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University of Illinois – Chicago

1. Pilat, Roxanne L. Piano, Piano: Stories From My Father.

Degree: 2015, University of Illinois – Chicago

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19552

► Piano, Piano: Stories From My Father, by Roxanne Christofano Pilat, is a work of creative nonfiction, a life narrative, which as the title suggests, centers… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: Memoir; Life Narrative; American Dream; Chicago Stories; Italian immigrants; Children of Immigrants

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Pilat, R. L. (2015). Piano, Piano: Stories From My Father. (Thesis). University of Illinois – Chicago. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19552

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Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Pilat, Roxanne L. “Piano, Piano: Stories From My Father.” 2015. Thesis, University of Illinois – Chicago. Accessed February 17, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19552.

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Pilat, Roxanne L. “Piano, Piano: Stories From My Father.” 2015. Web. 17 Feb 2019.

Vancouver:

Pilat RL. Piano, Piano: Stories From My Father. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2015. [cited 2019 Feb 17]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19552.

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Council of Science Editors:

Pilat RL. Piano, Piano: Stories From My Father. [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2015. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19552

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

University of Illinois – Chicago

2. Vora, Jinal. Test-Retest Reliability of a Computerized Cognitive Test Battery: Examining Effect of Age and Stroke.

Degree: 2017, University of Illinois – Chicago

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/22115

► Dual-task methodologies are widely utilized to measure sharing of attentional resources between motor and cognitive functions. The traditional paper-pencil tasks although are valid and reliable,… (more)

▼ Dual-task methodologies are widely utilized to measure sharing of attentional resources between motor and cognitive functions. The traditional paper-pencil tasks although are valid and reliable, require specialized training, are prone to manual error and are not feasible to use in a dual-task paradigm, limiting its overall usability particularly in clinical settings. This warrants the need for sensitive, accurate, reliable, yet affordable options of computerized testing. The purpose of this study was to establish the test- retest reliability of a computerized custom-designed cognitive test battery (CCT), examining effects of age and stroke which was achieved by establishing test-retest reliability and concurrent validity of the CCT primarily in healthy young adults (n=15) (first study) followed by assessing the same across three different groups including stroke survivors (n=15), healthy older (n=15) and young adults (n=15) (second study). Additionally, we conducted a pilot study to assess whether the developed CCT is sensitive to reported subtle changes in the cognitive performance of chronic stroke survivors (n=13) followed by a novel cognitive-motor intervention (third study). The battery was administered using the DirectRT Empirisoft™ which included tasks that measured 1) visuo-motor function, 2) associated memory, 3) phonemic memory; 4) executive function; 5) discriminant decision-making, and 6) visual working memory,;7) problem solving, 8) information processing speed. The outcome variables consisted of reaction time; accuracy; total time of completion and total number of responses. The average time to implement this battery was 30minutes. Criterion validity was studied against the Delis Kaplan Executive Function System™ (D-KEFS). The results suggested that the custom designed CCT’s administered were moderately reliable tool to assess cognitive function across different age groups and population. A good- moderate concurrent validity was observed on comparing the CCT’s and conventional paper-pencil tests. CCT’S may be a good tool to capture more subtle changes in cognitive functioning along with assessing change is cognition post intervention. To conclude, the CCT’s used in this study was highly reproducible and reliable for several domains of cognitive function. Such testing could be easily implemented by clinicians for assessing cognition and could also be incorporated for in the dual-task testing and training paradigms. Advisors/Committee Members: Bhatt, Tanvi (advisor).

Subjects/Keywords: Neuropsychological testing; Cognition; Test-retest Reliability; Stroke; Dual task

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Vora, J. (2017). Test-Retest Reliability of a Computerized Cognitive Test Battery: Examining Effect of Age and Stroke. (Thesis). University of Illinois – Chicago. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10027/22115

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Vora, Jinal. “Test-Retest Reliability of a Computerized Cognitive Test Battery: Examining Effect of Age and Stroke.” 2017. Thesis, University of Illinois – Chicago. Accessed February 17, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10027/22115.

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Vora, Jinal. “Test-Retest Reliability of a Computerized Cognitive Test Battery: Examining Effect of Age and Stroke.” 2017. Web. 17 Feb 2019.

Vancouver:

Vora J. Test-Retest Reliability of a Computerized Cognitive Test Battery: Examining Effect of Age and Stroke. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2017. [cited 2019 Feb 17]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/22115.

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Council of Science Editors:

Vora J. Test-Retest Reliability of a Computerized Cognitive Test Battery: Examining Effect of Age and Stroke. [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2017. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/22115

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

University of Illinois – Chicago

3. Parsons, Anne E. Re-institutionalizing America: The Politics of Mental Health and Incarceration, 1945-1985.

Degree: 2013, University of Illinois – Chicago

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/10350

► This dissertation tracks a peculiar “re-institutionalization” between 1945 and 1990, showing how involuntary confinement in psychiatric hospitals and prisons transformed in both significance and scope.… (more)

▼ This dissertation tracks a peculiar “re-institutionalization” between 1945 and 1990, showing how involuntary confinement in psychiatric hospitals and prisons transformed in both significance and scope. The project focuses on these changes in Pennsylvania and argues that during the post-war era, the public sector relied primarily on custodial psychiatric hospitals rather than prisons to handle social problems. In subsequent decades, the state government increasingly sought rehabilitative alternatives to custodial institutions such as community mental health centers and work-release prison programs. This anti-institutionalism came to a halt in the 1970s as conservative politicians rejected alternatives to prisons and transferred supervision of people in the mental health system to the criminal system. Highlighting this previously unstudied process, the dissertation argues that policymakers replaced involuntary confinement in mental health institutions with imprisonment. In this way, it recasts the rise of mass incarceration as part of a larger history of confinement in the U.S. rather than the sudden product of the late twentieth century. This re-institutionalization challenges the narrative of the rise of conservatism as primarily a rejection of state welfare responsibilities. Instead, new conservative policies shifted priorities away from welfare and medical authority and towards security and punishment, dramatically altering the state’s relationships to its citizens in ways determined by notions of race, gender and class. Drawing on disability history and public history, the dissertation employs research focused on local people, places and communities and collections on mental health and corrections in Pennsylvania previously unused by historians. The research has uncovered how many former mental hospitals converted into prisons in the 1980s, a national phenomenon the project identifies through local examples. The dissertation challenges the narrative of deinstitutionalization as a largely federal development and instead focuses on the changes at the state and local levels, where the politics of mental health and imprisonment most often intersected. Advisors/Committee Members: Fink, Leon (advisor).

Subjects/Keywords: Mental Health; Incarceration; Mental Hospitals; Prisons; Psychiatric Hospitals

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Parsons, A. E. (2013). Re-institutionalizing America: The Politics of Mental Health and Incarceration, 1945-1985. (Thesis). University of Illinois – Chicago. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10027/10350

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Parsons, Anne E. “Re-institutionalizing America: The Politics of Mental Health and Incarceration, 1945-1985.” 2013. Thesis, University of Illinois – Chicago. Accessed February 17, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10027/10350.

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Parsons, Anne E. “Re-institutionalizing America: The Politics of Mental Health and Incarceration, 1945-1985.” 2013. Web. 17 Feb 2019.

Vancouver:

Parsons AE. Re-institutionalizing America: The Politics of Mental Health and Incarceration, 1945-1985. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2013. [cited 2019 Feb 17]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/10350.

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Council of Science Editors:

Parsons AE. Re-institutionalizing America: The Politics of Mental Health and Incarceration, 1945-1985. [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2013. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/10350

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University of Illinois – Chicago

4. Donovan, Sarah J. Transactional Consciousness: A Framework for Reading Genocide in the English Classroom.

Degree: 2015, University of Illinois – Chicago

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19324

► Maxine Greene has noted that teachers, in order to avoid accommodating ourselves as “functionaries,” must have in mind a “quest for a better state of… (more)

▼ Maxine Greene has noted that teachers, in order to avoid accommodating ourselves as “functionaries,” must have in mind a “quest for a better state of things for those we teach and for the world we all share.” In a quest to make education better, states have adopted standards and developed high stakes tests. These modern mechanisms have promoted teaching practices and learning outcomes that are quantifiable and thus measure progress. I argue that in doing so states have minimized and even excluded experiences and knowledge that might actually lead to “a better state of things” in our world. Drawing on my experiences as an Illinois middle school English teacher during the No Child Left Behind era, I offer my inquiry into the ethical implications of education reform on reading practices. I offer a specific example of trying to teach about genocide within a culture focused on meeting Adequate Year Progress. Having little knowledge or training about how teach about genocide, I primarily focused on knowledge accumulation and measurable outcomes. After a few years of teaching this unit, I became concerned with the ethics of teaching genocide in this way and began to rethink not only my approach to teaching genocide but my approach to teaching reading. Thus, my dissertation explores these questions: How ought we to be teaching English in this modern, globalized era? How can genocide literature illuminate the ethics of reading and help us rethink the purpose of education? And how can ethical reading prepare students to read, think, and act in the world more ethically? This inquiry has resulted in a theoretical framework for ethical reading that I call transactional consciousness. It is based on several fields within English studies: transactional reading theory, rhetoric, witnessing, and studies in the novel. While I suggest ways to develop transactional consciousness specific to genocide literature, I hope teachers will consider how it can be expanded to other genres and, more broadly, a way of being in the world. Advisors/Committee Members: Schaafsma, David (advisor).

