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Biochemical Characterization Of Fsa1572 From Fervidibacter Sacchari, The First Hyperthermophilic Gh50 With Β-1, 4-Glucanase Activity, Jonathan Covington May 2023

Biochemical Characterization Of Fsa1572 From Fervidibacter Sacchari, The First Hyperthermophilic Gh50 With Β-1, 4-Glucanase Activity, Jonathan Covington

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The bacterium Fervidibacter sacchari is an aerobic hyperthermophile that catabolizes various polysaccharides and is the only cultivated member of the class Fervidibacteria within the phylum Armatimonadota. Among its glycoside hydrolase (GH) cache is an enzyme from GH family 50 (GH50), an understudied family with only 25 characterized representatives and two known activities from 1,518 predicted members in the Carbohydrate-Active EnZyme (CAZy) Database. Here, we expressed, purified, and functionally characterized an extracellular GH50 from F. sacchari called Fsa1572. Using colorimetric assays, we show it has novel β-1,4-glucanase activity and only weak agarose activity that is typical for GH50 enzymes. The purified …

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The Efficacy Of An Educational Toolkit To Enhance Knowledge Of Pediatric Reflux Management Among Occupational Therapists, Kelly Cullerton May 2023

The Efficacy Of An Educational Toolkit To Enhance Knowledge Of Pediatric Reflux Management Among Occupational Therapists, Kelly Cullerton

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

This manuscript describes a quality improvement project completed by a student in the University of Nevada Las Vegas Occupational Therapy Doctorate Program. The project tests the efficacy of an educational toolkit for occupational therapists staffed at an acute care hospital in Las Vegas, Nevada, to increase their perceived knowledge of and ability to educate families on conservative management techniques for pediatric reflux management. Results indicate that the toolkit demonstrated efficacy in achieving this objective. The toolkit provided useful staff education and parent handouts for the occupational therapists to utilize in patient care as appropriate. This project’s ultimate aim was to …

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Long-Range Regulation By The Shigella Virulence Gene Regulator, Virb, Cody Cris May 2023

Long-Range Regulation By The Shigella Virulence Gene Regulator, Virb, Cody Cris

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

Nucleoid-structuring proteins (NSPs) in bacterial cells can exert gene regulatory effects over great distances on DNA. This contrasts with the traditional view of bacterial transcriptional regulation, where transcription factors bind cis-acting regulatory sites proximal (<250 bp) to promoters to influence gene expression. In Shigella species, the histone-like nucleoid-structuring protein (H-NS) transcriptionally silences many genes on the large (~220 kb) virulence plasmid. During host colonization, however, silencing by H-NS is alleviated by the anti-silencer protein, VirB, which remodels the H-NS:DNA complex. This transcriptional anti-silencing is mediated by VirB:DNA interactions and the modulation of DNA supercoiling, which lead to the up-regulation of virulence genes. VirB is a central regulator of Shigella virulence, but the mechanistic basis for transcriptional regulation is incompletely characterized. Here, I focus on the potential for VirB to regulate transcription from remotely located DNA binding sites. Employing complementary in vivo approaches, I assessed the spatial stringency of the VirB binding site and elucidated how varying cellular VirB levels impacts regulation over different distances. I also evaluated how a molecular roadblock on DNA influences remote regulation by VirB. Additionally, I developed control tools to validate the ability of VirB to spread along DNA, an activity of VirB that putatively drives transcriptional regulation. These data are consistent with transcriptional anti-silencing being driven by VirB spreading along DNA. Overall, these findings highlight how VirB is not a conventional transcriptional regulator and broaden our perspective on transcriptional control in bacteria. Furthermore, this work contributes to our understanding of long-range gene regulatory effects, which are frequently overlooked and poorly characterized in bacteria.

