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Spring 2012
This dissertation explores breast cancer experiences by predominately contemporary American women that are creative interventions into, and re-visions of, experiences in medical and therapeutic environs as well as culturally produced post-surgical bodies. During diagnoses, surgeries and...
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Böll's 'Violence-Relationship': On the Implication of Subjectivity for the Interpretation and Judgement of Forms
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Submitted on May 5, 2011 in fulfillment of the degree of BA Honours German; Supervisor: Dr. Carrie Smith-Prei
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Connected citizenry: An exploration of local government social media adoption for community engagement
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As social media becomes an increasing part of daily life, we may wonder why this virtual environment has not been used widely for community engagement activities by municipal government institutions. Information and communication technologies (ICT’s) offer the opportunity to expand interactions...
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Creating and Capitalizing on Opportunities to Reduce Poverty: The Process and Power of Integrated Knowledge Translation
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This thesis describes the experiences of partners involved in integrated knowledge translation (iKT)—a poorly understood process wherein partners from diverse professional spheres (e.g. community, government, and academia) work together to ensure research generated is relevant for the context of...
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DDX17 (P72), a Sox2 binding partner, regulates Sox2 to sustain tumorigenic and stem-like properties in a phenotypically distinct subset of estrogen positive breast cancer cells
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Abstract: Sox2, an embryonic stem cell marker, is involved in the pathogenesis of breast cancer (BC). Sox2 expression is associated with a poor clinical outcome in BC patients. Based on the differential Sox2 transcriptional activity, we have identified the two phenotypically distinct cell...
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Delineation of Molecular Mechanisms Underlying the Pathobiology of ALK-positive Anaplastic Large-cell Lymphoma
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ALK-positive anaplastic large-cell lymphoma (ALK+ALCL) is a rare type non-Hodgkin lymphoma of null/T cell original, preferentially occurs in children and young adults. Approximately 85% of ALK+ALCL patients carry the gene translocation t(2;5)(p23;q35), which results in the generation of the...
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Spring 2014
This thesis examines the way gender and race intersect to produce a narrative of Africa as a place in need of development. Combining a theory of intersectionality as the interaction between race, gender, and class with the power relationships represented in and constituted by visual imagery, this...
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Developing an M3 Antagonist for Molecular Imaging of Muscarinic Acetylcholine Receptors in Breast Cancer
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The lack of the three targeted receptors, estrogen, progesterone, and the human epidermal growth factor receptor 2, causes difficulty in treating triple negative type cancers. Most often, patients with this type of malignancy have a low chance of survival. The focus of this work will be on...
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2010
Cunningham, S., Holtslander, L., Steeves, M., Duggleby-Wenzel, S., Duggleby, W.
This study used van Dijk's critical-discourse approach to explore the current societal discourse on hope and to explore the hope of older terminally ill cancer patients, their significant others and primary nurse. Forty-three newspaper articles dealing with hope and cancer were collected and...