Subjects/Keywords: reading; genocide; genocide literature; education; English education; witnessing; testimony; novel; reader response; consciousness; transactional; rhetoric; fiction

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Donovan, S. J. (2015). Transactional Consciousness: A Framework for Reading Genocide in the English Classroom. (Thesis). University of Illinois – Chicago. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19324

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Donovan, Sarah J. “Transactional Consciousness: A Framework for Reading Genocide in the English Classroom.” 2015. Thesis, University of Illinois – Chicago. Accessed February 17, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19324.

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Donovan, Sarah J. “Transactional Consciousness: A Framework for Reading Genocide in the English Classroom.” 2015. Web. 17 Feb 2019.

Vancouver:

Donovan SJ. Transactional Consciousness: A Framework for Reading Genocide in the English Classroom. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2015. [cited 2019 Feb 17]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19324.

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Council of Science Editors:

Donovan SJ. Transactional Consciousness: A Framework for Reading Genocide in the English Classroom. [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2015. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19324

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University of Illinois – Chicago

5. Orozco-Nunnelly, Danielle A. Determining the Role of Pirin1 in Light-Regulated Growth and Cellular Responses in Arabidopsis thaliana.

Degree: 2015, University of Illinois – Chicago

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19577

► As photoautotrophic and sessile organisms, plants are both reliant upon, and vulnerable to abiotic signals. Different wavelengths of light provide information for plant development, but… (more)

▼ As photoautotrophic and sessile organisms, plants are both reliant upon, and vulnerable to abiotic signals. Different wavelengths of light provide information for plant development, but these signals can also become stressors at specific levels. PRN1, a G protein α effector and a member of the cupin superfamily, is reported to be involved in the transcription of a light-regulated gene, as well as in seed germination in Arabidopsis thaliana. My work herein reveals that PRN1 can act as a quercetinase in vitro and that this activity is regulated by the activation status of the G protein α subunit. My research also demonstrates that prn1 null mutants contain more of the UV-screening quercetin compound, and thus can withstand longer amounts of UV-C radiation than wild type seedlings. This thesis pioneers the use of PRN1 in plant transgenes, where it is demonstrated that both the overexpression of PRN1, and the lack of PRN1 cause disoriented growth in response to white light. Moreover, PRN::PRN1-GFP plants indicate that PRN1 is a mainly nuclear localized protein, with diffuse expression in other cellular areas. While the PRN1 transcript and protein are not strictly diurnally or circadian regulated, Western blot analysis indicates that the protein levels in the cell vary in response to light conditions. When in vitro translated PRN1 protein has been treated briefly with a total cell extract (with only large cell debris removed), there is a shift in band size to higher molecular mass, indicating post-translational modification of PRN1. Treatment of wild type plants with MG-132, a cell permeable proteasome inhibitor, indicates that the larger molecular weight species (corresponding to the anti-PRN1 specific antibody) are likely ubiquitinated. These data reveal many activities of and indicate the regulation of PRN1, and demonstrate the important roles that this protein may play in light-regulated growth and cellular responses to light in Arabidopsis thaliana. Advisors/Committee Members: Okkema, Peter (advisor).

Subjects/Keywords: Arabidopsis; G protein pathway; Light signaling; Photomorphogenesis; Pirin; Plant transgenes; Posttranslational modification; Quercetin; Regulation of transcript and protein; Seedling development

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Orozco-Nunnelly, D. A. (2015). Determining the Role of Pirin1 in Light-Regulated Growth and Cellular Responses in Arabidopsis thaliana. (Thesis). University of Illinois – Chicago. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19577

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Orozco-Nunnelly, Danielle A. “Determining the Role of Pirin1 in Light-Regulated Growth and Cellular Responses in Arabidopsis thaliana.” 2015. Thesis, University of Illinois – Chicago. Accessed February 17, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19577.

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Orozco-Nunnelly, Danielle A. “Determining the Role of Pirin1 in Light-Regulated Growth and Cellular Responses in Arabidopsis thaliana.” 2015. Web. 17 Feb 2019.

Vancouver:

Orozco-Nunnelly DA. Determining the Role of Pirin1 in Light-Regulated Growth and Cellular Responses in Arabidopsis thaliana. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2015. [cited 2019 Feb 17]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19577.

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Council of Science Editors:

Orozco-Nunnelly DA. Determining the Role of Pirin1 in Light-Regulated Growth and Cellular Responses in Arabidopsis thaliana. [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2015. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19577

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University of Illinois – Chicago

6. Xiong, Susun. The Development of the Disability Microagressions Scale.

Degree: 2016, University of Illinois – Chicago

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/20980

► The aim of this research project was to develop a working prototype instrument that measures the type of microaggressions that people with a readily apparent… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: Disability; Microaggressions

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Xiong, S. (2016). The Development of the Disability Microagressions Scale. (Thesis). University of Illinois – Chicago. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10027/20980

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Xiong, Susun. “The Development of the Disability Microagressions Scale.” 2016. Thesis, University of Illinois – Chicago. Accessed February 17, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10027/20980.

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Xiong, Susun. “The Development of the Disability Microagressions Scale.” 2016. Web. 17 Feb 2019.

Vancouver:

Xiong S. The Development of the Disability Microagressions Scale. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2016. [cited 2019 Feb 17]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/20980.

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Council of Science Editors:

Xiong S. The Development of the Disability Microagressions Scale. [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2016. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/20980

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

University of Illinois – Chicago

7. Fiorelli, Julie A. Space for Speculation: American Fictions of Racial Futures.

Degree: 2015, University of Illinois – Chicago

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19760

► This dissertation examines works of speculative American literature that envision the racial order of the future U.S. as radically different from their authors’ present. Surfacing… (more)

▼ This dissertation examines works of speculative American literature that envision the racial order of the future U.S. as radically different from their authors’ present. Surfacing at moments of national crisis from the turn of the twentieth century through the end of the Civil Rights era, these texts imaginatively reshape the nation through the spatial logics of subgenres of speculative fiction. This dissertation argues that these spatial logics reveal racial anxieties and hopes driving this national reshaping, and the contemporaneous realities they crystallize. They show the formation of American national racial identity within a co-constitutive tension between economic, political, and social factors at home and imperialist expansion abroad. Rather than seeking neat resolutions in these texts, which are often bizarre, apparently illogical, or incomplete, this dissertation inquires into what these speculative texts disclose about the push and pull among material conditions, the ideological functions and constraints of genres, and authorial attempts to project the future. Structuring this dissertation are three historical flashpoints of national struggle and genres in which speculations on the racial future predominate in those periods: lost-race romance and utopian novels of the turn of the twentieth century, spy fictions of the 1930s and 1940s, and apocalyptic race-war novels of the late 1960s. Over the course of the dissertation, the author discusses the shifting roles that particular racialized groups represented in these genres have played in the formation of American national identity, examining Native American racialization at the turn of the twentieth century, Asian American racialization from the 1890s through the 1940s, and the changing status of blackness and whiteness across the lifespan of Jim Crow. Authors whose work is examined in this study include Pauline Hopkins, Walter Hugh McDougall, Edward Bellamy, Ignatius Donnelly, Arthur Bird, Edward Johnson, Albert Nelson, George Schuyler, Chester Himes, John Williams, and Sam Greenlee. Advisors/Committee Members: Dubey, Madhu (advisor).

Subjects/Keywords: American literature; African American literature; speculative fiction; utopian fiction; utopia; science fiction; race; space; genre

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Fiorelli, J. A. (2015). Space for Speculation: American Fictions of Racial Futures. (Thesis). University of Illinois – Chicago. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19760

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Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Fiorelli, Julie A. “Space for Speculation: American Fictions of Racial Futures.” 2015. Thesis, University of Illinois – Chicago. Accessed February 17, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19760.

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Fiorelli, Julie A. “Space for Speculation: American Fictions of Racial Futures.” 2015. Web. 17 Feb 2019.