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The Influence Of Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation On Fatigue Resistance, Kayla De Guzman May 2023

The Influence Of Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation On Fatigue Resistance, Kayla De Guzman

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

Fatigue is an exercise-induced reduction in muscle force generating capacity. Several studies have shown that some forms of non-invasive brain stimulation can increase the resistance to fatigue during sustained isometric contractions. The purpose was to determine the influence of transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) on the time to task failure (TTF) of a precision grip task in young adults. Twenty-two healthy young men and women participated in the study. The study utilized a randomized, double-blind, SHAM-controlled, within-subjects, crossover design. Each participant completed two experimental sessions (tACS, SHAM) with a 7-day washout period between sessions. Each session involved performance of a …

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Feasibility Of The Every Moment Counts Initiative At A Southern Nevada Elementary School, Amber Lee Eddy May 2023

Feasibility Of The Every Moment Counts Initiative At A Southern Nevada Elementary School, Amber Lee Eddy

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

Over the past 20 years, multiple legislative acts have been passed mandating support and services for the mental health needs of children and youth in schools; however, Nevada continues to rank last for the provision of such services. Children and youth who are mentally healthy are more likely to be successful in their homes, schools, and communities (Arbesman et al., 2013). Those who have increased mental health needs are more at risk for developmental and long-term consequences that jeopardize overall health and wellness, not to mention the immense effects that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on children and youth. With …

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Information-Theoretic Model Diagnostics (Infomod), Armin Esmaeilzadeh May 2023

Information-Theoretic Model Diagnostics (Infomod), Armin Esmaeilzadeh

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

Model validation is a critical step in the development, deployment, and governance of machine learning models. During the validation process, the predictive power of a model is measured on unseen datasets with a variety of metrics such as Accuracy and F1-Scores for classification tasks. Although the most used metrics are easy to implement and understand, they are aggregate measures over all the segments of heterogeneous datasets, and therefore, they do not identify the performance variation of a model among different data segments. The lack of insight into how the model performs over segments of unseen datasets has raised significant challenges …

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Utilizing An Interdisciplinary Approach: Education Of Early Progressive Mobility Protocol In The Icu/Acute Setting, Mary Ashley Galan-Gornal May 2023

Utilizing An Interdisciplinary Approach: Education Of Early Progressive Mobility Protocol In The Icu/Acute Setting, Mary Ashley Galan-Gornal

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, Early Progressive Mobility (EPM) was used more frequently in an interdisciplinary approach to improve patient outcomes. The aim is to create a protocol that takes an interdisciplinary approach and makes use of early progressive mobility. In the acute setting, occupational therapists are equipped to promote quality of life and independence both, during and after hospitalization, which is critical for early mobilization being beneficial for patients who are able to participate in therapy.This Doctoral Capstone project was aimed at demonstrating the value of occupational therapists in the intensive care unit (ICU)/acute setting by utilizing EPM in …

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Desert Spring Prokaryotes And Benthic Macroinvertebrates: Geological And Ecological Controls, Ariel D. Friel May 2023

Desert Spring Prokaryotes And Benthic Macroinvertebrates: Geological And Ecological Controls, Ariel D. Friel

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

Desert springs are aquatic oases, being considered among the most diverse and imperiled ecosystems on Earth. Despite the ecological significance and threatened status of desert springs, few studies have surveyed the microorganisms in these systems or their interactions with other community members. The primary goal of this dissertation was to describe the major controls influencing the community ecology of prokaryotic and BMI communities in cold- and moderate-temperature desert springs of the southern hydrographic Great Basin. Chapter 1 provides a broad overview of spring ecosystems and of each chapter included in this dissertation. Chapter 2 documents the first-ever, regional-scale survey of …

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Trust In Southern Nevada Health District By The Southern Nevada Population During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Edom Gelaw May 2023

Trust In Southern Nevada Health District By The Southern Nevada Population During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Edom Gelaw

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

While various studies worldwide investigated trust in relation to health care, government and compliance with public health guidelines, literature remains scarce in relation to the Southern Nevada Health District (SNHD), its population and the services the organization offered during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study helps fill this gap and serves as a foundation for future research and a guide for service evaluations and improvements at SNHD. As trust towards local health districts by the community they serve remains an important component of public health for collaborative work, SNHD saw the need for evaluating trust by its population based on the …

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Increasing Self-Perceived Competence In Performing Independent Living Skills Among Unhoused Youth And Young Adults, Stacie M. Gomez May 2023

Increasing Self-Perceived Competence In Performing Independent Living Skills Among Unhoused Youth And Young Adults, Stacie M. Gomez

