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THE ROLE OF NON-DESMOGLEIN AUTOANTIBODIES IN PEMPHIGUS VULGARIS
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2019)
Pemphigus vulgaris (PV), a prototypical, humorally-mediated, autoimmune disorder, is a potentially life-threatening skin-blistering disease driven by the production of autoantibodies (autoAbs) directed against keratinocyte ...
Open Source Software for the Prediction of Crystal Structures and the Analysis of their Properties
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2019)
The prediction of crystal structures given only a composition is an invaluable tool for materials science. Structural knowledge can be useful not only for the interpretation of experimental results, but also for guidance ...
Predictors of Pain Reliever Misuse among Respondents of the United States 2017 National Survey on Drug Use and Health
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2019)
The risk factors for potential opioid misuse and abuse in patients receiving long-term opioid pain treatment have been a topic of interest in research for many years. There are differences among patients who receive long-term ...
Moral Psychology: An Ontological Approach
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2019)
In information science, an ontology is a controlled vocabulary that provides names and definitions for the classes and relations among entities within a realm of discourse, and which can then be used to make interoperable ...
Does Anti-phishing Training Protect Against Organizational Cyber Attacks?: An Empirical Assessment of Training Methods and Employee Readiness
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2018)
Phishing has become a preferred method among cyber criminals looking to gain access to confidential information. Although most businesses and governmental organizations provide employees with some sort of cyber security ...
Analytical and Numerical Framework for the Seismic Assessment of Infilled RC Frames
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2019)
This dissertation proposes a framework of computational and analytical tools for the efficient and accurate prediction of the nonlinear seismic behavior of buildings with masonry-infilled RC frames. The proposed framework ...
Application Driven Memory - Circuits and Architecture
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2018)
As smartphones and portable devices have become mainstream, the battery-life demands of end users continue to drive research into power efficient designs. Given the limited improvement in battery technology over the years, ...
A Theory of Consent
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2019)
This dissertation defends a robust, scalar theory of consent, and uses that theory of consent to rehabilitate consent theories of political legitimacy. To do so, I argue first that non-consent justifications of the power ...
THE AIMS OF HIGHER EDUCATION AS EXPRESSED BY MISSION STATEMENTS IN WESTERN NEW YORK, INCLUDING VARIABLES OF TIME AND CARNEGIE CLASSIFICATION
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2019)
Studying history offers us important lessons: it helps to point out concepts which repeat and suggests errors so that we can adjust our path. This study attempted to uncover changes in higher educational mission statements ...
JUSTIFICATION OF TOLERATION FROM THE OUTSIDE OF LIBERALISM - ANALYSIS OF THE JUSTIFICATION OF TOLERATION BASED ON RELIGIOUS, SKEPTICAL, AND POLITICAL GROUNDS
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2019)
Historically, the attempts from various fields of study to deduce a universal concept of toleration have been made with the purpose to serve specific ends, depending on political, religious circumstances of the times. As ...