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Fall 2023
The COVID-19 epidemic forced schools all around the globe to switch quickly to online learning. Teachers had to swiftly find, modify, adopt, and adapt digital educational approaches that suited students' demands. It has presented unforeseen difficulties for EFL (English as a Foreign Language)...
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Fall 2023
This dissertation explores portable, wearable biomedical devices, focusing on bioimpedance and low-intensity pulsed ultrasound (LIPUS) for pre-diagnosis, detection, and treatment. It includes five studies, three on bioimpedance and two on LIPUS. First, in the bioimpedance area, this dissertation...
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Fall 2023
Older adults who lack a secure sense of social belonging may experience loneliness, isolation, and feelings of being ostracized in their communities. However, little attention has been paid to the experiences of immigrant Muslim older (IMO) women and their sense of belongingness in the...
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Guanine-Nucleotide Binding Proteins, Tyrosine Kinases, and Associated Regulators in the Integrated Control of Basal and GnRH-Dependent Goldfish Pituitary Hormone Secretion
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In vertebrates, the pituitary gland is a major regulator of physiological processes through the production and release of chemical signal messengers called hormones. In turn, central control of pituitary cell functions is exerted through neurohormones secreted from hypothalamic neurons. The...
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Chronic Fatigue Mechanisms in Autoimmune Diseases: Lessons from Primary Biliary Cholangitis and Systemic Sclerosis
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Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an autoimmune disease affecting the body's connective tissues, resulting in progressive fibrosis and vasculopathy. In some cases, individuals with SSc may also develop primary biliary cholangitis (PBC), another autoimmune disease characterized by damage to their...
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Reunification Experiences and Health Needs of Mexican Women who Stayed Behind and their Returning Migrant Partners: An Intersectional Critical Ethnographic Study
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Return migration is a reality that many Mexican nationals face. Existing evidence suggests return migrants encounter multiple social, political, economic, and health challenges in their re-integration to home societies; however, less is known about the reunification experiences and health needs...
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Simulation-based Sensor Configuration Optimization to Detect Human Activities in Smart Indoor Spaces
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Smart indoor spaces include a network of interconnected sensors, predictive models, and actuators to sense occupants’ activities and act to improve living. These ubiquitous systems are increasingly popular due to their potential to improve energy efficiency, comfort, and safety in buildings....
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Fall 2023
This thesis aims to provide a method to include the effect of the gravitational fields of binary systems when simulating them with one-dimensional stellar evolution codes. We also apply this method to simulate the evolution of binary systems until the donor fills its Roche Lobe. The first part of...
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Fall 2023
The immune system interacts reciprocally with the nervous system in order to accomplish facets of innate immunity via various mechanisms including toll-like receptors (TLRs). TLR activity leads to the release of cytokines which can effect acute and chronic pain states by promoting afferent neuron...
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Children and Youth Mental Health: The Role of a Collaborative, School-Based Wraparound Support Intervention in Fostering Mental Health
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There is an increased recognition that early mental health interventions are needed in response to a growing mental health crisis among children and youth. Schools are promising sites for early intervention because they have existing infrastructure for accessing and engaging with students....