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Spring 2012
Background The adjacent vertebrae and endplates are important to maintaining the integrity and functions of the intervertebral disc. Yet, they have received relatively little attention and their roles in disc degeneration (DD) and back pain remain unclear. Purpose The purpose of this doctoral...
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Exploring the Relationship Between Depression and Adherence in Individuals with Type 2 Diabetes
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Background: Depression is a well-known risk factor for poor medication adherence in individuals with diabetes; however, this association is based on cross-sectional and cohort studies measuring adherence after depression is diagnosed. Symptoms of depression often progress before medical...
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Depression of Lead-activated Sphalerite by Sodium Hydrogen Phosphate for Red Dog Mine Operation
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The inadvertent activation of sphalerite by lead ions have been noticed and studied for decades. In this study, flotation behavior of sphalerite upon lead activation was studied. Sodium hydrogen phosphate was applied as a main depressant to test its effect on improving Pb-Zn selectivity. Surface...
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Hippocampal neuroplasticity and neurogenesis in major depressive disorder: a high field MRI study
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The hippocampus is a brain structure responsible for memory, learning, and the stress response; it is also used as a model for major depressive disorder (MDD) in preclinical studies. Preclinical models have shown that the hippocampal subfields are differentially affected by chronic stress....
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Structure-Affinity Relationship Study of Novel Imidazoline Ligands at Imidazoline Binding Sites and α-Adrenoceptors
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Many drugs containing an imidazoline moiety are thought to bind to both imidazoline binding sites (IBS) and α-adrenoceptors (α-AR) to mediate their therapeutic effects. To aid in better characterisation of these binding sites, the structure-affinity relationships of several new series of...
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Fall 2015
This thesis consists of 2 closely linked projects that evaluate the importance of depressive symptoms (hereafter, for brevity, referred to as “depression”) for short-term prognosis after general medical hospitalizations. Project 1 systematically reviews the literature to examine whether...
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Spring 2017
Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the leading cause of mortality in developed countries, followed by depression. Recent literature supports a bidirectional relationship between depression and CAD, which adversely affects the quality of life. Although there is a high prevalence of co-occurring CAD...
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Variation in in vivo prefrontal GABA, glutamate and glutamine – effects of reproductive factors, cortisol and major depressive disorder
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Variations in glutamate and γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA), excitatory and inhibitory amino acid neurotransmitters in the brain, have been linked with cyclical changes across the menstrual cycle and in stress and stress-related mental disorders. We used 3.0 Tesla proton magnetic resonance...
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Examining Resilience among University Students with Reading Difficulties Using Internal and External Protective Factors
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This dissertation consists of three papers investigating the impact of intrapersonal and interpersonal factors on life satisfaction and academic achievement of adults with reading difficulty (RD). Participants were university students or recent graduates. The first paper examines the impact of...
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Links Between Depressive Symptoms, Sexual Communication, and Sexual Satisfaction Across Three Years
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Guided by a relational developmental systems perspective, stress generation hypothesis, and gender relations theory, this thesis examined two major research questions: (1) What are the longitudinal associations between self-reported depression symptoms, sexual communication, and sexual...