Browsing 2016 UB Theses and Dissertations in the Proquest database by Issue Date
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Surface markers for image-guided interstitial photodynamic therapy
(2016)Presently, there is no universally effective treatment for patients with locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (LA-HNSCC). In many cases, these tumors fail to respond or recur subsequent to standard therapies ... -
Synthesis and study of new aromatic oligoamide foldamers
(2016)The folding of biomacromolecules plays such fundamental roles in life that its importance can never be overstated. For example, the folding of polypeptides results in the well-defined secondary structures and bewildering ... -
Cooperative Relay Networks with Target Security Constraints: Reliability Analysis and Power Optimization
(2016)In this thesis, we investigated the problem of eavesdropping control and power optimization in amplify-and-forward cooperative relay networks. When a confidential message is transmitted from the source to the destination ... -
Exploring the cognitive underpinnings of the correspondence between verb meaning and syntax
(2016)This dissertation explores the cognitive underpinnings of the linguistic observation that there is a strong correspondence between the meanings of verbs and the syntactic contexts in which they occur. Building on the ... -
Highly Branched Crosslinked Poly(ethylene oxide) for Li-ion Battery Electrolytes
(2016)Lithium-ion batteries are important energy storage devices in the emerging sustainable energy landscape. Current batteries use flammable liquid electrolyte, which pose a serious safety concern and thus limit their wide ... -
Integrative genomic approaches to elucidate the role of NCOR2 in prostate cancer progression
(2016)Prostate cancer depends on androgens to growth, so a standard procedure for advanced or metastatic cancer is castration or androgen deprivation therapy. However, most of the patients undergoing this treatment suffer ... -
Teacher-student relationships and high school student misbehavior
(2016)Teacher-student relationships, when perceived by students as positive, may pull students into schools; when perceived by students as negative, TSRs may push students out of school (Stearns & Glennie, 2006). Similarly, ... -
Elucidating the associations between early timing pubertal status and alcohol and cigarette use
(2016)This study investigated peer influences and adolescents’ social goals as mechanisms by which early pubertal timing operates on adolescents’ alcohol and cigarette use. Our study used four waves of data (each wave approximately ... -
Anxiety and Academic Achievement in Middle School Children
(2016)This study adds to the literature regarding an area of research that is currently understudied regarding the relationship between anxiety and academic achievement among middle school students. Previous research has found ... -
A theory of patient welfare
(2016)The promotion of patient welfare is a central goal of medical professionals and serves as the basis of medical professionalism. Despite its importance, however, it is unclear what is meant by patient welfare. In my ... -
Influenza and secondary bacterial pneumonia: Modulation of the host anti-viral immune response and the interferon paradox
(2016)In 1918 the influenza virus (flu), in terms of total fatalities, was responsible for the worst pandemic the world has ever seen. The major cause of death is now attributed to secondary bacterial pneumonia. Flu infection ... -
Dynamic protocol tuning algorithms for high performance data transfers
(2016)As the data requirements of commercial and scientific applications continue to increase at an unprecedented rate, obtaining optimal end-to-end data transfer performance becomes of crucial importance for a broad range of ... -
Early Exposure to Phytosterols Reduces Triglycerides and Modulates Hepatic Expression of Lipid-Regulatory Genes in Newly-Weaned ApoE Deficient Mice
(2016)In utero exposure to excessive cholesterol has been shown to increase fetal plasma cholesterol concentration and predispose adult offspring to cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. As lipid-lowering drugs are contraindicated ... -
Catholic Liberal Interracialism in the Archdiocese of Chicago in the 1960s and 1970s
(2016)Through the 1960s and 1970s, racially liberal Catholics in the Archdiocese of Chicago initiated campaigns and programs to overcome white racial ignorance and bias. Catholic liberals believed it was necessary to change how ... -
Two sides to the story: Multiple versions of stories in twentieth century narrative
(2016)A number of contemporary writers of literary fiction are attempting to tell mimetic stories in their books. But this raises the question, how can writers tell realistic stories once many modernist and postmodernist writers ... -
Pressure and photo-induced modification of structural and chemical order in binary and elemental chalcogenide based materials
(2016)This dissertation explores the effects of pressure and light on chalcogenide based materials. In ZnSe, ZnTe, and CdSe the surprising precipitation of the constituent anion under hydrostatic pressure and moderate laser ... -
Macho Gringo: Mexican Masculinity Through Psychology, Films, and Time
(2016)Masculinity and machismo are growing topics of interest in the scholarly world. Within the field of psychology, psychologists are attempting to study Mexican machismo in order to formulate some of the psychological factors ... -
Exit, Voice or Loyalty: Factors Influencing Parental School Choice Decisions
(2016)School Choice continues to drive local, state, and national educational reform agendas, yet research to date has failed to consider parent perceptions of various Choice policies. This descriptive, qualitative study of ... -
Cloud-assisted mobile sensing systems
(2016)As we are entering the era of mobile computing, the wide proliferation of sensor-equipped smartphone is increasingly influencing our daily life. Since smartphone equipped sensors (e.g. microphone, camera, accelerometer, ... -
Involvement of the thalamus in the progression of multiple sclerosis: A study of the musculus counterpart in Theiler's murine encephalomyelitis virus infection
(2016)Multiple sclerosis (MS) has long been known as a disease of demyelination involving the white matter (WM), but atrophy of the gray matter (GM) is also seen in MS, and is associated with clinical symptoms of the disease. ...