Vancouver:

Fiorelli JA. Space for Speculation: American Fictions of Racial Futures. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2015. [cited 2019 Feb 17]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19760.

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Council of Science Editors:

Fiorelli JA. Space for Speculation: American Fictions of Racial Futures. [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2015. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19760

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University of Illinois – Chicago

8. Lotfy, Ibrahim. Structural Performance of High Density Polyethylene Crossties and Use in Accelerated Bridge Construction.

Degree: 2015, University of Illinois – Chicago

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19761

► Hardwood timber has been the predominant material of choice for crossties since the establishment of the railroad industry in the US. Recently, several concerns, including… (more)

▼ Hardwood timber has been the predominant material of choice for crossties since the establishment of the railroad industry in the US. Recently, several concerns, including higher speeds, heavier loads, durability and negative environmental effects associated with deforestation and wood-treating chemicals, have invoked the railroad industry’s interest in alternative materials for crossties. Currently, several manufacturers offer alternative and sustainable solutions using different recycled plastic composite materials. Thousands of plastic crossties are currently in service in a wide variety of railroad applications. Several researchers have been studying and testing these new materials, specifically High Density Polyethylene, however, their behavior when subjected to rail loading is not fully understood yet. Uncertainties in mechanical properties, failure modes, fracture, spike holding and loosening, tie-plate cutting and durability render their performance and safety questionable. More research is required to properly characterize, describe and model the behavior of these materials as well as assess the feasibility of implementing these materials in railway applications in terms of performance, safety, practicality, and economy. Therefore, the research effort presented in this thesis aimed to investigate the performance of plastic composite crossties through experimental testing and analytical modeling then evaluate the feasibility of implementing them in Accelerated Bridge Construction. A comprehensive testing program addressing several AREMA recommended test methods for engineered composite crosstie was conducted. The mechanical properties and behavior of the crossties and the fastening system assembly were evaluated for the individual components as well as the entire system. Analytical material models, capable of simulating the behavior of plastic crosstie and its interaction with the fastening system were constructed and calibrated using the experimental data. These models were then implemented in two full-scale modeling applications using Accelerated Bridge Construction techniques for railroad elevated structure applications. The plastic composite crossties demonstrated adequate performance throughout the experimental testing program. Additionally, the finite element modeling of the full-scale bridge applications served as a proof of concept for future implementation of plastic crossties in railroad bridges. This research also highlights the potential structural, social, and economic benefits of implementing High Density Polyethylene crossties in railroad applications. Advisors/Committee Members: Issa, Mohsen A (advisor).

Subjects/Keywords: High Density Polyethylene Crossties; Railroad crossties; Accelerated Bridge Construction; Recycled plastic crossties

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Lotfy, I. (2015). Structural Performance of High Density Polyethylene Crossties and Use in Accelerated Bridge Construction. (Thesis). University of Illinois – Chicago. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19761

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Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Lotfy, Ibrahim. “Structural Performance of High Density Polyethylene Crossties and Use in Accelerated Bridge Construction.” 2015. Thesis, University of Illinois – Chicago. Accessed February 17, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19761.

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Lotfy, Ibrahim. “Structural Performance of High Density Polyethylene Crossties and Use in Accelerated Bridge Construction.” 2015. Web. 17 Feb 2019.

Vancouver:

Lotfy I. Structural Performance of High Density Polyethylene Crossties and Use in Accelerated Bridge Construction. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2015. [cited 2019 Feb 17]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19761.

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Council of Science Editors:

Lotfy I. Structural Performance of High Density Polyethylene Crossties and Use in Accelerated Bridge Construction. [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2015. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19761

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University of Illinois – Chicago

9. Parthasarathy, Rajni. Neprilysin-dependent Reduction of Amyloid-beta in Eye Tissues.

Degree: 2015, University of Illinois – Chicago

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19762

► Amyloid-beta (Aβ), a 38-43 amino acid peptide generated in the eye and other tissues, has been hypothesized to exert toxic effects that contribute to the… (more)

▼ Amyloid-beta (Aβ), a 38-43 amino acid peptide generated in the eye and other tissues, has been hypothesized to exert toxic effects that contribute to the progression and pathology of age-related macular degeneration and other retinal degenerative diseases. My thesis study addresses the engineering of a treatment approach that enables the control of Aβ levels in the living eye. Neprilysin (NEP), a native endopeptidase that cleaves Aβ into inactive products, is a membrane-anchored protein. However, the recombinant-catalytic domain of NEP (termed sNEP) is soluble and retains catalytic activity. We have investigated the ability of intravitreally injected sNEP to reduce, in vivo, ocular levels of Aβ40 and Aβ42, (40 and 42 amino acids respectively) two principal Aβ forms. Anesthetized 10-month wildtype (C57BL/6J) mice, and 2-3-month 5XFAD transgenic mice overexpressing human Aβ42, received intravitreal injections of phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) containing sNEP. Treated mice were maintained for varying periods. Harvested eye tissues (combined lens, vitreous, retina, retinal pigment epithelium and choroid) were homogenized, extracted with PBS and analyzed for Aβ (ELISA) and protein (Bradford assay) to enable determinations of Aβ concentrations (pmol per g protein). Analytical procedures developed in the study included those for terminating sNEP activity prior to animal euthanasia, using the sNEP inhibitor phosphoramidon. sNEP activity remaining at defined post-sNEP-treatment times was analyzed by fluorometric assay. Retinal function in sNEP-treated eyes was analyzed by electroretinography (ERG). Key results obtained in the study include the following. (1) Untreated C57BL/6J eyes and 5XFAD eyes exhibit substantial Aβ levels. (2) Intravitreally delivered sNEP exhibits a concentration-dependent and time-dependent activity in reducing ocular Aβ levels. (3) Although sNEP is cleared rapidly from the eye after delivery, Aβ levels remain low for up to several weeks. (4) As determined at a fixed time following sNEP treatment that substantially reduces Aβ, C57BL/6J and 5XFAD mouse eyes exhibit robust ERG responsiveness, indicating good tolerance of the eye tissues to the sNEP treatment. Overall, the results of this study establish that sNEP delivery to the mouse eye enables substantial in vivo reductions in Aβ levels. The data encourage further study of intravitreal sNEP treatment for investigational and, potentially, therapeutic applications. Advisors/Committee Members: Pepperberg, David R (advisor).

Subjects/Keywords: Amyloid-beta; Neprilysin; Eye tissues; Age-related macular degeneration; mouse

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Parthasarathy, R. (2015). Neprilysin-dependent Reduction of Amyloid-beta in Eye Tissues. (Thesis). University of Illinois – Chicago. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19762

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Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Parthasarathy, Rajni. “Neprilysin-dependent Reduction of Amyloid-beta in Eye Tissues.” 2015. Thesis, University of Illinois – Chicago. Accessed February 17, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19762.

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MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Parthasarathy, Rajni. “Neprilysin-dependent Reduction of Amyloid-beta in Eye Tissues.” 2015. Web. 17 Feb 2019.

Vancouver:

Parthasarathy R. Neprilysin-dependent Reduction of Amyloid-beta in Eye Tissues. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2015. [cited 2019 Feb 17]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19762.

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Parthasarathy R. Neprilysin-dependent Reduction of Amyloid-beta in Eye Tissues. [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2015. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19762

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University of Illinois – Chicago

10. Wang, Shu. Effects of State-Imposed Tax and Expenditure Limitation on Municipal Revenue Structure: A Legal Approach.

Degree: 2015, University of Illinois – Chicago

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19763

► Abstract This study demonstrates a new way of examining the effects of institutional constraints on local policy making. The way through which state-imposed tax and… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: Tax and Expenditure Limitation; Intergovernmental Relations; Municipal Finance

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Wang, S. (2015). Effects of State-Imposed Tax and Expenditure Limitation on Municipal Revenue Structure: A Legal Approach. (Thesis). University of Illinois – Chicago. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19763

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Wang, Shu. “Effects of State-Imposed Tax and Expenditure Limitation on Municipal Revenue Structure: A Legal Approach.” 2015. Thesis, University of Illinois – Chicago. Accessed February 17, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19763.

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Wang, Shu. “Effects of State-Imposed Tax and Expenditure Limitation on Municipal Revenue Structure: A Legal Approach.” 2015. Web. 17 Feb 2019.

Vancouver:

Wang S. Effects of State-Imposed Tax and Expenditure Limitation on Municipal Revenue Structure: A Legal Approach. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2015. [cited 2019 Feb 17]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19763.

