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Elucidation of Cognitive Deficits Associated with Doxorubicin Treatment and Ameliorating Effects of Phenyl-2-Amino-Ethyl Selenide (PAESe)
(2017-04-25)
A growing body of evidence suggests that acute and chronic cognitive impairments are a common side-effect of chemotherapy. In fact, chemotherapy induced cognitive deficits or “chemobrain” are known to occur in up to 75% ...
Elucidation of Cyclophilin Inhibition through Free Energy Perturbation Simulations and the Development of Custom Ionic Liquid Force Fields
(2011-07-27)
Cyclophilins (Cyp) are a family of cellular enzymes possessing peptidyl-prolyl isomerase activity which catalyze the cis-trans interconversion of proline-containing peptide bonds. The two most abundant family members, CypA ...
Elucidation of Genomic Structure, Biological Properties, and Functional Status of Canine MDA-7 and Its Receptors
(2012-05-08)
Human melanoma differentiation associated gene-7/interleukin-24 (mda-7/IL-24) is a tumor suppressor gene with interleukin properties. Ectopic expression of MDA-7 protein causes growth suppression and induces apoptosis in ...
Elucidation of the Cellular and Molecular Events Associated with Bovine Uterine Development and Disruptive effects of Tamoxifen
(2015-12-10)
Development of the bovine uterus begins prenatally and is completed postnatally with the formation of endometrial glands. Adenogenesis, uterine gland formation, is steroid hormone-sensitive and is required for proper ...
Elucidation of the mechanism of learning and memory deficits in adolescent offspring due to prenatal cannabinoid exposure
(2020-07-21)
Cannabis is now one of the most commonly used illicit substances among pregnant and lactating women. This is particularly concerning given that developmental exposure to cannabinoids has been demonstrated to induce enduring ...
Embedded Soft-Core Processor-Based Built-In Self-Test of Field Programmable Gate Arrays
(2010-02-05)
The exponential growth in the number of transistors on very large scale integration (VLSI) integrated circuits (ICs), coupled with increasing device interface bandwidth and new surface mount and low profile packaging ...
Embedding and Coloring Designs
(2023-05-04)
This dissertation focuses on two problems in design theory. Techniques from graph theory are frequently utilized and therefore the proofs may also be of interest to graph theorists.
The first problem focuses on ...
Embodiment and the African Diaspora in the Fiction of Paule Marshall
(2016-07-22)
Paule Marshall’s fiction is characterized by narration of the body in relation to African diasporic identity. My dissertation project, "Embodiment and the African Diaspora in the Fiction of Paule Marshall," seeks to examine ...
Emergency Management Strategies for the Retail Industry
(2011-11-28)
Uncertain disruptions complicate inventory management for retailers because it is difficult to determine when and how to adjust order quantities to ensure high service levels before and after a possible disruption. In ...
Emergent Design in Landscape Architecture: The Application of the Theory of Emergence to the Craft of Creating Public Urban Spaces
(2011-11-30)
As scientific philosophies and theories have evolved, so has their application to the craft of landscape architecture. The theory of emergence, which was developed in the 1970s, is currently finding applications in the ...
Emergent Transport in Ion Exchange Membranes
(2021-12-01)
The ion exchange membrane (IEM) is a crucial part of various applications from water purification (i.e. electrodialysis) to energy conversion (i.e. photoelectrochemical CO2 reduction cells (PEC-CRC) and direct urea fuel ...
Emission Properties of Coordination Complexes: The Impact of Mixed Donors on f-Block Elements
(2021-04-16)
There is a growing need to understand the fundamental aspects of chemistry concerning f-elements. Whether it be through the use of softer donor systems to try and selectively coordinate actinide ions in solution which could ...
Emotion Regulation and Sleep among Black and White College Students
(2020-07-29)
Emotion regulation has been associated with a range of health outcomes including cardiovascular activation, elevated inflammation, and psychopathy. However, few studies have examined the extent to which specific regulatory ...
Emotion Regulation Strategy Use and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
(2013-10-28)
A growing literature suggests that use of ER (ER) strategies, or efforts to affect the intensity, duration, or likelihood of experiencing a particular emotion is associated with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). However, ...
Emotion Regulation Strategy Use: Factor Structure and Differential Associations with PTSD Symptom Clusters
(2016-05-06)
Emotion regulation (ER) strategies are theorized to play a prominent role in the development and maintenance of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Although a link has been established between several ER strategies and ...
Emotional Disruption of Executive Function
(2019-07-10)
The nature of the emotion-cognition interaction has recently been conceptualized as a
dynamic interdependence with neuroanatomical and functional overlap. To date, however, the
research on the impact of emotions on ...
Emotional Modularity in Product Design
(2010-12-13)
This thesis tests a design approach based on updateability. The research examines the effect of upgradeability options on product replacement decisions. It will attempt to prove that providing updateability in products ...
Emotional Reactions to a Middle Warning Message: A Physiological Approach
(2018-04-17)
Socially desirable responding or faking has posed a serious threat to the validity and utility of personality tests used as selection tools for organizations. There have been numerous attempts to circumvent this issue. A ...
Empathy and Empathic Communication: Nursing Student Perceptions of Program Effectiveness, Academic Experiences, and Competence
(2007-05-15)
The purpose of this survey study was to examine the relationship between senior baccalaureate nursing student’s perceptions of their nursing program effectiveness in teaching them to empathically communicate with patients ...
Empirical analysis of campaign contributions and Congressional 'greeness'
(2006-08-15)
“Legislators possess political assets that economic interest groups may find valuable in pursuing their goals”. This quote made by Kevin Grier and Michael Munger provides the impetus for my analysis. In the following paper ...