Browsing Theses and Dissertations, Electronic (ETDs) by Title
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Gamers, Hunters, Provocateurs: Digital Mediations of Violence, Gender and Faith in the Arab World
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2015-01-26)My dissertation examines how digital media and communications technologies shape responses to gendered violence, human security, and women’s rights in the Middle East. I combine discourse analysis with a material investigation ... -
The Gaussian Isoperimetric Problem and the Self-Shrinkers of Mean Curvature Flow
(Johns Hopkins University, 2014-07-06)We record work done by the author joint with John Ross [27] on stable smooth solutions to the gaussian isoperimetric problem, and we also record work done by the author [26] on two-dimensional self-shrinkers of any ... -
Gemcitabine Sensitivity on Podocalyxin Knockdown Pancreatic Cell Line SW1990
(Johns Hopkins University, 2014-12-01)In this study, we tested cell survival following treatments of Gemcitabine (GE) in scrambled control and Podocalyxin (PODXL) knockdown pancreatic cancer cell line SW1990. After testing several major chemotherapeutic drugs ... -
Gender Differences in Depressive Symptoms in Kumasi, Ghana
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2013-09-02)Background: Depression is an important public health issue globally, and accounts for an increasingly large proportion of disease burden in low-income countries. Depression is twice as common in women as men. Despite the ... -
Gender-Affirming Surgery: A Visual Resource for Patients, Relatives, and Healthcare Providers
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2018-03-22)Gender dysphoria occurs when an individual’s psychological identity as a male or female conflicts with their biological sexual characteristics, resulting in anxiety, depression, and distress. Transgender individuals often ... -
Gender-Based Violence and HIV Risk among Female Sex Workers in Iringa, Tanzania: Implications for a Community Empowerment Response
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2017-06-12)Globally, female sex workers (FSWs) bear a disproportionate burden of GBV and HIV. Prior work has demonstrated how substance use overlaps with GBV and HIV to further increase FSWs’ risk for negative health outcomes. This ... -
Gendered Sexual Health among Men in India
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2017-03-09)Background: The term “men who have sex with men” (MSM) provokes the illusion of sexual risk homogeneity among male sexual minorities. The term overemphasizes a single aspect of sex between men (behavior) and overlooks ... -
Gene Discovery and Glutamate Signaling Defects in Intellectual Disability and Autism
(Johns Hopkins University, 2015-03-24)Neurodevelopmental disorders are a common class of brain disorders that affect up to 1 in 6 children in the industrialized world. They include a range of diseases, including Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Autism ... -
GENE EXPRESSION ANALYSIS IN MEASLES VIRUS RESEARCH
(Johns Hopkins University, 2007-03-26)The sequencing of the human genome ushered in the era of high-throughput biology. Rapid, whole cell analysis is replacing the molecular reductionist approach of the last century. Microarrays are one of the main high-throughput ... -
GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING IN ISCHEMIC AND NONISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY
(Johns Hopkins University, 2006-08-03)Background Despite our growing understanding of the pathophysiology and management of heart failure, there exist no strategies to individualize therapy using predictors of long-term prognosis and response to therapy. ... -
General and Specific Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Signaling Mechanisms Revealed by Analysis of Chimeric EGFR and IR Family Receptors
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2015-07-14)Receptors embedded in the plasma membrane serve to relay signals from the outside to the inside of the cell and regulate cell growth and differentiation. Disruption of these signals can occur by mutation or abnormal ... -
Generalizability of randomized controlled trials of substance use disorder treatments
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2017-05-23)Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are widely considered the gold standard to assess the effectiveness of new treatments. Decisions for clinical guidelines and health policies are often made based on findings of RCTs. ... -
Generalizations, extensions and applications for principal component analysis
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2016-02-24)Principal component analysis (PCA) is one of the most important dimension reduction technique. It is widely used in many applications including economics, finance and medical research. In this research, several novel ... -
Generalized Linear Splitting Rules in Decision Forests
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2018-03-12)Random forests (RFs) is one of the most widely employed machine learning algorithms for general classification tasks due to its speed, ease-of-use, and excellent empirical performance. Recent large-scale comparisons of ... -
Generation and Reactivity of Bio-Inspired Heme-Peroxo-Copper Model Complexes
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2017-08-17)A major theme across many fields of science is the goal of understanding how structure begets function. This dissertation explores such relationships utilizing synthetic inorganic and coordination chemistry to interrogate ... -
GENERATION OF A SPONTANEOUS HPV16 E6/E7 EXPRESSING PRE-CLINICAL TUMOR MODEL FOR TESTING THERAPEUTIC INTERVENTIONS
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2017-01-27)Human papillomaviruses (HPV) are a group of non-enveloped DNA viruses, which are notorious for their association with multiple diseases such as genital warts, anogenital and oropharyngeal tumors, and virtually all cervical ... -
Generation of an H3N2 Influenza A Reporter Virus to Visualize Modern Infection Dynamics
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2018-04-25)The public health burden of influenza is exacerbated by the continuous emergence of new strains and unanswered questions about viral spread within the host. Previously, groups have utilized reporter viruses encoding ... -
Genetic and Environmental Determinants of Food Allergy
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2014-04-03)Introduction: This thesis attempts to answer several questions about the epidemiology of pediatric allergy, including (1) the prevalence of pediatric food allergy in the United States and its changes over time, (2) whether ... -
Genetic Disruption of Ki-67 Results in Decreased Clonogenic Proliferation
(Johns Hopkins University, 2014-03-19)Two well-known hallmarks of cancer are the abilities to sustain proliferation and invade surrounding tissue, and pathways involved in these processes have been scrutinized for possible therapeutic targets in recent years. ... -
Genetic Diversity of Rickettsia parkeri in sympatric tick populations at a focal site in northern Virginia: Implications for pathogen dispersal and spotted fever group rickettsiosis.
(Johns Hopkins University, 2015-04-22)Rickettsia parkeri is emerging as a tick-borne pathogen of public health importance, particularly for its previously unrecognized role as a potential pathogen responsible for rapidly increasing cases of spotted fever group ...