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Advancing Clinical Practices and Patient Outcomes Through Computational Analyses in Medicine: A Focus on SARS-CoV-2 Epidemiology, COVID-19, and Long-COVID Neuropathogenesis
(2023)This dissertation comprehensively explores Severe Acute Respiratory SyndromeCoronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and its implications. In particular, SARS-COV-2 effects on Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), disease severity, ... -
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First-Generation Low-Income (FGLI) US Black College Women’s Social Capital
(2023)Black college students’ social engagement navigation in higher education is met with challenges at many colleges and universities. Students from racial minority backgrounds and low-income families face a disparity in social ... -
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Retrospective Cue Benefits in Visual Working Memory are Limited to a Single Item at a Time
(2023)Working memory (WM) performance can be improved by an informative cue presented during storage. This effect, termed a retrocue benefit, can be used to study limits on how human observers select and prioritize information ... -
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Synthesis, Characterization, and Screening of Signal Peptide Dependent Inhibitors of the Sec61 Channel
(2023)The classic approaches to medicinal chemistry have been greatly successful for the production of therapeutics in modern times. The most successful approach has been using small molecules to target proteins to disrupt their ... -
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Synthesis, Fabrication and Functionalization of Two-Dimensional Polymers
(2023)The synthesis of two-dimensional polymers (2DPs) is an emerging field with expected applications in nano-electronics, separation membranes, and memory storage devices. Unlike linear or branched polymers, 2DPs are defined ... -
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Cracking Performance Evaluation of Asphalt Mixtures in Virginia
(2023)Asphalt plays an essential role in various transportation and infrastructure projects worldwide. Throughout its production and service life, asphalt binder undergoes aging influenced by factors like temperature and exposure ... -
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Techniques for Improving the Production Control of Asphalt Mixtures
(2023)Enhancements in the control of asphalt mixture quantities are vital to uphold precise production accuracy. This holds particular significance as the majority of funds for asphalt mixture production originate from the Federal ... -
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Applications and examination of techniques used to determine magma storage and ascent timescales in arc volcanoes
(2023)Magmatic volatile elements and compounds in magmas (i.e., H2O, CO2, S,F, and Cl) are linked to the processes that control magma storage and decompression during an eruption. Because of their pressure dependent solubilities, ... -
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CFD Simulations of an Air-Conditioned Radiological Materials Staging Room: Comparison Between COMSOL and ANSYS Codes
(2023)Heat-generating radiological material packages, such as the 9975 package and other packages, are stored in facilities managed by the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). These packages must be stored in a ... -
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Mitigating Stress Corrosion Cracking in Austenitic Stainless Steel Canister Welds Using Peening Techniques
(2023)Austenitic stainless steel (ASS) is an ideal material choice for storing spent nuclear fuels (SNFs) in dry storage canisters (DSCs). However, due to the chloride-rich environments in which they operate, stress corrosion ... -
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Improving Highwall Monitoring Through Fracture Identification in Open-Pit Mines Using Image Segmentation
(2023)Open pit highwall monitoring is an important part of maintaining safe mine operations. The current monitoring practices are ideal for tracking mass slope movements through round-the-clock monitoring of ground acceleration, ... -
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Surrogate and Pathogenic Virus Removal in Bench Scale Soil Aquifer Treatment
(2023)The demonstration of enteric virus removal during indirect potable reuse is necessary to ensure safe water reclamation practices. This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of soil treatment in reducing concentrations of ... -
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Essays in Economics: Analyzing Homeowners’ Willingness-to-Pay for Wildfire Risk Mitigation, and the Overlapping Generations (OG) Model of Interest Rate Dynamics.
(2023)This dissertation examines the estimation of homeowners’ willingness-to-pay for wildfire risk reduction and the determination of interest rates. The first chapter employs a contingent valuation approach to estimate ... -
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Preparation, Properties, and Future Directions of Novel Zig-zag Edged Nanographenes
(2023)Graphene is a benchmark material in the field of organic electronics due to its many intriguing properties, such as conductivity, flexibility, and single-atom thickness. Nanographenes are a smaller subset of graphene, ... -
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CANNABIS LEGALIZATION: UNDERSTANDING HOW EVOLVING POLICY LANDSCAPES AFFECT EMERGING ADULTS’ CANNABIS-RELATED BEHAVIORS IN THE US
(2023)BackgroundAn increasing number of US states have legalized cannabis for recreational, or adult, use, where access to cannabis products is limited only by age. The largest proportion of cannabis users are among emerging ... -
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Entrapment in Higher Education
(2023)The cost of a college education has risen exponentially over the past few decades and is reflected in student loan debt, which now exceeds $1.6 trillion in the United States alone (Federal Reserve Bank of New York, 2023). ... -
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Post-synthetic Modification of Nanographenes using C-H Activation and Alkyne Benzannulation
(2023)“Bottom-up” (BU) synthetic strategies have now given chemists the tools to further modify large polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) molecules in a relatively straightforward man-ner. A powerful BU technique is alkyne ... -
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Predictive Modelling of Gas Concentrations in Tunnels Using Machine Learning.
(2023)This study introduces a machine learning methodology for predicting gas concentrationsat specific location within a tunnel model. The machine learning model is trained using gas concentration data obtained from sensors ... -
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What Makes Nikolai Kapustin’s Classically-oriented Works Sound Like Jazz Improvisation by Deconstruction of His 24 Preludes in Jazz Style, Op.53 and Concert Etudes, Op.40
(2023)Nikolai Kapustin was a Russian pianist who is considered a composer of classical and jazz fusion. His compositions mainly focus on keyboard literature, chamber music, and big band music. Despite Kapustin’s music sounding ... -
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Three Essays in Applied Economics
(2023)This dissertation consists of three essays on the theory of interest rate via the overlapping generation model, developmental economics, and behavioral response to taxation. The first essay aims to investigate how a shift ...
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