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- 1Abbasi Brujeni, Lena
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A large deletion virus reveals the presence of previously uncharacterized vaccinia virus inhibitors of NF-kB signaling
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The classical Nuclear Factor kappa B (NF-κB) signaling pathway is an important regulator of inflammation and innate immune responses. Poxviruses, including vaccinia virus, encode multiple immune evasion proteins, including a growing number of NF-κB inhibitors. To determine if additional vaccinia...
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A mathematical framework for expressing multivariate distributions useful in wireless communications
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Multivariate statistics play an important role in performance analysis of wireless communication systems in correlated fading channels. This thesis presents a framework which can be used to derive easily computable mathematical representations for some multivariate statistical distributions,...
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A molecular dynamics modeling study on the mechanical behavior of nano-twinned Cu and relevant issues
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As a candidate for dynamic electric contacts, Nano-twinned copper has intrinsic conductivity and enhanced fretting resistance. To better understand its general mechanical behavior, we conduct molecular dynamics simulation studies to investigate responses of nano-twinned copper to stress and to...
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A narrative inquiry into the experiences of two beginning physical education teachers' shifting stories to live by
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The purpose of this research was to inquire into the phenomenon of beginning teacher attrition, and more specifically, beginning physical education teacher attrition and retention. Utilizing the methodology of narrative inquiry, I first studied my own autobiographical stories that brought me to...
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Spring 2010
Implicit concept mapping (iCmap; Aidman & Egan, 1998), measures: (1) the complexity of conceptual activation, and (2) the degree to which integration is internally consistent. These characteristics describe aspects of both Dual Code theory (DCT; Paivio,1986) and of lexical meaning (Johnson-Laird,...
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A portrait of Aboriginal elementary school classrooms: an exploratory study using elements of ethnographic research design
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The objective of this exploratory, qualitative study was to obtain a greater understanding of educational issues experienced by teachers and students in the context of two rural Aboriginal elementary schools. Using elements of ethnographic methodology including participant-observer interactions...
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A proteome-level analysis of the canola/Sclerotinia sclerotiorum interaction and sclerotial development
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The fungal pathogen Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (Lib.) de Bary is capable of infecting over 400 plant species including canola (Brassica napus L.). The fungus secretes oxalic acid (OA), which plays an important role in infection and disease progression. An analysis of proteome-level changes...
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A randomized controlled trial of storytelling as a communication tool aimed at parents of children presenting to the emergency department with croup
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Background: Stories may be an effective tool to communicate with and influence patients because of their ability to engage the reader. Objectives: To develop story booklets and evaluate their effectiveness compared to standard information sheets for parents of children attending the emergency...
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Fall 2010
This thesis focuses on the search for neutrinos from the solar hep reaction using the combined three phases of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO) data. The data were taken over the years 1999–2006, totalling 1,083 days of live neutrino time. The previous published SNO hep neutrino search was...
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A simulation-based approach to assess the goodness of fit of Exponential Random Graph Models
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Exponential Random Graph Models (ERGMs) have been developed for fitting social network data on both static and dynamic levels. However, the lack of large sample asymptotic properties makes it inadequate in assessing the goodness-of-fit of these ERGMs. Simulation-based goodness-of-fit plots were...