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A biochemical and cell biological characterization of TAFAZZIN in a novel Barth syndrome cell model
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2015-12-28)Barth syndrome (BTHS) is an X-linked disease characterized by cardio- and skeletal myopathy, hypotonia, growth delay, neutropenia, and 3-methylglutaconic aciduria. Patients have mutations in the TAZ gene on chromosome Xq28 ... -
A BIOINFORMATIC PIPELINE FOR THE ANALYSIS OF PROTEIN MICROARRAY DATA WITH APPLICATIONS TO MALARIA AND LUNG CANCER STUDIES
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2021-04-22)Bioinformatic pipelines are steps taken to transform data from a raw measurement to a form that enables direct biological inference. These steps vary across assays and different methods can have important impacts on ... -
A boson learned from its context, and a boson learned from its end
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2019-10-18)The Higgs boson was the last particle of the Standard Model of particle physics to be discovered. So far, its properties have been consistent with the Standard Model expectations. This thesis presents a series of analyses, ... -
"A breath of fresh air…literally and figuratively": Volunteering at three non-profit farms in Maryland
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2018-06-25)The literature about agricultural volunteering is growing, but there is a need for more qualitative research on the subject. Volunteering’s implications for volunteers, farms, and communities are especially important to ... -
A CALCIUM IMAGING APPROACH TO INVESTIGATE TYPE II COCHLEAR AFFERENT ACTIVITY AFTER TRAUMA
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2020-11-02)Auditory information is sent to the central nervous system from the cochlea through type I and type II cochlear afferents. While the function of the type I afferents is relatively well understood, definitive proof for the ... -
A Case Study Analysis about the Use of a Digital Transition Portfolio for Secondary Students with Mild to Moderate Disabilities in an Urban Inclusive High School Classroom
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2015-04-15)This qualitative single case study examined how one teacher used a digital portfolio in an inclusive urban high school career research and development (CRD) class over one semester. Specifically, this research described ... -
A Case Study Approach To Exploring Social Emotional Learning Program Implementation
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2019-10-25)Public schools in the United States are charged with meeting increasingly rigorous student accountability measures despite evidence indicating vast racial and socioeconomic disparities in student achievement across the ... -
A CASE STUDY OF BISPHENOL A (BPA) RISK COMMUNICATION: GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, INTEREST GROUPS AND THE MEDIA
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2014-10-22)Bisphenol A (BPA) is a high-production chemical found in the food supply that has been the subject of public health concerns over the last decade. Government agencies, public health and environmental organizations, industry ... -
A case-control epigenome-wide study of schizophrenia
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2017-03-15)Schizophrenia (SZ) is severe neuropsychiatric disorder with significant costs to the individual and society. Accumulating evidence points to the role of DNA methylation (DNAm) in either pathogenesis or as a biomarker of ... -
A case-control study of household air pollution and tuberculosis in women and young children in urban India
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2016-01-12)Background: Household air pollution (HAP) is a known risk factor for many respiratory diseases, however the association between HAP and tuberculosis (TB) is still inconclusive. The purpose of this study is to characterize ... -
A CHARACTERIZATION OF NETWORK PERFORMANCE: THE ROLE OF COMMUNICATION DIRECTIONALITY AND SYSTEM HETEROGENEITY
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2020-08-27)Networked dynamical systems’ ability to preserve the system equilibrium in the face of disruptive events or persistent disturbances can be an indication of the convergence efficiency and quantified as a measure of system ... -
A CHOICE BETWEEN DESPOTISMS: COMPARING WESTERN AND EASTERN INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT PARADIGMS
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2019-08-27)This paper claims that the way infrastructure is developed, more than a boring and technical topic, demonstrates a regime’s character. As the 20th century was dominated by Western-led infrastructure efforts including such ... -
A Cluster-Randomized Trial of Symptom-based versus Tuberculin Skin Test-based Screening of Household Tuberculosis Contacts Under 5 Years of Age
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2019-03-01)Background: Interventions to prevent tuberculosis (TB) for children are poorly implemented worldwide. TB preventive therapy (TPT) is highly-effective at preventing TB disease in household contacts < 5 years old, but only ... -
A Combinatorial Analysis of the Eigenvalues of the Laplacian Matrices of Cographs
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2019-05-10)Cographs, also known as complement reducible graphs or decomposable graphs, are a recursively defined class of graphs built from a single vertex by the operations of disjoint union and join. The eigenvalues of a cograph's ... -
A COMMUNITY OF BABBLERS: FAILURES OF COMMUNICATION IN THE RUSSIAN AND ENGLISH NOVEL, 1902-1925
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2021-08-24)A Community of Babblers: Failures of Communication in the British and English Novel 1902-1925 is a comparative study of Russian Symbolism and English modernism that investigates how the novels of these traditions address ... -
A Comparative Approach to the Development of Ancient Copper Supply Networks in Oman and Obsidian Supply Networks in Ethiopia
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2019-10-23)This dissertation adopts a comparative framework to the study of ancient raw material supply networks of copper in Oman (ca. 2500 BCE – 1800 CE) and obsidian in Ethiopia (ca. 800 BCE – 825 CE). A Social Network Analysis ... -
A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE ETIOLOGY AND INTERVENTION OPTIONS OF CHILDHOOD OBESITY IN CHINA AND THE UNITED STATES USING SYSTEMS SCIENCE APPROACHES
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2016-10-17)Objectives: The overall goal of this research project is to study the etiology and intervention options of childhood obesity through comparative research between China and the US. Three specific aims are: 1) examine the ... -
A Comparison of a Team Versus an Individual Approach to Learning in an Online Teacher Preparation Program
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2016-05-04)This quasi-experimental study investigated the effect of a high-performance teaming approach on motivation and engagement as compared to an individual approach in an online alternative teacher preparation program. The study ... -
A COMPARISON OF RUSSIAN NARRATIVES IN MOLDOVAN INTERNET NEWS TO RUSSIAN NARRATIVES THROUGHOUT CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2019-12-23)As information becomes a more predominant tool of contemporary warfare, Central and Eastern Europe serve on the front line of information operations originating from the Kremlin. Though the use of propaganda is not a new ... -
A COMPARISON OF SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION TECHNIQUES FOR REFUGE TRACKING BEHAVIOR IN EIGENMANNIA VIRESCENS
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2020-06-08)Mathematical modeling has commonly been used to represent various animal behaviors. However, for complex system such as sensorimotor process, explaining its dynamics by simple mathematical formulations would become very ...