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Cutaneous Wound Healing in the Cat: A Macroscopic and Histologic Description and Comparison with Cutaneous Wound Healing in the Dog 

Bohling, Mark (2007-05-15)
Wound healing has been studied in a variety of animal and human models, and until fairly recently, the prevailing viewpoint has been that the basic processes of wound healing are the same between species. Our combined ...

Cyanobacterial Blooms in the Southeast: Understanding Their Distribution and Management 

Kaul, RajReni (2011-08-04)
Water is vital for life. The increased demand for freshwater resources dictates that current water practices must ensure access to and availability of high-quality water for future generations. Phytoplankton community ...

Cyanotoxin Production in Subtropical Lakes over the Last 150 Years with Implications for Human and Ecosystem Health 

Clift, Troy (2022-12-02)  ETD File Embargoed
Lakes are experiencing a modern period of increased eutrophication due to cultural impacts and climate change. One common characteristic of lake eutrophication is the increase in cyanobacteria, which possess a competitive ...

Cyber Security System Dynamic Modeling 

Kannan, Uma (2017-12-15)
Cyber security modeling is the process of creating a normalized view of the cyber security situation. A typical cyber security model has information about the network infrastructure, security settings, and a list of possible ...

Cyberintrusion Detection in Critical Infrastructure 

Bissinger, Nancy (2015-11-17)
Sophisticated cyberterrorists have su cient knowledge to devise an attack through the Internet which could compromise critical resource delivery. As the threat of such cybercrime escalates, defending critical infrastructure ...

The Cybersecurity Preparedness of Local Election Offices: Influences, Challenges, and the Intergovernmental Perspective 

Forson, Lindsey (2020-07-16)
Recent events have heightened concerns over the cybersecurity of US elections. In the decentralized US election system, counties and municipalities have primary responsibility for election administration. Therefore, ...

Cyclanilide Promotes Branching of Woody Ornamentals 

Holland, Amanda (2007-05-15)
Woody ornamental shrub production often requires multiple prunings to promote branching and compaction. Pruning, a labor-intensive practice that results in a loss of plant biomass, often lengthens production time but is ...

Cycle Systems 

Sehgal, Nidhi (2012-01-18)
In this dissertation the author has found the necessary and sufficient conditions for obtaining a 6-cycle system of the Cartesian product of two complete graphs covering 2-paths in the corresponding bipartite graph. She ...

The Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor and Tumor Suppressor Locus p16/INK4A- p14ARF and Regulation of the Transition Into and Out of the Cell Cycle 

Agarwal, Payal (2011-12-06)
p16/INK4A/CDKN2A is an important tumor suppressor gene located in the INK4A/ARF locus, which encodes a 16 kDa protein known as p16, and a 14 kDa protein known as p14ARF in humans. p16 arrests cell cycle in early G1 phase ...

A Cyclophane-Based Approach to [n]Cycloparaphenylenes and an Allylic Arylation Strategy for Regioselective Triphenylene Synthesis 

Caroline Merryman (2019-04-17)
CHAPTER 1 Synthesis of functionalized p-terphenyl-containing macrocycles as key intermediates in the synthesis of functionalized [n]CPPs Strategically designed, substituted para-terphenyl-containing macrocycles are ...

A Cyclophane-Based Approach to Highly Strained [n]Cycloparaphenylenes and Synthesis of Hexa-substituted Pyrenes and Their Application to Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Synthesis 

Wang, Mengzhou (2022-05-02)
Chapter 1: The synthesis of highly strained carbon nanoring, [4]CPP and its potential precursor has been an ever-increasing level of interest in the past few decades. The biggest challenge in CPP synthesis is macrocyclization ...

CYP3A4 inhibition and induction studies coupled to parallel artificial membrane permeability assay (PAMPA) for improved prediction of in-vitro botanical-drug interactions 

Zhang, Yilue (2019-07-10)
The consumption of botanical dietary supplements (BDS) is a common practice among the US population. However, the potential for botanical-drug interactions exists, and their mechanisms have not been thoroughly studied. ...

Cytochrome P450s and Their Roles in Insecticide Resistance in the Mosquito, Culex quinquefasciatus 

Yang, Ting (2013-07-24)
The southern house mosquito, Culex quinquefasciatus, is an important disease vector of West Nile virus (WNV), Saint Louis encephalitis virus (SLEV), and filariasis. Insecticides are the most important component in the ...

Cytokinin Response Factor 4: A Role in Development During Cold Stress in Arabidopsis thaliana 

Compton, Margaret Alpha (2012-07-20)
Cold stress is a major cause of crop loss annually in the United States such that a detailed study of the mechanisms and genes behind these stresses are essential for improvement of crop plants. This thesis investigated ...

CZTS (Cu2ZnSnS4) photocathode for solar energy conversion and storage 

Mondal, Animesh (2019-04-23)
Sunlight provides abundant, renewable energy on earth’s surface. Photoelectrochemical photovoltaic cells (PEPC) are one of the most convenient ways to capture this solar energy and convert into electricity. Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) ...

Damage Prediction of Lead Free Ball Grid Array Packages Under Shock and Drop Environment 

Panchagade, Dhananjay (2007-05-15)
The fatigue and damage of solder joints and also the potential for interface failure within BGA packages are caused by thermal cycling. In case of portable electronic products, fatigue is caused by repetitive drop and shock ...

The Dance: a fluid model of street design 

Szakel, Bonnie (2014-04-29)
During the early twentieth century, the American city experienced changes to its infrastructure that are still visible today. These changes were a result of the city beautiful movement. Some of the changes to the city ...

Data Analytics Methods for Supply Chain Risk Management with Applications in Transportation and Manufacturing Safety 

Mehdizadeh, Amir (2021-12-06)
Supply chain management aims to understand and explain how organizations should collaborate within a chain to improve the overall competitiveness of the chain and smooth the flow of the money, material, and information ...

Data and Information Flow Improvements in Manufacturing Systems 

Yarbrough, Ashley (2022-11-27)
The fourth industrial revolution, or Industry 4.0, is making its mark with a wave of efforts to digitize and digitalize data and information in manufacturing systems. Global efforts are being made to accelerate the adoption ...

Data Center Specific Thermal and Energy Saving Techniques 

Muzaffar, Tausif (2015-07-23)
Data centers are ever increasing as we become more reliant on web based transactions. The benefits of such massive computing are obvious by the speed and ease we can get most media or information. A challenge is that new ...