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An Evaluation of the Effects of the National Institutes of Health's Clinical Trial Policies on Research Grant Performance
(Johns Hopkins University, 2020-05-07)
Background: The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has implemented numerous policies to enhance stewardship of clinical trial grants. These policies seek to improve identification, monitoring, oversight, completion, and ...
Cruel Intentions: Rape and Deliberation in the Time of Shakespeare
(Johns Hopkins University, 2020-05-15)
What is rape in early modern literature, and what causes it? How do texts configure injury, will, and responsibility? Do they deliver justice? Represented across a range of forms and genres, rape seems everywhere and yet ...
PARENT INTERVENTION TO STRENGTHEN MILITARY CHILD SCHOOL READINESS AT MARINE CORPS AIR STATION YUMA, ARIZONA: A MIXED METHODS EVALUATION
(Johns Hopkins University, 2020-04-28)
The development of school readiness competencies, vital for school success, may be jeopardized, especially for children of enlisted service members due to the unique challenges their military families face. After examining ...
SYNTHESES and CHARACTERIZATIONS of BIOINSPIRED COMPOSITES with REGENERATION CAPABILITY
(Johns Hopkins University, 2020-01-22)
The objective of this research is to investigate synthetic pathways for bioinspired materials with regeneration ability. This study is a part of a larger study on bioinspired composites motivated by current challenges of ...
Novice Teacher Development in a Project-Based Learning School
(Johns Hopkins University, 2020-04-27)
Teachers who receive insufficient pre-service training and professional development for presenting project-based learning (PBL) may be at an increased risk of attrition from the field of teaching. The literature review ...
OPTIMIZATION OF EFFICIENCY OF SALT ELUTRIATION COLUMNS VIA RESCALING FOR GEA
(Johns Hopkins University, 2020-01-22)
The sizing of salt elutriation columns is roughly estimated based on the hindered velocity of the particles in the system. Salt elutriation columns have three main purposes: to separate particles based on cut size, eliminate ...
DEVELOPMENT OF IMMUNOMODULATORY, COMPLIANT DECELLULARIZED EXTRACELLULAR MATRICES VIA ALIPHATIC CHAIN MODIFICATION FOR BLADDER TISSUE ENGINEERING
(Johns Hopkins University, 2020-04-27)
Decellularized extracellular matrices (dECMs) are considered ideal scaffolds for tissue regeneration due to their inherent bioactivity. Despite this advantage, the use of dECMs for bladder tissue reconstruction has resulted ...
CHARACTERIZING PHENOTYPIC DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE HA PROTEIN FROM TWO CLADES OF H3N2 INFLUENZA A VIRUSES FROM THE 2016-17 AND 2017-18 U.S. SEASONAL OUTBREAKS
(Johns Hopkins University, 2020-04-27)
The H3N2 influenza outbreak in the United States during the 2017-18 season was one of the most severe influenza outbreaks in the past decade. The H3N2 viruses circulating in 2016-17, a relatively mild influenza season, ...
MID-LIFE PREDICTED BODY FAT PERCENTAGE, AND ANTHROPOMETRIC FACTORS AND THE RISK OF COLORECTAL CANCER IN THE ATHEROSCLEROSIS RISK IN COMMUNITIES (ARIC) STUDY
(Johns Hopkins University, 2020-04-28)
Body mass index (BMI) fails to discriminate fat body mass from lean body mass which may partially account for the inconsistencies of the association between colorectal cancer (CRC) mortality and overweight BMI. The recent ...
EXPLORATION OF THE CONTRIBUTION OF PLASMODIUM GRASP TO MULTIPLE PARASITIC STAGE DEVELOPMENT, WITH SPECIAL FOCUS ON METAMORPHOSIS IN THE LIVER
(Johns Hopkins University, 2020-04-27)
The Plasmodium parasite undergoes dramatic morphological and metabolic transformations as it adapts to diverse environments within a mosquito vector and a vertebrate host. During liver infection, the morphological changes ...