This study examines the association between a diabetic individual’s income category and the number of times they visited a healthcare professional in the past 12 …
This study seeks to analyze the association between sleep deprivation and diagnosed depression among adults who report having diabetes in the BRFSS 2017 dataset.
This thesis traces histories of caste, brahmanical patriarchy, and South Asian migration to the United States to tell a story about South Asian diasporic identity …
A social-contextual approach to health promotion includes exploration of the influence of faith leaders and religious communities in health behaviors and outcomes. This thesis reports …
This thesis traces the development of carceral feminist logics in the Rhode Island mainstream feminist movement, beginning in the 1970s with feminism’s second wave and …
Vaporwave is a form of electronic music that samples 80’s elevator music, muzak, disco, and R&B, drenching them in reverberation and distorting them in the …
The aim of this project is to provide the initial handshake between the SimVascular and PhysiCell softwares to provide further applications in cancer-specific modeling, tissue …
What factors affect the outcome of insurgency? Insurgency is typically defined in terms of an organized resistance movement that uses subversion, sabotage, and armed conflict …
Introduction: The global burden of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is estimated to be over 230 million people but few studies have measured the prevalence of …
This project analyzes and imitates Jorge Luis Borges’ poetics through the thematic lens of the double, or the notion in metaphysics that one person, object, …
Objective: Rejection in Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation (VCA) is nearly ubiquitous with 85% of patients experiencing at least one episode. Current monitoring modalities aim to catch …
Postpartum hemorrhage is the greatest cause of maternal morbidity and mortality, accounting for approximately 27% of all maternal deaths worldwide. Uterine atony, which is defined …
Exposure to stress during early childhood increases risk for negative mental health outcomes such as depression and substance use disorder, with dopamine-related psychopathology suggesting critical …
Although the impeachment trials of both former presidents Richard Nixon and Donald Trump were based in re-election incentives, the American public views Donald Trump's impeachments …
Hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) occurs in 2-9 per 1,000 live births, with 60% of those cases ending in morbidity or long-term disability. HIE is caused …
We analyze the feasibility of using light to fragment a peptide into its constituent amino acids before identifying them by mass spectrometry for the purpose …