Browsing ETD -- Graduate theses by Title
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VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENTS: AN UNACKNOWLEDGED SECURITY RISK
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2021-08-26)Do current U.S. job listings create vulnerabilities to private industries seeking to hire new talent? The hypothesis of this research study argues that many vacancy announcements present informational, organizational, and ... -
Validation of the automated segmentation for the hippocampal subfields using Large Deformation Diffeomorphic Metric Mapping on 7T MR images and its application to volumetric and shape analysis for patients with temporal lobe epilepsy
(Johns Hopkins University, 2013-09-19)This thesis first aims to validate the Large Deformation Diffeomorphic Metric Mapping (LDDMM) method used in the automated segmentation of three major subfields of the hippocampus known as Cornu Ammonis (CA), dentate gyrus ... -
Validation of the Instant Blood Pressure App
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2016-05-03)Introduction: The application of portable technology to healthcare is known as mobile health (‘mHealth’). Instant Blood Pressure (IBP) is an mHealth app that measures blood pressure (BP) using the internal sensors in an ... -
Validity of the Beck Depression Inventory among women with HIV engaged in care: Implications for transdiagnostic psychiatry in HIV treatment
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2021-05-03)Major depressive disorder is highly prevalent among women with HIV and is associated with decreased antiretroviral therapy adherence and increased risk of mortality. As major depressive disorder often goes undiagnosed among ... -
Valsartan Loaded Micelle for Th2 High Lung Disease Management
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2021-05-11)Th-2 high lung disease is a family of highly heterogenous diseases, in which the type 2 lymphoid cells are stimulated to release Th2 cytokines (e.g. IL-13 and IL-4) and activate type 2 inflammation, facilitating the disease ... -
Variability in the Experimental Response of Thermally Excited Aluminum Alloys
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2017-12-13)The use of aluminum alloys for load bearing elements continues to expand rapidly across the marine, aviation, and commercial building industries, among others. Some factors driving this expansion are aluminum's low density, ... -
Vascular Expansion Microscopy (VascExM): A new method for high-resolution optical imaging of the microvasculature
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2020-08-07)Purpose: The resolution of optical images systems is restricted by the diffraction limit. In the past two decades super resolution microscopy techniques have been developed to circumvent this limitation. However, these ... -
VBA MACRO PROGRAM FOR MANUFACTURING EXECUTION SYSTEM SCRIPT WRITING
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2022-05-09)Automation Operations Test Scripts are used to validate the Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) Syncade system configuration for Cell Therapy Facilities. Test scripts are used in the validation process, a highly regulated ... -
VEGF BOUND TO HEPARIN-CONJUGATED, ELECTROSPUN FIBRIN MICROFIBER SUPPORTS ECM FORMATION AND ORIENTATION ON 3D, IN VITRO MICROVASCULAR MODEL
(Johns Hopkins University, 2014-08-08)Current three dimensional (3D) models for microvasculature fail to understand the combinatorial role nanotopography, curvature, and bound growth factors have on extracellular matrix (ECM) deposition and cell alignment. ... -
Vertex Classification on Weighted Networks
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2018-12-11)This paper provides a framework for vertex classification on weighted networks. We assume that the edge weights and adjacencies in the network are conditionally independent and that both sources of information encode class ... -
Veteran Employment: Causes, Consequences and Remedies
(Johns Hopkins University, 2014-06-04)U.S. military veterans who served in the military after September 11, 2011 have seen consistently higher unemployment rates than the national average since 2006. Understanding the causes, consequences and remedies for ... -
VETERANCY AND VIOLENCE IN THE JANUARY 6TH CAPITOL ATTACK: A CASE STUDY
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2022-05-17)Do affiliates of right-wing extremist groups who have military experience behave differently than 1) affiliates without military experience and 2) nonaffiliates with military experience? This study seeks to answer this ... -
VIRAL DETERMINANTS OF H1N1 LAIV ATTENUATION IN HUMAN NASAL EPITHELIAL CELLS
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2019-04-24)The influenza A virus H1N1 and H3N2 components of the live, attenuated influenza vaccine (LAIV) encodes HA and NA gene segments from circulating virus strains with the remaining gene segments derived from the cold-adapted ... -
VIRTUAL NUCLEAR POWERS, NUCLEAR-POWERED SUBMARINES AND ILLICIT NUCLEAR TRADE: HOW THE SPREAD OF TECHNOLOGICAL KNOW-HOW AND MANUFACTURING CAPABILITIES IS UNDERMINING THE NONPROLIFERATION REGIME
(Johns Hopkins University, 2015-06-01)This study investigates how the spread of technological know-how and nuclear technology resulted in the emergence of new threats to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). Currently, the world has to deal with the ... -
Virtual Reality Guide to Hospital Autopsy: Block Dissection of the Renal System
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2017-03-21)Hospital autopsies are a highly valuable source of pathological evidence for understanding the progression and nature of diseases. Autopsies can also serve as a healthcare audit, assuring that premortem diagnoses are ... -
VISCOSITY INDUCED CELLULAR ADAPTATIONS FOR INCREASED CELL MOTILITY
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2020-05-12)Cancer, a disease with significant dependence on genetic predisposition, is caused when an epithelial cell undergoes mutation and multiplies clonally in a direction away from the vascular supply to form a tumor. Cancer-related ... -
Visual asymmetry in artificial neural networks
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2019-05-13)Visual search is among the most developed topics of research in human perception but in the domain of machine learning/computer vision, research on visual search in neural networks is relatively new. Most tasks here typically ... -
Visualizing B Cell Development: Creating an Immunology Video Game
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2016-03-22)The foundational immunology concepts of lymphocyte development are important for beginning science students to comprehend. Video games offer the potential for a novel approach to teaching this complex subject matter by ... -
Visualizing Cochlear Specializations that Enhance Protection of Hearing Function in Bats
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2020-03-20)The cochlea is a fluid-filled coil of the inner ear that transforms sound waves into electrical signals for processing in the brain. The mammalian auditory system is most commonly studied using the mouse, Mus musculus, due ... -
Visualizing Glaucoma: Accurately Characterizing and Depicting Visual Loss Via Virtual Reality
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2021-03-26)Glaucoma is the leading cause of global irreversible blindness, affecting more than 70 million people worldwide between the ages of 40 - 80. Tests to diagnose and understand the impact of disease are well established, ...