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  • Walking tree methods for biological string matching

    Creator:
    Hsu, Tai C.
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    Approximate string matching is commonly used to align genetic sequences (DNA or RNA) to determine their shared characteristics. In contrast with the standard dynamic programming methods which use local edit distance models, the Walking Tree heuristic method was created to handle non-local changes, e.g., translocations, inversions, and duplications, altogether and...
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Tai C. Hsu for the degree of

  • The Impact of Digital Media on Mandala Making in Art Therapy

    Creator:
    Donahue, Elizabeth C.
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    In the United States, the utilization of digital media has assumed an omnipresent status and has altered the manner in which we communicate, conduct business, and create art and music. However, it has been demonstrated that art therapy lags behind the current culture of prolific use of digital media. To...
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    exploration of the current incorporation of digital media into the field of art therapy, (c) a discussion of

  • Systematic, genomic, and transcriptomic analysis of mycoparasitic Tolypocladium species and their Elaphomyces hosts

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    Quandt, C. Alisha
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    Fungi in the genus Tolypocladium are diverse in their host associations, but the predominant ecologies include parasites of the ectomycorrhizal genus Elaphomyces and pathogens of insects. The aim of this dissertation research is to examine the evolution of these fungi and their host associations. To accomplish this several lines of...
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    the study. Walter Gams, João P. M. Araújo, Sayaka Ban, Harry C. Evans, David Hughes, Richard

  • Sensor Interface Circuit Design towards CMOS Scaling

    Creator:
    Liu, Jialin
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    Sensor system plays an important role in connecting everything including human body to the electrical information systems that we have built and that we are going to build, to make the world more intelligent and efficient. One of the key propulsive forces behind these emerging techniques is CMOS scaling that...
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    express my gratitude to my thesis examination committee members: Professor Gabor C. Temes, Professor

  • Quest for a Cure: Persistent Residual Incontinence Post-obstetric Fistula Repair in Uganda

    Creator:
    Ruder, Bonnie J.
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    Obstetric fistula is estimated to affect 1–2 million women worldwide, predominantly in low-resource countries in sub-Saharan Africa and southeast Asia. The primary intervention for obstetric fistula is surgery, which is described as a relatively simple surgical procedure with an extremely high psychosocial and economic benefit relative to cost. Research addressing...
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    ………………………………………….158 Appendix B IRB Approved Participant Consent Script ………………… ..160 Appendix C IRB

  • Fatty acid profiling of soil microbial communities : a comparison of extraction methods and temporal dynamics in plant residue amended soils

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    Fernandes, Marcelo Ferreira
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    A method based on fatty acid (FA) analysis is used to profile microbial community structure (MCS). Various extraction protocols are available, which alter the types of FAs extracted from soils. The more time consuming but widely used protocol extracts only FAs from phospholipids (PLFA). This technique is desirable because PLFAs...
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    coconut husk, CH), under two N rates in a Brazilian soil. Microbial biomass-C (MBC), respiration rates

  • Model Predictive Control for Optimum Algal Growth

    Creator:
    Juneja, Ankita
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    Microalgae has been under careful consideration as a sustainable feedstock for renewable fuel recently due to its year round production with high energy yields per unit area, reduced need for arable land, water treatment benefits with nutrient cycling, and minimal competition with the food industry. Despite of all these advantages,...
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    metabolic network was reconstructed for C. variabilis to offer insight into various metabolic potentials

  • Counterfactual thinking applied to multiagent systems

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    Zerbel, Nicholas
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    Multiagent approaches are well suited to designing autonomous solutions for systems that feature complex interactions between many individuals such as in autonomous traffic systems and multi-robot exploration systems. However, creating autonomous agents that function effectively in these systems is a challenging task. In these complex environments, agents need informative reward...
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    of this dissertation, Counterfactual Behavior Shaping for Multi- Objective Map Elites (C-MOME

  • Using Culture-independent Genomics as a Means for Understanding Chlamydial Biology

    Creator:
    Putman, Timothy E.
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    The chlamydiae are a family of obligate intracellular bacteria that have a unique bi-phasic developmental cycle, unique cellular properties, and a unique set of challenges to studying its biology. While genetic manipulation is becoming routine in Chlamydia, there are significant challenges to working with this intracellular parasite. The body of...
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      and  postgenomic  sequence  analysis  of  C.  trachomatis  has  led  to

  • Transcriptomic analysis using high-throughput sequencing and DNA microarrays

    Creator:
    Fox, Samuel E.
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    Transcriptomics and gene expression profiling enables the elucidation of the genetic response of an organism to various environmental cues. Transcriptomics enables the deciphering of differences between two closely related organisms to the same environment and in contrast, enables the elucidation of genetic responses of the same organism to different environmental...
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    microarrays. Abstract approved: Todd C. Mockler Transcriptomics and gene expression