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

Purpose: The aim of this project is to determine if the development and implementation of an independent living skills workshop would improve the perceived competence of unhoused youth in performing independent living skills.Methods: The Casey Life Skills Short Assessment was used as a pre-test and post-test. It was found that unhoused young adults generally scored low on finding affordable housing, budgeting, banking skills, education training, and feeling a sense of pride in their lives. A four-week independent living skills program was designed and implemented, which included workshops focused on identified needs. The data was analyzed using a Paired Samples t-Test …

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High-Yield Bioinspired Atmospheric Water Capture Through Hydrogels, Yiwei Gao May 2023

High-Yield Bioinspired Atmospheric Water Capture Through Hydrogels, Yiwei Gao

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

Water scarcity is a global issue affecting billions of people, and atmospheric water harvesting (AWH) technology has been identified as a potential solution. However, existing single-material AWH approaches have limited water harvesting yields due to alternated water capture, storage, and release stages, and only function within a high relative humidity range. In my doctoral research project, we developed a bio-inspired, hydrogel-based multi-layer AWH approach that allows for segregated capture, storage, and release stages, and is envisioned to have higher daily water harvesting efficiency even in low-humidity areas. My research began with understanding the relations between hydrogel mechanical stiffness, hydraulic permeability, …

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Nonpharmacological Pain Management Of Adult Patients In The Burn Unit: An Interdisciplinary Toolkit Through The Occupational Therapy Lens, Taylor Harrison-Merrill May 2023

Nonpharmacological Pain Management Of Adult Patients In The Burn Unit: An Interdisciplinary Toolkit Through The Occupational Therapy Lens, Taylor Harrison-Merrill

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

Interdisciplinary care is the standard for individuals admitted to a burn unit, yet there is a lack of uniform education among different professionals regarding pain management (Kuhlmann & Tallman, 2022). Occupational therapists offer a unique and holistic lens to pain management by using nonpharmacological interventions to reduce patients’ perception of pain (American Burn Association, 2017; Nielson et al., 2022). The purpose of this quality improvement doctoral capstone was to apply this occupational lens in an educational toolkit designed for the interdisciplinary team that addressed nonpharmacological pain management for adults in the burn unit; effectively closing the knowledge gap across disciplines …

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Effects Of Cations And Dipicolinic Acid On B. Anthracis Spore Physiology And Cytotoxicity, Chandler P. Hassan May 2023

Effects Of Cations And Dipicolinic Acid On B. Anthracis Spore Physiology And Cytotoxicity, Chandler P. Hassan

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

Inhalation of Bacillus anthracis spores leads to the most severe form of anthrax. Following phagocytosis by alveolar macrophages, spores germinate inside the phagolysosome. The mechanism used by the newly germinated B. anthracis cells to survive within macrophages is not completely understood.B. anthracis spores contain large concentrations of calcium in complex with dipicolinic acid (Ca-DPA). Upon germination, the cell excretes the large depot of Ca-DPA. DPA is an amphipathic molecule that could act as a buffer and modulate phagolysosome acidification. Intracellular calcium overload can disrupt signaling pathways required for normal macrophage function and trigger cell death. We hypothesized the release of …

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Maternal Health In The Context Of Social, Political, And Economic Change Among Hadzabe Foragers Of Tanzania, Kristen Herlosky May 2023

Maternal Health In The Context Of Social, Political, And Economic Change Among Hadzabe Foragers Of Tanzania, Kristen Herlosky

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

Many low and middle-income countries have implemented new national policy measures aimed at reducing maternal morbidity and mortality due to globalized efforts to improve women’s maternal health. One of the main goals is to move childbirth into hospital facilities and improve health access and education outreach. For Indigenous communities around the world, these measures have fallen short of their goals. Indigenous women suffer from greater social, political, and economic disparities and inequalities, have poorer health indicators overall, and worse maternal health outcomes compared to their non-Indigenous counterparts. For small-scale communities, we have limited data on reproductive health among women, specifically …

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Increasing Foster Parent Awareness Of An Occupation-Based Approach To Child Well-Being, Taylar Hirte May 2023

Increasing Foster Parent Awareness Of An Occupation-Based Approach To Child Well-Being, Taylar Hirte