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Council of Science Editors:

Wang S. Effects of State-Imposed Tax and Expenditure Limitation on Municipal Revenue Structure: A Legal Approach. [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2015. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19763

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University of Illinois – Chicago

11. Oh, Myung-Jin. Mechanisms and Consequences of oxLDL Induced Endothelial Cell Stiffening.

Degree: 2015, University of Illinois – Chicago

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19764

► Endothelial biomechanics is emerging as a key player in the regulation of vascular endothelial cells. Here, we address the mechanism of endothelial stiffening induced by… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: Angiogenesis; endothelial stiffness; oxLDL; RhoA

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Oh, M. (2015). Mechanisms and Consequences of oxLDL Induced Endothelial Cell Stiffening. (Thesis). University of Illinois – Chicago. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19764

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Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Oh, Myung-Jin. “Mechanisms and Consequences of oxLDL Induced Endothelial Cell Stiffening.” 2015. Thesis, University of Illinois – Chicago. Accessed February 17, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19764.

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Oh, Myung-Jin. “Mechanisms and Consequences of oxLDL Induced Endothelial Cell Stiffening.” 2015. Web. 17 Feb 2019.

Vancouver:

Oh M. Mechanisms and Consequences of oxLDL Induced Endothelial Cell Stiffening. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2015. [cited 2019 Feb 17]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19764.

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Council of Science Editors:

Oh M. Mechanisms and Consequences of oxLDL Induced Endothelial Cell Stiffening. [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2015. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19764

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University of Illinois – Chicago

12. Morales-Doyle, Daniel. Science Education as a Catalyst for Social Change? Justice-Centered Pedagogy in Secondary Chemistry.

Degree: 2015, University of Illinois – Chicago

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19765

► This dissertation presents the findings of a retrospective case study of an Advanced Placement (AP) chemistry class in a neighborhood high school that was founded… (more)

▼ This dissertation presents the findings of a retrospective case study of an Advanced Placement (AP) chemistry class in a neighborhood high school that was founded as the result of a hunger strike organized to protest the systemic neglect of two urban Mexican American and African American communities. Within this context, three research questions guided the investigation of the (1) opportunities and challenges of developing and implementing socially transformative science curriculum, (2) the teaching practices, classroom structures, and routines that supported or impeded the students’ development (3) the responses and reflections of students on their experiences through their classwork and as they looked back on the class as college students. Justice-centered science pedagogy is presented as a framework that is built on the traditions of critical pedagogy and culturally relevant pedagogy to theorize teaching that aims to address inequities in science education as one component of oppression caused by white supremacy, capitalism, and patriarchy. This teacher research study applies the extended case method to analyze three data sets: interviews with students and other stakeholders, student work artifacts, and the teacher’s archival records. Two approaches to designing socially transformative science curricula emerged from the data, each with their own affordances and challenges. Students exhibited three orientations towards science that were consistent with their development as transformative intellectuals. Two sets of teaching practices and classroom structures and routines were important in the implementation of these curricula because of the way they aligned the values of the classroom with the values of other communities in which students participated. This study concludes by presenting implications for science teachers, teacher educators, and educational researchers who view science education as potentially contributing to larger efforts for social transformation. Advisors/Committee Members: Stovall, David O (advisor).

Subjects/Keywords: science education; critical pedagogy; culturally relevant pedagogy; secondary chemistry; teaching for social justice; socio-transformative constructivism; socially transformative curriculum; urban education

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Morales-Doyle, D. (2015). Science Education as a Catalyst for Social Change? Justice-Centered Pedagogy in Secondary Chemistry. (Thesis). University of Illinois – Chicago. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19765

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Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Morales-Doyle, Daniel. “Science Education as a Catalyst for Social Change? Justice-Centered Pedagogy in Secondary Chemistry.” 2015. Thesis, University of Illinois – Chicago. Accessed February 17, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19765.

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Morales-Doyle, Daniel. “Science Education as a Catalyst for Social Change? Justice-Centered Pedagogy in Secondary Chemistry.” 2015. Web. 17 Feb 2019.

Vancouver:

Morales-Doyle D. Science Education as a Catalyst for Social Change? Justice-Centered Pedagogy in Secondary Chemistry. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2015. [cited 2019 Feb 17]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19765.

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Council of Science Editors:

Morales-Doyle D. Science Education as a Catalyst for Social Change? Justice-Centered Pedagogy in Secondary Chemistry. [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2015. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19765

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University of Illinois – Chicago

13. van Heumen, Lieke. Social Relations of Older Adults with Intellectual Disabilities from a Life Course Perspective.

Degree: 2015, University of Illinois – Chicago

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19766

► Social relationships are important to how people define the quality of their lives and social well-being is of particular importance to older adults, who rate… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: Intellectual disabilities; aging; social relations; qualitative research; social network mapping; life histories; life lines

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van Heumen, L. (2015). Social Relations of Older Adults with Intellectual Disabilities from a Life Course Perspective. (Thesis). University of Illinois – Chicago. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19766

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Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

van Heumen, Lieke. “Social Relations of Older Adults with Intellectual Disabilities from a Life Course Perspective.” 2015. Thesis, University of Illinois – Chicago. Accessed February 17, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19766.

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

van Heumen, Lieke. “Social Relations of Older Adults with Intellectual Disabilities from a Life Course Perspective.” 2015. Web. 17 Feb 2019.

Vancouver:

van Heumen L. Social Relations of Older Adults with Intellectual Disabilities from a Life Course Perspective. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2015. [cited 2019 Feb 17]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19766.

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Council of Science Editors:

van Heumen L. Social Relations of Older Adults with Intellectual Disabilities from a Life Course Perspective. [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2015. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19766

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University of Illinois – Chicago

14. Costanzo, Alessandro. Anti-Inflammatory Drug Delivery System for Implantable Human Intra Ocular Lens after Cataract Surgery.

Degree: 2015, University of Illinois – Chicago

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19767

► Today, the world’s most significant and widespread cause of blindness is cataract. The only way to treat cataract is the replacement of crystalline human lens… (more)

▼ Today, the world’s most significant and widespread cause of blindness is cataract. The only way to treat cataract is the replacement of crystalline human lens by implanting an intraocular lens (IOL) to replace it. The main goal of an IOL is to completely restore original visual ability,and not just partially provide some of crystalline lens features. Therefore, it must be capable of full range accommodation, modifying the focal point according to distance of the object, and last for more than 30 years since life expectations have grown during last decades. Modern accommodative IOLs are the result of many years of research about biocompatible materials and improvements in the surgical techniques, design strategies, and fabrication processes. Although IOL implantation surgery is recognised as a safe procedure today, post-operative inflammation is still a big challenge, which now various researchers are trying to address through Drug De- livery Systems (DDS). Our IOL design is intended to mimic the accommodative behaviour of the actual human lens and is based on a compressible Fresnel lens. The DDS, included inside the lens itself, provides post-operative drug delivery independent of patient compliance. This is a major breakthrough and it is made of a set of nano-channels arranged throughout a spiral path, owing to which the overall structure will have a great compressibility and accommodative range. Moreover,these channels, when compressed, release an anti-inflammatory liquid solution, until they become empty. The time window, during which the DDS is active, can be tailored according to the characteristics of the fluid filling the channels, and, importantly, once it is over there is no need of refilling the channels, since they have accomplished their task, or removing the DDS implant from the lens, since it is an all-in-one system. We would like to stress that the all-in-one system-feature is a very important characteristic of our design because, besides the many advantages we already talked about, it does not lead to any displacement of the DDS causing discomfort to the patient, as current biodegradable DDS implants do. Advisors/Committee Members: Metlushko, Vitali (advisor).

Subjects/Keywords: IOL; DDS; cataract; MEMS; nanofabrication.

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Costanzo, A. (2015). Anti-Inflammatory Drug Delivery System for Implantable Human Intra Ocular Lens after Cataract Surgery. (Thesis). University of Illinois – Chicago. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19767

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Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Costanzo, Alessandro. “Anti-Inflammatory Drug Delivery System for Implantable Human Intra Ocular Lens after Cataract Surgery.” 2015. Thesis, University of Illinois – Chicago. Accessed February 17, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19767.

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Costanzo, Alessandro. “Anti-Inflammatory Drug Delivery System for Implantable Human Intra Ocular Lens after Cataract Surgery.” 2015. Web. 17 Feb 2019.

Vancouver:

Costanzo A. Anti-Inflammatory Drug Delivery System for Implantable Human Intra Ocular Lens after Cataract Surgery. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2015. [cited 2019 Feb 17]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19767.

