Background: Although many micronutrients are known to have important roles in the regulation of the immune system, the clinical efficacies of micronutrients in the prevention …
Background: Advancements in online technology, such as social media, for social interaction pose potential harm to youth. Adolescents might be at particular risk for harms …
Background: Prior epidemiological studies evaluating the association between fish intake and melanoma risk have been few and inconsistent. Few studies distinguished different types of fish …
Background: Epidemiological studies suggest that Bisphenol A (BPA) exposure may increase adiposity in children. Bisphenol S (BPS), a structural analog of BPA, is increasingly used …
The modern world's growing energy demands require the development of cost-effective and durable electrocatalysts to support sustainable energy conversion and storage technologies like proton-exchange membrane …
Introduction: A health system focused on person-centered maternity care should place high value on women’s sense of autonomy and perception of the decision-making process. We …
In this project I develop a critical framework for engaging with the role of vocality in different singular and collective scenes of subjectivation and resistance. …
Total wrist arthroplasty (TWA) is a surgical solution that provides pain relief and preserves some wrist motion for patients with severe wrist pathology. However, TWA …
This dissertation focuses on biomechanistic and bioinformatic modeling of diabetes. Specifically, it is expanded on four fronts: 1) Quantification of fibrinogen-dependent red blood cells adhesion. …
Education scholars have long noted a positive relationship between concerted cultivation and test scores. Yet, few studies have found variation by race, a factor Black …
In the first section, body arts literature in anthropology is reviewed and then followed by a discussion of body modification and beauty among ancient and …
I introduce novel concentration-of-measure bounds for the supremum deviation, several variance concepts, and a family of game-theoretic welfare functions. I then apply these bounds to …
End-to-end encrypted relational database management systems are the “holy grail” of database security and have been studied by the research community for the last 20 …
Designing Artificial Intelligence (AI) is still reserved for experts, and the existing design paradigm follows a data-driven approach: domain experts start with a hypothetical model, …
This study examines the history and architecture of female Franciscan monasteries following the Order of Sorores minores inclusae (Enclosed sisters minor) whose rule was co-written …
In this thesis we present studies of scattering amplitudes on the celestial sphere at null infinity (celestial amplitudes), the cluster adjacency structure of scattering amplitudes …
Candida albicans is an opportunistic human fungal pathogen that can adapt to fluctuating host environments by both genetic and epigenetic mechanisms. In this study, the …