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Fall 2020

Kosteniuk, Brynn M

well as my interpretations of the data. To conduct Study 1, I analyzed self-report survey data from 285 recently hospitalized PWUD. Using hierarchical setwise logistic regression, I applied the Behavioral Model for Vulnerable Populations by entering predictor variables in blocks. Each block represented

%) being most prevalent. Structural barriers to services were more commonly reported than motivational barriers. These findings are similar to those reported in community and population health studies, which may reflect broader healthcare utilization patterns amongst this population. Tailoring acute care

Fall 2019

Chen, Jingsi

length, demonstrating cooperative effect between hydrogen bonding and hydrophobic interactions at the single-molecular level. In good agreement, molecular dynamics (MD) simulations on the interactions of UPy-UPy dimers also indicated higher structural stability with longer hydrophobic spacers. This

multifunctional materials ranging from drug carriers to flexible electronics, providing new insights and approaches to the development of advanced functional materials based on multiple hydrogen bonds for diverse biomedical and engineering applications.

Spring 2021

Diaz Dussan, Diana M.

Advances in polymer science and nanotechnology have allowed the development of biomaterials for cell-based applications, such as the delivery of a variety of drugs and genes, as well as supporting technologies, such as stem cell therapies, tissue engineering and cryopreservation. The progress in

to form hydrogels as 3D cell culture scaffolds. Finally, a hypoxia-activated carbohydrate-based nanogel was explored for the delivery of Iodoazomycin Arabinoside (IAZA), a hypoxia-activated prodrug (HAP), for hypoxic cancer imaging and treatment. IAZA is a HAP that possesses structural features that

Spring 2019

Ng, Kenwick

prototype brace wear with donning and doffing was conducted. The FDM, Nylon12, 2.5 mm thick, and upright printed prototype brace showed retention of structural integrity with 2 years brace wear simulation. To understand the pressures applied by orthotists to obtain the satisfactory simulated in-brace body

the traditional brace. However, it is 27% more expensive in cost because the 3D printed brace was printed from external source while the traditional brace was built in-house. In conclusion, this thesis reports a new design of dynamic brace pads which were implemented into a novel 3D printed brace

Fall 2021

Nikouee, Majid

structural syllabuses. However, it eventually survived and reappeared as form-focused instruction (FFI), referring to any instructional technique intended to draw learners’ attention explicitly or implicitly to grammatical structures when the focus is on meaning. Nowadays there seems to be a consensus among

grammatical knowledge accurately during fluency-oriented task performance. This paper concludes with a discussion of how transfer-appropriate grammar practice can play a role in CLT and offers an example of a transfer-appropriate practice activity with respect to the English past tense. Paper 2 reports a

Fall 2024

Wengryn, Parker C

estimated to be as high as 1-in-33, and treatment ranges from physiotherapy and structural bracing to corrective surgery. In most cases, early diagnosis and proactive care are key to limiting curve progression and minimizing treatment invasiveness. However, the underlying cause of most scoliosis cases is

and/or enzymatically dysfunctional. Finally, the phenotype of the axial skeleton, but not elsewhere, may be modulated in a variant-specific fashion, supporting our previous work. More reports are needed to continue testing this hypothesis. We anticipate our data will be used as a basis for the

Fall 2015

Dwivedi, Ritika

important to understand their generation, abundance and specific role(s). In addition, the mechanism of protein N-glycosylation and fOS generation by PglB are not well understood. This PhD thesis focuses on developing tools to study the generation, abundance and structural diversity of fOS. In addition, new

different between the two strains as determined by Western blot analysis with anti-N-glycan antibodies. This is the first report of the N-glycosylation of an OTase enzyme possibly affecting its own enzymatic activities. In order to better understand the N-glycosylation activity of PglB, a fluorescence

Fall 2016

Adl, Ahmad H

, diethanolamine, triethanolamine, etc. Furthermore, these prior reports did not examine the effect of the stabilizers on the performance of the resulting ZnO thin films in optoelectronic devices. Our study also examines longer chain and acidic stabilizers such as oleic acid, oleylamine and octadecene, which are

the grain size, crystallographic texture, and resistivity of solution processed ZnO films on thermal oxide-coated silicon substrates, and found large variations in the structural and electrical properties as a consequence of the choice of sol stabilizer. We synthesized ZnO films using various sol

Fall 2017

Kazemi Bajestani, Seyyed Mohammad Reza

Background: Cancer cachexia is referred to as a wasting condition, with skeletal muscle and fat loss. Although heart atrophy is recognized as a notable component of experimental cancer cachexia models, it has not been characterized in human studies. The contribution of cardiac structural and

, fatigue and dyspnea also were applied. For the first retrospective study, cirrhotic patients (n=100) with or without hepatocellular carcinoma were studied; values for left ventricular mass were abstracted from available echocardiography reports before liver transplant. For the second retrospective

Fall 2019

Zwozdesky, Myron A

structural and phylogenetic relationships with vertebrate IgSF receptor-types. This family contains stimulatory and inhibitory forms that regulate several innate immune cell effector responses via classical as well as novel cytoplasmic tail (CYT)-dependent signaling capabilities. My thesis is focused on

demonstrated novel inhibitory signaling capabilities for IpLITR 1.1b, including the first report of cross-talk signaling potential within a teleost immunoregulatory receptor family. My work shows that teleost immunoregulatory receptors are excellent models to advance the understanding of innate