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  • Quasi-Experimental Methods to Assess Impacts of Energy Policy on Pregnancy Outcomes

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    Willis, Mary D.
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    Most energy policies that are implemented in the United States dictate how energy is produced, distributed, and consumed, but policies generally neglect to fully investigate how these decisions impact population health. Individuals who live near energy sector components are often different to those that reside further away and change over...
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    my other committee members, Dr. Susan Carozza, Dr. Elaine Hill, Dr. Molly Kile, and Dr. Katherine

  • Why does Regular Legume Consumption Matter for Colorectal Cancer Prevention?

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    Perera, H. A. Thushanthi
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    Legumes are defined as the immature, germinated, or mature edible seeds of legume plants (Fabaceae). The primarily consumed legumes are dry beans, dry peas, lentils, chickpeas, cowpeas, fava beans, and pigeon peas, which are grouped as mature legumes, green beans and peas, which are considered green legumes, and sprouted or...
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    . Vegetables and specialties situation and outlook. 2000(280):26- 34. 14. Lanza E, Hartman TJ, Albert PS

  • An Investigation of the Effects of Merge Conflicts on Collaborative Software Development

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    Brindescu, Caius
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    Merge conflicts have long plagued software development. With larger and more dispersed teams comes greater risk of developers working on the same code at the same time. While merge conflicts are known to be painful, their exact impact on software is still largely unknown. Are merge conflicts an isolated problem,...
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    Dissertation

  • Investigating the Effects of Design Quality in OSS Projects

    Creator:
    Mannan, Umme Ayda
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    Software systems are becoming an essential part of the lives of both individuals and organizations, and as a consequence, these systems are getting bigger and more complex. Because of this, the tasks of maintaining the quality in these complex software systems are becoming increasingly difficult. Furthermore, these systems are subject...
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  • Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFASs): Consumer Products, Protocols, and Percutaneous Absorption

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    Rewerts, Justin N.
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    Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a group of anthropogenic compounds gaining notoriety as contaminants of emerging concern. With the frequent detection of PFAS in the environment, drinking water, and consumer products, awareness and concern from the public regarding PFAS is increasing. The two most notorious PFAS are perfluorooctanoate (PFOA)...
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    Garcia, Shannon Davis, Dr. Krista Barzen-Hanson, Elaine Jennings, Emerson Christie, Bethany Parker

  • Algorithms for massive biological datasets

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    Bryant, Douglas W. (Douglas Wesley)
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    Within the past several years the technology of high-throughput sequencing has transformed the study of biology by offering unprecedented access to life's fundamental building block, DNA. With this transformation's potential a host of brand-new challenges have emerged, many of which lend themselves to being solved through computational methods. From de...
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