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

Foster parents are an integral part of the child welfare system. They provide temporary care to children who otherwise cannot stay in their homes. They are required to be state or county licensed and each licensing agency has their own requirements including varying hours of training. The literature indicates foster parents do not receive enough training to feel prepared and confident to care for children with increased mental health, behavioral, school-related, cognitive, and peer relationship challenges that foster children often experience (AOTA, 2017; Lotty et al., 2020; Paul-Ward et al., 2014; Smith, 2022).The purpose of the present capstone project was …

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Perceived Usefulness, Ease Of Use, And Satisfaction Of A Swaddle Bathing Educational Guide Among Parents/Guardians Of Nicu Premature Infants, Makenzie Leigh Hogbin May 2023

Perceived Usefulness, Ease Of Use, And Satisfaction Of A Swaddle Bathing Educational Guide Among Parents/Guardians Of Nicu Premature Infants, Makenzie Leigh Hogbin

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

The current availability of high-quality and comprehensive educational resources made available to parents and guardians with infants admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit is limited in terms of content and provision. Additionally, there exists a plethora of information regarding the impact of the sensory environment on premature and critically ill infants as well as interventions to mitigate these effects that are not efficiently conveyed to their families. Previous research asserts that consistency with the application of sensory interventions with these infants bodes well for positive outcomes, leading one to believe that caregivers may benefit from learning these strategies so …

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Chemotherapeutic Drug Resistance Associated With Differential Mirna Expression Of Mir-375 And Mir-27 Among Oral Cancer Cell Lines, Kieran Huni May 2023

Chemotherapeutic Drug Resistance Associated With Differential Mirna Expression Of Mir-375 And Mir-27 Among Oral Cancer Cell Lines, Kieran Huni

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

Objective: Although progress has been made towards the identification of molecular profiles that influence oral cancer growth and metastasis, recent advances have suggested that non-coding microRNAs (such as miR-21, miR-27, miR-145, miR-155, miR-365, miR-375 and miR-494) may be involved in multiple aspects of chemotherapeutic responsiveness. Based upon the paucity of information regarding this phenomenon, this project will determine whether these specific microRNAs are correlated with oral cancer responsiveness to chemotherapies, including Paclitaxel, Cisplatin and Fluorouracil (5FU).Methods: Commercially available and well-characterized oral squamous cell carcinoma cell lines (SCC4, SCC9, SCC15, SCC25 and CAL27) were used for this study. Experimental 96-well assays …

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Spectroscopic Studies On Silicon And Chalcopyrite Materials For Solar Energy Applications, Amandee Hua May 2023

Spectroscopic Studies On Silicon And Chalcopyrite Materials For Solar Energy Applications, Amandee Hua

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

In this dissertation, silicon-based materials for photovoltaics and chalcopyrite-based materials for photoelectrochemical water splitting are investigated using various spectroscopic and microscopic techniques. Although silicon dominates the photovoltaic market, further improvement can be made by using an alternative low temperature passivation approach. Currently, thermally grown SiO2 passivation is commonly used for silicon solar cells. However, this technique requires high processing temperatures (>800 °C), which increases the thermal budget, potentially decreases the bulk quality of Si, and can lead to difficulties in implementing in production lines. Here, a S-based passivation approach is studied that require lower processing temperatures of ~550 °C. …

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A Light Gradient Boosting Machine-Enabled Model To Predict Radiation-Induced Toxicities In Cancer Patients Receiving Chemoradiotherapy, Zirui Jiang May 2023

A Light Gradient Boosting Machine-Enabled Model To Predict Radiation-Induced Toxicities In Cancer Patients Receiving Chemoradiotherapy, Zirui Jiang

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

The objective of this study was to develop a predictive model that utilizes a Light Gradient Boosting Machine (Light-GBM) to accurately assess the risk of severe radiation-induced toxicities in cancer patients undergoing chemoradiotherapy. The occurrence of these toxicities can have a substantial impact on the patients' quality of life. The Light-GBM model using clinical feature alone or integrating radiomic features extracted from computed tomography (CT) images used in treatment planning with clinical features can enhance the accuracy of early prediction.The study included 179 breast cancer patients and 223 patients with nasopharynx cancer who were treated with both radiotherapy and chemotherapy …

