The Epoch of Reionization (EoR) marks the period in the universe's history where the neutral hydrogen (HI) in the intergalactic medium became ionized by the …
This dissertation is a bioarchaeological study of kinship, focusing on individuals buried beneath domestic structures at the ancient city of Megiddo (present-day Israel) from 1800 …
Abstract of A Bioengineering Approach to Develop New Technologies for Genomics-Based Healthcare, by Olivia Ott, Sc.M. Brown University, May 2023. Genomics-based healthcare is a rapidly …
Morphogen activity gradients assign positional information within fields of cells in a concentration-dependent manner. As transcriptional changes respond to signaling activity thresholds, cells must encounter …
Roudnice monastery in the Kingdom of Bohemia has fascinated scholars due to two facts regarding its cultural context; first, the Prague bishop Jan IV of …
BACKGROUND: Incarcerated women are disproportionately at risk of being obese and are gaining weight behind bars. However, few interventions to stop weight gain and/or encourage …
Firearm-related deaths constitute one of most significant public health issues in the United States, with an estimated 44,000 deaths attributed to firearms in 2022 alone. …
Objective: Cervical cancer causes 311,000 deaths annually. However, routine pap smears can facilitate early detection and improve patient outcomes. Liquid Pap smears are conducted in …
Background: The unprecedented outbreak of COVID-19 in December 2019 necessitated the use of emergency response measures to mitigate the spread of the virus. The state …
Background: The escalating frequency, intensity, and duration of extreme heat events due to climate change pose significant threats to public health and strain healthcare systems. …
Abstract of “A Comprehensive Exploration of the Gender-Specific Clinical, Hematological, and Physiological Effects of Eating Disorders” by Annalisa Barca-Hall, MPH, Brown University, May 2019 Objective: …
This thesis advances visualization design research by developing and evaluating new theoretical knowledge and computational techniques, which target the rising complexity of data and growing …
In 1990, Thurston proved that for any two-dimensional simply connected region, the space of tilings is flip-connected. Later, Yamzon reproved this result using a commutative …
Risk score models are simple scoring systems that map patient characteristics to the probability of an outcome occurring. These models are popular with clinicians because …
The Teichmüller space of a surface that admits a hyperbolic structure can be equipped with the Weil-Petersson metric. The Weil-Persson Ending Lamination is a candidate …
There has been mounting concern over the health hazards of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), which has spread beyond the scientific community to federal regulators, …