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Establishment of 3D hiPSC cardiac differentiation platforms to investigate congenital heart disease
(2021-04-19)
Cardiac tissue engineering shows great potential for alleviating some of the immense burden of cardiovascular disease. The introduction of human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) in 2007 led to a paradigm shift in ...
Establishment of a Model to Evaluate the Effects of Antibiotic-Free Programs on Intestinal Development and Local Immune Response in the Small Intestine of Broiler Chickens
(2020-07-17)
In the United States, consumption of chicken has doubled in recent years, making it an important protein source for American families. Recently, the broiler industry has begun to shift away from the use of antibiotic growth ...
The establishment of the Alabama Hereditary Cancer Cohort and genetic analysis
(2018-11-16)
Inherited genetic risk factors in known breast cancer (BC) susceptibility genes increase an individual’s overall lifetime risk of developing BC and are estimated to contribute towards approximately 35% of hereditary BC ...
Estimating Cell-Type Profiles and Cell-Type Proportions in Heterogeneous Gene Expression Data
(2012-05-16)
Understanding the mechanisms underlying natural variation in gene expression is an important question in medical and evolutionary genetics. Many studies intend to compare either (i) cell-type expression profiles across ...
Estimating Elasticities of Substitution in African Crops
(2012-04-19)
This paper examines cross price elasticities of substitution for labor, capital, and fertilizer for the agricultural sector in Africa with a translog production function. The data are from the Food Agricultural Organization ...
Estimating Project Volatility and Developing Decision Support System in Real Options Analysis
(2007-12-15)
Today’s uncertain world requires firms to have a system in place that can analyze the flexibility of their projects. Real options are utilized frequently to quantify the benefits of taking a particular risk. The real options ...
Estimating Use, Density, and Productivity of Eastern Wild Turkey in Alabama
(2017-08-21)
An important component of effectively managing wildlife is understanding the size and structure of their populations. The optimal management action for a population will change depending on its current size and demographic ...
Estimation of Red Snapper Abundance on Oil and Gas Platforms in the northern Gulf of Mexico based on Mark Recapture Methods
(2019-11-19)
Estimating abundance of sport and commercial reef fish species remains difficult due to cryptic habitat use patterns. One such species is Red Snapper, Lutjanus campechanus, which is perhaps the most important fish species ...
Estimation of Relative Motion between Non-Rigid Bodies on a Semi-Truck
(2024-01-08)
This thesis develops methods to estimate the relative motion between the cabin and chassis
of a semi-truck without the use of a complex suspension model between the two bodies. In,
this thesis only sensors that would be ...
Estimation of Semi-parametric Functional-coefficient Panel Data Models with Fixed Effects
(2020-07-20)
We consider the problem of estimating a semiparametric varying coefficient panel data model where the unobserved individual effects are correlated with explanatory variables in an unknown arbitrary way using a local linear ...
Estimation of State of Charge (SOC) and Water Loss for Absorbed Glass Mat Lead Acid Battery
(2015-07-29)
Accurate and fast estimation of state of charge (SOC) and water loss during battery operations plays an important role in the prevention of over-charge and over-discharge and optimal control strategy of charging, which ...
Estimation of Survival of the Atlantic Horseshoe Crab, Limulus polyphemus, by Analysis of Mark-Recapture Data with Tag Loss
(2012-12-17)
The Atlantic Horseshoe crab, Limulus polyphemus, is a valuable resource along the Mid-Atlantic coast which has, in recent years, experienced new management paradigms due to increased concern about this species role in the ...
Estrangement
(2015-05-05)
In abandoned rural landscapes, impressions of culture are overtaken by the steadiness of living things. The familiar succumbs to the wild, resulting in physical environments that arouse curiosity because of their uncanny ...
The Estrogenic Effects of the Soy Phytoestrogen Genistein on the Liver and Bone of Chickens
(2012-05-04)
Commercial chickens are known to develop various estrogen dependent diseases, including liver steatosis and osteoporosis. Studies involving both humans and animals have indicated that consuming soy protein may reduce the ...
Estructuras Quiásticas en Don Quijote: el potencial hermenéutico y retórico de la figura del quiasmo en la novela de Cervantes
(2022-01-12)
Through the ages, many studies have explored the presence, function, and meaning of chiasmus in poetry, but not in prose, in which case they are still scarce and controversial, except those focused on sacred texts. For ...
Estuaries as habitat for a freshwater species: Ecology of largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) along a salinity gradient
(2007-05-15)
Similar to the freshwater systems largemouth bass inhabit, the largemouth bass is a popular recreational sportfish in estuarine environments, like the Mobile-Tensaw Delta. However, catch rates of large (= 2.3 kg) largemouth ...
Estudio diacrónico de quitar y toller en la época medieval
(2020-05-14)
In view of the increase in diachronic studies, the focus of this research is to understand the development of the Spanish verbs, quitar and toller. The goal in this investigation is, on the one hand, to study what was the ...
Ethanol and Its Effect on the U.S. Corn Market: How the Price of E-85 Influences Equilibrium Corn Prices and Equilibrium Quantity
(2007-08-15)
This study analyzes the impact the market price of E-85 has on equilibrium price and quantity exchanged of corn in the U.S. market. After presenting the political history of federal interest and intervention in the ethanol ...
Ethanol from Lignocellulosic Biomass: Deacetylation, Pretreatment, and Enzymatic Hydrolysis
(2012-05-16)
Chemical pretreatment methods applicable for switchgrass and corn stover were investigated to improve enzymatic hydrolysis and fermentation yields. Various pretreatment strategies were studied including acidic, alkaline ...
The Ethanol Market: An Econometric Inquiry into the Market for E85
(2007-12-15)
This study analyzes the ethanol market in order to determine if E85 can replace gasoline as the United States primary fuel. After presenting the history of the ethanol market, past literature on ethanol, and legislation ...