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Applying Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis To Assess Air Pollution With Spanish Moss As A Bioindicator In The Low Country Of The Savannah River Basin, Christina Jiang May 2023

Applying Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis To Assess Air Pollution With Spanish Moss As A Bioindicator In The Low Country Of The Savannah River Basin, Christina Jiang

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

The Savanah River Basin is an area of 9,850 square miles that stretches from the border between South Carolina and Georgia, which empties into the Atlantic Ocean near Savannah, Ga. This area is home to surrounding cities, industrial sites, and the Savanah River Site. It is well documented that traffic, industrial operations, and agriculture contribute to worsening air pollution that needs to be monitored. While Tillandsia usneoides (Spanish moss) has been used in previous studies that prove it to be an effective biomonitor for air pollution and an accumulator of heavy metals, there have been no biomonitoring studies in the …

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Effectiveness Of A Workshop For Improving Awareness And Identification Of Racial Microaggressions Among Occupational Therapy Faculty And Students, Hannah Kalegzabher May 2023

Effectiveness Of A Workshop For Improving Awareness And Identification Of Racial Microaggressions Among Occupational Therapy Faculty And Students, Hannah Kalegzabher

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

As a professor or student in occupational therapy (OT), an important role is advocating for students and clients. Taking action is important to practice and promote justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion (JEDI) within the profession. This quality improvement project aimed to determine the effectiveness of a racial microaggression workshop for OT, OT assistant (OTA) students, and faculty to improve awareness and ability to identify racial microaggressions to support Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC). Participants were recruited by convenience sampling through email to members of the Coalition of Occupational Therapy Advocates for Diversity (COTAD) and COTAD-Educators (COTAD-ED). The workshop was …

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Assistance Dog Considerations: A Lecture For Occupational Therapy Students, Kayla Kinney May 2023

Assistance Dog Considerations: A Lecture For Occupational Therapy Students, Kayla Kinney

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

Assistance dogs can mitigate the effects of an individual’s disability. Occupational therapists consider the whole being when providing interventions through the individual’s meaningful occupations to improve health, well-being, and quality of life. Occupational therapists can make referrals or become a valuable team member for clients who wish to explore assistance dogs as an assistive technology option to improve physical, mental, and psychosocial considerations for increased independence in their clients. Few occupational therapy practitioners are educated about the benefits and disadvantages of the partnership between assistance dog and handler. Therefore, they are unable to adequately recommend assistance dogs for their clients, …

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Differential Effects Of Extracellular Matrix Glycoproteins Fibronectin And Laminin-5 On Dental Pulp Stem Cell Phenotypes And Responsiveness, Hyungbin Lee May 2023

Differential Effects Of Extracellular Matrix Glycoproteins Fibronectin And Laminin-5 On Dental Pulp Stem Cell Phenotypes And Responsiveness, Hyungbin Lee

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

Dental pulp stem cells (DPSCs) are mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) with the potential to differentiate in a limited number of other tissue types. Some evidence has suggested the modulation of DPSC growth may be mediated, in part, by exogenous extracellular matrix (ECM) glycoproteins, including fibronectin (FN) and laminin-5 (LN5). Although preliminary research suggests that some ECM glycoproteins may work as functional biomaterials to modulate DPSC growth responses, the primary goal of this project is to determine the specific effects of FN and LN5 on DPSC growth and viability.Using an existing DPSC repository, n = 16 DPSC isolates were cultured and …

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An Exploration Of Popular Tenor Audition Arias And A Guide To Selecting Opera Audition Repertoire, Tung Kei Lam May 2023

An Exploration Of Popular Tenor Audition Arias And A Guide To Selecting Opera Audition Repertoire, Tung Kei Lam

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

A prevalent way to enter the opera industry in the 21st century is through participation in young artist programs (YAPs), which are stable and consistent employment opportunities designed by opera companies to train and nurture emerging talents. To be considered by such companies, each applicant goes through the audition process, which requires each applicant to submit an aria package. An aria package consists of four to five pieces that best display the applicant’s abilities and artistry. Based on Wolf Trap Opera’s aria frequency lists, I selected several popular audition arias and carried out an in-depth analysis. The analysis includes a …

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Dental Pulp Stem Cell Differentiation Potential Of Bmp-2 And Bmp-4, David Li May 2023