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Council of Science Editors:

Costanzo A. Anti-Inflammatory Drug Delivery System for Implantable Human Intra Ocular Lens after Cataract Surgery. [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2015. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19767

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University of Illinois – Chicago

15. Leep Hunderfund, Andrea. Validity and Feasibility of the Electromyography Direct Observation Tool (EMG-DOT).

Degree: 2015, University of Illinois – Chicago

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19768

► Objective – To develop a new workplace-based electromyography direct observation tool (the EMG-DOT) and gather validity evidence supporting its use for assessing electrodiagnostic skills among… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: Medical Education; Assessment; Workplace-Based Assessment; Neurology; Electromyography; Clinical Neurophysiology

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Leep Hunderfund, A. (2015). Validity and Feasibility of the Electromyography Direct Observation Tool (EMG-DOT). (Thesis). University of Illinois – Chicago. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19768

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Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Leep Hunderfund, Andrea. “Validity and Feasibility of the Electromyography Direct Observation Tool (EMG-DOT).” 2015. Thesis, University of Illinois – Chicago. Accessed February 17, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19768.

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Leep Hunderfund, Andrea. “Validity and Feasibility of the Electromyography Direct Observation Tool (EMG-DOT).” 2015. Web. 17 Feb 2019.

Vancouver:

Leep Hunderfund A. Validity and Feasibility of the Electromyography Direct Observation Tool (EMG-DOT). [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2015. [cited 2019 Feb 17]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19768.

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Leep Hunderfund A. Validity and Feasibility of the Electromyography Direct Observation Tool (EMG-DOT). [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2015. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19768

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University of Illinois – Chicago

16. Kataria, Yachana. Integrating Biomarkers into Translational Research on Diet and Cancer.

Degree: 2015, University of Illinois – Chicago

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19769

► Here, we elucidate dietary factors that contribute to or protect against liver and prostate cancer, and their relationship with underlying pathophysiologic mechanisms. Alpha-methylacyl-CoA racemase (AMACR)… (more)

▼ Here, we elucidate dietary factors that contribute to or protect against liver and prostate cancer, and their relationship with underlying pathophysiologic mechanisms. Alpha-methylacyl-CoA racemase (AMACR) is an enzyme involved in fatty acid metabolism that is markedly over-expressed in virtually all prostate cancers (PCa), relative to benign tissue. Phytanic acid, one of AMACR’s primary substrates, is derived predominately from red meat and dairy product consumption. Epidemiological evidence suggests links between dairy/red meat intake, as well as phytanic acid levels, and elevated PCa risk. The first study investigates the relationships among dietary intake, serum and tissue concentrations of phytanic acid, and AMACR expression (mRNA and protein) in the histologically benign human prostate. Our data could not unify the hypothesis that excess levels of dietary phytanic acid are responsible for both the overexpression of AMACR in prostate cancer and the potential association between PCa risk and intake of dairy foods and red meat. The focus of the second part is vitamin A, iron, and the joint relationship of vitamin A and iron in patients at high risk for liver cancer. HCV patients with cirrhosis form the largest group of persons at high risk for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Increased oxidative stress is regarded as a major mechanism of HCV-related liver disease progression. Deficiencies in retinoid and carotenoid antioxidants and increased iron may represent a major modifiable risk factor for HCC progression. We observed that a decrease in serum retinol, β-carotene, and RBP4 is associated with early stage HCV infection. Retinoid and carotenoid levels decline as disease progresses, and our data suggest that this decline occurs early in the disease process, even before fibrosis is apparent. Measures of oxidative stress are associated with fibrosis stage and concurrent antioxidant depletion. Vitamin A loss is accompanied by stellate cell activation in hepatic tissue. We observed an increase in serum iron biomarkers in CLD patients compared to controls. Serum retinoids were inversely associated with serum iron biomarkers. However, there was little evidence of a joint effect between iron and retinoids in early CLD. Advisors/Committee Members: Bosland, Maarten C (advisor).

Subjects/Keywords: Biomarkers; Prostate Cancer; Liver Cancer; Diet; Cancer; Epidemiology; Chemoprevention

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Kataria, Y. (2015). Integrating Biomarkers into Translational Research on Diet and Cancer. (Thesis). University of Illinois – Chicago. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19769

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Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Kataria, Yachana. “Integrating Biomarkers into Translational Research on Diet and Cancer.” 2015. Thesis, University of Illinois – Chicago. Accessed February 17, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19769.

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MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Kataria, Yachana. “Integrating Biomarkers into Translational Research on Diet and Cancer.” 2015. Web. 17 Feb 2019.

Vancouver:

Kataria Y. Integrating Biomarkers into Translational Research on Diet and Cancer. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2015. [cited 2019 Feb 17]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19769.

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Council of Science Editors:

Kataria Y. Integrating Biomarkers into Translational Research on Diet and Cancer. [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2015. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19769

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University of Illinois – Chicago

17. Phelps Coco, Adrienne L. Five Lives of Mollie Fancher: 19th Century Curiosity, Clairvoyant, Hysteric, Care Recipient, Invalid.

Degree: 2015, University of Illinois – Chicago

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19770

► This project examines the intersection of gender, disability, and medicine through a biography of Mollie Fancher, a woman with multiple disabilities whose reported mystical abilities… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: Disability history; disability narratives; Spiritualism; invalidism; history of medicine; professionalization of medicine

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Phelps Coco, A. L. (2015). Five Lives of Mollie Fancher: 19th Century Curiosity, Clairvoyant, Hysteric, Care Recipient, Invalid. (Thesis). University of Illinois – Chicago. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19770

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Phelps Coco, Adrienne L. “Five Lives of Mollie Fancher: 19th Century Curiosity, Clairvoyant, Hysteric, Care Recipient, Invalid.” 2015. Thesis, University of Illinois – Chicago. Accessed February 17, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19770.

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Phelps Coco, Adrienne L. “Five Lives of Mollie Fancher: 19th Century Curiosity, Clairvoyant, Hysteric, Care Recipient, Invalid.” 2015. Web. 17 Feb 2019.

Vancouver:

Phelps Coco AL. Five Lives of Mollie Fancher: 19th Century Curiosity, Clairvoyant, Hysteric, Care Recipient, Invalid. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2015. [cited 2019 Feb 17]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19770.

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Phelps Coco AL. Five Lives of Mollie Fancher: 19th Century Curiosity, Clairvoyant, Hysteric, Care Recipient, Invalid. [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2015. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19770

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University of Illinois – Chicago

18. Dada, Doa M. An Investigation of Social Vulnerability and TRI-reporting Facilities in the Houston Metropolitan Area.

Degree: 2015, University of Illinois – Chicago

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19771

► The Houston metropolitan area is a large, diverse, and densely populated geographical region that is predisposed to natural disasters due to its coastal location. In… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: Social vulnerability; Geographic information system; Houston metropolitan area

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Dada, D. M. (2015). An Investigation of Social Vulnerability and TRI-reporting Facilities in the Houston Metropolitan Area. (Thesis). University of Illinois – Chicago. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19771

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Dada, Doa M. “An Investigation of Social Vulnerability and TRI-reporting Facilities in the Houston Metropolitan Area.” 2015. Thesis, University of Illinois – Chicago. Accessed February 17, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19771.

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MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Dada, Doa M. “An Investigation of Social Vulnerability and TRI-reporting Facilities in the Houston Metropolitan Area.” 2015. Web. 17 Feb 2019.

Vancouver:

Dada DM. An Investigation of Social Vulnerability and TRI-reporting Facilities in the Houston Metropolitan Area. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2015. [cited 2019 Feb 17]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19771.

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Council of Science Editors:

Dada DM. An Investigation of Social Vulnerability and TRI-reporting Facilities in the Houston Metropolitan Area. [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2015. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19771

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University of Illinois – Chicago

19. Taylor, Joshua R. (Re)Imagining The School As A Neighborhood Institution: A Vision Of A School That Is For The Community.

Degree: 2015, University of Illinois – Chicago

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19773

► The purpose of this paper is to revisit the historical role of the school in order to reimagine the relationship between schools and historically disinvested… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: anchor institutions; schools; disinvestment; globalization; neoliberalism; standardization; neighborhood planning

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Taylor, J. R. (2015). (Re)Imagining The School As A Neighborhood Institution: A Vision Of A School That Is For The Community. (Thesis). University of Illinois – Chicago. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19773

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Taylor, Joshua R. “(Re)Imagining The School As A Neighborhood Institution: A Vision Of A School That Is For The Community.” 2015. Thesis, University of Illinois – Chicago. Accessed February 17, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19773.

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Taylor, Joshua R. “(Re)Imagining The School As A Neighborhood Institution: A Vision Of A School That Is For The Community.” 2015. Web. 17 Feb 2019.

Vancouver:

Taylor JR. (Re)Imagining The School As A Neighborhood Institution: A Vision Of A School That Is For The Community. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2015. [cited 2019 Feb 17]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19773.

