginalized pregnant persons with stigmatized health conditions. In this three-paper dissertation, I focus on two closely interrelated policies that aim to address significant public health concerns in the US: prenatal syphilis screenings and the criminalization of prenatal substance use. My research revolves around two central questions: First, do these policies effectively improve the pregnancy outcomes of high-risk populations, or do they cause unintended consequences? Second, if challenges in policy design and …

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Understanding Engineering Students’ Ethical Decisions: Machiavellianism, Ultimatum Bargaining Choices, Student Experience, And Implications For Engineering Education, Susan Henry May 2024

Understanding Engineering Students’ Ethical Decisions: Machiavellianism, Ultimatum Bargaining Choices, Student Experience, And Implications For Engineering Education, Susan Henry

Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)

The Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) which accredits higher education programs globally, has placed the ability for students to recognize professional and ethical responsibilities among their seven stated student outcomes that undergraduate engineering programs must ensure their students achieve to maintain their accreditation. This is to ensure that these students are appropriately prepared to enter professional practice (ABET, 2021). Because of this, along with the importance of engineers understanding their obligations to act ethically in ensuring public safety and professional integrity, there is a need to better understand the ethical decision-making of undergraduate engineering students. Knowing what factors …

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Advancing Learning Models For High-Dimensional Data: From Molecular Modeling To Motion Planning, Tuan Nguyen Anh Tran May 2024

Advancing Learning Models For High-Dimensional Data: From Molecular Modeling To Motion Planning, Tuan Nguyen Anh Tran

Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)

Processing and analyzing high-dimensional data, particularly in domains like protein research and robotics, introduces unique challenges. In protein analysis, high-dimensional data often arises from complex molecular structures and their interactions. Analyzing protein data involves intricate computational models and algorithms that must deal with the large size of molecular datasets and the need to extract biologically relevant information. This makes it challenging to discern significant protein structure-activity relationships, understand complex biological interactions, or predict protein behavior accurately. Similarly, in robotics, high-dimensional data is prevalent when dealing with sensory inputs, the dimensionality of the robot, or the complexity of the operational environments. …

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Square Functions For Ritt Operators In L1, Jennifer M. Hults May 2024

Square Functions For Ritt Operators In L1, Jennifer M. Hults

Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)

Let Y be a Banach space. An operator T ∈ L(Y) is a Ritt operator providedsupn n∥Tn − Tn+1∥ < ∞. For Ritt operators T in Lp, where 1 < p < ∞, the square function (?n2m+1|Tn(I − T)m+1f|2)1/2 is bounded. We show that (?nα|Tn(I − nn T)lf|s)1/s is bounded in L1 for for l > 0 and sl > α+1 and (?nα|Tn(I−Tl)f|s)1/s is n 1 + ?n n+1s1/s boundedinL forl∈Z ands>α+1.Wealsoconsider( nl|T lf−T l f|) l where {nl} is an increasing sequence with increasing gaps. Finally, we investigate the related variational and oscillation norms.

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Exploring Nucleic Acid Modifications For Rna-Based Therapeutics: Insights From Molecular Dynamics Simulations, Samantha Biaesch May 2024

Exploring Nucleic Acid Modifications For Rna-Based Therapeutics: Insights From Molecular Dynamics Simulations, Samantha Biaesch

Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)

Nucleic acid modifications are pivotal in biological processes due to their multifaceted roles. They regulate gene expression by modulating transcription, with modifications in the nucleic acid, sugar group, or in its phosphate backbone. In our investigation, we explore the use of molecular dynamics simulations to study nucleic acid modifications for potential applications in RNA-based therapeutics. These modifications introduce nonstandard atoms, such as selenium, and new parameterizations must be performed to properly simulate in GROMACS. These parameters govern bonded (strength of bonds, angles and dihedrals) and non-bonded (size and charges) interactions for each of the atoms in the modification. The first …

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Barrier Removal Prioritization To Increase Climate Resiliency And Aquatic Connectivity For Communities In The Upper Susquehanna Basin, Cassandra Mae Davis May 2024

Barrier Removal Prioritization To Increase Climate Resiliency And Aquatic Connectivity For Communities In The Upper Susquehanna Basin, Cassandra Mae Davis

Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)

The streams and rivers of the Upper Susquehanna Basin have been heavily modified over centuries through deforestation of nearshore areas and creation of physical barriers, such as dams and culverts. Dams and undersized culverts negatively affect aquatic organisms by modifying habitat conditions and restricting movement of these organisms. In addition, improperly maintained dams and undersized culverts can intensify flooding impacts and negatively affect water quality. A standardized method is needed to determine which barriers should be prioritized for assessment and potential replacement or removal based on multiple ecosystem and societal factors. The goal of this analysis was to have a …

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Senescence And The Senescence Associated Secretory Phenotype In Salivary Hypofunction, Quetsia Jean-Baptiste May 2024

Senescence And The Senescence Associated Secretory Phenotype In Salivary Hypofunction, Quetsia Jean-Baptiste

Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)

Cellular senescence, a triggered permanent cycle arrest, occurs with aging and is a component of many aging-related diseases. Triggers for senescence may include pathways involving DNA damage, telomere dysfunction, release of reactive oxygen species, and other additional internal/external stimuli. Senescence can have a positive effect as it plays a fundamental role in wound healing, tumor suppression, and promoting embryonic development. However, a prolonged consequence of senescence is the production of the senescence-associated secretory phenotype (SASP), in which the cell secretes pro-inflammatory and pro-tumorigenic factors that can have adverse effects on surrounding cells, which is known as the bystander effect. Eliminating …

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Interplay Between Cellular Stress Mechanisms And Immune Responses In Restricting Zika Virus Infection, Pheonah Badu May 2024

Interplay Between Cellular Stress Mechanisms And Immune Responses In Restricting Zika Virus Infection, Pheonah Badu

Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)

Flavivirus infections pose significant global health risks, often leading to serious neurological and congenital complications such as microcephaly. These viruses induce complex cellular stress responses pathways encompassing the Unfolded Protein Response (UPR), Integrated Stress Response (ISR), autophagy, apoptosis, and the antiviral immune response, which dictate cell fate by either promoting survival to combat virus-induced damage or initiating cell death under prolonged stress. Despite the antagonizing functions, flaviviruses employ various subversion strategies, facilitated by viral proteins, to ensure successful infections even in the presence of activated cellular responses. Recent studies highlight dynamic interactions among stress response pathways during infection, emphasizing the …

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Uncertainty As An Opportunity For Capitalist Market —Assisted Reproductive Technology As An Infertility Care Service In Taiwan, Wen-Ling Kung May 2024

Uncertainty As An Opportunity For Capitalist Market —Assisted Reproductive Technology As An Infertility Care Service In Taiwan, Wen-Ling Kung

Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)

This dissertation studies the utilization of assisted reproductive technology (ART) as an infertility care service in Taiwan. Predominantly grounded in interviews with clinical experts from fertility institutes, including fertility physicians, embryologists, and consultants during 2017 and 2019, along with observation and primary/secondary data analysis, the research demonstrates how uncertainty can be transformed into an “opportunity” for the contemporary capitalist market. The transformation of “reproductive uncertainty” into an opportunity for the burgeoning biomedical market drives the ongoing expansion of infertility care services based on in vitro fertilization (IVF), technoscientific developments in reproductive medicine, and the further biomedicalization of human reproduction.

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Genus-Specific Probes And Advanced Imaging Technologies For Bacterial Detection In Canine Dental Plaque, Meghan Stern May 2024

Genus-Specific Probes And Advanced Imaging Technologies For Bacterial Detection In Canine Dental Plaque, Meghan Stern

ALL - Honors Theses

Periodontal disease is an inflammation of the gums that can progress to bone resorption in the jaw and eventual tooth loss. A contributor to this disease is the buildup of subgingival and supragingival plaque, which consists of hundreds of bacterial species. To study the bacteria involved in periodontal disease, we use extracted canine teeth as our model. Canines were chosen based on their similarities with humans at the bacterial phylum level, as well as having a similar progression of periodontal disease. However, there are significant differences at lower levels of taxonomy of bacterial abundance and prevalence. The abundance and prevalence …

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