Dental Pulp Stem Cell Differentiation Potential Of Bmp-2 And Bmp-4, David Li

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

Introduction: Many studies are now evaluating the potential for dental pulp stem cells (DPSC) to assist with more complex and biotechnology applications, such as facilitating and promoting osseointegration following dental implants. However, the effects of factors that may control osseointegration and bone repair using DPSC including bone morphogenic proteins (BMP-2, BMP-4) are not yet well understood.Objective: Based upon this lack of evidence, the primary goal of this project is to evaluate the potential effects of BMPs (alone or in combination with other growth factors) to induce factors associated with osteogenesis. Methods: DPSC isolates from an existing repository (n = 13) …

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A Pilot Program To Inform High School Students About Allied Healthcare Professions, Nhu Mac May 2023

A Pilot Program To Inform High School Students About Allied Healthcare Professions, Nhu Mac

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

The literature revealed the lack of diversity in the workforce, limited recruiting and retention methods, and lack of exposure to these professions as the contributions to the shortage and demand for the profession of occupational therapy (OT), physical therapy (PT), and speech- language pathology (SLP). As a result, the fourteen-week program to inform high school students about OT, PT, and SLP roles in the community and public health was implemented at Desert Pines High School in Clark County School District (CCSD) to see if it would influence their perceived attitudes, knowledge, beliefs, and the likelihood of pursuing these careers. Using …

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A Generalized Family Of Exponentiated Composite Distributions With Applications To Insurance And Survival Data, Bowen Liu May 2023

A Generalized Family Of Exponentiated Composite Distributions With Applications To Insurance And Survival Data, Bowen Liu

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

The concept of composite distributions was proposed in the early 2000s as a good parametric solution to model the data with heavy tails. Since the concept was proposed, it has been widely used in different areas, such as modeling insurance claim size data, predicting the risk measures in insurance data analysis, fitting survival time data, and modeling precipitation data. While a lot of the composite distributions demonstrated great performances in real applications, many commonly used composite distributions such as the inverse gamma-Pareto (IGP) or exponential-Pareto (EP), did not demonstrate great performances when fitting to several particular data sets. In order …

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Robert Starer And His Music, With A Focus On Solo Works For Trumpet, Allison Mcswain May 2023

Robert Starer And His Music, With A Focus On Solo Works For Trumpet, Allison Mcswain

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

Composer Robert Starer was well-regarded in his lifetime but has fallen largely into obscurity. He had a unique and varied background that influenced his compositional style and musical philosophy, but except for his piano music, Starer’s works are largely unstudied. His musical style is complex and substantive, having been informed and influenced by his varied background, but the music is accessible to audiences and players of different levels. Additionally, his pieces allow much choice for the performer through the independence of the writing, free sections, musical accessory options, and performance alternatives, such as reordering movements or varied instrumentation options. This …

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Kazimierz Serocki’S Trombone Concerto: Prominent Work In Post-War Poland, Dawid Mzyk May 2023

Kazimierz Serocki’S Trombone Concerto: Prominent Work In Post-War Poland, Dawid Mzyk

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

The political factors of communism induced a deep delay in the progress of post-war Polish music, effectively inhibiting all trends geared toward its modernization. My research investigates the influence of the communist period on shaping the piece by giving insight into the socialist realism in post-war Poland. It also contributes to the understanding of performance techniques, the genesis of a prominent work, and the aesthetic impact political unrest had on the color and characteristics of Serocki’s Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra. Even though this piece has been performed by world renowned trombonists such as Christian Lindberg, Joseph Alessi (New York …

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Telehealth In Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, Saghi Nassrouie May 2023

Telehealth In Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, Saghi Nassrouie

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

Description: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2) is an epidemic that has many factors involved in its management to maintain control. Patients with DM2 require routine evaluations and blood work to provide comprehensive care. COVID-19 caused major shifts in traditional care which sparked an increase in the utilization of technology like telehealth. Telehealth can be an effective tool used to manage diabetes and help attain better glucose control, but its effectiveness during the COVID-19 pandemic warrants further investigation.Purpose: The purpose of this project was to determine if telehealth visits were more effective in reducing Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) in adult patients with …

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