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Taylor JR. (Re)Imagining The School As A Neighborhood Institution: A Vision Of A School That Is For The Community. [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2015. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19773

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University of Illinois – Chicago

20. Maamari, Khodr. 3D Electron Beam Lithography for Biomedical Applications.

Degree: 2015, University of Illinois – Chicago

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19774

► We have developed a new state of the art high aspect ratio 3D fabrication technique based on the electron-beam lithography system (EBL) available at the… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: Electron beam lithography

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Maamari, K. (2015). 3D Electron Beam Lithography for Biomedical Applications. (Thesis). University of Illinois – Chicago. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19774

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Maamari, Khodr. “3D Electron Beam Lithography for Biomedical Applications.” 2015. Thesis, University of Illinois – Chicago. Accessed February 17, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19774.

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Maamari, Khodr. “3D Electron Beam Lithography for Biomedical Applications.” 2015. Web. 17 Feb 2019.

Vancouver:

Maamari K. 3D Electron Beam Lithography for Biomedical Applications. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2015. [cited 2019 Feb 17]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19774.

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Council of Science Editors:

Maamari K. 3D Electron Beam Lithography for Biomedical Applications. [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2015. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19774

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University of Illinois – Chicago

21. Benitez, Joseph A. Essays on Quasi-Experimental Methods in Measuring Access to Care.

Degree: 2015, University of Illinois – Chicago

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19775

► Natural experiments provide a valuable tool in determining the implications of changes in public policies when conducting “true” experiments would be either too costly or… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: Natural Experiments; Applied Econometrics; Access to Care

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Benitez, J. A. (2015). Essays on Quasi-Experimental Methods in Measuring Access to Care. (Thesis). University of Illinois – Chicago. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19775

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Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Benitez, Joseph A. “Essays on Quasi-Experimental Methods in Measuring Access to Care.” 2015. Thesis, University of Illinois – Chicago. Accessed February 17, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19775.

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Benitez, Joseph A. “Essays on Quasi-Experimental Methods in Measuring Access to Care.” 2015. Web. 17 Feb 2019.

Vancouver:

Benitez JA. Essays on Quasi-Experimental Methods in Measuring Access to Care. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2015. [cited 2019 Feb 17]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19775.

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Benitez JA. Essays on Quasi-Experimental Methods in Measuring Access to Care. [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2015. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19775

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University of Illinois – Chicago

22. Bang, Chi. The Role of Spectrosome and Centrosome in Asymmetric Stem Cell Division.

Degree: 2015, University of Illinois – Chicago

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19776

► Stem cells have remarkable self-renewal ability and differentiation potency, which are critical for tissue repair and tissue homeostasis. Recently it has been found, in many… (more)

▼ Stem cells have remarkable self-renewal ability and differentiation potency, which are critical for tissue repair and tissue homeostasis. Recently it has been found, in many systems (e.g. gut, neurons, and hematopoietic stem cells), that the self-renewal and differentiation balance is maintained when the stem cells divide asymmetrically—one daughter cell that is displaced outside of the stem cell ‘niche’ due to polarity orientation is differentiated while the other daughter cell that is positioned inside of the ‘niche’ is self-renewed. However, how the self-renewal and differentiation is balanced to maintain the tissue homeostasis is poorly understood. Using the Germline Stem Cells (GSCs) of Drosophila male gonad, time-lapse live-cell imaging microscopy, and our customized tracking programs, the movement patterns of spectrosomes (GSC organelle previously shown to regulate spindle orientation) and centrosomes were tracked to quantify the dynamic characteristics, which included velocities, migration distances, spindle angle changes, spindle separation velocities, and angular spindle velocities. These studies provided greater insights of how the asymmetric stem cell division is regulated. Our investigation focuses were twofold: 1) to elucidate how centrosome and spectrosome interact to regulate the asymmetric stem cell division outcome and 2) how pericentriolar matrix (PCM; matrix that envelopes centrosome)/astral microtubules and Adenomatous Polyposis Coli 2 (APC2; adhesion protein) participate in the regulation of asymmetric stem cell divisions in conjunction with spectrosome and non-functional centrosomes. With centrosome compromised through a core protein knockout in the male GSCs, the spectrosome changed localization (to apical position shown to be important in anchoring the mitotic spindle pole in the female GSCs for controlling the spindle orientation) and became stationary. Furthermore, the spectrosomes were also apically positioned when the centrosomes and spindles were misoriented. In addition, the spectrosomes were recruited to the apical position when the PCM/astral microtubules were compromised (via cnn mutation) but not APC2. Our results suggest that spectrosome is recruited to the apical cortex to orient the spindle when PCM/astral microtubules are compromised but not APC2. Our dissertation results can be used as a model to control the fate of other stem cell types and spill into potential applications and therapies. Advisors/Committee Members: Cheng, Jun (advisor), Eddington, David (advisor), Featherstone, David (advisor), Uskoković, Vuk (advisor).

Subjects/Keywords: Stem Cell Engineering; Asymmetric Stem Cell Division; Stem Cell Regulation; Tissue Engineering; Sub-cellular Organelle Tracking; Time-Lapse Live-Cell Imaging

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Bang, C. (2015). The Role of Spectrosome and Centrosome in Asymmetric Stem Cell Division. (Thesis). University of Illinois – Chicago. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19776

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Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Bang, Chi. “The Role of Spectrosome and Centrosome in Asymmetric Stem Cell Division.” 2015. Thesis, University of Illinois – Chicago. Accessed February 17, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19776.

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Bang, Chi. “The Role of Spectrosome and Centrosome in Asymmetric Stem Cell Division.” 2015. Web. 17 Feb 2019.

Vancouver:

Bang C. The Role of Spectrosome and Centrosome in Asymmetric Stem Cell Division. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2015. [cited 2019 Feb 17]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19776.

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Bang C. The Role of Spectrosome and Centrosome in Asymmetric Stem Cell Division. [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2015. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19776

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University of Illinois – Chicago

23. Sun, Yan. A Subgroup Identification Method with Interaction Filtering and Quantitative Criteria.

Degree: 2015, University of Illinois – Chicago

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19777

► Subgroup identification has always been of great interest among the many functions and applications of statistical learning. In the pharmaceutical area, it is desirable to… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: subgroup; personalized medicine; variable selection; quantitative criteria

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Sun, Y. (2015). A Subgroup Identification Method with Interaction Filtering and Quantitative Criteria. (Thesis). University of Illinois – Chicago. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19777

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Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Sun, Yan. “A Subgroup Identification Method with Interaction Filtering and Quantitative Criteria.” 2015. Thesis, University of Illinois – Chicago. Accessed February 17, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19777.

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Sun, Yan. “A Subgroup Identification Method with Interaction Filtering and Quantitative Criteria.” 2015. Web. 17 Feb 2019.

Vancouver:

Sun Y. A Subgroup Identification Method with Interaction Filtering and Quantitative Criteria. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2015. [cited 2019 Feb 17]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19777.

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Council of Science Editors:

Sun Y. A Subgroup Identification Method with Interaction Filtering and Quantitative Criteria. [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2015. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19777

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University of Illinois – Chicago

24. Huang, Zhenna. Work-Related Burn Injuries Treated in US Burn Centers: 2002-2011.

Degree: 2015, University of Illinois – Chicago

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19778

► Objectives: (1) Develop a work-related definition for the National Burn Repository (NBR); (2) Describe national work-related burn injury characteristics by occupations using the NBR research… (more)

▼ Objectives: (1) Develop a work-related definition for the National Burn Repository (NBR); (2) Describe national work-related burn injury characteristics by occupations using the NBR research dataset; (3) Compare work-related with nonwork-related burn injuries. Methods: We developed a work-related definition based on four fields in the NBR research dataset, including injury-event narrative description, insurer, injury circumstance, and the original work-related variable. In total, 109,281 burn injury patients treated in US burn centers from 2002 to 2011 were included in this analysis, of which 22,969 were work-related. Results: We identified four times of work-related burn-injury patients compared to those identified by the NBR original work-related field. The occupations with highest in-hospital fatality rates from burn injuries were transportation and material-moving occupations (4.59%) and production occupations (2.3%). The occupations with longest length of hospitalization were arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media (Median: 4.5, Mean: 8.85); and transportation and material-moving occupations (Median: 4, Mean: 11.65).The three most common causes of burns in work settings were direct contact with fire/flame (32.3%), scald (22.8%), and electricity (14.1%). The proportion of burn injuries caused by fire/flame was highest among workers employed in protective services (72.9%), community and social-service workers (57.3%), and arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media workers (53.9%). In the comparison of work-related and non-work related burn injuries, work-related patients tended to have lower mean total burn surface area (TBSA) (8.14 versus 9.5), slightly shorter median hospital days (3 versus 4), lower in-hospital fatality rate (2.0% versus 3.5%), and higher proportion of third-degree burn injury (29.0% versus. 27.4%). In the multivariable logistic regression models, black patients and those suffering from electrical, inhalation, and fire/flame burns were at increased odds of dying during hospitalization. Female, black, Hispanic, and those who had third-degree burn, inhalation, and electrical burn were significantly associated with longer hospitalization. Conclusions: Simply relying on the NBR original work-related variable can only capture 20% of work-related burn-injury patients. Some occupations were associated with higher in-hospital burn-injury mortality and longer hospitalization. Black, third-degree burn, inhalation, and electrical burn were independent predictors of longer hospitalization and in-hospital mortality. Advisors/Committee Members: Friedman, Lee (advisor).

