• UNDERSTANDING HEALTH CENTER MANAGEMENT AND PERFORMANCE UNDER PERFORMANCE BASED FINANCING IN NIGERIA 

  Mabuchi, Shunsuke (Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2016-12-19)

  This exploratory sequential mixed method research aimed to understand the key determinants of performance for primary health care centers (PHCCs) under the performance based financing (PBF) scheme in Nigeria, and examine ...

• PATIENT INVOLVEMENT IN CARE MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS FOR CHRONIC CONDITIONS 

  Sutch, Stephen Paul; 0000-0003-3202-6718 (Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2016-11-21)

  Background The World Health Organization sees the increase in chronic diseases as “one of the greatest challenges that will face health systems globally in the twenty-first century”. Chronic disease affects around 50% of ...

• Intimate Partner Violence and Depressive Symptoms Among Married Women of Reproductive Age in Rural Bangladesh 

  Stake, Stephen Bradley; 0000-0003-1454-6066 (Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2016-11-08)

  Problem Statement: Intimate partner violence (IPV) is ubiquitous and its prevalence varies between and within countries, ranging between 15 and 71%. In Bangladesh, women experience high levels of physical, sexual, and ...

• Parent and Family Resonses to a Child Undergoing BMT During Transitions in Care 

  Heinze, Katherine E; 0000-0002-4970-2850 (Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2016-11-04)

  Background Pediatric blood and marrow transplantation (BMT) is an intense treatment reserved for life-threatening oncologic, hematologic, and immunologic illnesses of childhood. While BMT offers hope for cure, the intensity ...

• Ethics of Activity: South Asian Shia Working Life in Dubai 

  Tilley, Brian Robbins; 0000-0003-1068-9887 (Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2016-10-28)

  This dissertation explains how environmental conditions foster ethics of behavior common to various spheres of life-activity: leisure, work, and religious practice, for instance. The research conceives present-day Dubai—the ...

• A Multiscale Ccomputational Framework to Predict Deformation and Failure in Polymer Matrix Composites 

  Aramoon, Amin (Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2016-11-02)

  Composite materials are made by combining different materials with distinct properties to create a more unique and superior material. Nowadays, composites such as polymer matrix composites (PMCs) are extensively used in ...

• Enabling Scalable Neurocartography: Images to Graphs for Discovery 

  Gray Roncal, William Roberts; 0000-0002-7362-9665 (Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2016-10-28)

  In recent years, advances in technology have enabled researchers to ask new questions predicated on the collection and analysis of big datasets that were previously too large to study. More specifically, many fundamental ...

• Co-robotic Ultrasound Tomography: A New Paradigm for Quantitative Ultrasound Imaging 

  Aalamifar, Fereshteh; 0000-0003-3448-5379 (Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2016-10-28)

  Ultrasound (US) is a popular medical imaging modality due to its low-cost, non-ionizing radiation, and real-time image display. However, conventional US imaging does not immediately provide quantitative information about ...

• Binuclear Ligand Copper Dioxygen/Nitric Oxide Adducts: Characterization and Reactivity 

  Cao, Rui (Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2016-10-28)

  Copper ions are found in a number of enzyme active sites that facilitate many biologically important reactions such as dioxygen activation and bacterial denitrification. These enzyme catalyzed reactions proceed extremely ...

• Location Prediction for Context-Aware Applications 

  Walfield, Neal H.; 0000-0001-5247-6471 (Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2016-11-03)

  Context-aware applications are programs that are able to improve their performance by adapting to the current conditions, which include the user's behavior, networking conditions, and charging opportunities. In many cases, ...

• Intersectional disparities in HIV testing among male youth in the U.S. 

  Ramachandran, Daesha Valli; 0000-0003-3292-6011 (Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2016-10-27)

  Background: HIV testing remains a significant public health problem, particularly for adolescents who are the fastest growing age group of those infected with HIV. Data on HIV testing among adolescents is more limited and ...

• TOWARDS FURTHER OPTIMIZATION OF RECONSTRUCTION METHODS FOR DUAL-RADIONUCLIDE MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION SPECT 

  Li, Xin; 0000-0002-2751-9246 (Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2016-10-27)

  Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the most prevalent type of heart disease and a leading cause of death both in the United States and worldwide. Myocardial perfusion SPECT (MPS) is a well-established and widely-used ...

• STRUCTURAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF THE DYNEIN MOTOR 

  Ketcham, Stephanie Ann; 0000-0002-4038-6513 (Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2016-10-27)

  The cytoplasmic dynein motor, hereafter dynein, is necessary for a wide range of subcellular activities. Functions range from the movement of vesicles (referred to as “low-load” transport) to organization of mitotic ...

• THE ROLE OF PERCEIVED POWERLESSNESS IN SEXUAL RISK TAKING AMONG URBAN YOUTH 

  Lim, Sahnah; 0000-0001-7406-5235 (Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2016-10-26)

  Background: Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) disproportionately affect youth and especially those who are socially disadvantaged. Generalized perceived powerlessness (PP) is an underexplored psychosocial construct ...

• TOWARDS RATIONAL DESIGN OF PRECURSORS FOR FOCUSED ELECTRON BEAM INDUCED DEPOSITION 

  Spencer, Julie Anne; 0000-0002-8543-7484 (Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2016-10-26)

  Focused electron beam induced deposition (FEBID) is an emerging method to fabricate nanostructures without the use of resists or masks. In the FEBID process, a gas phase precursor is introduced into a vacuum chamber and ...

• Changing the Wetting Properties of Titanium Dioxide Surfaces with Visible and Near Infrared Light 

  Rosenthal, Samuel B (Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2016-10-26)

  TiO2 is known to change its wetting properties under UV light. In this thesis, the photoinduced hydrophilicity (PIH) of TiO2 surfaces is examined with the goal of extending the range of wavelengths to the visible and NIR ...

• Theoretical Modeling and Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Atomic Scale Wear: a Combined Study 

  Shao, Yuchong (Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2016-10-24)

  In this dissertation work, I have developed an analytical theory and performed molecular dynamics simulations of atom-by-atom wear that arises during sliding con- tact between a nanoscale asperity and a surface. The ...

• Wnt5a is essential for dendrite maintenance and cognitive functions in the adult brain 

  Chen, Chih-ming (Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2016-10-25)

  Long-term structural maintenance of neuronal networks is essential for sustaining brain functions. The size and pattern of dendrite arbors dictate the ability of neurons to receive and integrate synaptic inputs and are ...

• "Per Un Dante Latino": The Latin Translations of the Divine Comedy in Nineteenth-Century Italy 

  Zanobini, Michele (Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2016-10-26)

  The history of the Latin translations of Dante's Divine Comedy represents a relatively unexplored branch within the field of Dante studies. Between 1416 and 1876, Latin translations of the Commedia were written and edited ...

• STUDIES OF CARBON, OXYGEN AND STRONTIUM ISOTOPES IN TOOTH ENAMEL: EVALUATING PALEOENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE IN SOUTH AFRICA AND EXPANDING THE PALEOCLIMATE TOOL KIT 

  Lehmann, Sophie B; 0000-0001-8853-0257 (Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2016-10-18)

  Anthropogenic-driven climate change has and will continue to influence Earth’s ecosystems and environments. Major regional and global climate events have been observed throughout the geological record. We need to determine ...

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