Subjects/Keywords: work-related burn injuries; burn centers; National Burn Repository

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Huang, Z. (2015). Work-Related Burn Injuries Treated in US Burn Centers: 2002-2011. (Thesis). University of Illinois – Chicago. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19778

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Huang, Zhenna. “Work-Related Burn Injuries Treated in US Burn Centers: 2002-2011.” 2015. Thesis, University of Illinois – Chicago. Accessed February 17, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19778.

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MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Huang, Zhenna. “Work-Related Burn Injuries Treated in US Burn Centers: 2002-2011.” 2015. Web. 17 Feb 2019.

Vancouver:

Huang Z. Work-Related Burn Injuries Treated in US Burn Centers: 2002-2011. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2015. [cited 2019 Feb 17]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19778.

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Council of Science Editors:

Huang Z. Work-Related Burn Injuries Treated in US Burn Centers: 2002-2011. [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2015. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19778

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University of Illinois – Chicago

25. Garelli, Glenda. The Humanitarian Frontier in the Mediterranean. Border Work and the Right to Presence.

Degree: 2015, University of Illinois – Chicago

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19779

► This dissertation explores the Mediterranean Sea as a site of migration, border enforcement, and struggle for migrants and refugees. Focusing on the central Mediterranean route… (more)

▼ This dissertation explores the Mediterranean Sea as a site of migration, border enforcement, and struggle for migrants and refugees. Focusing on the central Mediterranean route into Italy in the aftermath of the Arab Uprisings, I map the restructuring of migration control toward a “humanitarian frontier”—i.e., the deployment of human rights rationales and humanitarian technologies to govern migration. Analytically, I chart new configurations of sovereignty, rights, and territory; the new struggles they produce for migrants and refugees; and the impasse that these configurations create for advocacy. Diagnostically, I identify several junctures where such “humanitarian” border enforcement becomes socially, normatively, and politically friable and where it becomes possible to contribute to a democratization of contested border geographies. To carry out this research, I spent three years engaging with local and nonlocal ethnography at arrival docks in Italy, at the refugee camp of Mineo (Sicily), and on the island of Lampedusa. I interviewed 60 people, among them migrants, refugees, policymakers, border patrol and police agents, coast guard officers, refugee processing center operators, Italian Navy officials, Red Cross volunteers, NGO and IGO employees, lawyers, and activists. Moreover, I worked on a critical policy analysis of the different scales at which migrants’ access and presence in the EU is regulated (the urban, national, EU, and Mediterranean macro-regional scale). Each chapter directs analytical attention to one specific site of the “humanitarian border work” in the central Mediterranean: the sea, and particularly the stretch of waters connecting Tunisia, Libya, and Italy to a persistently growing number of border-deaths and military initiatives of migration management; the refugee camp, with a focus on the processing center of Mineo, Sicily, opened in the context of the Italian “North Africa Emergency” in 2011; the Schengen Area, particularly the controversies around its internal borders in the aftermath of the Tunisian Revolution; and the Euro-Med neighborhood, with a focus on the regulatory landscape that followed the Arab Uprisings and, particularly, the EU-Tunisia Mobility Partnership. From these sites, I contribute a new conceptual toolbox for conceiving Mediterranean migrations beyond “b-ordering” paradigms and for grounding migrants' claims to presence. Advisors/Committee Members: Perry, David (advisor), Cintron, Ralph (advisor), Moruzzi, Norma C (advisor), Nanetti, Raffaella Y (advisor), Theodore, Nik (advisor).

Subjects/Keywords: Migration; refugees; Mediterranean; central Mediterranean; humanitarian border; shipwrecks; European Union; Schengen; Italy; Mineo; Lampedusa; Tunisia; Arab Uprisings.

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Garelli, G. (2015). The Humanitarian Frontier in the Mediterranean. Border Work and the Right to Presence. (Thesis). University of Illinois – Chicago. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19779

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Garelli, Glenda. “The Humanitarian Frontier in the Mediterranean. Border Work and the Right to Presence.” 2015. Thesis, University of Illinois – Chicago. Accessed February 17, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19779.

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MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Garelli, Glenda. “The Humanitarian Frontier in the Mediterranean. Border Work and the Right to Presence.” 2015. Web. 17 Feb 2019.

Vancouver:

Garelli G. The Humanitarian Frontier in the Mediterranean. Border Work and the Right to Presence. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2015. [cited 2019 Feb 17]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19779.

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Council of Science Editors:

Garelli G. The Humanitarian Frontier in the Mediterranean. Border Work and the Right to Presence. [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2015. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19779

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University of Illinois – Chicago

26. Perez-Hidalgo, Ruben. Sexuality and Desire in Spanish, Mexican and Argentinean Working-Class Narratives.

Degree: 2015, University of Illinois – Chicago

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19780

► My dissertation, Sexuality and Desire in Spanish, Mexican and Argentinean Working Class Narratives: Ramón Sender, José Mancisidor, and Elías Castelnuovo, focuses on the conflict between… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: working-class; desire; repression; Marx; Freud

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Perez-Hidalgo, R. (2015). Sexuality and Desire in Spanish, Mexican and Argentinean Working-Class Narratives. (Thesis). University of Illinois – Chicago. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19780

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Perez-Hidalgo, Ruben. “Sexuality and Desire in Spanish, Mexican and Argentinean Working-Class Narratives.” 2015. Thesis, University of Illinois – Chicago. Accessed February 17, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19780.

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MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Perez-Hidalgo, Ruben. “Sexuality and Desire in Spanish, Mexican and Argentinean Working-Class Narratives.” 2015. Web. 17 Feb 2019.

Vancouver:

Perez-Hidalgo R. Sexuality and Desire in Spanish, Mexican and Argentinean Working-Class Narratives. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2015. [cited 2019 Feb 17]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19780.

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Perez-Hidalgo R. Sexuality and Desire in Spanish, Mexican and Argentinean Working-Class Narratives. [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2015. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19780

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University of Illinois – Chicago

27. Zhao, Xiaorui. Patient-specific Virtual Ultrasound Imagery for Virtual Reality Simulation of Central Line Placement.

Degree: 2015, University of Illinois – Chicago

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19781

► Ultrasonography can be a very useful tool for medical diagnosis and treatment. Ultrasound imagery is used to visualize internal anatomical structures as an intuitive visual… (more)

▼ Ultrasonography can be a very useful tool for medical diagnosis and treatment. Ultrasound imagery is used to visualize internal anatomical structures as an intuitive visual guidance for various non-invasive procedures. The goal of this dissertation is to develop a simulator that incorporates ultrasound visualizations and mirrors or enhances a real clinical situation with guided experiences in an interactive manner. This technique, used in pre-surgical planning and residents training, will improve the residents’ performance and increase their confidence while economically complement the traditional manikin or cadaver-based training process. The broader impact of the research undertaking is to formulate the ultrasound visualization as an off-the-shelf component that is plugged into any surgical environment including complex human anatomies. A proof-of-concept implementation is demonstrated by a procedure known as central line venous catheterization. This percutaneous procedure, performed by multiple specialties, consists of inserting a needle that will guide a catheter into a large vein located in the targeted site for administering medication or fluids, or obtaining blood tests or cardiovascular measurements. Mostly used in the internal jugular approach, ultrasound imagery provides visual guidance for the surgeon to recognize the internal anatomical structure of the neck, as well as the position and orientation of the needle being inserted. A characteristic collapse of the vein, produced when applying slight pressure to the skin with the ultrasound transducer, helps the surgeon differentiate vein from artery, as the latter does not collapse. During training with the simulator, residents are able to develop the kinesthetic and psychomotor skills required for this bimanual procedure inserting the needle with one hand while properly manipulating the ultrasound transducer with the other. Pre-surgical planning of challenging cases of patients with abnormal anatomy can also be conducted with this patient-specific simulator. Advisors/Committee Members: Banerjee, Prashant (advisor).

Subjects/Keywords: Medicine; Ultrasonography; Training; Virtual Reality; Haptics.

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Zhao, X. (2015). Patient-specific Virtual Ultrasound Imagery for Virtual Reality Simulation of Central Line Placement. (Thesis). University of Illinois – Chicago. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19781

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Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Zhao, Xiaorui. “Patient-specific Virtual Ultrasound Imagery for Virtual Reality Simulation of Central Line Placement.” 2015. Thesis, University of Illinois – Chicago. Accessed February 17, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19781.

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Zhao, Xiaorui. “Patient-specific Virtual Ultrasound Imagery for Virtual Reality Simulation of Central Line Placement.” 2015. Web. 17 Feb 2019.

Vancouver:

Zhao X. Patient-specific Virtual Ultrasound Imagery for Virtual Reality Simulation of Central Line Placement. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2015. [cited 2019 Feb 17]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19781.

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Council of Science Editors:

Zhao X. Patient-specific Virtual Ultrasound Imagery for Virtual Reality Simulation of Central Line Placement. [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2015. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19781

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University of Illinois – Chicago

28. Giffort, Danielle M. The Rip Van Winkle Science: Credibility Struggles in the "Psychedelic Renaissance".

Degree: 2015, University of Illinois – Chicago

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19782

► My dissertation traces the historical trajectory of science and psychedelics. I explain (1) why clinical research with psychedelic drugs was relegated to the status of… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: Credibility; Boundary Work; Forbidden Knowledge; Non-knowledge; Psychedelic Drugs; Psychedelic Science

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Giffort, D. M. (2015). The Rip Van Winkle Science: Credibility Struggles in the "Psychedelic Renaissance". (Thesis). University of Illinois – Chicago. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19782

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Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Giffort, Danielle M. “The Rip Van Winkle Science: Credibility Struggles in the "Psychedelic Renaissance".” 2015. Thesis, University of Illinois – Chicago. Accessed February 17, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19782.

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MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Giffort, Danielle M. “The Rip Van Winkle Science: Credibility Struggles in the "Psychedelic Renaissance".” 2015. Web. 17 Feb 2019.

Vancouver:

Giffort DM. The Rip Van Winkle Science: Credibility Struggles in the "Psychedelic Renaissance". [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2015. [cited 2019 Feb 17]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19782.

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Council of Science Editors:

Giffort DM. The Rip Van Winkle Science: Credibility Struggles in the "Psychedelic Renaissance". [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2015. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19782

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University of Illinois – Chicago

29. Kay, Rachael E. Professional and Team Identity Buffer Effects of Workplace Environment and Bullying on Burnout in Nurses.

Degree: 2015, University of Illinois – Chicago

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19783

► Stressful workplace environments and workplace bullying are associated with burnout, but it is unclear why some nurses are more likely to experience burnout than others… (more)

▼ Stressful workplace environments and workplace bullying are associated with burnout, but it is unclear why some nurses are more likely to experience burnout than others when exposed to similar environmental variables. Shared goals and motivations about the meaning of work are identified as important to burnout development in the Existential Model of Burnout and may be the result of identification with the nursing profession and identification with one’s team of coworkers, as supported by the Social Identity Theory of Intergroup Behaviour. The purpose of this study was to determine whether professional identification and team identification buffered the effects of stressful aspects of the nursing practice environment and workplace bullying on burnout among Registered Nurses (RNs) practicing in acute care settings. RNs (n=1940) from a large Midwestern city were randomly selected to receive an invitation by mail to participate in an online survey that included measures of the nursing practice environment, workplace bullying, professional identification, team identification, and burnout. A modified Dillman’s Tailored Response Method was used in subject recruitment. Hierarchical linear models were used to examine moderator effects of professional and team identification. Of those who elected to participate, 72 RNs met the inclusion criteria of active RN licensure, residing within the city, and working primarily in clinical RN roles in acute care inpatient hospital settings. Strong professional identification buffered the effects of inadequate staffing and collegial nurse-physician relationships on burnout. Strong team identification was not a moderator, but directly predicted lower burnout. Workplace bullying and nurse manager ability also had direct effects on burnout. Professional and team identification play important roles in whether acute care nurses experience burnout. The importance of strong nurse managers and prevention of workplace bullying cannot be overstated. As a result of these conclusions, there are four intervention targets: (1) strengthening and maintaining nurses’ professional identification; (2) strengthening and maintaining team identification and the shared goals and motivations held by team members; (3) ongoing development of nurse managers with strong management abilities, leadership skills and focus on the support of nurses; and (4) prevention and quick resolution of workplace bullying. Advisors/Committee Members: Corte, Colleen (advisor).

Subjects/Keywords: burnout, professional; social identification; bullying, workplace

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APA (6^th Edition):

Kay, R. E. (2015). Professional and Team Identity Buffer Effects of Workplace Environment and Bullying on Burnout in Nurses. (Thesis). University of Illinois – Chicago. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19783

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Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Kay, Rachael E. “Professional and Team Identity Buffer Effects of Workplace Environment and Bullying on Burnout in Nurses.” 2015. Thesis, University of Illinois – Chicago. Accessed February 17, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19783.

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Kay, Rachael E. “Professional and Team Identity Buffer Effects of Workplace Environment and Bullying on Burnout in Nurses.” 2015. Web. 17 Feb 2019.

Vancouver:

Kay RE. Professional and Team Identity Buffer Effects of Workplace Environment and Bullying on Burnout in Nurses. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2015. [cited 2019 Feb 17]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19783.

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Council of Science Editors:

Kay RE. Professional and Team Identity Buffer Effects of Workplace Environment and Bullying on Burnout in Nurses. [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2015. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19783

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

University of Illinois – Chicago

30. Das, Smita. Transatlantic Relations: Race, Labor, and Sexuality in the Afro-Asian Diaspora.

Degree: 2015, University of Illinois – Chicago

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19784

► Transatlantic Relations: Race, Labor, and Sexuality in the Afro-Asian Diaspora is a comparative and interdisciplinary study that examines literary and cultural representations of the East… (more)

▼ Transatlantic Relations: Race, Labor, and Sexuality in the Afro-Asian Diaspora is a comparative and interdisciplinary study that examines literary and cultural representations of the East Indian worker within twentieth century literature produced by black intellectuals struggling to articulate anti-imperialist and transracial narratives of freedom, liberty, and justice. I contend that Pauline E. Hopkins, Claude McKay, C.L.R. James, and Peter Abrahams rearticulated the political dynamics of colonial and imperial power in order to critique dominant narratives of progress, development, and self-governance found in western modernity. In doing so, they mobilized the highly redemptive figure of the racially liminal and sexually deviant East Indian worker to illustrate the weaknesses of black and creole nationalist projects, imagine alternative reorganizations of society produced from multiple histories of East Indian migration and African slavery, and defy parochial but potent pervasions of British liberalism that pitted and defined Africans and Asians against each other. Their figurings of East Indian workers or subjects, I argue, are both ambivalent and affective, nurturing the desire for producing developmental narratives of national inclusion while battling the fermentation of nationalist fervor. While the East Indian worker, who occupies a pivotal and incendiary role in their narratives, helps to consolidate black intellectuals’ claims to national inclusion, national integration, and self-government by reconfiguring black female sexuality or black masculinity as productive and generative, this subject also functions to undermine those very categories of identification, of subject formation, and personhood. The contradictions in their narratives particularly illuminate the tension between striving for citizenship, for freedom, for community, and rearticulating and reimagining those very same ideologies in alternative modes that require unification and integration. Advisors/Committee Members: Jun, Helen (advisor).

Subjects/Keywords: African Diaspora; Coolie; East Indian; Race and Labor; Citizenship; Afro-Asian

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APA (6^th Edition):

Das, S. (2015). Transatlantic Relations: Race, Labor, and Sexuality in the Afro-Asian Diaspora. (Thesis). University of Illinois – Chicago. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19784

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Das, Smita. “Transatlantic Relations: Race, Labor, and Sexuality in the Afro-Asian Diaspora.” 2015. Thesis, University of Illinois – Chicago. Accessed February 17, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19784.

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Das, Smita. “Transatlantic Relations: Race, Labor, and Sexuality in the Afro-Asian Diaspora.” 2015. Web. 17 Feb 2019.

Vancouver:

Das S. Transatlantic Relations: Race, Labor, and Sexuality in the Afro-Asian Diaspora. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2015. [cited 2019 Feb 17]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19784.

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Council of Science Editors:

Das S. Transatlantic Relations: Race, Labor, and Sexuality in the Afro-Asian Diaspora. [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2015. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19784

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

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